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- [ca. 1929] (Creation)
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6 cm of textual records
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Mary B. Walter, ca. 1875-[after 1929], grew up in Rossville, Indiana, USA. She met her husband, Fred Lawrence, while he was studying agriculture at Purdue University. They married and moved to Fred's home in Fort Vermilion, Alberta ca. 1898, where Fred took over the management of his father's farm. They had between four and six children. In 1907 Mary returned to Indiana with the children, and sometime later wrote her reminiscences about life as an Alberta pioneer and a history of the Royal North-West Mounted Police (RNWMP).
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Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Gift of Paul Floyd, 1976.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The fonds consists of reminiscences, "Keewaiten - God of the North Wind", which cover the period in her life from 1898 to 1907, and her manuscript, "The Royal North-West Mounted Police".
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Conditions governing access
The "Keewaiten" manuscript is restricted due to fragile condition. A photocopy is available for research purposes.
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Language and script notes
The material is in English.
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No finding aid.
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Existence and location of copies
This manuscript was published as Wilderness Outpost : The Fort Vermilion Memoir of Mary B. Lawrence, 1898-1907 / Edited and Introduced by the Fort Vermilion Agricultural Society and Marilee Crenna Toews. -- Calgary : Alberta Records Publication Board, Historical Society of Alberta, 2008.
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