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Isabel M. Campbell fonds

Isabel M. Campbell fonds - 1867-1999 - 27 cm of textual records, 1,211 photographs, 54 artistic drawings, 4 blueprints.

Biographical Sketch

Isabel Myrtle Campbell was born March 18, 1907 in Rock Springs, Wyoming. Her father was Clyde Edridge Campbell, a young man who had the ability to be a concert pianist but instead studied to be a pharmacist. After graduation from Ohio Northern University, he ran a drugstore in Sundance, Wyoming, where he met and married Myrtle (Myrle) McGuire in 1906. In 1907 their only child, Isabel, was born.

When Isabel was five years of age, Mr. Campbell returned to university to study metallurgy, then moved the family to Louisville Kentucky where he worked as a research engineer. In 1916, the family moved back to Toledo, Ohio, where Clyde took a position with the Overland Auto Company in metallurgy. Then, in 1918 he joined the Ordnance Division of the American War Department as a travelling supervisor of ammunition manufacturing sites, often travelling into Canada to do his job. After being very sick with the flu, Clyde was forced to give up this career and began to look towards Canada as a future with less stress on his nervous system. When Isabel was 12 years old, her father made a visit to the Peace Country and was so impressed by the quiet beauty and the potential of the land, that he decided to stake a homestead claim in the Elmworth area. Isabel and her mother came to join him later that year. For nine years the family homesteaded in Halcourt, but in 1928 they were forced to return to the U.S.A., to Toledo, Ohio, because of Clyde’s ill health. He died in 1930.

Isabel remained in the U.S. until 1951, when she returned to the Peace River Country. She worked first at the Beaverlodge research station, then as a reporter for the Daily Herald Tribune, writing regular history columns such as “What’s In A Name” and “This Was Yesterday”.

Miss Campbell made numerous contributions to preserving the history of the Peace Country. She featured a daily radio program entitled “Heritage” on CJXX. She gathered archival material for preservation from organizations, government, social groups and individuals. Painstakingly, she indexed and cross-indexed all articles in Grande Prairie newspapers from 1913 to 1961 for research purposes. This information is preserved at the Grande Prairie Public Library.

Using her carefully amassed collection, Miss Campbell published Grande Prairie--Capitol of the Peace for the city’s 10th anniversary in 1968, edited Pioneers of the Peace which was published in 1975, and provided substantial information to historian J.G. MacGregor for the publication of Grande Prairie in 1983, the city’s 25th anniversary. In 1988, her father’s letters from the Peace Country to family in the USA were published in Challenge of the Homestead.

Miss Campbell has received recognition for her efforts to preserve the history of the Peace Region: In 1983, she received the Alberta Achievement Award for the preservation of history; in 1985 she was nominated for the Sir Frederick Haultain Prize which is presented to individuals who have attained exceptionally high standings in the arts, sciences and humanities; and in 1988, she received the George Repka Award for community contributions in arts, culture and social areas.

Isabel was also dedicated to establishing community facilities for the preservation of history. She was the first secretary for the Pioneer Museum Society of Grande Prairie and District when it was formed in 1961. In 1988 she began to pursue the idea of having a replica of her family’s homesteading cabin built in the museum’s Pioneer Village. The cabin was built by volunteers using traditional skills (with some assistance from modern machinery) and the actual windows from the original cabin. The interior of the cabin was decorated by Isabel Campbell to duplicate her child-hood home.

Isabel Myrle Campbell passed away in 1997. A portion of her estate was willed to the Pioneer Museum Society of Grande Prairie and District, and many artefacts from her life can be found there.

Scope and Content

The fonds consists of family genealogical records, documents, diaries, correspondence and photographs from the Campbell and McGuire families; documents and photographs from Isabel’s childhood, in the United States and in Canada; a collection of Isabel’s artwork, including a set of hand-made Christmas Cards drawn by Myrle and Isabel in the late 1920s; personal and business correspondence containing samples of Isabel’s early writings; records from Miss Campbell’s home in Grande Prairie; a reference collection of Peace Country history, poetry and clippings; and memorial records from Isabel’s funeral.

Table of Contents
Series 032.01Family Records
Series 032.02Childhood
Series 032.03Isabel Campbell, Writer/Historian
Series 032.04Isabel Campbell, Artist
Series 032.05Correspondence
Series 032.06Financial Recods
Series 032.07Reference Collections
Series 032.08Memorial Records

Series 032.01Family Records -- 1867-1997 -- 7 cm of textual records, 308 photographs.

The series consists of genealogical records, legal documents, diaries, correspondence and photographs. It also includes career and war records from Clyde Campbell.
SubSeries 032.01.01Campbell Family.

032.01.01.01Genealogy Records 1707-1980
032.01.01.02Photographs 1890-1970
Sylvia Astry Campbell, 1870-1930
5 photograph; b & w; assorted
Assorted photographs of Sylvia Astry Campbell, Isabel Campbell's paternal grandmother.
Location: 0032.01.01.01-04

Astry Family Photographs, 1940 c.
33 photograph; b & w; assorted
Assorted photographs of the Astry Family, Clyde Campbell's maternal relatives.
Location: 0032.01.01.05-38

032.01.01.03Clyde E. Campbell 1885-1930
032.01.01.04Clyde Campbell Photos 1887-1925
McKinley Family Photographs, 1950-1970
8 photograph; b & w; assorted
Assorted photographs of Clyde Campbell's sister's family, the McKinleys.
Location: 0032.01.01.39-46

Clyde E. Campbell, 1887-1925
7 photograph; b & w; assorted
Assorted photographs of Clyde Campbell, father to Isabel Campbell.
Location: 0032.01.01.47-53

SubSeries 032.01.02McGuire Family.

032.01.02.01Documents, Correspondence 1905-1948
032.01.02.02Photographs 1900-1966
Myrle McGuire Campbell, 1900-1950
16 photograph; b & w; assorted
Assorted photographs of Myrtle McGuire Campbell, mother to Isabel Campbell.
Location: 0032.01.02.01-15

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Series 032.02Childhood -- 1907-1929 -- 3 cm of textual records, 772 photographs.

The series consists of birth documents and photographs of Isabel as a child in the United States, a large collection of Campbell-McGuire phtographs when Isabel was a child, and photographs and records of the Halcourt homestead in Alberta, Canada where Isabel lived as a teenager.
SubSeries 032.02.01United States.

032.02.01.01Baby Book 1907-1913
032.02.01.02Photographs 1907-1921
Isabel Campbell, Childhood Portraits, 1907-1919
10 photograph; b & w; assorted
Assorted childhood portraits of Isabel Campbell.
Location: 0032.02.01.01-.09

Isabel Campbell, Childhood in the USA, 1905-1915
119 photograph; b & w; assorted
Assorted childhood photographs of Isabel Campbell.
Location: 0032.02.01.10-129

SubSeries 032.02.02Canada.

032.02.02.01Documents 1920-1929
032.02.02.02Photographs 1919-1928
Isabel Campbell, Canadian Childhood, 1920-1928
71 photographs; b & w; 3 x 5
Scenes of the Campbell homestead at Elmworth, AB, 1920-1928, where Isabel spent her teen-age years.
Location: 1998.27.030-100

Isabel Campbell and Pets, 1920 c.
1 photograph; b & w; 2 x 4
Isabel Campbell carrying a kitten in arms and accompanied by the family dog.
Location: 1998.27.037

Red Willow River in Flood, 1927
1 photograph; b & w; 2 x 4
"Looking down on the flooded Red Willow just below the [Campbell] house, taken in May 1927."
Location: 1998.27.040

Halcourt, Alberta, 1920 c.
1 photograph; b & w; 2 x 4
Hamlet of Elmworth with five buildings, including the school and store.
Location: 1998.27.041

Campbell Family Company, 1925 c.
1 photograph; b & w; 2 x 4
Party of eight includes Clyde, Myrle and Isabel Campbell. Two of the ladies are seated on a set of Moose antlers.
Location: 1998.27.042

Milking the Cow, 1923
1 photograph; b & w; 3 x 5
Myrle Campbell milking "Betsy the Cow" in the open yard beside the cabin.
Location: 1998.27.047

Feeding the Animals, 1923
1 photograph; b & w; 3 x 5
Clyde Campbell, with a sheaf of oats under his arm, is feeding the pigs and cow on his homestead.
Location: 1998.27.048

Clyde Campbell Plowing, 1920 c.
1 photograph; b & w; 2 x 4
Clyde Campbell using a hand plow with two horses. The Campbell cabin is in the background.
Location: 1998.27.050

Myrle and Clyde Campbell, 1920 c.
1 photograph; b & w; 2 x 4
Myrle and Clyde Campbell in a snowy field on their homestead.
Location: 1998.27.051

Isabel With Cow and Calf, 1920 c.
1 photograph; b & w; 2 x 4
Isabel standing in a field with a cow and her calf.
Location: 1998.27.052

Clyde Campbell Homestead, 1920 c.
1 photograph; b & w; 3 x 4
Winter scene of the barn on Clyde Campbell's homestead with the family dog on the path.
Location: 1998.27.053

Isabel Campbell and Campbell Cabin, 1919
1 photograph; b & w; 1 x 2
Isabel sweeping the path outside of the Campbell Cabin in December, 1919. She is accompanied by the family dog.
Location: 1998.27.054

Campbell Cabin Outhouse, 1920 c.
1 photograph; b & w; 1 x 2
Log cabin outhouse on the Campbell family homestead in the dead of winter.
Location: 1998.27.055

Fourty Below Zero, 1920 c.
1 photograph; b & w; 1 x 2
Clyde Campbell, dressed for the cold, entering an outbuilding. A full-length saw stands beside the doorway.
Location: 1998.27.056

Cutting the Winter Wood Supply, 1920 c.
1 photograph; b & w; 1 x 2
Campbell family and neighbours cutting the winter wood supply with a steam-driven saw.
Location: 1998.27.057

Campbell Cabin, 1920 c.
1 photograph; b & w; 1 x 2
Campbell family cabin with wooden downspouts to catch the melting snow water.
Location: 1998.27.058

Cutting the Winter Wood Supply, 1920 c.
1 photograph; b & w; 1 x 2
Group of men cutting the Campbell's winter wood supply with a steam-driven saw.
Location: 1998.27.060

Oat Crop on the Homestead, 1920 c.
1 photograph; b & w; 2 x 4
Isabel Campbell in a field of oats, which is shoulder height. Homestead outbuildings are in the background.
Location: 1998.27.061

The Campbell Family, 1920 c.
1 photograph; b & w; 4 x 6
Isabel, Myrle and Clyde Campbell on their homestead.
Location: 1998.27.062

Isabel Campbell on Pete, 1920
1 photograph; b & w; 2 x 4
Myrle Campbell, in cape and hat, on Pete the horse in August of 1920.
Location: 1998.27.070

The Campbell Cabin, 1920 c.
1 photograph; b & w; 1 x 2
A hand tinted photograph of the Campbell cabin on their Elmworth homestead.
Location: 1998.27.073

Getting the Ice Blocks, 1920 c.
1 photograph; b & w; 2 x 4
"Getting our ice out for the summer. It is three feet thick and clear as glass. Clyde is the center figure."
Location: 1998.27.074

Campbell Homestead Cabin, 1924
1 photograph; b & w; 2 x 4
Isabel Campbell on the front porch of the Campbell cabin, when it still had a sod roof.
Location: 1998.27.076

Digging the Water Well, 1923 c.
1 photograph; b & w; 4 x 6
Drilling rig putting in the water well on the Campbell homestead.
Location: 1998.27.082

Feeding the Chickens, 1923 c.
1 photograph; b & w; 4 x 6
Myrle Campbell, with bucket in hand, feeds the chickens on their homestead.
Location: 1998.27.084

Isable Campbell on Beauty, 1926
1 photograph; b & w; 2 x 4
"A picture of Nidy (Isabel) on the homestead" taken on Beauty the horse.
Location: 1998.27.088

Clyde Campbell, 1920 c.
1 negative; b & w; 3 x 5
A portrait of Clyde Campbell, pianist, druggist, WWI veteran, and homesteader.
Location: 1998.27.294

Fur Trapper, 1920 c.
1 negative; b & w; 3 x 5
A fur trapper guides a team of dogs pulling a loaded sled past a homestead.
Location: 1998.27.295

Harvesting the Crop, 1920 c.
1 negative; b & w; 3 x 5
Clyde Campbell opperating a horse drawn binder, with homestead outbuildings in the background.
Location: 1998.27.303

Pioneer Townsite, 1920 c.
1 negative; b & w; 3 x 5
Bird's eye view of a pioneer townsite in the midst of prairie parkland.
Location: 1998.27.318

Beaverlodge, Alberta, 1925
1 negative; b & w; 3 x 5
Panoramic view of the hamlet of Beaverlodge.
Location: 1998.27.319

Pioneer Townsite, 1920 c.
1 negative; b & w; 3 x 5
Location: 1998.27.330

Moving to the Homestead, 1919
1 negative; b & w; 3 x 5
Drayman and loaded draywagon moving the Campbell's belongings to their new homestead.
Location: 1998.27.334

Halcourt School, 1920 c.
1 negative; b & w; 3 x 5
The first Halcourt school was constructed from logs in 1912, and moved to Elmworth Corner in 1917. It was used until 1939 when a new school was built.
Location: 1998.27.338

Elmworth, Alberta, 1925 c.
1 negative; b & w; 3 x 5
Panoramic view of Elmworth showing the church
Location: 1998.27.350

The Ice House, 1920 c.
1 negative; b & w; 3 x 5
Clyde Campbell in the doorway of what appears to be an ice house on the banks of the river.
Location: 1998.27.356

Doing Chores on the Homestead, 1920 c.
1 negative; b & w; 3 x 5
Myrle and Isabel Campbell carrying milk or feed buckets towards the barn on the Elmworth homestead.
Location: 1998.27.361

Campbell Family Homestead, 1920 c.
1 negative; b & w; 3 x 5
Outbuildings on the Campbell family homestead at Elmworth, Alberta.
Location: 1998.27.363

Clyde Campbell and His Dog, 1920 c.
1 negative; b & w; 3 x 5
Clyde Campbell seated outside of his log cabin with his dog.
Location: 1998.27.365

Relaxing on the Front Porch, 1920 c.
1 negative; b & w; 3 x 5
Clyde and Myrle Campbell relaxing in rocking chairs on the front porch of the Campbell cabin.
Location: 1998.27.366

Myrle Campbell and Her Cat, 1920 c.
1 negative; b & w; 3 x 5
Myrle Campbell holding the family cat in front of the log cabin on their homestead in Elmworth.
Location: 1998.27.383

Pioneer Restaurant, 1919
1 negative; b & w; 3 x 5
Isabel and Myrle Campbell with two other women at the doorway of a log restaurant during their move to the homestead. "Meals" reads the sign over the door.
Location: 1998.27.388

Pigging Out, 1920 c.
1 negative; b & w; 3 x 5
Isabel Campbell beside a huge boar who is busy with his meal.
Location: 1998.27.394

Clyde and Isabel Campbell, 1920 c.
1 negative; b & w; 3 x 5
An informal portrait of Clyde and Isabel Campbell in the yard of their Elmworth homestead.
Location: 1998.27.397

Red Willow River Valley, 1920 c.
1 negative; b & w; 3 x 5
A bird's eye view of the Red Willow River as it winds through forested parkland.
Location: 1998.27.402

Under the Halcourt Bridge, 1920 c.
1 negative; b & w; 3 x 5
Clyde Campbell balancing on the river rocks underneath the Halcourt Bridge.
Location: 1998.27.403

Along Side the Red Willow River, 1920 c.
1 negative; b & w; 3 x 5
Myrle and Isabel Campbell ride down to the Red Willow River which ran along side their homestead.
Location: 1998.27.418

Prairie Landscape, 1920 c.
1 negative; b & w; 3 x 5
The hamlet of Elmworth as seen in the distance in the midst of a prairie landscape.
Location: 1998.27.420

Moving to the Homestead, 1919
1 negative; b & w; 3 x 5
The Campbell family and friends beside a wagon load of setter's effects during the move to their homestead.
Location: 1998.27.425

Campbell Family Homestead, 1920 c.
1 negative; b & w; 3 x 5
Outbuildings on the Campbell family homestead at Elmworth, Alberta.
Location: 1998.27.426

Plan of the Campbell Cabin, 1919
1 negative; b & w; 3 x 5
Drawing of the interior of the Campbell cabin showing furniture placement and décor.
Location: 1998.27.432

Harvesting the Crop, 1920 c.
1 negative; b & w; 3 x 5
Clyde Campbell opperating a horse drawn binder on his homestead in Elmworth, Alberta.
Location: 1998.27.437

Furnishing the New Home, 1919
1 negative; b & w; 3 x 5
Myrle and Isabel Campbell with horse drawn wagon full of furnishings for the new cabin.
Location: 1998.27.439

Community Gathering, 1920 c.
1 negative; b & w; 3 x 5
Group photograph of women and children in front of the Campbell cabin.
Location: 1998.27.696

Harvest Time on the Campbell Homestead, 1920 c.
1 negative; b & w; 3 x 5
Six large of stacks of hay or bundles of grain in the yard of the Campbell homestead at Elmworth.
Location: 1998.27.698

Halcourt Bridge, 1920 c.
1 negative; b & w; 3 x 5
Bridge over the Red Willow River near the Campbell homestead.
Location: 1998.27.707

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Series 032.03Isabel Campbell, Writer/Historian -- 1930-1992 -- 4 cm of textual records, 89 photographs.

The series consists of photographs of Isabel over her career years in the United States and Canada; a set of glass negatives depicting the history of Grande Prairie;a copy of Grande Prairie, Capitol of the Peace, which Miss Campbell wrote in 1969; and the guest book which she kept from 1989 to 1992. There is also an album of phtographs of a lakeside cabin in the USA and other holiday spots.
032.03.01Photographs 1930-1970
Isabel Campbell, Writer Historian, 1930-1970
6 photograph; ;
Portraits of Isabel Campbell during her career as a writer and a historian
Location: 0032.03.9-15

032.03.02Grande Prairie Capitol of the Peace 1969
032.03.03Guest Book 1989-1992
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Series 032.04Isabel Campbell, Artist -- 1918-1950 -- cm of textual records, 24 artistic drawings, 30 cards.

The series consists of pencil sketches, pencil crayon and pastel drawings, and a scrapbook containing hand-made cards made by Myrle and Isabel in the late 1920s. There is also a 1929 National Art School Certificate from Chicago, Illinois.
032.04.01Artist 1918-1950
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Series 032.05Correspondence -- 1917-1983 -- 2 cm of textual records.

The series consists of some of Isabel's business and personal correspondence, the majority of it dealing with her Canadian and United States citizenship and letters between her and the editor of The Sentinel Tribune in Bowling Green, Ohio.
032.05.01Personal 1917-1983
032.05.02Business 1941-1982
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Series 032.06Financial Recods -- 1959-1998 -- 1 cm of textual records, 41 photographs.

The series consists of financial records kept by Miss Campbell on her home in Grande Prairie: survey certificate, tax assessments, mortgage details. An insurance policy is accompanied by a set of black and white photographs detailing her possessions and the interior of her home.
032.06.0110014-88 Avenue 1959-1998
Isabel Campbell home, c. 1990
42 ; ;
Snapshots of items in Isabel Campbell's last home, taken for insurance purposes
Location: 0032.06.1-41

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Series 032.07Reference Collections -- 1914-1960 -- 6 cm of textual records, 104 photographs, 4 maps.

The series consists of early promotional materials and maps of the Peace River Country; a collection of glass negatives taken by an unknown photographer in 1936-1937; 3 scrapbooks made by Isabel, of magazine clippings, poetry, news clippings and household hints; 2 files of news clippings and poetry retained from Myrle Campbell's effects; six placemats of drawings of pioneer buildings by various artists; and four reference booklets (Interesting Facts about Grande Prairie, 1930; Edmonton to Peace River and the North Country, 1920-21; The Peace River Country Canada, 1930; and the Peace River Land Recording Division).
032.07.01Peace Country Maps 1914-1958
Canadian Pacific Railway and Connecting Lines, 1926
map
showing through connections with United States Railway
Location: 0032.07.1

Stuart Lake, 1949
map
British Columbia--west of Prince George
Location: 0032.07.3

Fort George, 1949
map
Prince George area from Vanderhoof to Dome Creek
Location: 0032.07.4

Peace River, 1952
map
Peace River drainage system from Finlay Forks (in mid-BC) to the Alberta border
Location: 0032.07.5

Alberta Highways, 1958
map
Highway map for the Province of Alberta showing paved, graveled and graded roads.
Location: 1998.27.025

Alberta Highways, 1955
map
Highway map of Alberta on one side and Alberta Motor Association info on the other.
Location: 1998.27.026

Peace River Highway, 1952
map
from Edmonton to Ft. St. John and connecting to the Mackenzie and Alaska Highways
Location: 1998.27.027

Peace River Land Recording Division, 1914
booklet
A government publication describing the land, rivers and resources of the Peace Country in view to opening it up for settlement.
Location: 0032.07.06

Edmonton to Peace River and the North Country, 1920
booklet
A pocket guide to Edmonton, Peace River and the North re: government services, amenities; resource development; transportation services and community services.
Location: 0032.07.07

The Peace River District, Canada, 1922
booklet
Resources and opportunities in the Alberta and B.C. sections of the Peace River District. Includes a description of all the towns/villages and a list of publications and information available.
Location: 0032.07.08

The Peace River Country, Canada, 1930
booklet
Resources and opportunities in the Alberta and B.C. Peace
Location: 0032.07.09

Interesting Facts about Grande Prairie, 1930
booklet
Location: 0032.07.10

032.07.02Photographs 1911-1937
Richmond Avenue, Grande Prairie, 1936
1 glass negative; b & w; 3 x 4 in.
View down Richmond Avenue, with City Laundry the first business visable on the left side. Model T's and Model A's are angle parked on street.
Location: 0032.03.01.001

Richmond Avenue, Grande Prairie, 1936
1 glass negative; b & w; 3 x 4 in.
View down Richmond Avenue, looking west, with C.S. Hook Watchmaker the first store visible on the left. Imperial Bank is mid-way on the right.
Location: 0032.03.01.002

Richmond Avenue, Grande Prairie, 1936
1 glass negative; b & w; 3 x 4 in.
View down Richmond Avenue, looking east, with Porteous Hardware on left and Capitol Theatre on right.
Location: 0032.03.01.003

Street in front of Capitol Theatre, Grande Prairie, 1936
1 glass negative; b & w; 3 x 4 in.
Men and automobiles outside of the Capitol Theatre on Richmond Avenue. Capitol is first building visible on right, with nest four businesses also visible.
Location: 0032.03.01.004

Caterpillar Tractors in front of J.B. Oliver's Store, Grande Prairie, 1936 c.
1 glass negative; b & w; 3 x 4 in.
Four "garden tractor-sized" caterpillar tractors parked in front of J.B. Oliver's furniture store. Drivers stand alongside, and snow is in streets. Imperial Bank of Canada is also in photograph.
Location: 0032.03.01.005

September Snowstorm, Richmond Avenue, Grande Prairie, 1936
1 glass negative; b & w; 3 x 4 in.
Model A car covered with snow angle-parked in front of Royal Café on a snowy Richmond Avenue. Bell-Fleming Hardware is visible in the background.
Location: 0032.03.01.006

Hotel Donald, Grande Prairie, 1936
1 glass negative; b & w; 3 x 4 in.
Exterior of the Donald Hotel, a two-storey brick building with large plate glass windows in front and covered entry. The Northern Tribune Newspaper Building is visible next door.
Location: 0032.03.01.007

Hotel Donald, Grande Prairie, 1936
1 glass negative; b & w; 3 x 4 in.
Interior of the Donald Hotel taken from the stairway, shows foyer, showing seating, decorative plants, french doors, windows, lighting and heating. Welcome Mat at the door reads "Donald Hotel."
Location: 0032.03.01.008

Switchboard Power House, Grande Prairie, 1936
1 glass negative; b & w; 3 x 4 in.
Interior of Canadian Utilities Ltd. building showing the switchboard powerhouse.
Location: 0032.03.01.009

New Nurses' Home, Grande Prairie, 1937
1 glass negative; b & w; 3 x 4 in.
Exterior of new nurses' home, a three storey brick building built beside the Municipal Hospital at 105 Avenue, 98 Street.
Location: 0032.03.01.010

St. Joseph's Separate School, Grande Prairie, 1936 c.
1 negative; b & w; 3 x 4 in.
Exterior of St. Joseph's School, a one storey brick building on 102 Street and 104 Avenue. It has a portico, bell tower, and 12 18-paned windows on its east face.
Location: 0032.03.01.011

St. Joseph's Catholic Church and Manse, Grande Prairie, 1936 c.
1 negative; b & w; 3 x 4 in.
Exterior of Roman Catholic Church and manse. Church has clerestrial windows and bell-tower steeple. Manse has a two-storey addition behind it.
Location: 0032.03.01.012

St. Paul's United Church, Grande Prairie, 1936 c.
1 negative; b & w; 3 x 4 in.
Exterior of St. Paul's United Church, built c. 1926 on the corner of 100 Avenue and 102 Street. It has a square bell tower entrance on the side.
Location: 0032.03.01.013

Corona Hotel Fire, Feb. 12, 1936
1 glass negative; b & w; 3 x 4 in.
Bird's eye view of the fire from second storey of a building down the street. Horses, trucks and people are visible in the street.
Location: 0032.03.01.014

Corona Hotel Fire, Feb. 12, 1936
1 glass negative; b & w; 3 x 4 in.
Early stages of the fire, taken from the street in front of the hotel. Horses, sleigh and men in foreground.
Location: 0032.03.01.015

Corona Hotel Fire, Feb. 12, 1936
1 glass negative; b & w; 3 x 4 in.
Early stages of the fire. Water being sprayed up to roof from side of building. Fire hoses or vehicle are not visible.
Location: 0032.03.01.016

Corona Hotel Fire, Feb. 12, 1936
1 glass negative; b & w; 3 x 4 in.
View of raging fire from the back. Stairway is framed by the flames, firemen and on-lookers visible in the light.
Location: 0032.03.01.017

Corona Hotel Fire, Feb. 12, 1936
1 glass negative; b & w; 3 x 4 in.
Fireman standing at the bottom of a fire ladder, looking up.
Location: 0032.03.01.018

Corona Hotel Fire, Feb. 12, 1936
1 glass negative; b & w; 3 x 4 in.
Close-up of fireman standing beside hydrant, with hoses still connected and covered in ice.
Location: 0032.03.01.019

Corona Hotel Fire, Feb. 12, 1936
1 glass negative; b & w; 3 x 4 in.
Smoking remains of Corona Hotel, with crowd of on-lookers in foreground.
Location: 0032.03.01.020

Corona Hotel Fire, Feb. 12, 1936
1 glass negative; b & w; 3 x 4 in.
Smoking remains of Corona Hotel, with crowd of on-lookers in foreground.
Location: 0032.03.01.021

Looking Southwest from Saskatoon Mountain, 1936 c.
1 glass negative; b & w; 3 x 4 in.
View of mountains, trees and cultivated farmland to the south-west underneath Saskatoon Mountain.
Location: 0032.03.01.022

Looking Southwest from Saskatoon Mountain`, 1936 c.
1 glass negative; b & w; 3 x 4 in.
View of mountains, trees and cultivated farmland to the south-west underneath Saskatoon Mountain.
Location: 0032.03.01.023

Saskatoon Lake Pier, 1936 c.
1 negative; b & w; 3 x 4 in.
Pathway to Saskatoon Lake and the swimming pier. Path is framed by trees, and two people stand at the end of the path by the lake.
Location: 0032.03.01.024

Aerials of Grande Prairie and Sexsmith, 1936
1 glass negative; b & w; 3 x 4 in.
Aerials of Grande Prairie, showing elevators, downtown core and residential area, and of town of Sexsmith with seven elevators, and the newly emerging Peace River Bible Institute campus.
Location: 0032.03.01.025a.h

Pivert Cabin in the Pines west of Wembley, 1936 c.
1 glass negative; b & w; 3 x 4 in.
Winter scene of a log cabin in pine trees. A child and dog are playing in the snow in the foreground.
Location: 0032.03.01.026

Pivert Cabin in the Pines west of Wembley, 1936 c.
1 glass negative; b & w; 3 x 4 in.
Side view of a log cabin sheltered in a copse of pine trees.
Location: 0032.03.01.027

Pivert Cabin in the Trees west of Wembley, 1936 c.
1 glass negative; b & w; 3 x 4 in.
View of front door and windows of a log cabin in a copse of trees.
Location: 0032.03.01.028

Arthur Smith Residence at Lake Saskatoon, 1936
1 glass negative; b & w; 3 x 4 in.
Front view of 1 1/2 storey home with dormer and cottage roof. Vines and flowers decorate the front of the house and two people can be seen in the living room window.
Location: 0032.03.01.029

I.V. Macklin's Herd in the Barn, 1936 c.
1 glass negative; b & w; 3 x 4 in.
Interior of barn showing line of approximately 20 cows in their stalls, in the light of the sun coming through the open doorway.
Location: 0032.03.01.030

Millarston Service, August 9th., 1936
1 glass negative; b & w; 3 x 4 in.
Group of people gathered in the trees, some sitting on the ground and some standing. A horse is tied to a tree on the left side of the photograph.
Location: 0032.03.01.031

Lower Beaverlodge School, 1936 c.
1 glass negative; b & w; 3 x 4 in.
Log school behind a dirt road, with a line of vehicles beside it. People are included in the photograph.
Location: 0032.03.01.032

Herman Trelle in his Wheat Field, 1936 c.
1 glass negative; b & w; 3 x 4 in.
Distant view of Mr. Trelle up to his shoulders in the wheat.
Location: 0032.03.01.033

Herman Trelle in his Wheat Field, 1936 c.
1 glass negative; b & w; 3 x 4 in.
Close-up view of Mr. Trelle up to his shoulders in the wheat.
Location: 0032.03.01.034

Herman Trelle in his Field of Oats, 1936 c.
1 glass negative; b & w; 3 x 4 in.
Close-up view of Mr. Trelle with oats as tall as his waist.
Location: 0032.03.01.035

Herman Trelle in his Field of Oats, 1936 c.
1 glass negative; b & w; 3 x 4 in.
Close-up view of Mr. Trelle with oats as tall as his waist.
Location: 0032.03.01.036

Trail to the Wapiti, 1936 c.
1 glass negative; b & w; 3 x 4 in.
Wapiti Mines vehicle trail leading through the pines down to the Wapiti River.
Location: 0032.03.01.037

Bert George Cabin on the Wapiti Mines Trail, 1936 c.
1 glass negative; b & w; 3 x 4 in.
Landscape view of log cabin and log fence under the trees.
Location: 0032.03.01.038

Bert George Home on the Wapiti Mines Trail, 1936 c.
1 glass negative; b & w; 3 x 4 in.
Portrait view of log cabin and log fence under the trees.
Location: 0032.03.01.039

Path Down to the Wapiti River., 1936 c.
1 glass negative; b & w; 3 x 4 in.
Two women walking down a vehicle path leading downhill between the trees.
Location: 0032.03.01.040

Miners Going to Work in the Wapiti Mines, 1936 c.
1 glass negative; b & w; 3 x 4 in.
Four miners coming down the road to the mines. Wooden cribbing of the mine is visable at the right, and the river at the left.
Location: 0032.03.01.041

Miners Entering Augustine's Mine on the Wapiti, 1936 c.
1 glass negative; b & w; 3 x 4 in.
Miner entering the mouth of a mine along a rail track. A second miner and a pole shed protecting excavated coal are seen to the left.
Location: 0032.03.01.042

Miner Working on a Vein 350 feet into a Wapiti Coal Mine, 1936 c.
1 glass negative; b & w; 3 x 4 in.
Miner digging at a vein of coal with a pick.
Location: 0032.03.01.043

Miner Working on a Vein 350 feet into a Wapiti Coal Mine, 1936 c.
1 glass negative; b & w; 3 x 4 in.
Side view of miner working at a vein of coal, showing his hat and lamp.
Location: 0032.03.01.044

Spring Creek Miner, 1936 c.
1 glass negative; b & w; 3 x 4 in.
Close-up of Miner in full gear sitting outside the cribbing of a coal mine.
Location: 0032.03.01.045

Miner Ted Z. at the Augustine's Coal Mine, 1936 c.
1 glass negative; b & w; 3 x 4 in.
Informal portrait of a miner in full gear smoking his pipe. The background is a log building.
Location: 0032.03.01.046

Oley Augustine's Bunk & Cook House, Wapiti Mines, 1936 c.
1 glass negative; b & w; 3 x 4 in.
Landscape view of a log building just above the Wapiti River. A man is chopping firewood.
Location: 0032.03.01.047

Oley Augustine's Bunk & Cook House, Wapiti Mines, 1936 c.
1 glass negative; b & w; 3 x 4 in.
Portrait view of a log building just above the Wapiti River. A man is chopping firewood.
Location: 0032.03.01.048

Six Horse Team Hauling Coal up Wapiti Hill, 1936 c.
1 glass negative; b & w; 3 x 4 in.
Distant view of three pairs of horses pulling a sled full of coal up Wapiti Hill. The driver is perched on top of the "caboose" at the front of the sled.
Location: 0032.03.01.049

Six Horse Team Hauling Coal up Wapiti Hill, 1936 c.
1 glass negative; b & w; 3 x 4 in.
Frontal view of three pairs of horses pulling a sled of coal up Wapiti Hill. The driver is directing the horses from the top of his "caboose" at the front of the sled.
Location: 0032.03.01.050

Roy Campbell's Coal Wagon on Highway West of Town, 1936 c.
1 glass negative; b & w; 3 x 4 in.
Close-up view of a four-horse team pulling a sled of coal. The sled has a built in "caboose" at the front to protect the driver.
Location: 0032.03.01.051

Old-Timers' Picnic, 1936
1 glass negative; b & w; 3 x 4 in.
Group of approximately 24 men and women posed in front of an automobile.
Location: 0032.03.01.052

Old-Timers' Picnic, 1936
1 glass negative; b & w; 3 x 4 in.
Group of approximately 24 men and women posed in front of an automobile.
Location: 0032.03.01.053

Old-Timers' Picnic, 1936
1 glass negative; b & w; 3 x 4 in.
Group of approximately 100 people with a background of trees.
Location: 0032.03.01.054

Old-Timers' Picnic, 1936
1 glass negative; b & w; 3 x 4 in.
Group of approximately 100 people with a background of trees.
Location: 0032.03.01.055

Old-Timers' Picnic, 1936
1 glass negative; b & w; 3 x 4 in.
Group of approximately 100 people with a background of trees.
Location: 0032.03.01.056

Old-Timers' Picnic, 1936
1 glass negative; b & w; 3 x 4 in.
Group of approximately 100 people with a background of trees.
Location: 0032.03.01.057

Inaugural Air Mail Flight, March 17, 1937
1 glass negative; b & w; 3 x 4 in.
Six men in front of a transport prop plane on the occasion of the first air mail flight into Grande Prairie.
Location: 0032.03.01.058

Waiting for the First Air Mail, March 17, 1937
1 glass negative; b & w; 3 x 4 in.
Close-up of four men sitting on a fence and waiting for the plane. Right to left they are A.W. Cameron, P.J. Tooley, Frank Donald; Bill Simmons.
Location: 0032.03.01.059

Snowplane on the Wapiti Trail, 1936 c.
1 glass negative; b & w; 3 x 4 in.
Jack Alloway, Mr. & Mrs. McQuat and daughter beside their snowplane on the Wapiti Trail.
Location: 0032.03.01.060

The McQuat Snowplane, 1936 c.
1 glass negative; b & w; 3 x 4 in.
Mr. & Mrs. McQuat inside their snowplane. A house is in the background.
Location: 0032.03.01.061

Mrs. McQuat at the Controls of the Snowplane, 1936 c.
1 glass negative; b & w; 3 x 4 in.
Close-up of the interior of the snowplane, with Mrs. McQuat at the controls.
Location: 0032.03.01.062

Interior of the McQuat Snowplane, 1936 c.
1 glass negative; b & w; 3 x 4 in.
Close-up of the interior of the snowplane with no occupants.
Location: 0032.03.01.063

Clairmont Choir, 1936 c.
1 glass negative; b & w; 3 x 4 in.
Interior church photograph showing 16 members of the Clairmont Choir in choir gowns, with the organ in the center.
Location: 0032.03.01.064

High School Basketball Team, 1936
1 glass negative; b & w; 3 x 4 in.
Coach and seven members of a basketball team in team sweaters, holding trophy.
Location: 0032.03.01.065

High School Executive, 1935-1936
1 glass negative; b & w; 3 x 4 in.
Seven-member executive council of high school students posed as if for year-book photograph.
Location: 0032.03.01.066

Portrait of Alex Monkman, 1936 c.
1 glass negative; b & w; 3 x 4 in.
Head and shoulders portrait of Alex Monkman.
Location: 0032.03.01.067

Portrait of Hugh Pritchard, 1936 c.
1 glass negative; b & w; 3 x 4 in.
Portrait of Hugh Pritchard in armchair with drapes in background.
Location: 0032.03.01.068

Portrait of Mr. N. Chappel, 1936 c.
1 glass negative; b & w; 3 x 4 in.
Head and shoulders portrait of N. Chappel.
Location: 0032.03.01.069

Mr. & Mrs. Jim Carey, 1936 c.
1 glass negative; b & w; 3 x 4 in.
Mrs. Carey on horseback, with husband Jim standing beside. Background is the racetrack and crowd at the Rodeo Grounds.
Location: 0032.03.01.070

Mr. & Mrs. J. Archer & Family, 1936 c.
1 glass negative; b & w; 3 x 4 in.
Formal portrait of five members of the Archer family seated on chairs on the lawn.
Location: 0032.03.01.071

Building the Edson Trail, 1911
1 glass negative; b & w; 3 x 4 in.
Lunch time on the Trail. McQuarrie, Mewan, Hanson, J.D. Robertson and James Cornwall (MLA)
Location: 0032.03.01.072

Building the Edson Trail, 1911
1 glass negative; b & w; 3 x 4 in.
Overnight camp east bank of Smoky River from left: J.D. Robertson, Antoine Thomas, A.H. McQuarrie second from right.
Location: 0032.03.01.073

Building the Edson Trail, 1911
1 glass negative; b & w; 3 x 4 in.
John Stocks (D.M.) and McEwan (packer) on the Edson Trail.
Location: 0032.03.01.074

Building the Edson Trail, 1911
1 glass negative; b & w; 3 x 4 in.
April 1911: J. D. Robertson preparing rabbit stew for supper. A.H. McQuarrie and James Cornwall assist.
Location: 0032.03.01.075

Building the Edson Trail, 1911
1 glass negative; b & w; 3 x 4 in.
Dinner on the Edson Trail. From left: Hanson, McQuarrie, Cornwall, Robertson and McEwan.
Location: 0032.03.01.076

Building the Edson Trail, 1911
1 glass negative; b & w; 3 x 4 in.
Dinner on the Edson Trail.
Location: 0032.03.01.077

Building the Edson Trail, 1911
1 glass negative; b & w; 3 x 4 in.
Housekeeping on the Edson Trail.
Location: 0032.03.01.078

Building the Edson Trail, 1911
1 glass negative; b & w; 3 x 4 in.
Six men trekking through the bush which will become the Edson Trail.
Location: 0032.03.01.079

Building the Edson Trail, 1911
1 glass negative; b & w; 3 x 4 in.
Group of workers with tent and bush in the background.
Location: 0032.03.01.080

Traveling the Edson Trail, 1911 c.
1 glass negative; b & w; 3 x 4 in.
Group of workers or travellers in a river valley, probably on the Edson Trail.
Location: 0032.03.01.081

Traveling the Edson Trail, 1911 c.
1 glass negative; b & w; 3 x 4 in.
Wagons and horses in the same river valley as in the previous photograph, probably along the Edson Trail.
Location: 0032.03.01.082

John Stocks, Deputy Minister of Public Works, on the Edson Trail, 1911
1 glass negative; b & w; 3 x 4 in.
John Stocks, Deputy Minister of Public Works on left, A.H. McQuarrie, road engineer center, at Indian Home at Sturgeon Lake.
Location: 0032.03.01.083

Travelling the Edson Trail with John Stocks, Deputy Minister of Public Works, 1911
1 glass negative; b & w; 3 x 4 in.
April, 1911, Sturgeon Lake: Dr. R.N. Shaw, Mosier, E.E. Davidson, Harvey Switzer.
Location: 0032.03.01.084

Stopping Place on the Edson Trail, 1911
1 glass negative; b & w; 3 x 4 in.
Stopping place, Little Smoky River Edson Trail, 1911
Location: 0032.03.01.085

Stopping Place on the Edson Trail, 1911
1 glass negative; b & w; 3 x 4 in.
Stopping Place on Athabasca River, Edson Trail.
Location: 0032.03.01.086

Unfinished Log Cabin on the Edson Trail, 1911
1 glass negative; b & w; 3 x 4 in.
Partial log cabin on the banks of a river, possibly along the Edson Trail route.
Location: 0032.03.01.087

At Baptiste (Berland) River, 1911 c.
1 glass negative; b & w; 3 x 4 in.
At Baptiste River (now Berland), from left: Jim Cornwall, Mrs. Emmerson and John Stocks holding child.
Location: 0032.03.01.088

At Baptiste (Berland) River, 1911 c.
1 glass negative; b & w; 3 x 4 in.
At Baptiste River (now Berland), from left: Jim Cornwall, Mrs. Emmerson and John Stocks holding child.
Location: 0032.03.01.089

End of Steel, Smoky, 1915
1 glass negative; b & w; 3 x 4 in.
Community of Smoky River when it was the end of steel. Pine Pass Mercantile Ltd. banner across the street.
Location: 0032.03.01.090

Community Picnic, 1913
1 glass negative; b & w; 3 x 4 in.
L to R: Cecil Sully, Sadie Crerar, Jack Depencier, Elizabeth Dunlop, Anna Patterson, Mamie Moore, Bill Innes, Luella Patterson, Bernard Sully, Jack Oatway, Delmar Pratt, Ed Crerar, Garnet Pratt. Standing: Mrs. Wm Pratt and Mrs. Ed Crerar.
Location: 0032.03.01.091

Arrival of Stage at Patterson Store, 1911 c.
1 glass negative; b & w; 3 x 4 in.
Mail stage in front of Patterson's Store, with livery barn visible to the right.
Location: 0032.03.01.092

Union Bank of Canada, Grande Prairie, 1911 c.
1 glass negative; b & w; 3 x 4 in.
Group of people seated on the front porch of Patterson & Sons Store, which was also the first bank. Union Bank of Canada sign is over the doorway.
Location: 0032.03.01.093

Dominion Lands Office, Grande Prairie, 1911
1 glass negative; b & w; 3 x 4 in.
Group of men waiting to file at the Dominion Lands Office on the first day it opened, July 15, 1911.
Location: 0032.03.01.094

The Hamlet of Grande Prairie Under Construction, 1911 c.
1 glass negative; b & w; 3 x 4 in.
Piles of lumber and building supplies in the foreground, tents, shacks and people in midfield, and Patterson & Sons Store in the background.
Location: 0032.03.01.095

Village of Lake Saskatoon, 1915 c.
1 glass negative; b & w; 3 x 4 in.
Village of Lake Saskatoon on the west shore of Saskatoon Lake. "Lambert No. 360" is written under the photograph. Empire Barns sign visible on the roof of a barn.
Location: 0032.03.01.096

Laying the Hospital Cornerstone, 1917
1 glass negative; b & w; 3 x 4 in.
Large group of people attending the laying of the cornerstone of the Kathryn Prittie Hospital.
Location: 0032.03.01.097

Sturgeon Lake Mission and Residential School, 1915 c.
1 glass negative; b & w; 3 x 4 in.
Residential school students outside the Mission Church at Sturgeon Lake.
Location: 0032.03.01.098

Sturgeon Lake Hudson's Bay Post, 1915 c.
1 glass negative; b & w; 3 x 4 in.
Buildings on the shore of Sturgeon Lake include the Hudson's Bay Post.
Location: 0032.03.01.099

One of the First Automobiles, 1915 c.
1 glass negative; b & w; 3 x 4 in.
Two men and two women in an early automobile.
Location: 0032.03.01.100

Unidentified Store, 1915 c.
1 glass negative; b & w; 3 x 4 in.
One man standing in front of a false-fronted store with large plate glass window.
Location: 0032.03.01.101

Building a Road, 1915 c.
1 glass negative; b & w; 3 x 4 in.
Men, horses and machinery on a newly constructed road, with ditches and bush on each side.
Location: 0032.03.01.102

032.07.03News Clippings c. 1940, c. 1950
032.07.04Poetry c. 1940, c. 1950
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Series 032.08Memorial Records -- 1998 -- 4 cm of textual records, 1 photographs.

The series consists of the memorial records from Miss Campbell's funeral: obituaries, funeral service card, guest book, cards of condolence and written memories of Isabel; and a collection of news articles, mostly written after her death, about the impact she has had on the community of Grande Prairie and on the Peace Country.
032.08.01Donations to other Museums/Archives
032.08.02Funeral records, news clippings
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