Fonds 256 Schenk family fonds

119 photographs

2 postcards

1 card

1 artwork

9 maps

Date: [1911-1944] (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The series consists of photographs of river crossings, sports events, groups of friends, early Grande Prairie streets and warehouses, and military photographs.

Physical description: 29 photographs

1 postcard

Access points:

•                Graphic material – photograph (documentary form)

Physical condition:

Condition is fair; slight warping on oversize photograph; one photograph is stapled to original cardboard backing.

Arrangement:

5 photographs were added to the original arrangement. Four of these photographs are located in the second file of this series; one photograph is in oversize photograph storage.

Location of originals:

All items in this series are located in 3/3/5/1, other than 0256.01.28.

Publication status:

Published

First stage coach over the Edson Trail.

Grande Prairie City under construction soon after it was surveyed in 1910.

A car waits to cross the river from the south side. Across the river is the Hudson Bay Post on the left and Catholic Mission on the right.

On the south side of the Peace River showing the ferry landing site.

Alphaeus Patterson was the Member of Parliament for the Peace River District from 1913-1917.

Moody’s Crossing over the Smoky River at Goodwin.

Moody’s Crossing over the Smoky River at Goodwin.

A two-story farm house situated on the Grande Prairie.

Two RCMP and four other men are practicing their aim with rifles. Possibly a training exercise for World War I.

Man standing in front of a log house.

Six men in casual dress and a dog visit in a farmyard.

View of Grande Prairie from the west looking down Richmond Road.

After Sunday dinner, gathered by a corral fence, a log home in the background.

Bucking contest at Grande Prairie, on August 28, 1923.

Bucking contest at Beaverlodge Sports.

Henry Roberts and friends share a pitcher of beer.

The Campbell, Wilson & Horne warehouse beside the railroad track, Grande Prairie. This company was the forerunner to Horne & Pitfield. A man with a white apron stands in the doorway.

The Campbell, Wilson & Horne warehouse beside the railroad track, Grande Prairie. This company was the forerunner to Horne & Pitfield. Three people stand in the doorway.

Jack Mantle , manager for Campbell, Wilson & Horne, beside the delivery truck.

The Campbell, Wilson & Horne Delivery Truck, with driver leaning out the window.

Third location of CFGP radio station on the corner of Richmond and 99 St.

Group of riders with horses stand with a family in front of a log cabin.

Image shows a crowd of people around a sign advertising Victory Bonds. The heading on the sign reads, “Our Objective! 200,000.00.” Jack Mantle was head of the Army Reserve Corps.

Image shows soldiers lined up for inspection with a crowd of civilians looking on. Jack Mantle was head of the Army Reserve Corps. Cap Bradley is also in the picture.

Women’s curling team featuring Anna Mantle on the far left. The other women are unidentified.

Portrait of Jack Mantle taken at Huber studios in Ottawa.

Two soldiers posed for a formal portrait. Jack Mantle is on the left, the other man is unidentified.

D. Coy 49th (R) Grande Prairie Loyal Edmonton Regt. at Sarcee Camp on 22 July- 6 August 1944. Jack Mantle is in the front row, seventh from the right. Photograph is attached to board backing which contains the names of the individuals as well as the location of the photo and name of the regiment.

Back row, left to right; Velve, J.H.; Vante, M.; Rohne, S; Sonstvedt, J; Loberg, P.G.; Klettke, O.; Sgt. Flannigan, A; Howes, A. G.; Wigmore, R.S.; Duncan, W.

Third row: Halverson, G.; Melhus, P.M.; Homme, O.; Tosczak, G.; Westad, A.; Dumbeck, A.J.; Miller, R.G.; Pearson, H.C.; Horneland, M.; Reed, R.L.V.; Dryer, D.

Second Row: Field, F.; Knutson, K.; Blais, E.; Buchholdt, E.; Dolemo, A.; Duncan, G.A.; Swanson, M.E.; Guittard, D.E.; Leslie, T.K.; Wagner, R; Krantz, A.; Braathen, S.

Front row: Miller, D.A.; L/Cpl. Wright, P.D.; Cpl. Hanson, D.O.; CPL. Spicer, W.; Sgt. Cooke, D.R.; C.S.M. Cobb, L.V.; Capt. A. J. Mantle; C.S.M. Booker, T, E,; Sgt. Leitgeb, J.C.; Cpl. Shields, H.J.; Swanston, J.A.’ Knutson, F.; Nelson, A.

The Campbell, Wilson & Horne warehouse beside the railroad track, Grande Prairie. This company was the forerunner to Horne & Pitfield. Three people stand in the doorway.

The railway with a train coming in beside four grain elevators in Grande Prairie.

Date: 1917-1964 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The series consists of 27 photographs of F.W. and Christine Schenk, trains, train personnel, and train accidents on the Northern Alberta Railway (NAR) line in the south Peace Country; copies of 15 documents, including a Pacific Great Eastern Railway Co. Pass for Christine Schenk, F.W. Schenk’s United Transportation Union Card, war registration papers and his exemption certificate from World War II; correspondence between Francis and Christine; life insurance documents; and newspaper clippings.

Physical description: 1.5 cm textual records

26 photographs

1 postcard

Access points:

•                Textual record (documentary form)

•                Graphic material – photograph (documentary form)

Conditions governing use:

Many of the photographs and documents in this series were donated digitally and may not be suitable for reproduction.

Publication status:

Published

Photograph on the Certificate of Identification to be attached to Naturalization Certificate for Karl and Sophia Dolemo when they returned to Norway for a visit in 1937-38. They went back to Canada aboard the Norwegian American Line on the last ship to leave Norway before it was invaded prior to World War II. Photograph was digitized as part of the certificate, as well as separately.

Arrival of Norwegian settlers from Minnesota at Valhalla on April 11, 1917. Karl Dolemo is second on right.

Francis Schenk married Christine Dolemo, daughter of Karl and Sophia Dolemo. They are accompanied here by Francis’ mother, Susanne Schenk, at the home of Jack Mantle.

Francis and Christine Schenk with friends on the ferry over the Smoky River at Moody’s Crossing. Ferry poster is visible at right.

Christine Dolemo and Francis Schenk at the front of Locomotive #16, belonging to the Edmonton, Dunvegan & British Columbia Railway.

Warehouses and elevators line the railway at Grande Prairie, Alberta.

Snow plow on the front of the Railway Engine clears the snow off the tracks.

Steam Locomotive on the Northern Alberta Railway Line in the South Peace River Country of Alberta.

Francis Schenk at the wheel of N.A.R. Locomotive 51.

Engine #73 was purchased in 1927. In 1955 it made its last trip back to Edmonton with (left to right) Sam Jones, fireman; Francis Schenk, locomotive watchman; and Carl Gage, locomotive engineer.

Francis Schenk, Jr. is the fireman on Engine #51 with Lloyd Garrison as the engineer.

Train Wreck on the N.A.R. line. Women and children passengers watch as railway workers assess the damages.

Railway cars were lifted off their wheel bases and overturned in a “weird storm” that resembled a tornado at Rycroft, September 1, 1951.

Disintegrating tracks caused by shifting ground caused many train wrecks.

Last Steam Locomotive leaving Northern Alberta Railways at Dawson Creek on May 14, 1960. From left to right, Engineer Neil Doherty, porter George Dalton, conductor Ed Chausse, locomotive foreman Francis Schenk, fireman W.S. “Slim” Wearmouth, trainman George Kopt, and Express messenger Nick Krawchuk.

Left to right: Clarence Comrie, master mechanic; Christine Schenk; Joe Newman, fireman; Art Gibbons, engineer; and F.W. Schenk, locomotive foreman.

F.W. Schenk worked as a locomotive foreman for the N.A.R.

Composite photograph of all the hockey players on the 1922-23 Grande Prairie Hockey Club: J.H. Slawter, R. Dean, H.F. Hammond, H. O’Brien, R.F.R. Howell, V. Taylor, A.W. Pentland, F.W. Schenk, H.A. Brick, J.E. Basted, F.R. Brown, and J.E. Shields.

The first Locomotive Fireman in Grande Prairie was “Sledgehammer” Bill Henderson, shown here on the left with Watchman, Francis Schenk.

Tom Massee with Christine Dolemo at Grande Prairie, when Christine was waiting tables.

Four individuals standing beside the NAR trestles bridge that runs over Bear Creek in Grande Prairie. The individuals were identified in a note attached to the back of the photograph that read “L-R: unknown, Anna Mantle, Christine Schenk, last 2 unknown.”

Railway trestle bridge crossing over Heart River with the town of Peace River in the background. Written on the back of the photograph is “Aspen Glen July 4/31”.

Caption on back of photograph reads “Gas + salt water well at Peace River town about 1929.” This is possibly the infamous well known as “Old Salty” or the “Well from Hell” that was drilled in 1916 outside of Peace River. The well spewed out enough salt water to fill an Olympic sized pool every day for 87 years. After a total of $10 million was spent, the well was finally sealed in 2003.

Copy of a photograph showing a train derailment causing a rolled train. There is a man standing on top of the rolled train and men in the background looking at the damage.

Date: 1914-2005 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The series consists of 58 photographs relating to Alberta Forest Service, forest fire fighting, and family life. It also contains 43.5 cm of textual material that includes: travel records and statements of remittance and earnings from Dave’s time as a forest ranger; daily journals pertaining to forestry; handbooks and manuals; a World War II supply book; and 9 maps.

Physical description: 42 cm textual records

64 photographs

1 card

1 artwork

9 maps

Access points:

•                Cartographic material (documentary form)

•                Graphic material (documentary form)

•                Textual record (documentary form)

•                Graphic material – photograph (documentary form)

Physical condition:

WWII supply book has moderate water damage, grocery price book has damaged binder rings, Canadian National Railways booklet is missing front cover and back cover is unattached but present. Four documents that include a list of NAR employees, NAR seniority lists and a United Transportation Union certificate are encapsulated in plastic. All other documents are in fair condition.

Arrangement:

This series is divided into five subseries: NAR (1924-1980); Forestry (1933-2000); World War I & World War II (1914-1946); Personal (1934-2005); and Miscellaneous ([1942?]-1955). Four of the subseries were added by the archivist to this series after the first accession: NAR, World War I & World War II, Personal, and Miscellaneous. 21 files were also added to the Forestry sub-series after the original accession.

Publication status:

Published

Date: 1924-1980 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

This subseries consists of handbooks and news publications from Northern Alberta Railway (NAR) as well as various employment records belonging to Dave Schenk.

Physical description: 3 cm textual records

Access points:

•                Textual record (documentary form)

Publication status:

Published

This file contains NAR publications such as time table handbooks for use by employees; a handbook for the mechanical examination of firemen; and five issues of NAR’s newspaper “The Headlight”.

Note:

Duplicate copies of the Headlight newspaper were removed. Documents were originally received in envelope.

This file contains NAR paystubs belonging to Dave Schenk; an enginemen’s trip report; a list of NAR staff engineers, firemen, conductors, and brakemen; two NAR staff seniority lists which list Dave’s brother (F. J. Schenk); a railway employees’ timebook; and a 50 year veteran certificate from the United Transportation Union.

Date: 1933-2004 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

This subseries contains documents relating to Dave Schenk’s employment in Forest Service with the Alberta Energy and Natural Resources Department. The subseries consists of 56 photographs, 9 maps, and 34.5 cm of textual material including attendance records, daily journals, handbooks and manuals, documentation books, land use summaries, employment finances, and location research.

Physical description: 31.5 cm textual records

56 photographs

9 maps

Access points:

•                Textual record (documentary form)

•                Graphic material – photograph (documentary form)

•                Cartographic material (documentary form)

Physical condition:

Fair.

Publication status:

Published

This file contains 56 photographs from Dave Schenk’s time working for Alberta Forest Service. The photographs are of the Pipestone Creek ferry, the Kakwa area, forestry road work, forestry cabins, tower sites, ranger stations, fire fighting, and game patrol. There is also a sheet of paper with small images scanned from 20 slides printed on it.

Conditions governing use:

All photographs in this file were donated digitally and may not be suitable for reproduction.

Sarah Hubert, Christine Schenk, Bill Henderson, Jack McCullough, David Schenk (on Bill’s lap).

Mike Malony, Assar Vicklund, Bill Henderson, Sarah Hubert, Francis, Christine, and Celia Schenk.

Bill Henderson and Sarah Hubert at Bill’s farm in South Wapiti, July 1948.

Bill Henderson and Sarah Hubert operated the Pipestone Creek Ferry for a time.

Bill Henderson and a team of men work to get the Pipestone Creek Ferry into operation in the spring.

Carl Brooks was killed in this crash in the fall of 1945 near Kakwa Lake.

Ed Moberly on his horse in the Kakwa area.

Ed Moberly checking his cache in the Kakwa area

L-R Pete Comeau, Sherman Head, John Miller, Ole Overland, and George Kalischuk stopping for lunch at the side of the road they are working on.

Paul Wyniandi, District Ranger Bert Varty (sitting), and Dale Landry take a break from road work.

Doug Howarth, Ole Overland, Sherman Head, and Johnny Miller take a break during road construction

Ole Overland, District Ranger Bert Varty, Doug Howarth, and Johnny Miller cook a meal on a portable stove.

District Ranger Bert Varty working on his jeep along the road being constructed.

Ray Smuland (in tent) and Sherman Head (in caterpillar) working in a forestry camp.

Dave Schenk’s kitchen; doing forestry work in the Kakwa area.

The cook shows off his offerings for a forestry road work crew. Group includes Dave Joachim, Doug Howarth, Ray Smuland, Ole Overland.

Ray Smuland, Forest Superintendent, sawing logs for building a forestry cabin at Musreau Lake.

Sam Fomuk, tower man and Dave Schenk, Ranger, at the Nose Mountain Tower cabin, September, 1957.

Prairie Provinces Annual Forestry Film Tour with Dave Schenk and Greg Stevens flanking Bertie the Beaver.

Grovedale ferry on the Wapiti, April 1956. Claud O’Keefe is standing on the approach.

Porcupine Cabins and Porcupine Airstrip.

Camp of Ole Overland and Dave Schenk at Nose Mountain Tower site, September 1957.

Griff James, Dick Bacon, Dave Schenk (Ranger), and Francis Schenk standing by the cabin at Porcupine airstrip.

The new house at South Wapiti Ranger Station was built in 1957. The original cabin on the left was moved to Two Lakes.

Dave Schenk at the Copton Lookout site, which closed down in 1959.

First Rainbow Trout Plant at Two Lakes showing Curly Wren from Brooks Fish Nursery.

The opening of the Nose Mountain Tower site showing pilot Lloyd Anderson in a 47J Chopper.

Fire fighting crew brought into the South Wapiti Forest District by Doug Clarkson (in plaid).

Henry McCullough and Dave Schenk on the extreme south end of the Wapiti forest district in the Sheep Creek area. Part of forestry work was to monitor the hunting of game.

Dave Schenk and Henry McCullough in Dead Horse Meadows.

Dave Schenk and Henry McCullough near the B.C. border.

Dave Schenk and Henry McCullough set up a shelter and camp on the trail near the B.C. border. Snow covered mountains in the background.

Ed Moberly and Carlin Schenk sit outside a teepee at Nose Creek.

Prairie Provinces Annual Forestry Film Tour visits the students at South Wapiti. Bertie the Beaver is used as an instructional aid.

Harvie Trace beside his 47J Helicopter and Carlin Schenk standing in front. Taken in the spring of 1966 at the opening of the Tower, South Wapiti Ranger Station.

Dave Joachim and Paul Wyniandi with Carlin Schenk (the child) stand in front of their teepee.

Violet, Eva, and Delia Moberly stand behind Mrs. Dave (Grandma) Joachim. Carlin Schenk is leaning on Grandma Joachim’s knee.

Dave Joachim, Dave Schenk, Carlin Schenk, and Christine Schenk stand in front of the Shuttler Flats cabin.

Francis Schenk stands on the porch of Sherman Meadows Cabin at the airstrip.

Otto Sourly stands with Christine Schenk on the Grovedale ferry.

Dave Schenk stands in front of entrance to a coal adit dug 150’ into the mountain.

Mrs. Smuland, Mrs. Dobson, Bunny Schenk and her three children, and the Hoyme children on the banks of the Kakwa River on a family trip ca. 1970.

Image shows a man, woman, two children, and a dog on the front porch of the Sherman Meadows cabin.

The Schenk family at Kakwa River. They are standing around a pickup truck with a camper on the back.

Image shows the Schenk family inside the Sherman Meadows Cabin.

Good times inside the Sherman Meadows Cabin with the Schenk, Dobson, Hoyme, and Smuland families.

A Nahanni helicopter lands near the forest fire at Adelaide Creek.

Ed Moberly with Francis Schenk at Ed’s cabin, Moberly Flats, south of Two Lakes.

Mrs. Schenk, Paul Wyniandi, Alex and Rod Moberly, Francis and Dave Schenk in front of a forestry cabin south of the Wapiti.

Paul Wyniandi shows the Schenk children his rat root, a highly regarded medicinal plant root.

Image shows Paul Wyniandi in the forest.

Snowmobile used in coal exploration in Saxon Creek, March 1977.

Kakwa Falls from above the falls.

Ole Overland’s Cabin on Line 5, south of the Wapiti, in 1977.

Forestry Cabin at Two Lakes in 1977.

Forestry cabin at the old tower site on Nose Mountain.

This page has 20 1 x 1.25” images printed on it, copied from 35mm slides. The images show scenes from Sherman Meadows, including the cabin and outbuildings, as well as from Sulphur Springs, Kakwa.

This file contains land use summary memorandums from forest officer Dave Schenk to the forest superintendent R. Smuland. These reports describe seismic activities and oil operations in the area.

This file contains books used by Dave Schenk for documentation purposes during his time working for Forest Service Alberta, including three copies of an Alberta Forest Service Fire Control Service book, a Fire Report notebook, a Fire Removal ticket book, a Seized Items record book, and an Engineers Field Book.

This file contains an assortment of handbooks and manuals relating to forestry and Forest Service Alberta including two Forestry Course Textbooks; an air operations manual for Forest Service Alberta; three glossaries of forest fire control terms from 1963, 1970, and 1980; a Alberta Union of Provincial Employees handbook; and a Fire Line handbook.

This file includes Dave Schenk’s monthly attendance records from his time working as a Forest Officer for the Department of Energy and Natural Resources – Forest Service division.

This file has the monthly travel expenses Dave Schenk incurred during his time as a Forest Officer for Alberta Forest Service.

This file contains statements of remittance issued to Dave Schenk from the Government of Alberta – Lands and Forests and Energy and Natural Resources departments.

This file contains statements of earnings (pay slips) for Dave Schenk from the Government of Alberta for his work as a Forest Officer for Alberta Energy and Natural Resources – Forest Service.

This file contains statements of earnings (pay slips) for Dave Schenk from the Government of Alberta for his work as a Forest Officer for Alberta Energy and Natural Resources – Forest Service.

These files contain 22 journals that were used by Dave Schenk to document his daily activities as a forest officer. There is one book per year from 1966-1987.

This file contains information pertaining to burial records discovered by Dave Schenk while doing forestry work in the Kakwa area.

This file contains 9 maps, many of which were produced by the Province of Alberta for Alberta Forest Service. There is one set of four maps that were used for Alberta Forest Service and contain different overlays pertaining to their Air Operations. The maps cover various areas including all of Alberta, the Wapiti region, and the Kakwa region. They are from 1964, 1973, 1975, 1995, 2000, and 2004.

Produced by the Province of Alberta – Department of Lands and Forests, Forest Surveys Branch. The map shows all of the forest ranger districts in Alberta as of May 1964.

Produced by the Province of Alberta for Alberta Forest Service – Air Operations, this map features an air patrol overlay and lookout system. The map shows all of Alberta. One of four maps from the Province of Alberta that feature different overlays regarding air operations for Alberta Forest Service.

Produced by the Province of Alberta for Alberta Forest Service – Air Operations, this map features an overlay showing fuel cache radius’. The map shows all of Alberta. One of four maps from the Province of Alberta that feature different overlays regarding air operations for Alberta Forest Service.

Produced by the Province of Alberta for Alberta Forest Service – Air Operations, this map features no overlay and serves as the base map for air operations. The map shows all of Alberta and features information showing the location of different air operation services like helipads, ranger stations, and airstrips. One of four maps from the Province of Alberta that feature different overlays regarding air operations for Alberta Forest Service.

Produced by the Province of Alberta for Alberta Forest Service – Air Operations, this map features an overlay showing fire bombing operations. The map shows all of Alberta. One of four maps from the Province of Alberta that feature different overlays regarding air operations for Alberta Forest Service.

Created by the Resource Information Unit Land and Forest Service – Northwest Boreal. Covers the area from townships 59-62 and ranges 12-14 west of the 6 meridian as well as Kakwa Wildland Provincial Park.

Made by the Department of Mines and Technical Surveys. Covers the Wapiti region and contains locations of fire towers and airports.

Note:

This map was compiled in 1962, printed in 1963, and dated as 1973.

Created by the Land and Forest Service Environmental Protection department of the Government of Alberta. The map covers the Wapiti River District.

Created by Weyerhaeuser, shows a legend for a herbicide proposal as well as traplines in the area.

Date: 1914-1946 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

This subseries contains textual material relating to World War I and World War II including a supply book, a field service book from the United States, a newspaper from the Honolulu Star Bulletin announcing the attack on Pearl Harbor, and World War II ration books belonging to the Schenk family.

Physical description: 4 cm textual records

Access points:

•                Textual record (documentary form)

Physical condition:

Supply book is slightly water damaged. All other documents are in fair condition.

Arrangement:

This subseries was arranged by the archivist.

Publication status:

Published

Date: 1934-2005 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

This subseries contains one Robert Guest artwork gifted to Dave Schenk, one holiday card from Bob and Myrtle Guest, eight photographs, and one newspaper clipping.

Physical description: 1 p. textual records

8 photographs

1 card

1 artwork

Access points:

•                Graphic material (documentary form)

•                Textual record (documentary form)

•                Graphic material – photograph (documentary form)

Physical condition:

Newspaper clipping was removed from frame. All other materials in fair condition.

Arrangement:

Arrangement was completed by archivist.

Conditions governing use:

Items 0256.03.04.03-08 were donated digitally and may not be suitable for reproduction.

Publication status:

Published

Dave Schenk’s grandparents in a boat out on the water. The photograph was originally in a frame which had “Grandparents [?] getting $1 a day to muskrat” written on the back.

Dave and Francis J. Schenk with their grandparents on a porch. Dave is the second from the left (standing) and Francis J. is the third from left (sitting). There is a description on the back that reads “Boys! Can you remember that time we took this pickture? Grande Ma. Sept. or Oct. 1934.” The frame that the photograph was originally in read “Grandmother, Grandfather, Dave, + Brother Francis.”

A boy on crutches poses in front of the locomotive foreman’s house in Rycroft. A sled is leaning against the wall of the building beside him.

A boy and dog pose in front of the locomotive foreman’s house in Rycroft. “Locomotive Foreman” is painted on the wall of the building.

A man and boy pose in front of locomotive foreman’s house in Rycroft.

A girl, three boys, and a dog pose on the sidewalk beside the locomotive foreman’s house in Rycroft.

A man in military uniform poses with a woman and two children at the locomotive foreman’s house in Rycroft. There is snow on the ground, and the children are wearing snowsuits.

An unidentified boy poses in front of the locomotive foreman’s house in Rycroft in the winter.

Date: [1942?]-1955 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

This subseries contains one grocery price list notebook; a standard field tables book from the United States Department of the Interior; an Alberta Liquor Board price list from 1955; and a Soudack fur auction sales bulletin.

Physical description: 3.5 cm textual records

Access points:

•                Textual record (documentary form)

Physical condition:

Binder rings on grocery price list notebook are damaged, all other documents in fair condition.

Arrangement:

Arrangement was provided by the archivist.

Publication status:

Published

Date: 1973-1977 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

This series contains textual material relating to Melba Schenk’s employment with Alberta Energy and Natural Resources – Forest Service division.

Physical description: 2 cm textual records

Access points:

•                Textual record (documentary form)

Physical condition:

Condition is fair.

Arrangement:

This series was created by the archivist.

Publication status:

Published

Date: 1973-1977 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

This subseries contains time certificates of labor from the Alberta Forest Service for Melba’s work in janitorial services and as a weather observer.

Physical description: 2 cm textual records

Access points:

•                Textual record (documentary form)

Physical condition:

Condition is fair.

Arrangement:

Time certificates maintain the original order from the time of donation.

Publication status:

Published

Conservation:

Records were originally fastened together by metal clip which has been removed for preservation reasons.