Fonds 198 Ward-Marcy family fonds

29 photographs

11 video recordings

Date: 1924-1972 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The series consists of 29 family photographs. There are also 16 pages of family history.

Physical description: 0.5 cm textual records

29 photographs

Access points:

•                Graphic material – photograph (documentary form)

•                Textual record (documentary form)

Conditions governing use:

28 of the photographs were donated as digital copies and are not suitable for large-format reproductions.

Publication status:

Published

Main Street of Sexsmith showing a decorated sign, “Welcome to Sexsmith”.

Aerial view of the Ward farm, showing the blacksmith shop, granary, and Virginia Creepers covering the house.

The Sexsmith High School with students and teacher grouped in front.

The Sexsmith Junior High School students. Back row surnames: Skarberg, Skarberg, Phees, Hovdebo, Houseman, Anderson, Smith, Skarberg. Middle row surnames: Swenson, Spacil, Pazkowski, MacMillan, Brown, Menzies, Warren. Front row surnames: Ross, Obniawka, Barrett, Wold, Miss Lammle.

The Sexsmith Primary grades class photograph taken in front of their school.

Miles and Marion Marcy’s new house on 109 Ave in the Avondale district, July 1958. Children are seen playing in the water in front of the new houses along the street.

Pitman’s Point on Bear Lake was a favorite place to picnic and go boating.

Mr. Bode launches his boat as other help him.

Marion Ward with her brother Lewis on their farm.

Marion Marcy stands beside her husband’s first commercial truck.

Marion Ward and Miles Marcy as an engaged couple.

Back Row: Pete Wright, Marion Ward, Jean Turner, Gabey Devost, Agnes Wright, Ann Troyer, Bob Kelly. Front Row: Mona Walker, Helen Rhone, Vivian Nelson, Marie Wright.

Order of the Royal Purple Curing team: Evelyn Durda, Marion Marcy, Joyce Scott, Diane Hanson.

Portrait of Miles Marcy as a child.

Miles Marcy’s Trucking with a load of culverts.

Miles Marcy’s Trucking with a load chained on the back of the truck.

Miles Marcy standing by his truck loaded with concrete culverts, with the cement plant in the background.

Miles Marcy’s gravel crusher.

Miles Marcy’s truck loaded with a caterpillar tractor.

Miles Marcy’s truck loading from his sand pit.

Miles Marcy’s truck in the winter loaded with lumber.

Miles Marcy’s gravel pit operation showing the gravel crusher and loader.

Wedding portrait of Miles Marcy and Marion Ward.

Marcy children: Greg, Ken, Colleen, Marilynne, Kevin.

Four generations: Grandparents Alfred and Anne Ward, Marion Marcy, Marilynne Turner, and Lisa Turner.

The Ward family. Back row: David and his wife Margaret Stewart, Marion, Walter. Front row: Alfred and Anne Ward, parents. Their eldest child, Lewis, was killed in an airplane crash in South America in 1932.

Two of the Ward children pose standing on the back of the binder pulled by a team of four horses.

Marcy and Wiens log Grappler driven by Glen Larson.

Date: 1955-1964 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The series consists of 10 8mm films and 1 VHS video recording (no sound) using images from the 10 films. Film examination forms including descriptions of each film are included in the accession file.

Physical description: 11 video recordings

Access points:

•                Moving images (documentary form)

Publication status:

Published

The 8mm film shows life on the family farm when the children, Colleen and Marilynne, were small and grandparents, Alf and Ann Ward, were alive. Events filmed include stock car races, Thanksgiving turkey supper in the field, Cub camp at Saskatoon Lake, building a driveway at their Avondale home, and camping at Dunvegan.

Digitized May 2011 to DigiBeta and DVD.

Most of the 8mm film shows a trip to Kinuseo Falls, then a Grande Prairie parade, then a water skiing outing.

Digitized May 2015. View a digitized copy of the film here.

Most of the 8mm film shows a convention of the Elks Club and Royal Purple at Elk Island Park, also a children’s picnic, Miles doing some clearing with a caterpillar tractor, the children rafting, a trip to Mount Rushmore, and a very short piece showing the building of the Elks Hall.

This film shows the family camping and boating and includes farm pictures of harvesting and getting bulls ready for a show (likely on Bob Scott’s farm) and a large group picnic.

Digitized May 2015. View a digitized copy of the film here.

This film shows the family trip to see the Bennett Dam at Hudson’s Hope under construction.

Digitized May 2015. View a digitized copy here.

This film shows Teepee Creek Stampede events (bucking broncos, steer wrestling, roping, and chuckwagons) and a waterskiing outing.

The film shows a winter lumber mill including Miles Marcy’s truck being loaded with lumber.

Digitized May 2015. View a digitized copy of the film here.

The film shows a trip to the Alberta Game Farm, scenes of home and cars, a winter lumber mill including three Oilund Construction trucks being loaded with lumber and Miles Marcy operating a “Timber Toter” doing the unloading. Also shown is a Miles Marcy’s wrecked truck after it had rolled.

Digitized May 2015. View a digitized copy of the film here.

The film shows children holding puppies, farm buildings, blonde child with a doll, a trip to the beach, and a visit to the Badlands and Dinosaur Park.

Digitized May 2015. View a digitized copy of the film here.

The film shows a group camping trip to Kleskun Hills, families around a campfire, playing horseshoes, kids races, and a potluck picnic.

A VHS copy of the Marcy family film collection (reels 0198.02.01 to 0198.02.10).