Fonds 262 Martha Gudlaugson fonds

1918-1939. — 35 photographs.

Biographical Sketch

Martha Gudlaugson arrived in the south Peace in 1911 with her parents Magnus and Olina Gudlaugson, who came from Manitoba. They homesteaded in the Clairmont area, and the children attended Wellington School, which began as a school on skids in their farmyard. Martha trained as a teacher at Camrose Normal School and came back to the Peace Country to teach at the following Schools: Wapiti, Wembley, Bezanson, Currie, Clairmont, Homestead, Kleskun Lake, East Smoky, and Morning View. After many years of teaching in the Peace, she moved with her husband, J.W. Callister, to Vancouver Island, where she continued teaching until she had taught for 40 years.

Custodial History

The records were deposited in South Peace Regional Archives in 2008 by Derril Gudlaugson, nephew to Martha Gudlaugson Callister.

Scope and Content

The fonds consists of copies of 35 photographs which Martha took during her teaching career. The subjects are her time at Camrose Normal School, her students and the schools at which she taught, as well as a few collected from others: Bezanson, Sexsmith, Wellington, Camrose Normal School, Wembley, Bezanson, East Smoky, Currie, Clairmont, Kleskun Lake. There are also two of Goodwin Store, where she boarded when she was teacher at East Smoky School.

Notes

Morningview Teacherage, 1934-1935
1 photograph; b & w; 3 x 5 in.
Martha Gudlaugson, teacher at Morningview school, with her Model A car in front of the teacherage. Morningview School District 3514 was established south-east of Sexsmith in 1917.
Location: 2008.046.01

Bezanson Students on Horseback, [1934-1935]
1 photograph; b & w; 3 x 5 in.
Bezanson students, ready to head home after a long day at school. Photo taken by teacher Martha Gudlaugson. Bezanson School District 3302 was organized east of Grande Prairie in 1915, and the school built in 1919.
Location: 2008.046.02

Bezanson Student Body,
1 photograph; b & w; 3 x 5 in.
Bezanson students in front of the school. Photo taken by teacher Martha Gudlaugson. Bezanson School District 3302 was organized east of Grande Prairie in 1915, and the school built in 1919.
Location: 2008.046.03

First Sexsmith School, 1918
1 photograph; b & w; 3 x 5 in.
Sexsmith School District 3600 was formed in 1918 in the Village of Sexsmith. These were the first students at that year. Front row, l to r, Herman Foster, Raymond Foster, George Sexsmith, Nellie McDonald, Ruth Sexsmith, Adele Irving, Lily Einarson, Walter Sexsmith, Jack Irving, Oscar Gudlaugson, George McQuitty. Second row, l to r, Freda Einarson, Mary McQuitty, Elma Gudlaugson, Clark Foster, Steve and Rusty Johnstone. Back row, l to r, Eileen Coleman, Hazel Bone (Bowen?), Edith Hook, Martha Gudlaugson, Alfred Bredison.
Location: 2008.046.04

First Wellington School, [1921]
1 photograph; b & w; 3 x 5 in.
Elma and Martha (on right) Gudlaugson on horses Fanny & Topsy in the Gudlaugson farmyard. Wellington School, built on skids and located first in the Gudlaugson yard) can be seen on the left. Wellington School District 3636 was formed in 1919 for an area between Sexsmith and Clairmont.
Location: 2008.046.05

Camrose Normal School Staff, 1926-1927
1 photograph; b & w; 3 x 5 in.
Staff at Camrose Normal School when Martha Gudlaugson was in training: Back row: Miss McSkimming, Mr. Manning, Miss Burnett, Dr. Tuck, Mr. Tosit (principle), Mrs. Hoyt. Front row: Miss Hopkins, _____, Miss Johnston. Missing: Seargeant Cummings.
Location: 2008.046.06

Camrose Normal School Class, 1926-1927
1 photograph; b & w; 3 x 5 in.
Class II C students at Camrose Normal School when Martha Gudlaugson was in training.
Location: 2008.046.07

Wembley School Children, 1928
1 photograph; b & w; 3 x 5 in.
Grades I, II and III students from Wembley School just after it moved into town, when school was held in the United Church. Teacher Martha Gudlaugson is at the gate.
Location: 2008.046.08

Wembley School Students, 1926-1927
1 photograph; b&w; 3×5 in.
Students from Wembley School just after it moved into town, when school was held in the United Church. Photograph taken by Martha Gudlaugson.
Location: 2008.046.09

Wembley School Vans, 1928
1 photograph; b & w; 3 x 5 in.
In 1928, when Hillhead School moved in to the townsite of Wembley, horse-drawn vans brought the children to school. Photograph taken by teacher Martha Gudlaugson.
Location: 2008.046.10

Bezanson School Students, 1928-1929
1 photograph; b & w; 3 x 5 in.
Bezanson School students in 1928-1929. Photograph taken by teacher Martha Gudlaugson. Bezanson School District 3302 was organized east of Grande Prairie in 1915, and the school built in 1919.
Location: 2008.046.11

Bezanson School Students, 1928-1929
1 photograph; b & w; 3 x 5 in.
Arnold and Neil, two Grade IX boys at Bezanson School in 1928-29. Photograph taken by teacher Martha Gudlaugson. Bezanson School District 3302 was organized east of Grande Prairie in 1915, and the school built in 1919.
Location: 2008.046.12

Ready to Perform, 1928-1929
1 photograph; b & w; 3 x 5 in.
Edna Olson and Waneita Patterson, ready to perform in an event at Bezanson School. Photograph taken by teacher Martha Gudlaugson. Bezanson School District 3302 was organized east of Grande Prairie in 1915, and the school built in 1919.
Location: 2008.046.13

Student Billy Moon, 1928-1929
1 photograph; b & w; 3 x 5 in.
Billy Moon on horseback at Bezanson School. Photo taken by teacher Martha Gudlaugson. Bezanson School District 3302 was organized east of Grande Prairie in 1915, and the school built in 1919.
Location: 2008.046.14

Elmer McLaughlin on Nancy, 1928-1929
1 photograph; b & w; 3 x 5 in.
Elmer McLaughlin, student at Bezanson School, with his horse Nancy. Photo taken by teacher Martha Gudlaugson. Bezanson School District 3302 was organized east of Grande Prairie in 1915, and the school built in 1919.
Location: 2008.046.15

Bezanson Students, 1928-1929
1 photograph; b & w; 3 x 5 in.
Intermediate students at Bezanson School: Elsie Olson, Elizabeth Stark, Mildred Allen, Edith Henry, Edna Olson, Billy Moon, David Stark, Albert Johnson, Earl McLaughlin, Jim Stark. Photo taken by teacher Martha Gudlaugson. Bezanson School District 3302 was organized east of Grande Prairie in 1915, and the school built in 1919.
Location: 2008.046.16

Bezanson Students, 1928-1929
1 photograph; b & w; 3 x 5 in.
Bezanson students ready to go home, one, two or three on each horse. Photo taken by teacher Martha Gudlaugson. Bezanson School District 3302 was organized east of Grande Prairie in 1915, and the school built in 1919.
Location: 2008.046.17

Bezanson Students, 1928-1929
1 photograph; b & w; 3 x 5 in.
Students at Bezanson School in 1928-29, when Martha Gudlaugson was the teacher. Bezanson School District 3302 was organized east of Grande Prairie in 1915, and the school built in 1919.
Location: 2008.046.18

Bezanson Students, 1928-1929
1 photograph; b & w; 3 x 5 in.
Grade IX girls and teacher Martha Gudlaugson at Bezanson Schooll before government exams. Bezanson School District 3302 was organized east of Grande Prairie in 1915, and the school built in 1919.
Location: 2008.046.19

Bezanson Students, 1928-1929
1 photograph; b & w; 3 x 5 in.
Grades VII to IX at Bezanson School: l to r, Elizabeth Stark, Mildred Allen, Edith Henry, Edna Olson, Wanieta Patterson, Irene Johnson, Clara Stewart. Bezanson School District 3302 was organized east of Grande Prairie in 1915, and the school built in 1919.
Location: 2008.046.20

Bezanson Students, 1928-1929
1 photograph; b & w; 3 x 5 in.
Grade IX Students at Bezanson: Arnold Ferris, Irena Johnson, Marion Ferris, Waneita Patterson, Clara Stewart, Neil McLaughlin. Bezanson School District 3302 was organized east of Grande Prairie in 1915, and the school built in 1919.
Location: 2008.046.21

Bezanson Students, 1928-1929
1 photograph; b & w; 3 x 5 in.
Grade 1 at Bezanson: June Ferris, Doris Stewart, Dorothy Johnson, Mary Moon. Photograph taken by teacher Martha Gudlaugson. Bezanson School District 3302 was organized east of Grande Prairie in 1915, and the school built in 1919.
Location: 2008.046.22

Bezanson Students, 1928-1929
1 photograph; b & w; 3 x 5 in.
Two Grade 1 students, June Ferris and Mary Moon, inside the Bezanson School. Bezanson School District 3302 was organized east of Grande Prairie in 1915, and the school built in 1919.
Location: 2008.046.23

School Picnic, 1928-1929
1 photograph; b & w; 3 x 5 in.
Mr. & Mrs. Ferris with daughter June wading in the Simonnette at the Bezanson School Picnic. Bezanson School District 3302 was organized east of Grande Prairie in 1915, and the school built in 1919.
Location: 2008.046.24

East Smoky School, 1939
1 photograph; b & w; 3 x 5 in.
East Smoky School District 4198 was established in the Goodwin area east of the Smoky River in 1924. This school was built in 1934. Photograph taken by teacher Martha Gudlaugson.
Location: 2008.046.25

East Smoky School, 1939
1 photograph; b & w; 3 x 5 in.
Putting up the basketball net at East Smoky School. Photograph taken by teacher Martha Gudlaugson. East Smoky School District 4198 was established in the Goodwin area east of the Smoky River in 1924. This school was built in 1934.
Location: 2008.046.26

Currie School, [1930]
1 photograph; b & w; 3 x 5 in.
Currie School students about 1931. Photograph taken by teacher Martha Gudlaugson. Currie School District 3767 was established west of Clairmont in 1918.
Location: 2008.046.27

Currie School, [1930]
1 photograph; b & w; 3 x 5 in.
Currie School students about 1930. Photograph taken by teacher Martha Gudlaugson. Currie School District 3767 was established west of Clairmont in 1918.
Location: 2008.046.28

Clairmont School, 1933-1934
1 photograph; b & w; 3 x 5 in.
Clairmont School students, Grades I-VI. Photograph taken by teacher Martha Gudlaugson. Clairmont Lake School was built in the hamlet of Clairmont in 1918.
Location: 2008.046.29

Kleskun Lake School, 1936-1937
1 photograph; b & w; 3 x 5 in.
Kleskun Lake School students in 1936-1937. Photograph taken by teacher Martha Gudlaugson. Kleskun Lake School District 2743 was organized in 1912.
Location: 2008.046.30

CGIT Camp, 1936-1937
1 photograph; b & w; 3 x 5 in.
CGIT Camp on Bear Lake in the late 1930s.
Location: 2008.046.31

Wellington School, 1929
1 photograph; b & w; 3 x 5 in.
Wellington School in its final official site on the northwest corner of the NW 31-72-5-W6. Woodrow and Clarence Gudlaugson are side by side in the back row; Ethel Gudlaugson is second from left in the front row.
Location: 2008.046.32

Goodwin Store, [1940]
1 photograph; b & w; 3 x 5 in.
Inside of the Goodwin Store: Otto, Flora, Marion, Selena, Elaine and Norman.
Location: 2008.046.33

Goodwin Store, [1940]
1 photograph; b & w; 3 x 5 in.
Front exterior of the Goodwin Store. Teacher Martha Gudlaugson roomed here. The top floor window on the right is her room.
Location: 2008.046.34

Currie School, [1930]
1 photograph; b & w; 3 x 5 in.
Currie School students ca. 1930: Back row, Martha Knechtel, Frances Halwa. In front are Esther Peebles, Lucy Halwa, and Margaret Stevenson. Currie School District 3767 was established west of Clairmont in 1918.
Location: 2008.046.35

1918-1939. — 35 photographs.

Biographical Sketch

Custodial History

Scope and Content

Notes

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