Summary information
| Repository: | South Peace Regional Archives |
| Title: | David Leonard fonds |
| Reference code: | 0342 |
| Date: | 1933-2006 (date of creation) |
| Physical description: | 21 TIFFs
6 photographs |
| Dates of creation, revision and deletion: | Processed by Karen Burgess, 2009 Added to new database August 2024 – TD |
Administrative history / Biographical sketch
David Leonard was born in Fairview in 1945 and raised in Sexsmith. His father and mother, Bill and Grace Leonard, came to the Peace country from Iowa in the early 1930s and resided in Hines Creek, Webster, and Whitelaw. After serving in the Second World War, Bill took land under the Veteran’s Land Act and chose two quarters at Teepee Creek, east of Sexsmith. The couple made their home in Sexsmith and raised three children: Donna (Menzies), Ann (Leighton), and David. David was an active student, joining air cadets and playing baseball. He served as a community reporter for the Grande Prairie Herald Tribune. In 1964, he attended the University of Alberta and obtained a Bachelor of Arts Honors degree in 1968, and a Masters of Arts degree in 1969. After two years as an archivist at the Provincial Archives, David moved to England to begin PhD studies in Modern Irish History, receiving his doctorate in 1975. After returning to Canada, he worked as Assistant Archivist at the City of Edmonton, Territorial Archivist of the Northwest Territories and in 1981 became Head of Government Records at the Provincial Archives in Edmonton. In 1992, he published the first of several histories of the Peace country, “The Lure of the Peace”, and in 1995, “Delayed Frontier: the Peace Country to 1909”. In 1996, David transferred to the Alberta Historic Sites Service, assuming the role of Project Historian for Northern Alberta. In 2006 he published “The Last Great West: the Agricultural Settlement of the Peace Country to 1914.”
Custodial history
These photographs were donated to the South Peace Regional Archives by David Leonard in 2009.
Scope and content
The fonds consists of 27 photographs of David Leonard’s life and career.
Notes
Title notes
- Source of title proper: Title of fonds based on contents.
Access points
- Graphic material – photograph (documentary form)
- Family and personal life* (subject)
Table of contents
0342.01, Family Photographs, 1933-2006
0342.02, Research Collection, 1990
Series descriptions
| Series 0342.01: Family Photographs
Date: 1933-2006 (date of creation) Scope and content: This series consists of 21 photographs of the Leonard family, Sexsmith and area, and David Leonard’s career. Physical description: 21 TIFFs Access points: • Graphic material – photograph (documentary form) Conditions governing use: These photographs were donated as digital files and will not be suitable for large-scale reproduction. Publication status: Published |
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| Reference code | Title | Dates | Physical description |
| 0342.01.01 | Item – The Leonard Family | 1955 | 1 TIFF : b&w |
| Scope and content:
The Leonard family: Ann, Donna, Grace, Bill, David in front. |
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| 0342.01.02 | Item – David Leonard | 1955 | 1 TIFF : b&w |
| Scope and content:
David Leonard in baseball uniform – ready to bat. |
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| 0342.01.03 | Item – David Leonard | 1957 | 1 TIFF : b&w |
| Scope and content:
David Leonard standing outside during winter. |
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| 0342.01.04 | Item – David Leonard of the Rainiers | 1960 | 1 TIFF : b&w |
| Scope and content:
David Leonard poses beside a car in his baseball uniform. |
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| 0342.01.05 | Item – Rodeo at Waterhole | ca. 1933 | 1 TIFF : b&w |
| Scope and content:
Four men on horses including Bill Leonard (2nd from the right) amongst a group of horsemen at the Waterhole Rodeo. |
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| 0342.01.06 | Item – Jack Neys’ Airplane | ca. 1937 | 1 TIFF : b&w |
| Scope and content:
Jack Neys’ airplane, “Peace River Airways,” sits in a field with Sexsmith in the background. A group of onlookers stand around it. |
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| 0342.01.07 | Item – Sexsmith | ca. 1948 | 1 TIFF : b&w |
| Scope and content:
Postcard photograph of Sexsmith showing the main street and east side of town. |
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| 0342.01.08 | Item – Sexsmith – aerial | ca. 1960 | 1 TIFF : b&w |
| Scope and content:
Postcard photograph of Sexsmith taken from the air and looking west. |
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| 0342.01.09 | Item – Sexsmith United Church | ca. 1960 | 1 TIFF : b&w |
| Scope and content:
Sexsmith United Church, taken from across the street. |
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| 0342.01.10 | Item – Sexsmith High School Students | 1952 | 1 TIFF : b&w |
| Scope and content:
Sexsmith High School with the students standing in a group in front of the windows. Students’ signatures are written on the back, including Ann Leonard. |
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| 0342.01.11 | Item – Sexsmith Rainiers | 1964 | 1 TIFF ; b&w |
| Scope and content:
Sexsmith Rainiers Baseball Team. Top Row: L-R Tommy Hamilton, coach, Wayne Lock, Bob Zaichkowski, Chuck Stojan, Ray Gilkyson, Greg Rycroft, Allan Moe, Willy Jackson, Harry Gathercole, manager. Bottom Row: L-R Jim Bellamy, Mel Wold, Leonard Zaichkowski, Jerry Pittman, David Leonard. The team photo was taken by Mrs. Gathercole at Fairview, Aug. 1964. |
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| 0342.01.12 | Item – David Leonard, University of Alberta Graduate Ernst of Goertz |
1968 | 1 TIFF : b&w |
| Scope and content:
David Leonard’s graduation portrait from the University of Alberta. |
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| 0342.01.13 | Item – Grace Leonard and Violet Rycroft | 1970 | 1 TIFF : b&w |
| Scope and content:
Grace Leonard (R) and Violet Rycroft, inside the Sexsmith Drugstore. |
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| 0342.01.14 | Item – David Leonard and Prince Charles | 1979 | 1 TIFF : b&w |
| Scope and content:
David Leonard and Prince Charles at the Northern Heritage Center in Yellowknife, NWT. |
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| 0342.01.15 | Item – David Leonard Conducting a Walking Tour in Edmonton | 1989 | 1 TIFF : b&w |
| Scope and content:
David Leonard conducting a walking tour in Edmonton. |
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| 0342.01.16 | Item – David Leonard and Pierre Trudeau | 1980 | 1 TIFF : b&w |
| Scope and content:
David Leonard (right) with Pierre Trudeau and Marilyn Yorga, inside the archives of the Northwest Territories, 1980. |
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| 0342.01.17 | Item – Leonard Residence at Whitelaw | 1990 | 1 TIFF : b&w |
| Scope and content:
David Leonard standing in front of the house that was the Leonard residence in Whitelaw between 1937-1946. |
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| 0342.01.18 | Item – Heritage Farm Home | 1990 | 1 TIFF : b&w |
| Scope and content:
The farm home of the Swensons, 1927-1947, William and Grace Leonard, 1947-1948, and Walter and Minnie Pazskowski and Walter Jr. , 1948-1960. It is located east of Sexsmith, first quarter section on the north side of the road. |
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| 0342.01.19 | Item – David Leonard Brock Silversides |
1992 | 1 TIFF : b&w |
| Scope and content:
David Leonard at his office desk at the Provincial Archives, Edmonton. |
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| 0342.01.20 | Item – David Leonard and Victoria Lemieux | 1992 | 1 TIFF : b&w |
| Scope and content:
David Leonard, Chief Archivist at the Provincial Museum and Victoria Lemieux, Information Officer for the City of Edmonton, co-authors of “Lure of the Peace”. |
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| 0342.01.21 | Item – David Leonard | 2006 | 1 TIFF : colour |
| Scope and content:
David Leonard |
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| Series 0342.02: Research Collection
Date: 1990 (date of creation) Scope and content: This series consists of six photographs of the elevator row in Sexsmith. Physical description: 6 photographs : colour ; 4 x 6 in. Access points: • Graphic material – photograph (documentary form) Publication status: Published |
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