Fonds 571 John Sinclair fonds

41 photographs

6 negatives

5 maps

Date: 1960-2007 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

Series consists of financial records accumulated between 1960 and 2007 through John Sinclair’s personal life and his professional work as a farmer. Record types include notebooks of financial information, tax records, bank statements and cheques, receipts, investment records, pension records, insurance documents, and correspondence.

Physical description: 35.7cm textual records

Access points:

•                   Textual record (documentary form)

Arrangement:

Files are arranged by record type and function to reflect their original order. Notebooks contain a wide range of record types found in other files but are united under the Taxes file by their arrangement and use in filing income tax. Files are in descending order by extent, also generally going from the file with the broadest range of record types to the most focused.

Restrictions on access:

Series is restricted until June 9th, 2028.

Publication status:

Published

File consists of federal tax return forms, property tax notices, and notebooks containing information pertinent to filing income tax. The notebooks each correspond to a single year and include material such as tax forms, correspondence, receipts, notes on expenses, and investment information.

File consists of bank statements and cheques paid by John Sinclair.

Files consists of payments and receipts related to Sinclair’s agricultural work. These include payments for grain sales and receipts for purchases of seeds, fuel, tools, hardware, and herbicides. Other records cover Alberta Wheat Pool membership, Western Grain Stabilization payments, account statements with the United Farmers of Alberta, and information on Sinclair’s farmland.

File consists of records related to investments held by John Sinclair and include include share certificates, shareholder letters, share offer forms, equity statements, and investment income records. Companies that Sinclair held shares in include Five Star Petroleum & Mines Ltd., Agricore United, United Farmers of Alberta Co-Operative Ltd., Grand Prairie & District Co-op Association, and United Grain Growers Limited.

File consists of records and receipts for vehicles, parts, and maintenance.

File consists of assorted financial records from Sinclair’s personal life including telephone bills, pension documents, receipts for groceries and medication, and records of his membership dues paid to the Royal Canadian Legion.

File contains financial records related to John Sinclair’s property including property purchase records, an easement grant, and receipts for changes of address.

File consists of insurance payment and policy records for home, car, and farm insurance.

File consists of correspondence and receipts for donation to charity. Donation recipients include Grande Prairie Toys for Tots, the Canadian Council of the Blind, the War Amps, and the Queen Elizabeth II Hospital Foundation.

Date: ca. 1940-2007 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The series consists mainly of correspondence from friends and family as well as funeral cards for Alice Sinclair (a relative), Gustav Alexander Grensman, Bert Berry, and Aubrey Edward Coates. There are also wedding invitations, a letter from J. B. Thompson to George Carter, and a booklet titled “Highlights of the Hinton Mill”. Many of the photographs include unidentified people.

Physical description: 2.5 cm textual records

29 photographs

6 negatives

Access points:

•                   Textual record (documentary form)

•                   Graphic material – photograph (documentary form)

Publication status:

Published

A group of eight young men outside with a building in the distance.

Portrait of a man identified as Bob on the reverse wearing university graduation robes.

A red car parked in front of a house in the winter.

A red car parked in front of a one-car garage in the summer.

John Sinclair wearing a Horseshoe Club hat.

John Sinclair accepting a trophy awarded at the Grande Prairie Annual Horseshoe Tournament. There are horseshoe pitches and people in the background.

A group picture of eight horseshoe players from the Grande Prairie tournament. John is kneeling on the right.

John Sinclair third from left with three other horseshoe players on a horseshoe pitch.

A group of people on the horseshoe pitch.

Three people at a horseshoe event in front of a concession booth.

Image shows two trophies positioned on a lawn chair. Two people standing behind the chair are visible from the waists down.

Marie sitting in a living room.

Three ladies identified on the reverse as Florence, Florance, and Marg standing in front of a fireplace.

Jean Hawley and Jean McBeth posing with an actor at Black Creek Village.

John Sinclair running an open-air tractor pulling harvesting equipment.

A thank you card with a wedding portrait of Paul & Joycelene thanking their Uncle John for his wedding gift. The inside of the card reads “Dear Uncle John, Thank-you for thinking of us on our special day! The money will be put to good use. Hope to see you soon! Love, Paul & Joycelene ‘97”

Paul & Joycelene’s wedding photograph with their parents Joe & Diana Desouza and Rena & Ed. April 13, 1997 at the Old Mill in Toronto.

John Sinclair receiving a trophy for lawn bowling.

Two copies of an aerial photograph of a farmstead, possibly John Sinclair’s.

Ed and Rena standing in front of a motorhome.

John’s cat Tommy lapping up some milk.

A panoramic picture of a farm yard with old buildings and some more modern granaries.

An unidentified building.

Two ducks in a farm yard with buildings in the background.

A building with the front open showing crates.

Two horses feeding on hay, with two farm buildings in the background.

A wood cutting machine and a pile of dirt by a building.

A white horse grazing by a granary.

Date: 1930-2004 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The series consists of a February 1930 issue of The Fortyniner, a collection of humorous postcards showing Manneken-Pis, copy of a Second World War service record, publications and event information from the Canadian Scottish Regiment, a French military magazine called Tam including an article on Canadian troops, a Registry of burials of All Battalions of The Canadian Scottish Regiment 1939-1945, a photocopy of John Sinclair’s passport, records pertaining to the D-Day’s 50th anniversary, a booklet called the The Brazier which has information on The Canadian Scottish Regiment, members list for the Canadian Scottish Regimental Association (1993, 1994, 2000), and a booklet from the D-Day Plus 50 Tour in 1994.

Physical description: 2 cm textual records

12 photographs

1 map

Access points:

•                   Textual record (documentary form)

•                   Graphic material – photograph (documentary form)

Arrangement:

Arranged chronologically with photographs kept separate before the textual records. The passport is arranged in this series as it was found among military material and its date of issue suggest Sinclair may have acquired the passport to attend the D-Day 50th anniversary events in France.

Restrictions on access:

Photocopy of John Sinclair’s passport is restricted until June 9th, 2028.

Publication status:

Published

Four soldiers in the winter time carrying all their military gear.

A large group of men, possibly members of the Canadian-Scottish Regiment who fought in World War II.

Eight retired soldiers wearing their Canadian-Scottish Regiment hats posing in an airport.

A headstone for G. R. Braithwaite of the Royal Winnipeg Rifles. He died on the 7th of June 1944 at the age of 24 years.

A headstone for M. Gartner of the Regina Rifle Regiment who died on the 15th of June 1944.

Railroad tracks leading through an arch. Probably taken on John’s trip for the D-Day Reunion.

Photocopy of a photograph showing a Canadian Regiment on parade in England to commemorate D-Day.

Photocopy of a photograph showing a Canadian-Scots Regimental Band on parade in England to commemorate D-Day.

Two photocopies, one enlarged, of the same photograph showing a drummer from the Canadian-Scots Regiment Band in England to commemorate D-Day.

Photocopy of a photograph showing John Sinclair and another soldier standing in front of a memorial in commemoration of D-Day.

Photocopy of a photograph showing four soldiers who attended the D-Day commemoration ceremonies in England.

A map showing Canadian Assaults on D-Day that was drawn for the Canadian Scottish Regiment Reunion of D-Day.

Date: 1978-1987 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The series consists of four maps covering Wabasca-Desmarais, Falher, West of the Sixth Meridian, and West of the Fourth Meridian.

Physical description: 4 maps

Access points:

•                   Cartographic material (documentary form)

Publication status:

Published

1”=600’

Scope and content:

A map of Falher.

A map covering the area west of the sixth meridian. Sheet #83 E/D.

A map covering the area west of the fourth meridian. Sheet #83 P/I.

A map of Wabasca North and South covering Sec. 14, 22-29. 31-35 – 80-25-4 & Sec. 3-5, 8, 9 -81-25 -4.