Fonds 591 Lloyd Boman fonds

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Summary information

Repository: South Peace Regional Archives
Title: Lloyd Boman fonds
Reference code: 0591
Date: 1974-2006 (date of creation)
Physical description: 30 cm textual records
Dates of creation, revision and deletion: Processed by Mary Nutting November 2014
Added to new database February 2025 – TD
Note: This fonds has been identified as having Indigenous related content. Researchers may encounter language that is outdated and offensive. To learn more about Indigenous records at the South Peace Regional Archives please see our guide.
Note: Three scrapbooks on Early Indian Life and Metis Associations were on display in GGPM from June 2018 – June 2019. JS.

Administrative history / Biographical sketch

Lloyd Boman came to the Peace Country with his wife and children in 1952 to take care of the Tony Stenseth farm near Valleyview. In the spring of 1953, land was being opened south of Valleyview by land draw. Lloyd put his name in for the draw and came out No. 1—he had first choice. The land he filed on was the N ½ 16 because they had four children of school age and it was located beside the new road being built, the Whitecourt-Valleyview cut-off. Over the next 20 years, the Boman farm was built up. Lloyd was also the president for the Dawn Rural Electrification Association and on the Co-op Board of Directors for most of the time he was on the farm. He sold the farm in 1973 and took a job as maintenance man at the Red Willow Lodge. In his retirement he enjoyed clipping and collecting newspaper articles on many different subjects. Lloyd died in 2008.

Custodial history

The records were collected by Anne Martfeldt in 2009 when she was compiling an Archival Records Survey of the Municipal District of Greenview and deposited in South Peace Regional Archives.

Scope and content

The fonds consists of scrapbooks created by Mr. Boman from 1964 to 2006. They contain articles from the Daily Herald Tribune, the Valley Views, and other newspapers and magazines on the following subjects:

Dinosaurs, 2000-2006

Early Indian Life, 1968-2005

Metis Association, 1977-2005

Pioneers, 1975-1999

Veterans, 1977-2005

Artists, 1980-1999

Memories, 1964-1999 (many small communities such as Five Mile and Silverwing)

Stories of the Past, 1987-1999

Miscellaneous Happenings in the Peace Area, 1983-1999

Seniors Scene, 1985-1999

Miscellaneous, 1986-1999

Crooked Creek and DeBolt, 1973-2002

Bezanson and Teepee Creek, 1989-1993

Sexsmith, 1981-1992

Grande Prairie & Beaverlodge Museums, 1986-2005

Valleyview Museum, 1987-1991

Scandinavian history and Peace Country, 2001-2006

East Smoky Recreation Board, 1976-1978

Peace Country Farmers, 1976-2002

New Democratic Party News and Unifarm Reports, 1970-1978

Notes

Title notes

  • Source of title proper: Title of fonds based on contents.

Access points

  • Textual record (documentary form)
  • Family and personal life (subject)
  • Indigenous peoples (subject)
  • Military (subject)
  • Agriculture (subject)
  • Art (subject)
  • Politics and government (subject)