Fonds 627 Clarence & Nora Shields family fonds

119 photographs

137 negatives

Date: 1964-1966 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The series consists of Nora Shields’ financial records. The series includes deposit slips, cancelled cheques, and financial correspondence.

Physical description: 0.5 cm textual records

Language of the material:

English

Access points:

•                Textual record (documentary form)

Publication status:

Published

Date: 1907-1966 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The series consists of personal records of Nora Shields. The series includes a certificate of baptism (1907); a photocopy of a newspaper clipping of Nora’s nurses graduating class; a menu and programme commemorating the visit of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth to Grande Prairie, held at the Grande Prairie Hotel August 17, 1939; a photocopy of a newspaper clipping of Nora being named Assistant Matron at the Grande Prairie City Hospital (ca.1959); a photocopy of a newspaper clipping of the new Grande Prairie Hospital opening and Nora named as Matron (1961); certificate of a name change from Albertine Nora Dionne to Marie Albertine Nora Dionne (1963); a photocopy of a newspaper clipping of Nora receiving table decorations for the hospital from the Grande Prairie 4-H clothing club (1964); letter of thanks written by the family of Nora, to the Ladies of the Grande Prairie Hospital Auxiliary for the garden memorial; and mass cards and flower cards from the funeral of Nora Shields.

Physical description: 1.5 cm textual records

Language of the material:

English

Access points:

•                Textual record (documentary form)

Publication status:

Published

Date: 2002 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The series consists of records relating to the family history of the Shields family. The family tree outline was sent to Jack Shields by Nancy Nitschkie. The tree begins with ancestor Andrew Shields born in 1794 in County Cavan, Ireland. He married Mary Coulter and they moved to West Hawkesbury, Prescott County, Ontario. Andrew and Mary both died there. The descendant report covers the Shields family for the next six generations and was created in 2002.

Physical description: 0.5 cm textual records

Language of the material:

English

Access points:

•                Textual record (documentary form)

Publication status:

Published

Date: [ca. 1895-1980] (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The series consists of photographs and negatives relating to the Shields family as well as their extended family. They include trips to Bear Lake and Sturgeon Lake, Nora’s family, Clarence’s family, their children, and various other activities and events.

Physical description: 114 photographs

99 negatives

Access points:

•                Graphic material – photograph (documentary form)

•                Graphic material (documentary form)

Arrangement:

Due to a numbering error, item 0627.04.113 does not exist.

Location of originals:

Photographs are located in 4/5/6/4. Negatives are located in 1/1/3/1.

Conditions governing use:

Some photographs are low quality photocopies of photographs and are not suitable for reproduction.

Publication status:

Published

A portrait of Sara (Alger) McLeod wife of John Andrew Shields. The photograph is cut into an oval, possibly to fit a frame in the past.

Copy of a photograph showing John Shields’ Fine Groceries and Warehouse, Okotoks, Alberta. The building was constructed in 1911, and was located on McRae Street. The store burned in 1913, destroying all the business records and ledgers, and was never re-opened.

Two girls standing by a wooden building possibly a church, with other buildings in the distance.

A girl sitting on the side of hill.

A young man in breeches with tents in the background.

A well-dressed young man standing on a street with buildings in the background.

A young man leaning on a wooden picket fence with some houses in the background.

Two younger people sitting with a man in overalls looking on.

A well-dressed young woman wearing a hat in front of a house.

Two photographs of Clarence Shields with his hockey team, along with two other unidentified photographs, photocopied onto the same sheet of paper. In the portrait orientation photograph, Clarence Shields standing in the back row (far left) with eight other hockey players in hockey gear. In the landscape orientation photograph, Clarence Shields and his hockey team of of nine players, wearing skates at an outdoor rink. Clarence is second from left.

Nora Dionne on the right in her nurse’s uniform posing with a friend on the steps of a brick building, possibly at her graduation.

Nora Dionne second from left with three friends standing outside a brick building.

Nora Dionne stylishly dressed with a mink stole on her neck and holding an umbrella.

Nora Dionne stylishly dressed with a mink stole on her neck.

Nora Dionne on a horse with two young men, one on horseback. A few buildings and an automobile are in the background.

A young woman leaning on a picket fence with a few homes in the distance.

A young woman standing outside a store with the awning behind her.

Two women standing in front of a house.

A woman standing on a wooden sidewalk.

A young woman looking down at the dog by her feet.

Two women standing behind a picket fence.

A woman standing by a rocky hillside.

Copy of a portrait collage of the 1928 graduating class from the General Hospital in Edmonton. Nora Dionne was a graduate as well as twenty-seven other young women. Each girl is identified with a photograph, their initials, and surname. The image in the centre of the collage shows the Nurses’ Home.

Nora Dionne on the left with a group of nurses on the porch of the Kathryn Prittie Hospital in Grande Prairie.

Nora Dionne with a fellow nurse sitting on the steps of Grande Prairie’s Kathryn Prittie Hospital.

Six players on the Grande Prairie hockey team as well as two coaches. Third from left in the back row is Bill Blais. In the second row are Mantle, Don Miller, and Oscar Blais.

A man seated in military uniform with a young man standing behind him, possibly a hockey player.

Copy of a photograph showing Clarence Shields (second from right) with fellow hunters. A moose’s head is loaded onto the cart after a successful hunt outside of Grande Prairie.

A family group, probably the mother with her three children, one son and two daughters. They are standing in a yard with a house and outbuilding in the background.

A family group, probably the father with his three children, one son and two daughters. They are standing in a yard with a house and outbuilding in the background.

A group photograph of relatives of the Shields family, identified on back as “Mother, Annie, Sis, Jack & Aunty.”

Nora Shields with two friends standing in front of a log cabin in their bathing suits at Bear Lake.

Nora Shields with two friends all dressed up.

Nora Shields and her friend look on as three young men try to repair an automobile.

A young woman sitting by a bush.

A man wearing overalls, sitting on a stool outside a large tent and feeding his dog.

A man leaning down to gather sticks.

Four women out in a canoe.

Ladies sitting on a bench.

A man is seated with his dog at his feet.

A man in a suit and tie leaning on an axe.

Copy of a photograph showing Clarence Shields standing on the sleigh being pulled by two horses. The sleigh is hauling an automobile.

Two women are standing on the deck of a ferry.

Two adults and a child standing in front of a house.

A lady holding a baby in a garden.

Ladies standing by a garden of corn.

Nora Shields outside with a baby in a carriage. The baby is possibly her son Jack Shields.

A man standing outside holding a baby. There is a house in the background.

Nora Shields holding a baby.

A child on the doorstep holding a cat.

A young child, possibly one of the Shields’ children.

A naked baby lying on a furry blanket, probably one of the Shields’ children. There is a negative and a modern photographic print.

Jack Wendele Shields in a bath basin.

Nora Shields standing far right with three friends outside the Slave Lake Hotel.

A group photograph of six people standing by a car with the Slave Lake Hotel in the background. Nora Shields is second from left.

A man leaning on the rail of a ferry.

A couple sitting on a couch.

A woman pushing a baby carriage along a sidewalk.

A women on pushing a baby carriage by a brick building.

Two children riding tricycles with houses in the background.

A child riding a tricycle on a wooden sidewalk.

Two children sitting on the grass.

A woman with a young baby in her arms.

Nora kneeling down between her two children, Jack and Betty Shields.

Two young children sitting on a horse.

Two children standing with a woman, possibly their grandmother.

Two boys standing by a picket fence.

Three young children posing with trees in the background.

Three children, possibly Jack, Betty, and William Shields.

Two young ladies sitting beside a garden surrounded by rocks.

A young boy petting his dog.

A woman standing with a baby carriage and two children.

A man holding a baby inside a house.

Four women for a swim with four children.

Copy of a photograph showing four children, possibly the Shields children, standing by some trees.

Jack Shields standing in front of a house, wearing an arm band.

Bill Shields as a toddler.

Bill Shields standing in front of the Shields home.

Bill Shields wearing an oversized coat.

A group of six children standing outside.

Betty and Tom Shields sitting on a blanket in front of a picket fence.

Six children posing with a house and picket fence in the background. The baby is possibly Tom Shields.

A large group of people with Clarence and Nora Shields on the far right side, probably a family gathering. The caption on the back reads, “Jack Shields 4th in Bessie Bourque. Nora & Clarence Shields.” Appears to be a copy.

Note:

“Sep 61” is printed on the front of the photograph but the processing archivist dated the photograph as 1941.

A young woman standing with three children. The girl is holding a kitten. Appears to be a copy.

Note:

“Sep 61” is printed on the front of the photograph but the processing archivist dated the photograph as 1941.

Nora Shields (right) and a friend dressed in fur.

An unidentified woman, Tootles Lilge, Wilf Lilge, and Nora Shields posing in front of a car on the Dunvegan bridge

Two young boys dressed for winter play. Possibly Jack and William Shields.

A boy and girl dressed in their snowsuits. Possibly William and Betty Shields.

The Robin Hood Flour float for the Grande Prairie parade. Jack Shields is dressed as Robin Hood.

The Robin Hood Flour float for the Grande Prairie parade. Jack Shields standing in the back of the truck dressed as Robin Hood.

Four photographs of Tom Shields photocopied onto a single sheet of paper. One is a professional portrait of Tom as a baby, one shows Tom as a baby sitting outside, one shows Tom as a child posing with a dog in a doorway, and the last one shows Tom as a child outside holding a ball.

Jack and Betty Shields outside their home.

Betty, Jack, Clarence, Tom, and Nora Shields.

Nora and Clarence standing beside a vehicle with Tom peeking out of the vehicle window.

Betty Shields in her first communion dress.

Jack, Bill, and Betty Shields seated at a table outside.

Members of the Dionne and Shields families. In the back are Mrs. Dionne (Nora’s mom), Clarence Shields, Mr. Dionne, ?, Bill Shields, and Nora’s sister. In front are Betty and Jack Shields

Group of people standing in front of a log building. The caption on the back reads as follows: “Left to right: Gladdo O’Dell, Nora Shields, Dad Harris, Glad [Harris] (peeking), Mrs. Brainard (famous eating place, west of Hythe), AND ‘guess who’ in the foreground. Cute eh?” “Guess who” may be Jack Shields.

Bill Shields in front of the old Grande Prairie courthouse.

Bill Shields with two friends at Bear Lake.

Nora standing with Betty, Jack, and Bill Shields.

Jack Shields with a group of friends at Scout camp.

Nora with Jack, Betty, and Bill Shields, standing by a monument in Banff with mountains and forest in the background.

Jack and Betty Shields by a river in Banff. Likely a copy.

Note:

Sep 61 is printed on the front of the photograph, but the processing archivist dated it as ca. 1948. Likely a copy made years after the photograph was taken.

A girl standing outside with a building in the background.

Nora sitting in the doorway of the Shields cabin at Sturgeon Lake.

Members of the Shields family at their cabin at Sturgeon Lake. Tom is standing in the back; Herb, Clarence, and John are sitting on the steps; and George Shields is seated on the ground.

Tom (baby), Jack, Betty, William, and Nora Shields.

Mrs. Mantle and Tom Shields.

Jack, Bill, Nora, Clarence, Tom (in swim shorts), and an unidentified boy.

The Shields family having a picnic. In the back are Nora, Jack, and Clarence. In front are Betty, Tom, ?, Joan MacDonald (Valleyview), and Bill Shields.

The Shields family sitting in the grass. Nora, Betty, Tom. Jack, Clarence, and Bill Shields.

Tom Shields standing by a car. Photocopy of a photograph printed on the same sheet as five other images.

Three men and a boy posing in a doorway.

Portrait of Tom Shields. Photocopy of a photograph printed on the same sheet as five other images.

A group of boys at Tom’s birthday part. One of the boys in the back was a member of the Haiste family. The seated boys are Murray Donald at left, Tom Shields third from left, and then Peter Shields. Photocopy of a photograph printed on the same sheet as five other images.

Tom Shields lying on a bunk bed. Photocopy of a photograph printed on the same sheet as five other images.

Tom Shields standing on a homemade raft floating down a river. Photocopy of a photograph printed on the same sheet as five other images.

Portrait of Tom Shields, possibly a school picture. Photocopy of a photograph printed on the same sheet as five other images.

Betty Shields, second from right, along with a group of children dressed up in costume, possibly for a drama or production. Costumes include a king, queen and a witch. The Grande Prairie water tower can be seen in the background.

Nora Shields, Mrs. Mantle, and Elizabeth Shields (wife of Johnny) prepare a table for an outdoor meal.

Betty, Tom, Clarence, and Bill Shields stand by their car for a picture.

Tom, Betty, Bill, and a visiting soldier.

A group of boys standing by a tent.

A group pf people crossing the street. A grain elevator is prominent in the distance.

Clarence and Johnny Shields with an unknown couple and child, standing outside a brick building.

Bill and Tom Shields sitting in a doorway. Photocopy of a photograph printed on the same sheet as three other images. Two of the other images are photocopies of original photographs (0627.04.126 and 0627.04.127). The fourth image is not numbered or described.

Copy of a photograph showing Uncle George & Aunt Bessie and Nora & Clarence Shields.

Shields family portrait. In the back are Jack, Betty, and Bill. In the front are Nora, Tom, and Clarence.

Photocopy of a portrait of Betty Shields.

Street photographer photograph of Jack Shields with a friend.

Three girls with their skates over their shoulders.

Young men on the street outside of Weners store.

A young man dressed in an overcoat, with buildings in the background.

Two young men standing by a street.

A young man sitting on the hood of a vehicle.

Two men are leaning on a vehicle and a young woman is sitting on the running boards.

Three young people on the street with stores in the background.

A young couple in front of a store.

Two couples in front of a brick building. A Buckingham Cigarettes ad is on the building.

A group pf twelve young people dressed up for a special occasion.

A group sitting on the steps of a cabin. Wilf Lilge is at left in the back, and Tootles Lilge is the woman sitting in the back. In front are Nora and Clarence Shields.

Betty Shields standing outdoors.

Studio portrait of Betty Shields wearing a polka-dot dress.

Studio portrait of Betty Shields.

A girl standing on the steps of the Grande Prairie courthouse.

A young woman, possibly Betty Shields, standing outside Montrose School in Grande Prairie.

A young woman, possibly Betty Shields, standing outside Montrose School in Grande Prairie.

A young woman standing in a doorway.

A woman standing in the doorway of a house.

Two young ladies in front of a brick building.

Two women standing by some trees.

Two women standing outside with hills in the background.

A group of young men are digging in the mud on the street in Grande Prairie.

A young woman standing outside.

A young woman standing outside.

A woman standing outside by a picket fence.

A young woman standing outside by a fence.

A group of four young women standing outside by a building.

A young man standing in front of a house.

Three teenage boys standing outside.

A young person standing by the door of a vehicle.

A young woman standing by the door of a vehicle.

Three young people in the front yard.

A young man standing by a house.

A group of youth standing on steps, possibly of Montrose School.

A group of students on steps, possibly of Montrose School.

A horse and cart riding the ferry across the river.

Nora and Elizabeth are standing behind Clarence, who is seated in an armchair. Elizabeth is Johnny Shields’ wife.

Clarence Shields standing outside holding a bottle.

Clarence Shields, Bessie Bourque (Shields), Johnny Shields, and George Bourque.

Nora at a work party presenting a cake.

Grande Prairie Hospital staff seated at a long table.

A nurse standing behind the desk at the Grande Prairie Hospital.

Staff seated at a table at the Grande Prairie Hospital.

Grande Prairie Hospital staff sitting at a table.

A nurse holding a book at the old Grande Prairie Hospital.

A nurse relaxing in a chair.

Two Grande Prairie Hospital staff members on a coffee break.

Nora Shields getting a corsage pinned to her uniform by a fellow nurse.

Grande Prairie Hospital staff members seated at a long table.

Copy of a photograph showing the Hudson’s Bay staff are all dressed in western style clothing for the rodeo. Herb Shields is second from left in the back row, Bill Shields is at far right in the middle row, and Cliff Haiste is kneeling, second from right.

Herb, Sheila, Betty, and Pat (Jack’s wife) are seated with Bill Shields standing behind them.

Copy of a photograph showing Bill Shields, Maizy, and Betty Shields.

Betty, Bill, and Nora Shields sitting at the kitchen table.

Bill and Nora Shields sitting on the living room couch.

Bill and Nora Shields with one of Johnny Shields’ grandchildren.

Nora Shields in her nursing uniform.

Nora Shields with friends out for a walk. Possibly taken by a street photographer.

Nora Shields holding a tennis racket.

Nora Shields with a friend in Edmonton. Possibly taken by a street photographer.

Clarence Shields walking with friends. Possibly taken by a street photographer.

Nora Shields in her party dress. The caption on the back of the photograph reads, “To Betty, Love Mom.” A caption added later reads, “Nora Shields in party dress when matron of Auxiliary Hospital.”

Nora with sons Bill and Tom.

A large group of people gathered in a gym for a dance. Nora Shields is in the photograph.

Three boys wearing shorts and military hats.

A man is carving a turkey at a family gathering.

Negatives showing a group of people at an event, possibly a dinner party or holiday family gathering.

Nora Shields with a group of women, all wearing corsages. Nora is third from left in the back.

Copy of a photograph showing Jack, Betty, Tom, Aunt Bessie Bourque, and Bill Shields

Copy of a group photograph showing members of the Shields family. The caption on the back reads, “L-R Betty, Bill, Colleen (Beaty) Shields, Pat (Toogood) Shields, Elaine (Jack & Pat’s daughter) crying infant, Clarence (Jack & Monica [Ayre]’s son), Tom Shields.”

Date: 1950-2003 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The series consists of papers relating to Jack Shields’ time in Korea as well as reports and research done at a later time. The records include a scrapbook with numerous newspaper clippings that describe the various battles and events focused on the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry; two telegrams to Jack’s mother Nora letting her know that Jack is being evacuated to Canada (1951); and The Legionary Vol. XXVI No. 10, March 1951.

The records also include a poem titled “Big Jim Stone’s Patricia’s,” possibly sung or recited at a reunion, and three stamped discharge certificates from the Canadian Army issued to Jack Shields (1948, 1950, 1957). The certificates detail Jack’s service. He achieved the rank of Sergeant as well as receiving the United Nations Service medal and the Korean Medal. There is also a statement of service in the Canadian Armed Forces from the Public Archives of Canada (1980); a certificate from the Korean Veterans Association thanking him for his service to their country and declaring him an “Ambassador for Peace” (1980); copies of Korea War photographs received from the National Archives of Canada (originals found at Library and Archives Canada); statement of service records from the National Archives of Canada (1996); the text on the memorial plaque Canadian at Kap’yong; a unit citation for the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry as declared by the United States; a nominal roll of 2nd Battalion of the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry April 24/25, 1951; a fifteen page transcription of an interview of Jack’s memories of the battle of Kap’yong which took place at the 45th anniversary of the same event in Winnipeg (1996); a certificate from the Korea Veterans Association of Canada authenticating plate #245 which commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Korean War (2000); a letter from Hub Gray with a partial Mortar PI Nominal Roll for April 24-25, 1951 Kap’yong as well his research about the same event; a list from Shirley Kolanchey of the Kap’yong veterans who preregistered to attend their 50th anniversary; a photocopy of a plaque that was given to Jack Shields by the Korea Veterans Association; and a memorial card for Jack Shields (1929-2004).

There are three publications relating to the Korean War. The publications are The Patrician 2002 Volume LIV, A Regimental Journal of the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry; 2002 Reunion Hosted by Unit 21, Edmonton, Alberta, Korea Veterans Association of Canada; and Canadian Military Korea Fifty Years Later Vo. 10 Issue 7, a special commemorative issue of the magazine.

There is also a collection of photographs Jack Shields ordered from the National Archives of Canada. The fifty photographs are mainly of the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry during the Korean War. They have not been numbered or described.

Physical description: 3.5 cm textual records

5 photographs

38 negatives

Access points:

•                Textual record (documentary form)

•                Graphic material – photograph (documentary form)

•                Graphic material (documentary form)

Location of originals:

Photographs are located in 4/5/6/4. Negatives are located in 1/1/3/1.

There is one folder of photographs that are copies of photographs held by Library & Archives Canada. These photographs have not been numbered or described.

Related material:

Related records found at the Provincial Archives of Alberta, Jack Shields fonds.

Publication status:

Published

Two copies of a photograph (one of them zoomed in and enlarged) showing Company 2 of the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry on the banks of the Miryang River in Korea. Some members of the Company are identified by surname: Gawthorn, Fewwanio, Whittaker, Deagan, George, Entwistle, Coutts, Melinchuck, Day, Miles, Murray, McDade, Scott, Moffat, Mackay, Johnson, Klien, Moran, Anderson, Jepperson, McPhee, Nadeau, Lewis, O’Brian, Gladeau, Coulburn, Kurkoff, Troush, Thomilson, Thompson, Turner, Seaford, Leach, Mackenzie, Bolongo, Shey, Parker, Portroius, Price, Steadman, Brister, Hansen, Shannahan, Tulley, Shields, Oniell, Lamont, Jakoby, Kulkens, Lee, Mackaskill, Hawline, Clark, Thorenson, Glasner, Selenger.

Photocopy of a photograph showing three women and a man dressed in military uniform.

Jack Shields meeting with Brian Mulroney. The photograph is signed by Brian Mulroney.

Laminated photograph of war veterans.

People speaking at an event.

The negatives are described as being from a war memorial unveiling but appear to be from a different event.

People in the audience.

The negatives are described as being from a war memorial unveiling but appear to be from a different event.

Six people seated at what appears to be a head/speaker table.

The negatives are described as being from a war memorial unveiling but appear to be from a different event.

People in the audience at an event.

The negatives are described as being from a war memorial unveiling but appear to be from a different event.

Three men. The negatives are described as being from a war memorial unveiling but appear to be from a different event.

People in the audience at an event.

The negatives are described as being from a war memorial unveiling but appear to be from a different event.

People lined up to speak at a microphone numbered 59.

The negatives are described as being from a war memorial unveiling but appear to be from a different event.

People in the audience clapping.

The negatives are described as being from a war memorial unveiling but appear to be from a different event.

The audience standing.

The negatives are described as being from a war memorial unveiling but appear to be from a different event.

People seated at tables having refreshments at an event.

The negatives are described as being from a war memorial unveiling but appear to be from a different event.

A couple standing outside with the doorway of a house behind them.

The negatives are described as being from a war memorial unveiling but appear to be from a different event.

Unidentified women in an office or library.

The negatives are described as being from a war memorial unveiling but appear to be from a different event.

A scrapbook with numerous newspaper clippings that describe various battles and events. The clippings focus on the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, two telegrams to Jack’s mother Nora letting her know that Jack is being evacuated to Canada (1951), and The Legionary publication Vol. XXVI No. 10, March 1951.