Fonds 678 Eunice Maude Leonard fonds

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Summary information

Repository: South Peace Regional Archives
Title: Eunice Maude Leonard fonds
Reference code: 0678
Date: 1925-1927 (date of creation)
Physical description: 75 photographs
Dates of creation, revision and deletion: Processed by Josephine Sallis, February 2019
Added to new database April 2023 – TD

Administrative history / Biographical sketch

Eunice Maude Leonard [nee Lawley] was born in Wales in 1905. Her father, Alfred Lawley, immigrated to Canada shortly after, following his brother to Lethbridge where they worked in the coal industry. Eunice, her older brother bill, her older sister Dorothy, and her mother Louisa joined them a few years later, sailing on the Empress of Ireland to Montreal. The family travelled across the country by train, joining Alfred who was working in Fernie, BC. The family moved to Nelson, BC then to Langley Prairie, BC and finally to Vancouver.

Eunice took her teacher training at the Model and Normal Schools in Vancouver, BC. Her very first teaching position was in Clairmont in 1926. She returned to BC, married, and taught in various schools. She retired in Wells, BC and passed away in 1999 at the age of 94.

Custodial history

The album was created by Eunice Maude Leonard. These pages were part of a larger album, most of which pertains to Eunice’s life and family in British Columbia. These album pages were donated by her niece, Marjorie Carlson in 2019.

Scope and content

This fonds contains records related to Eunice Maude Leonard’s experiences while teaching at Clairmont in 1926. Clairmont, Beaverlodge, and Pouce Coupe are documented, as well as education, farming, and hunting. The records consist of one typewritten biography by her niece, Marjorie Carlson and thirteen loose photograph album pages.

Notes

Title notes

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

Physical condition

Condition GOOD. Some photographs are attached with photo corners but most are glued in. Not all photographs are labelled. Enclosed in plastic sleeves for handling.

Access points

  • Graphic material – photograph (documentary form)
  • Education (subject)
  • Women (subject)

Series descriptions

Reference code Title Dates Physical description
0678.01-01 Item – “My first school – Clairmont, Alberta – 1926”  1926 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 7 cm
  Scope and content:

Photograph shows the Clairmont schoolhouse with a car parked in front and a few outbuildings in the background.

0678.01-02 Item – “My first school – Clairmont, Alberta – 1926”  1926 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 7 cm
  Scope and content:

Photograph shows the Clairmont schoolhouse.

0678.01-03 Item – “My class”  1926 1 photograph : b&w ; 13.5 x 8.5 cm
  Scope and content:

This photograph depicts students standing in front of the Clairmont schoolhouse. The caption to the left of the photograph reads “My class.” The caption to the right of the photograph reads “Joseph, Frank, Mary, Olga, Evelyn, Ruth, Wassily, Kenneth, David, Teddy, Jack, Francis, Jack, Joe, Paul, David.”

0678.02-01 Item – “Taken in front of the school”  1926 1 photograph : b&w ; 13.5 x 8 cm
  Scope and content:

This photograph depicts students standing in front of the school.

0678.02-02 Item – “Taken in front of the school”  1926 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 6.5 cm
  Scope and content:

This photograph depicts students standing in front of the school.

0678.02-03 Item – “The boys”  1926 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 6 cm
  Scope and content:

This photograph depicts a group of boys posing in a field.

0678.02-04 Item – “Ready for home”  1926 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 6 cm
  Scope and content:

This photograph depicts students on horses and in horse drawn carts.

0678.03-01 Item – “The boys”  1926 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 7 cm
  Scope and content:

Photograph shows a group of boys standing in the snow. The caption below the photograph reads “The boys” and a caption in the center of the page reads “Taken in December.”

0678.03-02 Item – “The girls”  1926 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 7 cm
  Scope and content:

Photograph shows a group of girls posing in the snow. The caption below the photograph reads “the girls,” and the caption in the middle of the page reads “taken in December.”

0678.03-03 Item – Students  1926 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 7 cm
  Scope and content:

Photograph shows a group of girls posing in the snow. The caption in the middle of the page reads “taken in December.”

0678.03-04 Item – Students  1926 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 7 cm
  Scope and content:

Photograph shows a group of students posing in the snow. The caption in the middle of the page reads “taken in December.”

0678.04-01 Item – “Playing ‘Fox and Geese’” 1926 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 7 cm
  Scope and content:

Photograph shows children playing in the snow. The caption below the photograph reads “playing ‘fox and geese.’”

0678.04-02 Item – “Miss Lamb’s school”  1926 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 7 cm
  Scope and content:

This photograph depicts Miss Lamb’s school and several outbuildings.

0678.04-03, 04 Item – “Mrs. Pellerins’s where Phyllis boarded”  1926 2 photographs ; b&w ; 11 x 7 cm
  Scope and content:

These photographs depict two different views of Mrs. Pellerin’s home.

0678.05-01 Item – “Phyllis on Joe Hill”  1926 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 7 cm
  Scope and content:

This photograph depicts Phyllis riding Joe Hill, a popular race horse.

0678.05-02 Item – “Mr. Pellerin, Phyllis, Mrs. Pellerin”  1926 1 photograph ; b&w ; 11 x 7 cm
  Scope and content:

This photograph depicts six people standing in front of a farm house. Three of them are identified below the photograph as Mr. Pellerin, Phyllis, and Mrs. Pellerin.

0678.05-03 Item – Phyllis with Joe Hill  1926 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 7 cm
  Scope and content:

This photograph depicts Phyllis holding the reins of the famous race horse Joe Hill while she pats a dog.

0678.05-04 Item – “Phyllis at Beaver Lodge” 1926 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 7 cm
  Scope and content:

This photograph depicts Phyllis standing in a garden in Beaverlodge. Buildings are in the background.

0678.06-01 Item – “Mrs. Tesar and I out hunting crows”  1926 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 14.5 cm
  Scope and content:

This photograph depicts Eunice and Mrs. Tesar standing in front of woods, wearing dresses and holding rifles.

0678.06-02 Item – “Fred and Frank”  1926 1 photograph : b&w ; 14.5 x 8.5 cm
  Scope and content:

This photograph depicts Fred and Frank standing in front of woods.

0678.06-03 Item – “Fred in the old Grant”  1926 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 7 cm
  Scope and content:

This photograph depicts Fred sitting in a car parked in a field.

0678.07-01 Item – “Mrs. Tesar pushing Phyllis and me in a swing”  1926 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 7 cm
  Scope and content:

This photograph depicts Phyllis, Eunice, and Mrs. Tesar playing on the swing near a wooded area. A little girl is watching.

0678.07-02 Item – “Phyllis in the swing”  1926 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 7 cm
  Scope and content:

This photograph shows Phyllis on the swing near a wooded area. A little girl is watching and a tent is in the background.

0678.07-03 Item – “My rose and Mrs. Tesar’s pansies”  1926 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 7 cm
  Scope and content:

This photograph depicts part of a garden.

0678.07-04 Item – “Mrs. Tesar’s house in the distance”  1926 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 7 cm
  Scope and content:

This photograph shows several people standing outside a house. Two of the people appear to be holding up the geese they got while hunting.

0678.08-01, 02 Item – Three people on a hill  1926 2 photographs : b&w ; 14.5 x 8.5 cm
  Scope and content:

Photographs show three people standing on top of a sandy hill, possibly in the Kleskun Hills area.

0678.09-01 Item – Three people on a hill  1926 1 photograph : b&w ; 14.5 x 8.5 cm
  Scope and content:

Photograph shows three people standing on top of a sandy hill, possibly in the Kleskun Hills area.

0678.09-02 Item – Two men outdoors  1926 1 photograph : b&w ; 14.5 x 8.5 cm
  Scope and content:

Photograph shows two men standing in tall grass in front of a copse of evergreen trees.

0678.10-01 Item – Tractor with steam engine and plow  1926 1 photographs : b&w ; 14.5 x 9 cm
  Scope and content:

Photograph shows a rear view of a steam-powered tractor pulling a plow. Three men are on the tractor. The caption on the page reads “ploughing with the steam engine. Mr. Tesar runs the engine, Fred steers, and Charlie handles the ploughs.”

0678.10-02 Item – Tractor with steam engine and plow  1926 1 photographs : b&w ; 14.5 x 9 cm
  Scope and content:

Photograph shows a side view of a steam-powered tractor pulling a plow. Two men can be seen on the tractor. The caption on the page reads “ploughing with the steam engine. Mr. Tesar runs the engine, Fred steers, and Charlie handles the ploughs.”

0678.11-01 Item – “Plowing with the horses”  1926 1 photograph : b&w ; 14.5 x 8.5 cm
  Scope and content:

This photograph depicts plowing with horse-drawn implements. The full caption reads, “Ploughing with the horses. Fred, Jim, and Charlie.”

0678.11-02 Item – “Seeding”  1926 1 photograph : b&w ; 14.5 x 8.5 cm
  Scope and content:

This photograph depicts seeding with horse drawn implements. The full caption reads, “Seeding. Fred, Frank, Charlie, and Bill.”

0678.12-01 Item – “Cutting the wheat”  1926 1 photograph : b&w ; 14.5 x 8.5 cm
  Scope and content:

This photograph depicts cutting the wheat with horse drawn implements. The full caption reads, “Cutting the wheat. Fred, Frank, and Jim.”

0678.12-02, 03 Item – “A field of wheat stooked”  1926 2 photographs : b&w ; 11.5 x 7 cm
  Scope and content:

These photographs depict wheat fields cut and stooked.

0678.13-01 Item – “The steam engine John fires”  1926 1 photograph : b&w ; 14.5 x 8.5 cm
  Scope and content:

This photographs depicts a steam engine in use on the farm. Two men are also in the photograph.

0678.13-02 Item – “The separator handled by Fred”  1926 1 photograph : b&w ; 14.5 x 8.5 cm
  Scope and content:

This photographs depicts a separator, as well as other farm machinery, in use.

0678.14-01 Item – “Moving the granaries” 1926 1 photograph : b&w ; 14.5 x 8.5 cm
  Scope and content:

This photographs depicts a tractor towing two granaries through a field.

0678.14-02 Item – “Threshing”  1926 1 photograph : b&w ; 14.5 x 8.5 cm
  Scope and content:

This photographs depicts the steam engine and the separator in use during threshing. The caption above the photograph reads “threshing” and the caption below the photograph reads “ the engine & separator.”

0678.15-01 Item – “Threshing”  1926 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 7 cm
  Scope and content:

Photograph shows the steam engine and the separator in use during threshing.

0678.15-02 Item – “Seeding 1927”  1927 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 7 cm
  Scope and content:

Photograph shows men using horse-drawn seeding equipment. The caption below the photograph reads “Seeding 1927.”

0678.15-03 Item – “Threshing”  1926 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 7 cm
  Scope and content:

Photograph shows the steam engine and the separator in use during threshing.

0678.15-04 Item – Seeding  1927 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 7 cm
  Scope and content:

Photograph shows men using horse-drawn seeding equipment. The caption below the photograph reads “Charlie, Frank, Jim, John.”

0678.16-01 Item – “Jim with the geese he shot”  1926 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 7 cm
  Scope and content:

This photograph depicts Jim holding a rifle. He is standing behind a sting of dead geese.

0678.16-02 Item – “Louis & Frank, cousins of Tesars from U.S.A”  1926 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 7 cm
  Scope and content:

This photograph depicts Louis and Frank posing with rifles in front of string of dead geese.

0678.16-03 Item – “John and Louis with their coyote skins”  1926 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 7 cm
  Scope and content:

This photograph depicts Louis and Frank posing with rifles beside the two dozen plus coyote skins they brought in.

0678.16-04 Item – “Mr. Tesar in the centre” 1926 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 7 cm
  Scope and content:

This photograph depicts Mr. Tesar with John and Louis and their catch of coyote skins.

0678.17-01 Item – “John & Jim”  1926 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 7 cm
  Scope and content:

This photograph depicts John and Jim with snowshoes and several coyote skins hanging on a wall.

0678.17-02 Item – “Selling the skins”  1926 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 7 cm
  Scope and content:

This photograph depicts Louis selling the skins to an unidentified man. Two other men are also shown in the photograph.

0678.17-03 Item – “Louis with his prize”  1926 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 11.5 cm
  Scope and content:

Photograph shows Louis posing next to a dead coyote hanging on the outside of a building. The coyote is almost as big as Louis.

0678.18-01 Item – “The way they hunt coyotes in Northern Alberta”  1926 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 7 cm
  Scope and content:

This photograph depicts three people carrying rifles in an open car. A coyote carcass is draped across the hood. Farm buildings are in the background.

0678.18-02 Item – “The water tank”  1926 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 7 cm
  Scope and content:

This photograph shows horses pulling a water tank through a field.

0678.18-03 Item – Louis with a coyote  1926 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 11.5 cm
  Scope and content:

Photograph shows Louis posing next to a dead coyote hanging on the outside of a building. The coyote is almost as big as Louis.

0678.19-01, 02 Item – “John with his catch”  1926 2 photographs : b&w ; 7 x 11.5 cm
  Scope and content:

These photographs depict John with a rifle and several very large coyote skins.

0678.19-03 Item – “The new barn”  1926 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 11.5 cm
  Scope and content:

This photograph depicts men working on a partially constructed barn.

0678.20-01 Item – “My boys”  1926 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 7 cm
  Scope and content:

This photograph shows eight boys standing outside a schoolhouse. The caption reads, “My boys. David, Abe, Teddy, Joe, Jack, Paul, Francis, Jack.”

0678.20-02 Item – Five boys  1926 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 7 cm
  Scope and content:

This photograph depicts five boys standing in the schoolyard. The caption reads, “Joe, Teddy, Abe, Jack & Francis.”

0678.21-01 Item – Unidentified house  1926 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 7 cm
  Scope and content:

This photograph depicts an unidentified house behind a long, low hedge.

0678.21-02 Item – Women on horseback  1926 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 15 cm
  Scope and content:

This photograph depicts two unidentified women on horseback. They are likely Eunice and Phyllis.

0678.22-01, 02, 03 Item – Experimental farm at Beaverlodge  1926 3 photographs : b&w ; 11.5 x 7 cm
  Scope and content:

These photographs depict various views of the experimental farm at Beaverlodge.

0678.22-04 Item – “The town of Beaver Lodge”  1926 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 7 cm
  Scope and content:

This photograph depicts the main street of Beaverlodge.

0678.23-01, 02, 03 Item – “Scenes near Beaver Lodge”  1926 3 photographs : b&w ; 11.5 x 7 cm
  Scope and content:

These photographs depict various scenes of the hills, woods, and farms around Beaverlodge.

0678.23-04 Item – “Mr. Sieder’s home”  1926 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 7 cm
  Scope and content:

This photographs depicts a small house identified as Mr. Sieder’s, a large wood pile, and a garden.

0678.24-01, 02 Item – “Taken from Clairmont Hill, 1926”  1926 2 photographs : b&w ; 11.5 x 7 cm
  Scope and content:

These photographs depict the fields next to the road.

0678.24-03 Item – “1925. Pouce Coupe, B.C.”  1925 1 photograph : b&w ; 14.5 x 9 cm
  Scope and content:

This photograph depicts the main street of Pouce Coupe.

0678.25-01 Item – Hay  1926 1 photograph : b&w ; 14.5 x 9 cm
  Scope and content:

This unidentified photograph depicts three people in the back of a hay wagon. Two of the people may be Eunice and Phyllis.

0678.25-02 Item – Homestead  1925 1 photograph : b&w ; 14.5 x 9 cm
  Scope and content:

This unidentified photograph depicts a homestead, including a house, a large barn, and several outbuildings.