Fonds 696 Reaume Family fonds

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Summary information

Repository: South Peace Regional Archives
Title: Reaume Family Fonds
Reference code: 0696
Date: 1834 – 1983 (date of creation)
Physical description: 2 cm textual records

23 postcards

6 photographs

Language: English
Dates of creation, revision and deletion: Processed May 2023 – JL
Description reviewed and corrected, processing completed October 2025 – TD

Administrative history / Biographical sketch

James Francis Reaume was born in Tilsbury, Ontario in 1894, moving to Innisfail, Alberta with family in 1903 and to Trochu, Alberta in 1905. James married Myrtle Felch of Colfax, Washington in 1917 and they began homesteading in the Hythe area in 1919. The Reaume family became well known as farmers and cattle ranchers in Hythe and the Peace region. Myrtle and James had 11 children including Ramon, George, John, David, Leon, Irene (McCallister), Dorothy (Sudnik), Leda (Chatter), Elaine (Moody), Olive (Clarke), and Juanita (Knight).

Custodial history

Held by donor and family members until donation to the archives

Scope and content

This fonds contains records related to the Reaume family, with particular focus on Myrtle and James Francis Reaume. This includes correspondences and cards, postcards, photographs, a cattle brand application, preliminary electors list for Hythe, and handwritten recipes.

Notes

Title notes

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

Physical condition

good

Restrictions on access

There are no restrictions on access.

Accruals

No accruals are expected.

Access points

  • Textual record (documentary form)
  • Graphic material – photograph (documentary form)
  • Graphic material (documentary form)

Table of contents

0696.01, Correspondence, 1834-1983

0696.02, Ephemera, 1953-1978

0696.03, Postcards and Photographs, 1912-1968

Series descriptions

Series 0696.01: Correspondence

Date: 1834-1983 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

This series contains correspondence from the Reaume family, including birthday and father’s day cards as well as letters from friends and family members.

Physical description: 1 cm textual records

Language of the material:

English

Access points:

•                Textual record (documentary form)

•                Graphic material (documentary form)

Publication status:

Published

Series 0696.02: Ephemera

Date: 1953-1978 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

This series contains a cattle brand application, a preliminary electors list for Hythe, a programme for the fiftieth anniversary of Hythe, and handwritten recipes for soap and blackberry wine.

Physical description: 1 cm textual records

Language of the material:

English

Access points:

•                Textual record (documentary form)

Publication status:

Published

Series 0696.03: Postcards and Photographs

Date: 1912-1968 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

This series consists of postcards and photographs collected by Myrtle and James Francis Reaume, including postcards of various locations in the United States and Europe, and numerous black and white postcards about the construction of the Alaska Highway.

Physical description: 1 page textual records

23 postcards

6 photographs

Language of the material:

English

Access points:

•                Graphic material (documentary form)

•                Graphic material – photograph (documentary form)

•                Textual record (documentary form)

Publication status:

Published

File / item list
Reference code Title Dates Physical description
0696.03.05 Item – Threshing Machine
Dave Burns, Colfax, Washington
 
n.d. 1 photograph : b&w ; 5 x 7 in.
Scope and content:

Image shows a crew of men on and around a tractor and threshing machine, with several vehicles parked on the road behind the machine.

0696.03.06-07 Item – Cemetery  January 25, 1957 2 photographs : b&w ; 5 x 7 in.
Scope and content:

Two photographs of an unidentified cemetery in the winter.

0696.03.08 Item – Tree Struck By Lightning 1958 1 photograph : b&w ; 5 x 7 in.
Scope and content:

Image shows a tree split and felled by lightning. The caption on the back reads, “Tree on Felch lot – struck by lightening May 29, 1958.”

0696.03.28 Item – Civil Defence College  n.d. 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 10 in.
Scope and content:

Group portrait of participants in the Canadian Civil Defence College’s Welfare Course 404 in Arnprior, Ontario. They are all wearing name badges, many (but not all) of which are transcribed on the back of the photograph. The name badges read as follows: [Back row] Morrison, Sims, H.F. Murphy, F. Martin, Rowsell, Captain F.V. Goobie, Mrs. M. Tremblay, Coutts, Lt. Bell. [Middle row] Montgomery, Mrs. F. Coleman, Mrs. L. McGillvery, Mrs. A.V. Caskey, Mrs. A. Goertzen, Brig. J.B. Meakins, Rev. Cote, W. Pamplin, C.G. Bowes, Woodburn. [Front row] McKinnon, Mrs. F.A. McCulloch, Mrs. M. Fuja, Mrs. E. Norman, Mrs. L. Scott, Mrs. D. Perry, Mrs. D.T. Boone, Mrs. I. Cameron, Mrs. M. Reaume, Lt. Werry.

0696.03.29 Item – Colfax High School Reunion
Bill Walter, Photograph, Colfax, Wash.
 
October 10, 1964 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 10 in.
Scope and content:

Group portrait of attendees at the Colfax High School classes of 1914-1917 reunion held in Colfax, Washington on October 10, 1964. A list accompanying the photograph reads as follows: “Reading from left to right in each row: Lucille Meany Rosenoff, Joe Rosenoff, Abe Goff, Margaret Brislawn, Earl Kennell, Howard Short, Mrs. Howard Short, Helen Gallaugher, Louise McCroskey, Kenneth McCroskey, Lavina Wilhelm Mullen, Ruth Harpole Spacek, Orge Spacek, Mrs. Arthur Spacek, Art Spacek, Ruth Copley Maurer, Florence Richardson Goff, Earl Mordyke, Clive Roberts, C.J. Cooil, Mrs. Hazel Cooil, Frances Wilhelm Dirstine, Ruth Miller Wilhelm, Kate Nave Lanky, Leda Slate Johnson, Bernice Slate Fanning, Mrs. Chester Bakala, Chester Bakala, Wanda Huffman Hall, Richard Hall, Ab Meyers, Catherine Hill Meyers, Gladys Cox Weisman, Margaret Sutherland Lee, Flossie Miller Roberts, Leona St. Peter Froney, Stillman Dempsey, Ruth Sherfey Cutting, Myron Cutting, Florence Frazier Sherman, Wilbur Wilhelm, Gladys Wyman, Allan Wyman, Myrtle Felch Reaume, Soda Felch, Dell Mitchell, Edith Mitchell, Mrs. Harl Organ, Harl Organ, Bradley MacKenzie, Blanche MacKenzie, Vera Martin Lynch, Ethel Case Perkins, Jeannette Scriber Saboe, Edna Huffman, Floyd Huffman, Verne B. Nesbitt, Winnifred Wyman Paton, Don Paton, Ferris Carr, Marjorie Neil Carr, Mrs. Gene Chamberlin, Gene Chamberlin, Mrs. Ruth Wheeler Nesbitt, Edna Harpole Atkinson, Woody Atkinson, Irene Ellis Kennell, Gladys (Peggy) Brown Mann, Milton Crawford, Lloyd L. Nesbitt.