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Field name | Value |
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Title | Short articles about Okotoks; Turner Valley to Coleman oil districts; Upper Tongue Creek Church; and Vulcan |
Archival Reference | M-4562-42 |
Sub-collection | Southern Alberta Research Project |
Author | Luxton, Eleanor G. Reid, John A. |
Date | 20 May 1904-1960 |
Document Type | Notes; Non-governmental organization document |
Contents | Includes the 1904 Executive Council Order and Proclamation relating to the village of Okotoks being erected as a Town Municipality to be known as the Town of Okotoks. |
Sub-collection Information | This collection was compiled by Eleanor Luxton, a Glenbow Museum staff member, who was hired from 1956 to 1961 to gather information pertaining to southern Alberta pioneers, North-West Mounted Police (NWMP), Presbyterian missionaries, Fort Whoop Up, whiskey traders, Fort Benton, newspaper and newspaper editors, First Nations of Canada, and southern Alberta history in general. The information came primarily from interviews with pioneers and their descendants, and from articles in Montana and Alberta newspapers.The collection consists of alphabetically arranged biographical files, typescripts of newspaper articles and research notes, and photographs of NWMP, oldtimers and general views of southern Alberta. Consists of these series: Fort Benton and Montana (1867-1956); North-West Mounted Police - General (1872-1947); North-West Mounted Police - Detachments and outposts (1882-1955); North-West Mounted Police - Old timers (1913-1957); Southern Alberta newspapers and editors (1923-1955); Presbyterian Church and ministers (1883-1926; First Nations of Canada (1877-1954); High River pioneers (compiled 1956-1960); Southern Alberta general history (compiled 1956-1961); and photographs (1870s-1930s). |
Region | Canada |
Subjects | Indigenous Peoples of the Great Plains Indigenous Peoples First Nations Education Construction and Building Narratives, accounts and histories Railroads Agriculture Rebellion and Resistance Treaty Land Transaction and Property Banking and Finance Surveying Oil Mining Wildlife and Nature Women's History Education Children and Family Stoney People [Îyârhe Nakoda] Expeditions and Exploration Smallpox Health and Medical Hudson's Bay Company Cree [Nehiyaw] Blackfoot [Niitsitapi] Settlers and Settlement Industry Commerce and Trade Election Migration Domestic Life and Living Conditions Leisure, Entertainment and Social Life Towns and Cities |
Places | High River; Saskatchewan; Alberta; Regina |
People | Fidler, Peter Henday, Anthoney Thompson, David Flauret, Louis McHugh, Felix Ings, O.H. Lynch, T.L. Mounkes, Alfred C. Craif, Ailsa Hogge, Mrs Joe Stewart, Howard MacDougal, Dan Begg, Robert Gray, Donald Young, Bob Lineham, John Shields, Jack Hurst, Walley Wedderburn, David Carroll, H.J. Gough, Frank Hayes, Ed Patterson, Alex Clark, Charles McConnel, R.G. Dingman, A.W. Dowling, Dr D.D. Slipper, S.E. Hume, Dr G.S. Selwin, A.C. Dawson, G.M. Shaw, Frank Lindsay, James A. Johnston, J.W. Douglass, Emma Elves, R.L. Flynn, Ray Shimp, Cal Jones, D.C. Allan, Rev D.K. Smith, Mrs J.S. Banister, Mrs J.H. Hartell, Mrs F. Love, Jack |
Themes | Government & Politics |
Library | Glenbow Museum |
Copyright | Glenbow Museum |