Alberta History articles from June 2004

Alberta History archives from June 2004

Making new friends: James Wheeler Davidson and Rotary International.(Cover Story)(Biography)
June 22, 2004... There are few Rotarians who, in the context of time had a greater influence on the extension and adaptation of Rotary to the rest of the world than James Wheeler Davidson of Calgary. The Marco Polo of Rotary, as he became known, was perhaps the...

Good old Glenmore school days.(in south-west Calgary )
June 22, 2004... Glenmore School in south-west Calgary came into being on May 5, 1888, and was named after the Glenmore district, which in turn was named by Sam Livingstone, one of Calgary's most famous early settlers. The name in Gaelic means "big valley,"...

From bad to worse: Calgary's housing crisis & Alberta's debt legislation 1935-1945.
June 22, 2004... The election of the Social Credit government in 1935 ushered in a period of significant legislative activity in Alberta. Under Premier William Aberhart, the new government's mistrust of banks and other financial institutions led to several...

Beginnings of the Amateur Athletic Union.
June 22, 2004... In Alberta, the Amateur Athletic Union is the direct outcome of the efforts made by Canadians to send a team to the Olympic sports in London in the year 1908. When the Canadian Amateur Athletic Union arranged for tryouts in the various...

Mountain Diaries: the Alpine Adventures of Margaret Fleming, 1929-1980.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
June 22, 2004... edited by PearlAnn Reichwein and Karen Fox. Calgary: Historical Society of Alberta, 206 pp., illus., paper, $19.95. Winnipeg teacher Margaret Fleming loved the outdoors so in 1929 she joined the Alpine Club of Canada. For the next fifty...

Wild Daisies in the Sand: Life in a Canadian Internment Camp.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
June 22, 2004... by Tom Sando. Edmonton: NeWest Press, 240 pp., illus., paper, $19.95. This is one of the best accounts we have seen about life in a Japanese internment camp during World War Two. Sent away from his home on the British Columbia coast, the...

West of the Blindman: Observations of a Half Century.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
June 22, 2004... by Fred Schutz. Red Deer: Red Deer & District Museum, 351 pp., illus., paper, $24.95. Since 1954, Fred Schutz has published his observations in a column in the Rimbey Record. Some two hundred of these are now brought together in this...

High River and the Times: an Alberta Community and Its Weekly Newspaper, 1905-1966.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
June 22, 2004... by Paul Voisey. Edmonton: University of Alberta Press, 270 pp., illus., paper, $29.95. When the famous Bob Edwards decided to take his Eye Opener from High River to Calgary, Charles Clark stepped in to fill the void. The result was the...

Forging a Future: a History of Nursing in Canada.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
June 22, 2004... by Diana J. Mansell. Thomas Press, Box 130841, Ann Arbor, MI, 48113. 219 pp., illus., paper, $19.95 (Cdn.) Calgary author Dr. Diana Mansell provides an excellent overview of the role of nurses in Canadian history. After briefly examining...

Aspenland II: on Women's Lives and Work in Central Alberta.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
June 22, 2004... edited by David Ridley. Red Deer: Central Alberta Regional Museums Network, 162 pp., illus., paper, $19.95. This book contains fourteen articles on various subjects relating to women in central Alberta. Individuals mentioned include Emily...

Frontier Diplomats: Alexander Culbertson and Natoyist-Siksina' Among the Blackfeet.(Brief Article)
June 22, 2004... Frontier Diplomats: Alexander Culbertson and Natoyist-Siksina' Among the Blackfeet, by Lesley Wischmann. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 400 pp., illus., paper, $24.95. This is a soft cover reprint of a very fine book on the life of a...

CCF Colonialism in Northern Saskatchewan: Battling Parish Priests, Bootleggers, and Fur Sharks.(Brief Article)(Book Review)(Brief Review)
June 22, 2004... CCF Colonialism in Northern Saskatchewan: Battling Parish Priests, Bootleggers, and Fur Sharks, by David M. Quiring. Vancouver: UBC Press, 384 pp., paper, $29.95. This is a well documented account of how the CCF fought the established powers in...