Alberta History articles from June 2006

Alberta History archives from June 2006

A community in search of a university: the University of Calgary's pre-history, 1912-66.
June 22, 2006... The struggle for a university in Calgary has been a case of community persistence in the face of adversity, a civic determination to overcome urban competition from the northern capital, a neutral to unsympathetic provincial government, and...

Maude Riley: never a trailer.(Alberta Council on Child and Family Welfare)(Biography)
June 22, 2006... Rod Birchall of Calgary was 15 years old when he first met Maude Riley. He was pumping gas at the Acme Garage when she drove up in her 1938 Willys-Knight. Because Rod was new at the job, the other guys told him to look after her, knowing full...

A fur trade letter of Alexander Henry 1809.(Biography)
June 22, 2006... Introduction Alexander Henry was one of the famous men in the fur trade, not only for his accomplishments but for his detailed observations and diaries. These were published in 1897 by Elliott Coues. (1) Henry joined the North West...

The Galicians.(Brief article)
June 22, 2006... The Galicians [Ukrainians] have tireless energy, marvellous adaptability, and most amazing thrift. Besides, they have the very Eden of the whole country. The men who work as navvies on the Canadian Northern are steady, sober and industrious....

Sophie Mushkat McClusky: Alberta's strident socialist.(Biography)
June 22, 2006... A socialist political organizer named Sophie Mushkat was among the most outspoken women in Alberta during the critical years between 1911 and 1929. The ardent young radical was colourful, controversial and provocative, but is virtually unknown...

Pioneering with a Piece of Chalk: The One-Room Country Schools of Alberta, 1885-1992.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 22, 2006... Pioneering With a Piece of Chalk: The One-Room Country Schools of Alberta, 1885-1992 by William Peter Baergen. Available from the author, 4025-57 Street, Stettler, AB, T0C 2L1, 626 pp., illus., paper, large format, separate map, $40. ...

Architecture, Town Planning and Community: Selected Writings and Public Talks by Cecil Burgess, 1909-1946.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 22, 2006... Architecture, Town Planning and Community: Selected Writings and Public Talks by Cecil Burgess, 1909-1946 ed. and introduction by Donald G. Wetherell. Edmonton: University of Alberta Press, 440 pp., illus, $39.95. From the time he was...

Unsettled Pasts: Reconceiving the West Through Women's History.(Book review)
June 22, 2006... Unsettled Pasts: Reconceiving the West Through Women's History edited by Sarah Carter, Lesley Erickson, Patricia Roome, and Char Smith. Calgary: University of Calgary Press, 420 pp., illus., paper, $44.95. As a result of a conference...

The Edmonton, Yukon and Pacific Railway.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 22, 2006... The Edmonton, Yukon and Pacific Railway by Alan Vanterpool. Edmonton: Alberta Pioneer Railway Association, Box 70014, Londonderry Mall, Edmonton, T5C 3R6. 68 pp., illus., maps, $16.00 plus postage. The railway may have been the...

The Other Alberta: Decoding a Political Enigma.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 22, 2006... The Other Alberta: Decoding a Political Enigma by Doreen Barrie. Regina: Canadian Plains Research Center, 146pp., illus., paper, $12.95. The theme of this book is that Alberta is not what it seems. Although a radical in its early...

"Pictures Bring Us Messages': Sinaakssiiksi aohtsimaahpihkookiyaawa, Photographs and Histories from the Kainai Nation.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 22, 2006... "Pictures Bring Us Messages': Sinaakssiiksi aohtsimaahpihkookiyaawa, Photographs and Histories from the Kainai Nation by Alison K. Brown and Laura Peers. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 280 pp., profusely illus., paper, $29.95. ...

Country Fairs in Canada.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 22, 2006... Country Fairs in Canada by Guy Scott. Markham, ON: Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 218 pp., profusely illus., coffee table size, paper, $34.95. This is a bit of nostalgia for anyone who ever went to an agricultural fair, an exhibition, or a...

Canada 2005: Our People Our Events Our Perspective.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 22, 2006... Canada 2005: Our People Our Events Our Perspective, edited by Patti Tasko. Mississauga, ON: John Wiley & Sons Canada Ltd., 184 pp., profusely illustrated, colour, bound, $36.99. This is a superb coffee table book showing the events of 2005 as...

In the Shadow of Detroit: Gordon M. McGregor, Ford of Canada, and Motoropolis.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 22, 2006... In the Shadow of Detroit: Gordon M. McGregor, Ford of Canada, and Motoropolis, by David Roberts. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 320 pp., illus, bound, $34.95 (U.S.). This book, well researched and well written, details the life of...

The Cowboy Trail: A Guide to Alberta's Historic Cowboy Country.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 22, 2006... The Cowboy Trail: A Guide to Alberta's Historic Cowboy Country, by D. Larraine Andrews. Calgary: Brindle & Glass Publishing, 257 pp., illus., $19.95. This book contains a pot pourri of information for anyone travelling southern Alberta's...

Letters to the Editor.(Letter to the editor)
June 22, 2006... Editor, Alberta History I recently read the article titled "Tom Wilson" in the Winter issue of Alberta History. Although it was good to see this interesting article about one of our outstanding pioneers, there are a few errors in the...

Tom Wilson's Cabin.(Column)
June 22, 2006... TOM WILSON'S CABIN (June 9, 1976 Column #1080) by Fred Schutz On a trip to the Kootenay Plains in 1972, before Lake Abraham had been created by the building of the Bighorn Dam, I took a picture of the log cabin that Tom Wilson built and...