Alberta History articles from September 2007

Alberta History archives from September 2007

The Historical Society-early years 1907-1952.
September 22, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "There is considerable talk of a Historical Society to be formed in the near future in Edmonton, Col. Edwards and Mrs. Hislop being the moving spirits in the enterprise. The membership will be open to both men and...

The post-war years 1947-1986.(Historical Society of Alberta )
September 22, 2007... After being inactive during World War Two, the Historical Society of Alberta resumed activities in 1947. Since that time, annual meetings have been held on a regular basis. At first, the activities after 1947 initially continued in much the...

The years since 1980.(Central Alberta Chapter )
September 22, 2007... The years from 1980 to the turn of the century and beyond, to 2007, were ones that saw the consolidation of our three chapters, and expansion, with the addition of the Central Alberta Chapter in 1995. The first three chapters--Edmonton,...

History of the Edmonton & District Historical Society.
September 22, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The history of the Edmonton and District Historical Society, a chapter of the Historical Society of Alberta, starts in 1958 when certain pivotal members of the HSA moved to Calgary and started a chapter there. The...

Rescued from oblivion: the Chinook Country Historical Society and its antecedents.
September 22, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] While the Historical Society of Alberta celebrates its centennial in 2007, its oldest local chapter has yet to mark its fiftieth anniversary. The Society's Calgary Branch was formally established on March 6, 1959. It...

Lethbridge; vital link to history.(historical society)
September 22, 2007... Lethbridge first had a historical society in 1888, which predated by 19 years the Historical Society of Alberta. Although it was not in continuous operation since it was first formed, it has been since the 1950s and is still going strong today...

The Central Alberta historical society.(Central Alberta branch of the Historical Society of Alberta)
September 22, 2007... The formation of the Central Alberta branch of the Historical Society of Alberta on January 26, 1995, at the Red Deer & District Museum & Archives, was the culmination of correspondence with the Society and the preliminary plans made by a...

Presidents of the Society 1907-2007.
September 22, 2007... The Historical Society of Alberta was established by a group of interested Edmontonians and politicians who met on February 24, 1907, to draft a constitution. As a result, the Alberta legislature passed the Historical Society of Alberta Act...

Choosing 100 volunteers.(Historical Society of Alberta )
September 22, 2007... The Historical Society of Alberta has for a number of years bestowed our Annual Award, our Award of Merit, and Honorary Lifetime Memberships to deserving individuals in Alberta. But we are one hundred years old this year, and your Council...

The Story Behind Alberta Names: How Cities, Towns, Villages and Hamlets Got their Names.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 22, 2007... The Story Behind Alberta Names: How Cities, Towns, Villages and Hamlets Got their Names by Harry M. Sanders. Calgary: Red Deer Press, 344 pp., illus., soft cover, $19.95. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Albertans have often been curious...

Missionaries Among Miners, Migrants & Blackfoot: The Van Tighem Brothers Diaries, Alberta, 1875-1917.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 22, 2007... Missionaries Among Miners, Migrants & Blackfoot: The Van Tighem Brothers Diaries, Alberta, 1875-1917 edited by Mary Eggermont Molenaar & Paul Callens. Calgary: University of Calgary Press, 426 pp., illus., soft cover, $39.95. The Van...

Fur Trade Letters of Willie Traill, 1864-1894.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 22, 2007... Fur Trade Letters of Willie Traill, 1864-1894 edited by K. Douglas Munro. Edmonton: University of Alberta Press, 320 pp., illus., maps, soft cover, $34.95. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Willie Traill, a descendent of the literary families...

Medicine and Duty: The World War I Memoir of Captain Harold W. McGill, Medical Officer, 31st Battalion, C.E.F.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 22, 2007... Medicine and Duty: The World War I Memoir of Captain Harold W. McGill, Medical Officer, 31st Battalion, C.E.F. edited by Marjorie Barron Norris. Calgary: University of Calgary Press, 382 pp., illus., soft cover, $39.95. [ILLUSTRATION...

A Joyful Harvest: Celebrating the Jewish Contribution to Southern Alberta Life, 1889-2005.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 22, 2007... A Joyful Harvest: Celebrating the Jewish Contribution to Southern Alberta Life, 1889-2005 senior editor Maxine Fischbein. Calgary: Jewish Historical Society of Southern Alberta, 1607-90th Ave. SW, Calgary, T2V 4V7. 208 pp., profusely...

Give Your Other Vote to the Sister: A Woman's Journey into the Great War.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 22, 2007... Give Your Other Vote to the Sister: A Woman's Journey into the Great War by Debbie Marshall. Calgary: University of Calgary Press, 319 pp., illus., soft cover, $29.95. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] When Alberta women were given the vote...

The Prairie West as Promised Land.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 22, 2007... The Prairie West as Promised Land edited by R. Douglas Francis & Chris Kitzan. Calgary: University of Calgary Press, 486 pp., illus., soft cover, $54.95. Fifteen leading scholars and writers from western Canada have contributed their...

Living with Strangers: The Nineteenth-Century Sioux and the Canadian-American Borderlands.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 22, 2007... Living with Strangers: The Nineteenth-Century Sioux and the Canadian-American Borderlands, by David G. McCrady. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 192 pp., illus., maps, hard cover, U.S. $45.00. The international border, particularly at...

Canadian Wartime Prison Escapes.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 22, 2007... Canadian Wartime Prison Escapes, by Peter Conrad. Edmonton: Folklore Publishing. 247 pp., illus., soft cover, $18.95. A most interesting account of several Canadians who escaped from enemy prisoner of war camps during the two World Wars or made...

Canada's Wheat King: The Life and Times of Seager Wheeler.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 22, 2007... Canada's Wheat King: The Life and Times of Seager Wheeler, by Jim Shilliday. Regina: Canadian Plains Research Center, 177pp., illus., soft cover, $17.95. Wheeler was one of the great figures in Canadian agriculture. Discoverer of Red Bobs...

Alberta's Oil Patch: Its People, Politics & Companies.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 22, 2007... Alberta's Oil Patch: Its People, Politics & Companies, by Timothy Le Riche. Edmonton: Folklore Publishing, 264 pp., illus., soft cover, $18.95. This is a handy look at the men who created the province's oil industry--Herron, Dingman, Harvie,...

How the Scots Created Canada.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 22, 2007... How the Scots Created Canada, by Paul Cowan. Edmonton: Dragon Hill Publishing Ltd., 240 pp., illus., soft cover, $18.95. This journalistic venture into Canadian history is a great success. Well written and humourous, it introduces the reader to...

Lives Past and Present: Saskatchewan Agriculture.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 22, 2007... Lives Past and Present: Saskatchewan Agriculture, edited by Lisa Dale-Burnett, 205 pp., illus., soft cover, $19.95; Lives Past and Present: Saskatchewan Sports, edited by Holden Stoffel, 138 pp., illus., $19.95; Singing the Blues: The...

The Canadian Corps in World War 1.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 22, 2007... The Canadian Corps in World War 1, by Rene Chartrand, illustrations by Gerry Embleton. London: Osprey Publishing, 48 pp., colour plates, illus., soft cover, $22.95. Osprey Publishing is famous for its books featuring military uniforms over a...