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Manuscript:
Record Number
6976
Collection Title:
Frank Eyck fonds
Date of Publication:
1950s-1988
Abstract:
Frank (U.F.J.) Eyck was born in Berlin on July 13, 1921. He was educated in Berlin and London and served in the British Army from 1940 to 1946. Eyck studied modern history at Worcester College, Oxford from 1946 to 1949, taught at several universities in England and was a professor of history at the University of Calgary from 1968 to 1987. Eyck was the author of several books on British and German history [Source: Archival description].
Call Number:
University of Calgary Library, Special Collections. Acc 691/00.22
Keywords:
Eyck/Authors/Historians/Professors/University of Calgary
[6877]
Manuscript:
Record Number
6977
Collection Title:
Grace Lutheran Church fonds
Date of Publication:
1952-1969
Abstract:
The Brooks preaching station was part of the Missouri Synod Brooks-Duchess parish in 1951. Grace Lutheran Church was organized in 1952 and incorporated in 1954. The congregation purchased two lots of land in 1954 and dedicated the church in 1956. In 1957 Rev. Brill established a Sunday School and the congregation was linked with Claresholm and Duchess. In 1965 German services were being conducted once a month. With competition from the American Lutheran Church Synod in small community Grace lost a number of their members. The congregation disbanded in 1968 and officially dissolved in 1971. The assets, as part of the Lethbridge Circuit were turned over to the Alberta-British Columbia District with the recommendation to sell the building to Trinity Lutheran Church of the American Lutheran Church synod. Members that wished to remain with the Missouri Synod transferred their membership to the Taber congregation When it was an active congregation it included outreach to Hays and Vauxhall and also includes materials for Duchess and Hudson Bay Mission. [Source: Archival description].
Call Number:
Lutheran Historical Institute. Record 5.
Keywords:
Grace Lutheran Church (Brooks)/Lutheran churches
[6878]
Manuscript:
Record Number
6978
Collection Title:
Redeemer Lutheran Church (Edmonton) fonds
Date of Publication:
1954-1993
Abstract:
In 1928 a Sunday School class was started in the Ritchie district of Edmonton at the suggestion of Mrs. Louise Sievers. The service was under the leadership of Pastor Boettcher of Grace Lutheran Church in Edmonton. The congregation purchased four lots, a church and an organ the following year. For the next ten years Pastor Boettcher and professor Guebert of Concordia College, assisted by ministerial students, conducted services in the "Richmond Park Mission". A strong Sunday School encouraged the formation of youth groups. The congregation was formally organized in 1939 as Richmond Park Lutheran Church and was served by Vicar Enders, Professor Guebert and Professor Herreilers of Concordia College. In 1948 the congregation had their first resident pastor in Rev. D.C. Presinger and the name was changed to Redeemer Lutheran Church in 1949. During the 1950s the church building was loaned to a group of German immigrants who later formed St. Paul's Lutheran Church and also to the Cross of Christ congregation serving the deaf in Edmonton. The new church building was dedicated in 1954 followed by a new Education wing and Parish Hall in 1958. Further growth encouraged the growth of a daughter congregation in the 1960s when Bethel Lutheran Church was formed. In 1983 a new Sanctuary was built to accommodate further growth in the congregation, and in 1987 the congregation was again instrumental in establishing Concordia Lutheran Church in Millwoods. In 1988 the congregation joined the newly formed Lutheran Church-Canada. [Source: Archival description].
Call Number:
Lutheran Historical Institute. Record 35.
Keywords:
Redeemer Lutheran Church (Edmonton)/Lutheran churches/Pastors/Boettcher/Presinger
[6879]
Manuscript:
Record Number
6979
Collection Title:
St. Matthew Lutheran School (Stony Plain) fonds
Date of Publication:
1954-1993
Abstract:
Prior to the organization of St. Matthews congregation in 1894 a small Christian school was held in the home of Henry Enders and the Jacob Ulmer until moved to the parsonage with Rev. Emil Eberhardt teaching. In 1898 the building which was previously used as a church and parsonage was made over into the school and took over the whole building. The Christian Day School had been formally established under pastor Herman Reinitz as teacher in 1905 with 60 pupils and in 1909 it had grown sufficiently and had the appropriate facility to hire a full time teacher, A.C. Krieg. By 1913 the congregation recognized the need to build a new bigger school which was dedicated as St. Matthews School #1. Plans were developed for another school in the town of Stony Plain. However the Department of Education closed the school in 1915 due to concerns about German language instruction. In 1921 the school re-opened despite the department's continued objections to "private schools". The department held an inspection in 1922 which found the school deficient and again closed the school. When the entire congregation threatened to emigrate to Mexico over the issue of schooling their children, the Department relented and agreed to cooperate to raise the school building to the appropriate standard and the school reopened in 1923. The second school was built in Stony Plain finally in 1924 for children resident in town. In 1950 the Department of Education centralized the school system and offered bussing to students in remote areas. The congregation decided to take advantage of the bussing and moved St. Matthews School #1 to the lot beside School #2 so that they could separate into junior and senior classes. By 1952 overcrowding and aging buildings forced the congregation to plan for a new larger, more modern school. It was completed in 1954 and the old buildings were sold. Again in 1959 overcrowding became an issue and a fourth classroom and another teacher were added. [Source: Archival description].
Call Number:
Lutheran Historical Institute. Record 28.
Keywords:
St. Matthew's Lutheran School (Stony Plain)/Lutheran churches/Eberhardt/Pastors/Reinitz/Day schools
[6880]
Manuscript:
Record Number
6980
Collection Title:
Immanuel Lutheran Church fonds
Date of Publication:
1955-1986
Abstract:
Lutheran Church Missouri Synod missionaries from Minnesota come into the area around Bruce prior to 1921. After 1921 Pastor Kuring led one service a month in German in private homes or the Old Flint School House which was shared with the United Church. A Sunday School was started with 11 students. In 1931 Rev. E. C. Zschoche served the area as part of a circuit which included Ferintosh, Holden, Duhamel, Bashaw, Lougheed and Killam. He was assisted at times by other pastors serving at other points. In 1934 the Old Flint School House burned down and the congregation, led by Pastor H. Hennig, decided to build a church using their own volunteer labour. They became the centre of the Bruce parish which included Tofield. From 1938 to 1943 Rev. Maschmeyer served the parish out of Vegreville. In 1943 Rev. Wessler served Tofield, Holden and Bruce and held the majority of services in English. In 1945 Bruce was added to the Vegreville Mannville parish with the pastor resident in Mannville. In 1959 the pastor was moved to a new parsonage in Vegreville. The Bruce Lutheran Women's Missionary League was formed in 1964 and the congregation rented the school in Bruce for Sunday School classes until 1983. In 1966 an addition was built onto the church. A reorganization of the circuit took place in 1980 when Mannville was added to the Vermilion Parish and Vegreville formed a parish with Bruce. Pastor Rumsch was called to served the Bruce-Vegreville parish and by 1983 Bruce congregation was self-supporting. The congregation joined the newly formed Lutheran Church-Canada in 1988. [Source: Archival description].
Call Number:
Lutheran Historical Institute. Record 100.
Keywords:
Immanuel Lutheran Church (Bruce)/Lutheran churches/Pastors/Kuring/Zschoche/Hennig/Maschmeyer/Wessler/Rumsch
[6881]
Manuscript:
Record Number
6981
Collection Title:
Borys Lewytzkyj fonds
Date of Publication:
1956-1983
Abstract:
Journalist, Sovietologist, 1915-1984. Born in Vienna in 1915, Borys Lewytzkyj became well known as a publicist and journalist as chief editor of the newspaper Nove Selo (1936- 1939) in Lviv. During the Second World War, he was active in the Ukrainian Democratic Revolutionary Party (UDRP), led by Ivan Mitringa, which took part in the resistance movement against the German occupants. Emigrating to Munich after the war, Dr. Lewytzkyj became joint-editor of the UDRP organ Vpered from 1949 to 1956, contributing a variety of articles about contemporary life in the USSR. During his career Dr. Lewytzkyj authored many books and articles on the Ukraine and the Soviet Union. Dr. Lewytzkyj also operated his own consulting firm in Munich that specialized in Soviet affairs and counted the West German government as one of his clients. Dr. Lewytzkyj died in 1984. [Source: Archival description].
Call Number:
University of Alberta Archives. #86-89.
Keywords:
Lewytzkyj/Settlers from Austria/Publicists/Researchers
[6882]
Manuscript:
Record Number
6982
Collection Title:
Harold Pommerehnke fonds
Date of Publication:
[ca. 1957-1970]
Abstract:
Harold Pommerehnke, 1925- , was born in Hamburg, Germany and in high school became fascinated with North American Indians. He studied First Nations ethnography and after the war worked for two years as a restorer and registrar at the Hamburg Museum for Ethnology. In 1951 he emigrated to Canada, settling in Quebec as an accountant with a construction firm. He became friends with local Cree/Ojibway First Nations and started collecting artifacts. He moved to Calgary, Alberta in 1954 and continued his involvement with First Nations becoming friends with many on the Blackfoot (Siksika), Stoney and Sarcee (Tsuu T'ina) reserves. The collection of native artifacts was donated to the Canadian Museum of Civilization and is not on permanent loan to the Siksika Museum. He continues to assist First Nations in the marketing of their crafts. The fonds consists of 142 photographs of friends and acquaintances on the Siksika, Stoney and Tsuu T'ina reserves. [Source: Archival description].
Call Number:
Glenbow Archives, NA 5571
Keywords:
Pommerehnke/Ethnographers/Accountants
[6883]
Manuscript:
Record Number
6983
Collection Title:
Immanuel Lutheran Church fonds
Date of Publication:
1957-1990
Abstract:
In 1899 Rev. Emil Eberhardt from Missouri Synod's St. Matthew's Lutheran Church in Stony Plain visited the Lethbridge area. The congregation began as a mission station in 1909. In 1910 seminary student Zehe began a parochial school and a parsonage was built the same year. The congregation was served from Pincher Creek using St. Mary's Anglican Church for several years. Between 1911 and 1913 Pastor Groth oversaw the construction of a parsonage and chapel. In 1920 the congregation adopted the constitution and joined the Missouri Synod in 1924. They started as an English mission in 1926. In 1928 they were able to purchase a church building form the Ohio synod and it was dedicated in 1929. The congregation also incorporated that year. A new parsonage was built in 1949. German services were reinstated in 1950 when the Federal government brought in immigrants to be agricultural workers and many came to the Lethbridge area to be beet workers. The Lutheran congregation overflowed. The church was also offered to the Estonians for their services. In 1954 the congregation dedicated a larger church and by 1956 immigration slowed and English again became more predominant. In 1959 the congregation split form the Milk River, Magrath parish. In 1967 they approved a new constitution. In 1968 Immanuel was part of the southern Alberta congregations that placed a summer mission in Waterton National Park. By 1969 the congregation required a full time parish worker to assist the pastor. The congregation joined the newly formed Lutheran Church-Canada synod in 1988. [Source: Archival description].
Call Number:
Lutheran Historical Institut. #62.
Keywords:
Immanuel Lutheran Church (Lethbridge)/Lutheran churches/Eberhardt/Pastors/Groth
[6884]
Manuscript:
Record Number
6984
Collection Title:
Redeemer Lutheran Church (Didsbury) fonds
Date of Publication:
1957-1993
Abstract:
Immigrants to the Didsbury area from Nebraska and Kansas were the focus of missionary work from the Wetaskiwin Lutheran Church Missouri Synod congregations as early as 1902. Although without a pastor the congregation met with the assistance of the pastor of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Calgary, holding services in the Baptist Church near Westcott. Rev. Victor Gruber, and later Rev. George J. Meyer and Rev. Walter Albrecht served the area until in 1907 the St. Paul Lutheran Church was formed at Westcott and by 1917 joined the Missouri Synod. Land about eight miles outside of the town was donated for a church building by a member. The constitution was signed in 1908 and Rev. F. W. Falkenroth was called. A plan was adopted for the church's construction and a new parochial school was started in the Hildebrandt house. Rev. Falkenroth also served Trochu, Sunnyslope, Innisfail, Red Lodge and Smouse providing services in both English and German until 1910 when he left Didsbury. The vacancy was again filled from Calgary. In 1913 the parish was divided; Trochu took part of the area into its parish. A parsonage was built in 1915. The congregation joined the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod in 1917. In 1927 a sister congregation (St. John) was started in Didsbury proper and they purchased the old Baptist church for their services. They were incorporated in 1928 and called Rev. Nissen; in the early 1930s Pastor Justus Kuring was called. The congregation was not able to be self supporting during the 1930s. St. Paul's congregation (Westcott) was incorporated in 1935, began English services in 1939 and by 1941 was thinking about building a larger church facility. The congregation of St. John's was as well and since they were doing much better financially they were able to retire their debt in 1943. In 1945 meetings were held to discuss merging the two churches which was accomplished when they adopted a new constitution and adopted the new name of Redeemer Lutheran Church. The properties were merged – the parsonage at Westcott was moved into town, two lots in town were donated for the church and house and construction begun. In 1946 membership in the LCMS was affirmed and the new church was dedicated in 1948. The old St. John's church was sold. By 1954 all debts had been paid off and by 1960 the congregation was able to support a mission at Sundre. In 1970 a two acre site was purchased and a parsonage built with the financing of the congregation's Cattle Feeder Project. Nine years later a new church was constructed which was dedicated in 1980. In 1988 the congregation joined the newly formed Lutheran Church-Canada. [Source: Archival description].
Call Number:
Lutheran Historical Institute. Record 122.
Keywords:
Redeemer Lutheran Church (Didsbury)/Lutheran churches/Pastors/Gruber/Meyer/Albrecht/Falkenroth/Nissen/Kuring
[6885]
Manuscript:
Record Number
6985
Collection Title:
Henry Kreisel fonds
Date of Publication:
1964-1989
Abstract:
Dr. Henry Kreisel came to Canada under arrest, a British prisoner of war, in 1940. He was born on June 5, 1922 in Vienna, Austria. He and his brother, Kurt, fled to England in 1938. His parents, Leo and Helene, were arrested attempting to flee to Belgium in 1939. They ended up in Dachau and Ravensburg, respectively, but were able to escape to England before the war broke out. He and his father were arrested on May 16, 1940 as enemy aliens, and shipped to a Prisoner of War camp in Fredericton, New Brunswick, called Camp B or Camp 70. In 1941, they were released. In 1942, Kreisel enrolled in the English Department at the University of Toronto. In 1947, he graduated with a Master's Degree, and married Esther Lazerson. Together, they set off for the University of Alberta. In 1948, he published his first book, "The Rich Man." In 1952 he took a two-year leave of absence to return to England for Doctoral studies. He returned to U. of A., eventually becoming head of the English Department, Dean of Graduate Studies, VP Academic. He turned down the chance to serve as University President in 1975. In 1989 he was awarded the Order of Canada. The Kreisel's only son, Phillip, has a PhD in sports psychology. He is the author of many books, including "Another Country" and "The Betrayal" (1964). Henry Kreisel died in 1991, Esther in 1994. [Source: Archival description].
Call Number:
Jewish Archives and Historical Society of Edmonton and Northern Alberta. KRE.02.1; ABB.01.1; GOR.01.1.
Keywords:
Kreisel/Authors
[6886]
Manuscript:
Record Number
6986
Collection Title:
Mike Goetz fonds
Date of Publication:
1964-1995
Abstract:
Born in Bad Liebenwerda, Germany, on October 2, 1944, Mike Goetz was smuggled out of then Russian-controlled East Germany by his mother Erika Schoen, in 1946. After spending eight years of his life in West Germany, Goetze accompanied his parents to Vancouver, Canada, where he learned the English language and had an interest in broadcasting sparked when he began announcing baseball games. Following graduation from John Oliver High School in 1963, Goetze sent letters to many radio and television stations in Western Canada and began his career shortly thereafter at CKSA TV in Lloydminister. He moved to CJVI, Victoria, in 1965, where he married Ingrid Bialowas in April, and to CFCW, Camrose, in November of that same year. Goetze contributed in a major way to the growth of CFCW. When he began, he had the title News Director but it was strictly a one-man newsroom. His newsroom and staff grew substantially over the 30 years he worked for the company. Mike Goetze mentored many well-known radio and television journalists and was among the first to hire female reporters and news presenters, helping to open the radio broadcast doors to many more women. By the time of his passing Goetze was News Director at 790 CFCW, Mix 96 FM and the Executive Director of the Edmonton Oilers radio broadcasts. Mike Goetze passed away suddenly of a heart attack on July 25, 1995, and is survived by his wife Ingrid and their two daughters Mercedes and Shannon. The fonds consists of ca. 891 audio reels, 58 audio cassettes, 178 LPs, 3 16mm films, 2.30 m of textual records. [Source: Archival description].
Call Number:
Provincial Archives of Alberta.
Keywords:
Goetz/Journalists
[6887]
Manuscript:
Record Number
6987
Collection Title:
Paul W. Krause fonds
Date of Publication:
1965
Abstract:
Paul W. Krause was a fourth-generation shoemaker. He began the trade in 1918 at the age of 14, apprenticing in his father's shop in Germany. Following that, he attended shoemaker's school. It wasn't until 1930, after he had spent 8 years in the United States gaining experience, that he earned the title of "master shoemaker" in his native Germany. Paul Krause came to Medicine Hat in 1954, at the age of 50, with his wife and daughter. His other daughter was already living here. His first store was located on 4th Avenue and in 1958, the business moved to 411 Aberdeen Street where he continued until his death in 1981. [Source: Archival description].
Call Number:
Medicine Hat Museum and Art Gallery. M83.29.1.
Keywords:
Krause/Shoemakers
[6888]
Manuscript:
Record Number
6988
Collection Title:
Friends of Berlin Club (Edmonton) fonds
Date of Publication:
1965-1972
Abstract:
The Friends of Berlin Club (Edmonton) was founded in 1964 by individuals who had immigrated to Edmonton, Alberta from Berlin and wanted to show their solidarity with the City of Berlin as a response to the construction of Berlin Wall. In 1983 the members of the Friends of Berlin Club (Edmonton), along with the members of the Edelweiss Club and the Phoenix Club, decided to form an association called the German Canadian Cultural Association to help provide the German-Canadian population with a bigger and better facility. Fonds consists of posters, programmes, maps, pamphlets, magazines, postcards, correspondence, maps, and photographs. [Source: Archival description].
Call Number:
Provincial Archives of Alberta. PR1973.270
Keywords:
Friends of Berlin/Edelweiss Club/Phoenix Club/German-Canadian Cultural Association
[6889]
Manuscript:
Record Number
6989
Collection Title:
Coaldale Cheese Factory fonds
Date of Publication:
1966-1973
Abstract:
The Coaldale Cheese Factory began operations in 1928 as a cooperative from a committee comprised of: P.P. Kornelson, Jacob Schmidt, and Jacob J. Klassen. It was based on a Mennonite tradition started in the early 1800s by the Van Bergen family in Old Samara, Russia. [Source: Archival description].
Call Number:
Mennonite Historical Society of Alberta. #2002.016.
Keywords:
Coaldale Cheese Factory/Mennonites/Businesses
[6890]
Manuscript:
Record Number
6990
Collection Title:
Emmaus Lutheran Church (Drayton Valley) fonds
Date of Publication:
1966-1986
Abstract:
The German settlement in the area around Drayton Valley dates back before the First World War. The larger influx came after the discovery of oil in the 1950s which caused rapid development in the town. The Lutheran Church Missouri Synod congregation at Tomahawk had served the large part of the area to that point. In 1955 an intern from Rochfort Bridge, Vicar Edgar Greve, came to lead services at the Scout Hall for local Lutherans. Pastor John Karlen of Tomahawk continued the services after 1956 and in October of that year sponsored an organizational meeting for the Dayton Valley congregation. A building committee was struck and the congregation requested incorporation under the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod. In 1958 they bought lots for their church building, engaging Werner Klingbeil as architect. The church was constructed and dedicated in the following year. The congregation called Rev. Edward Steyer to serve Drayton Valley and Tomahawk Parish in 1961. A house was purchased for the parsonage in 1966. A community kindergarten used the church basement from 1969-1971 but the congregation decided in 1961 to establish their own parochial kindergarten. In 1972 they called on Vicar Ed Mohns and others to assist with the parish during a vacancy. The debt for the building was retired in 1974 and the mortgage burning ceremony held in 1975. In 1976 Tomahawk separated from Drayton Valley. Steady growth in Drayton Valley meant that plans had to be made for an addition on the building which was constructed and dedicated in 1977. The church continued to grow and they were able to pay off the debt on their extension in 1986. In 1988 the congregation joined the newly formed Lutheran Church-Canada synod. [Source: Archival description].
Call Number:
Lutheran Historical Institute. Record 121.
Keywords:
Emmaus Lutheran Church (Drayton Valley)/Lutheran churches/Pastors/Karlen/Steyer
[6891]
Manuscript:
Record Number
6991
Collection Title:
Trinity Lutheran Church (Rochfort Bridge) fonds
Date of Publication:
1966-1993
Abstract:
Mission work by the Missouri Synod in the area around Rochfort Bridge began from Golden Spike as part of the Peavine preaching stations under Pastor John Meyer and followed by Pastor Albert Schwermann. In 1913 English services were held to serve the Norwegian and Swedish immigrants as well as the German services already in place. The constitution for the Rochfort Bridge congregation was adopted in 1931 and the church building dedicated in 1933. The first pastor was the Rev. W. K. Kautz. Declining membership in the 1950s threatened the congregation with closure, however, Pastor Roland Meyle revived the community in 1963 as well as founding a sister church in Whitecourt (St. James Lutheran Church). The congregation joined the newly formed Lutheran Church-Canada synod in 1988. [Source: Archival description].
Call Number:
Lutheran Historical Institute. Record 82.
Keywords:
Trinity Lutheran Church (Rochfort Bridge)/Lutheran churches/Pastors/Meyer/Schwermann/Kautz/Meyle
[6892]
Manuscript:
Record Number
6992
Collection Title:
Johann Strauss Foundation fonds
Date of Publication:
1968-2001
Abstract:
In April 1965, members of Club Austria founded the Vienna Opera Ball Foundation; the Foundation was formed from local Edmonton residents of Austrian heritage to commemorate the Viennese composer Johann Strauss II. The Foundation's name changed to the Johann Strauss Foundation on December 21, 1975 to avoid a legal conflict with Club Austria. The principal aim of the Johann Strauss Foundation is to support musical education in Alberta. The Foundation, through scholarship, encourages and supports young musicians in Alberta who wish to complete musical studies in the cultural environment of Austria. The Foundation also provides moral support and financial assistance to musical endeavours in the community including workshops by visiting teachers from Austria and musical events of special educational value, such as recitals. The founders of the Foundation sought to preserve the cultural heritage of their country of origin and to share this heritage with the community of Edmonton through the Foundation's fundraising activities. [Source: Archival description].
Call Number:
Provincial Archives of Alberta. PR1995.5, PR2000.515, PR2000.948, PR2001.938.
Keywords:
Johann Strauss Foundation/Club Austria
[6893]
Manuscript:
Record Number
6993
Collection Title:
Department of Linguistics fonds
Date of Publication:
1969-1988
Abstract:
In 1964, the Department of Modern Languages at the University of Alberta was split into three separate departments, one of which was the Department of Germanic Languages and General Linguistics. A Division of Linguistics was formed in 1968, and a year later it became a department within the Faculty of Science. In 1987 it was placed under the Faculty of Arts. As a teaching and research department, it is concerned with the experimental testing of formal linguistic models and the propositions of general linguistics theory, and with the theoretical problems introduced by such experimental studies. [Source: Archival description].
Call Number:
University of Alberta Archives.
Keywords:
Department of Linguistics (Edmonton)
[6894]
Manuscript:
Record Number
6994
Collection Title:
German Canadian Club of Calgary fonds
Date of Publication:
1969-1992
Abstract:
The German Canadian Club of Calgary was registered under the Alberta Societies Act on April 27, 1931. Founding members included Henrich Fischer, Henrich Hildermann, Erich Brenngartner and Bob Schmied. The club was largely dormant from 1939 to 1951, but was revitalized by postwar immigrants. It met at 432-3rd Avenue SE during the 1950s, but by the early 1960s had acquired a clubhouse at 3127 Bowwood Drive NW. In 1982 a new building was erected at the same address. The club sponsors a variety of social and cultural events. The fonds consists of 50th anniversary commemorative booklet (1981) and newsletters (1969-1974, 1985-1992). [Source: Archival description].
Call Number:
Glenbow Archives. M 7166.
Keywords:
German-Canadian Club of Calgary/Anniversary celebrations
[6895]
Manuscript:
Record Number
6995
Collection Title:
Matt F. Kuester fonds
Date of Publication:
1970-1976
Abstract:
The fonds consists of family histories, compiled by Mathias Kuester, for the Frey, Wilde, Kuester, Rehsche, Bergmann, and Muller families. [Source: Archival description].
Call Number:
Provincial Archives of Alberta. PR1972.283, PR1976.178
Keywords:
Frey/Wilde/Kuester/Rehsche/Bergmann/Muller/Life stories
[6896]
Manuscript:
Record Number
6996
Collection Title:
George Weber fonds
Date of Publication:
1970-1993
Abstract:
George Weber emigrated to Canada from Munich, Germany in 1929. After studying at the Ontario College of Art he moved west during the Depression. He was a founder of the Edmonton branch of the Canadian Painters and Etchers and served as president of the Federation of Canadian Artists. Weber was one of the first Canadian artists to use silk-screening techniques as a fine art form. His etchings, silkscreen landscapes, and watercolours became increasingly popular in the 1970s and 1980s. In 1985 his serigraph of Moraine Lake was chosen by Canada Post on the $2.00 stamp commemorating the centennial of Canada's National Parks. He was involved with the Hamley Press and Reliable Printing and Canadiana Galleries. This fonds consists of postcards and stationary featuring silkscreen prints of Edmonton buildings. There is also a series of 23 silkscreened prints of Edmonton buildings and photographs of the prints. An additional 8 prints were received in 1992. [Source: Archival description].
Call Number:
City of Edmonton Archives. MS 95 ; A76-97 ; A92-130 ; A93-38 ; A93-106.
Keywords:
Weber/Artists
[6897]
Manuscript:
Record Number
6997
Collection Title:
Calvary Baptist Church (Wetaskiwin) fonds
Date of Publication:
1971-1996
Abstract:
On July 12, 1896, the Erste Deutsche Baptisten Gemeinde (First German Baptist Church) of Wetaskiwin was organized with 24 charter members and with Rev. F.A. Muller as the first pastor. In 1897, a church was erected on a site west of Wetaskiwin and funded by the German Baptist Conference. In 1911, a new church was built with a horse barn on a new site. The old church was sold in 1918. In 1927, church members living in Wetaskiwin amicably split from the church, took over an English Baptist Church, and renamed it Second German Baptist Church. In 1941, services were changed to English and in 1942, the First German Baptist Church was renamed the Pleasant Prairie Baptist Church and the Second German Baptist Church was renamed the West Side Baptist Church. In 1952, the boards of West Side Baptist Church and Pleasant Prairie Baptist Church voted to amalgamate the two churches and the Pleasant Prairie Church building was moved into Wetaskiwin and the newly amalgamated church was renamed Calvary Baptist Church. A unit of six classrooms was added to the church in 1961 and a major expansion was carried out in 1978. In the late 1990s, a new church was built and the old church building was sold and demolished. [Source: Archival description].
Call Number:
City of Wetaskiwin Archives. #96.20
Keywords:
Calvary Baptist Church (Wetaskiwin)/Lutheran churches/First German Baptist Church (Wetaskiwin)/Pastors/Muller
[6898]
Manuscript:
Record Number
6998
Collection Title:
German Church of God fonds
Date of Publication:
1972
Abstract:
The German Church of God began its first broadcast in 1967 over CFCW radio in Camrose, Alberta. The program, initially ten minutes in length, was broadcast in German every Sunday morning at approximately 8:00 am. Within a year, the program was lengthened to 15 minutes and circa (ca.) 1970 the broadcast time of the program was changed to 6:00 pm on Sunday evenings. By 1972 the program was broadcast over ten radio stations including CFCW Camrose and CJDV Drumheller in Alberta, KARI Blaine in Washington, USA, CJIB Vernon in British Columbia, CFAM Altona in Manitoba, CKQS Oshawa, SCOT Aylmer, and CHYM Kitchener in Ontario, and WBRD Mount Clements and an unknown station in Benton Harbour, in Michigan, USA. The contents of the broadcast included a theme song, announcements, hymns, scripture, a sermon, and announcements. Reverend Gustav Sonnenberg delivered all the sermons from the first broadcast and the broadcast would be the same on all the radio stations with the exception of the announcements which would be specific to the stations. Fonds consists of six audiotaped radio broadcasts made by the German Church of God, one in 1969 and the rest in 1972. [Source: Archival description].
Call Number:
Provincial Archives of Alberta. PR1972.391.
Keywords:
German Church of God/Radio broadcasts/CFCW/
[6899]
Manuscript:
Record Number
6999
Collection Title:
Redeemer Lutheran Church (Vega) fonds
Date of Publication:
1973-1985
Abstract:
The mission in the Vega area was initiated by Pastor August Fenske from the Mellowdale congregation. Services were conducted in English and in German from 1943. A constitution was drawn up in the German language that same year. The English translation was done in 1951. Services were held in the Vega Community Hall from 1940 until 1955 when the congregation was able to purchase and move the Lutheran Church from Naples. In 1971 the congregation was part of the Klondike Trail Parish with Christ Lutheran Church Mellowdale and Grace Lutheran Church at Swan Hills. In 1988 the congregation joined the newly formed Lutheran Church-Canada synod. [Source: Archival description].
Call Number:
Lutheran Historical Institute. Record 81.
Keywords:
Redeemer Lutheran Church (Vega)/Lutheran churches/Fenske/Pastors
[6900]
Manuscript:
Record Number
7000
Collection Title:
Canadian Baltic Immigrant Aid Society, Edmonton Branch fonds
Date of Publication:
1974-1976
Abstract:
The Canadian Baltic Immigration Aid Society (CBIAS) was organized in 1948 through the initiative of Graf Rober-Wendlin von Keyserlingk, and opened clubs in areas where German Balts had primarily settled, mainly Montreal, Quebec and Toronto and Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario. The purpose of the Society was to encourage the emigration of German Balts to Canada and to provide them with aid upon their arrival. This aid included providing information about Canada to immigrants, as well as counseling services and job assistance. The Society also provided German language courses for young members, social and recreational activities, and encouraged the preservation of the customs of the German Balts. In the 1960's the immigration of German Balts decreased and the CBIAS began to serve primarily as a coordinator between local German Baltic organizations and their representative with national organizations and the government. [Source: Archival description].
Call Number:
Provincial Archives of Alberta. PR1974.157, PR1977.030.
Keywords:
Canadian Baltic Immigrant Aid Society/von Keyserlingk/Settlers from the Baltic