Summary information
| Repository: | South Peace Regional Archives |
| Title: | William Archer fonds |
| Reference code: | 0162 |
| Date: | 1930-1945 (date of creation) |
| Physical description: | 60 photographs |
| Dates of creation, revision and deletion: | Processed by Mary Nutting – June 2005 Added to new database September 2024 – TD |
Administrative history / Biographical sketch
William Archer was born in 1926 in Wembley, Alberta to Ruth and Joseph Archer. His parents had arrived in the Grande Prairie area in 1916 to establish a law practice in Lake Saskatoon. Ruth Archer was the sister of Dr. A.M. Carlisle.
Bill attended school in Wembley and Beaverlodge, then completed his education at Alberta College in Edmonton where he studied Theology and eventually became a United Church Minister.
Bill served as a student minister in the Hines Creek area. At that time the United Church and the Anglican Church had a sharing agreement. In the winter the Anglican Deaconesses came and lived in the church house, and in the summer the United Church student minister came and lived in the church house. Both denomination used St. James Anglican Church and cared for the same congregation. As well as ministering in Hines Creek, Bill taught Sunday School and held services at Hinterland School and Horseshoe Valley School
In 1946 Bill joined the RCAF as a Chaplain and later became a Major in the Canadian Armed Forces in Ottawa.
Custodial history
The records were deposited in Grande Prairie Regional Archives by Kathleen Ellis, daughter of Margaret Archer Ellis, Bill’s sister.
Scope and content
The fonds consists of 60 photographs of Bill Archer’s year at Alberta College in Edmonton and his summer as a student minister in the Hines Creek area. There are also a few photographs of the Archer family.
Notes
Title notes
- Source of title proper: Title of fonds based on contents.
Access points
- Graphic material – photograph (documentary form)
- Family and personal life* (subject)
- Religion (subject)
Series descriptions
| Reference code | Title | Dates | Physical description |
| 2004.42.01 | Item – Kinuseo Falls | ca. 1930 | 1 photograph : b&w ; 3 x 5 in. |
| Scope and content:
Kinuseo Falls on the Murray River – 210 feet high. |
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| 2004.42.02 | Item – Archer Family | ca. 1930 | 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.5 x 3.5 in. |
| Scope and content:
Mrs. Ruth Archer with Margaret, John, Bill and two friends in front of the family car. |
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| 2004.42.03 | Item – Riding Horses | ca. 1930 | 1 photograph : b&w ; 2 x 3 in. |
| Scope and content:
Bill or John Archer, in cowboy dress beside a Pinto horse. |
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| 2004.42.04 | Item – Riding Horses | ca. 1930 | 1 photograph : b&w ; 2 x 3 in. |
| Scope and content:
Three members of the Archer family riding horses in the forest, with Bill riding pillion. |
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| 2004.42.05 | Item – Child Family Homestead | ca. 1943 | 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.5 x 3.5 in. |
| Scope and content:
The Child family’s home near Hines Creek, Alberta. |
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| 2004.42.06 | Item – Picnic Dinner | ca. 1943 | 1 photograph : b&w ; 3 x 5 in. |
| Scope and content:
Gathering of family and guests around a set picnic table. |
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| 2004.42.07 | Item – Horseshoe Valley School | ca. 1943 | 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.5 x 3.5 in. |
| Scope and content:
A one room school house near Hines Creek, where United Church held Sunday School services. |
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| 2004.42.08 | Item – Horseshoe Valley Farm Home | ca. 1943 | 1 photograph : b&w ; 3 x 4 in. |
| Scope and content:
The log homestead house located across the road from Horseshoe Valley School when Bill Archer was a student minister in the area. |
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| 2004.42.09 | Item – Lester Hoover and Family | ca. 1943 | 1 photograph : b&w ; 3 x 4 in. |
| Scope and content:
Mr. & Mrs. Lester Hoover and two small children in the garden of their homestead house near Hines Creek. |
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| 2004.42.10 | Item – Lester Hoover and Brush Cutter | ca. 1943 | 1 photograph : b&w ; 3 x 4 in. |
| Scope and content:
Lester Hoover demonstrating a brush cutter on his homestead near Hines Creek. |
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| 2004.42.11 | Item – The Heines Family | ca. 1943 | 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.5 x 5 in. |
| Scope and content:
The Heines family, German Baptist, in front of their ivy covered house in the Peace Grove area near Hines Creek. |
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| 2004.42.12 | Item – Hines Creek, Alberta | 1944 | 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.5 x 4.5 in. |
| Scope and content:
Village of Hines Creek in the summer of 1944. Caption on the back reads “Hines Creek Student Mission Field May – September 1944.” |
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| 2004.42.13 | Item – Greek Orthodox Church, Hines Creek | ca. 1943 | 1 photograph : b&w ; 3 x 4 in. |
| Scope and content:
St. Pokrovshye Old Greek Orthodox Church at Hines Creek, built in 1934. |
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| 2004.42.14 | Item – The Mail Wagon | ca. 1943 | 1 photograph : b&w ; 3 x 4 in. |
| Scope and content:
A horse drawn mail wagon which covered 120 miles per week. Possibly in Hines Creek. |
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| 2004.42.15 | Item – The Peace River | ca. 1943 | 1 photograph : b&w ; 3 x 4 in. |
| Scope and content:
Bird’s eye view of the Peace River, about fifteen miles from Hines Creek. |
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| 2004.42.16 | Item – Eureka River, Alberta | ca. 1943 | 1 photograph : b&w ; 3 x 4 in. |
| Scope and content:
The hamlet of Eureka River, with what could be B. Basnet’s Store on the right. |
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| 2004.42.17 | Item – The Church | ca. 1943 | 1 photograph : b&w ; 3 x 4 in. |
| Scope and content:
St. James Anglican Church in Hines Creek was used by both Anglican and United congregations in the 1940s. |
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| 2004.42.18 | Item – The Olstads Come to Church | ca. 1943 | 1 photograph : b&w ; 3 x 4 in. |
| Scope and content:
The Olstad family, with two children, arriving at church in the Hines Creek area on their tractor. |
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| 2004.42.19 | Item – Settlers at Clear Prairie | ca. 1943 | 1 photograph : b&w ; 3 x 4 in. |
| Scope and content:
Sevy Brustrum (Mrs. Joe Bosserobowich) and Barney Morgan in front of a sod-roofed log building in the Clear Prairie area. |
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| 2004.42.20 | Item – The Hinterland Congregation and School House | ca. 1943 | 1 photograph : b&w ; 3 x 5 in. |
| Scope and content:
(L to R) The Reintzes, the Olstads, the Lougheeds, Dorothy Modrul, and Doris Hoover (teacher) in front of Hinterland School. |
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| 2004.42.21 | Item – Sawing Wood | ca. 1943 | 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.5 x 3.5 in. |
| Scope and content:
Phyllis Prestley and Agnes Edy, students from the Peace River Bible Institute in Sexsmith, saw wood. They taught Vacation Bible School in the Hines Creek area during the summer. |
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| 2004.42.22 | Item – Farewell Party | ca. 1943 | 1 photograph : b&w ; 3 x 5 in. |
| Scope and content:
A group photo of young people at a farewell party for Keith Scruggs. |
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| 2004.42.23 | Item – Making Ice Cream | ca. 1943 | 1 photograph : b&w ; 3 x 5 in. |
| Scope and content:
Keith and Ruth Scruggs and Betty Morrison churning ice cream makers with Joey Scruggs looking on. |
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| 2004.42.24 | Item – The Child’s House | ca. 1943 | 1 photograph : b&w ; 3 x 4 in. |
| Scope and content:
Child’s House, Bill Archer’s “1/2 time home” in the Hines Creek area when he was a student minister. |
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| 2004.42.25 | Item – William Muller | ca. 1943 | 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.5 x 5 in. |
| Scope and content:
William Muller, a Baptist student, with his guitar outside of an ivy covered house. |
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| 2004.42.26 | Item – Armistice Day | 1943 | 1 photograph : b&w ; 3 x 4 in. |
| Scope and content:
“Put that pistol down!” Students clowning around at Alberta College. |
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| 2004.42.27 | Item – Harry Muzyka | 1943 | 1 photograph : b&w ; 3 x 4 in. |
| Scope and content:
Harry Muzyka, of Rycroft, as a student at Alberta College. |
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| 2004.42.28 | Item – Teacherage | ca. 1943 | 1 photograph : b&w ; 3 x 4 in. |
| Scope and content:
(L to R) Doris Hoover, Sevy Brustrum, Ruth Whaley, and Gwen Hunt at Ruth’s newly-built log teacherage. |
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| 2004.42.29 | Item – Horseshoe Valley Sunday School Class | ca. 1943 | 1 photograph : b&w ; 3 x 4 in. |
| Scope and content:
The Horseshoe Valley Sunday School Class with teachers Gwen Hunt and Bill Archer. |
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| 2004.42.30 | Item – Gwen Hunt | ca. 1943 | 1 photograph : b&w ; 3 x 4 in. |
| Scope and content:
Horseshoe Valley teacher Gwen Hunt on a horse. |
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| 2004.42.31 | Item – Bill Archer, Student Minister | ca. 1943 | 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.5 x 3.5 in. |
| Scope and content:
Bill Archer, United Church student minister at Hines Creek, in riding clothes. He is posing in front of a log building with an unidentified woman. |
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| 2004.42.32 | Item – Bill Archer, Hunter | ca. 1943 | 1 photograph : b&w ; 3 x 4 in. |
| Scope and content:
Bill Archer, United Church student minister and grouse hunter. |
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| 2004.42.33 | Item – Alberta College | 1942 | 1 photograph : b&w ; 2 x 3 in. |
| Scope and content:
The girls dorm at Alberta College in Edmonton. |
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| 2004.42.34 | Item – Christmas Banquet | 1942 | 1 photograph : b&w ; 2 x 3 in. |
| Scope and content:
Tables set for the 1942 Christmas Banquet at Alberta College. |
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| 2004.42.35 | Item – Miss Hamill | 1942 | 1 photograph : b&w ; 2 x 3 in. |
| Scope and content:
Miss Hamill in front of Alberta College on a snowy winter day. |
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| 2004.42.36 | Item – Norris Bomber | 1943 | 1 photograph : b&w ; 2 x 3 in. |
| Scope and content:
Norris Bomber coping with the cold in Alberta College men’s dorm when it is 55 degrees below. He is reading a book in bed, wearing a coat, gloves, and hat and covered with a blanket. |
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| 2004.42.37 | Item – A Literature Play | 1943 | 1 photograph ; b&w ; 3 x 4 in. |
| Scope and content:
Jack Law and Norris Bomber sword fighting during a performance of Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” at Alberta College in 1943. |
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| 2004.42.38 | Item – The Cast of “Macbeth” | 1943 | 1 photograph : b&w ; 3 x 4 in. |
| Scope and content:
Costumed cast for a performance of “Macbeth” at Alberta College. |
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| 2004.42.39 | Item – St. Patrick’s Day Banquet | 1943 | 1 photograph : b&w ; 3 x 4 in. |
| Scope and content:
A table set for St. Patrick’s Banquet in 1943. |
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| 2004.42.40 | Item – Playing Croquet | 1943 | 1 photograph : b&w ; 3 x 4 in. |
| Scope and content:
Jack Law and Jared March playing croquet in the sportsground at Alberta College. |
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| 2004.42.41 | Item – Jack Law | 1943 | 1 photograph : b&w ; 3 x 4 in. |
| Scope and content:
Jack Law, in his Alberta College sweater, on the steps of one of the College buildings. |
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| 2004.42.42 | Item – Two Classmates | 1943 | 1 photograph : b&w ; 3 x 4 in. |
| Scope and content:
Two female classmates of Bill Archer’s in front of a Milk for Britain Fund advertisement. |
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| 2004.42.43 | Item – The Cook and Jack Law | 1943 | 1 photograph : b&w ; 3 x 4 in. |
| Scope and content:
Jack Law and the cook at Alberta College. |
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| 2004.42.44 | Item – Alberta College | 1943 | 1 photograph : b&w ; 3 x 4 in. |
| Scope and content:
Five male classmates, one in an Alberta College sweater, in front of the college buildings. |
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| 2004.42.45 | Item – Mr. Tait | ca. 1943 | 1 photograph : b&w ; 3 x 4 in. |
| Scope and content:
Mr. Tait, the Boys’ Dean at Alberta College, 1942-43. |
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| 2004.42.46 | Item – Pigtails | 1943 | 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.5 x 3.5 in. |
| Scope and content:
Two young women at Alberta College show off their pigtails (braids). |
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| 2004.42.47 | Item – Classmates, Alberta College | 1943 | 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.5 x 3.5 in. |
| Scope and content:
A group of classmates at Alberta College in the spring of 1943 include Mary Dressler, Boris Ogrodiuk, William Archer, Betty Frank, and Norris Bomber. |
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| 2004.42.48 | Item – The Valedictorians | 1943 | 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.5 x 4.5 in. |
| Scope and content:
Norris Bomber and Vera Pon, valedictorians of Alberta College at McDougall Church, Edmonton. |
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| 2004.42.49 | Item – After the Graduation Ceremonies | 1943 | 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.5 x 4.5 in. |
| Scope and content:
The Alberta College class of 1942-1943 after graduation ceremonies at McDougall Church. |
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| 2004.42.50 | Item – Graduation Lawn Social | 1943 | 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.5 x 4.5 in. |
| Scope and content:
The Lawn Social on the grounds of Alberta College after graduation, 1943. |
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| 2004.42.51 | Item – Roger Paugh | 1943 | 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.5 x 4.5 in. |
| Scope and content:
Roger Paugh in the winter of 1943. |
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| 2004.42.52 | Item – High Level Bridge, Edmonton | 1943 | 1 photograph : b&w ; 4 x 6 in. |
| Scope and content:
A train crossing the Edmonton High Level Bridge. |
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| 2004.42.53 | Item – Edmonton Hockey Rink | 1943 | 1 photograph : b&w ; 4 x 6 in. |
| Scope and content:
A game of ice hockey being played on an outside rink with the Railway Station and the Macdonald Hotel in the background. |
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| 2004.42.54 | Item – Airplane Crash | ca. 1945 | 1 photograph : b&w ; 4 x 6 in. |
| Scope and content:
An airplane crash and attendant automobile, perhaps during air force training. |
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| 2004.42.55 | Item – Jasper Highway | 1943 | 1 photograph : b&w ; 4 x 6 in. |
| Scope and content:
Looking towards Wabamun Lake on the Jasper Highway in May, 1943. |
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| 2004.42.56 | Item – The Edmonton Gravel Pit | 1943 | 1 photograph : b&w ; 4 x 6 in. |
| Scope and content:
Cranes and trucks working in the Edmonton City gravel pit in 1943. |
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| 2004.42.57 | Item – The Edmonton Gravel Pit | 1943 | 1 photograph : b&w ; 4 x 6 in. |
| Scope and content:
Cats, cranes, loaders and trucks working in the Edmonton City gravel pit in 1943. |
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| 2004.42.58 | Item – Winter Landscape | 1943 | 1 photograph : b&w ; 4 x 6 in. |
| Scope and content:
A winter landscape on the outskirts of Edmonton in 1943. |
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| 2004.42.59 | Item – Within City Limits, Edmonton | 1943 | 1 photograph : b&w ; 4 x 6 in. |
| Scope and content:
Two men and a dog sitting by a creek running through a small forest within the boundaries of the City of Edmonton. |
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| 2004.42.60 | Item – American Army Tow Truck | 1943 | 1 photograph : b&w ; 4 x 6 in. |
| Scope and content:
American Army tow truck trekking through the mud in Edmonton, 1943. |
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