Fonds 059 Phyllis Stewart fonds

280 photographs

1 negative

Date: 1890-2005 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The series consists of Phyllis’ childhood memoirs, “the Memories of a Prairie Child”; records from the Mattoon family including genealogical information, Phyllis’ Baby Book, a few school records, 25 photographs, and musical scores belonging to the Mattoon sisters; records from the Stewart family including genealogical information, photographs, army documents, homestead records and photographs relating to the Moon-Ames Company; and photographs of Charles and Phyllis Stewart and their descendants as they lived on the farm at Bezanson, Alberta.

Physical description: 3.3 cm of textual records

157 photographs

1 negative

Access points:

•                Textual record (documentary form)

•                Graphic material – photograph (documentary form)

Date: 1915-1940 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The sub-series consists of a the memoirs of Phyllis Stewart, written in three parts. The first story is called “the Memories of a Prairie Child” and covers the period from 1931-1936, her childhood in Consort, Alberta and the move to Ferintosh. The background for the story is the Eaton House in which they lived, but many other subjects are also covered: family, farming, food, the Depression. The second section is called “From There to Hear” and covers the years from 1936-1947 when Phyllis was in high school and university and starting in her first school. The third section, titled “A Mixture of Life” is about the years from 1947 to the present, and covers marriage, farming, teaching, raising children, being on county council, retirement and all the vagaries of life that complicate matters.

Physical description: 0.5 cm of textual records

Access points:

•                Textual record (documentary form)

Date: 1909-2002 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The sub-series consists of some genealogical records for the Mattoon family, Phyllis’ Baby Book, a few school records, obituaries for Fred and Donald Matoon, and 25 photographs of various members of the family from 1909 to [1990]. There is also a collection of musical scores for piano and choral from the first half of the 20th century: classical, waltzes, marches, ballads and love songs. Many of them were used by Phyllis while teaching music in small country schools.

Physical description: 2 cm of textual records

25 photographs

1 negative

Note:

An item numbered 059.07.209 was found in an envelope with items 059.01.23-25. There is no series 07 in fonds 059 so it is uncertain where this photograph belongs. June 16 2022 TD

Access points:

•                Textual record (documentary form)

•                Graphic material – photograph (documentary form)

Belle and Jacob Bliss Mattoon, grandparents to Phyllis Mattoon Stewart.

Portrait of Mable DeWolfe in her high school years. She later married Fred Mattoon and became the first newspaper owner

Snapshot of Fred Matoon ca. 1940. He married Mable DeWolfe and lived in the Ferrintosh area of Alberta. His children were Don, Phyllis,

Snapshot of Don Mattoon in Air Force Uniform, with his parents Mable and Fred Mattoon.

Patsy and Phyllis Mattoon on their Consort farm. Phyllis is 17 months old in this photograph.

Phyllis and Patsy Mattoon by the T. Eaton house on their Consort farm.

The Mattoon children (Freda, Phyllis and Patsy) in the swimming hole on their Consort farm, a rare thing in a dried out country.

The Mattoon family beside their T. Eaton House in Consort, Alberta, l to r: Fred, Donald, Patsy, Freda, Phyllis and Mabel Mattoon.

The Mattoon children (Phyllis, Don and Patsy) at their Uncle Wilburn’s house in Consort.

Ferintosh School children in front of the Ferintosh school in 1937 includes all four Mattoon children: Donald on far left of front row, Freda sixth from left in front row, Phyllis fourth from right in third row, and Patsy fifth from right in fourth row.

Mattoon children (Don, Freda, Phyllis and Patsy) holding kittens. Family car is in the background.

Phyllis Mattoon and calf.

Grade seven or eight class at Ferintosh School. Back, l-r, Mae DeFrain, Hazel Kuechle, Clara Kuhnke, Violet Anderson, Phyllis Mattoon, Mildred Smith (teacher). Front row, Murray Musselman, Yvonne Gould, Jimmy Young.

Grade nine girls at Ferintosh school: Clara Kuhnke, Lois Hansen, Mae DeFrain, Phyllis Mattoon, Yvonne Gould.

Phyllis Mattoon dressed up as a cowgirl.

1927 Ford car which the Mattoon children which the Mattoon children used for traveling to high school. On the back of the photograph is a parody of the Lord’s prayer, describing the vagaries of a Ford car.

New Norway high school girls in 1944-45: Phyllis Mattoon, Wilma Treleven, ?, Verle Thorsell, Evelyn Huckedall, Lois Malmo, Phyllis Thorsell.

New Norway high school students in 1944-45: Back row: Phyllis Mattoon, Verle Thorsell, Wilma Treleven, Kay ?, Evelyn Huckedall, Phyllis Thorsell, Lois Malmo. Front row: Ronald ?, Victor Luckwell, Henry Anderson, John McManaman, John Orr.

Photograph of Phyllis Mattoon when she was a student at the War Emergency Training Program at the University of Alberta in 1945.

Christmas card with photograph of Janet Hambly (Phyllis Mattoon’s grade 9 teacher) and her husband Charles. Janet was a sister to Stan Hambly who was the School Superintendent in Grande Prairie and East Smoky.

Wedding photograph for Freda Mattoon and Larry Tarrant.

Mattoon family ca. 1968, left to right: Phyllis Stewart, Donald Mattoon, Mable Mattoon, Fred Mattoon, Freda Tarrant, and Patsy Campbell.

Mattoon family at the Ferintosh School Reunion ca. 1980: back row, Patsy Campbell and Freda Tarrant; in front, Don Mattoon and Phyllis Stewart.

Tarrant’s South Peace Surplus entry for the County of Grande Prairie parade, in front of the owner’s home (Freda Tarrant) and later in front of Macleods Hardware and Oliver Furniture. The caption on the back of the photograph reads “From Freda Tarrant (Parade 1965 – Entry from Tarrants South Peace Surplus Store)”

Tarrant’s South Peace Surplus entry for the County of Grande Prairie parade, in front of the owner’s home (Freda Tarrant) and later in front of Macleods Hardware and Oliver Furniture.

Colleen Tarrant and her children: Bill Given, Colleen Tarrant, Tammy Mensinger, and Robbie Mensinger.

Date: 1890-1985 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The sub-series consists of genealogical records and photographs of the Stewart family, the patent for the homestead at Bezanson on the SE 35-71-3-W6, a few education records for the Stewart children, and memorabilia from the life of Charles Bevan, including his Army Pay Book and records from World War II, vehicle licensing papers, cards for organizations he was involved in, news articles and obituary. Photographs include 12 photographs taken by Charles H. Stewart of a Caterpillar Tractor belonging to the Moon-Ames Mill being rescued from under the ice northeast of Peace River in 1955.

Physical description: 0.5 cm of textual records

43 photographs

Access points:

•                Graphic material – photograph (documentary form)

•                Textual record (documentary form)

Charles Henry Stewart arrived in the Bezanson area in 1911 and homesteaded

Charlotte Stewart married Charles Henry Stewart and homesteaded in the Bezanson area in 1911.

Homestead house of George William and Sophia Stewart at Bezanson, 1911-1913

Mrs. Thomas, mother of Lottie (Charlotte) Stewart, who married George Henry Stewart and homesteaded in the Bezanson area in 1911.

Lottie’s sister May (Mrs. Harley Wheeler) and her two children, Betty and Edward.

Charles Henry Stewart and daughter Clara Stewart at Bezanson.

Cecil Allen hauling water at Bezanson.

Charlotte Stewart and her infant son, Charles Bevan Stewart, on the homestead at Bezanson.

Charles Henry Stewart with children Clara and Charles Bevan at the homestead in Bezanson.

Charles Bevan Stewart, as a preschooler, on one of the family horses at the homestead in Bezanson.

The Stewart and Kennedy families, from left to right: Bill Kennedy, Charles Henry Stewart, Doris and George Clayton Stewart, Florence Kennedy and daughter Helen, Charlotte Stewart and son Charles Bevan. Florence Kennedy was Charles Henry Stewart’s sister.

Photograph shows family members posed outdoors. The caption on the back of the photograph reads “Charles Henry Stewart, Clara Stewart, Doris Stewart, ? , Florence Kennedy [Charles’ sister], Charles Bevan [son of Charles Henry].”

United Farmers of Alberta picnic on the site where Bezanson Hall was built, on the NW 34-71-3-W6.

Kennedy and Stewart families: in back, Charles Stewart and Marjorie (niece of Charlotte); in front, Doris Stewart, Charlotte Stewart and son Charles, Bill Kennedy, Clara Stewart, George Clayton Stewart.

Charles Bevan Stewart and his older brother, George Clayton Stewart on the farm at Bezanson.

Charles Bevan Stewart and his horse on the Stewart farm at Bezanson.

George and Charles Stewart with a friend beside their log home on the Stewart farm at Bezanson.

Charlotte Stewart, wife of Charles Henry Stewart outside of the homestead house at Bezanson.

Doris (nee Stewart) Giesbrecht holding her son Wayne. Son Gary is in front of her husband Martin Giesbrecht. On the right is her father Charles Henry Stewart.

Jim Kennedy with his uncle Charles Henry Stewart.

Image shows Dorothy Mitchell posing with a fence, log building, and woodpile in the background.

Image shows Helen McLaughlin sitting on a piece of wood in front of a woodpile and holding an axe.

Charles Bevan Stewart, in World War II army uniform, with a friend.

Charles Bevan Stewart, in World War II uniform, with father Charles H. Stewart and father’s cousin Cecil Allen.

World War II army portrait of Charles Bevan Stewart.

Charles Bevan Stewart, in army uniform, on his horse Sandy.

Charles Bevan Stewart, in army uniform, on the home farm at Bezanson.

Charles Bevan Stewart, in army uniform, with Bezanson School teacher, Phyllis Mattoon.

Charles Bevan Stewart, in army uniform, with friends Andrew McNally and Cecil Allen.

Wedding portrait of George Clayton (Bud) Stewart and his wife Dorothy.

Grave marker in Dearborne Michigan for George William Stewart (father to Charles Henry) and his wife Sophia Henry Stewart. Sophia was an aunt to Cecil Allen.

Around 1955, Charles Henry Stewart ran the cookshack for the Moon-Ames Co. when they were doing seismic work northeast of Peace River. When a caterpillar tractor went through the ice, Charles took these photographs of the Cat being recovered, including the before shots when there is no visible sign of the tractor. The cookshack is visible in some of the photographs.

Date: 1947-2005 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The sub-series consists of Charles and Phyllis’ wedding invitation, and 36 photographs of them and their children from the time of their marriage until after the death of Charles. There is also genealogical information and an additional 80 photographs of the descendants of the children of Charles and Phyllis Stewart, organized according to each child. These include school photographs, family photographs and wedding portraits.

Physical description: 0.2 cm of textual records

116 photographs

Access points:

•                Graphic material – photograph (documentary form)

•                Textual record (documentary form)

Arrangement:

Sub-series number changed from 01.04 to 01.05 because of a numbering issue on the photographs that was noticed 16 Mar 2021 – SF

Wedding portrait of Charles Bevan Stewart and Phyllis Evelyn Mattoon in 1947.

Wedding portrait of Charles Bevan Stewart and Phyllis Evelyn Mattoon in 1947. Bridesmaid is Freda Mattoon and best man is unidentified.

Phyllis and Charles Stewart at the opening of the Smoky River Bridge in 1949.

Extended Stewart family: George (Bud) and Dorothy Stewart, Charles B. Stewart holding Bud and Dorothy’s son Eric, Phyllis holding daughter Cherry.

Charles and Phyllis Stewart and their first child, Cherry.

Cherry Stewart in a dress made from the printed flour sacks which were designed to be re-usable for clothing.

Charles and Phyllis Stewart with children Cherry and Marvin.

Chuck (Charles) Stewart with daughter cherry and Uncle Don Mattoon with Chuck’s son Marvin.

Charles and Phyllis Stewart with Mrs. Mattoon and children Cherry and Marvin.

Birthday supper for Marvin’s fourth birthday on September 17, 1957.

Cherry, Marvin and Shannon Stewart with their gifts at Christmas 1958.

Phyllis Stewart with her children Creston, Marvin, Cherry and Shannon in front of her piano.

Charles and Phyllis Stewart with their children Shannon, Cherry and Marvin on the front steps of their home.

Children of Charles and Phyllis Stewart.

The Stewart family had Montedale Sheep, and orphan lambs had to be fed by bottle, as their children and cousin Colleen Tarrant are doing here.

Children of Charles and Phyllis Stewart, left to right, Cherry, Creston, Marvin and Shannon, with their cousin Colleen Tarrant.

In the back, Donna, Ronald and James Smythe, Cherry Stewart, Linda Smythe. In front, Marvin Stewart, Neil Smythe, Shannon Stewart, Ken Smythe, and Creston Stewart.

Phyllis Stewart with children Cherry, Creston, Marvin and Shannon at a picnic on the House River.

Stewart and Smythe children on a visit to Laverna, SK near Kindersly while visiting the Smythe family.

In 1962, while Phyllis was taking a summer course at the University of Calgary, the family lived in a tent. One weekend they took a trip to Kimberley to visit friends. Photos are of the Woods family ranch house, the road just before Fernie, and the Lundbrek Falls.

While raising Montedale Sheep, the Stewart family had to travel to exhibitions to show them. The three photos show their tent while showing at the Edmonton Exhibition, and scenes of wildlife on the return trip from Pasco, Washington.

In 1973, Phyllis took a trip down to Victoria, where Marvin was living at the time. Photos include the Hell’s Gate Canyon and the Butchart Gardens.

The river where the Wapiti, Smoky and Simonette Rivers meet, just below the old townsite of Bezanson.

Aerial of the Stewart family farm in 1977, showing improvements

Charles Bevan Stewart, the year before his death.

Phyllis Stewart’s farmhouse after it had been resided.

Date: 1947-2005 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

This sub-series contains three certificates given to Phyllis Stewart. They are for her work on the Grande Prairie Regional College Theatre Board, her work for the Victorian Order of Nurses Grande Prairie, and her qualification for passing the Peace River weed control course. It also contains photographs from various events including a trip to Halifax in 1997.

Physical description: 0.25 cm of textual records

11 photographs

Date: 1943-1996 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The series consists of records showing the courses Phyllis took to obtain her B.Ed from 1946 to 1976 and the teaching certificates she earned along the way; reports and correspondence from inspectors, superintendents and principals from 1946-1983 regarding her career; memorabilia gathered from several schools; teaching materials for reading and music; and reports from a court case which Phyllis brought against the East Smoky School Division for wrongful dismissal in 1981. There is also a published memoirs, written under a pseudonym, of Phyllis’ experience during that court case. Photographs of children, schools and projects are included in the Photograph series.

The series consists of records showing the courses Phyllis took to obtain her B.Ed from 1946 to 1976 and the teaching certificates she earned along the way; reports and correspondence from inspectors, superintendents and principals from 1946-1983 regarding her career; memorabilia gathered from several schools; teaching materials for reading and music; and reports from a court case which Phyllis brought against the East Smoky School Division for wrongful dismissal in 1981. There is also a published memoirs, written under a pseudonym, of Phyllis’ experience during that court case. Photographs of children, schools and projects are included in the Photograph series.

Physical description: 16 cm of textual records

52 photographs

Access points:

•                Graphic material – photograph (documentary form)

•                Textual record (documentary form)

Date: 1946-1976 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

This sub-series consists of exam results from high school; a 1946 yearbook from the University of Alberta; transcripts and correspondence regarding courses she took from 1962 to 1974; certificates attained at different levels of her training such as the first “Letter of Authority” and a “Permanent June E Certificate”; and a 1976 convocation booklet showing Phyllis’ graduation with a Bachelor of Education Degree from the U of A, her Bachelor of Education Degree, and photographs of Phyllis on the day of her graduation

Physical description: 4 cm of textual records

3 photographs

Access points:

•                Graphic material – photograph (documentary form)

•                Textual record (documentary form)

Formal photograph of the University of Alberta Mixed Chorus. Phyllis Mattoon, donor of the photograph, is fifth from right, second row from the top.

Image shows Phyllis in graduation cap and gown, posing in front of a brick building. The caption on the back of the photograph reads “B. Ed degree ceremony 1976 Nov. 20. No student loans but 31 years to go from start to finish.”

Image shows Phyllis in graduation cap and gown, posing in front of a brick building. The caption on the back of the photograph reads “Phyllis Stewart. Received B.Ed degree Nov. 20, 1976.”

Date: 1943-1980 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

This sub-series consists of a small photo album of Bezanson School District 3302, where Phyllis taught in 1946-1948; a hand-written yearbook from Five-Mile Creek School for 1948-1949, with photographs and biographies of each student in the school; and letters, poems and stories written by her school children; a Social Studies project with hands-on demonstration for the children of how sheep contribute to the economy, which was done for University Credit while Phyllis was teaching at Ridgevalley; and 23 additional photographs showing classes, teachers, schools and school projects from Phyllis’ years of teaching.

Physical description: 0.5 cm of textual records

76 photographs

Access points:

•                Graphic material – photograph (documentary form)

•                Technical drawing (documentary form)

Children playing in the Five Mile Creek school yard. The photograph is from the school’s 1948-1949 year book made by the teacher, Phyllis Stewart.

A class photograph from the 1948-1949 Five Mile Creek school yearbook compiled by Phyllis Stewart who was the teacher for that year. The students are back row: Jean Fortier, Joyce Hutt, Marjorie Blimkie, Anne Blimkie, Nancy Hutt, Violet Wurtz, Joan Blimkie. Centre row: Gus Blimkie, Al Richards, Robert Wurtz, Eddie Wurtz, Irene Blimkie. Front row: Esther Blimkie, Ricky Lawrence, Gerald Hutt, Isabell Richards. Front centre: Albert Wurtz.

Three students from the Five Mile Creek School. The photograph is from a 1948-1949 yearbook made by the teacher, Phyllis Stewart.

The Five Mile Creek school from the 1948-1949 yearbook composed by the teacher, Phyllis Stewart. Here she taught students between the ages of 7 and 16.

The teacherage at the Five Mile Creek school.

Photograph of Jean Margaret Fortier from the Five Mile Creek school 1948-1949 yearbook.

Photograph of Joan Ellen Blimkie from the Five Mile Creek school 1948-1949 yearbook.

Photograph of Irene Mary Blimkie from the Five Mile Creek school 1948-1949 yearbook.

Photograph of Joyce May Hutt from the Five Mile Creek school 1948-1949 yearbook.

Photograph of Marjorie Dora Blimkie from the Five Mile Creek school 1948-1949 yearbook.

Photograph of Gerald Cecil Hutt from the Five Mile Creek school 1948-1949 yearbook.

Photograph of Alfred Walter Richards from the Five Mile Creek school 1948-1949 yearbook.

Photograph of Nancy Elizabeth Hutt from the Five Mile Creek school 1948-1949 yearbook.

Photograph of Gustave Norman Blimke (Gus) from the Five Mile Creek school 1948-1949 yearbook.

Photograph of Richard Cecil Lawrence from the Five Mile Creek school 1948-1949 yearbook.

Photograph of Anne Margret Blimkie from the Five Mile Creek school 1948-1949 yearbook.

Photograph of Mary Esther Blimkie from the Five Mile Creek school 1948-1949 yearbook.

Photograph of Isabel Jean Richards from the Five Mile Creek school 1948-1949 yearbook.

Phyllis Stewart taught at the Five Mile Creek school from 1948-1949. This photograph is from a yearbook that she made for that school year.

Students of the Five Mile Creek school enjoy marshmallows cooked over a small fire. This photograph is from the 1948-1949 Five Mile Creek yearbook created by Phyllis Stewart.

Photograph of the Five Mile Creek baseball team from the 1948-1949 school yearbook. The caption reads: “Our 1949 ball team in their white shirts and blue slack have been successful and otherwise.” The team included Marjorie Blimkie (catcher), Nancy Hutt (pitcher), Anne Blimkie (first base), Gus Blimkie (short stop), Joyce Hutt (second base), Joan Blimkie (third base), Jean Fortier (left field), Alfred Richards (centre field) and Irene Blimkie (right field).

Bezanson School in 1947. Photograph in an album created by teacher Phyllis Stewart.

Bezanson School students in 1947: 1st row: Charlie and Marcel Parish, Bobby Ogden, Sylvia and Melvin Parrish. 2nd row Dale Parrish, Shirley Ogden, Janet Parrish, Barney McNally, Laura Menard and Duane Stark. 3rd row Claire Menard, Gordon Olson, Alice Olson, Georgia Parrish, Sheila Parrish, Tom McNally. 4th row Dorothy Mitchell, Joe Lowe, Dick Haworth, Albert Menard, Herb Lowe, Helen McLaughlin. Photograph in an album created by teacher Phyllis Stewart.

Bezanson School students ready to go home on horseback. School barn can be seen on the right.

Individual miniature snapshots of Bezanson School students: back row Barney McNally, Janet Parrish, Sheila Parrish. middle row Duane Stark, Georgia Parrish. front row Melvin Parrish; Bob Ogden; Marcel, Sylvia and Charlie Parrish.

Individual miniature snapshots of Bezanson School students: back row Alice Olson (Ames), Shirley Ogden, Lillian Berg (Cissel). Front row Laura Menard, Dale Parrish.

Individual miniature snapshots of Bezanson School students: back row Joe Lowe, Dick Haworth, Helen McLaughlin, Dorothy Mitchell, Albert Menard. Front row Gordon Olson, Clara Menard, Herb Lowe, Tommy McNally.

Bezanson School students in the yard of Charles H. Stewart: Winnie McNally, Helen McLaughlin and Dorothy Mitchell.

Bezanson School students Albert Earl Lowe, Shirley Ogden and Dale Parrish. The home of Charles H. Stewart is in the background.

Clarkson Valley School was built of logs in 1936. It was located along the highway on 9-71-25-W5 and later a teacherage was also added to the site

Mrs. Phyllis Stewart with her students from Bezanson School enjoying a school picnic on an island in the Smoky River in June 1947.

Mrs. Phyllis Stewart, with children Cherry and Marvin, in the doorway of the Smoky Valley Teacherage in September, 1954.

Grade One class at Edson Trail School. Phyllis Stewart, teacher.

Grade 1 and 2 students at Bezanson School in 1960: (back row) Billy Patterson, Russel Dillabough, Doug Gaboury, Dennis Ford, Johnny Pinsch, Murray Thompson, Laurie Thompson, Danny Diedrich, Kenneth Ames. Front row: Larry Jobson, John Hawryluk, Roddy McLaughlin, Bill Reptowski, Gurth Moon, Don McNally, Gene Sarmaga, Marvin Stewart.

Grade 1 and 2 boys at Bezanson School in 1960: (back row) Billy Patterson, Russel Dillabough, Doug Gaboury, Dennis Ford, Johnny Pinsch, Murray Thompson, Laurie Thompson, Danny Diedrich, Kenneth Ames. Front row: Larry Jobson, John Hawryluk, Roddy McLaughlin, Bill Reptowski, Gurth Moon, Don McNally, Gene Sarmaga, Marvin Stewart.

Grade 1 and 2 girls at Bezanson School in 1960.

Mrs. Stewart’s grade one class at High Prairie Elementary: Dale Nelson, Bobby McDermott, Wayne Mortinson, Allen Stout, Brian Stafford, Ronald Fulk, Lee Sawchyn, Terry Keshen, Simon Lewis, Darrell Jarvis, Dale Willsey, David Wolfe, Rodney Sloat, Evelyn Belcourt, Elaine Brun, June Brulotte, Mena Ptashnyk, Patty Smith, Heike Flemming, Debra Stout.

Mrs. Stewart’s grade one class at High Prairie Elementary: Dale Nelson, Bobby McDermott, Wayne Mortinson, Allen Stout, Brian Stafford, Ronald Fulk, Lee Sawchyn, Terry Keshen, Simon Lewis, Darrell Jarvis, Dale Willsey, David Wolfe, Rodney Sloat, Evelyn Belcourt, Elaine Brun, June Brulotte, Mena Ptashnyk, Patty Smith, Heike Flemming, Debra Stout.

Mrs. Stewart’s grade 1 and 2 class at Edson Trail School in DeBolt: Back row, Morgan Abbot, Patrick Fornier, Janice Stevenson, Louise De Veer, Mrs. Stewart, Ethel Klassen, Barbara Selke, Joan Reimir. Second from back, Bonnie Stevenson, Norman Gerwatoski, Debbie Trottier, Vikki Zenner, Elizabeth Halabisky, Cheryl Rieger, Wanda Toews. Third from back, Violet Jantz, John Neustater, Greg Chapman, Ricky Zenner, Dave Neustater, Eddie Odenbach, ?. Front row John Birnie-Browne, Brian Sampson, Norine Getchett, Barbara Krause, Susan Reimer, Joseph Redhead, Terry Thomas, ?.

Teacherage and back yard of Edson Trail School, with Grade One flower garden planted in tractor tire in the foreground.

Grade One class mural (finger painting) of “what we thought the flower garden would be in May 1966. This project began with bedding plants started in the classroom, finger painting simulation of the finished flower garden, transplanting plants into the flower garden, and an entry in the Grande Prairie & District Exhibition Parade.

Edson Trail School Grade One Float in the County Fair parade, with the tractor tire flower garden mounted on the back of a truck. This project began with bedding plants started in the classroom, finger painting simulation of the finished flower garden, transplanting plants into the flower garden, and an entry in the Grande Prairie & District Exhibition Parade.

Series of photographs demonstrating “what is produced from a sheep,” a Social Studies project for grades 1-3 at Edson Trail School.

Edson Trail School Grade One class. Back row: Mrs. Stewart (teacher), Georgina Thomas, Terry Carter, Darrell Eslinger, Trent Tate, Lawrence Moberly, Patrick Coogan, Dale Wohlgemuth, Danny Reimer, Richard Huette. Second Row: Melanie Massey, Rosalie Massey, Lillian Redhead, Noreen Thomas, Charlotte Kiyawasew, Bertha Moberly, Dianne Jantz, Lorilie Massey, Karen Zenner. Front: Terry Oatway, Tim Wohlgemuth.

Mural of Turkey made by Grade 4/5 class at Ridgevalley School. “Each student coloured one feather” is the description on the back.

Forestry Mural made from pastels by the Grade One class at Ridgevalley School in June 1979.

Students Ed Schultz, Tammy Sanderson and Laura Young with Art project created by Special Ed class at Hillside School, Valleyview in 1979-80. The peacocks were made from styrofoam egg cartons.

Close-up of art project created by Special Ed class at Hillside School, Valleyview in 1979-80. The peacocks were made from styrofoam egg cartons.

Teachers at High Prairie Elementary School in 1963. Phyllis Stewart is on the far left, back row.

Teachers at Ridgevalley School in 1971. Phyllis Stewart is fourth from left on front row. This was the largest rural school in the province of Alberta.

Phyllis Stewart ready to lead the Junior High School Chorus in 1976.

The Smoky River Store & Café on the east side of the river during the flood in the spring of 1972.

The Smoky River Bridge and the river in flood during the spring of 1972.

Date: 1947-1983 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

This sub-series consists of an employment record list, reports from School Inspectors and Superintendents, and correspondence with school boards regarding employment until her resignation in 1983. Also included is a “Daily Register” containing copies of student lists from each school year she taught for the County of Grande Prairie from 1948 to 1983. News clippings covering her retirement are also included.

Physical description: 1 cm of textual records

Access points:

•                Textual record (documentary form)

Date: n.d. (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The series consists of some materials used for teaching music and reading workbooks for the elementary grades.

Physical description: 3 cm of textual records

Access points:

•                Textual record (documentary form)

Date: 1978-1996 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The series consists of documents used in the lawsuit for wrongful dismissal filed by Phyllis Stewart against East Smoky School District No. 54: letters of support and observation from the parents regarding her last teaching year for the Division in 1978-1979; documents produced by a private investigator in 1980-1981; the Examination for Discovery of Phyllis Stewart report; the Examination for Discovery of Mervin Kurtz of the East Smoky School Division; and Phyllis’ memoirs “The Learning Curve” published in 1996 under the pseudonym Evelyn Traw.

Physical description: 7.5 cm of textual records

Date: 1918-2001 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The series consists of some early documents (the 1918 Patent for the Stewart homestead on the S.E. 35-71-3- W6th; a 1929 tax receipt from the M.D. of Grande Prairie No. 739 with a $5.00 tax credit note for road-work done; and a Farmers Account Book from 1948 with some handwritten notes by Charles Stewart) and copies of documents from the Homestead File at the Provincial Archives, dating from 1913-1954. The bulk of the records are 1952-1993 and consist of tax records, legal documents, financial records (including costs of machinery), appraisal reports, and files on grain farming, Montadale sheep breeding, and mushroom growing. There are also photographs showing the farm as it changed from 1940 to [2000].

Physical description: 9 cm of textual records

68 photographs

Access points:

•                Textual record (documentary form)

•                Graphic material – photograph (documentary form)

Date: 1925-1990 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The series consists of some financial records and correspondence from Bezanson School District 3302 in 1930-1931 when Charles Stewart was the secretary-treasurer of the district, including a voter’s list of the district for Grande Prairie M.D. 739; and material collected for a reunion of the district in 1990: class and teacher lists from 1929-1951, copies of Bezanson School District correspondence from the 1930s to the 60s; and some 1990 correspondence regarding the reunion. There are also some elementary workbooks used from 1925-1955, some high school workbooks from 1928, and school supply catalogues from 1933-1944.

Physical description: 13.5 cm of textual records

Access points:

•                Textual record (documentary form)

Date: 1983-2000 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The series consists of Phyllis’ County of Grande Prairie I.D. card for Councilors; a hand-out explaining “the County System;” a history of all the communities and districts in the County written by Phyllis Stewart for an Agricultural Tour of the County ca. 1990; and memorabilia from projects studied or approved by the County during her tenure: the Bezanson Park and Historic Site in 1986, the Official Opening brochure for Bezanson Seniors’ Cottages in 1989, a proposed landfill near Bezanson in 1990, and the Kleskun Hill Park in 1992. Also included are news clippings of county council election results.

Physical description: 2 cm of textual records

16 photographs

Access points:

•                Textual record (documentary form)

•                Graphic material – photograph (documentary form)

County of Grande Prairie Board of Education. Back row: Andy Duncan, Ron Pfau, Albert Tomshak, Rick MacDonald, Jim Tissington, Jock O’Neill, Bill Housman, Jim Clease, Laverne Sorgaard, Jim Stewart, Ray Gilkyson, Adolph Schultz. Font row: Phyllis Stewart, Betty Burton, Olive Stickney, Lois Brent, Christie Inkster, Yula Romanko.

Date: 1990-1999 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The series consists of Christmas cards and certificates of appreciation sent to Phyllis Stewart from the leaders of the Conservative Party of Canada. There are also two magazine articles about the Mulroney years and Jean Charest’s plans for the Party.

Physical description: 1 cm of textual records

Access points:

•                Textual record (documentary form)