Fonds 111 Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire, Alphaeus Patterson Chapter, fonds

296 photographs

Date: 1938-1994 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The series consists of the minutes of monthly and annual meetings detailing the members present at meetings, the projects and programs the group was involved with and the funds directed to those projects. Also included are annual reports and reports from zone conferences.

Physical description: 16 cm textual records

Access points:

•                Textual record (documentary form)

Publication status:

Published

Date: 1944-1974 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The series consists of 18 specially designed I.O.D.E. Cash books for receipts and disbursements with the duties of a Primary Chapter Treasurer printed at the beginning of each book. The cash books contain various categories of funding and programs; for example, after World War II the programs were educational, child & family welfare, service and ex-servicemen, work in India, immigration, girl guides, navy league, and League of Nations.

Physical description: 12 cm textual records

Access points:

•                Textual record (documentary form)

Publication status:

Published

Date: 1938-1998 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The series consists of records of membership such as membership lists, executive lists, and a biography of its founder. It also includes documents detailing the activities of the group: annual war work reports, social welfare contribution lists, reports on fund-raising events, participation certificates, thank-you letters, radio reports and newspaper clippings. There is one file on the group’s connection to British Royalty through Queen Mary’s rug in 1950 and Queen Elizabeth II’s visit in 1978.

Physical description: 7 cm textual records

Access points:

•                Textual record (documentary form)

Publication status:

Published

Date: 1950-1996 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The series consists of a collection of photographs showing members of the I.O.D.E. involved in various functions and social gatherings from 1950 to 1995.

Physical description: 296 photographs

Access points:

•                Graphic material – photograph (documentary form)

Publication status:

Published

Norma McNeil standing on the I.O.D.E. float in the 1950 County Fair Parade.

Alex Patterson and Janet Longmate participate in the 1950 County Fair from the top of a large wedding cake float.

From L to R: Ina Fee, Ella Simpson, Elsie Stashko and Isabel Day (members of the I.O.D.E.) pose in costume.

Ina Fee, Isabel Day, and Ella Simpson (members of the I.O.D.E.) stand at the end of a corridor in costume.

Five of the women responsible for the success of the I.O.D.E. Winter Fashion Show (L to R): Linda Field, Fran Neil, Jo Everett, Marg Longmate and Helen Stretch.

Junior College librarian, Hazel Kellner, with members of the I.O.D.E. (L to R) : Vi Patterson, Frances Neil and Mardi Dobson.

Dr. Henry Anderson, Hazel Kellner (librarian) with Frances Neil and Mardi Dobson of I.O.D.E.

Members of the Grande Prairie I.O.D.E. including: Louise Robinson, Ann Watson, Mardi Dobson, Jessie Card, Freda Jebb, Eileen Lawrence, Nora Lyster, Dolly Lynn, Laraine Rohne, Min Foster, Fran Neil, Lyda Clarkson, Marg Kloberdanz, Eva Lett, Dorothy Bondar, Vi Patterson, Marg Longmate, Kate Higginson, and Fay Bacon.

The Second Appearance Shop was set up by the I.O.D.E. and was a second hand clothing store.

The Second Appearance Shop was a second hand clothing store set up by the I.O.D.E.

Lorraine Phnes, Mary Longmate, and Fran Neil celebrate Christmas with the I.O.D.E.

“Intermittent Positive pressure respirator donated by I.O.D.E. to Grande Prairie General Hospital.”

Children playing on a playground apparatus, donated by the I.O.D.E., at the Grace Children’s Home at Dimsdale.

Alberta delegates of the National I.O.D.E. Convention at Banff Alberta. The Grande Prairie members, marked with black dots in the fourth row, include Margaret Longmate, Jessie Card, Louise Robinson, Ella Simpson, Lynn Russell, and Eva Lett.

I.O.D.E. member, Ann Watson, with Meals on Wheels.

Grande Prairie I.O.D.E. members display one of their quilts.

Coffee party at the I.O.D.E.’s 2nd Appearance Shop in Grande Prairie. Members include (back row L to R): Bette Norton, Marie Lobb, Marie Remple, Ann Watson, Kate Higginson, Freda Jebb, Wendy Parks, and Ella Simpson, and (front row) Jeri Jenson and Fay Bacon.

I.O.D.E. members carry in flags at the 1982 I.O.D.E. Provincial Convention.

Sandy Boyd, Eileen, and Lorraine Rohne at a quilting session at Louise Robinsons’.

Alberta Delegates at the National I.O.D.E. meeting in St. Andrews By the Sea, New Brunswick. Grande Prairie I.O.D.E. members include Jessie Card and Vi Patterson.

Rescue Baby donated by the I.O.D.E. to the Grande Prairie Hospital.

The Albertan I.O.D.E. members at 84th National Annual Meeting at Victoria’s Empress Hotel.

Librarian Amy Soltys and I.O.D.E. member Marg Longmate.

An I.O.D.E. convention. Grande Prairie member, Marg Longmate, is third from the left in the back row.

Burk Strelke, Grande Prairie Regional College registrar, presents student David Yue with an I.D.O.E. scholarship.

I.O.D.E. members Jessie Card and Marie Lobb sell tickets at the Co-op for a raffle whose proceeds went to Camp Tamarac.

The I.O.D.E.’s second hand clothing store, Second Appearance Shop, on the south side of 99th Avenue. The store was not only a social benefit but was a mainstay for many years allowing the group to finance health, education and social programs.

I.O.D.E. members, Billie Ford and Violet Patterson, presenting the proceeds of the I.O.D.E. quilt raffle to the Queen Elizabeth II Hospital representative Diana Gitzel.

Members from Grande Prairie’s I.O.D.E. and their donation of new wind socks at the Wind Garden.

I.O.D.E. members, (back row L to R) Dorothy Beattie, and Marie Lobb, and (front row) June Daw, Liz Usher and Marlene Chababa, at the Queen Elizabeth II cancer clinic.