Summary information
| Repository: | South Peace Regional Archives |
| Title: | Elizabeth Dunlap fonds |
| Reference code: | 0122 |
| Date: | 1912-1918 (date of creation) |
| Physical description: | 0.5 cm textual records
9 photographs 3 postcards |
| Dates of creation, revision and deletion: | Added to new database June 2024 – TD |
Administrative history / Biographical sketch
Anna Elizabeth Dunlap came to Grande Prairie in 1912 with her father, James Carrel Dunlap, over the Edson Trail. The party of five included Mr. & Mrs. Dunlap, their daughter and son-in-law Mr. & Mrs. John Mashburn, and Elizabeth. They had traveled all the way from New Mexico. When they reached Grande Prairie, Mr. Dunlap started the “The People’s O.K. Store” on Third Avenue South (Richmond Avenue), transporting all the goods for the store over the Edson Trail.
Elizabeth Dunlap lived in Grande Prairie as a teenager and young adult, and was evidently a successful tennis player. She married Mr. Kinch and left Grande Prairie c. 1920.
Custodial history
The records were preserved by Robert Cochlan from Clearwater, B.C., who was the executor of Mrs. Kinch’s estate. He gave them to Debby Summach, then living in Grande Prairie, and she deposited them with the Grande Prairie Museum in 1991. In 2000, they were transferred to the care of the Grande Prairie Regional Archives.
Scope and content
The fonds consists of photographs of Grande Prairie during the time Miss Dunlap lived there, a limited edition booklet of poems written by Nurse Baird and Miss Drynan on the occasion of a trip to Edmonton in 1914, Miss Dunlap’s calling card, and some news clippings of Elizabeth’s success as a tennis player in Grande Prairie. The book of poetry also includes some photographs.
Notes
Title notes
- Source of title proper: Title of fonds based on contents.
Access points
- Textual record (documentary form)
- Graphic material – photograph (documentary form)
- Graphic material (documentary form)
- Women (subject)
- Transportation (subject)
- Sports, recreation and leisure* (subject)
Series descriptions
| Reference code | Title | Dates | Physical description |
| 1991.09.01a | Item – Leaving Grande Prairie | 1914 | 1 photograph : b&w ; 3 x 4 in. |
| Scope and content:
Nurses Baird and Drynan outside of the Kathryn Prittie Hospital embarking on their trip to Edmonton. Driver and front passenger are Alex Wishart and Mr. McLennan. The photograph is from Nurses Baird and Drynan’s book of poetry, “Meditations While Migrating”, on their trip from Grande Prairie to Edmonton. |
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| 1991.09.01b | Item – Shaftsbury Settlement | 1914 | 1 photograph : b&w ; 2 x 3 in. |
| Scope and content:
Mission buildings and church along the Shaftsbury Trail. The photograph is from Nurses Baird and Drynan’s book of poetry, “Meditations While Migrating”, on their trip from Grande Prairie to Edmonton. |
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| 1991.09.01c | Item – Stopping Place | 1914 | 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.5 x 4 in. |
| Scope and content:
Homestead along the Long Trail with Nurse Drynan in the foreground. The photograph is from Nurses Baird and Drynan’s book of poetry, “Meditations While Migrating”, on their trip from Grande Prairie to Edmonton. |
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| 1991.09.01d | Item – “A Bad Piece of Road” | 1914 | 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.5 x 4 in. |
| Scope and content:
Travelling over a poorly constructed portion of the Long Trail. The photograph is from Nurses Baird and Drynan’s book of poetry, “Meditations While Migrating”, on their trip from Grande Prairie to Edmonton. |
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| 1991.09.01e | Item – Cooking on the Trail | 1914 | 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.5 x 4 in. |
| Scope and content:
Nurse Drynan and friends cook a meal on the trail. The photograph is from Nurses Baird and Drynan’s book of poetry, “Meditations While Migrating”, on their trip from Grande Prairie to Edmonton. |
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| 1991.09.02 | Item – Grande Prairie, Alberta Covert |
1918 | 1 postcard : b&w ; 3 x 5 in. |
| Scope and content:
View of Grande Prairie from the west side of Bear Creek at 100 Avenue. |
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| 1991.09.03 | Item – Grande Prairie, Alberta Covert |
1918 | 1 postcard : b&w ; 3 x 5 in. |
| Scope and content:
Automobiles parked at an angle on Richmond Avenue. Union Bank and Empire Hotel are visible in the background. |
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| 1991.09.04 | Item – Clairmont from a Distance | 1914 | 1 photograph : b&w ; 3 x 5 in. |
| Scope and content:
The elevators and town of Clairmont as viewed from across a field in autumn. |
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| 1991.09.05 | Item – Elizabeth Dunlap, Grande Prairie | 1912 | 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.5 x 3.5 in. |
| Scope and content:
Miss Elizabeth Dunlap lived in Grande Prairie as a young woman. |
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| 1991.09.06 | Item – First Auction Sale | 1914 | 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.5 x 4 in. |
| Scope and content:
A large crowd has gathered for the first auction sale at Grande Prairie. |
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| 1991.09.07 | Item – Helen Piper, Grande Prairie | 1912 | 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.5 x 4.5 in. |
| Scope and content:
Helen Piper, of Grande Prairie, stands beside a chair on which her dog is perched. The tent in the background suggests she is in a party of travelers. |
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| 1991.09.08 | Item – Opening of the Kathryn Prittie Hospital | 1915 | 1 postcard : b&w ; 3 x 5 in. |
| Scope and content:
Crowd gathered for the opening of the new Pioneer Hospital, a two-story log building, later renamed the Kathryn Prittie Hospital. |
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