Summary information
| Repository: | South Peace Regional Archives |
| Title: | Lassiter Project Memories fonds |
| Reference code: | 0563 |
| Date: | 1976 (date of creation) |
| Physical description: | 1 cm textual records |
| Dates of creation, revision and deletion: | Processed January 2014 Added to new database January 2025 – TD |
Administrative history / Biographical sketch
The Lassiter Project was created to encourage settlers to the Eaglesham area. Initially land was to given to veterans of World War II, but after ninety days, if the land was not taken, it was made available to the general public.
At the Lassiter Project Memories event, people who had settled in the area during this time were asked to fill in a crest that told of their time in the area. The crests portray a theme of mud, mosquitos, family, and community.
The families who completed crests for the Lassiter Project memories project were Doris & Gerald Barry, Norm & Dolly Barnhardt, Alice & Bill Henry, Betty Clemo, Harold & Colleen Osberg, A.U Charest, Frank & Marjorie Greenfield, Betty & Eddie Trudel, Francis & Mary Newland, Nick & Mary Poohkay, Ken Grant, Ruth & Al Elhorn, T & E Harper, Gordon & Anne Donaldson, Art & Rose Schmitt, John & Marge Morgan, Donald & Esther Morgan, and the Hicks family.
Custodial history
The records were donated by Greg Donaldson who lived on the Lassiter project with his parents, Gordon & Anne Donaldson. The records were deposited in South Peace Regional Archives in 2012.
Scope and content
The fonds consist of photocopies of illustrations in a crest format, filled out by families who had lived on the Lassiter Project describing their time in the Eaglesham area.
Notes
Title notes
- Source of title proper: Title of fonds based on contents.
Access points
- Textual record (documentary form)
- Family and personal life (subject)
- Settlement and Immigration (subject)
- Environment and nature (subject)