Fonds 678 Eunice Maude Leonard fonds - South Peace Regional Archives

Eunice Maude Leonard fonds. — 1926. — 1.5 cm of textual records. — 75 photographs.

Biographical Sketch

Eunice Maude Leonard [nee Lawley] was born in Wales in 1905. Her father, Alfred Lawley, immigrated to Canada shortly after, following his brother to Lethbridge where they worked in the coal industry. Eunice, her older brother bill, her older sister Dorothy, and her mother Louisa joined them a few years later, sailing on the Empress of Ireland to Montreal. The family travelled across the country by train, joining Alfred who was working in Fernie, BC. The family moved to Nelson, BC then to Langley Prairie, BC and finally to Vancouver.

Eunice took her teacher training at the Model and Normal Schools in Vancouver, BC. Her very first teaching position was in Clairmont in 1926. She returned to BC, married, and taught in various schools. She retired in Wells, BC and passed away in 1999 at the age of 94.

Custodial History

The album was created by Eunice Maude Leonard. These pages were part of a larger album, most of which pertains to Eunice’s life and family in British Columbia. These album pages were donated by her niece, Marjorie Carlson in 2019.

Scope and Content

This fonds contains records related to Eunice Maude Leonard’s experiences while teaching at Clairmont in 1926. Clairmont, Beaverlodge, and Pouce Coupe are documented, as well as education, farming, and hunting.

These records consist of one typewritten biography by her niece, Marjorie Carlson and thirteen loose photograph album pages.

Notes

“Mr. Pellerin, Phyllis, Mrs. Pellerin”, 1926
1 photograph; b & w; 11 x 7
This photograph depicts six people standing in front of a farm house.
Location: 2019.006

“My first school – Clairmont, Alberta – 1926”, 1926
1 photograph; b & w; 11.5 x 7 cm
Location: 2019.006

“Seeding”, 1926
1 photograph; b & w; 14.5 x 8.5 cm
This photograph depicts seeding with horse drawn implements. The full caption reads, “Seeding. Fred, Frank, Charlie, and Bill.”
Location: 2019.006

“Plowing with the horses”, 1926
1 photograph; b & w; 14.5 x 8.5 cm
This photograph depicts plowing with horse-drawn implements. The full caption reads, “Ploughing with the horses. Fred, Jim, and Charlie.”
Location: 2019.006

“Plowing with the steam engine”, 1926
2 photographs; b & w; 14.5 x 9 cm
These photographs depict stem plowing. The full caption reads, “Ploughing with the steam engine. Mr. Tesarruns th engine, Fred Steers and Charlie handles the ploughs.”
Location: 2019.006

Scenic views of hills, 1926
4 photograph; b & w; 14.5 x 8.5 cm
These photographs depict people posing on sandy hills, possibly at Kleskun Hills.
Location: 2019.006

“Mrs. Tesar’s house in the distance”, 1926
1 photograph; b & w; 11 x 7 cm
This photograph depicts several outside a house, possibly in front of geese or chickens.
Location: 2019.006

“My rose and Mrs. Tesar’s pansies”, 1926
1 photograph; b & w; 11 x 7 cm
This photograph depicts part of a garden.
Location: 2019.006

“Phyllis in the swing”, 1926
1 photograph; b & w; 11 x 7 cm
This photograph depicts the women playing in the swing near a wooded area. A little girl is watching and a tent is in the background.
Location: 2019.006

“Mrs. Tesar pushing Phyllis and me in a swing”, 1926
1 photograph; b & w; 11 x 7 cm
This photograph depicts the women playing in the swing near a wooded area. A little girl is watching.
Location: 2019.006

“Fred in the old Grant”, 1926
1 photograph; b & w; 11 x 7
This photograph depicts Fred sitting in a car parked in a field.
Location: 2019.006

“Fred and Frank”, 1926
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This photograph depicts Fred and Frank standing in front of woods. The scene is similar to 678.06.02
Location: 2019.006

“Mrs. Tesar and I out hunting crows”, 1926
1 photograph; b & w; 8.5 x 14.5 cm
This photograph depicts Eunice and Mrs. Lesar standing in front of woods, wearing dresses and holding rifles.
Location: 2019.006

“A field of wheat stooked”, 1926
2 photographs; b & w; 11.5 x 7 cm
These photographs depict wheatfields cut and stooked.
Location: 2019.006

Phyllis with Joe Hill, 1926
1 photograph; b & w; 11 x 7 cm
This photograph depicts Phyllis hoding the reins of the famous race horse while she pats a dog.
Location: 2019.006

“The steam engine John fires”, 1926
1 photograh; b & w; 14.5 x 8.5 cm
This photographs depicts a steam engine in use on the farm. Two men are also in the photograph.
Location: 2019.006

“Phyllis on “Joe Hill”, 1926
1 photograph; b & w; 11 x 7 cm
This photograph depicts Phyllis riding Joe Hill, a popular race horse.
Location: 2019.006

“Mrs. Pellerins’s where Phyllis boarded”, 1926
2 photograph; b & w; 11 x 7 cm
These photographs depict various views of buildings and property.
Location: 2019.006

“Miss Lamb’s school”, 1926
1 photograph; b & w; 11 x 7 cm
This photograph depicts a school and surrounding buildings.
Location: 2019.006

“Playing ‘”Fox and Geese””, 1926
1 photograph; b & w; 11 x 7
Location: 2019.006

Students, 1926
2 photograph; b & w; 11 x 7 cm
These two photographs depict students standing in the snow.
Location: 2019.006

“The girls. Taken in December”, 1926
1 photograph; b & w; 11 x 7 cm
This photograph depicts female students standing outside in the snow.
Location: 2019.006

“My class”, 1926
1 photograph; b & w; 13.5 x 8.5 cm
This photograph depicts students standing in front of the school. Joseph, Frank, Mary, Olga, Evelyn, Ruth, Wassily, Kenneth, David, Teddy, Jack, Francis, Jack, Joe, Paul, David.
Location: 2019.006

“The boys. Taken in December”, 1926
1 photograph; b & w; 11 x 7 cm
This photograph depicts male students standing outside in the snow.
Location: 2019.006

“Ready for home”, 1926
1 photograph; b & w; 9 x 6 cm
This photograph depicts students on horses and in horse drawn carts.
Location: 2019.006

“The boys”, 1926
1 photograph; b & w; 9 x 6 cm
This photograph depicts male students posing in a field.
Location: 2019.006

“Taken in front of the school”, 1926
2 photograph; b & w; 13.5 x 8 and 9 x 6.5 cm
This photograph depicts students standing in front of the school.
Location: 2019.006

“My first school – Clairmont, Alberta – 1926”, 1926
1 photograph; b & w; 11.5 x 7
Location: 2019.006

“Phyllis at Beaver Lodge”, 1926
1 photograph; b & w; 11 x 7 cm
This photograph depicts Phyllis standing in the garden. Buildings are in the background.
Location: 2019.006

“The way they hunt coyotes in Northern Alberta”, 1926
1 photograph; b & w; 11.5 x 7 cm
This photograph depicts three people carrying rifles in an open car. A coyote carcus is draped across the hood. Farm buildings are in the background.
Location: 2019.006

Hay, 1926
1 photograph; b & w; 14.5 x 9
This unidentified pohtograph depicts three people in the back of a hay wagon. Two of the people may be Eunice and Phyllis.
Location: 2019.006

“1925. Pouse Coupe, B. O.”, 1925
1 photograph; b & w; 14.5 x 9 cm
This phtograph depicts the main street of Pouce Coupe.
Location: 2019.006

“Taken from Clairmont Hill, 1926”, 1926
2 photographs; b & w; 11.5 x 7 cm
These photographs depict the fields next to the road.
Location: 2019.006

“Mr. Sieder’s home”, 1926
1 photograph; b & w; 11.5 x 7 cm
This photographs depicts a small house, a large wood pile, and a garden.
Location: 2019.006

“Scenes near Beaver Lodge”, 1926
3 photographs; b & w; 11.5 x 7 cm
These photographs depict various scenes of the hills, woods, and farms around Beaverlodge.”
Location: 2019.006

“The town of Beaver Lodge”, 1926
1 photograph; b & w; 11.5 x 7 cm
This photograph depicts the main street of Beaverlodge.
Location: 2019.006

Experimental farm at Beaverlodge, 1926
3 photographs; b & w; 11.5 x 7 cm
These photographs depict various views of the experimental farm at Beaverlodge.
Location: 2019.006

Women on horseback, 1926
1 photograph; b & w; 9 x 15 cm
This photograph depicts two unidentified women on horseback. They are likely Eunice and Phyllis.
Location: 2019.006

Unidentified house, 1926
1 photograph; b & w; 11.5 x 7 cm
This photograph depicts an unidentified house behind a long, low hedge.
Location: 2019.006

Five boys, 1926
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This photograph depicts five male students standing in a field or a yard. The caption reads, “Joe, Teddy, Abe, Jack & Francis.”
Location: 2019.006

“My boys”, 1926
1 photograph; b & w; 11.5 x 7 cm
This photograph depicts eight male student standing outside a school house. The caption reads, “My boys. David, Abe, Teddy, Joe, Jack, Paul, Francis, Jack.”
Location: 2019.006

“The new barn”, 1926
1 photograph; b & w; 7 x 11.5 cm
This photograph depicts men working on a partially constructed barn.
Location: 2019.006

“Cutting the wheat”, 1926
1 photograph; b & w; 14.5 x 8.5 cm
This photograph depicts cutting the wheat with horse drawn implements. The full caption reads, “Cutting the wheat. Fred, Frank, and Jim.”
Location: 2019.006

“The watertank”, 1926
1 photograph; b & w; 11.5 x 7 cm
This photograph depicts a horse drawn watertank being driven through a field.
Location: 2019.006

Homestead, 1925
1 photograph; b & w; 14.5 x 9 cm
This unidentified photograph depicts a homestead, including a house and large barn..
Location: 2019.006

“Louis with his prize”, 1926
2 photographs; b & w; 7 x 11.5 cm
These photographs depict Louis sposing next to a haning coyote carcus. The coyote is almost as big as Louis.
Location: 2019.006

“Selling the skins”, 1926
1 photograph; b & w; 11.5 x 7 cm
This photograph depicts Louis selling the skins to an unidentified man.
Location: 2019.006

“Mr. Tesar in the centre”, 1926
1 photograph; b & w; 11.5 x 7 cm
This photograph depicts Mr. Tesar with John and Louis and their catch of coyote skins.
Location: 2019.006

“John & Jim”, 1926
1 photographs; b & w; 11.5 x 7 cm
This photograph depicts John and Jim with snowshoes and several coyote skins haning on a wall.
Location: 2019.006

“John and Louis with their coyote skins”, 1926
1 photograph; b & w; 11.5 x 7 cm
This photograph depicts the two men posing with rifiles beside the two dozen plus coyote skins they brought in.
Location: 2019.006

“Louise & Frank, cousings of Tesars from U. S. A”, 1926
1 photograph; b & w; 11.5 x 7 cm
This photograph depicts the two men posing with rifiles in front of string of dead geese.
Location: 2019.006

“Jim with the geese he shot”, 1926
1 photograph; b & w; 11.5 x 7 cm
This photograph depicts Jim holding a rifle. He is standing behind a sting of dead geese.
Location: 2019.006

“Seeding”, 1927
2 photographs; b & w; 11.5 x 7 cm
These photographs depict four men seeding using horse drawn implements. They are very similar. The captions read in order, “Seeding, 1927.” and “Charlie, Frank, Jim, John.”
Location: 2019.006

“Threshing”, 1926
2 photograph; b & w; 11.5 x 7 cm
These photographs depict the steam engine and the separator in use during threshing..
Location: 2019.006

“Threshing”, 1926
1 photograph; b & w; 14.5 x 8.5 cm
This photographs depicts the steam engine and the separator in use during threshing..
Location: 2019.006

“Moving the granaries”, 1926
1 photograph; b & w; 14.5 x 8.5 cm
This photographs depicts a tractor towing two granaries through a field.
Location: 2019.006

“The separator handled by Fred”, 1926
1 photograph; b & w; 14.5 x 8.5 cm
This photographs depicts a separator, as well as other farm machinery, in use.
Location: 2019.006

“John with his catch”, 1926
2 photographs; b & w; 7 x 11.5 cm
These photographs depict John with a rigle and several very large coyote skins.
Location: 2019.006