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| LEVEL OF DESCRIPTION: | Fonds |
| No.: | PR0521 |
| TITLE: | Dorothy Dahlgren fonds |
| CREATOR: | Dahlgren, Dorothy |
| DATE RANGE: | [1950-1980] |
| EXTENT: | 0.05 m of textual records |
| ADMINISTRATIVE |
| HISTORY/BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH: | A lifelong Albertan, and professional author, Dorothy Dahlgren researched and broadcast a show on CKUA Radio in Edmonton. Throughout her career, she wrote for numerous magazines and newspapers. She also authored two novels on Albertan history, People of Our Past in Northern Alberta (1988) and Tales of the Tarsands (1975). Dorothy Dahlgren died in 2002. |
| SCOPE AND CONTENT: | The fonds consists of drafts of Dorothy Dahlgren's radio broadcasts for CKUA radio in Edmonton on a variety of subjects including the settlers and the settlement of Alberta, miscellaneous current affairs commentary, and various opinion pieces. The fonds also contains several newspapers and magazines which include Dorothy Dahlgren's writings. Additionally, the fonds includes poetry, plays and fiction written by Dorothy Dahlgren, a scrapbook of articles from MacLean's magazine dating from 1934 and a article about market gardening written by Herman Miller dating from 1937 collected by Dorothy Dahlgren. The fonds contains materials from 1934 to 1980. |
| LANGUAGE NOTE: | The material is in English. |
| INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING ACCESSIONS: | PR1971.0102 PR1972.0181 |
| GENERAL NOTE: | Dorothy Dahlgren also donated materials comprising the Robert K. Peck Fonds as well as material included in the Citadel Theatre Fonds. |
| RELATED FILES: | Display FileList |