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| | LEVEL OF DESCRIPTION: | Fonds | | No.: | PR0890 | | TITLE: | David J. Cromie fonds | | CREATOR: | Cromie, David J. | | DATE RANGE: | 1920-1973 | | EXTENT: | 0.05 m of textual records. – 2 photographs | | ADMINISTRATIVE | | HISTORY/BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH: | David James Cromie (1911-92) was a farmer in the Westlock, Alberta area. His family farmed south-east quarter of Section 18, Township 58, Range 26, West of the 4th Meridian (18-58-26-W4) in the 1920s, raising Holstein dairy cows. | | SCOPE AND CONTENT: | The fonds is made up of various family and farm documents and two photographic prints. The records include farm account books for 1933 to 1939; a file of receipts of Mrs. Cassie Cromie (probably the mother of David Cromie) from the early 1920’s; books of cow testing forms; an agreement for the purchase of land by Albert George Cromie; booklets and pamphlets on animal care, inoculation, and building construction. The fonds also contains one photo of David Cromie taken in 1973, and an aerial view of a farm. | | GENERAL NOTE: | The homestead is represented according to the Alberta Township Survey (ATS) system. |
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