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| | LEVEL OF DESCRIPTION: | Series | | No.: | PR2624.0004 | | TITLE: | History Projects | | CREATOR: | Maccagno, Tom | | DATE RANGE: | [1900]-2008 | | EXTENT: | 1m of textual records and other material.
Includes 661 photographs, 407 negatives, 1 transparency, 511
digital photographs, 3 VHS, 1 DVD, 4 CDs and 1 map. | | ADMINISTRATIVE | | HISTORY/BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH: | Tom Maccagno, son of MLA Michael Maccagno, was born in Lac La Biche, Alberta. A conservationist and lawyer, he served as Mayor of Lac La Biche from 1989 to 1994. He has published articles for Alberta History, Wild Lands Advocate, Nature Alberta, and the Edmonton Journal. He is a member of the Alberta Wilderness Association and the Lac La Biche Mission Historical Preservation Society, President of the Lac La Biche Birding Society, and also served as Director of the Lac La Biche Fisheries Enhancement Group. Maccagno was awarded the Golden Jubilee Medal and Canada’s Recreational Fisheries Award in 2002 and the Conservation Gold Community Award in 2003. Maccagno died in 2012. | | SCOPE AND CONTENT: | The series consists of records relating to various history projects and organizations that Maccagno has been involved with the including records of the Lac La Biche Mission Historical Preservation Society, materials relating to the establishment of memorial cairns to fallen RCAF officers throughout Alberta, materials relating to historic recreations in the Lac La Biche area, records of the Lac La Biche Chronicles committee, and correspondence with various people on historic matters in the Lac La Biche area. The records include correspondence, photographs, research materials, 1 map of airmen cairn sites, 4 CDs of photographs relating to the dedication of cairns, 3 VHS cassettes and 1 DVD in which Maccagno has been interviewed for various projects and publications that contain material submitted by Tom Maccagno. The series also includes photographs collected by Tom Maccagno including three photographs of the Hudson's Bay Post at Lac La Biche circa 1900; a print of the Ukrainian Bookstore in Smoky Lake, Alberta dating from 1925; a photo of the Lac La Biche creamery circa 1900; fifteen photographs of the Lac La Biche area circa 1940s, and nine photographs of individuals of the Francophone community of Lac La Biche including Urgele Limoges, Dr. Sabourin, and Father Charles Okhuysen dating from 1918 - 1921. | | LANGUAGE NOTE: | The material is in English and French. | | INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING ACCESSIONS: | PR2002.0255 | | RELATED FONDS: | PR2624 (Tom Maccagno Fonds)
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