| | LEVEL OF DESCRIPTION: | Fonds | | No.: | PR1637 | | TITLE: | Ardyth Barber fonds | | CREATOR: | Barber, Ardyth | | DATE RANGE: | Copied 1986 | | EXTENT: | 21 negatives | | ADMINISTRATIVE | | HISTORY/BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH: | Ardyth Leonard arrived in Hines Creek, Alberta with her parents in the fall of 1930; they joined her brother, Carol, who had been there for a few years. Ardyth married Austin Marshall Barber on February 19, 1934. Ardyth and Marshall lived in Lubeck, Alberta and then Hines Creek. They had four sons, Bob, Doyle, Bruce and Peter. They moved to Edmonton, Alberta in 1952. Marshall died December 1, 1987. | | SCOPE AND CONTENT: | The fonds consists of images, originally dating 1928 to 1932, predominantly from the Hines Creek and Fairview areas of Alberta, including Marshall Barber, covered sleighs, log transportation, wood cutting, harvesters, combines and agricultural machinery, cars, the shipment of automobiles by train, pack horses, riverboat, trappers, bands, baseball team, a wedding on horseback, and homesteaders’ camping near the Scona Yards near Edmonton, Alberta.
| | GENERAL NOTE: | Information for the biographical sketch is taken from the records and from Our Bend in the Peace: the Story of Royce and Lubeck, which is available in the Provincial Archives of Alberta Reference Library, 971.231 Ou7 PAA.
The photographs can be located in the A file of the Provincial Archives of Alberta reference prints under the numbers A.14,051 to A.14,071.
| | RELATED ITEMS: | A14051 (Covered sledge near Hines Creek)
A14052 (Hauling wood at Hines Creek)
A14053 (Cutting wood near Hines Creek)
A14054 (Fairview, Alberta)
A14055 (Harvesters near Hines Creek)
A14056 (Harvesting near Hines Creek)
A14057 (Harvesting near Hines Creek)
A14058 (Local entertainment at HInes Creek)
A14059 (Local entertainment at HInes Creek)
A14060 (Homesteaders on their way to Fairview via Edmonton)
A14061 (Homesteaders on their way to Fairview via Edmonton)
A14062 (Shipping cars on the Northern Alberta Railway)
A14063 (Hines Creek, Alberta)
A14064 (Homesteader's cabin and pack horse near Hines Creek)
A14065 (Homesteader's cabin near Hines Creek)
A14066 (Cutting timber west of Hines Creek)
A14067 ("Lucky Trail")
A14068 (Trapping near the Peace River near Fairview, Alberta)
A14069 (Baseball team, Hines Creek, Alberta)
A14070 (Marriage ceremony on horseback at Hines Creek, Alberta)
A14071 (Store and post office)
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