| | LEVEL OF DESCRIPTION: | Fonds | | No.: | PR0549 | | TITLE: | Eva McKitrick fonds | | CREATOR: | McKitrick, Eva | | DATE RANGE: | 1896-1970 | | EXTENT: | 0.04 m of textual records. – 72 photographs. – 11 negatives | | ADMINISTRATIVE | | HISTORY/BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH: | Eva Annie McKitrick was one of six children born to Austin Gordon and Jane (nee Timney) McKitrick. She attended McKay Avenue School in Edmonton, Alberta and graduated from the University of Alberta in 1922. She was a teacher and taught in rural schools until the early 1940s when she returned to Edmonton. McKitrick was very knowledgeable about Edmonton history and served on the Edmonton Historical board and also directed historical research for the Northern Alberta Pioneers’ and Oldtimers’ Association. She died in 1993. | | SCOPE AND CONTENT: | Fonds consists of the personal records of Eva McKitrick, including records related to her time as a teacher, and includes a booklet, invitations, newspaper clippings, greeting cards, certificates, diplomas, correspondence, letters of reference, and photographs depicting the Goshen Church and various staff picnics. Fonds also includes a photograph of A.G. McKitrick and a transcript of his diary, which also contains copied maps and correspondence, and a copy of a history of Gosham United Church. | | LANGUAGE NOTE: | The material is in English. | | ASSOCIATED MATERIAL: | Other records regarding Eva McKitrick can be found in the Eva McKitrick collection located at the City of Edmonton Archives in Edmonton, Alberta, and the Eva A. McKitrick fonds located at the University of Alberta Archives in Edmonton, Alberta. | | RELATED RECORDS: | Other records related to Eva McKitrick can be found in PR0549 McKitrick family fonds. | | GENERAL NOTE: | Four photographs from this fonds can be found in A file under the location numbers A.2612, A.2613, A.14,999 and A.15,000. | | RELATED ITEMS: | A14999 (Goshen United Church cemetary, near St. Albert)
A15000 (Goshen United Church - new building and congregation, near St. Albert)
A2612 (At Goshen United Church, Alberta)
A2613 (United Church, Goshen, Alberta)
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