| | LEVEL OF DESCRIPTION: | Fonds | | No.: | PR2894 | | TITLE: | Marshall Wynnychuk Fonds | | CREATOR: | Wynnychuk, Marshall | | DATE RANGE: | 1960 - 1996 | | EXTENT: | 0.37 m of textual records | | ADMINISTRATIVE | | HISTORY/BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH: | Marhsall Wynnychuk grew up in Vegreville, Alberta. He began working in puppetry at age 15, and regularly performed at "Vegreville Amateur Night". Marshall received a Bachelor's of Education from the University of Alberta, and in 1953, Marshall began teaching in Vermilion, using puppetry as a teaching aid. In 1966, while Marshall taught at Sherbrooke Elementary School, the Department of Education asked him to host an educational program for CBC television. From 1966 to 1972 Marshall performed on the show. In 1993, Marshall retired from teaching.
Marshall has been a member of the Puppeteers of America, the Canadian Aviation Historical Society Northern Chapter, the Edmonton Balloon Club, the Edmonton Tumblewood Lapidary Club, the Gem and Mineral Federation of Canada, the Calgary Rock and Lapidary Club, the Alberta Federation of Rock Clubs, the Strathmore Archaeological Society
| | SCOPE AND CONTENT: | The fonds reflects Marshall's participation in lapidary clubs in Edmonton and includes correspondence membership lists, treasurer's reports of the Edmonton Tumblewood Lapidary Club dating from 1960 to 1995; the newsletter of the Edmonton Tumblewood Lapidary Club, Tumblewood Tales, dating from the 1970s to the 1990s; minutes of the Gem and Mineral Federation of Canada; logos designed by Marshall Wynnychuk for lapidary clubs; bulletins, programs, minutes of the Calgary Rock and Lapidary Club dating from 1987 to 1990; bylaws, pamphlets, of newsletters of the Gateway Rockhounds; the newsletter of the Gateway Rockhounds, Rockhounds, dating from the 1980s; plans for the Northern Alberta Gem and Mineral Show dating from 1988; bulletins, pamphlets for the Strathmore Archaeological Society; and the Strathmore Archaeological Society's newsletter, To the Point, dating from the 1980s. | | GENERAL NOTE: | Information for the administrative history/biographical sketch sourced from the fonds and
Mowat, Sean. "The Power of Puppets." The Orange (Fall 2006): http://www.uofaweb.ualberta.ca/education//pdfs/OrangeOctober2006.pdf (Accessed Nov. 7, 2007).
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