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| LEVEL OF DESCRIPTION: | Fonds |
| No.: | PR1257 |
| TITLE: | Edmonton Jesuit College Alumni Association |
| CREATOR: | Association des Anciens Elèves du Collège des Jésuites d'Edm |
| DATE RANGE: | 1921-1942 |
| EXTENT: | 0.24 m of textual records and other material
Includes 28 photographs, 3 negatives and 1 photographic postcard. |
| ADMINISTRATIVE |
| HISTORY/BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH: | The Jesuit College in Edmonton, Alberta was founded in 1913. It played an important role in the Franco-Albertan community until its closure in 1942. The Association des Anciens Elèves du Collège des Jésuites d'Edmonton, known in English as the Edmonton Jesuit College Alumni Association, was established on January 3, 1926. The objectives of the Association included fostering friendly and social relationships among the former students, strengthening and developing the principles of faith and honour acquired while at College, and exercising a helpful influence over the young graduates of the College. Reverend Roméo Ketchen, founder of the Association, served as its first and last president; other presidents included Adrien Voyer, Paul-Emile Poirier, Laurier Picard, Charles Turgeon, and P. Bellavance. The Association des Anciens Elèves du Collège des Jésuites d'Edmonton operated until 1940. |
| CUSTODIAL HISTORY: | For forty years the records were in the basement of the rectory at Immaculée-Conception parish in Edmonton. Rev. Ketchen, founder of the Association, was a former pastor for the Immaculée-Conception parish. Rev. Raymond Sévigny, pastor for the Immaculée-Conception parish, deposited the records in the Provincial Archives of Alberta in 1980. |
| SCOPE AND CONTENT: | The fonds consists of the records of the Association des Anciens Élèves du Collège des Jésuites d’Edmonton, and includes correspondence, minutes, reports, newsletters, lists of alumni, registration forms, financial records, programs, plays, newspaper clippings and photographs of members and baseball teams. |
| LANGUAGE NOTE: | The material is in French and English. |
| ASSOCIATED MATERIAL: | The records of the Edmonton Jesuit College are preserved in the Jesuit Archives in St-Jérôme, Québec and in the Maison Bellarmin in Montréal, Quebec.
The Roland Gaudet fonds (PR1354) contains materials related to this fonds. |
| GENERAL NOTE: | Information for the administrative history is from the records.
Raymond Sévigny also deposited the records in accession PR1982.0209, the Raymond Sévigny fonds.
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| RELATED FONDS: | SL1257 (Association des anciens élèves du Collège des Jésuites d’Edmonton)
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| RELATED FILES: | Display FileList |
| RELATED ITEMS: | Association des Anciens80.203.37 (Group photograph)
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