Zone du titre et de la mention de responsabilité
Titre propre
Dénomination générale des documents
- Graphic material - photograph
- Document textuel
Titre parallèle
Compléments du titre
Mentions de responsabilité du titre
Notes du titre
- Source du titre propre: Title based on contents of fonds.
Niveau de description
Cote
Zone de l'édition
Mention d'édition
Mentions de responsabilité relatives à l'édition
Zone des précisions relatives à la catégorie de documents
Mention d'échelle (cartographique)
Mention de projection (cartographique)
Mention des coordonnées (cartographiques)
Mention d'échelle (architecturale)
Juridiction responsable et dénomination (philatélique)
Zone des dates de production
Date(s)
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[ca. 1920]-[ca. 1939] (Production)
- Producteur
- Lake, Gertrude Doughty
Zone de description matérielle
Description matérielle
5 cm of textual records. - 3 photographs
Zone de la collection
Titre propre de la collection
Titres parallèles de la collection
Compléments du titre de la collection
Mention de responsabilité relative à la collection
Numérotation à l'intérieur de la collection
Note sur la collection
Zone de la description archivistique
Nom du producteur
Notice biographique
Gertrude Doughty, daughter of Charles George Doughty and Elizabeth Maidstone, was born in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England in 1898. She immigrated to Canada with her mother and siblings in 1907, arriving in Montreal and living briefly in Ontario.
She lived in Edmonton and worked for Alberta Government Telephones as a telephone operator from 1921 to 1938. Her sister Bessie Doughty also worked as a telephone operator for A.G.T. She married Charles Everett Lake, a clerk with the Post Office, in 1939 or 1940. In 1942, they moved to 11506 – 94 Street, Edmonton.
Charles retired in the late 1940s and died in 1972. Gertrude remained in the house on 94 Street until 1974, when she moved into the McGugan Nursing home.
Gertrude Doughty Lake died in 1988. Charles and Gertrude Lake are buried in the Beechmount Cemetery, Edmonton.
Historique de la conservation
Portée et contenu
The fonds consists of greeting cards and other memorabilia belonging to Gertrude Lake. There is also a photograph of a 1914 Ladies basketball team, with a basketball lettered “A.G.T. L.D.O” and 2 travel photographs.
File List:
- Greetings cards (includes ‘Maple Leaf Forever’; Smile Messenger postcards, and advertisement card ‘Klever Kard’ for Ki-Moids for Indigestion)
- Valentine’s Day cards
- Easter Cards
- Christmas Cards (includes Christmas cards sent by Gertrude Doughty)
- New Years Cards
- Baby cards (includes a Baby Book from the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company)
- Birthday
- Calendars (miniature) – 1922, 1926 (with photo of child)
- Paper cutouts (used to decorate cards or gifts)
- Travel postcards and booklets (Kingston, Ont.; Seattle, Washington; Venice, California) and travel prints (Peace Tower, Ottawa; Bob’s Lake, Ontario; Athabasca Falls,
- Booklet – AGT “The Silent Partner” Vol. VIII, No. 4, October 1927; paper print of Aladdin Home ‘The Lockwood’
- Health articles, advertisements, and recipes, 1930-1949
Zone des notes
État de conservation
Source immédiate d'acquisition
This fonds was donated to the City of Edmonton Archives by Gertrude Lake in 1974.
Classement
The material was arranged by the archivist by type of record.
The photographs were assigned item numbers with the prefix EA-216.
Langue des documents
- anglais
Écriture des documents
Localisation des originaux
Disponibilité d'autres formats
Restrictions d'accès
There are no restrictions on access.
Délais d'utilisation, de reproduction et de publication
Copyright may apply.
Reproduction restrictions may apply.
Instruments de recherche
See Scope and content above.
Photographs have been described at the item level and are available in the Reference Room.
Éléments associés
Accroissements
No further accruals are expected.
Note générale
Accession number: A74-93
Identifiant(s) alternatif(s)
Numéro normalisé
Numéro normalisé
Mots-clés
Mots-clés - Sujets
Mots-clés - Lieux
Mots-clés - Noms
Mots-clés - Genre
Zone du contrôle
Identifiant de la description du document
Identifiant du service d'archives
Règles ou conventions
Rules for Archival Description (RAD)
Archives Society of Alberta Subject Terms