Fonds MS-134 - Gertrude Lake fonds

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Titre propre

Gertrude Lake fonds

Dénomination générale des documents

  • Graphic material - photograph
  • Document textuel

Titre parallèle

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Notes du titre

  • Source du titre propre: Title based on contents of fonds.

Niveau de description

Fonds

Cote

CA EDM MS-134

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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)

  • [ca. 1920]-[ca. 1939] (Production)
    Producteur
    Lake, Gertrude Doughty

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Description matérielle

5 cm of textual records. - 3 photographs

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Titre propre de la collection

Titres parallèles de la collection

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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

(1898-1988)

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:

  1. Greetings cards (includes ‘Maple Leaf Forever’; Smile Messenger postcards, and advertisement card ‘Klever Kard’ for Ki-Moids for Indigestion)
  2. Valentine’s Day cards
  3. Easter Cards
  4. Christmas Cards (includes Christmas cards sent by Gertrude Doughty)
  5. New Years Cards
  6. Baby cards (includes a Baby Book from the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company)
  7. Birthday
  8. Calendars (miniature) – 1922, 1926 (with photo of child)
  9. Paper cutouts (used to decorate cards or gifts)
  10. Travel postcards and booklets (Kingston, Ont.; Seattle, Washington; Venice, California) and travel prints (Peace Tower, Ottawa; Bob’s Lake, Ontario; Athabasca Falls,
  11. Booklet – AGT “The Silent Partner” Vol. VIII, No. 4, October 1927; paper print of Aladdin Home ‘The Lockwood’
  12. Health articles, advertisements, and recipes, 1930-1949

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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

    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

    City of Edmonton Archives

    Règles ou conventions

    Rules for Archival Description (RAD)
    Archives Society of Alberta Subject Terms

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    Final

    Niveau de détail

    Dates de production, de révision et de suppression

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        Sources

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