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Robert Campbell was born in Dumbarton, Scotland in 1883 and moved to Canada in 1906, where he homesteaded near the town of Minden. Campbell began painting in 1916 under the watercolourist Victor W. Burnard, after returning to England during the First World War. After the war he moved to Edmonton, where he worked as a dental technician and continued his artistic endeavors. He was a charter member of the Edmonton Art Club and the Artists Society of Alberta. He was also one of those responsible for founding the Banff School of Fine Arts. Robert Campbell died in 1967.

Joseph van der Gracht was born in the Netherlands in 1880. He married Florence Ethel Ross, and joined the Edmonton Art Club in 1929. He moved with his family to Vancouver around 1933. He died in 1959.

This painting was included in the Edmonton Art Club 1933 exhibition.

Robert Smith Forrest (1871-1943) was a Scottish portrait painter and etcher who exhibited between 1908 and 1934.

This painting was used as the frontispiece for Ella May Walker's book of historical fiction "Fortress North" (1947).

The series consists of agendas, minutes, correspondence and supporting documentation relating to Richard York Secord’s service on the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada, 1959-1968, the Edmonton Archives and Landmarks Committee/Edmonton Historical Board, 1964-1972, the Alberta Heritage Sites Board, 1973-1976, and the Fort Edmonton Foundation, 1970-1975.

There is also personal and business correspondence, including correspondence relating to the Secord family history, as well as research material, correspondence and manuscripts relating to the Richard Henry Secord biography and Richard York Secord memoirs.

The photographs and books reflect many aspects of Richard Y. Secord’s activities and interests.

The series consists of correspondence, a programme and photographs.
File 1: Correspondence - a Christmas card from Aunt Aggie, and a letter to Isobel and her sister, Gene, from Aunt Wittie, Christmas 1923.
File 2: Programme - Royal Visit Pictorial Review - Commemorating The Alberta Visit of Their Majesties King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, 1939.

The photographs are of Isobel as a child, and young girl, as well as an album with photographs from her time working as a nurse in Cape Town, South Africa.

The series consists of Richard Henry Secord’s daily journals, including event and financial notes, 1891-1928 (incomplete), and account books relating to various business activities, 1890-1919 (incomplete), and correspondence and other documents relating to his life activities and involvements. Some daily journals contain entries written by Richard’s wife, Annie York Secord.
The books reflect his political activities and the photographs include Richard at various ages in his life, as well as reflect his various businesses and recreational interests.

The series consists of daily journals (diaries), 1906-1918, 1937-1950, scrapbooks and recipe clipping books, 1945-1962 (one recipe book added to after her death), correspondence, books, and other documents relating to her life, interests and activities.