Fonds / Collection

Mattson

Description Level

Item

Material Type

graphic material

Fonds Number

120-03

Item Number

19

Accession Number

2015.19

Date

1982 - 1991

Physical Description

7 X 10" Booklets

Physical Condition

Excellent

History / Biographical

Collected and catalogued by Marion Thompson

Roy and Dr. Parsons belonged to the Alberta Historical Society at one time and Roy donated these periodicals to the Archives

Alberta History was published quarterly by the Historical Society of Alberta with assistance from the Alberta Dept. of Culture and the Alberta Historical Resources Foundation. It was distributed free of charge to persons paying the annual $10.00 membership fee.

Name Access

Roy Mattson

Subject Access

Alberta History

Scope and Content

Autumn 1990, Volume 38, Number 4

Caption "Building the Alaska Highway", ca. 1943

Cover Illustration: With the entry of the United States into World War Two, a communication link was needed with Alaska to provide security from Japan and a supply line to Russia. In a massive construction project, a total of 1,523 miles of all weather highway was built in just nine months in 1942. In this photo, Canadian construction crew (left to right) Jack Bevan, Bernard Latour, Allan Haase, and Walter Blench travel a portion of the new road

Notes

Articles include W. J. Hendra, Preparing for Rodeo, Two British Gentlewomen, Fort That Never Was, Life at Lac La Biche, Pt. 3, The Beef Ring

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