Thomas and Lena Gushul, photographers
NA-4279-2

Gushul Family fonds

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Table of Contents

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Series 1	Personal correspondence with friends and organizations. -- 1915-1967
Series 2	Personal legal records. -- 1920-1951
Series 3	Personal financial records. -- 1920-1966 and n.d.
Series 4	Gushul Studio cashbooks and customer records. -- 1910-1947
Series 5	Customer and business correspondence. -- 1920-1968 and n.d.
Series 6	Financial records - Invoices, bills, receipts. -- 1917-1963 and n.d.
Series 7	Price lists, catalogues, manuals, pamphlets and information booklets for photographic supplies. -- 1915-1971 and n.d.
Series 8	Catalogues and magazines - Not related to photography. -- 1912-1969
Series 9	Magazines re photography. -- 1921-1970
Series 10	Advertisements. -- n.d.
Series 11	Photography directories. -- 1945-1948
Series 12	Newspaper clippings. -- 1920-1959 and n.d.
Series 13	Miscellaneous. -- 1906-1962 and n.d.
Series 14	Recorded interviews. -- 1981
Series 15	Photographs. -- [ca. 1913]-1962

Inventory

Series 1	Personal correspondence with friends and organizations. -- 1915-1967
M-6163-1	Personal correspondence with friends and organizations. -- 1915-1937
M-6163-2	Personal correspondence with friends and organizations. -- 1938-1939
M-6163-3	Personal correspondence with friends and organizations. -- 1940-1941. -- Includes letters from Evan Gushul to various businesses.
M-6163-4	Personal correspondence with friends and organizations. -- 1942-1949. -- Includes letters from Evan Gushul to various businesses.
M-6163-5	Personal correspondence with friends and organizations. -- 1951-1967, and n.d.
M-6163-6	Correspondence re subscriptions to newspapers and magazinesl. -- 1924-1963 and n.d.
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Series 2	Personal legal records. -- 1920-1951
M-6163-7	Legal papers. -- 1920-1951. -- Includes summons, regulations, Automobile Accident Indemnity Act, ministerial order, etc.
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Series 3	Personal financial records. -- 1920-1966 and n.d.
M-6163-8	Financial records. -- 1951-1966. -- Includes audited financial statements.
M-6163-9	Financial records. -- 1924-1931. -- Includes assessment notices for Coleman School District.
M-6163-10	Financial records. -- 1921-1955. -- Includes tax notices and receipts for the Town of Blairmore.
M-6163-11	Financial records. -- 1920-1949. -- Includes assorted receipts (medical, car repair, etc.)
M-6163-12	Financial records. -- 1950-1953. -- Includes assorted receipts (medical, car repair, etc.)
M-6163-13	Financial records. -- 1947-1961. -- Includes assorted receipts (medical, car repair, etc.) and income tax return.
M-6163-14	Financial records. -- 1952-1961. -- Includes receipt books.
M-6163-15	Financial records. -- n.d. -- Includes investment material.
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Series 4	Gushul Studio cashbooks and customer records. -- 1910-1947
M-6163-16	Customer invoices - loose. -- 1912-1958
M-6163-17	Customer cashbooks. -- 1928-1933
M-6163-18	Customer cashbooks. -- 1910-1947
M-6163-19	Customer cashbooks. -- 1938-1945
M-6163-20	Customer cashbook. -- 1930
M-6163-21	Customer cashbook. -- 1935-1937
M-6163-22	Customer invoices - loose. -- [ca. 1910-1947]
M-6163-23	Customer invoices - loose. -- [ca. 1910-1947]
M-6163-24	Customer invoices - loose. -- [ca. 1910-1947]
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Series 5	Customer and business correspondence. -- 1920-1968 and n.d.
M-6163-25	Customer and business correspondence. -- 1920-1929
M-6163-26	Customer and business correspondence.. -- 1930-1937
M-6163-27	Customer and business correspondence -- 1938-1939
M-6163-28	Customer and business correspondence. -- 1940
M -6163-29	Customer and business correspondence. -- 1941
M-6163-30	Customer and business correspondence. -- 1941
M-6163-31	Customer and business correspondence. -- 1942-1943
M-6163-32	Customer and business correspondence. -- 1944-1945
M-6163-33	Customer and business correspondence. -- 1946
M-6163-34	Customer and business correspondence. -- 1947
M-6163-35	Customer and business correspondence. -- 1948-1949
M-6163-36	Customer and business correspondence. -- 1950-1954
M-6163-37	Customer and business correspondence. -- 1955-1959
M-6163-38	Customer and business correspondence. -- 1960-1968
M-6163-39	Customer and business correspondence. -- n.d.
M-6163-40	Customer and business correspondence. -- n.d
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Series 6	Financial records - Invoices, bills, receipts. -- 1917-1963 and n.d.
M-6163-41	Financial records - Invoices, bills, receipts. -- 1917-1939
M-6163-42	Financial records - Invoices, bills, receipts. -- 1940-1945
M-6163-43	Financial records - Invoices, bills, receipts. -- 1946
M-6163-44	Financial records - Invoices, bills, receipts. -- 1947
M-6163-45	Financial records - Invoices, bills, receipts. -- 1948-1949
M-6163-46	Financial records - Invoices, bills, receipts. -- 1950-1951
M-6163-47	Financial records - Invoices, bills, receipts. -- 1952
M-6163-48	Financial records - Invoices, bills, receipts. -- 1953
M-6163-49	Financial records - Invoices, bills, receipts. -- 1954
M-6163-50	Financial records - Invoices, bills, receipts. -- 1955-1963 and n.d.
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Series 7	Price lists, catalogues, manuals, pamphlets and information booklets for photographic supplies. -- 1915-1971 and n.d. -- Re cameras, lenses, chemicals, printing papers, etc.
M-6163-51	Price lists. -- 1915-1939
M-6163-52	Price lists. -- 1941-1949
M-6163-53	Price lists. -- 1950-1959
M-6163-54	Price lists. -- 1960-1968
M-6163-55	Price lists. -- n.d.
M-6163-56	Catalogues and manuals. -- 1939-1953
M-6163-57	Catalogues and manuals. -- 1954-1959
M-6163-58	Catalogues and manuals. -- 1960-1962
M-6163-59	Catalogues and manuals. -- 1963-1964
M-6163-60	Catalogues and manuals. -- 1965-1971
M-6163-61	Catalogues and manuals. -- n.d.
M-6163-62	Pamphlets and information booklets. -- 1924-1938
M-6163-63	Pamphlets and information booklets. -- 1941-1946
M-6163-64	Pamphlets and information booklets. -- 1952-1962
M-6163-65	Pamphlets and information booklets. -- n.d.
M-6163-66	Pamphlets and information booklets. -- n.d.
M-6163-67	Pamphlets and information booklets. -- n.d.
M-6163-68	Pamphlets and information booklets. -- n.d.
M-6163-69	Pamphlets and information booklets. -- n.d.
M-6163-70	Pamphlets and information booklets. -- n.d.
M-6163-71	Pamphlets and information booklets. -- n.d. -- Re various topics including health, religion, travel, fruits and vegetables, etc.
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Series 8	Catalogues and magazines - Not related to photography. -- 1912-1969
M-6163-72	Catalogues. -- 1912-1945. -- Re: fashion, gardening, books, musical instruments, record albums, writing materials and instruments, photographic apparatus and supplies, automobile apparatus and supplies.
M-6163-73	Catalogues. -- 1946-1969. -- Re automobile apparatus and supplies, fashion radio apparatus and supplies, giftware, etc.
M-6163-74	Catalogues. -- n.d. -- Re: giftware, books, guns, etc.
M-6163-75	Magazines - A-B. -- 1912-1928. -- Not related to photography.
M-6163-76	Magazines - C. -- 1946-1964. -- Not related to photography.
M-6163-77	Magazines - E-M. -- 1927-1934, and n.d. -- Note related to photography.
M-6163-78	Magazines - S-W. -- 1928-1963. -- Not related to photography.
M-6163-79	Atlas of the World at War. -- 1940
M-6163-os4	Miscellaneous magazines and newspapers. -- 1927-1942. Consists of:United Church Observer. -- 1940 issues; United Labour News, Winnipeg, Manitoba. -- 1927, 1928; The New Country (Czechoslovakian). -- 1942; The Calgary Daily Herald. -- 1936; Prairie Farmer Free Press. -- 1939; The Creston Valley Advance. -- 1958; Alberta Social Credit Chronicle - Supplement. -- 1935; Calgary Albertan. -- 1928; The Lethbridge Herald. -- 1927-1960; The Blairmore Enterprise. -- 1927; The Coleman Journal. – 1927-1966; The New York Times. -- 1927-1939
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Series 9	Magazines re photography. -- 1921-1970
M-6163-80	The Agra Diamond. -- 1939-1942.
M-6163-81	The Ansconian. -- 1958-1963
M-6163-82	The Ansconian. -- 1952-1960
M-6163-83	The Ansconian. -- 1944-1961
M-6163-84	The Ansconian. -- 1951-1963
M-6163-85	The Ansconian. -- 1950-1956
M-6163-86	The Ansconian. -- 1953-1955
M-6163-87	The Ansconian. -- 1945-1956
M-6163-88	The Ansconian. -- 1944-1954
M-6163-89	The British Journal of Photography. -- 1926
M-6163-90	The Bulletin of Photography. -- 1925
M-6163-91	The Bulletin of Photography. -- 1925
M-6163-92	The Bulletin of Photography. -- 1924-1925
M-6163-93	The Bulletin of Photography. -- 1924-1925
M-6163-94	The Bulletin of Photography. -- 1925
M-6163-95	The Bulletin of Photography and Canadian Photography. -- 1925-1954
M-6163-96	Cine-Kodak News , Canadian Photography and Commercial Photofinisher. -- 1940-1954
M-6163-97	The Commercial Photographer. -- 1945, 1946
M-6163-98	The Commercial Photographer. -- 1944-1946
M-6163-99	The Commercial Photographer. -- 1944-1945
M-6163-100	The Commercial Photographer. -- 1946-1947
M-6163-101	Developments, The Gevaert Sensitizer and Graflex. -- 1933-1945
M-6163-102	In Focus. -- 1958-1968
M-6163-103	In Focus. -- 1959-1967
M-6163-104	Kodak Photo Magazine and Kodak Movie News. -- 1946-1967
M-6163-105	Kodak Professional Newsletter. -- 1945-1965
M-6163-106	National Photo Dealer. -- 1944-1947
M-6163-107	New Developments, The Photo Finisher and Photographic AgeMagazines. -- 1929-1958
M-6163-108	Photolec, Pho-Topics and The Professional Photographer. -- 1944-1953
M-6163-109	The Professional Photographer. -- 1944-1947
M-6163-110	The Professional Photographer. -- 1944-1951
M-6163-111	The Professional Photographer. -- 1944-1946
M-6163-112	PPOC (Professional Photographers of Canada, The Rangefinder and Rexo Bulletin. -- 1953-1970
M-6163-113	Studio Light. -- 1921-1929
M-6163-114	Studio Light. -- 1929-1930
M-6163-115	Studio Light. -- 1930
M-6163-116	Studio Light. -- 1930-1931
M-6163-117	Studio Light. -- 1931-1936
M-6163-118	Studio Light. -- 1932-1940
M-6163-119	Studio Light. -- 1933-1937
M-6163-120	Studio Light. -- 1938-1953
M-6163-121	Studio Light. -- 1940-1957
M-6163-122	Studio Light. -- 1953-1958
M-6163-123	Studio Light. -- 1958-1961
M-6163-124	Studio Light. -- 1959-1967
M-6163-125	Studio Light. -- 1959-1966
M-6163-126	Studio Light. -- 1962-1966
M-6163-127	The Tasope. -- 1939-1941
M-6163-128	The Tasope. -- 1939-1940
M-6163-129	The Tasope. -- 1939-1941
M-6163-130	Trade Bulletin and The Western Photographer. -- 1931-1952
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Series 10	Advertisements. -- n.d.
M-6163-131	Advertisements for photographic supplies. -- n.d.
M-6163-132	Advertisements for photographic supplies. -- n.d.
M-6163-133	Advertisements for photographic supplies. -- n.d.
M-6163-134	Advertisements for photographic supplies. -- n.d.
M-6163-135	Advertisements for photographic supplies. -- n.d.
M-6163-136	Advertisements for photographic supplies. -- n.d.
M-6163-137	Advertisements for photographic supplies. -- n.d.
M-6163-138	Advertisements. -- n.d. -- Re: Gardening, travelling, writing apparatus and supplies, etc.
M-6163-139	Advertisements. -- n.d. -- Re: Fashion, travelling food, etc.
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Series 11	Photography directories. -- 1945-1948
M-6163-140	Directory of the photographic industry. -- 1945
M-6163-141	Directory of members of the Photographers’ Association of America. -- 1945-1946
M-6163-142	Directory of the photographic industry. -- 1946
M-6163-143	Directory of the photographic industry. -- 1947
M-6163-144	Directory of the photographic industry. – 1948
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Series 12	Newspaper clippings. -- 1920-1959 and n.d.
M-6163-148	Newspaper clippings. -- 1920-1937. -- Re: CPR matters, assorted local Crowsnest Pass news.
M-6163-149	Newspaper clippings. -- 1938-1939. -- Assorted local Crowsnest Pass news.
M-6163-150	Newspaper clippings. -- 1940-1947. -- Assorted local Crowsnest Pass news.
M-6163-151	Newspaper clippings. -- 1948-1949. -- Assorted local Crowsnest Pass news.
M-6163-152	Newspaper clippings. -- 1950-1952. -- Assorted local Crowsnest Pass news.
M-6163-153	Newspaper clippings. -- 1952-1953. -- Assorted local Crowsnest Pass news.
M-6163-154	Newspaper clippings. -- 1954-1959. -- Assorted local Crowsnest Pass news.
M-6163-155	Newspaper clippings. -- n.d. -- Assorted local Crowsnest Pass News.
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Series 13	Miscellaneous. -- 1906-1962 and n.d.
M-6163-156	Miscellaneous. -- 1918-1958. -- Includes licenses, membership cards, registrations of Thomas Gushul. Includes his One Big Union membership card [this has been missing since 2005].
M-6163-157	Miscellaneous. -- 1939-1962 and n.d. -- Includes photographers’ conventions material and photography instruction sheets.
M-6163-158	Miscellaneous. -- 1919-1947. -- Includes music festival programs and Election ballots.
M-6163-159	Miscellaneous. -- n.d. – Includes wedding and death write-ups, postcards, etc.
M-6163-160	Miscellaneous. -- 1906-1930. – Includes Gulliver’s Travels (in Ukrainian), first aid book, etc.
M-6163-161	Miscellaneous. -- 1932-1944. -- Includes souvenir booklet re the King’s Jubilee.
M-6163-162	Miscellaneous. -- n.d. -- Includes Medical Record book.
M-6163-os-box	Miscellaneous. -- Including advertisements, Christmas greeting sign, map of Southern Alberta, Canada Northwest Land Regulations. -- 1913
M-6163-146	Almanacs. -- 1926-1959
M-6163-147	Maps. -- 1925, 1940. -- Of Crowsnest Pass, British Columbia, CNR routes in Canada.
M-6163-145	Calendars. -- 1934, 1953/1954, 1955/1956, 1965 and 1966
M-6163-os1	Calendars. -- 1937-1946
M-6163-os2	Calendar of Taras Schevchenko (Ukrainian poet) with following inscription (in Ukrainian): “Native Children who have grown up in chains/shackles have forgotten [of] heaven and that they are on earth”.
M-6163-os3	Photographic reproductions of Brotherhood of Maintenance of W. E. Convention, Boston (1910); The March to the Battlefield or Canada’s Men on the Way (1914-1916); and The March of People.
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Series 14	Recorded interviews. -- 1981
RCT-355	Interview with Lena Gushul. -- July 22, 1981. -- 1 audio cassette. -- Consists of a recorded interview by Tom Kirkham on behalf of the Glenbow Archives, in Blairmore, Alberta. Topics discussed include her emigration from the Ukraine in 1914, her family life, pride in her photographic studio work, and sources of photographic materials.
RCT-356	Interview with Evan Gushul. -- July 22, 1981. -- 1 audio cassette. -- Consists of a recorded interview by Tom Kirkham on behalf of Glenbow Archives, in Blairmore and Lethbridge. Topics discussed include the story of his father, Thomas Gushul, use of photography at the Lethbridge Research Station, and his own life and accomplishments.
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Series 15	Photographs. -- [ca. 1913]-1963. -- 5051 photographs Many of these photographs have been scanned. View now.
NC-54 and NA-4279	Gushul Studio. -- [ca. 1913-1962]. -- 5051 photonegatives. -- Consists of the professional output of the Gushul Studio, including views of the Crowsnest Pass, local personalities, immigrants, labour groups, weddings, funerals, social and cultural events, sports, and the Gushul family.
PA-2293, PA-2311, PB-558	Proof prints from the Gushul Studio. -- [ca. 1913-1962]. -- These are unidentified.