Series 1 | Anne M. Stirling. -- 1889-1978. -- 25 cm of textual records. -- Anne
Mathilda Willison, 1889-1978, was born in Gravenhurst, Ontario, and came to Calgary, Alberta
with her family in 1900. She helped out on the family farm northeast of the city as a young girl,
then trained as a nurse as the Holy Cross Hospital, graduating in 1912. She worked as a school
nurse for the Calgary Board of Education from 1917 until 1938, when she married Will Stirling,
a widower from Hanna, Alberta. After Will's death in 1950, she lived Edmonton, then she
shared a house in Kelowna with her sister, Evelyn, from 1969 to her death. -- Series consists of
diaries, correspondence, and personal papers including her birth certificate, a guest book and
notes on the Stirling family's genealogy. |
|
Anne Stirling: Diaries |
| M-8770-1 | Diary and account book. -- 1906-1909. --
Consists of records kept while a young woman on the family farm. The accounts include money
made from the sale of eggs, butter and calves. The diary portion dates from April 4-August 28,
1907. |
| M-8770-2 | Book of Cases. -- 1912-1927. -- Consists of
descriptions of her nursing jobs, from her graduation from the Holy Cross Hospital in December
1912 until June 1919. Her personal accounts, 1915-1927, are at the back of the book. |
| M-8770-3 | Diary. -- 1939-1946. -- Consists primarily of
her thoughts about her spiritual life. |
| M-8770-4 | Diaries. -- 1943-1947, 1958-1962. -- 2
volumes |
| M-8770-5 | Diaries. -- 1955-1957, 1959, 1959-1960. -- 3
volumes. -- Consists primarily of her thoughts about her spiritual life. |
| M-8770-6 | Diaries. -- 1960, 1962. -- 2 volumes. --
Consists primarily of her thoughts about her spiritual life. |
| M-8770-7 | Diary. -- 1963-1966. -- Consists primarily of
her thoughts about her spiritual life (loose pages). |
|
Anne Stirling: Correspondence |
| M-8770-8 | Correspondence with family and friends. --
1908-1938 |
| M-8770-9 | Letters from Olaf Willison (father). -- 1930. --
Consists of letters about religion, insanity and faith cures. |
| M-8770-10 | Letters from Anne to her family during trip
to Sweden. -- July-August 1931 |
| M-8770-11 | Letters to Anne from Will Stirling (fianc,). --
January-April 1938 |
| M-8770-12 | Letters to Anne from Will Stirling (fianc,
and husband). -- May-July 1938, August 1941 |
| M-8770-13 | Correspondence with family and friends. --
1941-1948 |
| M-8770-14 | Greeting cards from Anne to her husband
Will. -- [ca. 1938-1950]. -- Includes a few cards to Will from other relatives. |
| M-8770-15 | Sympathy cards and letters to Anne on
Will's death. -- 1950 |
| M-8770-16 | Letters from her step-son and step-daughter
after Will's death. -- 1950 |
| M-8770-17 | Correspondence with family and friends. --
1951-1969 |
| M-8770-18 | Correspondence with family and friends. --
1970-1978 |
| M-8770-19 | Greeting cards from her sisters and mother. -
- 1939-1970 and nd. -- The cards frequently include poems, written by her sisters, which relate to
the gifts they accompanied. |
|
Anne Stirling: Personal papers |
| M-8770-20 | Birth certificate. -- 1889 |
| M-8770-21 | Guest book. -- 1954-1967. -- Kept while
living at 10965 - 123 Street in Edmonton. |
| M-8770-22 | Notes and booklet on Stirling family
genealogy. -- 1939 and nd |
| M-8770-23 | Miscellany. -- [ca. 1912-1973]. -- Includes
her calling card as a nurse, account book, Will's bank books, and 60th anniversary booklet for
Stanley Jones School, where Anne served as school nurse (see page 16). |
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Contents. |
Series 2 | Mary
Willison. -- 1912-1988. -- 62.5 cm of textual records. -- Mary Charlotte Willison, 1894-1988,
was born in Ontario, and came to Calgary, Alberta with her family in 1900. She received a BA
from the University of Alberta in 1925, and worked as a teacher for the Calgary Board of
Education from 1928 until her retirement in 1959. She taught at many city schools, including
Ramsay and King George. She shared the family home at 216 - 2nd Avenue NE with her sister,
Hilda, for much of her adult life. -- Series consists of diaries, correspondence (some addressed to
both Mary and Hilda), and personal papers including her university yearbooks, scrapbook,
student registers, investment records, travel documents, trip diary, various notebooks, and her
will. |
|
Mary Willison: Diaries |
| M-8770-24 | Diaries. -- 1933-1937, 1950-1953, 1956-
1957, 1959-1962. -- 3 volumes |
| M-8770-25 | Diaries. -- 1963-1971. -- 2
volumes |
| M-8770-26 | Diaries. -- 1977-1980, 1990. -- 2
volumes |
|
Mary Willison: Correspondence |
| M-8770-27 | Correspondence with family and friends. --
1912-1917 |
| M-8770-28 | Correspondence with Tom Colwell. -- 1913.
-- Includes Tom's letters to Mary, and drafts of Mary's reply to him in which she turns down his
marriage proposal. |
| M-8770-29 | Correspondence with family and friends. --
1931-1949 |
| M-8770-30 | Correspondence with family and friends. --
1950-1953 |
| M-8770-31 | Correspondence with family and friends. --
1954-1957 |
| M-8770-32 | Correspondence with family and friends. --
1958-1959 |
| M-8770-33 | Correspondence with family and friends. --
1960-1961 |
| M-8770-34 | Correspondence with family and friends. --
1962-1966 |
| M-8770-35 | Correspondence with family and friends. --
1967 |
| M-8770-36 | Correspondence with family and friends. --
1968 |
| M-8770-37 | Correspondence with family and friends. --
1969 |
| M-8770-38 | Correspondence re tax reform. -- March-June
1970. -- Consists of letters from Ottawa politicians regarding her views on tax reform. |
| M-8770-39 | Correspondence re education. -- April 1970.
-- Consists of correspondence regarding Alberta's Education Bill. |
| M-8770-40 | Correspondence with family and friends. --
1970-1972 |
| M-8770-41 | Correspondence with family and friends. --
1973-1975 |
| M-8770-42 | Correspondence with family and friends. --
1976-1978 |
| M-8770-43 | Correspondence with Joe Clark. -- January
1978. -- Consists of correspondence regarding his appointment of Duncan Edwards. |
| M-8770-44 | Correspondence with family and friends. --
1979 |
| M-8770-45 | Correspondence with family and friends. --
1979-1987 |
| M-8770-46 | Business correspondence. -- 1957-1960. --
Consists of copies of Mary's business letters to others. |
| M-8770-47 | Outward correspondence. -- 1962-1978. --
Consists of copies of Mary's letters to various people. |
| M-8770-48 | Greeting cards from sisters. -- 1954-1984
and nd. -- The cards frequently include poems, written by her sisters, which relate to the gifts
they accompanied. |
|
Mary Willison: Personal papers |
| M-8770-49 | Evergreen and Gold (University
of Alberta yearbook). -- 1922-1923. -- Consists of the yearbook for Mary's sophomore year. Her
class photograph is on page 89. Autographs of her friends are in the front of the book, while the
back has glued-in photographs. |
| M-8770-50 | Evergreen and Gold (University
of Alberta yearbook). -- 1924-1925. -- Consist of the yearbook for the year Mary graduated. Her
class photograph is on page 74. Autographs of her friends are in the front of the book, while the
back has both glued-in and loose photographs. |
| M-8770-51 | Convocation programs and graduation
photographs. -- 1925. -- The photographs are proofs only, and are very faint. |
| M-8770-52 | Scrapbook. -- 1932-1962. -- Consists of
dried flowers, poetry, photographs, word games, song sheets, and her retirement program. Much
of the material is loose, and was never glued in. |
| M-8770-53 | Calgary School Board / Alberta Department
of Education. -- 1937-1956. -- Consists of correspondence, certificates and pay lists related to
Mary's educational qualifications and salary as a teacher. |
| M-8770-54 | Notebooks. -- 1939-1950. -- Consists of
seven notebooks which include addresses, personal accounts, notes taken at conferences,
miscellaneous notes to herself, and "The History of the Calico Part-Siamese Cat". |
| M-8770-55 | Ramsay School student register. -- [ca. 1938-
1941] |
| M-8770-56 | King George School student registers. --
1948-1959 |
| M-8770-57 | Memberships, driver's licence, etc. -- 1953-
1982, predominant 1970s |
| M-8770-58 | Membership lists of the Economic Group of
the University Women's Club. -- 1955-1957 |
| M-8770-59 | Trip diary, Sweden and Europe. -- July-
August 1955 |
| M-8770-60 | Passports and vaccination records for travel.
-- 1955-1964 |
| M-8770-61 | Investments. -- 1952-1957 |
| M-8770-62 | Land and investments. -- 1959-
1986 |
| M-8770-63 | Income tax returns. -- 1969-1971 |
| M-8770-64 | Miscellaneous. -- [ca. 1939-1955]. --
Consists of a recipe, bills for radio repair and jumper, program for Grand Theatre, sheet music
(Wish Me Luck), and opera libretto. |
| M-8770-65 | Will, statement of death, and funeral
program. -- 1984, 1988 |
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Contents. |
Series 3 | Hilda
Willison. -- 1914-1983. -- 50 cm of textual records. -- Hilda May Willison, 1898-1984, was born
in Huntsville, Ontario, and came to Calgary, Alberta with her family in 1900. Her nickname with
her sisters was "Willyum". She was engaged for a time to Art Stromberg, but never married.
She worked as a teacher for the Calgary Board of Education for 37 years, at several schools,
including Riverside, 1921-1931, North Mount Pleasant, 1934-1945, and Balmoral, 1946-1959.
She went on a teacher exchange to Toronto in 1933-1934, and took a sabbatical in 1945-1946. In
1959 she retired. For virtually all of her adult life she shared the family home with her sister,
Mary. -- Series consists of diaries, correspondence (some addressed to both Hilda and Mary), and
personal papers including school diplomas and teacher's certificates, scrapbook of teacher
exchange to Toronto, and notebooks. |
|
Hilda Willison: Diaries |
| M-8770-66 | Diaries. -- 1928-1930, 1933-1937. -- 4
volumes |
| M-8770-67 | Diaries. -- 1938-1947. -- 3 volumes. -- Hilda
wrote in two diaries from September 1945 to July 1946. The brown diary has much more
detailed entries than the black diary. |
| M-8770-68 | Diaries. -- 1948-1962. -- 3
volumes |
| M-8770-69 | Diaries. -- 1963-1971. -- 3
volumes |
| M-8770-70 | Diaries. -- 1972-1974. -- 2
volumes |
| M-8770-71 | Diaries. -- 1975-1979. -- 2
volumes |
|
Hilda Willison: Correspondence |
| M-8770-72 | Correspondence with family and friends. --
1917, 1919 |
| M-8770-73 | Letters from Carrie Northover. -- 1920. --
Consists of letters from Carrie Northover, a close friend and fellow teacher who taught at
Plainview School at Kew. In the letters she describes her courtship with Fred Kosling. They
married in 1922 and farmed at Millarville. |
| M-8770-74 | Letters from Carrie Northover Kosling. --
1921, 1926, 1927, 1937, 1943, 1956 |
| M-8770-75 | Letters from Marion McNeil. -- 1920. --
Hilda boarded with the McNeils when she taught at a rural school near Coronation. |
| M-8770-76 | Correspondence with family and friends. --
1920-1921, 1924-1927 |
| M-8770-77 | Letters regarding Art Stromberg. -- 1925-
1916. -- Consists of a letter from Evelyn encouraging her to accept Art's marriage proposal, and
drafts of Hilda's letters to Art saying she did not want to marry. See also Hilda's letter to Evelyn,
June 7, 1925 (M-8770-103) and Ellen's letter to Hilda, September 4, 1926 (M
8770/76). |
| M-8770-78 | Correspondence with family and friends. --
1937. -- Consists primarily of Christmas cards received. |
| M-8770-79 | Correspondence with family and friends. --
1941-1946 |
| M-8770-80 | Correspondence with family and friends. --
1952-1969 |
| M-8770-81 | Correspondence with family and friends. --
1970-1974 |
| M-8770-82 | Correspondence with family and friends. --
1975-1979 |
| M-8770-83 | Correspondence with family and friends. --
1980-1983 |
| M-8770-84 | Greeting cards from sisters. -- 1961-1979
and nd. -- The cards frequently include poems, written by her sisters, which relate to the gifts
they accompanied. |
|
Hilda Willison: Personal papers |
| M-8770-85 | Passports, calling cards, and memberships. --
1933-1974 |
| M-8770-86 | School diplomas, teacher's certificates and
teaching contracts. -- 1914-1958 |
| M-8770-87 | Teacher exchange to Toronto. -- 1933-1934.
-- Consists of letter of acceptance and scrapbook. |
| M-8770-88 | Notebook. -- 1957-1973. -- Includes lists of
gifts given to sisters, addresses, notes on painting techniques, draft of her will, recipes, accounts,
etc. |
| M-8770-89 | Notebooks. -- 1918-1973. -- 6 volumes. --
Consists of domestic science notes (1918), travel diary for trip to Sweden (1938), household and
personal accounts, and lists of books read. |
| M-8770-90 | Book of Robbie Burns poems. -- 1916. --
The book was a 1916 Christmas gift. |
| M-8770-91 | Miscellaneous. -- 1957, 1976, 1979. --
Consists of a statement of oil shares (1957), University of Alberta newsletter featuring a
photograph of Hilda and Mary Willison on the back (1976); and a 1979 electors' list. |
| M-4641 |
Reminiscences of Hilda Willison, Katherine Patterson and Daniel Palmer regarding early life in Calgary. -- 1974. -- Prepared for a Century Calgary history project. |
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Contents. |
Series 4 | Evelyn
Willison. -- 1912-1993. -- 1.38 m of textual records. -- Evelyn Augusta Willison, 1902-1993, was
born in Calgary, Alberta. Her nickname with her sisters was "Duck". She was educated at the
Calgary Normal School and the University of Alberta. She taught in Alberta schools for 39
years, including Coaldale, 1928-1935, Morley Indian Residential School, 1938-1939, Didsbury
High School, 1944-1952, and the School for the Deaf in Edmonton in 1956. She retired in 1960.
She was very involved in the Oxford Group in the 1930s, and in its successor, Moral Re-
Armament in later years. Her book, Pauline Johnson Still Lives was published in
1992. She lived in Kelowna from 1969 until 1982, sharing a house with her sister, Anne, who
died in 1978. From 1982 until her own death in 1993 she lived in Calgary, for most of this time
with her sister, Gladys, who died in 1991. -- Series consists of diaries; correspondence (some
addressed to both Evelyn and Gladys); manuscripts of her short fiction and her Pauline Johnson
book; papers related to her Oxford Group / Moral Re-Armament activities; and personal papers
including school diplomas, teaching certificates, sketches (pastels), Willison family genealogical
material, records regarding her sisters' estates, and reports of the home care nurses who cared for
Evelyn and Gladys during the final years of their lives. |
|
Evelyn Willison: Diaries |
| M-8770-92 | Diaries. -- 1930, 1932-1937. -- 3
volumes |
| M-8770-93 | Diaries. -- 1938-1942, 1944-1947, 1949-
1953. -- 3 volumes |
| M-8770-94 | Diaries. -- 1955, 1961-1964, 1969, 1975-
1978. -- 3 volumes |
| M-8770-95 | Diaries. -- 1979-1980, 1982-1984. -- 3
volumes |
| M-8770-96 | Diary-notebooks. -- 1933-1935. -- 7
volumes |
| M-8770-97 | Diary-notebooks. -- 1939, 1941, 1944-1946,
1949. -- Primarily loose pages. |
| M-8770-98 | Diary-notebooks. -- 1953-1958. -- Primarily
loose pages. |
| M-8770-99 | Diary-notebooks. -- 1958-1962. -- Primarily
loose pages. |
| M-8770-100 | Diary-notebooks. -- 1962-1969. -- Primarily
loose pages. |
| M-8770-101 | Diary-notebooks. -- 1976, 1981, 1983. --
Primarily loose pages. |
|
Evelyn Willison: Correspondence |
| M-8770-102 | Correspondence with family and friends. --
1916, 1919. -- Consists of two postcards. |
| M-8770-103 | Correspondence with family and friends. --
1920-1929 |
| M-8770-104 | Correspondence with family and friends. --
1932-1936 |
| M-8770-105 | Letter from Carl B. Johnson. -- 1934. --
Consists of a letter suggesting that he would like to get to know her better. It is tucked into the
empty envelope of her reply to him, which was "Not Called For". |
| Note | Evelyn's correspondence from 1935-1936,
regarding her Oxford Group activities, is in M-8770-152 and M-8770-153. |
| M-8770-106 | Correspondence with family and friends. --
1936-1937 |
| M-8770-107 | Correspondence with family and friends. -
1942-1949 |
| M-8770-108 | Correspondence with family and friends. --
1953-1959 |
| M-8770-109 | Correspondence with family and friends. --
1960-1969 |
| M-8770-110 | Correspondence re CBC. -- 1963-1964. --
Consists of correspondence with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and federal politicians
about CBC programming. |
| M-8770-111 | Correspondence with Glorin and Vyona
Hawkins. -- 1970-1981 |
| M-8770-112 | Correspondence with family and friends. --
1970-1972 |
| M-8770-113 | Correspondence with family and friends. --
1973-1977 |
| M-8770-114 | Correspondence with family and friends. --
1978-1979 |
| M-8770-115 | Incomplete letters from family and friends.
-- [ca. 1970s] |
| M-8770-116 | Correspondence with family and friends. --
1980-1982 |
| M-8770-117 | Correspondence with family and friends. --
1983-1984 |
| M-8770-118 | Correspondence with family and friends. --
1985-1988 |
| M-8770-119 | Correspondence with family and friends. --
1989-1993 |
| M-8770-120 | Greeting cards from mother and sisters. --
[ca. 1915-1989]. -- The cards frequently include poems, written by her sisters, which relate to the
gifts they accompanied. |
|
Evelyn Willison: Manuscripts
(short fiction, biography of Pauline Johnson, poetry) |
| M-8770-121 | Notes taken during play writing course. --
1943 |
| M-8770-122 | Notes taken during creative writing class. --
1962 |
| M-8770-123 | Notes taken during Johnny Gilleese's class
on writing. -- 1968 |
| M-8770-124 | Poems written by Evelyn. -- 1909-
[ca.1960s] |
| M-8770-125 | Correspondence regarding writing. -- 1962-
1968. -- Consists of correspondence with the Canadian Authors' Association, and regarding her
submissions of poetry and fiction. |
| M-8770-126 | Manuscript: Auld Lang Syne |
| M-8770-127 | Manuscript: Better Be Breadless than
Resourceless |
| M-8770-128 | Manuscript: Fair Carcassonne |
| M-8770-129 | Manuscript: The Homestead and the
Heart |
| M-8770-130 | Manuscript: The Honorable Frank Oliver,
Pioneer of Pioneers |
| M-8770-131 | Manuscript: The Impossible |
| M-8770-132 | Manuscript: It's a Crime |
| M-8770-133 | Manuscript: The Jailbird [a play] |
| M-8770-134 | Manuscript: Kanga, the Kangaroo
Kitten |
| M-8770-135 | Manuscript: Life I am Ready
Now |
| M-8770-136 | Manuscript: A Miss and a
Miracle |
| M-8770-137 | Manuscript: Mutiny at Pine Flats |
| M-8770-138 | Manuscript: Pantywaist's
Destiny |
| M-8770-139 | Manuscript: Pinocchio |
| M-8770-140 | Manuscript: The Royal Gift |
| M-8770-141 | Manuscript: So the Girls Could
Sew |
| M-8770-142 | Manuscript: Tomorrow is
Concert |
| M-8770-143 | Manuscript: The Wall and the
Key |
| M-8770-144 | Manuscript: The Will to Live |
| M-8770-145 | Manuscript: Pauline Johnson and her Kith
and Kin, p. 1-249 (handwritten). -- [ca. 1960s-1980s] |
| M-8770-146 | Manuscript: Pauline Johnson and her Kith
and Kin, p. 250-427 (handwritten). -- [ca. 1960s-1980s] |
| M-8770-147 | Manuscript: Pauline Johnson of Canada : A
Biography for Children of All Ages, table of contents and chapters I-XII. -- [ca. 1960s-
1980s] |
| M-8770-148 | Manuscript: Pauline Johnson of Canada : A
Biography for Children of All Ages, chapters XIII-XXV. -- [ca. 1960s-1980s] |
| M-8770-149 | Manuscript: Pauline Johnson Still Lives,
chapters I-VIII only, "rough copy". -- [ca. 1980s]. -- This version of the manuscript was
published by Centre Peak Productions, Calgary, in 1992. |
| M-8770-150 | Correspondence regarding her Pauline
Johnson manuscripts. -- 1966-1980 |
| M-8770-151 | Research for Pauline Johnson book. -- [ca.
1960s-1980s]. -- Includes early drafts of chapter I and a partial bibliography. |
|
Evelyn Willison: Oxford Group / Moral Re-Armament (MRA) |
| M-8770-152 | Correspondence regarding Oxford Group
activities. -- 1935. -- Much of the correspondence is with Guy Morton and Tom Sturdy of the
"Soul Clinic" in Calgary. There is also significant correspondence with William "Billy" Warner
in the provincial jail in Lethbridge. |
| M-8770-153 | Correspondence regarding Oxford Group
activities. -- 1935-1936. -- Much of the correspondence is with Guy Morton and Tom Sturdy of
the "Soul Clinic" in Calgary. |
| M-8770-154 | New World News (MRA
magazine). -- February and November 1947 |
| M-8770-155 | Moral Re-Armament, Calgary Chapter. --
1948-1954. -- Consists of account book. Includes contributions to the making of the film, "The
Good Road". |
| M-8770-156 | Circular regarding conference and birthday
address by Dr. Frank N.D. Buchman. -- 1950 |
| M-8770-157 | The College of the Good Road.
-- [ca. 1950]. -- Consists of a promotional booklet, which includes information on the making of
the film, "The Good Road". |
| M-8770-158 | When I Point my Finger at my
Neighbor. -- 1951. -- Consists of sheet music. |
| M-8770-159 | MRA Pictorial. -- 1960. -- See
pages 14 and 15 regarding Canada and Chief Walking Buffalo. |
| M-8770-160 | MRA reports, publications and circulars. --
1971-1979 |
| M-8770-161 | List of films by MRA Productions. -- [ca.
1975]. -- Includes information on renting these films in Edmonton. |
| M-8770-162 | Song of Asia. -- 1976. --
Consists of program and promotional material for a musical presented by MRA and sponsored by
Treaty 7. |
| M-8770-163 | Letter from W.R. Bennett (British
Columbia premier) about MRA. -- 1978 |
| M-8770-164 | MRA Information Service
(newsletter). -- 1971-1972. -- See vol.20, no.40 for Canadian content. |
| M-8770-165 | New World News for Moral Re-
Armament (newsletter). -- 1973-1976. -- See vol.24, nos. 11, 28, 31, 42 and 46; and
vol.25, no.3 for Canadian content, particularly about Chief David Crowchild and First
Nations. |
| M-8770-166 | New World News for Moral Re-
Armament (newsletter). -- 1977-1982. -- See vol.26, no. 25; vol.27, no.1; vol.28, no.34;
and vol.29, no.2 for Canadian content, particularly about Chief David Crowchild and First
Nations. |
| M-8770-167 | Canadian Newsletter. -- 1979-
1982 |
| M-8770-168 | MRA miscellany. -- 1938-1989. -- Consists
of bookmark, song sheets, postcards, and the outline for a play, "It can Start with the
Biggest". |
|
Evelyn Willison: Personal papers |
| M-8770-169 | Grade five report card, Forest Lawn School.
-- [ca. 1912] |
| M-8770-170 | High school diplomas and marks. -- 1917-
1920 |
| M-8770-171 | Autograph book. -- 1920-1921 |
| M-8770-172 | Teaching certificates and inspectors'
reports. -- 1921-1957 |
| M-8770-173 | Canadian Girls in Training (CGIT) camp. --
1924. -- Consists of camp "themes" and "plays", and souvenir address book of camp
participants. |
| M-8770-174 | Miscellaneous programs, membership
cards, greeting cards, etc. -- 1924-[1970s] |
| M-8770-175 | Evergreen and Gold
(University of Alberta yearbook). -- 1926-1927. -- Consists of the yearbook for Evelyn's
sophomore year. Her class photograph is on page 161. Autographs of friends are in the back of
the book. |
| M-8770-176 | Evergreen and Gold
(University of Alberta yearbook). -- 1927-1928. -- Consists of the yearbook for Evelyn's junior
year. A photograph of her as a member of the Students' Christian Movement is on page
91. |
| M-8770-177 | Evergreen and Gold
(University of Alberta yearbook). -- 1928-1929. -- Consists of the yearbook for Evelyn's
graduating year. Her class photograph is on page 123. Autographs of friends are in the back of
the book. |
| M-8770-178 | Miscellaneous University of Alberta papers.
-- 1926-1929. -- Consists of programs, newspaper clippings, etc, which had been tucked into her
yearbooks. |
| M-8770-oversize | Batchelor of Arts degree. --
1929 |
| M-8770-179 | Poem written by her father, Olaf Willison. -
- 1930 |
| M-8770-180 | United Church Training School, Toronto. --
1937-1938. -- Consists of a yearbook in which Evelyn has glued in photographs, and added
annotations. Includes some loose photographs and negatives. |
| M-8770-181 | United Church Training School miscellany.
-- 1937-1938, 1955. -- Consists of notes, newsletters and programs. Includes a 60th anniversary
commemorative publication (1955). |
| M-8770-182 | United Church Training School essay. --
1938. -- Consists of an essay about St. Francis of Assisi and the Reformation. |
| M-8770-183 | Farewell card from Evelyn to her mother,
Augusta Willison. -- 1938. -- Also consists of Augusta's diary-notebook, 1938-1939 (in
Swedish). |
| M-8770-184 | Notebooks. -- 1947-1963 and nd. -- 5
volumes. -- Consists of an address book; dialogue from a Tolstoy play; notes taken from
historical sources about western Canada; and notes taken possibly at an education
conference. |
| M-8770-185 | Didsbury students' writings. -- 1951. --
Consists of "Christmas Paragraphs" written in English class by Evelyn's students in
Didsbury. |
| M-8770-186 | Calmar students' writings. -- 1953-1954. --
Consists of compositions by students taught by Evelyn in Calmar. |
| M-8770-187 | Sketches. -- 1963-1969 and nd. -- Consists
of pastels, primarily landscapes, by Evelyn. |
| M-8770-188 | Northern Alberta Pioneers and Old Timers'
Association. -- 1963-1990. -- Consists of Evelyn's application for membership, circulars, and
Christmas cards from the association. |
| M-8770-189 | Willison family historical sketches,
genealogical notes and obituaries. -- [ca. 1965-1988]. -- These were written and/or gathered by
Evelyn. |
| M-8770-190 | Legal and business papers. -- 1969-1989. --
Consists of papers about properties and sisters' estates. |
| M-8770-191 | Income tax returns. -- 1969-1970 |
| M-8770-192 | Income tax return. -- 1976 |
| M-8770-193 | Anne Stirling estate, part 1. -- 1978-1980. --
Evelyn was executor. |
| M-8770-194 | Anne Stirling estate, part 2. -- 1978-1981. --
Evelyn was executor. |
| M-8770-195 | Household account book. -- 1982-1983. --
Consists of Gladys and Evelyn's expenses while sharing the apartment at 104, 316 - 1st Street
NE, Calgary. |
| M-8770-196 | Hilda Willison estate. -- 1983-1984. --
Evelyn was executor. Includes Hilda's death certificate. |
| M-8770-197 | Mary Carlyle estate. -- 1981-1985. -- The
estate owed a large amount of money to Evelyn and Gladys Willison. |
| M-8770-198 | Daily reports on Evelyn and Gladys by their
home-care nurses. -- July-December 1990 |
| M-8770-199 | Daily reports on Evelyn and Gladys by their
home-care nurses. -- January-August 1991 |
| M-8770-200 | Daily reports on Evelyn and Gladys by their
home-care nurses. -- September-December 1991. -- Gladys died November 4, 1991. |
| M-8770-201 | Daily reports on Evelyn by her home-care
nurses. -- January-May 1992 |
| M-8770-202 | Daily reports on Evelyn by her home-care
nurses. -- June 1992-March 1993. -- Evelyn died April 27, 1993 |
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Series 5 | Gladys
Willison. -- 1919-1991. -- 62.5 cm of textual records. -- Gladys Alberta Willison, 1904-1991,
was born in Calgary, Alberta. Her nickname with her sisters was "John". She worked as a
teacher at many schools, primarily in Calgary, including Riverside, 1928-1933, Tuxedo Park,
1934-1945, and McDougall, 1947-1952. In 1952 she moved to Edmonton, where she taught
primarily at Rutherford School until her retirement ca. 1967. Like her sister, Evelyn, she was
active in Moral Re-Armament. She was also an author. Her book, Land of the Chinook :
Stories of Early Alberta was published in 1955. From 1982 until her death she lived in
Calgary with her sister, Evelyn. -- Series consists of diaries; correspondence (some addressed to
both Gladys and Evelyn); manuscripts of her short fiction, biography of Chief Walking Buffalo
and her poetry; and personal papers including school diplomas and income tax
returns. |
|
Gladys Willison: Diaries |
| M-8770-203 | Diary of trip to Banff. -- July 1920. --
Consists of a diary kept while taking a summer vacation in the Rockies with her mother and
some of her sisters. She was 15 years old. |
| M-8770-204 | Diaries. -- 1923-1930. -- 8
volumes |
| M-8770-205 | Diaries. -- 1932-1936, 1946. -- 2
volumes |
| M-8770-206 | Diaries. -- 1972-1975. -- 2
volumes |
| M-8770-207 | Diaries. -- 1976-1980. -- 2
volumes |
| M-8770-208 | Diaries. -- 1983-1985, 1988. -- 2
volumes |
| M-8770-209 | Diaries. -- 1986-1988. -- 2
volumes |
| M-8770-210 | Diary-notebooks. -- 1946-1948. -- 3
volumes. -- Primarily related to Moral Re-Armament activities. |
| M-8770-211 | Trip diary and notebook. -- 1966. --
Consists of a diary of a trip to Europe, including Caux, Switzerland (the headquarters of Moral
Re-Armament), and to Sweden, and a notebook with details of her parents' homes and
relatives. |
| M-8770-212 | Diary-notebooks. -- 1979-1987. -- 4
volumes. -- Consists primarily of her thoughts about her spiritual life. |
|
Gladys Willison: Correspondence |
| M-8770-213 | Correspondence with family and friends. --
1921-1933 |
| M-8770-214 | Correspondence with family and friends. --
1940-1969 |
| M-8770-215 | Correspondence with family and friends. --
1970-1979 |
| M-8770-216 | Correspondence with family and friends. --
1980-1991 |
| M-8770-217 | Letters to others. -- 1988-1990 and nd. --
These may be drafts of letters which Gladys sent to others, or perhaps these letters were never
sent. |
| M-8770-218 | Greeting cards from sisters. -- [ca. 1960s-
1980s] |
|
Gladys Willison: Manuscripts
(short fiction, Chief Walking Buffalo biography, poetry) |
| M-8770-219 | Manuscript: The Advent Candles |
| M-8770-220 | Manuscript: Alberta's Birthday |
| M-8770-221 | Manuscript: The Black Monarch |
| M-8770-222 | Manuscript: The Blue Scarf |
| M-8770-223 | Manuscript: Christmas Eve Relived (The
Man with the Scar) |
| M-8770-224 | Manuscript: Dr. McQueen - A
Landmark |
| M-8770-225 | Manuscript: Even a Little Child |
| M-8770-226 | Manuscript: Half a Horse for a
Quarter |
| M-8770-227 | Manuscript: Homemade Brother |
| M-8770-228 | Manuscript: The Long Day |
| M-8770-229 | Manuscript: The Mounted Police
Arrive |
| M-8770-230 | Manuscript: A New Leaf. -- 1930 |
| M-8770-231 | Manuscript: Peace |
| M-8770-232 | Manuscript: Robert Rundle |
| M-8770-233 | Manuscript: Some Day You'll Get
Left |
| M-8770-234 | Manuscript: Steamboat A-
Comin'! |
| M-8770-235 | Manuscript: Success |
| M-8770-236 | Manuscript: A Tree for Connie |
| M-8770-237 | Manuscript: This is Not the End
(play) |
| M-8770-238 | Manuscript: We Need a School |
| M-8770-239 | Manuscript: When Christmas was Born
(play); True Cat Tales |
| M-8770-240 | Manuscript: When My Turkey
Comes |
| M-8770-241 | Manuscript: The Winner |
| M-8770-242 | Incomplete manuscripts |
| M-8770-243 | Manuscript: Warrior on the Trail, part I. --
Biography of Chief Walking Buffalo. |
| M-8770-244 | Manuscript: Warrior on the Trail, part II. --
Biography of Chief Walking Buffalo. |
| M-8770-245 | Drafts and inserts for biography of Chief
Walking Buffalo |
| M-8770-246 | Manuscript: Warrior on the Trail (typed
draft) |
| M-8770-247 | Notes and research material for biography
of Chief Walking Buffalo |
| M-8770-248 | Correspondence regarding Warrior on the
Trail manuscript. -- 1971-1972. -- Consists of correspondence with Jean Chretien, Minister of
Indian Affairs and Northern Development. |
| M-8770-249 | Manuscript: Walking Buffalo's Headdress
(puppet play) |
| M-8770-250 | Land of the Chinook scrapbook. -- 1954-
1955. -- Consists of letters from the publisher, and letters of congratulations on the publication of
her book, Land of the Chinook : Stories of Early Alberta, which was published by
Macmillan (Toronto) in 1955. |
| M-8770-251 | Notes for history of the Social Credit
Women's Auxiliaries. -- The resulting book, Stars in Time : A History of the Alberta
Social Credit Women's Auxiliaries, was published in 1973. |
| M-8770-252 | Correspondence with McClelland and
Stewart. -- 1955. -- Regarding the publication of her articles in the Alberta Golden Jubilee
Anthology. |
| M-8770-253 | Poetry notebooks. -- 1979-1986. -- 3
volumes |
| M-8770-254 | Poetry notebooks. -- 1986-1990. -- 4
volumes |
|
Gladys Willison: Personal papers |
| M-8770-255 | School diplomas, grades 8-12. -- 1919-
1923 |
| M-8770-256 | University of Alberta, Political Economy
notes. -- 1926-1927. -- Includes notes about quizzes in other classes. |
| M-8770-257 | Notebook about students and teaching
school (McDougall School). -- 1948 |
| M-8770-258 | Paper for university course, on realism and
fantasy in children's literature. -- 1956 |
| M-8770-259 | Record book of Christmas cards and gifts
sent and received. -- 1966-1975 |
| M-8770-260 | Income tax returns. -- 1968-1979 |
| M-8770-261 | Political commentary on Zimbabwe,
submitted to the High River Times newspaper. -- 1979 |
| M-8770-262 | Miscellaneous. -- 1919-1972. -- Consists of
an invitation to a Women's Missionary Society event, list of publishing companies, a note of
forgiveness from Evelyn, receipts for donations to the Oxford Group, and uncashed Old Age
Security cheque. |
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Series
6 | Photographs. -- [ca. 1901]-1989. -- 37.5 cm of graphic material (1412
photographs). -- Series consists of photographs and slides of all six sisters, their parents, homes,
cats, friends, students, trips, farm, and activities. |
|
Photographs: Parents, homes, childhood |
| M-8770-263 | Olaf and Augusta Willison. -- [ca. 1920s]-
1944. -- 27 photographs. -- Consists of views of the parents of the Willison sisters. |
| M-8770-264 | Early family photograph album. -- [ca.
1904-1920]. -- 1 album (70 photographs). -- Consists of views of the Willison sisters as young
girls on the family farm and at their Calgary home (326 - 2 Avenue NE). |
| M-8770-265 | Farm at Rocky View. -- [ca. 1905-1915]. --
12 photographs. -- Consists of views of the Willison sisters and their mother on the family
farm. |
| M-8770-266 | Calgary house (326 - 2 Avenue NE). -- [ca.
1915-1920]. -- 13 photographs. -- Consists of views of family and friends, in front of the family
home. |
| M-8770-267 | Calgary house (216 - 2 Avenue NE). --
1931. -- 1 photograph. -- Consists of a view of the house being built. This is the house which
Mary and Hilda shared for virtually all of their adult lives, and which Evelyn and Gladys moved
into after Mary and Hilda died. |
|
Photographs: Anne Stirling |
| M-8770-268 | Anne Willison Stirling. -- [ca. 1910-1978].
-- 26 photographs. -- Consists of views of Anne throughout her life. |
| M-8770-269 | Anne and Ellen Willison. -- [ca. 1910-
1912]. -- 6 photographs. -- Consists of views of Anne and Ellen and fellow nursing students,
Holy Cross Hospital. |
| M-8770-270 | Will Stirling and son. -- [ca. 1938]-1965. --
6 photographs. -- Anne Willison married Will Stirling in 1938. -- Consists of views of Anne's
husband, Will Stirling, his son Don, and his house in Hanna. |
|
Photographs: Ellen Hall |
| M-8770-271 | Ellen Willison Hall and family. -- [ca.
1910]-1977. -- 76 photographs. -- Ellen C. Willison, 1891-1980, was born in Ontario, and came
to Calgary, Alberta with her family in 1900. She trained as a nurse at the Holy Cross Hospital,
and served overseas during the First World War. She subsequently worked at the Balfour and
Brett Sanatoriums. In 1925 she married Victor Hall, and they lived in Idaho. Their daughter,
Margaret, was born in 1932. Margaret married Vern E. Herzog in 1955. -- Consists of views of
Ellen throughout her life, and views of her husband and daughter. |
|
Photographs: Mary Willison |
| M-8770-272 | Mary Willison. -- [ca. 1908-1979]. -- 51
photographs. -- Consists of views of Mary throughout her life. |
| M-8770-273 | Mary Willison - Trip to Europe. -- [ca.
1920s]. -- 1 photograph album (86 photographs). -- Consists of views of Mary in various
European locations. |
| M-8770-274 | Mary Willison - Students. -- 1949-1958. --
15 photographs. -- Consists of views of her classes at King George School. |
| M-8770-275 | Mary and Hilda Willison - Farm. -- 1951-
1975. -- 32 photographs. -- Consists of views of the farm just northeast of Calgary (Rocky View),
which was originally homesteaded by their father, Olaf Willison. |
|
Photographs: Hilda Willison |
| M-8770-276 | Hilda Willison. -- [ca. 1908-1975]. -- 47
photographs. -- Consists of views of Hilda throughout her life. |
| M-8770-277 | Hilda Willison - Students. -- [ca. 1921-
1959]. -- 33 photographs. -- Consists of views of her various classes at a rural school (ca. 1921),
North Mount Pleasant School (ca. 1934-1945) and Balmoral School (ca, 1946-1959) |
|
Photographs: Evelyn Willison |
| M-8770-278 | Evelyn Willison. -- [ca. 1926]-1989. -- 56
photographs. -- Consists of views of Evelyn throughout her adult life. |
| M-8770-279 | Evelyn Willison - Travels and camps. --
[ca. 1920s]. -- 1 photograph album ( 239 photographs). -- Consists of views of trips to
Vancouver, the Grand Canyon [?], Yellowstone, the Rocky Mountains, British Columbia,
Washington and Oregon. Also consists of photographs of summer camps (CGIT and Tuxis),
including views of swimming, tents, picnics, and canoeing. A few of the photographs have been
hand-tinted. Many of the pages are loose, so the original order of the album is not
clear. |
| M-8770-280 | Evelyn Willison - Students and camps. --
[ca. 1920-1925]. -- 1 photograph album (55 photographs). -- Consists of views of school children
in rural schools, and camps in the Rockies. |
| M-8770-281 | Evelyn Willison- University of Alberta. --
1929. -- 13 photographs. -- Consists of views of Evelyn's roommate and friends from Pembina
Hall, the women's residence at the University of Alberta. |
| M-8770-282 | Evelyn Willison - Morley students. -- 1939.
-- 2 photographs. -- Consists of views of children at the Morley Residential School, in costumes
and on the playground. |
| M-8770-283 | Evelyn Willison - Calmar views. -- 1953-
1956. -- 5 photographs. -- Consists of views of Calmar, Alberta (water tower, churches and oil
well), where Evelyn taught. |
| M-8770-284 | Evelyn Willison - School for the Deaf. --
[ca. 1956-1959]. -- 8 photographs. -- Consists of views of girls she taught at the School for the
Deaf in Edmonton. |
|
Photographs: Gladys Willison |
| M-8770-285 | Gladys Willison. -- 1921-1985. -- 46
photographs. -- Consists of views of Gladys throughout her adult life. |
| M-8770-286 | Gladys Willison - Trips. -- 1945. -- 1 album
(42 photographs). -- Consists of views of trip to Ottawa and New York. Hilda Willison appears
in some of the photographs. |
| M-8770-287 | Gladys Willison - Moral Re-Armament. --
[ca. 1946-1955]. -- 5 photographs. -- Includes of views of a group at Mackinac, M.R.A.
headquarters in London, and a meeting in the Royal Festival Hall in London. |
| M-8770-288 | Gladys Willison - Students. -- [ca. 1947-
1952]. -- 4 photographs. -- Consists of MacDougall School children. |
|
Photographs: All sisters |
| M-8770-289 | Six Willison sisters. -- [ca. 1940s], 1950. --
4 photographs. -- Consists of a studio portrait of all six sisters (1940s), plus three views taken in
1950 when all six sisters were together. Two of the latter include all six sisters, while the third
one was taken by Ellen, and therefore includes only five sisters. |
| M-8770-290 | Group shots of the Willison sisters. -- [ca.
1901-1973]. -- 73 photographs. -- Consists of views of the sisters in various views with other
sisters, throughout their lives. |
|
Photographs: Friends, cats, and miscellany |
| M-8770-291 | Jean Trotter. -- 1962-1973. -- 16
photographs. -- Consists of views of Jean Trotter, a former school teacher, who was a very close
friend of Mary and Hilda Willison. |
| M-8770-292 | Friends. -- [ca. 1930]-1977. -- 19
photographs. -- Consists of views of the Koslings, Pickerings, Hawkins, Parlbys, Beers, and
Jeffreys. |
| M-8770-293 | Cats. -- 1945-1976. -- 47 photographs. --
Consists of views of cats owned by various Willison sisters. |
| M-8770-294 | Calgary buildings and landmarks. -- 1962-
1971. -- 19 photographs. -- Consists of views of Dinny the Dinosaur at the Calgary Zoo, Braemar
Lodge, James Short School, Thomson Block, Doll Block, Hull Opera House, Neilson's
Furniture, Firehall No. 1, Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) Depot, Rex Barber Shop, and the
Oddfellows Temple. |
| M-8770-295 | Miscellaneous. -- 1933-1958. -- 15
photographs. -- Consists of views of elocution students, the 1939 Royal Visit, bears in the
mountains, Banff Springs Hotel, Zion United Church, the halfway house beyond Midnapore, and
Walking Buffalo. |
|
Photographs: Slides |
| M-8770-296 | Slides. -- 1942-1950. -- 113 slides. --
Consists of views of the sisters, Augusta Willison (their mother), Augusta's grave, cats, Banff,
St. George's Island (Calgary Zoo), Calgary Stampede parade and Indian Village, Eau Claire mill,
Lesser Slave Lake (Widewater), Salt Lake City, and New York. -- Arranged
chronologically. |
| M-8770-297 | Slides. -- 1958-1977. -- 130 slides. --
Consists of views of the sisters, Mary and Hilda's farm, Ireland, England, Mexico, Walking
Buffalo's school, Rundle Mission, Klondike Days parade, crocuses, Sarcee (Tsuu T'ina)
barbecue, and New Zealand. -- Arranged chronologically. |
