Gilbert family fonds

Scope and Content: This fonds contains photographs and documents pertaining to, or collected by, the Gilbert family. The material dates from the late 1910s to the early 2000s, though the majority is between the 1930s and 1960s. The photographs include images of the Gilbert family, their relatives and friends, and the…

History / Biographical: Frank and Helen Gilbert and their children Louise, Gladys, and Richard (Dick) moved from Stettler, Alberta to the Bulkley Valley in July 1919. The family purchased a farm in the Driftwood hills and worked it for the next three decades. A fourth child, Ron, was born to the Gilberts in 1932. Three of the four Gilbert children went on to raise families in the Bulkley Valley. Louise and her husband John Schroeder took over the family farm after Frank Gilbert's death in 1951. For more information, see finding aid.

Custodial History: Photos with 2020.21 accession numbers were scanned in 2005 and accessioned in May 2020. Items from 2021.22 accession were donated by Janice Gilbert on September 9th and 15th 2021 and June 10th 2022.

Scope and Content: This fonds contains photographs and documents pertaining to, or collected by, the Gilbert family. The material dates from the late 1910s to the early 2000s, though the majority is between the 1930s and 1960s. The photographs include images of the Gilbert family, their relatives and friends, and their farm and the surrounding area in Driftwood. The documents include school certificates and workbooks of Ron Gilbert’s, reports and newsletters on agriculture in the Bulkley Valley (including the Dominion Experimental Farm), paperwork and other documents relating to Ron and Dick Gilberts’ forestry careers, and a Burns Night banquet & dance program.

Arrangement: The fonds has been arranged into two series: S1) Documents and P) Photographs. Series 1 has a subseries for forestry-related material.

Gilbert family fonds