Fonds 236 - Henry family fonds

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Henry family fonds

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Northwest Territories Archives

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236

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  • [1921-1962] (Creation)
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    Henry (family)

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2 cm of textual records
130 photographs : b&w prints & col transparencies

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Henry (family)

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David Henry worked as a welder and boilermaker for the Imperial Oil Company on the oil drilling efforts in the Norman Wells region during the early 1920s. He lived in High River before World War I. He was injured in a streetcar accident and died in an Edmonton hospital in 1925. His daughter, Davina Henry was born on April 12, 1914 and lived in Yellowknife from 1950 to 1968. She lived in a home overlooking Back Bay and worked in a variety of businesses including: Yellowknife Bakery, Hodgson Store, Macara's Laundry at Giant Mine, and Weaver and Devore's. She retired to southern Canada and currently lives in Red Deer, Alberta.

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This fonds includes 43 black and white photographs, 87 colour slides and 2 cm of textual material. The black and white prints were taken in the early 1920s depict oil drilling activities and camps in the Norman Wells region. These photographs were taken by a photographer from Toronto possibly employed by the "Star" paper or by the Imperial Oil Company. A set of his photographs was given to David Henry. The colour slides were taken by Davina Henry while living in Yellowknife. The include views of Yellowknife in the 1950s, the visit of Prince Philip to Yellowknife in 1959, views of the Dog Derby and winter carnival, a chruch celebration in Fort Rae and the 1958 July 1st parade in Yellowknife. The textual material consists of memorabilia collected by Davina Henry during her time in Yellowknife. It includes copies of Annual Dog Derby Programs from 1959 to 1962, an informational brochure produced by the Yellowknife Board of Commerce in 1946 and her father's entry certificate into the Northwest Territories dated 1921.

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