Archives Room
The Onoway Archives is home to an extensive collection of school registers from one-room schools in the area dating back to 1909 as well as documents relating to individuals, families and organizations in the Onoway area.
Records include school registers, account books and tax rolls from municipal government bodies (school districts, village council), minute and account books of organizations and clubs, photographs, newspaper clippings, municipal maps, letters, receipts, DVDs, calendars, event programs - there are no limits!
Some of the community organizations searchable to date are:
Onoway Royal Purple
Onoway Women's Institute
Onoway Community Assn.
Onoway Red Cross
Lac Ste. Anne Music Festival Assn. and Music Society
Beaupre School District
Onoway Curling Company
Spruce Lodge School District
North Paddle School District
Pine Ridge School District
Reading Room
The Reading Room is a comfortable space dedicated to research and reading about history. Its initial focus is a comprehensive collection of school textbooks used throughout the years, many of them inscribed by students who attended Beaupré and other local one-room schools.
The Reading Room also houses a wide range of books reflecting local interests, e.g. cookbooks going back many decades, children’s books, popular novels.
The collection of local newspapers is a fascinating source of information (and gossip) about life around Onoway from the mid-1900s on.
Browsing through the collection of Life magazines is an intriguing insight into the lifestyle and culture of the same era.
The Reference Collection, comprised of local history books and Alberta history, can provide the answers to many questions.