| Provenance: | Pocaterra (family)
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| Title: | Pocaterra family fonds
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| Repository: | Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Archives and Library |
| Dates: | [1953], 1956-1972
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| Physical desc.: | 4 textual records. -- 9 photographs : prints; copies
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| Bio/Admin History: | George W. Pocaterra, 1882-1972, rancher, was a pioneer of the Kananaskis region, 1906. On a visit to his native Italy in 1933, he met Norma Piper, 1898-1983, a coloratura soprano of Calgary, and they married in 1936. The Pocaterras returned to Alberta on the eve of the Second World War.
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| Scope/Content: | Fonds consists of biographical information on the Pocaterras, 1956-1972; article on the Coleman-Kananaskis Road, with annotations, 1952; and photographs by George Pocaterra of the filming of the movie "Saskatchewan".
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| Title source: | Title based on accession records
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| Acq. source: | Acquired by donation, 1967-1973
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| Language: | Language is English
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| Restrictions: | No restrictions on access
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Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
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| Finding aids: | Finding aids and reference tools: basic description
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| Record No.: | M38 / V505
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| Names: | Pocaterra (family)
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| Topic: | Arts
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Family and personal life
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