University of Alberta Archives: P. Schwerdt
Schwerdt, Peter
Farmer
[19-]-

In 1928 Peter Schwerdt moved from Ida, Ontario with his 
parents and brother Chuck to homestead in the Peace River 
country near Worsley, Alberta.  These ten letters to Lillian 
B. Hootner and her mother describe the hardships experienced 
by settlers during the Great Depression.

Text, 1929-1934, 0.01 m    

Correspondence, 1929-1934
Describes homesteading conditions in the Peace River 
country.

Access: Open