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ARCHIVAL PRIMARY SOURCES
- Battle River Historical Society Photograph Collection.
Home of the Buffalo. VHS. With commentary by Ray Sharp, n.d. - Brower Photograph Collection
Private Collection. - Buffalo National Park Foundation
Archives
Davison fonds
Rutherford fonds
Sharp, Ray. Interview, circa 2001 - Glenbow Archives
Photograph Collection
Ribstone Creek Sheet. Map. G3471, G4, s380, 266. - Library and Archives of Canada
Parks Canada Files. Buffalo National Park. RG 84, Vols. 50–57, 155, 981–982. Department of Agriculture Files. Cattalo. RG 17, Vols. 1249 and 3456. - Provincial Archives of Alberta
Dominion Land Surveyor Records. File 83.376. - Snyder Photograph Collection
Private Collection. - Treffry Photograph Collection
Private Collection - University of Alberta Archives
Buffalo National Park Files. 2002–18. - William C. Wonders Map Collection, University of Alberta Buffalo Park. Map. Canada. G-9 Buffalo Park (1926).
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