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City of Saskatoon Archives

McWillie, Robert

  • Person
  • [died 2009]

Robert McWillie (d. 2009) served overseas during the Second World War. After the war, he worked for Sask Power and later for the City of Saskatoon Electrical department. He was heavily involved in the union movement both while working and in retirement.

O'Brien, J. Jeffrey

  • Person
  • 1962-

Jeff moved with his family to Gander, Nfld (1962-1965) and then to Winnipeg, Man (1965-1967) before moving to Regina where he remained until 1993 except for brief stints in Gibsons, BC (1985) and Vancouver (1987). In 1993, he moved to Vancouver to attend university there. He returned to Saskatchewan after graduation in 1995, where he remained except for a brief sojourn in Prince Albert, Sask., in the fall of 1996.

Jeff attended St. Matthew School (1967-1976) and Sheldon Williams Collegiate (1976-1980) in Regina. He attended Campion College at the University of Regina (1983-1987), earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in History, then returned to the U of R from 1991-1993 to earn an Honours Certificate in History. He attended the School of Library, Archives and Information Studies (SLAIS) at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver from 1993-1995, graduating with a Master's in Archival Studies (MAS).

After graduation in 1995, he worked as a contract archivist for the University of Saskatchewan (1995), the Saskatchewan Council for Archives (1997) and the Anglican Diocese of Prince Albert (1996). He was hired as City of Saskatoon Archivist on contract in 1997, becoming permanent on January 1, 1999. He also taught the Introduction to Archives class for two semesters in the Library Technician programme at Sask Polytechnic (then SIAST), in 2013 and 2015.

Beginning in 1985 but primarily from 2011, he was active as a freelance writer. In 2003, he became interested in photography. In 2010, he began learning to play the guitar, and he was associated with a local band, The Agents of Deterioration, as both musician, vocalist and songwriter from 2017 to the present (2022) He was also involved as a volunteer with the Saskatchewan fencing community at various times, as well as professional organizations relating to archives.

Oosterinsk, Jan

  • Person
  • ca. 1932

Jan Oosterinsk worked for the City of Saskatoon in 1932 and was involved in the construction of the Broadway Bridge.

Patterson, T.G.

  • Person
  • ca. 1932

T.G. Patterson was in the employ of R.J. Arrand and worked on the construction of the Broadway Bridge.

Photogelatine Engraving Co. Ltd

  • Corporate body
  • 1920-1946

The Photogelatine Engraving Co. Ltd, Ottawa, was established in 1920 and published postcards, mostly of Canadian subjects. It moved to Toronto in 1947 and closed in 1952.

Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration

  • Corporate body
  • 1935 - 2009

The Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration was a branch of the federal ministry of Agriculture (later Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada). It was originally founded in 1935 in order to deal with soil erosion, soil conservation and a lack of water resources caused by a long and severe drought that affected the prairies throughout the decade. While its soil-conservation role was moved to another agency in 1946, the PFRA continued to be involved in water development and conservation projects, manage nearly 10,000km of community pastures, and encourage farmers to develop shelterbelts (rows of trees) to protect fields from wind erosion up until its dissolution in 2009.

Saskatoon Arena Limited

  • SCAA-CSA-
  • Corporate body
  • 1936 - 1956

In 1936, a group of Saskatoon business men began a campaign to raise funds to build an artificial ice ring for the City. In 1937 they formed the Saskatoon Arena Limited with L.D. Peterkin as President and R.J. Norman Couch as Managing Secretary. The campaign raised about $50,000 from shareholders subscriptions and $13,000 from the City and the province in the form of relief payments. The Collegiate Board agreed to sell the site in return for a 10 year guarantee of free hockey and skating time for school children. The cornerstone was laid on 18 September and the first game was played on 30 October 1937. The facility was run by Saskatoon Arena Limited until 1956 at which time it was leased by the City. In 1958 the City purchased the rink outright

Saskatoon Bottling Works

  • Corporate body
  • [between 1905 and 1916?]

The Saskatoon Bottling Works was a soft drink manufacturing established by Percy T. Colbert, bottling and selling various "flavoured sodas and mineral waters of a non-intoxicating variety." The plant stood at 418 First Avenue South, near the corner of Spadina Crescent, in Saskatoon. By the 1920s, a company with that name was operating in Riversdale, and the Colbert's soft drink factory on First Avenue South was identified as Colbert & Co.

Saskatoon Quakers

  • SCAA-CSA-
  • Corporate body
  • 1945-1959, 1965-1971

The Saskatoon Quakers were an ice hockey team that was based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. The team existed from 1945 until 1959, and again from 1965-1971, playing in various senior and minor-professional leagues during that time. The Quakers represented Canada in 1934 World Ice Hockey Championships held in Milan, Italy where they won Gold.[1] In 1952, they captured the President's Cup as Pacific Coast Hockey League champions.

Saskatoon StarPhoenix (newspaper)

  • SABStrPhnx
  • Corporate body
  • 1928-

The StarPhoenix daily newspaper was created on September 12, 1928, by the merger of the Saskatoon Daily Phoenix (1902) and Daily Star (1906) newspapers. From 1928-1996 it was owned by the Clifford Sifton family. From 1996-2000 it was owned by Hollinger Newspapers, and then by CanWest Global Communications until 2008, when it was acquired by Postmedia.

In its history the newspaper's title heading has appeared in various forms, including Saskatoon Star-Phoenix and Star Phoenix, but the current presentation is StarPhoenix.

Saskatoon StarPhoenix√

  • SCN00286
  • Corporate body
  • 1928-present

The Saskatoon Star Phoenix was created in 1928 by the merger of the Saskatoon Daily Star (established in 1906 as the Capital) and the Saskatoon Phoenix (estalished in 1902 as the Phenix). Both were originally weeklies.

The newspapers were purchased by Clifford Sifton on January 1, 1928, and the combined newspaper began publication on September 12. In 1996, the paper was sold to Hollinger Newspapers, and then to CanWest Global Communications, becoming part of the Southam Newspapers division, in 2000, and later to Postmedia.

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