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Alexander McCaughan: A Canadian Soldier

A duo-tang containing an 11-page (single-sided) biography of Alexander McCaughan, a young Irishman, who had come to Indian Head and then enlisted with the Canadian Army and fought in WWI.

McCaughan, Dermott

Black Baseball Players in Canada - A Biographical Dictionary 1881-1960

A 203-page softcover book with an alphabetically organized series of biographies of about 500 baseball players who played for various teams throughout Canada from 1881 to 1960. It includes many players of the barn-storming teams that played on the prairies during the 1950s, including the Indian Head Rockets. Writeups include: Nathaniel "Nat" Bates, who pitched for the Rockets in 1952 and visited Saskatchewan in 2022 for the induction of the Indian Head Rockets (1950-1954) into the Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame in Battleford and for the opening off the Indian Head Rockets display at the Indian Head Museum; Elijah "Pumpsie" Green who also played for the Rockets and was the first black player on the Boston Red Sox. Many other Indian Head Rockets players are also included.

Swanton, Barry

Copithorn family - writeup by S.R. Copithorn

Two typed pages about S.R. Copithorn's Uncle Samuel B. Copithorn and his father, Richard Copithorn, who came to Indian Head from Bolton, Ontario in 1881 and 1898, respectively.

Copithorn, Sam

Gladys (Wade) Perrin took a colorful path

Biography of Gladys (Wade) Perrin, who taught in Indian Head (Grade 7) from 1941 to 1944. Hand-written note on the article says: "formerly Gladys Wade who taught in IH 1941-1944. Beth Dechief"

Regina Leader-Post (Newspaper)

Grainbuyer's Wife

Two copies of a 188-page paperback book based on Ms. McLaughlin's life with her husband, Roy, from 1938 to 1949 while he managed the grain elevator at Archydal, northwest of Moose Jaw.

Indian Head People Scrapbook

A small 14 cm X 20 cm leather-bound 60-page scrapbook of newspaper clippings with biographies and articles about well-known Indian Head citizens, including 16 of the series in the Indian Head News called "Our Own Who's Who".

Jerry's Journey - Memoirs of Gerald Michael Willerth

141-page softcover book. Contains stories by Jerry Willerth of his childhood and youth on the farm east of Indian Head. Also stories of his many years of farming and involvement in soil conservation organizations - the Saskatchewan Soil Conservation Association, the Soil Conservation Council of Canada and the Indian Head Agricultural Research Foundation. Also stories of his work in the Bell Barn Society and memories by many friends and colleagues about Jerry and his accomplishments.

The Country Doctors

272-page book with biographies of 28 country doctors in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, including maps and b&w photographs. Dr. Robert George Ferguson of Fort San (Fort Qu'Appelle) (pp 203-220) and Dr. Fredrick W. Hart of Indian Head (pp 221-224) are two of the doctors.

Who's Who of Indian Head

A 19 cm X 28 cm 48-page scrapbook of laminated sheets held together by 2 rings and containing newspaper clippings about various residents of Indian Head. Book was made by Louisa Tyson before she moved to England. After her death in 2002 the scrapbook was sent to Beth Liggett who appears to the one who laminated it.

Tyson, Louisa