A field with a stack of square hay bales
- F. Slides, 7. Emma Lake - 1979-1991
- Item
- September, 1984
Part of Hans Dommasch fonds
A large long stack of square hay bales in a field near Emma Lake, Saskatchewan.
Dommasch, Hans S.
A field with a stack of square hay bales
Part of Hans Dommasch fonds
A large long stack of square hay bales in a field near Emma Lake, Saskatchewan.
Dommasch, Hans S.
Bernard Bosgoed with Graham Hoeme Cultivator
Part of Agriculture Collection
Bernard Bosgoed driving a Graham Hoeme cultivator in a field at the Regina Research Station in 1957.
Experimental Farm Regina Substation
Community Progress Competition Exhibit: Rural Municipality of Bayne No. 371.
Part of W.C. Murray fonds
A display created by the Rural Municipality of Bayne is seen. Samples of grain, spices and other agricultural products are present. A sign is also present to the right stating that the Rural Municipality of Bayne No. 371 is located 48 miles East and 8 miles North of Saskatoon; Settled in 1904 with a population of 3234; 60% of the settlers were of German nationality. This Municiality is part of St. Peter's Colony, which comprises 50 Townships and is the largest German Catholic Settlement in America.
Bio/historical note: The Community Progress Competitions were conceived by Dr. W. J. Black of the Colonization Department of the C.N.R. to ascertain what contributions people of Continental European origin had made to community life in districts in which they possessed a resident population of 70% or more from the first or second generation, and to what extent they stimulated further community progress and development. They were judged on the basis of their educational efforts; agricultural development; citizenship, co-operation, and social welfare; arts and handicrafts; and general activities. These records were obtained by Dr. W. C. Murray in his capacity as one of the judges of the Community Progress Competitions. The records concentrate mainly on the first two years, 1930 and 1931, of the proposed five year competition for Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta residents. Only records on the Saskatchewan communities are included. They contain the assessments of the judges on community life on the districts that entered the competition. Financial statements and maps of many of the rural municipalities of Saskatchewan that entered the competition are included. Also, photographs of the districts that entered the competition for the years of 1930 and 1931, including many of the Edenwold district are included. The letters included are mainly those from the Western Region of the Department of Colonization and Agriculture of the Canadian National Railways to Dr. W. C. Murray.
Community Progress Competition Exhibit: Rural Municipality of Humboldt No. 370.
Part of W.C. Murray fonds
A display created by the Rural Municipality of Humboldt is seen. Samples of grain, spices and other agricultural products are present. A sign is also present to the right stating that the Rural Municipality of Humboldt No. 370 is located 65 miles East and 5 miles North of Saskatoon; Settled in 1904 with a population of 2775; 90% of the settlers were of German nationality. This Municiality is part of St. Peter's Colony, which comprises 50 Townships and is the largest German Catholic Settlement in America.
Bio/historical note: The Community Progress Competitions were conceived by Dr. W. J. Black of the Colonization Department of the C.N.R. to ascertain what contributions people of Continental European origin had made to community life in districts in which they possessed a resident population of 70% or more from the first or second generation, and to what extent they stimulated further community progress and development. They were judged on the basis of their educational efforts; agricultural development; citizenship, co-operation, and social welfare; arts and handicrafts; and general activities. These records were obtained by Dr. W. C. Murray in his capacity as one of the judges of the Community Progress Competitions. The records concentrate mainly on the first two years, 1930 and 1931, of the proposed five year competition for Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta residents. Only records on the Saskatchewan communities are included. They contain the assessments of the judges on community life on the districts that entered the competition. Financial statements and maps of many of the rural municipalities of Saskatchewan that entered the competition are included. Also, photographs of the districts that entered the competition for the years of 1930 and 1931, including many of the Edenwold district are included. The letters included are mainly those from the Western Region of the Department of Colonization and Agriculture of the Canadian National Railways to Dr. W. C. Murray.
Community Progress Competition Exhibit: Rural Municipality of Laird No. 404 .
Part of W.C. Murray fonds
A display created by the Rural Municipality of Laird is seen. Samples of grain, spices and other agricultural products are present along side local wild flowers and wildlife. A sign is present to the right stating that "Rural Municipality of Laird is located 44 miles North of Saskatoon; Settled in 1901 with a population of [2960?] which was 75% being of Mennonite nationality and Won Second Prize in Community Progress Competitions 1930."
Bio/historical note: The Community Progress Competitions were conceived by Dr. W. J. Black of the Colonization Department of the C.N.R. to ascertain what contributions people of Continental European origin had made to community life in districts in which they possessed a resident population of 70% or more from the first or second generation, and to what extent they stimulated further community progress and development. They were judged on the basis of their educational efforts; agricultural development; citizenship, co-operation, and social welfare; arts and handicrafts; and general activities. These records were obtained by Dr. W. C. Murray in his capacity as one of the judges of the Community Progress Competitions. The records concentrate mainly on the first two years, 1930 and 1931, of the proposed five year competition for Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta residents. Only records on the Saskatchewan communities are included. They contain the assessments of the judges on community life on the districts that entered the competition. Financial statements and maps of many of the rural municipalities of Saskatchewan that entered the competition are included. Also, photographs of the districts that entered the competition for the years of 1930 and 1931, including many of the Edenwold district are included. The letters included are mainly those from the Western Region of the Department of Colonization and Agriculture of the Canadian National Railways to Dr. W. C. Murray.
Community Progress Competition Exhibit: Rural Municipality of St. Peter No. 369.
Part of W.C. Murray fonds
A display created by the Rural Municipality of Humboldt is seen. Samples of grain, spices and other agricultural products are present. A sign is also present to the right stating that the Rural Municipality of St. Peter No. 369 is located 77 miles East and 12 miles North of Saskatoon; Settled in 1903 with a population of 2300; 90% of the settlers were of German nationality. This Municiality is part of St. Peter's Colony, which comprises 50 Townships and is the largest German Catholic Settlement in America.
Bio/historical note: The Community Progress Competitions were conceived by Dr. W. J. Black of the Colonization Department of the C.N.R. to ascertain what contributions people of Continental European origin had made to community life in districts in which they possessed a resident population of 70% or more from the first or second generation, and to what extent they stimulated further community progress and development. They were judged on the basis of their educational efforts; agricultural development; citizenship, co-operation, and social welfare; arts and handicrafts; and general activities. These records were obtained by Dr. W. C. Murray in his capacity as one of the judges of the Community Progress Competitions. The records concentrate mainly on the first two years, 1930 and 1931, of the proposed five year competition for Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta residents. Only records on the Saskatchewan communities are included. They contain the assessments of the judges on community life on the districts that entered the competition. Financial statements and maps of many of the rural municipalities of Saskatchewan that entered the competition are included. Also, photographs of the districts that entered the competition for the years of 1930 and 1931, including many of the Edenwold district are included. The letters included are mainly those from the Western Region of the Department of Colonization and Agriculture of the Canadian National Railways to Dr. W. C. Murray.
Three teams of horses pulling stoneboats, digging potatoes at the Albert Eastman farm near Melfort, Saskatchewan.
Image of a Doukhobor man and woman in their field with their dog and cows.
E. A. Hurd. Dr. E. S. Hopkins. J. Roe Foster. In a plot of 0AC21 Barley. July 28. 1952
Part of Agriculture Collection
E. A. Hurd, Dr. E. S. Hopkins and J. Roe Foster standing in a field of barley.
Experimental Farm Regina Substation
Farm garden, machinery and house
Part of W.C. Murray fonds
A farm house is seen from the garden on a prairie homestead near Bekevar, Saskatchewan. A tractor and harvesting machinery are also seen parked near the house.
Field day. July 23/51. Mr. Foster Speaking
Part of Agriculture Collection
Mr. J. Roe Foster speaking at a field day at the Regina Research Station in 1951.
Experimental Farm Regina Substation
Field Day. Mr. Davidson Speaking at Rod Row Variety Test
Part of Agriculture Collection
Mr. J. G. Davidson speaking at a rod row variety test held in July 1950 in Indian Head (Sask.)
Experimental Farm Regina Substation
Glenn Lynn Local S.F.U. (Saskatchewan Farmers Union) Minute Book
Part of Agriculture Collection
A small (18 cm X 23 cm) black coil-bound 80-page notebook containing the meeting minutes for the Glenn Lynn Local S.F.U. from 1957 to 1960.
Glenn Lynn Local S.F.U.
Glenn Lynn Local S.F.U. (Saskatchewan Farmers Union) Minute Book
Part of Agriculture Collection
A small (18 cm X 23 cm) black coil-bound 80-page notebook containing the meeting minutes for the Glenn Lynn Local S.F.U. from 1960 to 1965
Glenn Lynn Local S.F.U.
Glenn Lynn Local S.F.U. (Saskatchewan Farmers Union) Minute Book 1966 - 1968
Part of Agriculture Collection
An orange coil-bound 40-page notebook containing the meeting minutes for the Glenn Lynn Local S.F.U. from 1966 to 1968
Glenn Lynn Local S.F.U.