This collection contains several files relating to horticulture, soil studies, shelter belts and prairie perennials. It also includes files of articles and addresses, and newspaper clippings, as well as biographical information and Brown's personal correspondence.
The fonds is comprised of small press gardening publications and offprints collected by Maginnes, as well as videos on his subjects of interest. The largest segment of the fonds is Maginnes’ collection of 35mm slides, which feature lecture slides and images related to his greenhouse work, images of his sabbatical trips to Denmark, Sweden, and Japan, and personal family images.
Request for money from the Indian Head Horticultural Society as partial contribution for plant material for the fruit orchard recently planted at the Indian Head Research Farm (Agriculture Canada) - attached is a copy of the planting plan
University of Saskatchewan. Saskatchewan Horticultural Societies Association
This fonds contains materials relating to the professional activities of Grant Wood, including papers he has presented at conferences, and his work in the Canada Mongolia Training for Rural Development Project. Also included are some of his early teaching materials, and materials collected on subjects related to his field.
A collection of charts and diagrams that would have likely been used in a classroom setting. Many of them are hand painted, with some being commercially created. The topics include botany, agriculture, zoology, and general science.
Three printed histories of the horticultural society a) an 8-page history for the period 1926-1955 b) an 18-page history by Donna Thompson for the Indian Head History Book (1984) c) a 4-page history by Donna Thompson prepared for the horticultural society's 85th anniversary celebration, presented at the May 7, 2011 Blossom Time Tea at the Memorial Hall.
Contains a) the updated (1940) constitution of the IH Horticultural Society as well as b) the 1940 Saskatchewan "Act respecting Horticultural Societies, c) the Constitution of the Saskatchewan Horticultural Societies' Association and d) the Bylaws of the Saskatchewan Horticultural Association.
The certificate was signed by Minister of Agriculture Alvin Hamilton and Indian Head applicants are named, including Norman M. Ross, John Walker, Mrs. W.H. Gibson and others