The document is for the purchase of E 1/2 and NW quarter (3 quarters) of S 32-T17-R13-W2 by William John Sandercock. This land is the section south-west of the town of Indian Head's water tank.
Contains meeting minutes and correspondence concerning the ownership and care of the cairn erected to commemorate the formation of the Territorial Grain Growers Association at Indian Head.
consists of: a) one program (green); b) two copies of fold-out pamphlets and c) three copies of portrait and biographical sketch of James (Jim) Halford. All were produced by the Saskatchewan Agriculture Hall of Fame for the induction of Indian Head's Jim Halford and for other persons into the SAHF.
1-page newsclipping describing Jim Halford's accomplishments which led to his induction. He developed a seeding system to place seed and fertilizer precisely in heavy crop residue. It was patented as the Conserva Pak seeding system which was sold throughout Canada, the US and Australia.
1 green, 4-drawer, legal-width filing cabinet containing many file folders. The fonds consists of file folders that contain the original compiled information that was used by the 17 local residents that comprised the History Book Committee who compiled and published “Indian Head: History of Indian Head and District” in 1984 (ISBN: 0-919781-26-8). The book is 798 pages and is available on-line in the University of Calgary’s digital collection: https://digitalcollections.ucalgary.ca/archive/Indian-Head---history-of-Indian-Head-and-district-2R3BF1FSTWNUV.html. This fonds contains source photos and documents that were used in the compilation of the book. The file folders also contain materials that did not make it into the history book and may be of use to archival researchers. The top two drawers contain local family histories in alphabetical order, while the third drawer contain files with other aspects of Indian Head history (agricultural history, religion, recreation, organizations, military, education, etc.)