Image of the interior of the Royal George Hotel's dining room. The dining room contains set tables and chairs. A staircase can be seen in the background.

Image of two cars parked outside of Royal George Hotel. A man and a woman are walking in front of the hotel.

Image of the exterior of the Robinson-MacBean department store. Pedestrians are walking and standing in front of the store.

Men and women kneeling and standing in front of and on truck and horse-drawn wagon serving as Robin Hood Mills parade float in Crescent Park. In background is seen St. Andrew's Presbyterian and Moose Jaw Public Library

Black and white postcards of the fire that destroyed the Robin Hood flour mill in Moose Jaw on December 16, 1911.

Black and white image of the Robin Hood Mills in Moose Jaw. The complex includes a mill, a grain elevator and grains bins.

Exterior view of Robin Hood flour Mills grain elevator, built in 1911 to replace elevator that was destroyed by fire

Exterior view of Robin Hood Flour Mills, Moose Jaw, before destruction by fire. Lethbridge Galt Coal Co. seen in foreground. Title on front: "Saskatchewan Flour Mills, Moose Jaw, Canada."

This fonds contains a completed copy of Allan’s master’s thesis entitled A Populist in Municipal and Provincial Politics: John Wesley Corman as well as some of his research used for writing the thesis. The research papers include copies of newspapers, articles, photographs and an audiocassette pertaining to John Wesley Corman. The research papers are heavily annotated.

Image of River Street in Moose Jaw, SK, looking west with horse drawn carts and automobiles on the road and pedestrians on the sidewalk.

Image of River Street in Moose Jaw, SK, looking west with horse drawn carts and automobiles on the road and pedestrians on the sidewalk.

Image of River Street looking west. Many pedestrians are walking along and across the street.

People swimming at River Park Beach in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan

This fonds reflects the historical research and writing conducted by Richard Dowson. Dowson has completed extensive research on Moose Jaw during WWII. It includes writings on George William ‘Bill’ Ward, a member of the Royal Canadian Air Force, and the history of Moose Jaw residents in relation to the sinking of the Line Athenia. It also includes the history of the Moose Jaw Dam-buster Airmen, Sergeant-Pilot Kenneth Brown and Pilot Officer Robert Alexander Urquhart.

This collection contains two copies of the promotional booklet Moose Jaw: The Buckle of the Greatest Wheat Belt in the World. It was published in 1913 by Rice’s Studio, with Lewis Rice as publisher. It includes facts and figures about Moose Jaw as well as photographs and illustrations of the town. Many of the photographs were taken by Rice. Both booklets bear a stamp from the Moose Jaw Board of Trade.