The fonds, related to the Hovdestad family, were accumulated by the source. No other information was captured at the time of transfer to the Swift Current Museum.

The content has not been professionally appraised, arranged, or described. The following is a basic listing of the unprocessed contents:

-10 cards addressed to Louise Hovdestad ( Colleen Eliason, donor's mother)
-3 cards addresses to a father from his children (Lois, Orlando, Stanley, Dennis and Elmer)
-a letter from Francis in Saskatoon, SK to Sydney Olson (Colleen Eliason, donor's father?) in Stewart Valley, SK
-three black notebooks (the notebooks contain prose and poems in English and Norwegian)

Series contains minutes, reports, correspondence, pamphlets, curriculum materials, publications and other records relating to the work of the Board of Christian Education (including Adults, Senior Adults, Children and Youth sections), Saskatchewan Conference Christian Education Committee and other associated Committees, e.g. for Girls' Work, Boys' Work, Youth, Kairos. There are also Training Events files, covering planning, curriculum, correspondence and other documentation of events held for various audiences of leaders, youth, lay ministry and related groups.

Files appear organized in 3 main sets: Board of Christian Education (file no. 136 to 147); Saskatchewan Conference Christian Education Committee (file no. 148 to 162); and Training Events (file no.163 to 189).

Series contains regulations, minutes, reports, correspondence, newsletters, pamphlets, clippings and other documents relating to the Canadian Girls in Training (C.G.I.T.) program. Contents include files for: the CGIT Camp Committee (1960-1970); CGIT Camp Council (1954-1970); CGIT Leadership Training Committee (1964-1969); CGIT Provincial Girls' Executive (1957-1961); the CGIT Saskatoon Local Committee (1948-1963); CGIT Senior Girls' Conferences (1960-1961); CGIT 50th Anniversary; and various National Committee documents.

Series contains reports, correspondence, newsletters, and other documents relating to the Conference Camp Committee and the activities of various camps in Saskatchewan. Contents include files relating to: B'Say-Tah (1962); the Conference Camp Committee newsletter, Smoke Signals (1966-1967); Committee conferences and training events held at Prairie Christian Training Centre, or P.C.T.C. (1964-1966); a Camp Survey (1961); Crystal Lake United Church Camp (1964); Kipabiskau United Church Camp (1962-1964); and a Senior Girls Camp (1959-1961).

Series consists of records relating to and/or created by various committees, boards, camps, and other entities governed by or associated with the United Church of Canada, in Saskatchewan. Contents include minutes, reports, correspondence, plans and other documents and images pertaining to: the Committee for Christian Education (1925-1970), including Girls' Work and Children's Work Committees; Survey and Planning Committee; Settlement Committee (1924-1961); the Conference Special Committee for the Saskatchewan Golden Jubilee (1955); Committee to Study Non-Anglo-Saxons (1930-1931); Missionary and Maintenance Fund Committee (1934-1935); the Special Committee to Study the Relationship between the Christian Church and Education in Saskatchewan (1966); the Committee on Union of the United Church of Canada (1961-1973); the Conference Committee on Church Extension; Board of Home Missions (1917-1952); Lumsden Beach Camp (1908-1962); Camp Outlook (1947-1953); White Bear Religious Camp (1930-1940); the Benevolent Society of Camp McKay (1953-1983); the Prairie Christian Training Centre [later Calling Lakes Centre] (1952-1973); the Ministers' Summer School of Religion (1934-1941); Templeton Mission (1952-1953); Moose Jaw College (1914-1945); Conference Committee on Colleges and Education (1930-1931), primarily correspondence from Convenor D.S. Dix; Oliver Lodge (1949-1979); Laymembers of Saskatchewan Conference (1925-1963); the Boundaries Committee (1973); and Camp Tapawingo (1960-1980).

Series consists of records relating to the administrative role of the Saskatchewan Conference office. Contents include: correspondence of the Secretary of Conference (1923-1924, 1928-1934), mostly Rev. A.W. Ingram; correspondence relating to the Cowan Estate (1949-1950); typed Records of Proceedings for the 1926 Conference; typed and mimeographed copies of reports presented at the annual conference (1934); and a file of documents relating to the Conference Cane, its history and symbolism.

Invitation Letter to Dr. Ferguson regarding the 1945 meeting of the Advisory Committee on Indian [Indigenous] Tuberculosis (NRC).

Letter to Ferguson from Ninette Sanatorium regarding the Advisory Committee on Indian [Indigenous] Tuberculosis (NRC).

Letter to Dr. Ferguson from the Director of Indian Affairs thanking him for conducting tuberculosis surveys in Residential Schools.

Letter from Dr. Ferguson to the Hon. J. G. Gardiner, Minister of Agriculture discussing Lebret Indian Residential School, Onion Lake Indian Residential School, Delmas Indian Residential School, Duck Lake Indian Residential School, and securing funding for tuberculosis testing and treatment for students.

The fonds consists of correspondence from Rev. Sam Kennedy, before and during his ministry in Saskatchewan, as well as photographs of Kennedy and the United Church in Francis, Saskatchewan. His correspondence includes: letters written by Kennedy to his mother, from his postings in Alameda (1917) and Francis (1925-1928); to Margaret Kennedy, from various places in Ontario, Manitoba and Saskatchewan (1909-1919, 1927, 1937, 1944-1946); and to Isabel, from Francis, Saskatchewan (1928).