This series contains 2 posters with dates.

This series contains 1 brochure, 1 event ticket, and 3 posters with dates.

This series contains 1 business card.

This series contains 1 gift certificate, and 1 invoice form.

This series contains 1 advertisement.

This series contains 1 advertisement, and 1 appointment card.

This series contains 1 letterhead, 2 envelopes, and 1 estimate form.

This series contains 1 application form.

The Bell Farm Series contains photos, maps and textual records about the 57,000 acre Qu’Appelle Valley Farming Corporation (called “The Bell Farm”), of which Major William Robert Bell of Brockville, Ontario, was the founder in 1882 and the farm’s general manager. Financial difficulties associated with crop failures as well as the 1885 Northwest Resistance at Batoche (led by Louis Riel Jr.) arose at the farm. During the Resistance, Major Bell and most of his workers and horses were in the service of the Canadian militia and little or no crop was planted or harvested. In 1886, much of the farm’s land and assets were sold and the corporation was re-financed, resulting in a smaller company registered as “The Bell Farm Company.” This company also failed financially by 1889 and was liquidated.
Major Bell retained a personal holding of 12,000 acres, which he farmed from 1889 to 1895, supported by investors. Further misfortunes, primarily, the destruction by fire of his flour mill and the sudden death of his wife caused Major Bell to leave Indian Head in 1895. His land and assets were sold by auction.
The archival materials include photos of the farm buildings, including the large stone house and the round barn which, in 2020, continues to be a museum dedicated to telling the story of Major Bell’s huge farming company. Other photos and textual records tell the stories of the people and the operations of the farm.

This series contains 4 menus, 4 reservation cards, 1 letterhead, 1 envelope, 2 advertisements, 3 invitations, 3 coupons, 1 event ticket, 10 business cards, and 4 order/invoice forms.

This series contains 1 sales agreement form, and 1 auction record form.

The fonds, related to the Belvidere Rural Telephone Company Limited, 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:
-volume #1: account book, 1938 - 1963
-volume #2: minute book, 1973 - 1977
-volume #3: account and minute book, 1917 - 1972
-volume #4: account book, 1964 - 1977
-volume #5: long distance toll record, 1964 - 1977
-folder #1: "Bank Statements": correspondence re: dissolution of Belvidere Rural Telephone Company, 1978; Request To Wind-Up A Rural Telephone Company, 1977; Annual Financial Statement of the Belvidere Rural Telephone Company, 1973, 1974, 1976; Statement of Assets and Liabilities, 1963 - 1972; Analysis of General Account, 1962; Financial Statement and Auditor's Report / Statement of Standing and Operation, 1958 - 1961
-folder #2: "Maps": maps of Swift Current Exchange Area, 1974; (2002.39.1-5 are in rolled map storage, originally came with this accession)