- MSS C555/2/6.2b
- Item
- 1911
Winter scene showing ox-drawn sledge; two small children at right. Grain elevator in background.
Winter scene showing ox-drawn sledge; two small children at right. Grain elevator in background.
Historama Essay Contest Winners
Saskatchewan Teachers Federation (STF) and Western Development Museum (WDM) - sponsored Historama essay contest winners. Diane Quilichini (Biggar, Sask), Julia Hart (Beaver Dam School District) and Bonnie Coventry (Alex Wright School, Nipawin, Sask.)
Morton Historical Association - Executive - Group Photo
A.S. Morton and G.W. Simpson pose with the executive of the Morton Historical Association in academic robes. Names of members not supplied.
Membership in the Historical Association, formed in 1917-1918, was open to any student who had taken one course in history at the University. Professor A.S. Morton fostered the society from the beginning and proved a source of inspiration in awakening and sustaining interest not only in ancient history and historical research, but also in modern problems and events. A photograph of members and a brief account of the Associations activities appears in most editions of the official yearbook or Greystone.
Morton Historical Association - Executive - Group Photo
Executive of the Morton Historical Association. Written on back of photo are names: K.M. Benson, Jean E. Murray, Ruth Smith, P. Jordan, Jean MacKay, Beth Stewart and Jack Purves.
Bio/historical note: Membership in the Historical Association, formed in 1917-1918, was open to any student who had taken one course in history at the University. Professor A.S. Morton fostered the society from the beginning and proved a source of inspiration in awakening and sustaining interest not only in ancient history and historical research, but also in modern problems and events. A photograph of members and a brief account of the Associations activities appears in most editions of the official yearbook or Greystone.
Discover Saskatchewan: A Guide to Historic Sites
Part of Book Collection
A 206-page paperback book with 12 pages of colour plates at the end. Contains brief description and the history of many historic sites in Saskatchewan. Chapter 3: Horizon Country includes write-ups about Indian Head (the federal Experimental Farm and the Bell Farm) as well as Qu'Appelle, Lebret and Fort Qu'Appelle.
Pioneers of Dundurn. - Group photo.
On back: "Taken at an Old Timers' picnic on John Mawson's ranch, 1913. Standing (l to r): John Blackley, Robert McCordick, W.H. Holmes a'Court, Thomas Richardson, Archie Wilson, W.S. Fisher, Russel Wilson, E.J. Woolridge, J. Hunsicker. Sitting (l to r): John Mawson, Hon. W.A. Holmes a'Court, Harry Hunsicker, Andrew Blackley, Joseph Proctor, Arthur Prime".
News clippings relating to early settlers in Saskatoon.
Clippings from the Saskatoon Phoenix describe experiences of early settlers as they arrived in Saskatoon, beginning in the 1880s. The time period covers from 1 April 1911 to 19 April 1921. Also included is an article taken from a book on the settlement of the West by F. Maclure Sclanders, Commissioner of the Saskatoon Board of Trade. Also included is a program of the "Dinner for the '83 Boys", the men who homesteaded the Saskatoon area. Held 3 October 1912; names of participants are written on the inside of the program.
Recollections of an Assiniboine Chief: Dan Kennedy (Ochankugahe)
Part of Book Collection
A 160-page hardcover book with a sleeve containing the memoirs of Dan Kennedy of the Carry-The-Kettle Reserve in Saskatchewan. Dan Kennedy lived to be over one hundred years old.
Kennedy, Dan (Ochankugahe)
Doukhobor woman and child in Rosthern
This is a photograph of a Doukhobor woman and her child, standing in the street. Business buildings and several women walking on sidewalk in background.
A Story in Picture: The rapid rise of Saskatoon
In this article are three pictures from Saskatoon dating from 1896, 1903 to 1908.
Three photos of Rosthern show various views of Rosthern and area. The news clipping gives a brief history of Rosthern and its development.
Image of several Galician women standing on a street in business section of Rosthern, SK. They are dressed in winter clothing.
A Trip Down Memory Lane - Indian Head 100th Anniversary
Part of Town Collection
24-page history of Indian Head prepared by Ken McCabe owner/editor of the Indian head - Wolseley News as a project for the 2002 Homecoming (August 2-4, 2002)
McCabe, Ken
Part of Town Collection
18-page history of Indian Head prepared by Jack Schreiner - possibly as a school assignment
Grit and Growth - The Story of Grenfell
Part of Book Collection
Large hardcover (22 cm X 28 cm) 348-page history book with a white cover. The book contains Information on the town of Grenfell and district history as well as black and white images and maps.