The fonds, related to the Wright Museum, 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:
-Folder labelled “Museum”: material related to court case (United States District Court for the District of Kansas): John Wright, Colleen Harron and Andrea Simpson v Manions International Auction House, Inc.; 1999.
-Folder: items related to the efforts of the Wright Museum to sell items from its collection (includes correspondence, export declarations, auction inventory reports, etc.); 1987-1988.
-Folder labelled “Wright Museum”: material related to the establishment of the Wright Museum in the 1960s and the liquidation of museum artifacts in the 1990s. Includes correspondence, photocopies of newspaper articles on the Wright Museum, inventory/artifact list and corresponding descriptions, includes two photographs.
-Folder labelled “Haynes Auction”: material related to the liquidation of Wright Museum artifacts (through the Andy Wright Museum Estate) via Bud Haynes & Co. Auctioneers; 1993.
-Folder labelled [Correspondence; 1970s]: various correspondence and some newspaper clippings; also contains 14 photographs
-Folder labelled [Miscellaneous; 1960s-1970s]: includes travel itineraries; receipts/invoices; appraisal notes; ‘voice-over’ script for radio commercial
-288 photographs ; 225 negatives; 26 slides
-Mohawk Arms Militia Auction Catalog 11; November 20, 1987
-Mohawk Arms Militia Auction Catalog 17; February 24, 1990
-Folder labelled [Newspaper Clippings; 1970s-1980s]
-Foreign language newssheet; October 1944

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)

The fonds, related to the Swift Current Amusement Company and the Swift Current Bottling Works, 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 fonds, related to the Swift Current Amusement Company, 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:
.1- General ledger, Eagle and Lyric Theatres, Swift Current, Amusement Co., 1926 – 1928
columns in 1926-1928 volume one: Bank; Box Office (Eagle and Lyric); Partners Michael Healy and Jack Lundholm; Film Service; Express; Advertising; Rent, Light, Heat; Wages; Vaudeville; Repairs, Sundries; Ledger
.2- General ledger, Eagle and Lyric Theatres, Swift Current, Amusement Co., 1932 – 1934
columns in 1932 - 1934 volume two: Eagle, Lyric [box office revenue]; Bank; Partners, M.C.Healy and F.J.Lundholm; Machine Payments; Films; Express; Advertising; Wages; Rent, Light, Heat; Sundries
(Mr. Dahl owned S.C. Cinema Ltd, which bought out SC Amusement Co.)
-document inside front cover: Swift Current Amusement Company Cash Receipts and Disbursements for Six Months Ended June 30th 1934 (2 copies)

The fonds, related to the Swift Current Amusement Company and the Swift Current Bottling Works, 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:
.1- Time book, employee accounts, 1930 – 1945
.2- General Ledger, 1937 – 1943
.3- General Ledger, c. 1933 – 1934
.4- General Ledger, c. 1939 – 1949
.5- Transfer ledger, c. 1933 – 1937
.6- Synoptic, 1934 – 1937
.7- Synoptic, 1939 – 1961
.8- Synoptic, 1962 – 1964

The fonds, related to the Swift Current Arts And Heritage Committee, Hoffman James Powley, Swift Current Community Arts Council, Swift Current Overture Concert Association, Swift Current Tourism Committee, and the Horseshoe Tourism Region, were accumulated by the source.

The fonds, related to the Swift Current Arts And Heritage Committee, 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:
-assorted paper documents pertaining to Heritage / Performing Arts Advisory Centre, 1988, and Arts and Heritage Centre, 1992, including minutes and agendas, Arts and Heritage Committee meetings, 1988 - 1993; Terms of Reference; correspondence re: appointments to committee, municipal heritage awards, archaeology / museum related development, Heritage / Performing Arts committee, Municipal Development Plan; 1984 - ; proposal re: Swift Current Petroglyph; report, Heritage Resource Feasibility Study; report, Government Relations; report, “Directions for the Future,” Central Business District (CBD), 1982; six booklets, “Directions for the Future,” for City of SC Department of Planning and Engineering, Employment, Population, Housing, Open Space and Recreation, Human Services; report, Heritage 2000; Chapter H-2.2 (Act for Preservation, Interpretation and Development of Heritage Property in Saskatchewan); two copies of Heritage Conservation Information Series; correspondence re: SC Telephone Exchange Building; meeting between SC Arts and Heritage Board and the family of Andrew Wright, re: Wright Museum; report, Heritage Property Designation Criteria; report, "Heritage Resources Consulting in Saskatchewan: A list of Interested Consultants”, 1990; “Grant Program Guideline - Saskatchewan Heritage Foundation” draft, 1992; letter re: donation of a coat to the museum; correspondence re: Heritage Designation of Railway Station; Collections Policy for Swift Current Regional Museum; museum reports, 1993; report on the Museum by Don Krueger; report on SC Petroglyph by Pat Krueger; resume for Merlin John Rosser; booklet, "Application of Certification of Cultural Property For Income Tax Purposes", 1991; three booklets re: “Canadian Cultural Property Import and Export Act” reports

The fonds, related to the Swift Current Tourism Committee and the Horseshoe Tourism Region, 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:
-correspondence re: Tourism Swift Current board; minutes and agendas for Tourism board meetings, 1990, 1993, 1996 - 1998; memoranda, often from Erin Lightfoot, Brad Wall; brochure re: City, SC Tourism, 1998; correspondence re: financial assistance, misc, correspondence, 1990; SWRAnews (South West Recreation Association) newsletter; constitution and bylaws of the South West Tourism Association; Horse Shoe Challenge; correspondence between tourism committee and community groups, Swift Current Tourism initiatives, 1993 - 1998

The fonds, related to the Swift Current Community Arts Council, 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:
-folder #1, S.C.C.A.C., Festival of the Arts, 1967: Interim Report 1967 Saskatchewan Festival of the Arts; misc. correspondence with Dr. Strothers-Stewart, chairman of the SCCAC; Festival Canada Saskatchewan Centennial Corporation Schedule for 1967; Paul Winter ensemble; brief to City from SCCAC, 1966

-folder #2, Swift Current Community Arts Council Festival: misc. correspondence with Dr. Strothers-Stewart, chairman of the SCCAC, re: 1967 Festival of the Arts, Neptune Theatre, Regina Symphony Orchestra, etc.; contract with Les Jeunes Comediens du Theatre du Nouveau Monde

-folder #3, 1966 Arts Ball Attendance List: lists of names and addresses

-folder #4, Samples & Gen. Info: correspondence between Dr. Strothers-Stewart, Chairman of SCCAC, between City, Saskatchewan Centennial Corporation, Canadian Museums Association, etc; Saskatchewan Arts Board bulletins, "Saskatchewan Arts", newsletters, 1966, 1967; agenda for Saskatchewan Conference of the Arts; brochure, The Yorkton Arts Centre; program, Saskatchewan Summer School of the Arts, 1967; newsletter, Provincial Youth Agency; invitation to R.C.M.P. Regimental Ball; report, "Major Talks at the Conference of the Arts", 1965; bylaw, "A bylaw of the City of Weyburn to provide for the establishment of an arts council for the City of Weyburn."; report, "Proposal for Ethnic and Cultural Development"; report, "Nipawin Arts Survey"; declaration re: Yorkton Arts Centre (Society); report, "An Assessment of Arts Facilities in the City of Weyburn, Saskatchewan"; act, "Saskatchewan Regulations 137/66 // Under The Saskatchewan Youth Act"; Addendum to Contract Holiday Theatre - Centennial Tour 1967

-folder #5, untitled: Saskatchewan Festival of the Arts Budget form, 1967; Paul Winter Ensemble promotion; Saskatchewan Arts Board bulletins "Saskatchewan Arts", 1966; promotional material, Second Annual Saskatchewan Festival of the Arts; 1967 Saskatchewan Festival of the Arts blank Final Statement forms (6); Invitation to an Arts Festival Ball, 1967; program, Exhibition of Saskatchewan Art, February 23-26 1968; Festival Canada Saskatchewan Centennial Corporations Schedule for 1967; correspondence between Dr.Strothers-Stewart and the City, 1967; brief, from SCCAC to City, 1966; postcards from Royal Canadian Mint in Ottawa; brochure, Saskatchewan Summer School of the Arts, 1967; Swift Current Community Arts Council blank membership cards

23 posters and two brochures from SCAAC events, including craft workshops, Windfall craft sales, and Stars for Saskatchewan concerts

The fonds, related to the Swift Current Overture Concert Association, 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: ledger, 1957 - 1968
-envelope #1: Overture Concert Association: bill for a telegram, from Mrs. Ben Moore to Karl Norman; receipts for printing; price list for McGregor Hone; three cards made from prints of work in the SAB permanent collection; blank membership cards for OCA; applications for membership to OCA, 1966 - 1967; newspaper clipping, OCA Campaign for Membership; correspondence; receipts for membership campaign supplies, radio advertising, venue rental, moving and tuning a piano; concert notifications an invoices for Canadian Opera, Blanche Thebom, Trio Maniera; telephone bill
-folder #1: brochure, Cantilena Trio; brochure and photo, Blanche Thebom; Canadian Opera Company Tour Press Book for "Don Pasquale" by Donizetti; brochure, 1966 - 1967 Overture Concerts; promotional material for OCA; letter from Dr. Robert Little, president of the SC Overture Concert Association; minutes, SCOCA annual meeting, 1965, 1966, 1967; financial report and executive members, 1965, 1966; minutes, SCOCA executive meeting, 1964 - 1967; Annual Report of the Secretary, 1967; receipts; Bylaws and Constitution for the Swift Current Overture Concert Association

The fonds, related to the Hoffman James Powley, 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:
Photocopied version of Hoffman James Powley's memoir of growing up in SC, written c. 1986 when was about 78 years old. It is 161 pages long, typed.

The fonds, related to William Chew, were created by the source. No other information was captured at the time of transfer to the Swift Current Museum.

The fonds consists of six series. Series 1: 'Horse Co-Operative Marketing Ass'n Ltd.' ; Series 2: 'Saskatchewan Wool Products'; Series 3: 'Other business documents'; Series 4: 'Personal documents and Modern News'.; Series 5: 'Chinese documents'; Series 6: 'Photographs".

Series 1 consists of the following documents: 8 copies of a letter from the Secretary General of the HCMA, 'to Whom It May Concern', regarding William Chew; 3 copies of a letter to William Chew from the Secretary General of the HCMA regarding the selling of canned horse meat and gravy to China (2 pages); 3 typed pages entirely in Chinese characters; 2 letters from the HCMA to William Chew, each regarding the shipping canned horse meat and gravy [one letter also mentions the death of Janey Howell, daughter of Ralph Howell and friend of Victor]; a Hong Kong import licence and a CPR bill for shipping horse meat; a letter from William Chew to the HCMA regarding sample cans of horse meat and gravy; a letter (with envelope) from Manlung & Co. Importers and Exporters in Hong Kong to the HCMA;[the following items have been removed from A.2007.33 and moved to Subject Files; 7 copies of horse meat and gravy specifications (5 pages); 11 copies of blank paper with a HCMA letterhead]

Series 2 consists of the following documents: 8 pieces of correspondence between William Chew and representatives of Saskatchewan Wool Products regarding the selling of SWP blankets in Hong Kong; 2 copies of SWP price list from 1948 (not identical).

Series 3 consists the following documents: 5 letters (with envelopes) from Manlung & Co. Importers and Exporters of Hong Kong to various North American business proposing that business between the two organizations be conducted by William Chew; 3 receipts from Hong Kong businesses; 3 pieces of correspondence from William Chew to Canadian companies, regarding the trade of Hong Kong goods; an invoice of products from Manlung & Co. to W.W. Cooper Ltd. of Swift Current.
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Series 4 consists of the following documents: confirmation of hotel reservations in Victoria B.C. for William Chew; negative of a letter pertaining to the immigration of William Chew's sons from China; two pieces of correspondence between the Kuo Min Tang (Vancouver) and William Chew; one piece of correspondence between the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association (Victoria) and William Chew; 2 pieces of correspondence from an MLA of Saskatchewan and the Mayor of Swift Current, attesting to William Chew's character and industry; a document from the Chinese Association of Swift Current, written in Chinese; stationary with a "Modern News" letterhead containing text written in Chinese characters; a certificate written in Chinese characters; total sales for "Modern News" between May 1 and September 30, 1948; a letter inviting William Chew to take his oath of citizenship; envelopes from photograph developing shops in Hong Kong and Swift Current [envelopes discarded] (photos 46-52, 65-67 in Silvery Photo envelopes [envelope discarded]; 68-71 found in Goodman Studio, Swift Current [envelope discarded]; photos identical to 47 found in Moen's Swift Current [envelope discarded]); newspaper clipping; three pieces of identification, re: Chinese heritage; flyer for travel to the Orient.

Series 5 consists of twenty documents that are written entirely, or almost entirely, in Chinese, and which would require translation to learn anything more about their meaning.

Series 6 consists of photographs of William Chew, Victor Chew, Andrew Chew, and other members of the Chew family.

The fonds, related to the Swift Current Sun, 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 fonds, related to the Swift Current Sun, 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:
.1- Personnel cards, 78 cards
.2- Stock certificates, 11
.3- U. I. deductions, 6
.4- 30 U. I. Monthly remittances
.5- Cash book
.6- 4 office keys
.7- Schedule of machine numbers – 1973
.8- Schedule of machine numbers – 1976
.9- Appraisal – 1976
.10- Appraisal – 1973
.11- Schedule of machine numbers 1968
.12- Appraisal 1968
.13- Sale agreement, 7 items
.14- 13 Women’s Compensation papers
.15- Declaration of Inconsiderable employment papers, 10 items
.16- 8 Income tax returns
.17- Misc. receipts, 22 items
.18- Sun agreements / contracts, 32 items
.19- Publishers statement of Mailing, 5 items
.20- Misc. receipts #2, 23 items
.21- Sun misc. papers, 51 items
.22- Sun misc. correspondence 22 items

The fonds, related to the Swift Current Sun, 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:

1: “Director’s Report”, signed by Moore and Marshall (1 pg), re: purchasing of the area of the Charles Reid store where the newspaper is printed over the course of 11 years, 1917

2: “Memorandum of Association" and "Articles of Association" of the Sun Printing and Publishing Company Ltd., with list of share owners (3 pg), November 11 1905

3: shareholders resolution re: abilities of the directors of the company (1 pg), November 25 1931

4: shareholders resolution re: borrowing money from Charles Reid (1 pg), November 26 1931

5: shareholders resolution re: borrowing money from Charles Reid (1 pg), May 9 1938

6: correspondence from R.T. Graham & Co. (Barristers, Solicitors, Notaries), Graham is sending several (notarized?) documents to The Sun with instructions to pass them onto Begg & Hayes (lawyers) (1 pg), December 1 1931

7: shareholders resolution that includes a waiver by shareholders of notice of the time and place of a general meeting, and permission to borrow money form Charles Reid (1 pg), December 1 1931 (this letter was referenced in item #6)

8: shareholders resolution re: borrowing money from Charles Reid (1 pg), December 2 1931

9: correspondence from W.W. Cooper, re: share certificates (1 pg), October 25 1915

10: list of shareholders (1 pg), October 24 1910

11: indenture of lease between Charles Reid and Sam Moore, November 23 1911

12: declaration signed by Charles Marshall, re: transfer of shares to Edgar Burke, March 19 1935

13: declaration signed by Edgar Burke, re: transfer of shares to Mahlon Hutchinson, James Greenblat and Robert Moore, March 20 1935

14: certificate for one share of The Sun Printing and Publishing Company Ltd., originally issued to John McNulty May 11 1912, transferred to Charles Marshall, May 21 1917

15: certificate for ten shares of The Sun Printing and Publishing Company Ltd., originally issued to John McNulty January 22 1913, transferred to Charles Marshall, May 21 1917

16: cancelled certificate for 20 shares of The Sun Printing and Publishing Company Ltd., originally issued to W.M. Yates, November 1 1906, transferred to Charles Reid November 17 1906 (see attached letter)

17: cancelled certificate for 1215 shares of The Sun Printing and Publishing Company Ltd., originally issued to S.R. Moore, November 8 1913

18: cancelled certificate for 135 shares of The Sun Printing and Publishing Company Ltd., originally issued to S.R. Moore, November 8 1913

19: cancelled certificate for 30 shares of The Sun Printing and Publishing Company Ltd., originally issued to Charles Reid, November 1 1906

20: canceled certificate for 14 shares of The Sun Printing and Publishing Company Ltd., originally issued to Mahlon Hutchinson, May 15 1920, transferred to Margaret Isabella McDonald May 15 1920, attached documents re: transfer of shares from Margaret Isabella McDonald to S.R. Moore, July 8 and October 3 1929

21: "Increase of Capital of a Company", notification that The Sun Printing and Publishing Company Ltd. has increased its capital from 2500 to 15 000, June 2 1914