Group photograph of the teachers and students of Newberry School in the Moose Jaw District, 1908-1909

Indian Head's horse-drawn fire engine being pulled out of the fire hall.

John Stewart home with him, his mother (Jessica H. Lang), his grandparents, and his sister (Agnes Lang) on the porch.

Oval-shaped image of Walter C. Murray, University President; Duncan P. McColl (seated), University Secretary, and John Dixon, member, University Board of Governors.

Head and shoulders image of Arthur Hitchcock, lawyer and member, University Board of Governors..

Bio/Historical Note: Arthur Hitchcock was born in 1862. He worked as a lawyer in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. Hitchcock was appointed to the University Senate in 1908. Hitchcock died in 1932 in Moose Jaw at age 59.

Yorkton's first high school buildings. Two rooms were built in 1908 and in 1909 one additional room was added. These buildings were erected on the site of the present High School Buildings, on Darlington Street, and were in use until the new building was completed in 1911.

1910 High School under construction.

Image of a Russian man dressed in winter clothing, standing in front of business section.

The Indian Head Methodist Church with snow on the roof.

T.E. Donnelly, Indian Head's 3rd Mayor. He held office from 1906 to1909.

A man in a wooden wagon hitched to two oxen

13 men in suits and ties, two boys, seven women. Two men holding fiddles. Showing fashions and hairstyles of 1908.

Held at Mrs. Heartwell's house 2.5 m NW of Rosetown. Back row, L-R: Dick Stobbart, Rumer Armstrong, unknown, John Murdoch, Wally McDougald, Joe Heartwell, Roy Mayher, George Reed, unknown. 3rd row: Unknown, Mrs. Trahair, Frank Morris, Bill Chessman, Clarence Buchanan, unknown. 2nd row: Dick Michison, Maggie Buchanan, Nettie Nicholson, Mrs. J. Clark, Mrs. Heartwell. 1st row: Unknown, E. Nicolson, Jack Nicolson, Fred Weaver, Dad Rose holding baby Pearl Nicolson, Bill Spence. Example of fashions and hairstyles of 1908.

Head and shoulders image of Walter C. Murray, first University President.

Bio/Historical Note: Walter Charles Murray, first president of the University of Saskatchewan, was born in Kings County, New Brunswick, in 1866 and received his BA with honours in 1886 from the University of New Brunswick. Having won the Gilchrist Scholarship for Canada, for continued studies overseas, he attended the University of Berlin and the University of Edinburgh, where he received his MA with first class honours in 1891. Later that year he joined the faculty at the University of New Brunswick as Professor of Philosophy and Economics. In 1892 he was appointed Professor of Philosophy and lecturer in Education at Dalhousie, where he remained until joining the University of Saskatchewan as president in 1908. Murray served as president for 29 years, retiring in 1937. Murray was successful in building a progressive university with a beautiful campus. His own work was in education and education history, but he was also a supporter of art and music. Murray served on numerous councils and commissions, including the National Research Council from 1916-1932. Murray married Christina Cameron (1866-1947), born in Fredericton, New Brunswick, in 1895. They had three daughters: Christina Cameron Murray, Lucy Hunter Murray and Jean Elizabeth Murray. Murray died in Saskatoon in 1945. The city of Saskatoon honours him with "Murray Place" in the Dundonald area; Walter Murray Collegiate Institute, opened in 1965 and located near Market Mall; the Murray Building on the University of Saskatchewan campus; and President Murray Park, located in the Varsity View neighbourhood.