This subseries consists of draft documents denoted by a “P” and a number in the top right corner. The subject matter varies greatly and includes: the first airshow in Moose Jaw, the Winter of 1886, the first plane over Moose Jaw, sunday picnics, three heroic boy scouts, Katherine Stinson, the Moose Jaw Cenotaph, Moose Jaw’s first autoshow, the 1916 Dominion Day parade, John MacDonald of Grant, Annie Hoburg, the announcement of the First World War, the Jack Armstrong Kidnapping, the proposed CPR Tunnel, the Cheesecloth Bungalow, the 1918 Influenza Epidemic, J.J. McLean, female lawbreakers, the proposed twin cities plan for Moose Jaw, runaway horses, Charlie Gower, Con Leary, William Leach, Capitol Theatre’s 1926 New Year’s celebration, women in the 1920s, and the 1923 Christmas Shopping Train.

This subseries consists of draft documents denoted by an “N” and a number in the top right corner. The subject matter varies greatly and includes: Clarrie Alfred Williams Stunt, pollution in 1890, the 128th Battalion banner, Haley’s Comet, Mayor J.T. Simpson promotional campaign, the 1884 Scientists Expedition, Dancing Pipe Lake, early expeditions of the Moose Jaw area, the first Fall fair, Dr. John MacLean, John McDougall, Richard Bogue’s acetylene light plant, the Soo Line, Police corruption in 1916, the 1907 ornate drinking fountain, the 1920 CPR Gardens reception, the old country fairs, Bronco Wilson, the 1923 stilt racing meet, the Michael Joyce Expedition, Boharm’s first rail station, Dr. Campbell Douglas, Sir Thomas Riddick, Martin “Pipeline” Johnson, the Moose Jaw Jungle, the 1924 Woolworth Building fire, early fire protection, and early Sunday school Christmas concerts.

This subseries consists of draft documents denoted by an “L” and a number in the top right corner. The subject matter varies greatly and includes: the Battell Party, Reverend John Paine Sargent, rail construction in 1882, Mrs. Card, the Spight-Monarch dinner tradition, the first settlers, British journalists visiting in 1907, the steam pumper accident, Henry Battell House, the Wood Mountain robe trade of 1884, the 1907 royal visit, the fire department’s first automobile, the 1907 plans for the new city hall, the Moose Jaw Homeguard, the Moose Hotel, Kingsway Park, pollution in 1913, and automobiles of Moose Jaw.

This subseries consists of draft documents denoted by an “O” and a number in the top right corner. The subject matter varies greatly and includes: early health concerns, the D’Jazz Billiard Hall, Harry Hind and Shortstick, prohibition tales, the 1920 pedestrian bylaw, flapper girls in the 1920s, the 46th Battalion crosses, Moose Jaw’s first murder, Kingsway Park, the streetcar workers’ strike of 191, James Morrison, Montague Henry White-Fraser, the 1919 royal visit, the 1905 April Fool’s Day explosion, the March 11, 1892 Fire, the dwindling buffalo herds, photographing of the Sioux, the Grain Growers Association, the Riverside Hotel, train wrecks, locusts, Richard Bogue’s acetylene light plant, Boer War volunteers, settler ingenuity, Inspector O.H. Sackrider, early scam artists, the Allan-Cumming Department Store, the Market Hall, the 1913 Boharm shooting incident, the 1913 Streetcar Storage Building, the GTP and Canadian Northern proposed rail depots, Moose Jaw’s first stampede, and the Moose Jaw Flying Club.

This series contains copies of articles from the Moose Jaw Evening Times and The Railway and Marine World periodicals, which are organized by year. Many articles are highlighted and there is a legend to indicate the meanings of the different colours. The Heseltons have summarized the articles and their drafts are found throughout these files. This research was conducted in preparation for their book, entitled “Not to exceed 10 miles per hour”: The story of the Moose Jaw Electric Railway 1910-1932 and Public Transportation in Moose Jaw to 2003.

This series contains photographs of Leith and her family, and those used for research. Includes two photo albums.

This file is an official United States land title granting land to Susan Setliff widow of Abram
Setliff.