Ida Janet Munro (Clarke) Thompson fonds
- MG 484
- Archief
- 1882-1953 (inclusive) ; 1905-1953 (predominant)
Correspondence, accounts books, and other textual material.
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Ida Janet Munro (Clarke) Thompson fonds
Correspondence, accounts books, and other textual material.
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This fonds documents the friendships, civic and individual concerns, and personal involvement that together, help create and define a sense of community. It contains materials relating to Ruth Horlick's life, the experiences as varied as war and household that impacted upon her, and her extensive friendships. Additionally it documents her commitments to various organizations, including her work with psychiatric patients at Royal University Hospital and the McKerracher Centre, as well as her volunteer work with the Saskatoon Symphony and the Learning Disabilities Association.
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Beamish / Kenderdine Family fonds
This fonds contains correspondence, cards, and published materials owned by various members of the Kenderdine / Beamish families.
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Alexander McCaughan: A Canadian Soldier
Part of Military Collection
A duo-tang containing an 11-page (single-sided) biography of Alexander McCaughan, a young Irishman, who had come to Indian Head and then enlisted with the Canadian Army and fought in WWI.
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Around the World in the Yacht Sunbeam
Part of Book Collection
A small 12 cm X 19 cm) green 368-page hardcover book written by Anne Brassey and containing her memoirs from the trip she and her husband, Lord Thomas Brassey took around the world in their yacht, the Sunbeam, from July 1, 1876 to May 26, 1977.
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Black Baseball Players in Canada - A Biographical Dictionary 1881-1960
Part of Book Collection
A 203-page softcover book with an alphabetically organized series of biographies of about 500 baseball players who played for various teams throughout Canada from 1881 to 1960. It includes many players of the barn-storming teams that played on the prairies during the 1950s, including the Indian Head Rockets. Writeups include: Nathaniel "Nat" Bates, who pitched for the Rockets in 1952 and visited Saskatchewan in 2022 for the induction of the Indian Head Rockets (1950-1954) into the Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame in Battleford and for the opening off the Indian Head Rockets display at the Indian Head Museum; Elijah "Pumpsie" Green who also played for the Rockets and was the first black player on the Boston Red Sox. Many other Indian Head Rockets players are also included.
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Jerry's Journey - Memoirs of Gerald Michael Willerth
Part of Book Collection
141-page softcover book. Contains stories by Jerry Willerth of his childhood and youth on the farm east of Indian Head. Also stories of his many years of farming and involvement in soil conservation organizations - the Saskatchewan Soil Conservation Association, the Soil Conservation Council of Canada and the Indian Head Agricultural Research Foundation. Also stories of his work in the Bell Barn Society and memories by many friends and colleagues about Jerry and his accomplishments.
The Tale of the Prairie Chicken - The Autobiography of Blanche (Morin-D'Amours) Rogers
Part of Book Collection
274-page softcover book. Contains the life stories of Blanche (Morin) Rogers (born 1910), who was born at Indian Head, attended a country school and later became a long-time school teacher herself. The book was assembled and designed by her son, Tom Rogers, and self-published in 2022. Contains many colour photos.
Some Extracts and Reminiscences of a Lifetime
Part of Book Collection
A small (12 cm X 19 cm) green 165-page hardcover book containing the published memoirs of Geraldine F. Ball. This copy has been signed by the author.
Geraldine F. Ball lived in England and moved to Grenfell (Sask.) in about 1890. She She was married to William H. Ball and had four children Elizabeth, Fred, Alfred and Olive. Additional information about Geraldine F. Ball can be found in the Grenfell history book a digital copy is available at http://contentdm.ucalgary.ca/digital/collection/p22007coll8/id/51819
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Part of Book Collection
Two copies of a 188-page paperback book based on Ms. McLaughlin's life with her husband, Roy, from 1938 to 1949 while he managed the grain elevator at Archydal, northwest of Moose Jaw.
Part of Book Collection
A small paperback book of memoirs autographed by Marilyn Pelkey.
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.
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Part of Book Collection
272-page book with biographies of 28 country doctors in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, including maps and b&w photographs. Dr. Robert George Ferguson of Fort San (Fort Qu'Appelle) (pp 203-220) and Dr. Fredrick W. Hart of Indian Head (pp 221-224) are two of the doctors.
King George School Project Collection
The collection contains materials relating to the project, and in particular, images taken by the school children. These images document people admired and loved; pets; images of the city, neighborhoods, school and school grounds; and other materials which may well alter and change over time, including currency, various electronic apparatus including computers, cell phones, televisions, and stereos; modes of transportation, including cars and school buses. As such, the collection represents a good sample of materials which document Saskatoon at a specific time; and in particular documents the inner city area near King George school, and the school's teachers, students, and activities.
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Correspondence from British emigrants describing their lives in Canada and concern over the war. The collection includes letters, photographs, negatives, manuscript drawings, maps, greeting cards, news clippings, and one small watercolor.
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