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W. Hugh Arscott fonds

  • MG 344
  • Fonds
  • 1916-2001 (inclusive) ; 1961-1979 (predominant)

This fonds contains materials relating to Arscott's work; his involvement with the Progressive Conservative Party and later disillusionment with the mainstream parties and his activities with the Rhinoceros Party; his extended family; his war service;and reminiscences of growing up in Saskatoon, attending the University, and local and political figures. Particularly extensive is his writing: creative; satire; and memoirs.

Arscott, William Hughes, 1924-2002 (alumnus, financial planner, political commentator)

Kathy Szalasnzyj fonds

  • MG 348
  • Fonds
  • [ca. 1986]-2001

This fonds contains research materials, writings, correspondence, documents and photographs relating to Szalasznyj's life, career and interests. They include information on heritage buildings, creative writing projects and courses including memoir-writing (containing the episode memoirs of approximately 60 persons who wrote assignments) and relate to a variety of organizations such as Wysla School District 4106, Laision Magazine, CBC Radio "Letters From Vantage Point" series, Municipal Heritage Advisory Committee projects and other local history projects, the Saskatoon Memory Writers Club, which she helped to found, Holy Resurrection Orthodox Church, Saskatoon and the Orthodox faith in Canada, and Doukhobor interests.

Szalasnzyj, Kathlyn Rose Marie (nee Danyluk)

Ruth Millar fonds

  • MG 351
  • Fonds
  • 1948-2005, predominant 2000-2005

This fonds contains notes, clippings, articles and correspondence related to the research, writing and publication of the book Saskatchewan Heroes and Rogues. Material is organized by the name of the person profiled. Profiles include: Will James; Joan Bamford Fletcher; Jean Ewen; Gladys Arnold; Morris "Two Gun" Cohen; Richard St. Barbe Baker; Tom Hourie; Norman Falkner; Charlie Palmer; Father Claffey; Emma Woikin; and Kate Rice.

Millar, Ruth Wright (librarian, author)

Shirley Spafford fonds

  • MG 352
  • Fonds
  • 1905-2005

This fonds includes materials relating to the history, faculty and students of the department of economics and political studies; Spafford's work with the Symphony, heritage organizations in Saskatoon, etc; as well as materials relating to her father, Ah King, and her mother, Katie Malinowski (nee Dobrowney).

Spafford, Shirley Maryanne (nee King), 1937- .

B.A. Holmlund fonds

  • MG 354
  • Fonds
  • 1951-2004 (inclusive); 1972-2004 (predominant)

This fonds reflects Holmlund’s interest in the philosophy of education, his varied career at the University of Saskatchewan, and his concern for an equitable society. It is particularly valuable as a source for university history, specifically for the period of Leo Kristjanson’s tenure; and for issues surrounding health delivery, education, and the College of Medicine; the development of computer / IT services on campus; and First Nations educational opportunities. As a reflection of planning at a post-secondary U-15 institution, this fonds is particularly strong, notably for the materials surrounding the Issues and Options project.

Holmlund, Blaine Adrian

Horace Beach fonds

  • MG 359
  • Fonds
  • 1945-[ca. 2002]

This fonds contains materials relating to Beach’s academic career and interests in psychology, human behaviour, and counseling; as well as material relating to World War II, conflict in general, and behaviour under various forms of stress.

Beach, Horace

William Allen fonds

  • MG 36
  • Fonds
  • 1930-1957 (inclusive) ; 1937-1942 (predominant)

This fonds consists of material relating to Allen's career including his autobiography, correspondence, clippings, honours, and memorials.

Allen, William

Edgar Mapletoft fonds

  • MG 364
  • Fonds
  • 1922-2006

This fonds contains material related to the Mapletoft family, Fort Pitt, Frenchman's Butte and Onion Lake areas, the First Nations, the Métis, the Northwest Rebellion and the Little Pipestone Ranch and Simmental cattle.

Mapletoft, Edgar

Robert Cole fonds

  • MG 368
  • Fonds
  • 1919-2016 (inclusive) ; 1978-2016 (predominant).

This fonds includes materials collected primarily as a result of Bob Cole’s student days at the University of Saskatchewan and STM. The University Publications are particularly useful as these items are not duplicated in the University Publication Collection.

Cole, Robert

Douglas and Novia Cole collection

  • MG 369
  • Fonds
  • 1932-1995

This collection contains materials created by, or about, Canadian author Robertson Davies (1913-1995). Davies was editor of Saturday Night and the Peterborough Examiner prior to joining Trinity College, University of Toronto as professor of literature. The author of numerous plays and books, Davies is perhaps best known for The Salterton trilogy and the Deptford trilogy. He received both the Stephen Leacock medal for humour and the Governor General's Award for fiction. Some of the material in this collection has been annotated by Davies, including copies of two draft manuscripts which are inscribed "to Maisie." "Maisie" is believed to be Davies' sister-in-law, Maisie Newbold (1915-2001), who was married first (in 1946) to the Australian painter Peter Purves Smith (1912-1949) and later (in 1964), to their friend and fellow artist, Russell Drysdale (1912-1981). The collection also includes souvenir coins and tokens from across Western Canada.

Cole, Douglas

M.F. Timlin fonds

  • MG 37
  • Fonds
  • 1889-1975 (inclusive) ; 1962-1969 (predominant)

This fonds contains personal correspondence, working papers, articles, manuscripts, research material, and lecture notes. Much of the material deals with Dr. Timlin's work with the Social Science Research Council of Canada (SSRCC) and her research on immigration policies from 1896 to 1960. Included in the research material are copies or microform of various primary sources, such as Sessional papers (1892-1895), the Laurier fonds, and the Sifton fonds.

Timlin, Mabel Frances

McKay family fonds

  • MG 385
  • Fonds
  • 1878-1984 (inclusive); ca. 1878-1917 (predominant)

The McKay family fonds contains material created and assembled primarily by Angus McKay and his daughter Annie Maude (Nan) Nan McKay. The photographs include family members as well as HBC staff; the University of Saskatchewan campus during Nan McKay’s time as a student; and a variety of scenes and people in Northern Saskatchewan, documenting Angus McKay’s work and family life at various posting, and including a photo identified as a treaty party in La Ronge. The textual material accumulated by Angus McKay includes business, family and personal correspondence, including correspondence relating to his award of scrip, receipts, financial accounts, price lists, tax assessments, etc. There is also material relating to the McKay family tree; printed reminiscences (1935) of the Riel Rebellion of 1885; notes and sketches for a talk by Nan McKay about bird watching.

McKay Family

David Glaze fonds

  • MG 390
  • Fonds
  • 1953-2014

The material in this fonds deal with Glaze’s life including school and extracurricular interests as a youth and later as a journalist, fiction writer, editor and educator.

Glaze, David

Margaret K. Weiers fonds

  • MG 396
  • Fonds
  • 1950-1995

The contents of this fonds is primarily drafts and clippings of articles and editorials by Margaret Weiers. The fonds also includes the first draft of manuscript Against The Odds which became Envoys Extraordinary: Women of the Canadian Foreign Service, published by Dundurn Press in 1995.

Weiers, Margaret K.

V.E. Graham fonds

  • MG 4
  • Fonds
  • 1943-1945

This fonds primarily consists of agendas, minutes, notices of meetings, and publications from Canadian Institute of International Affairs (CIIA) branches across Canada and the Royal Institute of International Affairs (RIIA) in London. The fonds also includes a small amount of correspondence to and from Dr. Graham, who was Secretary-Treasurer for the Saskatoon branch of CIIA, relating to the organization of meetings of the Saskatoon branch, arranging for speakers, and collecting membership fees. There are also invoices and receipts for events held by the Saskatoon branch.

Graham, Victor Edward

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