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Swift Current Music Festival Association

The fonds, related to the Swift Current Music Festival 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:
-Binder containing programs, brochures, newspaper clippings of Festival 2000-2004
-Music festival programs 2003-2004
-Green folder containing financial statements, letters, meeting minutes, etc. 1995-2000

Swift Current Music Festival Association

Swift Current Natural History Society

The fonds, related to the Swift Current Natural History Society, were accumulated by the source. No other information was captured at the time of transfer to the Swift Current Museum for records not generated by the Museum.

The content has not been professionally appraised, arranged, or described. The following is a basic listing of the unprocessed contents:

  • Sask Natural History Society newsletters
    • Swift Current Museum Newsletters
  • Receipt book from SC Museum Board
  • Various letters and correspondence

Swift Current Natural History Society

Swift Current Overture Concert Association

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

Swift Current Rotary Club

The fonds, related to the Swift Current Rotary Club, 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:
-Swift Current Rotary Club history book, started in 1963 and covers history since the 1920s

Swift Current Rotary Club

Swift Current Rotary Club

The fonds, related to the Swift Current Rotary Club, were accumulated by the source. No other information was captured at the time of transfer to the Swift Current Museum for records not generated by the Museum.

The content has not been professionally appraised, arranged, or described. The following is a basic listing of the unprocessed contents:
-consists on an album containing personal statements from homesteaders in Swift Current, complied in 1955, commemorating Saskatchewan's 50 year anniversary, all names are alphabetical. Each page contains a name, the dates that the person resided in Swift Current, where they lived in 1955, their date and place of birth, personal remarks, and a signature.

Swift Current Rotary Club

Swift Current Rotary Club

The fonds, related to the Swift Current Rotary Club, 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:
-album containing personal statements from homesteaders in Swift Current, complied in 1955, commemorating Saskatchewan's 50 year anniversary, all names are alphabetical. Each page contains a name, the dates that the person resided in Swift Current, where they lived in 1955, their date and place of birth, personal remarks, and a signature.

Swift Current Rotary Club

Swift Current Social Justice Coordinating Committee

The fonds, related to the Swift Current Social Justice Coordinating 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:
Series 1 (A.1996.1.1): Binder
Dates: 1987 - 1991
Extent: 5 cm textual records
Scope and content: series consists of a red binder with the following tabbed headings: Minutes, Financial, Ten Days, Correspondence, Publicity, Members, RICDEP

Series 2 (A.1996.1.2): Printed Material (1)
Dates: ca. 1987 - 1991
Extent: 2 cm textual records
Scope and content: series contains information on the Swift Current Social Justice Coordinating Committee, including information on working with local schools and teachers, promotional material, out reach material

Series 3 (A.1996.1.3): Financial Statements
Dates: ca. 1987 - 1991
Extent: 2 cm textual records
Scope and content: series contains a yellow case of financial statements

Series 4 (A.1996.1.4): Printed Material (2)
Dates: ca. 1987 - 1991
Extent: 2 cm textual records
Scope and content: series contains information on the Swift Current Social Justice Coordinating Committee, including minutes, press releases, promotional and outreach material, information on "10 Days for World Development" program

Swift Current Social Justice Coordinating Committee

Swift Current Sun

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

Swift Current Sun

Swift Current Sun

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

Swift Current Sun

Swift Current Tourism Committee / Horseshoe Tourism Region

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
  • Newsletter – Around the Horseshoe
  • Brochures / pamphlets
  • Booklet – Official Travel Guide to Southwest Saskatchewan
  • 1995 Official Service & Event Guide (Horseshoe)
    SC Tourism Committee
  • Correspondence
  • SWRA News (South West recreation Association)
  • Minutes, Tourism Swift Current 1995 – 1998
  • Letters / Correspondence
  • Host Program Options
  • Minutes
  • Discover Swift Current Saskatchewan 1998, booklet

Swift Current Tourism Committee

Swift Current Tourism Committee/Horseshoe Tourism Region

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

Ted Michie

The fonds, related to Ted Michie, was 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:
-scrapbook #1, typed newspaper articles, from 1911
-scrapbook #2, typed newspaper articles, from c. 1911 - 1912
-scrapbook #3, typed newspaper articles, from c, 1912 - 1913
-scrapbook #4, typed newspaper articles, from c. 1914 - 1916
-scrapbook #5, typed newspaper articles, from c. 1917 - 1918, mostly pertaining to accidents, death and crime
-scrapbook #6, typed newspaper articles, from c. 1917 - 1919
-scrapbook #7, typed newspaper articles, from c. 1917 - 1919, mostly pertaining to city council and services, board of trade, police and fire departments, personal and sports near the back, death and crime on the last pages
-notebook: typed newspaper articles, 1911, pertaining to the misc. events in 1911, inc. Fair, injuries, also letters by William Simpson
-folder #1, typed pages of letters from men during WWI, inc. Captain David Meikle (killed in action), W.C.D. Crombie, Sgt. Todd, Jack Shaw, Private R.J. Staughan, B.S. Clough, Harold Thomson, Andrew Henderson, Jack Griffith, M.A. MacPherson, William McTaggart, substantial information on men form SC in WWI, other WWI related notes, 73 loose pages
-folder #2, 1914-1916, documents pertaining to civic elections, financial issues, a real estate conflict between D.Y. Leslie and the city, public health, city planning, hiring of a city engineer, unemployment. city repair and development, police department, 50 loose pages
-folder #3, 1914 - 1916, documents pertaining to Orange Day, recreation, a baby competition, sporting events, personal news, crimes, deaths and injuries, road construction, etc., 30 loose pages
-folder #4, typed articles from the newspaper, from 1918, 71 loose pages
-folder #5, typed articles from the newspaper, from 1919, 50 loose pages
-folder #6, typed articles from the newspaper, from 1920, 94 loose pages
-folder #7, notes on the history of SC, 247 loose pages

Michie, Ted

William W. Cooper

The fonds, related to William W. Cooper, 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: address book of customers, c. 1967; shares of the WW Cooper store, issued to W.W. Cooper, 1927; Cooper's Store News issues: March & April 1924; September & October, 1924; Christmas, 1924 (2 copies); January 1925; February 1925 (3 copies); March 1925; June 1925; July 1925; October 1925; January 1926; February 1926; Summer 1933; Christmas 1948 (3 copies); Cooper's Anniversary News, June 1933 (6 copies); document, "The North West Mounted Police - The Winning of the West", 5 pages;

Folder #2 (documents pertaining to W.W. Cooper's visit to Russia in 1931): poster for a talk on Russia given by WW Cooper; booklet, "Intimate Impressions of Russia Discussed in a Lecture by W.W. Cooper" (6 copies); notes for a speech on Russia; newspaper clippings re: Russia, communism; correspondence re: First United Church's 60th Anniversary in 1972, ribbon, list of congregation members, photo #1: members of the First United Church congregation in the church, 1972; City of SC Tax Notice, 1935; speech, to Mrs. W.W. Cooper, from the Women's Missionary Society of the Metropolitan Church, upon her birthday, 1923; employee newsletter, "The Cooperator", November 1948; letters from W.W. Cooper's grandsons (Alfred Cooper's sons) Bill and Peter, 1962; correspondence with W.A. Bingham re: oil burners, 1929

Folder #3: "Honorary Address to Mr. W.W. Cooper // From the Staff on the occasion of the Store's 40th Birthday // June 4 1943", signed by all staff members

Folder #4 (newspapers): Cooper's Anniversary News, June 1933; excerpt from The Sun, February 4 1953 (article on the purchase of the W.W. Cooper store by Pioneer Co-Op); The Sun, October 27 1948 (featuring an article about the death of William Wesley Cooper)

Envelope #1: essay by Phoebe Matthie, "The W.W. Cooper Memorial Scholarship Committee"; grades for Phoebe Matthie from the University of Saskatchewan, 1952; photos #2 - #7: Phoebe Matthie's photographs from the University of Saskatchewan

Envelope #2: personal correspondence addresses to Gordon Cooper, the son of W.W. Cooper, 1933 to 1962, including a marriage announcement for Gordon and Dorothy Wilkins, 1933; postcards from their daughter Colleen in 1962; and various letters from friends and relatives; photographs #8 - #10: unidentified individuals at an outdoor reception, perhaps a wedding; #11: two unidentified women sitting on a couch; #12 - #15: a family at Easter in 1983, Robert, Audrey (mother and father), Carissa Dawn and Christopher Robert (daughter and son) and an older women referred to as "myself"; #16: a family in Christmas of 1982, Robert, "myself", Donald and Gerald; #17 - #19: unidentified individuals; #20: W.W. (William Wesley) Cooper taken October 1923; programs for the 5th annual and the 11th annual W.W. Cooper Co. Banquet

Envelope #3: handwritten document about a Hudson's Bay Trip, August 6 - 11 1947, to Churchill Manitoba, author unknown (likely W.W. Cooper, 10 pg); document, "Canadian National Railways (Western Region) Passenger Traffic Department North of 54" (20 pages); photos #21 - #64, photos and postcards from Northern communities (Flin Flon, Churchill), including people sled dogs, seal hunting; brochure for a CPR holiday that involves travel from Regina to Churchill, MB, and back to Regina; newsletter, "Eskimo" from Churchill, MB, June 1947, published by the Oblate Fathers of the Hudson Bay Vicariate

Volume #1: "Bylaws of Unity Chapter No. 10" Royal Arch Masons
Volume #2: "Constitution of the Grand Chapter of the Royal Arch Masons of Saskatchewan", 1929
Volume #3: "Constitution of the Grand Lodge of Saskatchewan"
Volume #4: "Constitution and By-Laws" for SC Lodge of the Independent Order of Oddfellows
Volume #5: "Swift Current Lodge No. 26 Bylaws", Masons
Volume #6: Financial statement, W.W. Cooper Store, "Report on Accounts For the year ended January 31 1935"
Volume #7: Cooper Store News, 1919 - 1931
Volume #8: Cooper Store News, 1932 - 1952

Wright Museum

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

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