Posed photo of twenty Indian Head boys in suits and dresses and with ribbons on their chests and trophies and shields in front of the group. W.H. Gibson, superintendent of the Indian Head Experimental Farm and William Martin stand behind the group.

Fall photo of 4 grain elevators from right (foreground) to left "Saskatchewan Pool No. 3 Indian Head"; "Paterson Indian Head"; Cargill; unknown. Label on front says 1978 and handwritten inscription on reverse: "By Jack Fleger 1978"

Newsclipping mounted on cardboard with a photo of 9 youths and their coach, Mr. W.S. Hawrylak, with trophies in the foreground

The fonds was donated to the museum in 2012 by staff of the Government of Canada’s Agroforestry Centre, prior to its closure in 2014. From 1901 to 2013, the nursery provided over 650 million tree and shrub seedlings and rooted cuttings (poplar and willow) to the prairie regions of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, as well as the Peace River District of BC for use in farmyard, field and roadside shelterbelts for wind, snow and erosion control. It was the major single employer in Indian Head for most of its existence.
It was previously known as the Shelterbelt Centre, the Tree Nursery and the Forest Nursery Station and belonged, at times, to the Department of the Interior, the Department of Regional and Economic Expansion and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. It operated under the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration (PFRA) from 1963 to 2008 and under the Agri-Environment Service Branch (AESB) from 2008 to 2013.
The distribution of trees and shrubs for shelter was initiated by Angus MacKay, first superintendent of the Experimental Farm. Because of the rapid increase in demand by farmers, a dedicated Forest Nursery Station was created south of Indian Head.
The fonds contains historic reports, publications, correspondence and documents from 1890 to 1994. All of the items are contained in letter-sized plastic sleeves. The slides are grouped in the cabinet by subject area and by years and are all numbered and titled and indexed in two accompanying binders that are used as a finding aid. Most of the slides are technical in nature (pictures of trees and shrubs, insects, shelterbelts, etc.) but some categories include people who were, in some way, involved in the shelterbelt program.

Side view of superintendent's residence with the hood of a car visible on the right.

Seven men working in the field at the Tree Nursery (Forestry Farm).

About thirteen women and two men working in the field at the Tree Nursery (Forestry Farm). The women are all wearing long dresses and kerchiefs..

A cluster of farm buildings and a small greenhouse at the Tree Nursery (Forestry Farm).

Large green 3-ring binder containing information used to create the town history book - the names and addresses (by surname, first name in alphabetical order) of people contacted to ask for family histories.

A newspaper article split between two issues of Maclean's Magazine - February 15 (pp 12-13; 48-? the latter is missing) and March 1, 1923 (pp 25-26; 50-52). The article written by "Chief Buffalo Child Long Lance" contains interviews with multiple First Nations warriors and their stories from battle.

An interview with Metis knowledge keepers Winnie and Bernard Malbeuf. The archival records consist of the actual interview (MP4 file) and a printed transcript on the shelf.

An interview with Metis knowledge keeper Irma Klyne. The archival records consist of the actual interview (MP4 file) and a printed transcript on the shelf.

An interview with Metis knowledge keeper Shirley (Pelletier) Baker. The archival records consist of the actual interview (MP4 file) and a printed transcript on the shelf.

A black coil-bound notebook of about 100 pages containing the meeting minutes for the Ladies Auxiliary to the Canadian Legion in Indian Head from 1939 to 1943.

A green hardcover notebook of about 100 pages containing the meeting minutes for the Ladies Auxiliary to the Canadian Legion in Indian Head from 1943 to 1948.