- IHM.2023.0111
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- 1907
Parte deAgriculture Collection
Harvest crew on the Campkin/Lee Farm.
Parte deAgriculture Collection
Harvest crew on the Campkin/Lee Farm.
Bill Cram - Superintendent 1958-1978
Parte deAgriculture Collection
Head and shoulders photograph of Dr. Bill Cram (IHM.2023.0073a) and a laminated page entitled "Bill Cram Inducted into Saskatchewan Agriculture Hall of Fame" with a biography of him (IHM.2023.0073b)
Looking Back: A History of the Robert and Hannah (Swinton) Williamson Family 2013 - 1783
Parte deBook Collection
A large green 288-page hardcover book containing genealogical information about the Williamson family.
Mavis (Guest) (Gray) Jealous - Memories, stories and more.
Parte deBook Collection
A coil-bound 24-page summary of the life of Mavis Jealous and photographs for reference, based on interviews conducted by Bev Deschenes.
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Memories of the Royal Canadian Air Force
Parte deBook Collection
Two copies of a homemade 118-page book written by Arnold Dales about his time in the Royal Canadian Air Force during WWII. Dales was a bomber navigator whose plane was shot down over Winterswijk, the Netherlands, on February 21, 1945. He had a broken leg and when that was mended by German medical staff, he was placed in a POW camp near the Danish border. A month later, the war had ended and he was able to return to Canada. He was a real estate agent in Indian Head, mayor of Indian Head and a key person in the creation of the Indian Head Museum.
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The History of the Original Halford Homestead Property NW 10-17-12-W 2nd
Parte deBook Collection
A 36-page (single-sided) coil-bound book containing information on the Halford family and the area of their original homestead. It contains photo-copied documents concerning the land, followed by several copied newspaper articles and genealogical information and then photos and aerial photos of the property and farmyard.
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Prairie Doctor Dad - Thomas Milroy
Parte deBook Collection
A self-published glossy 71-page book (staple-bound) by Doctor Thomas Milroy about growing up in Indian Head and his medical career throughout Canada and the United States. Milroy was born in Alberta in 1919 to John Murray Milroy and Marjorie (Taylor) Milroy. The following year, his father was transferred to manage the Union Bank of Canada branch at Indian Head. Thomas's parents, John and Marjorie Milroy, stayed in Indian Head for the rest of their lives (see Indian Head History Book pp 562-563).
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Indian Head: History of Indian Head and District
Parte deBook Collection
Large hardcover history book with a worn grey cover sleeve. The book contains the history of Indian Head and district as well as black and white images and maps.
Saskatchewan History Autumn 1957 Vol. X No.3
Parte deBook Collection
A small magazine about Saskatchewan history. This issue contains Part 1 (of 3) of the letters of Edwin Jackson Brooks from July 4, 1882 to March 11, 1884 that he wrote home to his wife Helena (Nellie). in Sherbrooke, Quebec.
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Saskatchewan History Winter 1958 Vol. XI, No. 1
Parte deBook Collection
A small magazine about Saskatchewan history. This issue contains Part 2 (of 3) of the letters of Edwin Jackson Brooks from July 4, 1882 to March 11, 1884 that he wrote home to his wife Helena (Nellie). in Sherbrooke, Quebec.
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Saskatchewan History Spring 1958
Parte deBook Collection
A small (magazine about Saskatchewan history. This issue contains Part 3 (of 3) of the letters of Edwin Jackson Brooks from July 4, 1882 to March 11, 1884 that he wrote home to his wife Helena (Nellie). in Sherbrooke, Quebec.
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E. J. Brooks Letters to His Wife
Parte deBook Collection
The full collection of E. J. Brooks's letters to his wife Helena (Nellie) in Sherbrooke, Quebec. It also contains a 1-page biography written by his son, Murray; a reprint of an article written by E. J. Brooks titled "Pioneer Days" that he wrote for the Vidette newspaper - December 19, 1900.
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Parte deBook 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.
Echoes of the Qu'Appelle Lakes District
Parte deBook Collection
A local history by former Indian Head school principal, including local aspects of the fur trade, the North-West Resistance, the CPR and agriculture settlement.
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Black Baseball Players in Canada - A Biographical Dictionary 1881-1960
Parte deBook 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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