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Land ownership schematic for Sunny Slope school district #1843
Part of Agriculture Collection
Contains 18 sections of land - 12 north of the correction line and 6 south of it. It has names of the first owners and the owners as of 1980.
Agreement for sale of land between Rt. Hon. Lord Brassey and W.J. Sandercock
Part of Agriculture Collection
The document is for the purchase of E 1/2 and NW quarter (3 quarters) of S 32-T17-R13-W2 by William John Sandercock. This land is the section south-west of the town of Indian Head's water tank.
Territorial Grain Growers cairn- minutes and correspondence
Part of Agriculture Collection
Contains meeting minutes and correspondence concerning the ownership and care of the cairn erected to commemorate the formation of the Territorial Grain Growers Association at Indian Head.
Induction of Jim Halford to Saskatchewan Agriculture Hall of Fame
Part of Agriculture Collection
consists of: a) one program (green); b) two copies of fold-out pamphlets and c) three copies of portrait and biographical sketch of James (Jim) Halford. All were produced by the Saskatchewan Agriculture Hall of Fame for the induction of Indian Head's Jim Halford and for other persons into the SAHF.
Threshing about 1886? - portable steamer
Part of Agriculture Collection
Threshing crew. There are about 20 people in the photo, including a woman in a dress in horse-drawn cart.
Brown outfit - binders about 1900
Part of Agriculture Collection
Four horse-drawn binders in the field with three horses pulling each binder..
The Year it didn't Rain - story of Dust Bowl
Part of Agriculture Collection
Article by Max Brathwaite in Maclean's Magazine about 1937, the driest year on the prairies of the 1930's.
Jim Halford Inducted into 2010 Saskatchewan Agriculture Hall of Fame
Part of Agriculture Collection
1-page newsclipping describing Jim Halford's accomplishments which led to his induction. He developed a seeding system to place seed and fertilizer precisely in heavy crop residue. It was patented as the Conserva Pak seeding system which was sold throughout Canada, the US and Australia.
Part of Agriculture Collection
The harvest crew at the Perkins Farm near Sintaluta.
Part of Agriculture Collection
Harvest crew on the Campkin/Lee Farm.
Tree Nursery boarding house 1908
Part of Tree Nursery (P.F.R.A) Fonds
Photograph of Tree Nursery (Forestry Farm) workers' boarding house with clothes drying on the line. Young planted spruce trees are in the foreground.
Part of Tree Nursery (P.F.R.A) Fonds
The Tree Nursery (Forestry Farm) office in town - constructed in 1919 - before the second story was added in 1932.
Nursery superintendent's residence - 1904
Part of Tree Nursery (P.F.R.A) Fonds
A view of the Tree Nursery (Forestry Farm) superintendent's residence soon after construction and another house in the background.
Indian Head History Book Fonds
1 green, 4-drawer, legal-width filing cabinet containing many file folders. The fonds consists of file folders that contain the original compiled information that was used by the 17 local residents that comprised the History Book Committee who compiled and published “Indian Head: History of Indian Head and District” in 1984 (ISBN: 0-919781-26-8). The book is 798 pages and is available on-line in the University of Calgary’s digital collection: https://digitalcollections.ucalgary.ca/archive/Indian-Head---history-of-Indian-Head-and-district-2R3BF1FSTWNUV.html. This fonds contains source photos and documents that were used in the compilation of the book. The file folders also contain materials that did not make it into the history book and may be of use to archival researchers.
The top two drawers contain local family histories in alphabetical order, while the third drawer contain files with other aspects of Indian Head history (agricultural history, religion, recreation, organizations, military, education, etc.)
Indian Head History Book Committee
Part of Indian Head History Book Fonds
One file folder with family history, notes and correspondence.
Indian Head History Book Committee