The fonds contains a set of nine black and white photographs dating from approximentally 1929. The set belonged to Dorothy Snelling's deceased grandmother and they were part of her personal collection. The photographs were taken from the top of the Melfort Water Tower. When placed beside one another they provide a 360 degree view of the Melfort town site. One photograph is missing from the set.
The fonds contains black and white photographs from Stoney Creek S.D. #332. The photographs date from the 1950's to 1964. They include images of Stoney Creek school students and teachers and a cake from the district's 60th anniversary.
Portrait of Thomas Clarke. Writing on face states: "For Auld Lang Syne/Thomas Clarke"
Bio/historical note: Mr. Clarke came out from England in 1877 to be a missionary in the Diocese of Saskatchewan and was sent to the Eagle Hills Reserve. He subsequently became ordained, was Principal of the Industrial School at Battleford 1883-1894, went as missionary in the Carrot River Valley in 1899 and eventually to Melfort, where he remained as Anglican minister and Rural Dean of the Prince Albert Diocese until his retirement in 1927. Source: Our Legacy website
A 15-27 Rumley tractor driving a high-Bagger Case Threshing machine. A group of people at rear of tractor having lunch. person standing on top of wagon piled with stooks.