- IHM.2020.0091
- Stuk
- 1989
Part of Book Collection
Two copies of a 188-page paperback book based on Ms. McLaughlin's life with her husband, Roy, from 1938 to 1949 while he managed the grain elevator at Archydal, northwest of Moose Jaw.
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Part of Book Collection
Two copies of a 188-page paperback book based on Ms. McLaughlin's life with her husband, Roy, from 1938 to 1949 while he managed the grain elevator at Archydal, northwest of Moose Jaw.
Part of Town Collection
A small 14 cm X 20 cm leather-bound 60-page scrapbook of newspaper clippings with biographies and articles about well-known Indian Head citizens, including 16 of the series in the Indian Head News called "Our Own Who's Who".
Part of Town Collection
A 19 cm X 28 cm 48-page scrapbook of laminated sheets held together by 2 rings and containing newspaper clippings about various residents of Indian Head. Book was made by Louisa Tyson before she moved to England. After her death in 2002 the scrapbook was sent to Beth Liggett who appears to the one who laminated it.
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Alexander McCaughan: A Canadian Soldier
Part of Military Collection
A duo-tang containing an 11-page (single-sided) biography of Alexander McCaughan, a young Irishman, who had come to Indian Head and then enlisted with the Canadian Army and fought in WWI.
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Main Street - Indian Head By Hec Blair - November 1981
Part of Town Collection
A 16 page document written by Hec Blair about his time living in Indian Head and the things he remembered about main street and the people and business on it.
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Part of Book 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.
Joyce (Pridmore) Brown - loving children and nature
Part of People Collection
Newspaper biography of Mrs. Brown who, as Joyce Pridmore, taught Grade 1 at Indian Head in 1934.
Gladys (Wade) Perrin took a colorful path
Part of People Collection
Biography of Gladys (Wade) Perrin, who taught in Indian Head (Grade 7) from 1941 to 1944. Hand-written note on the article says: "formerly Gladys Wade who taught in IH 1941-1944. Beth Dechief"
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Biography/obituary of Charles Francis "Chuck" Watson
Part of Military Collection
Printout of "Find-a-Grave" entry for Charles Francis "Chuck" Watson (Memorial ID 220429941) who is buried in the Indian Head Cemetery.
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Jerry's Journey - Memoirs of Gerald Michael Willerth
Part of Book Collection
141-page softcover book. Contains stories by Jerry Willerth of his childhood and youth on the farm east of Indian Head. Also stories of his many years of farming and involvement in soil conservation organizations - the Saskatchewan Soil Conservation Association, the Soil Conservation Council of Canada and the Indian Head Agricultural Research Foundation. Also stories of his work in the Bell Barn Society and memories by many friends and colleagues about Jerry and his accomplishments.
The Tale of the Prairie Chicken - The Autobiography of Blanche (Morin-D'Amours) Rogers
Part of Book Collection
274-page softcover book. Contains the life stories of Blanche (Morin) Rogers (born 1910), who was born at Indian Head, attended a country school and later became a long-time school teacher herself. The book was assembled and designed by her son, Tom Rogers, and self-published in 2022. Contains many colour photos.
Black Baseball Players in Canada - A Biographical Dictionary 1881-1960
Part of Book 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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Copithorn family - writeup by S.R. Copithorn
Part of People Collection
Two typed pages about S.R. Copithorn's Uncle Samuel B. Copithorn and his father, Richard Copithorn, who came to Indian Head from Bolton, Ontario in 1881 and 1898, respectively.
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