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F. Walker collection

  • MG 175
  • Fonds
  • 1936-1994

This collection provides diverse views of northern Canada from the 1940s, the 1960s, and the 1990s. The Miscellaneous Textual Records series also contains a Prosperity Certificate issued by the Government of Alberta in 1936.

Walker, Frederic

Marie Dunn fonds

  • MG 314
  • Fonds
  • 1959-1998

The majority of this fonds is printed material including periodicals, magazines and reports. The subject matter deals with women's issues, adult education, native issues and international development primarily in Ghana and Saskatchewan.

Dunn, Marie Esther, 1927 - .

Edgar Mapletoft fonds

  • MG 364
  • Fonds
  • 1922-2006

This fonds contains material related to the Mapletoft family, Fort Pitt, Frenchman's Butte and Onion Lake areas, the First Nations, the Métis, the Northwest Rebellion and the Little Pipestone Ranch and Simmental cattle.

Mapletoft, Edgar

McKay family fonds

  • MG 385
  • Fonds
  • 1878-1984 (inclusive); ca. 1878-1917 (predominant)

The McKay family fonds contains material created and assembled primarily by Angus McKay and his daughter Annie Maude (Nan) Nan McKay. The photographs include family members as well as HBC staff; the University of Saskatchewan campus during Nan McKay’s time as a student; and a variety of scenes and people in Northern Saskatchewan, documenting Angus McKay’s work and family life at various posting, and including a photo identified as a treaty party in La Ronge. The textual material accumulated by Angus McKay includes business, family and personal correspondence, including correspondence relating to his award of scrip, receipts, financial accounts, price lists, tax assessments, etc. There is also material relating to the McKay family tree; printed reminiscences (1935) of the Riel Rebellion of 1885; notes and sketches for a talk by Nan McKay about bird watching.

McKay Family

Zepp-Varga Collection

  • MG 559
  • Fonds
  • [ca. 1940s] – 2015 (inclusive); 1981-2003 (predominant)

This collection primarily reflects Zepp’s interest in Inuit art and artists. It includes interviews with artists, images taken over the course of several years of the northern landscape, community and individuals. Importantly, Zepp and Varga spent time at fishing and hunting camps or in the homes of artists, and the resulting material reflects that friendship and intimate relationship. Material created or acquired during Zepp’s career as a curator is also evident, including a significant photo resource of Inuit art from major collections. The reference library is an uniquely complete set of articles and major works relating to Inuit art in Canada. Additionally, the collection includes material relating to a number of other artists, predominantly from Saskatchewan, whose work Zepp admired (in many instances, Zepp organized the first major exhibition of their work).

Zepp, Norman

Irene Poelzer fonds

  • MG 499
  • Fonds
  • [ca.1939]-2005 (inclusive) ; 1970-1995 (predominant)

This fonds contains materials relating to Poelzer’s life, her religious vocation, and her career as a professor in Educational Foundations at the University of Saskatchewan. It includes materials relating to research, particularly on women in society; feminist Christianity; Metis and First Nations women in northern Saskatchewan, the impact of development and the retention of native culture.

Poelzer, Irene

R.C. Carter fonds

  • MG 161
  • Fonds
  • nd, 1949-1992 (inclusive)

This fonds contains correspondence, clippings, financial fonds, reports, and notes pertaining to the activities and interests of R.C. Carter.

Carter, Roger C.

Bill Waiser fonds

  • MG 192
  • Fonds
  • 1908-2022 (inclusive); 2014-2022 (predominant).

: The majority of this fonds is material related to the research for Waiser’s published works. It contains material relating to Waiser’s academic and writing career including instructional material; assessments and referential material; and research and publication activities. The 2023 accrual contains material relating to the significant public recognition of Waiser’s body of work, including his investiture into the Order of Canada; his Governor-General’s Award for Non-Fiction; the Governor-General’s History Award for Popular Media; the Saskatchewan Book Award for Non-Fiction; the Cheryl and Henry Kloppenburg Award for Literary Excellence; the JB Tyrrell Medal (Royal Society); and the Clio Prize Lifetime Achievement Award (Canadian Historical Association), among others. Much of the work included here was created following Waiser’s retirement from the University of Saskatchewan; and includes material relating to his interest in making history accessible to a wide audience.

Waiser, William Andrew

Emmett M. Hall fonds

  • MG 70
  • Fonds
  • 1928-1987 (inclusive) ; 1963-1986 (predominant)

The fonds contains correspondence, memoranda, speeches and addresses, briefs and submissions, clippings, reports, articles, minutes, certificates, plaques, statements of claims and judgments pertaining to the activities, interests and career of Emmett M Hall.

Hall, Emmett Matthew

M.L. Perron collection

  • MG 220
  • Fonds
  • [ca. 1962]-1974

This collection contains original works of art, photographs, and documentation relating to classes Ms. Perron took at the University of Saskatchewan, notably fine art classes. Her professors included Bill Epp, Otto Rogers, and Eli Bornstein; her classmates included Bob Christie and Doug Bentham.

Perron, Marie-Louise

B.A. Holmlund fonds

  • MG 354
  • Fonds
  • 1951-2004 (inclusive); 1972-2004 (predominant)

This fonds reflects Holmlund’s interest in the philosophy of education, his varied career at the University of Saskatchewan, and his concern for an equitable society. It is particularly valuable as a source for university history, specifically for the period of Leo Kristjanson’s tenure; and for issues surrounding health delivery, education, and the College of Medicine; the development of computer / IT services on campus; and First Nations educational opportunities. As a reflection of planning at a post-secondary U-15 institution, this fonds is particularly strong, notably for the materials surrounding the Issues and Options project.

Holmlund, Blaine Adrian

Ruth Millar fonds

  • MG 351
  • Fonds
  • 1948-2019 (inclusive) ; 1998-2005 (predominant).

This fonds contains copies of research materials, notes, clippings, articles and correspondence related to the research, writing and publication of books, articles, series, blogs and websites. Also includes original illustrations, poetry, personal photographs and correspondence. It also contains notes, clippings, articles and correspondence related to the research, writing and publication of the book Saskatchewan Heroes and Rogues. Material is organized by the name of the person profiled. Profiles include: Will James; Joan Bamford Fletcher; Jean Ewen; Gladys Arnold; Morris "Two Gun" Cohen; Richard St. Barbe Baker; Tom Hourie; Norman Falkner; Charlie Palmer; Father Claffey; Emma Woikin; and Kate Rice.

Millar, Ruth Wright (librarian, author)

Robert Cole fonds

  • MG 368
  • Fonds
  • 1906-2023 (inclusive); 1974-2023 (predominant).

This fonds includes materials collected primarily as a result of Bob Cole’s student days at the University of Saskatchewan and STM. The University Publications are particularly useful as these items are not duplicated in the University Publication Collection.

Cole, Robert

Fiji Robinson fonds

  • MG 651
  • Fonds
  • 1915-2009 (inclusive) ; 1940-2006 (predominant).

This fonds consists of records created, accumulated and used by Margaret (Fiji) Robinson in her career as a vocalist and performer in the musical revues The Quinlan Sisters (comprised of Robinson, Peter McGehee and Wendy Coad) between 1981 and 1984, and The Fabulous Sirs (Robinson and McGehee) between 1987 and 1990 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan and Toronto, Ontario.

The second accrual fonds consists of records pertaining to the maternal and paternal genealogy of Margaret (Fiji) Robinson; the Stuart and Robinson families, as well as material relating to Fiji’s career.
It also includes records created, accumulated and used by Robinson between 1990 and 2007 in the development of a book proposal and subsequent film proposal on her career as a performance artist working with writer/director Peter McGehee. Research and notes for the online GLBTQ On-Line Encyclopedia entry for McGehee's life partner, human rights activist Douglas Wilson, are also included.

It also includes records created, accumulated and used by Robinson in 2008 and 2009 in the course of producing Painted on the Spot: On the Road with Ernie Luthi, a documentary about Ernest Luthi (1906-1983), an artist from Punnichy, Saskatchewan.

The types of records included are research notes, drafts of written works, clippings, programmes, posters, song lyrics, music scores, photographs, budgets, grant applications, curricula vitae, drawings, photocopies of correspondence to Ernest Luthi, a CD-ROM and an audio cassette recording of The Fabulous Sirs in concert at the 1988 Edmonton Fringe Theatre Festival.

Robinson, Fiji Champagne

Boyd Family fonds

  • MG 766
  • Fonds
  • 1839 – 2004 (inclusive); 1907 – 1918 (predominant).

Family histories of the Boyd and MacLean families from Scotland, through emigration to Canada, family tree, photos, and family memoirs. Correspondence from family fighting in World War One. Early 20th century postcards, some with correspondence, some blank. Badges, medals and plaques from Saskatchewan high schools and University of Saskatchewan.

Boyd family

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