This fonds contains correspondence, memoranda, working papers, publications and reports pertaining to women and their status.

This fonds focuses on the initial proposals for courses relating to women’s studies at the University of Saskatchewan, leading eventually to the development of the department of Women’s and Gender Studies. The organization reflects the description of materials provided by the donor.

This fonds contains material related to the administration, programing, and information services of the USSU Women’s Centre in its various incarnations as well as informational brochures, reports, clippings and reference material on a variety of subjects of particular concern to women.

Winnie Rowles dressed in uniform holding a basketball.

Bio/Historical Note: Phebe Winifred Rowles was born 28 July 1907 in Manchester, England. She was educated at Crandall, Manitoba, and Empress, Alberta, where the family homesteaded. Rowles graduated from Nutana Collegiate in Saskatoon and enrolled at the University of Saskatchewan. In 1926-1927 she competed in high jump at an intervarsity meet, the first time that women had entered as a team. In other meets Rowles competed in discus and javelin. Rowles played centre on the basketball team. She also was vice-president of the Student Representative Council and a member of the University Athletic Directorate and Women's Athletic Council. Rowles earned her BSc from the U of S in 1930. She was secretary to C.J. MacKenzie, dean of Engineering, when he was consulting engineer on the construction of the Broadway Bridge in the early 1930s. Rowles later worked in Winnipeg and Montreal before serving as director of Women’s Personnel at the C.I.L. nylon plant in Kingston, Ontario. Rowles then joined Dorothy (Riches) Catto in operating "Turkeys Deluxe" at Dewittville, Quebec in the 1950s and 1960s. After two years as an official with the Vancouver YWCA, she retired to Saskatoon. Rowles was named to the U of S Athletic Wall of Fame in 1984 for her basketball and track and field exploits. She was involved with Knox Personal Theatre, Summer Players, the Dominion Drama Festival and the film “Paperback Hero” (she played Keir Dullea’s mother). Phebe and her sisters, Jessie Caldwell and Edith C. Rowles Simpson, were three of 100 Saskatonians honoured on the city’s 100th birthday. Rowles died 29 May 1995 in Saskatoon. The Phebe Rowles Scholarship recognizes academic achievement among U of S students pursuing a graduate degree program with a major in Political Studies. The Rowles sisters - Jessie Caldwell, Edith C. Rowles Simpson and Winnie Rowles - are honoured with the designation of 'Rowles Road' in the Silverwood neighborhood of Saskatoon.

This fonds contains correspondence, memoranda, reports and other documents relating to Gingell's involvement in women's issues and gender studies at the U of S as well as addresses, published articles and reviews pertaining to her teaching and research activities.

File contains photographs of Saskatoon residents taking part in the various activities and programs that are offered at the Young Women's Christian Association. Programs such as sewing, badminton, swimming, as well as educational help. Pictured is swim instructor Gail Jones teaching a class of grade fours, and Doreen Stovin helping Melanie James with her studies.

This fonds includes materials relating to Patricia Monture’s teaching, research, and professional activities on campus, as well as an extensive collection of materials relating to Indigenous rights, women’s rights, Indigenous women’s rights, the Canadian justice system, and how the Canadian justice system interacts with Aboriginal, female, and Aboriginal female offenders. The papers also explore issues of child welfare and domestic violence. A number of legal documents are included, as are materials relating to Indigenous self-governance, treaties, and the Indian Act. Also included are materials relating to Monture’s involvement in a number of national commissions including the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, the task force on federally sentenced women, and the task force on the use of solitary confinement in federal prisons. Through Monture’s correspondence, it is possible to get a sense of what it was like working as an Indigenous woman in academia during this period.

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.