The fonds was donated to the museum in 2012 by staff of the Government of Canada’s Agroforestry Centre, prior to its closure in 2014. From 1901 to 2013, the nursery provided over 650 million tree and shrub seedlings and rooted cuttings (poplar and willow) to the prairie regions of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, as well as the Peace River District of BC for use in farmyard, field and roadside shelterbelts for wind, snow and erosion control. It was the major single employer in Indian Head for most of its existence.
It was previously known as the Shelterbelt Centre, the Tree Nursery and the Forest Nursery Station and belonged, at times, to the Department of the Interior, the Department of Regional and Economic Expansion and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. It operated under the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration (PFRA) from 1963 to 2008 and under the Agri-Environment Service Branch (AESB) from 2008 to 2013.
The distribution of trees and shrubs for shelter was initiated by Angus MacKay, first superintendent of the Experimental Farm. Because of the rapid increase in demand by farmers, a dedicated Forest Nursery Station was created south of Indian Head.
The fonds contains historic reports, publications, correspondence and documents from 1890 to 1994. All of the items are contained in letter-sized plastic sleeves. The slides are grouped in the cabinet by subject area and by years and are all numbered and titled and indexed in two accompanying binders that are used as a finding aid. Most of the slides are technical in nature (pictures of trees and shrubs, insects, shelterbelts, etc.) but some categories include people who were, in some way, involved in the shelterbelt program.

A portrait of Rev, Thomas McAfee, Presbyterian minister, with his wife Elizabeth McAfee.

A negative film of the interior of Jealous and Walker Drugs.

The Indian Head - Wolseley News subseries was donated to the museum by the newspaper. Most of the years included from 1913 to 1983 are sets bound between two pieces of stiff cardboard (by year). Some of the early year bindings have come loose and the first and last issues are sometimes frail and crumbling. New cardboard covers are being cut for the years in the worst shape to prevent further deterioration.

Stories of 1950 and 1960s baseball in Saskatchewan relating to the North Battleford Beavers, Moose Jaw Mallards, Global World Series and other tournaments.

John Amyotte in military uniform.

Cutprice Washington, holding a trophy

Group photo of Thomas and Elizabeth Wilson. Behind them stand 5 of their children.

Panoramic photo of Memorial Park with children sitting on the grass and the war memorial, railway station and forestry farm office in the background.

Photo of 33 men in field work clothes kneeling (3 standing behind). The historic barn and cattle are in the background

20-page colour booklet with the program of events and advertising of local businesses

A softcover approximately 80-page yearbook for Indian Head High School for the 1958-1959 school year containing student and staff photos and write-ups about various school events and activities.

A softcover approximately 80-page yearbook for Indian Head High School for the 1957-1958 school year containing student and staff photos and write-ups about various school events and activities.

A group of 7 women and 1 man (Guy Blair) in a posed photograph

Group of 30 students standing on the front steps of the elementary school with their teacher Tom Petty. Last names are written on the reverse.