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Memories of the Royal Canadian Air Force

Two copies of a homemade 118-page book written by Arnold Dales about his time in the Royal Canadian Air Force during WWII. Dales was a bomber navigator whose plane was shot down over Winterswijk, the Netherlands, on February 21, 1945. He had a broken leg and when that was mended by German medical staff, he was placed in a POW camp near the Danish border. A month later, the war had ended and he was able to return to Canada. He was a real estate agent in Indian Head, mayor of Indian Head and a key person in the creation of the Indian Head Museum.

Dales, Arnold

Descendants of Thomas Madeley

A homemade book made by Henry Madeley containing genealogical information about his family. It is an 11-page printout from a genealogical database. The pages are single-sided, letter-sized pages in plastic sleeves.

Madeley, Henry

The History of the Original Halford Homestead Property NW 10-17-12-W 2nd

A 36-page (single-sided) coil-bound book containing information on the Halford family and the area of their original homestead. It contains photo-copied documents concerning the land, followed by several copied newspaper articles and genealogical information and then photos and aerial photos of the property and farmyard.

Bowman, Dayle

17 RCA - Memoirs of Charles F. Watson

A 68-page (single-sided) coil-bound book containing the WWII memoirs of Charles F. Watson a Canadian soldier who was originality from Indian Head and joined Indian Head's 76th Field Battery and fought in WWII.

Charles F. Watson

Written by Local Authors

Includes well-known literature (Sinclair Ross, Maureen Hunter) as well as smaller circulation and personal publications.

Contrail

A small blue 24-page, staple-bound book filled with poems written by Ben Hewson over his lifetime and complied after his death.

Face the North Wind

A paperback book written by A. L. Karras telling the story of two trappers named Fred and Ed Theriau who lived in the Canadian north in the 1920s.

Karras, Art, 1914-1999 (author)

Gaudeamus Igitur 'Therefore Rejoice'

Two copies of a 328-page paperback book detailing the military campaigns of the Canadian Army during World War 2. One of the copies is signed by the author A. Donald McKay.

North to Cree Lake

A 256-page hardcover book with a sleeve written by A. L. Karras and detailing the time he spent with his brother, Ab, as a professional trapper in the Canadian north from 1932 to 1939. SBN 671-27071-0

Karras, Art, 1914-1999 (author)

The Race and Other Stories by Sinclair Ross

A small 137-page paperback book containing multiple short stories all written by Indian Head author Sinclair Ross and compiled by University of Ottawa professor Lorraine McMullen.

Ross, James Sinclair

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