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Agriculture Collection

  • AGC
  • Collection
  • 1882 - 2020

The collection consists of various documents and photos about Indian Head's agricultural heritage, including the Bell Farm, the federal Tree Nursery and the federal Experimental Farm. The Agriculture Collection includes materials related agriculture and includes, especially, series pertaining to three major agricultural developments in Indian Head 1) The Bell Farm (Qu'Appelle Valley Farming Company) which was a huge farming venture of 57,000 acres promoted by Major William Robert Bell in 1881-1882 to Eastern Canadian and American shareholders. The venture finally failed and Major Bell left Indian Head in 1895. 2) The federal Experimental Farm which was established in 1887 under the superintendency of Angus MacKay and continues to conduct research as Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's Indian Head Research Farm . 3) The federal Tree Nursery (PFRA) resulted from the promotion of trees and shrubs for shelter by Angus MacKay , the superintendent of the Experimental Farm . Established as a separate federal government station in 1901 under the superintendency of Norman Ross, it provided trees and shrubs for farmers throughout the prairies until its closure in 2014.

Book Collection

  • BOC
  • Collection
  • 1880 - 2022

Books related to Indian Head and district - either about this area or by or about people who lived in the area.

Businesses Collection

  • BUC
  • Collection
  • 1882 - 2020

Records of businesses of Indian Head and district

Church Religion Collection

  • CRC
  • Collection
  • 1882 - 2008

Textual and photographic records the churches of Indian Head and district.

Freda Hammond fonds

  • FHF
  • Fonds
  • 1886 - 1993

Over 20 photos of Indian Head people, streetscapes, etc. and school registers and other documents relating to Wide Awake school

Gordon Goddard fonds

  • GGF
  • Fonds
  • 1900 - 2021

Textual material excerpted from Gordon Bannerman and Marg Hryniuk, plus historic postcards, including the Imperial Hotel.

Goddard, Gordon

Indian Head History Book Fonds

  • HBF
  • Fonds
  • 1982-1984

1 green, 4-drawer, legal-width filing cabinet containing many file folders. The fonds consists of file folders that contain the original compiled information that was used by the 17 local residents that comprised the History Book Committee who compiled and published “Indian Head: History of Indian Head and District” in 1984 (ISBN: 0-919781-26-8). The book is 798 pages and is available on-line in the University of Calgary’s digital collection: https://digitalcollections.ucalgary.ca/archive/Indian-Head---history-of-Indian-Head-and-district-2R3BF1FSTWNUV.html. This fonds contains source photos and documents that were used in the compilation of the book. The file folders also contain materials that did not make it into the history book and may be of use to archival researchers.
The top two drawers contain local family histories in alphabetical order, while the third drawer contain files with other aspects of Indian Head history (agricultural history, religion, recreation, organizations, military, education, etc.)

Indian Head History Book Committee

Health Collection

  • HEC
  • Collection
  • 1894 - 2009

News articles, write-ups and other information about health care in Indian Head and district

Horticultural Society Fonds

  • HSF
  • Fonds
  • 1926 - 2011

Minutes of meetings, programs of annual shows and other correspondence and records

Town Collection

  • IHC
  • Collection
  • 1882 - 2020

Documents, photos and maps related to the history of the Town of Indian Head from the arrival of the first farmer settlers to the present.

Indigenous Collection

  • INC
  • Collection
  • 1923 - 2020

Articles. write-ups and stories about First Nations and Metis history, culture and people

Janice McBain Fonds

  • JMF
  • Fonds
  • 1923 - 1998

This is a virtual collection since the 6 physical 3-ring binders were returned to Janice McBain at Hayes Haven. In total, 357 photos were scanned in .tiff format and 143 documents which were scanned as pdf files with Optical Character Recognition. The documents were scanned at high resolution according to our archival standard (~3000 pixels on the long side). The binders whose contents were digitized were accessioned as individual items, The digital files reside on the museum's computer. The binders include photos and text documents - including news articles - that span most of the Orange Home's period of operation. The binders contain materials from the 1930s right up to the years of the Orange Home's closure in 1997.

Orange Home (Indian Head Sask.)

Ladies Auxiliary Canadian Legion fonds

  • LAF
  • Fonds
  • 1919 - 2002

Minutes, financial and membership records, write-ups and articles about the Royal Canadian Legion's Ladies Auxiliary, which was formed in 1919 and disbanded in 2002, when its members joined the Royal Canadian legion as full members.

Ladies Auxiliary Canadian Legion Indian Head

Lil Leach Fonds

  • LLF
  • Fonds
  • 1888 - 1950

This Fonds contains three black and white images of the , event invitations and programs that Arthur Leach presumably attended, and Arthur Leach's Honorary second lieutenant certificate. The Fonds was donated by Lil Leach, Arthur's daughter-in-law in 1981.

Military Collection

  • MIC
  • Collection
  • 1881 - 2022

Articles, photos and stories about Indian Head people who served in various military conflicts

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