Joyce (Pridmore) Brown - loving children and nature
- IHM.2021.0403
- Item
- [ca 1981]
Part of People Collection
Newspaper biography of Mrs. Brown who, as Joyce Pridmore, taught Grade 1 at Indian Head in 1934.
Joyce (Pridmore) Brown - loving children and nature
Part of People Collection
Newspaper biography of Mrs. Brown who, as Joyce Pridmore, taught Grade 1 at Indian Head in 1934.
WWII Memories of Stan Scislowski
Part of Military Collection
51 single-sided pages of email printouts from Stan Scislowski of Windsor, Ontario, to Doug Roberton of Indian Head, containing his memoirs of his WWII experience in Aldershot, England and then in action in Italy as a private in the Perth Regiment.
Scislowski, Stan
Part of Town Collection
A small 14 cm X 20 cm leather-bound 60-page scrapbook of newspaper clippings with biographies and articles about well-known Indian Head citizens, including 16 of the series in the Indian Head News called "Our Own Who's Who".
Alexander McCaughan: A Canadian Soldier
Part of Military Collection
A duo-tang containing an 11-page (single-sided) biography of Alexander McCaughan, a young Irishman, who had come to Indian Head and then enlisted with the Canadian Army and fought in WWI.
McCaughan, Dermott
Biography/obituary of Charles Francis "Chuck" Watson
Part of Military Collection
Printout of "Find-a-Grave" entry for Charles Francis "Chuck" Watson (Memorial ID 220429941) who is buried in the Indian Head Cemetery.
Lloyd, Marshall
Part of Town Collection
A 19 cm X 28 cm 48-page scrapbook of laminated sheets held together by 2 rings and containing newspaper clippings about various residents of Indian Head. Book was made by Louisa Tyson before she moved to England. After her death in 2002 the scrapbook was sent to Beth Liggett who appears to the one who laminated it.
Tyson, Louisa
Main Street - Indian Head By Hec Blair - November 1981
Part of Town Collection
A 16 page document written by Hec Blair about his time living in Indian Head and the things he remembered about main street and the people and business on it.
Blair, Hec
Recollections of an Assiniboine Chief: Dan Kennedy (Ochankugahe)
Part of Book Collection
A 160-page hardcover book with a sleeve containing the memoirs of Dan Kennedy of the Carry-The-Kettle Reserve in Saskatchewan. Dan Kennedy lived to be over one hundred years old.
Kennedy, Dan (Ochankugahe)
Part of Book Collection
Two copies of a 188-page paperback book based on Ms. McLaughlin's life with her husband, Roy, from 1938 to 1949 while he managed the grain elevator at Archydal, northwest of Moose Jaw.
Jerry's Journey - Memoirs of Gerald Michael Willerth
Part of Book Collection
141-page softcover book. Contains stories by Jerry Willerth of his childhood and youth on the farm east of Indian Head. Also stories of his many years of farming and involvement in soil conservation organizations - the Saskatchewan Soil Conservation Association, the Soil Conservation Council of Canada and the Indian Head Agricultural Research Foundation. Also stories of his work in the Bell Barn Society and memories by many friends and colleagues about Jerry and his accomplishments.
The Tale of the Prairie Chicken - The Autobiography of Blanche (Morin-D'Amours) Rogers
Part of Book Collection
274-page softcover book. Contains the life stories of Blanche (Morin) Rogers (born 1910), who was born at Indian Head, attended a country school and later became a long-time school teacher herself. The book was assembled and designed by her son, Tom Rogers, and self-published in 2022. Contains many colour photos.
Gladys (Wade) Perrin took a colorful path
Part of People Collection
Biography of Gladys (Wade) Perrin, who taught in Indian Head (Grade 7) from 1941 to 1944. Hand-written note on the article says: "formerly Gladys Wade who taught in IH 1941-1944. Beth Dechief"
Regina Leader-Post (Newspaper)
Copithorn family - writeup by S.R. Copithorn
Part of People Collection
Two typed pages about S.R. Copithorn's Uncle Samuel B. Copithorn and his father, Richard Copithorn, who came to Indian Head from Bolton, Ontario in 1881 and 1898, respectively.
Copithorn, Sam
Part of People Collection
Newspaper article about the 100th birthday of Mrs. Thomas Kavanaugh of Balcarres.
Regina Leader-Post (Newspaper)
Some Extracts and Reminiscences of a Lifetime
Part of Book Collection
A small (12 cm X 19 cm) green 165-page hardcover book containing the published memoirs of Geraldine F. Ball. This copy has been signed by the author.
Geraldine F. Ball lived in England and moved to Grenfell (Sask.) in about 1890. She She was married to William H. Ball and had four children Elizabeth, Fred, Alfred and Olive. Additional information about Geraldine F. Ball can be found in the Grenfell history book a digital copy is available at http://contentdm.ucalgary.ca/digital/collection/p22007coll8/id/51819
Ball, Geraldine F.