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A Women's Curling Team in Biggar, Saskatchewan

81.448.66
Item
ca.1935

Part of Biggar Photograph Collection

Four women with straw brooms, posing for a team photograph

A Women's Curling Team in Biggar, Saskatchewan

81.266.11
Item
ca.1940

Part of Biggar Photograph Collection

Four women posing for a group photograph, two sitting beside curling rocks and a trophy, and two standing and holding straw brooms

Agnes Rose

84.03.520B
Item
ca.1930

Part of Biggar Photograph Collection

A woman, identified as Agnes Rose, is seen wearing gloves and a hat with a handbag under her left arm; she is standing on a sidewalk in front of a cement ledge, hedges, trees and a building.

Agnes Rose

84.03.520A
Item
ca.1930

Part of Biggar Photograph Collection

A woman, identified as Agnes Rose, is seen wearing gloves and holding a hat and handbag; she is standing on a sidewalk in front of a cement ledge, hedges, trees and a building.

Betty Wilson and Pat Lawson in Sprint

Part of University of Saskatchewan Photograph Collection

Betty Wilson (left) finishes ahead of Pat Lawson, both Huskiettes track and field members, in a sprinting race; unidentified runner and building in background at [Griffiths Stadium].

Bio/Historical Note: Betty Clare Bray was born in 1928 in Saskatoon and attended Wilson and King Edward public schools and City Park Collegiate. She obtained her BA at the University of Saskatchewan. Later, in her fifties, she earned a BSW at the same institution. Bray was a three-sport athlete, competing on the track and field team for three seasons as a sprinter, highlighted by the U of S winning the Western Canadian Intercollegiate Athletic Association title in 1947. Bray was also on the tennis team for three years, capturing the doubles tournament in 1946-47 and winning the Hudson Bay Trophy in 1948-49. Bray played guard on the basketball team for two seasons. In addition to competing in sports, she served on the Women's Athletic Board. In 1987 Bray was inducted into the U of S Athletic Wall of Fame for basketball, tennis and track. She was inducted as a team member, also for basketball, in the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame. Betty Wilson died in 2012 in Saskatoon.

Biggar Royals Women's Baseball Team

96.438.08
Item
ca.1945

Part of Biggar Photograph Collection

A group of women in baseball uniforms are posing for a team photo; A baseball diamond and grand stand can be seen behind them

Roxy Studio, North Battleford

Curling team in Springwater, Sask.

80.210.133B
Item
[ca.1929]

Part of Biggar Photograph Collection

Photograph of curlers, eight women and one man, standing in front of a building in Springwater, Saskatchewan, many holding brooms.

Diane Jones - Portrait

A-7130
Item
[between 1971 and 1975]

Part of University of Saskatchewan Photograph Collection

Head and shoulders image of Diane Jones, Huskie pentathlete.

• Bio/Historical Note: Diane Helen Jones-Konihowski was born in 1951 in Vancouver and raised in Saskatoon. In 1967 she represented Canada internationally for the first time as a high jumper and javelin thrower. Jones-Konihowski won her first international medal, a high jump bronze, at the 1969 Pacific Conference Games. She represented Canada in the pentathlon at the Munich Olympics in 1972. Jones was a gold medalist in the pentathlon at the 1975 Pan American Games in Mexico City; that same year she was named Canada’s Female Athlete of the Year. Jones-Konihowski graduated from the University of Saskatchewan in 1976 with a BEd. In 1978 she won a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games in Edmonton and was named Canada’s Female Athlete of the Year for the second time in her career. In 1979 she won her second Pan American Games gold medal. Forced to miss the Moscow Olympics of 1980 due to the boycott that Jones-Konihowski strenuously opposed, she seriously considered going to the Soviet Union to compete as an athlete without a flag or nation. Jones-Konihowski eventually decided it was safer to not attend and athletically made her statement two weeks later at a pentathlon in Germany, winning gold, and beating all the Moscow 1980 Olympic medalists. During her career Jones-Konihowski ranked first in the world twice. Jones-Konihowski was awarded the Order of Canada in 1979 and inducted into the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame in 1980. She was the recipient of the YWCA Woman of Distinction Sport & Recreation Award in 1988. In 1996 she was inducted into the Canadian Olympic Sports Hall of Fame. Jones-Konihowski has remained active in Canadian sports, having worked as a coach and sports administrator for many national athletic boards including Fair Play Canada, the Coaching Association of Canada, the Canadian Olympic Association, as well as the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport. In 2000 Jones-Konihowski led Canada’s Olympic Team to the Sydney Olympics as the Chef de Mission. She was presented with an honourary Doctor of Laws degree from the U of S in 2002. In 2005 Jones-Konihowksi was elected to the board of directors of the Canadian Olympic Committee. Jones-Konihowski is a member of the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame (2020) and the Canada West Conference Hall of Fame (2021).

Early threshing scene

68-117
Item
[ca. 1905]

Part of MJ General Photograph Collection

Men and farm machinery seen in background as two women are sitting in a buggy in foreground; in Moose Jaw district

Eight Curling Teams

00.683.01
Item
ca. 1920

Part of Biggar Photograph Collection

A large number of women holding straw curling brooms, posing for a group photograph

Ethel Mary Cartwright

ASM-73
Item
[ca. 191-?]

Part of A.S. Morton fonds

Ethel Mary Cartwright seated at desk in her office

Evelyn Norgord

91.03.724
Item
1951

Part of Biggar Photograph Collection

A woman, identified as Evelyn Norgord, is seen standing among bushes and plants. The shadow of the photographer can be seen at the bottom of the photo.