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Informally known as the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool, the organization had multiple interests and also controlled the "Western Producer" publication.

The Legion of Frontiersmen is a volunteer paramilitary organization that was founded in 1905 by Roger Pocock (1865-1941) to take up the call to protect the British Empire in times of need and remain vigilant in times of peace. The organization soon expanded across the British Empire and, by WWI, there were more than 10,000 men enrolled. Pocock had served in the North West Mounted Police and fought in the Boer War, but he envisioned the Frontiersmen as being "civilian, self-supporting, and self-reliant," not under any specific police or military organization. Although the British War Office would not recognize the Frontiersmen during WWI, members were able to serve together by enlisting en masse to specific regiments, including the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry.

Photography studio.

Based in Stratford-upon-Avon, The Royal Shakespeare Company is a world-renowned theatre company. Although it did not acquire its current name until 1961, its history reaches back to 1875. The programmes in this collection represent productions from four different theatres within the RSC: The Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Swan Theatre, The Other Place, Barbican Theatre, and Tour.

Before 1961, The Royal Shakespeare Theatre (the predominant venue in the collection) was known as The Memorial Theatre. Productions in this 1412-seater venue include Shakespearian plays, classics, and modern work.

Swan Theatre opened in 1986. This 432-seater venue was built inside part of the shell of the Memorial Theatre that survived a fire 60 years prior. With its intimate staging and close audience proximity, many actors and audiences consider Swan Theatre their favourite venue.

The Other Place is a flexible seating studio theatre where rehearsals, workshops, courses and events are held.

The Barbican Theatre is a London venue. In May 2002, the RSC ceased being the resident theatre company at this venue, although it continues to perform there.

Tour involves communities throughout the UK, as well as overseas tours. The RSC uses a unique mobile auditorium in order to bring classical theatre to places that lack the facilities. This "venue" has been in use since 1978.

Archambault Photo of Montreal operated from ca. 1878 until 1891.

Steele & Co. Photography operated from 1893 - ca. 1912 in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Camp Sewell, Manitoba [Camp Hughes Military Training Site] west of Carberry, of North Cypress. Established as Sewell Camp in 1909, it was renamed after Major-General Sir Sam Hughes, Canada's Minister of Militia and Defence, in 1915. During World War 1 more than 38,000 troops of the Canadian Expeditionary Force trained there.

Camp Sewell, Manitoba [Camp Hughes Military Training Site] west of Carberry, of North Cypress. Established as Sewell Camp in 1909, it was renamed after Major-General Sir Sam Hughes, Canada's Minister of Militia and Defence, in 1915. During World War 1 more than 38,000 troops of the Canadian Expeditionary Force trained there.

Sir Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton (1853-1947) Lord Kitchener's Chief of Staff during the Boer War, and was Commander in Chief of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force in the unsuccessful campaign agaist Turkey at Gallipoli.

[Information from Aquila Books description, as found in folder with photograph]

Steele & Co. Photographers, operated by Frederick Steele, was in existence from 1894 to ca. 1912 in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

The purpose of the Prairie School for Social Advance (P.S.S.A.) was to provide co-operative studies of the fundamental issues of farmers, industrial works and intellectual workers which would co-ordinate and mobilize progressive forces from the West. The P.S.S.A. aimed to provide people with the equipment to fight for total reconstruction of our social, political, and economic life." The P.S.S.A. focused on "issues" not "subjects" and the use of informal discussions in small groups or panels.
The P.S.S.A. staff was made up of men and women that believed in radical social change and was not dominated by any political part or creed.