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FC 3216.3 P63 R64 1.1.4.1 · Item · [1886?]
Part of Roger Pocock archives

2 images and 1 note:
-1 image is a newspaper imprint titled "A Manitoba Farm." (6.1 x 10.2 cm)
-1 image is an original pencil sketch titled "A Kootenay Tepee" with the artist's initials "E.H.W." (14.5 x 11.5 cm)
-Note is about the time and place of an accident. There is no description of what the accident was. (3.7 x 7.9 cm)

Item · April 1952
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

Guidebook and business directory, largely focused on Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta. Also includes some information on British Columbia, Yukon, and Western Ontario.

Index to Contents:
Airways [Canadian Pacific Airlines; Trans-Canada Airlines; Northwest Airlines]; Bus Time Tables [Manitoba; Saskatchewan; Alberta]; Alberta Government Members of Parliament [M.P] and Senators; Banks and Bankers [Manitoba; Saskatchewan; Alberta; British Columbia; Yukon; Western Ontario]; Barristers [Manitoba; Saskatchewan; Alberta]; Calendar; Canadian National Railways [C.N.R.] Officials; Canadian Pacific Railway [C.P.R.] Officials; Churches [Winnipeg]; Civic Officers [Winnipeg]; Courts and Officials [Manitoba]; Courts and Sittings [Saskatchewan; Alberta]; Department of Mines and Resources; Dominion Government Cabinet Ministers; Education Department [Manitoba]; Express Rates and Money Orders; Game Laws [Manitoba; Saskatchewan; Alberta]; Grain Commissioners Board; Grain Exchange [Winnipeg]; Health and Public Welfare [Manitoba]; Holidays; Hotels; Immigration Department; Judicial Districts [Manitoba; Saskatchewan; Alberta]; Land Registration Districts [Manitoba; Saskatchewan; Alberta]; Law Terms [Manitoba]; Manitoba Government M.P. and Senators; Municipal Wards [Winnipeg]; Municipalities [Manitoba; Saskatchewan; Alberta]; Natural Resources and Mines [Manitoba; Saskatchewan; Alberta]; Parks Board [Winnipeg]; Police Commissioners [Winnipeg]; Police [R.C.M.P. and Magistrates]; Population [Census and Towns]; Postal Guide and Post Offices; Provincial Executive [Manitoba; Saskatchewan; Alberta]; Real Estate Agents Board [Winnipeg] and Directory; Registration Districts [Manitoba; Saskatchewan; Alberta]; Registrars [Manitoba]; Registration Fees [Manitoba; Saskatchewan; Alberta]; Saskatchewan Government M.P. and Senators; School Board [Winnipeg]; Sleep Car Tariff [C.N.R.; C.P.R.]; [Railway] Station Index; Street Index [Winnipeg]; Surrogate Court [Manitoba]; Telephone Rates; Telegraph Rates; Time Table Index; Weather Statistics.

Waghorn's Guide
Item · 1899
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

Collection of reports by government delegates and by settlers, regarding the prospects and viability of various districts in Western Canada and the prairies for homesteading, including suitability for mixed farming; climate; soil type; and natural resources.

Pages 104-109 are dedicated to survey answers provided by various settlers who had settled in their present locations between 1878-1894.

Contents:
Delegates' Reports [pp. 3-81]; Settlers' Experiences [pp. 83-142].

Illustrations:
"Harvesting in Western Canada"; "Ranching Scene in Western Canada"; "Reaping Wheat in Western Canada"; "Sheep Ranching in Western Canada"; "Reaping Wheat in Western Canada" [alternate view]; "Grain Shipping Station in Western Canada"; "Oats in Western Canada"; "R. Turner's "Shropshires" in Western Canada" [2 photographs]; "R. J. Robinson's Corrals in Western Canada"; "Freight Wagons at Yale, British Columbia"; "View of Kaslo, British Columbia"; "Flax and Wheat in Western Canada"; "Harvest Scene in Western Canada"; "Extensive Reaping in Western Canada"; "Ready for the Thresher"; and an untitled illustration of a white-bearded man standing in a field of tall crops.

Item · 1 Nov. 1944
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

Report on co-operative and collective farming published by the Canadian Economic Research Bureau (C.E.R.B.) in response to the election of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (C.C.F.) government in Saskatchewan. The report discusses Mennonites, Hutterites, and "Other Collective Farming Experiments" in Canada, as well as the "Collective Farm Experiment in Russia", to make their position.

Pickwell, F. C.
Item · 1921
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

"Showing Routes to Principal Points in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta. Also Main Route to United States, Color Signs, Alphabetical Index, Etc."

Includes: Introduction; Synopsis of [Automobile] Regulations for the City of Winnipeg and for the Province of Manitoba; Advertising Department - Winnipeg; Brandon Automobile Trades; Indexes to Advertisers, Routes, and Towns; Maps of Route Numbers - Manitoba and Saskatchewan; Map Section; Portage la Prairie Automobile Trades; Route Key Map - Manitoba; Routes in Numerical Order; Sectional Maps; and Winnipeg Automobile Trades.

Item · [n.d.]
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

Description information taken from paper enclosed with photo: “Several miners and officials are posed in front of the log cabin office of the Bingo Gold Mines in Northern Manitoba. Bingo Gold Mines was one of the first Canadian mining companies to be convicted of tampering with gold samples. They were convicted of fraud in 1925 for salting ore samples with gold to encourage investors to buy stock in the gold mine.”

Item · Nov., 1928
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

A French report written by Abbé J.-Ad. Sabourin, a doctor of theology, and a priest in St-Pierre Jolys, Manitoba. The small book, originally published in November 1928, is a long excerpt taken from the full publication at the Laval University in Québec. The report makes the argument that the primary school curriculum in Manitoba has strayed too far from teaching grounded in Catholic morality, and needs to be adjusted.

Item · 1888
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

A short paper book titled “Sport in Manitoba” by Miller Christy. The book was published in 1888 by Turner & Dunnett, Printers in Liverpool, England. The book discusses various animals, methods, and locations for hunting in Manitoba. Throughout the book, there are several illustrations of hunters, animals, and outdoor scenes.

Christy, Miller
Item · [1914]
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

A booklet with in-depth information regarding farming and homesteading opportunities in Western Canada, "the Granary of the British Empire," published by the Canadian Pacific Railway Department of Natural Resources. It covers Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columbia and contains photographs of geographical features and agricultural functions. A large fold-out map is tipped-in after the last page and shows "system of land survey and lines of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company."

Canadian Pacific Railway
Item · 1902
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

Illustrated synopsis of lectures delivered by Wesleyan Methodist Reverend John Maclean, Ph.D., of Carman, Manitoba, at Victoria College in Toronto, Ontario, in 1902. The lectures provide information about the state of Western Canada thirty years after 1870, touching on topics of agriculture, immigration, education, and religion.

Contents:
Thirty Years After; Western Areas; Water Stretches; Climate; Altitude and Growth; A Land of Beauty; The Maximum of Fructification; The Western Movement of Population; Capitalists Combine to Assist Colonization; The Foreign Factor; The Galicians; The Doukhobors; The Mormons; Western Education; Relating Education to the Church and State; Patriotism and Education; The New Evangelism; The Invitation to Women; The Greatest Colony; untitled "genuine western verse" by Moira O'Neill.

Illustrations:
"Cattle Ranching"; "Sheep Ranching"; "The Prairie Hen (Pinnated Grouse)"; "Harvesting"; "Methodist Church, Killarney, Man."

Maclean, John, Rev.
Item · 1920
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

Promotional booklet produced by Canadian National Railways containing general information intended for prospective settlers and specific information regarding the provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columbia.

"Opportunities - Business and Industrial. The "selected" farms along the lines of the Canadian National Railways are cereal-producing lands, specially adapted for growing wheat, barley and flax, with the additional advantage of being suitable for stock-raising and dairying."

General Information:
Railway Facilities; Agricultural Instruction; System of Education; Small Fruit Growing in Western Canada; Stock-Raising]; Opportunities for Big Profits in Wheat; Mixed Farming; Natural Resources; Live-Stock Championships; Ranching and Live Stock; Low Fares for Settlers and Land-Seekers to Western Canada; Freight Regulations; Customs Regulations; Settlers' Effects Allowed Free Entry; The Naturalization Act 1914; Vital Questions and Answers; What A New Settler Requires; What to Take With You; To Find Lands on a Map; To Find Lands in the Field.

Manitoba "The Province of Pride, where the West Opens Wide":
Opportunities for Big Profits in Wheat; Big Money Making in Stock Raising; Dairying; Wool; Poultry; Honey; Bee-Keeping; Marketing; Educational; Extension Service; Telephones, etc.; Railways; Elevators; Money for the Farmer; Building Record and Land Prices; Weather Record for 1918 with Average Temperature from 1875-1915; Letters from American Farmers Who Settled in Manitoba.

Saskatchewan "Where Prosperity Reigns Through Golden Grains":
Agricultural Organization; Big Money Making in Stock Raising; Natural Resources; Climate; Soils Most Fertile in the World; Game and Fish; Education; Agricultural Education; Bureau of Labour; Topography; Letters from American Farmers Who Settled in Saskatchewan.

Alberta "Where Live Stock and Coal Is the Great Pulsing Soul":
Independence in Alberta Wheat; Opportunities for Big Profits in Wheat; Grain Elevators; Big Money Making in Stock Raising; There is Money in Sheep, Too; Dairying; Coal; Other Minerals; Climate; $2,000,000 Fur Catch; System of Education; Agriculture in Peace River District; Letters from American Farmers Who Settled in Alberta.

British Columbia "Where Giant Trees Grow and Lumbermen Go":
Climate; Social Conditions; Advice to Immigrants; Taxation; Education; Hunting and Fishing; Agriculture; Diversified Farming; Grain-Growing; Root, Fodder and Special Products; Live Stock; Fruit Growing; Fisheries; Mining; Land Settlement Board; Lumbering; Pulp and Paper.

Foster, DeWitt
Item · Oct. 1879
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

Informational booklet about Manitoba and the Northwest Territories, created [by or in conjunction with] Charles John [C. J.] Brydges, Hudson's Bay Company Land Commissioner.

"The attention of two continents is now earnestly directed to the great wheat fields and cattle raising districts in the British possessions in Manitoba and the North-West. It is intended in these pages to give some information about that country, and to point out the great advantages which will result to those who desire to settle upon those prolific lands."

Includes:
The Extent of the Territory; The Productiveness of the Soil; Coarse Grains, Root Crops and Vegetables; Cattle Raising; Climate; Water Supply; Means of Inter-communication; Present Settlements; Map of the Territory [description of map only - mentioned map is not present]; Timber and Fuel Supply; Coal; Experience of Settlers; Cost of Transport for Crop; Government Grants of Land; School System; How to Reach the Country; Hints as to Capital Required; Hudson's Bay Company Farming Lands for Sale; City and Town Lots; "Schedule of lands belonging to the Hudson's Bay Company in fractional townships"; and Schedule of farms fronting on the Red and Assiniboine Rivers".

Brydges, Charles John
Item · 1910
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

A booklet from the Canadian Emigration Department advertising immigration to Canada issued by the authority of the Minister of the Interior in Ottawa, Canada in 1910. The booklet calls for farmers, farm labourers, and domestic servants to immigrate to Canada to find work and states they are “the only people the Canadian immigration department advises to emigrate to Canada” and everyone else should get definite assurance of work or employment before moving to the country. The booklet covers topics such as persons wanted for work, wages, opportunities for farming in the Prairies, times to emigrate, ocean travel rates, and letters from satisfied settlers.

Canadian Emigration Department
Item · Aug., 1910
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

A French book titled “Sols Des Prairies de L’Ouest: Leur Nature at Leur Composition” which translates in English to “Western Prairie Soils: Their Nature and their Composition.” The book was written by Frank T. Shutt, a chemist for federal experimental farms, and published in August 1910. It was published by the order of Sydney A. Fisher, Minister of Agriculture in Ottawa, Ontario. The book is labelled as Bulletin No. 6 in the second series, and a note indicates that the second series of these bulletins focuses on information that will only be interesting to a limited number of people as it is increasingly specific. The book discusses the soil in each prairie province (Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta) in different sections.

Shutt, Frank T.
Item · 1915
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

Government regulations respecting grazing lands in Western Canada in 1915.

Regulations for Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and the Peace River Tract in British Columbia were established by Order-in-Council dated 16 Feb. 1914 and include general and specific regulations surrounding Leases for Grazing on Dominion Lands and Grazing Permits on School Lands.

Regulations for the administration of grazing lands in the Kamloops Division of the RAilway Belt in British Columbia were approved by Order-in-Council dated 13 May 1910 and include general and specific regulations surorund grazing leases. Orders-in-Council dated 4 June 1904, 5 July 1914, and 4 Sept. 1908 are rescinded.

"Instructions for Making Application for a Grazing Lease of Lands in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and the Peace River Tract in British Columbia" slip in red text pasted to ffep, covering part of title. Explains the process of applying for a grazing lease.

Item · 1883
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

Report regarding agricultural products from Manitoba exhibited at the Dominion Exhibition, held in Saint John, New Brunswick, and at the American Exposition, held in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1883. Includes lists of the products exhibited, the names of exhibitors, and flattering "Press Comments on Manitoba Exhibits" [from both N.B. and Mass. news sources].

Clarke, William C.
Item · 1882
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

List of short descriptions of townships in Manitoba, Keewatin and the North-West Territories extracted from surveyors' reports in 1882. The descriptions generally relate to the geographical features and the suitability for farming of each township. The townships are located in the electoral districts of Provencher, Lisgar, Selkirk, Keewatin, Marquette East, Marquette West, and the North-West Territories. Many, but not all, of the townships in the listed ranges are described and listed in numerical order.

Contents:
Ranges East of the 1st Principal Meridian [Range I - Range XXXI]; Ranges West of the 1st Principal Meridian [Range I - Range XXXIV].

Dominion of Canada, Department of the Interior
Item · [ca. 1962]
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

Informational pamphlet about the actions of the Canadian Red Cross Society (Manitoba Division).

Includes information regarding the Canadian Red Cross Society's involvement with the following activities: Junior Red Cross; Outpost Hospitals; Disaster Relief; Seaport Nurseries; Home Nursing Classes; and Other Services (mainly at the local level).

The Manitoba Division specifically highlights its involvement in operating a "Convalescent Home" for ex-military personnel; Nursing Outposts in areas without doctors or hospitals; and with the Junior Red Cross.

Item · May. 7, 1945
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

Thanksgiving Remembrance Rededication. Program for a mass in honour of the victory of the United Nations in Europe. Cover features photographs of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth against a background of the British flag; the Manitoba flag is featured at the bottom. This program was presented to Rhoda Elrick by the Department of Education, province of Manitoba.

Item · 1929
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

Wassewa et al c1929. This is a huge Victorian album dating from 1882 but the photos from the suggested date. The settlers probably came to Canada from Whitby, Yorkshire (see wedding photos), and sent the photos from Manitoba to his family there. Many of them are annotated in pencil on their backs.

Item · [n.d.]
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

A collection of B&W photographs depicting a small parade of floats at the [Churchill Research Range] in Manitoba. One float has a sign that reads “R.C.E. If you can’t live with em can you live without em?” and has a bathtub, a floodlight, two telephones and other equipment aboard the float. Another float is shaped like a chimney with the acronym “R.C.A.S.E” plastered on the side. Another float carries an igloo, a stuffed polar bear, and a woman in a big coat sitting in a chair. That float has the words “U.S. Army” on the side.

Item · 1875
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

Article written for the Canadian Naturalist by George M. Dawson, Assoc. R.S.M., F.G.S. regarding the appearance and migration patterns of locusts in Manitoba and the Northwest Territories in the summer of 1875.

"During the summer of 1875 two distinct elements were concerned in the locust manifestation. First, the insects hatching in the Province of Manitoba and surrounding regions from eggs left by the western and north-western invading swarms of the previous autumn; second, a distinct foreign host, moving, for the most part, from south to north."

Dawson, Dr. G. M.
Item · August, 1912
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

A pamphlet titled "Land Seekers Guide also Free Homestead Lands along the Grand Trunk Pacific in Western Canada," dated August, 1912. Provides information and photographs of southern Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba, to encourage settlement of the area. Map is stamped in red ink to indicate railways, and includes notes on how to "find lands on the map" and "in the field."

Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Company
Item · 1944
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

A publication titled “Citizenship: Our Democracy” and authorized by the Departments of Education for the provinces of Manitoba and Saskatchewan.  Stamped on the inside front cover appears to be “Property of King George School” but the ink is smeared and the stamp was not evenly applied.  The material within this publication is meant to be covered as part of the social studies curriculum for elementary school children.  “The course aims particularly to teach children loyalty to our King and to our country.”  Printed by Thos. H. McConica, King’s Printer for Saskatchewan in Regina.

Item · 1914-02-26 - 1915-02-15
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

Two letters addressed to Mr. Thos. W. Walker in Willimantic, Connecticut, from Mr. M. A. Bowlby of the Canadian Government Agency in Boston, Massachusetts, dated February 26, 1914 and February 15, 1915. They are replies to Mr. Walker's inquiries about the 160 acre parcels of land being offered for free in Western Canada. The backs of the letters are maps of southern Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba, as well as a portion of the United States, with many small town names listed as stops along the railway. There is also an unused self-addressed envelope from Mr. Bowlby (no postage), and a blank questionnaire asking for names of other people who may be interested in his solicitation.

Bowlby, M. A.
Item · [1904]-1937
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

Four handwritten notes and letters from Maurice Constantin-Weyer, a French writer, who lived in Manitoba for a decade. Constantin-Weyer was famous for winning the Prix Goncourt in 1928 for his book, Un homme se penche sur son passé (A Man Scans His Past). Much of the inspiration for the book was drawn from his experiences in Canada. The letter dated from 1937 is an inquiry into his invalid pension from WWI.

Constantin-Weyer, Maurice
Item · 7-9 Oct. 1930
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

A booklet containing the proceedings of the First Manitoba Conference on Social Work, held under the auspices of the Central Council of Social Agencies of Winnipeg, in Winnipeg, 7-9 October 1930.

Contents:
Introduction; Early History of Manitoba; Welcome to Social Workers; The Family; The Child; Health and Mental Hygiene; Delinquency; Unemployment and Vagrancy; Resolutions; lists of Officers of the Conference and the Central Council of Social Agencies of Winnipeg.

The Family:
"The Problem of Family Desertion"; "Social Legislation Regarding Deserters"; "Relief in Unorganized Territories"; "Problems of Relief in Rural Municipalities".

The Child:
"Parent Education - Child Study Groups"; "Problems of the School-Age Child"; "Needs and Resources in Rural Communities"; "Educational Services to Meet Rural Needs"; "Tuition by Correspondence"; "Rural Libraries"; "Lone Scouting in Manitoba"; "The Training of Youth".

Health and Mental Hygiene:
"Recent Advances in Preventive Medicine"; "The Social Ramifications of Tuberculosis"; "Mental Health Clinics"; "The Social Control of the Mentally Defective"; "National Health Insurance".

Delinquency:
"Delinquency and the Community"; "Prevention of Delinquency"; "Treatment of Delinquency"; "Provisions for the Care of the Delinquent Girl in Manitoba".

Unemployment and Vagrancy:
"Relief for Unemployment" [J. S. Woodsworth, M.P.]; "Relief for Unemployment" [W. W. Kennedy, M.P.]; "Vagrancy".

Central Council of Social Agencies of Winnipeg
Item · 1 April 1909 - 26 May 1909
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

Blank form intended to record student participation in the 1909 Gopher Campaign. Includes spaces to record each student's name, age, and number of gopher tails brought in for 8 weeks, and the total number of tails brought per student.

"Any boy or girl living in Manitoba is eligible to take part in the competition, whether attending school or not". Students are to bring gopher tails to school to be counted, recorded, and burned, and the final table is to be submitted to the Agricultural Extension Service on 28 May 1909. The awarded bounty is then to be distributed among the students "in proportion to the number of gophers killed".

Rules governing the campaign are listed on verso.

Agricultural Extension Service
Item · 1905?
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

Book titled: "Western Canada - The Granary of the British Empire." Cover is made from brown paper, with a drawing of a bushel of wheat on the front. The back cover contains an advertisement for the Canadian Pacific Railway and the Pacific Coast Highway. The interior contains maps and illustrations, as well as text. Contains information regarding Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, including crops, fruit, and animals sustainable in each location. Also includes information on land surveying, mineral land regulations, government land offices, settlers’ effects, general information, etc.

Item · [ca. 1930]
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

"From the boundary of Manitoba north to Lake Winnipeg, a distance of one hundred miles, runs an historic highway, which, as it passes through the City of Winnipeg, is known as Main Street. A buffalo trail, an Indian pathway, it saw later explorers, merchant adventurers, missionaries, soldiers and lawgivers, who crossed it on their way westward. It felt the surge of every tide of settlement. Here the mystery of the West was glimpsed. Here its spirit was felt, its music heard."

An illustrated history of Manitoba and Winnipeg's "Main Street" highway, told in verse. Each page has an accompanying illustration. Topics and illustrations include bison [buffalo]; Indigenous peoples; voyageurs; missions and missionaries; settlers; soldiers and historic battles; farmsteads; immigrants and immigration; religion; and the railway.

Item · [1904]
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

A booklet provided by the Government of the Dominion of Canada containing photographs, maps, and predominantly agricultural information intending to encourage settlement in the western provinces. Published prior to 1905 and the present-day provincial configuration, the maps display boundaries for the territories of Assiniboia, Athabasca, Mackenzie, Franklin, Keewatin, and Ungava. The title reads "Homes for Millions in Western Canada's Vast Agricultural Domain of Virgin Opportunity and Infinite Resources."

Sifton, Clifford, Sir, 1861-1929
Item · 19-21 Feb. 1895
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

Reports and proceedings of the Grand Council of the Royal Templars of Temperance of Manitoba's Twelfth Annual Session in 1895.

Contents:
Officers of the Grand Council 1895; Proceedings; First Day - Opening Sessions: Grand Officers; Representatives; Sessions; Sessional Committees; Appeals and Grievances; Temperance Work; Memorials; State and Extension; Finance; Distribution; White Cross Work; Legislation; Fraternal Courtesies; By-laws; Grand Councilor's Report [Organization]; Grand Secretary's Report [Preface; Membership; Councils Organized; Councils Resuscitated; Councils Dormant; Select Degree; Liabilities; Assets; Amalgamation]; Grand Treasurer's Report [Receipts; Disbursements]; Dominion Representative's Report [Old Per Capita Debt; Templar Mailing Lists; "Weekly Templar"; Representative's Account]; Afternoon Session; Memorials and Letters; Grand Auditor's Report [Grand Secretary's Cash account; Treasurer's books]; Finance Committee's Report [Assets; Expenditure; Liabilities]; series of reporting letters; Evening Session.

Wednesday Morning: Committee on Temperance Work; Memorials; Afternoon Session; Temperance Work; Memorial Committee; Legislative Committee; State and Extension; Appeals and Grievances; White Cross Work; Evening Session; Communications; R. D. Rorison's Report.

Thursday - Morning Session; Communications; Finance Committee's Report No. 2; Fraternal Courtesies; By-laws; Afternoon Session; W.C.T.U.; Select Degree; Legislative Committee, 2nd Report; Independent Order of Oddfellows; State and Extension; Finance Committee, 3rd Report; District Deputy's Report; Election of Officers; Trustees; Representatives to Dominion Council; Evening Session.

Appendix I - By-laws. Grand Council of Manitoba.
Preamble; Art. I - Sessions; Art. II - Memorials and Resolutions; Art. III - Reports; Art. IV - Finances; Art. V - Organization; Art. VI - Whine [sic] [White] Cross Work; Art. VII - Cadet Work; Art. VIII - Bonds; Art. IX - Finance Committee; Art. X - Amendments; Art. XI - Miscellaneous; Memo; Election of Grand Councillor.

Royal Templars of Temperance of Manitoba
Item · Late 1960's?
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

A report titled: The Manitoba Sugar Industry. It details the chemical components of sugar, an early history of its cultivation, sugar prices in Canada, sugar manufactured from sugar beets, seeding, cultivation and harvesting of beets, agricultural research done by The Manitoba Sugar Company on the cultivation of beets, etc. Report looks to have been written by The Manitoba Sugar Company.

Item · 1885
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

A booklet written in Dutch about living in Manitoba, Canada in 1885. The title and caption on the front cover, translated to English, reads “200 million fields for colonization in Manitoba and the great Northwest of America. A free hearth of 160 fields (65 hectares) is available to every head of a family as well as to every male colonist who has reached the age of eighteen.” The foldout map at the beginning of the booklet depicts Manitoba which is outlined in red. The booklet discusses various topics about Manitoba such as the climate, dairy farming, land grants, and labour wages. There are also several information sections about the other provinces in Canada. The booklet was printed by Turner & Dunnett in Liverpool, England.

Item · 1905
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

Government regulations respecting grazing lands and hay lands in Western Canada in 1905.

Regulations respecting grazing and hay lands in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta were established by Order-in-Council dated 27 July 1905 and include general regulations around the issue of leases for grazing and hay lands; leases of school lands for grazing; permits to cut hay; leases to cut hay; and penalties for cutting hay without authority.

Regulations for the administration of grazing and hay lands in the Railway Belt of British Columbia were approved by Orders-in-Council dated 4 June 1904 and 5 July 1904, and include general regulations around the issue of leases for grazing and hay lands.

Regulations for the administration of grazing and hay lands in the Yukon Territory were approved by Orders-in-Council dated 5 January 1901 and 8 April 1902, and include general regulations around the issue of leases for grazing and hay lands; permits for hay; and permits for grazing.

Item · 1898
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

Promotional account by the Canadian government in the German language regarding immigration, settlement, farming and industrial possibilities, specifically in Western Canada. Some brief mentions of other provinces [Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, and Ontario]. Includes a section on German immigrants to Canada who settled in the Waterloo County of Ontario, as well as reports by German immigrants who settled in Western Canada on the prairies.

Map:
"Kanada und Seine Verbindungen mit Europa und den Vereinigten Staaten" [Canada and Its Connections with Europe and the United States] [J. Johnston, cartographer] published by the Department of the Interior.

Dominion of Canada, Department of the Interior
Item · [ca. 1907]
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

Informative promotional booklet issued under the authority of Hon. Frank Oliver, Minister of the Interior, containing information intended for prospective settlers regarding Western Canada, specifically the provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta.

Manitoba:
The City of Winnipeg; Other Cities, Towns, and Villages; Profits to Be Realized; Mixed Farming Pays; Stockers; The Homeseeker's Opportunity; Rainfall - Water and Fuel; Manitoba Wheat Production in Comparison; Schools and Churches; Law and Order; Notes on Manitoba.

Saskatchewan:
Southeastern Saskatchewan [Rivers and Smaller Streams; Some of the Districts; Fuel; Possibilities]; Southwestern Saskatchewan [Ranching; Fuel; Climate]; Central Saskatchewan [Rivers; Free Homesteads; Lands for Sale at Low Prices; Climate; Stock Raising and Ranching; Dairy Farming; Soil, Water, and Fuel; Development Rapid and General; Moisture]; Northern Saskatchewan.

Alberta:
Southern Alberta [Fuel; Supply of Water; Ranching; Conditions Changing; Spring Cereals; Beet-Root Growing; Fruits; Alfalfa; Towns]; Central Alberta [Scenery; Educational Facilities; Game; Sanitary Conditions; Towns in Central Alberta; Rivers; Mixed Farming, Ranching, and Dairying].

Also includes:
Who Will Succeed in Western Canada? [How to Get Experience; Married Men Without Children; Young Men With $250 or Less; What Can Be Done With $500; The Man With $1000; Capital Means Opportunity; Special Attention; The Time to Emigrate; Cost of Tools and Livestock; What to Bring; Woman's Help Needed; Intrinsic Land Value in Western Canada]; Winter Wheat [The Points That Favor "Alberta Red"; Marvelous Increase in Acreage Soon; Winter Wheat Not Confined to Any Locality; Growing Winter Wheat Has Passed the Experimental Stage]; Railway Facilities [Railways in Manitoba; Railways in Central Saskatchewan; Railways in Southern Saskatchewan; Railways in Central Alberta; Railways in Southern Alberta; Precipitation [in Alberta, 1885-1905]; The 1906 Crop Yield is Satisfactory [The Prairies of Western Canada; Grain Elevators; Results for the Farmer; The Lure of the West]; Questions and Answers; Census Figures [Manitoba; Saskatchewan; Alberta]; Immigration Returns Show Satisfactory Results; Winter Wheat Crop; Temperature in Western Canada; United States Agents; Dominion Land Offices; The Following is a Plan of a Township; Entry; Homestead Duties; Application; Freight Regulations; Quarantine of Settlers' Cattle.

Photographs:
"New Baptist Church, Edmonton"; "Queen Ave. School, Edmonton"; "Country School House and Stable near Moose Jaw"; "Cutting Wheat, Killarney, Manitoba"; "Starting out to Thresh"; "Old and New Homesteads"; "Edmonton, Capital of Alberta, Canada"; "A Threshing Scene near Rosthern"; "A Splendid Stand of Wheat Ready for the Thresher"; "900 Horses being driven into the Corral, Cypress Hills"; "Parlor in a farmer's home near Roland, Man."; "Elevator Street, Rosthern, Sask."; "A Splendid Dairy Herd in Manitoba"; "Town of Indian Head showing Elevators and Wheat Farms in the Distance"; "A Comfortable Home in Western Canada".

Dominion of Canada, Department of the Interior
Item · August, 1948
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

A manuscript of a report for the Game and Fisheries Branch of the Department of Mines and Natural Resources, dated August, 1948 and compiled of data gathered in May, July, and August of 1947. The report examines the potential effects of the Manitoba Central Basin Project on the birds, fish, and "fur animals" along the Saskatchewan River, and includes information on topography, geology, soils, climate, hydrology, and vegetation, as well as a description of the project, and conclusions and recommendations. 48 b&w numbered and captioned photographs, primarily of terrain and river-related facilities and activities, have been mounted onto various pages, and a large fold out map of the Manitoba central basin is laid-in after the last page.

Canada. Department of Mines and Resources
Item · 1966
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

Newspaper article written by Bruce Braden Peel on the topic of "Prairie-ana", which he suggests could be used as "an inclusive term for books relating to our Prairie provinces", as the term "Canadiana" is to books about Canada. Peel discusses various authors and literary works from or relating to the Prairie provinces, including poetry, prose fiction, and nonfiction works. In the article, Peel names authors such as Henry Kelsey; Pierre Falcon; J. S. Major; Nicholas Flood Davin; Rhoda Sivell; Stephan G. Stephansson; John Greenleaf Whittier; Bertram Tennyson; Rudyard Kipling; R. M. Ballantyne; John Mackie; C. F. A. Saxby; W. L. Amy [Luke Allan]; Maurice Constantin-Weyer; Somerset Maugham; Sinclair Lewis; and Thomas Spence.

"There has been much more written about the Prairie scene than you think. It includes some famous writers such as Maugham and Sinclair Lewis. First writing dates away back to 1691. It is still going on."

Peel, Bruce Braden
Item · [ca. 1890]
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

Photographs depict logging camp in Manitoba ca. 1890s. 4 photographs include modern typed captions naming individuals and dating the photographs.

5 images are group photographs of men working at the logging camp. 3 captions indicate the presence of a Douglad Stephens in the photographs.

1 posed portrait of 2 young women wearing crocheted shawls captioned "Edna Darcy. She was engaged to Jim Stephens but died before they were married."

1 uncaptioned photograph is an over-exposed duplicate of the photograph captioned "Douglad Stephens - 1890's. He is the first man in the picture. Logging in Manitoba." 1 uncaptioned photograph is a group photograph of 6 men standing in front of a log cabin.

Stuart, P. A.