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2008.1.1.1.2.41 · File · Mar. 1892
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

General Correspondence – Includes a letter of apology from L.W. Herchmer, re: remarks about SBS and Mrs. Steele. Handwritten.

Herchmer, Lawrence William, Commissioner, NWMP
2008.1.1.1.3.7.40 · Item · 01 Aug. 1915
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

Handwritten letter from Flora in Lang, Saskatchewan to her father at Shorncliffe Camp, Kent, England. Flora writes about her and Gertrude's stay with friends in Lang and their visit to Regina to see the Parliament buildings, and an outing to the Exhibition, where they say the RCMP musical ride. 4 pp.

Steele, Flora
2008.1.1.1.3.7.41 · Item · 10 Aug. 1915
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

Handwritten letter with envelope from Flora in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan to her father at Shorncliffe Camp, Kent, England. Flora continues to discuss her and Gertrude's travels in Saskatchewan, and comments on the various people they visit or spend time with, and the heat spell they are enduring. 8 pp.

Steele, Flora
2008.1.1.2.22 · Item · 7 Jan. 1900- 28 Nov. 1900
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

Burgandy leather-bound; hand-written entries with entries related to the Canadian Mounted Rifles and Lord Strathcona's Horse

Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919
2008.1.1.3.1.10 · Item · 09 Jan. [1884] - 19 Jan. [1884]; 01 Jan. 1902 - 08 Jan. 1902; 1900 - 1902
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

Daily Journal; hand-written entries; much of diary is blank Inscribed in front: A.R. Macdonell Wood Mountain, Maple Creek, Regina Cash accounts records, fairly detailed, at front and back of diary

Macdonell, Alexander R.
2008.1.2.1.1.75 · File · [1886]
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

Draft of a seven page hand-written letter from Steele to the NWMP Commissioner in Regina responding to and discussing various comments relayed in earlier correspondence from the Commissioner to Steele.

Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919
2008.1.3.3.1.1.50 · File · Apr. 1911
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

Correspondence sent to SBS in his capacity as Colonel in Command of Military District #10, based at the Fort Osborne Barracks in Winnipeg; includes a covering letter and a copy of the minutes of the first meeting of the Local Committee of the Strathcona Trust for Physical and Military Training.

Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919
2008.1.3.3.1.1.51 · File · May 1911
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

Correspondence sent to SBS in his capacity as Colonel in Command of Military District #10, based at the Fort Osborne Barracks in Winnipeg; includes a hand-written letter from R.J. Gwynne, Department of Militia and Defence and a letter regarding a Regina Armoury.

Gwynne, R.J.
2008.1.3.3.1.1.53 · File · Jul. 1911
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

Correspondence sent to SBS in his capacity as Colonel in Command of Military District #10, based at the Fort Osborne Barracks in Winnipeg; includes a letter regarding dividing the Saskatchewan battalion, and a hand-written letter concerning recruits, etc.

Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield), 1848-1919
2008.1.3.3.1.1.70 · File · Nov. 1912
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

Correspondence sent to SBS in his capacity as Colonel in Command of Military District #10, based at the Fort Osborne Barracks in Winnipeg; includes hand-written correspondence from R.J. Gwynne; a letter from R. Rogers, the Governor General’s office, and others, re: various matters including invitations, thanks, and a question of dissatisfaction among the Regina Officers, etc.

Gwynne, R.J.
2008.1.3.3.1.1.76 · File · Jun. 1913
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

Correspondence sent to SBS in his capacity as Colonel in Command of Military District #10, based at the Fort Osborne Barracks in Winnipeg; correspondence regarding the Saskatchewan Armoury, a proposed silver cup presentation to the best City Regiment of Infantry attending camp, and a letter from D. McLean, Lt.-Col., Winnipeg Light Infantry 106th Regiment. Handwritten; typewritten

Rogers, Robert, Hon., 1864-1935
2008.1.3.3.1.1.96 · File · Nov. 1914
Part of Sir Samuel Steele Collection

Correspondence sent to and from SBS in his capacity as Colonel in Command of Military District #10, based at the Fort Osborne Barracks in Winnipeg; many confidential letters to and from Robert Rogers and others, and includes recommendations for filling Canadian Military positions, reports and information about camps, and general information, etc. Handwritten; typewritten

Rogers, Robert, Hon., 1864-1935
FC 3213 L55 042 · Series · 1889 - 1920
Part of Life, Events, and Players in the North-West

An archive of 52 interesting and significant letters by Thomas “Alf” Patrick and his wife Marion (1889-1904). Almost all letters come with their original stamped mailing envelopes (49 envelopes in total). 44 letters are by Thomas and 8 by Marion.
Most of the letters are handwritten and signed, ranging from a single page up to five pages, often closely written. 3 are typed and signed.
In the case of letters by Thomas Patrick, many of the letters to his wife are almost in diary form recording events as they happened [often mailed from Regina]. Some letters are written when Patrick was physically sitting in the Legislative Chambers waiting for events to unfold there. These are usually on embossed North West Territory Legislative stationery.
Three themes run through the archive:

  • Significant political matters and events surrounding the period when Patrick served in the North West Territories Legislature
  • Historical events on the Prairies
  • Issues relating to a lack of infrastructure and a changing societal and political landscape due to heavy immigration into the
    Prairies.
  • Life on the Prairies in the late 19th and early 20th centuries
  • The close personal relationship and related family matters between two early pioneers in Saskatchewan
    Topics covered include: medical, legislative matters, Indians and half-breeds, railway events, life in Saltcoats and Regina, Saskatchewan, land investments, illnesses on the prairies, people (Clifford Sifton and Frederick Haultain) and related topics, immigration, Mennonites, Hungarians, Doukhobors, infrastructure, visiting patients, and much more.
Patrick, Thomas Alfred
FC 3216.3 P63 R64 1.1.3.12 · Item · 3 February 1885
Part of Roger Pocock archives

Handwritten letter from Roger Pocock with a NWMP detachment [in the Prairies] to his mother in Ontario. His letter is very descriptive about what he is doing, his fellow officers, the barracks, and his thoughts about the current political situation in Europe and Great Britain, etc. He also discusses the Force's relationship with nearby townspeople (not good) and with Indigenous people. Pocock talks about Indian unrest and the potential for war; he refers to the "scalp market".

Pocock, Roger
FC 3216.3 P63 R64 1.1.3.14 · Item · 21 February 1885
Part of Roger Pocock archives

A handwritten letter from Roger Pocock in Regina to his mother in Ontario. He discusses the loss of his manuscript which the NWMP did not approve of, and goes on to describe in detail his fellow 'chums' at the Regina NWMP post, including a Charlie Sinclair who served in 1874 with the Wolseley expedition.

Pocock, Roger
FC 3216.3 P63 R64 1.1.3.15 · Item · 1 March 1885
Part of Roger Pocock archives

A handwritten letter from Roger Pocock in Regina to his father in Ontario. Roger talks about how he is out of the Quartermaster's Store, and describes his current duties of stable work and prison guarding, etc. He discusses rumors about Riel and a potential rebellion, promising to write more as he learns further details.

Pocock, Roger
FC 3216.3 P63 R64 1.1.3.17 · Item · [10] March 1885
Part of Roger Pocock archives

A handwritten letter from Roger Pocock in Regina to his father in Ontario. Roger is about to depart from the NWMP fort at Regina, en route for Qu'appelle with a party of other NWMP constables. Two small sketches of a marching patrolman (Pocock) and the Fort is included in the written letter.

Pocock, Roger
FC 3216.3 P63 R64 1.1.3.19 · Item · [March 1885]
Part of Roger Pocock archives

A handwritten letter from Roger Pocock in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan to his mother in Ontario. This letter provides a detailed account of Roger's journey with NWMP troops travelling from Regina to Fort Qu'appelle and on to Prince Albert. While on this journey, Roger froze the toes of his right foot and is under medical supervision as he writes, describing the great pain he is experiencing. He includes a small map showing the route from Regina to Prince Albert.

Pocock, Roger
FC 3216.3 P63 R64 1.1.3.4 · Item · 12 November 1884
Part of Roger Pocock archives

Handwritten letter from Roger Pocock in Regina to his father in Ontario. Roger describes his duties at the NWMP post in Regina; discusses the discipline, his superiors and fellow recruits, etc. He provides a colorful account of his ride on an Indian pony.

Pocock, Roger
FC 3216.3 P63 R64 1.1.3.5 · Item · 21 November 1884
Part of Roger Pocock archives

A handwritten letter from Roger Pocock in Regina to his father in Ontario. Roger comments on his father's last letter, and goes on to describe his activities at the NWMP fort and comments about the community of Regina. Included is a sketch of the barracks and buildings at the NWMP fort at Regina.

Pocock, Roger
FC 3216.3 P63 R64 1.1.3.8 · Item · 16 December 1884
Part of Roger Pocock archives

A handwritten letter from Roger Pocock in Regina to his mother in Ontario. He asks for photographs to be sent from home, with a promise to send some of himself to his family too. He talks about the upcoming Christmas Day plans, his general contentment with his life at the NWMP post, and describes in some detail the task of being on guard duty; a small sketch of the guard room, prison and court is included with the letter.

Pocock, Roger
FC 3216.3 P63 R64 1.1.3.9 · Item · 25 December 1884
Part of Roger Pocock archives

A handwritten letter from Roger Pocock in Regina to his mother in Ontario. Roger describes his Christmas day, and goes on to discuss in detail his activities, books he is reading, names of the officers at the Post, and comments on the family pictures he was sent, etc.

Pocock, Roger
Item · August 11, 1914
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

A letter from "S. P. Grosch, Commissioner, The Local Government Board" to William Duncan Livingstone Hardie, Mayor of Lethbridge, dated August 11th, 1914. An enclosed copy of a speech given by Grosch at a convention of the Union of Saskatchewan Municipalities is enclosed, as per Hardie's apparent request. The speech is entitled "Methods of Repayment of Loans and the Administration of Sinking Funds in Saskatchewan."

Grosch, S. P.
Item · 1888-02-23 - 1905-07-07
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

Correspondence received by the Dominion Lands Office, primarily addressed to a Mr. D. S. McCannell Esq., with variations including McCannel, McConnell, MCannel, and sometimes just Dominion Lands Agent or 'Dear Sir.' They mostly deal with the granting of homesteads under the Dominion Lands Act to individuals in Assiniboine, N. W. T., what is now the province of Saskatchewan.

Item · May 9, 1899
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

Correspondence from John T. Stemsborn, written on his letterhead and dated May 9, 1899, to A. J. Fraser Esq. in regards to land being occupied by Jacob Polen. Polen was concerned because "entry had been given to a Mrs. Susana Nuber(?)" and he was unsure as to the state of his claim to the crops he had planted on the property. The legal description of the land is SE 22-16-19 W2(?).

Stemsborn, John T.
Item · September, 1925 - June 1947
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

Two year books from "S.N.S." (Saskatoon Normal School) for the school years of 1925-1926 and 1946-1947. They both include composite photographs of graduating students, writing samples and poetry, yearbook staff lists, athletics reports, editorials, and messages from the principal. The 1925-1926 copy has the inscription "Margaret M. Rennie, Room A. S.N.S." on the first page, many handwritten signitures under "Autographs" on pages 56-57, and the signature of orchestra conductor Mrs. Helen Davies Sherry on page 115. The 1946-1947 copy has two newspaper clippings attached to the inside of the front cover reporting on the death of Dr. Frederick James Gathercole, one being from the Leader-Post of Regina, Saskatchewan and dated Tuesday, December 28, 1993. Another clipping on the funeral service for Mrs. E. J. Ouellette is taped to page 34, and an obituary for Michael Joseph Schafer is taped to page 65 underneath his portrait, dated 1947. A retirement notice for Roy Lockert, also clipped from the Leader-Post and dated Friday, July 4, 1980, is attached to page 101. Pages 102-104 contain various other materials taped in including graduation programs, a red heart-shaped autograph book with signatures, and a typed memo on the decision of the Saskatoon Normal School Student's Assembly during their executive meeting on Tuesday, June 17, 1947 to "allot a sum of $50 to the next assembly for the buying of a radio." It also includes advertisements for local businesses.

Students of the Provincial Normal School, Saskatoon
Item · 1928
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

"The material in this pamphlet is largely reproduced from a special co-operative issue of The Western Producer, published November 24, 1927. On no occasion prior to the publication of this issue had Saskatchewan Wheat Pool members been given so detailed a review of all the activities and departments of the organization. In view of the reception which was accorded the issue by Pool members, and in view of the fact that newspapers are not adapted to convenient preservation, this pamphlet has been issued in the hope that it will be preserved by Pool members and used for reference purposes whenever the need may arise."

Contents:
Index; The Wheat Pool in Perspective; How the Pool is Organized; Recording Pool Contracts; Field Service Department; The Treasury Department; Recording Reserve Credits; Handling Growers' Assignments; Pool Country Elevators; The Pool Checks Government Grading; Relation With Line Companies; The Central Selling Agency; International Co-operation in Prospect; Large Staff at Pool Head Office; Head Office Staff of Pool Elevators; The Winnipeg Office; The Saskatoon Office; Supplying Information to Pool Members; and A Chart of the Organization.

Images:
The Home of The Saskatchewan Wheat Pool - The Wheat Pool Building, Regina; A View of the Grower's Ledger and Grain Departments of the Pool; Map Showing Distribution of Pool Membership [map]; Inside a New Pool Elevator - Interior of Pool Elevator No. 587 at Austum, Sask.; 2,000,000 Bushel Transfer Elevator at Buffalo; The Smallest Saskatchewan Terminal - Pool Terminal No. 5 at Port Arthur, Owned by the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool; Saskatchewan Pool Elevators Limited at Work - An Interior View of a Portion of the Head Office Elevator Staff at Regina; One of the Latest - Saskatchewan Pool Elevator No. 679; Saskatchewan Poolers Own This Elevator - Pool Terminal No. 4 at Port Arthur, Owned by the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool; Pooling the World Over - Delegates to the Second International Wheat Pool Conference at Kansas City, Missouri, May, 1927; The First Sign of Growth - Saskatchewan Pool Elevator No. 1, at Bulyea, Sask.; At the Summer Fair - Wheat Pool Tent at Weyburn Fair; Twenty Comptometer Operators - Comptometer Department in the Head Office of the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool [photograph]; The Largest Pool Terminal - Pool Terminal No. 6, at Port Arthur; and Organization Chart Sask. Cooperative Wheat Producers Ltd. [fold-out flow chart].

Item · 5-7 June 1928
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

Record of the proceedings of the Third International Wheat Pool Conference, which was also the First International Pool Conference [open to other agricultural product cooperatives], held in Regina, Saskatchewan, between 5-7 June 1928.

Index:
Chairman's Address; Secretary's Report; Appointment of Committees; Addresses; Discussions; Sub-Conferences [Discussions on Contracts; Central Sales Agency for Livestock; National Wool Co-operative; Long Term Contract; Marketing Dress Poultry; Marketing Registered Seed; Organizing Local Co-operative Seed Growers' Associations; Financing Co-operative Dairies]; and List of Delegates and Press Representatives.

Burnell, C. H.
Item · [ca. 1935]
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

Hand-made photograph album documenting the history of G. F. Stephens & Co. Ltd. Paint & Varnish Makers. The album largely consists of exterior and interior photographs of prominent buildings across Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, with detailed captions explaining the services provided by G. F. Stephens & Co. Ltd., as well as buildings where G. F. Stephens paints and varnishes were manufactured, and copies of testimonial letters written by commercial businesses regarding the company's work.

Contents [Prominent Buildings]:
New Christie Brown Biscuit Factory - Winnipeg; Tuberculosis Sanatorium - Saskatoon; Salter Street Viaduct - Winnipeg; Deer Lodge Military Hospital; The Van Horne Farm - East Selkirk, Man.; Farm Buildings - George Wright - Penfold, Alta.; Winnipeg Winter Club Badminton Courts, Lounge, and Floors; Normal School - Edmonton; Bank of Montreal - Edmonton; Head Office - The Great-West Life Company - Winnipeg; Westminster United Church - Winnipeg; Misericordia Hospital - Edmonton; Grain Exchange - Winnipeg; C.N.R. Station - Edmonton [exterior and interior]; Corona Hotel - Edmonton [interior and exterior]; Union Station - Winnipeg; Police Station - Regina; The Balfour - Regina; University of Manitoba [New Science Building; New Arts Building]; St. Andrew's Locks - Lockport, Man.; Trianon Dance Gardens - Regina; Y.M.C.A. - Winnipeg; Hydro Show Rooms - Winnipeg; Wheat Pool Building - Winnipeg [exterior and interior]; Great Falls Power Development; Hydro Substations - Winnipeg.

Also of note are a composite photograph showing G. F. Stephens & Co.'s Head Office and Factory in Winnipeg and Warehouses in Alberta and Saskatchewan; a series of photographs under the heading "Glimpses of Paint Factory - Winnipeg" [depicting "Section of a Stock Room"; "Paint Grinding Mills"; "Section Mixing Floor"; "Putty Chasers"]; and copies of 16 testimonial letters from various commercial businesses [largely Hardware and Department Stores] based in Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba, all dated 1935.

G. F. Stephens & Company Limited
Item · 1929; 1931-1935; 1944; 1947; 1949; 1975
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

Collection of typed personal and business letters and telegrams sent and received by Howard Lee Watson [former Circulation Manager of the Edmonton Bulletin newspaper] predominantly between the years 1931-1935. Includes personal correspondence, a number of letters written by his brother Edwin [Eddie] Watson under the Regina Daily Star letterhead, as well as business correspondence regarding his job with the Edmonton Bulletin.

Of note are 1 Statutory Declaration of the [Edmonton] Bulletin's Net Paid Circulation for Feb. 1929 [$18,201 net paid], signed by Howard L. Watson [no actual signature present]; 3 copies of an indenture [House Lease #230] between His Majesty the King in Right of Canada (acting through Wartime Housing Limited) and Howard Watson, all signed uniquely; 1 pamphlet produced by Wartime Housing Limited; and 5 typed journal or diary entries on various topics, including general musings, New Years' resolutions, a description of an encounter with a 'competitor' in the newspaper business that caused him to be concerned he would be perceived as having acted rudely, and a list of 11 novels entitled "Books I have read".

Watson, Howard Lee
Item · 1932
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

A brochure from 1932 celebrating 50 years of the Campbell Bros. & Wilson, Limited Company, a wholesale grocery and provision business. The brochure states that the company was founded in 1882 in Winnipeg, Manitoba and expanded to cities such as Saskatoon, Regina, Swift Current, Moose Jaw, Calgary, Lethbridge, Edmonton, Red Deer, and Grande Prairie. The brochure consists of various profiles of employees of the company and information about the different establishments in different cities.
Also includes an envelope for the brochure with a blue shield-shaped logo that says "Royal Shield Brand of Goods 50 Years."

Campbell Bros. & Wilson, Limited
Item · [194-?]
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

An advertisement and tourism brochure for Regina, Saskatchewan, the “Queen City of the Plains.” The booklet was published by the Regina Board of Trade in the [1940s]. The booklet provides a brief description of Regina’s history and its current industry. The booklet is full of various photographs of places in Regina such as main streets, important buildings, parks, and industrial scenes.

The Regina Board of Trade
Item · July 25, 1912
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

Two reports detailing the work done and expenses accrued of maintaining the gardens and grounds of various railway stations throughout Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba, and the supplying nursery. Contains 32 b&w photographs of the station gardens and nursery plants, all captioned. Photograph locations include Moosejaw, Portage la Prairie, Virden, Oak Lake, and Saskatoon. Issued by the Forestry Branch of the Natural Resources Department of "C. P. Ry. Co."

Krook, G. A. B.
Item · 1906
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

A booklet about Regina, the capital of Saskatchewan and “its advantages as a commercial and residential centre” in 1906. The booklet highlights some of the notable buildings and developments in Regina, the growing industry, and the general progress of the city. The photographs included in the booklet depict different parts of the city such as farm scenes, government buildings, banks, residential homes, and various street scenes. The final page of the booklet is a fallout panoramic printed photograph of a bird’s eye view of Regina. The booklet was published by The Regina Board of Trade and printed by The Leader Press in Regina, Saskatchewan.

The Regina Board of Trade
Item · 1917
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

Informative promotional booklet produced by the Canadian Pacific Railway Company containing information intended for prospective settlers regarding the provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.

Contents:
Answers to Some Settlers' Questions; Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba; The World's Greatest Field of Opportunity; For Those Who Are Not Farmers; Twenty Years to Pay $2000 Loan for Improvements; Advance of Live Stock on Loan Basis; Assistance of Experts; Western Canada's Climate; Handling the Grain Trade; Flour Milling; Grain Prices; Alberta; Alberta's Progress; Climate; Forage and Root Crops; Live Stock in Alberta; Saskatchewan; Grain Growing in Saskatchewan; Climate; Forage and Root Crops; Fruit Culture; Live Stock; Manitoba; Grain Growing in Manitoba; Fodders and Roots; Climate of Manitoba; Live Stock in Manitoba; Dairying in Manitoba; Poultry-Raising; Raising Small Fruits; Irrigation in Western Canada; "Ready-Made" Farms; What Is a Ready-Made Farm?; Loans to Home-Makers; General Terms of Sale; Townsites; Terms of Payment for Town Lots; Naturalization; Title; General Information [Public Worship; School System; Agricultural Education; Railway Facilities; Public Roads; Taxation; Voting Regulations; Rural Telephones; Domestic Water Supply; Fuel; System of Land Survey; Implements and Buildings; Investment in Live Stock; Capital Required; Cost of Living]; A Final Word; Cities and Towns [Alberta; Manitoba; Saskatchewan]; Experiences of Some Settlers' in Western Canada; and Information for Settlers [Timely Pointers on Customs, Quarantine and Transportation Regulations Affecting Settlers and Settlers' Effects Entering Canada].

Images:
Some Farm Operations [7 photographs]; Fodder Crops and Dairy Cows [9 photographs]; Western Canada Harvest Scenes [7 photographs]; The Stockman's Paradise [9 photographs]; Glimpses of Some Settlers' Gardens [10 photographs]; Scenes in the Irrigation Districts [10 photographs]; Some Settlers' Homes [11 photographs]; Typical Canadian Churches and Schools [11 photographs]; Good Sport and Good Health [7 photographs]; and "Map showing location of Western Provinces of Canada with chief railway connections".

Canadian Pacific Railway
Item · [ca. 1944]
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

"I herewith submit a general report of the activities of the [Saskatchewan Historical] Society during the period following the annual meeting held on the 28th day of October, 1943." Topics of this report to the President of the Saskatchewan Historical Society include the Society's administrative work and work in acquiring and processing records related to Saskatchewan's pioneers, Indigenous and Métis histories, religious histories, military and Royal Canadian Mounted Police [R.C.M.P.] histories, and other local histories.

Contents:
Expansion; Reciprocal Societies; Authors; Alberta; Public Addresses; Records of the Pioneers; Remarkable Pioneers; Prizes Offered; Maple Creek; Wood Mountain; George Shepherd; Lloydminster; Battleford; Rebellion Territory; Fort Pitt; The Seige [sic] [Siege]; Brave Mr. McLean; The Site of Fort Pitt; Historical Sites; Old Buildings in Battleford District; Old Mounted Police Detachment; Old Government House; Yorkton; Prominent Citizens; Wolseley; Public Spirited Citizens; Branch Societies; New Light on the Riel Question; The Archives of Canada; Racial Immigration; Missionary and Church History; Presbyterian Missions in the Early Days of Settlement; The Methodists; Farmers' Organizations; Manuscripts; Lord Tweedsmuir; Their Excellencies [the Earl of Athlone and Her Royal Highness, the Princess Alice]; A Delegation from the Society; War Records; Winnipeg Enlistments; The Air Force; The Files ["large cards filed for Saskatchewan personnel representing at least seventy-five thousand individuals]; Casualty Lists; Military Co-Operation; Inventory; General Index; The Chronicle ["a yearly chronicle of everything that has happened within the boundaries of what is now Saskatchewan since 1819"].

Hamilton, Z. M.
Item · [ca. 1900]
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

Captioned B&W photographic prints show views of Regina, Saskatchewan, ca. 1900. First and last images are panoramic photographs on folded and extended pages.

Contents:
"Panorama of Regina, Sask."; "South Railway Street"; "Broad Street"; "Scarth Street"; "Old Government Buildings"; "Government House"; "Marketing Wheat" and "Indians Marketing Grain"; composite of "Lands Office", "Court House", "Central Fire Hall", "Hospital" and "Jail"; "High School", "Public and Normal School" and "Assinaboia [Assiniboia] Club"; "Steam Plow at Work Near Regina"; "Harvesting Near Regina" and "Threshing Near Regina"; "Cattle Range" and "Cree Indians"; "Churches" composite of Baptist, Methodist, Catholic, Presbyterian, and Episcopal church buildings; and "Panorama R.N.W.M.P. Barracks".

Canada Drug and Book Company Limited
Item · c. 1883
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

A sepia-toned photograph of a building with men, boys, horses, and horse-drawn wagons outside. The boys appear to be loading newspapers into one of the wagons, and there is paper mess on the dirt road, mostly in front of the door to the building. Other distant buildings are visible in the background.

Item · January 17, 1939
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

A schedule for the annual meeting of the Local Council of Women of Regina, dated Tuesday, January 17, 1939, held at the City Hall Auditorium and followed by a banquet at the Kitchener Hotel. Program includes a silent prayer, minutes from the previous meeting, speeches by members, election of officers, and "Other Business." The last page consists of a "List of Affiliated Societies."

Local Council of Women of Regina
Item · 4 Oct. 1909
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

Program of events for the ceremonial Laying of the Corner Stone of the Saskatchewan Legislative and Executive Building on 4 October 1909.

Includes: Programme of Ceremony of Laying Corner Stone; Songs by School Children [sung at certain points in the ceremony; booklet contains lyrics to "The Maple Leaf Forever"; "The Home Land"; and "May God Preserve Thee, Canada"]; lists of Guests invited by His Honour Amedee Emmanuel Forget, Esq., Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan, and by the Government, to attend the laying of the Corner Stone; and list of members of "The Committee" [presumably the government committee that organized the ceremony].

Invited guests included: Premiers; Governors and Lieutenant-Governors; Senators; Members of Parliament; Members of Provincial Governments [Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Manitoba, British Columbia, Alberta]; Members of the Supreme and District Courts [Alberta, Saskatchewan]; Members of Alberta and Saskatchewan Assemblies; Ex-Members of Legislature for North-West Territories and Saskatchewan; and Mayors.

Bole, James Franklin
Item · Sept. 22,1969
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

A program for the ceremony of the raising of the flag of Saskatchewan on September 22, 1969, at the Legislative Building in Regina, Saskatchewan. Inside the program there is a proclamation from M. R. [Balen], the Acting Deputy Provincial Secretary. The program outlines the order of events for the ceremony and includes the lines for some prayers.

Item · c. 1926-1928
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

A loose collection of photographs and photographic postcards. Predominant subjects include horses, farming equipment and activities, children, and vehicles. One photograph shows some sort of canoeing event, and another is stamped "Genuine Sparkleton Prints, Regina Photo Supply Ltd" and dated September 28, 1926. Several photographs have been mounted onto black card album pages and then cut-out, retaining pieces of other photographs on the verso. Legible captions include "myself harvesting, not very clear," "Bill at Brighton," and "Herbert + the mare + colt. This is Kate the mare and colt 12 days old and roses, mother as well was taken at bounty fair fancy this mare having one colt."

Item · 1932
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

An advertisement card for the 1932 World’s Grain Exhibition and Conference in Regina, Saskatchewan. The conference was held from July 25 to August 6, 1932. The card advertises the event as a “Great International Seed Grain Exhibition” and states there will be “Over $200,000.00 In Cash Awards.” The card also states that the conference is for agriculturists and those interested in cereal production.

World's Grain Exhibition and Conference
Item · May 7, 1885
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

A letter from N. D. Flood addressed to Henry [James Morgan]. The letter was stamped on May 7, 1885. The letter discusses military drills and some legal business. The letter is presumably from Nicholas Flood Davin, a lawyer, journalist, and politician, the first MP for Assiniboia West, and one of the architects of the Canadian residential school system.

[Davin, N.F.]
Item · Aug. 1930
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

An August 1930 issue of the Orange Home News, containing the Annual Report of the Orange Benevolent Society of Saskatchewan for the year ending December 31, 1929.

Contents:
Lists of Officers and Committees of the Orange Benevolent Society of Saskatchewan for 1930; President's Report [Mrs. W. A. Adams, President]; The Grand Mistress; The Grand Master; The Matron; The Secretary Treasurer; The Placement of Children; The School Agreement; Tags and Dime Banks; The Froom Endowment Fund; Remember the Children in Your Will; Financial Report; Revenue Account; Balance Sheet [As at 31st December, 1929]; Liabilities; Contributions; Our Prayer.

Additionally contains print advertisements for various local businesses.

Orange Benevolent Society of Saskatchewan
Item · [c. 1950]
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

A fictional story told in second-person point of view about the average prairie province farmer's discontent with the privatized grain trade system, and answered by farmer-owned co-operative wheat pools. Illustrations feature farm buildings, horse-drawn carts, grain elevators, the Statue of Liberty, and images of crooked businessmen or "gamblers."

Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
Item · Mar. 13, 1930
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

A written copy of an address delivered by A.J. MacPhail before the Regina Board of Trade on March 13, 1930. The printed copy of the address was issued by the Canadian Wheat Pool in March 1930. The address covers various subjects such as wheat trade issues between Canada and Great Britain, the competitive wheat trade with Argentina, the looming Depression, and ways to advertise and aggressively market wheat grown in Canada.

MacPhail, A.J.
Item · Jul., 1936
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

A pamphlet titled “How Other Countries Are Helping Their Farmers” from the Saskatchewan C-operative Wheat Producers Limited in Regina, Saskatchewan. The booklet was published in July 1936. The booklet outlines ways that Great Britain, France, Italy, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Holland, Spain, Poland, New Zealand, South Africa, Brazil, Japan, China, the United States, Argentina, Australia, Danubian Countries, and Russia have been assisting their farmers.

Saskatchewan Co-Operative Wheat Producers Limited
Item · [ca. 1955]
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

Informative promotional booklet for the city of Regina.

Topics include: History of Regina [pre-1882 to 1951]; Some Local Facts of Interest (Taxation; Transit System; Water; Power; Weather); images of local sports; Regina and Its People [demographic and financial information]; Trade and Commerce in Regina [statistics]; Regina Industries (Products; Industrial Sites; Oil); and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police [RCMP].

Includes approximately 17 photographs [reproduced in red; 1 photograph is a multi-page panorama of the city].

Regina Chamber of Commerce
Item · ? - 1988-06-15
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

Two cards belong to a Corporal Alphonse Duane Boey. One is an invitation from the Premier of Saskatchewan Grant Devine and Mrs. Devine, to Mr. and Mrs. Boey to a farewell dinner for Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan F. W. Johnson and Mrs. Johnson on Wednesday, June 15, 1988 in the Regency Ballroom of the Hotel Saskatchewan in Regina. The other reads "This will authorize Cpl. A. D. Boey to drive my car." and is signed by C. Irwin McIntosh, Lieutenant Governor.

Item · [1910-1911]
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

"Programme and Words of Songs" for a performance in Regina, Saskatchewan during the 1910-1911 season that lists song names, composers, and some lyrics. The cover reads "Assisted by Melsa, The Celebrated Polish Violinist" and "At the Pianoforte, Miss Grace Torrens." Includes advertisements for Child & Gower Piano Co. Ltd., and other upcoming performances taking place in Regina.

Item · 1955
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

Brochure announcing three competitions, and their subsequent prizes, for Saskatchewan writers, to be held in accordance with Saskatchewan's Golden Jubilee celebrations in 1955.

The competition categories include: a Short Story [of 3000 words]; a One-act Play [not less than 30 minutes, and not more than 45 minutes]; and a Poem or Group of Poems [not to exceed a total of 60 lines]. Each category offers 3 prize tiers, for first [$250], second [$150], and third [$100] place finishes.

The brochure also includes a list of Regulations; Judges; information on Saskatchewan's Golden Jubilee; and a list of Some of the Jubilee Projects [the "writing of an official history of the Province of Saskatchewan"; "supplementary publications dealing with particular aspects of the provincial story"; "mobile display units to visit schools and fairs"; "program of restoring and marking historic sites"; "Jubilee choir composed of high school students"; "musical revue with a Saskatchewan theme"; and a "creative development program in the fine arts"].

Saskatchewan Golden Jubilee Committee
Item · [n.d.]
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

B&W studio portrait on a man reclining on a sofa bench beside a patterned cushion. The man is wearing a suit, a polka dot neckerchief, and a pocket watch chain can be seen under his suit jacket. The subject is wearing a small maple leaf pin on his lapel which resembles a military badge common in the 1910s, although the photograph is not clear enough to be certain. The photograph may have been taken by Edgar C. Rossie, a well-known photographer in Regina in the early 1900s.

[Rossie, Edgar C.?]
Item · [1914]
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

A WWI-era photograph of Private Hugh Edward Brownlee in uniform, former member of the Northwest Mounted Police in Macleod, Alberta and Regina, Saskatchewan. Volunteered for service in 1914, assigned to the Royal Winnipeg Rifles, shipped out with the 1st Contingent. Killed in France, November, 1916, either by sniper or minenwerfer (mortar shell).

Item · [1900]
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

A collage of photographs of the Glasgow House, the first department store in Regina, Saskatchewan, interior and exterior, and its employees. Owner and proprietor Richard Henry Williams was also a lumber merchant and the mayor of Regina from 1891-1892 and from 1909-1910.

Item · [ca. 1925]
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

Collection of print advertisements for Cooper's sheep farming and sheep veterinary care products.

Includes:
Cooper's Marking Fluid - a fluid that can be used to apply a brand-mark to sheep and removed from the wool during the scouring process without damaging or staining the product; Cooper's (Improved) Worm Tablets for Worms in Sheep - an oral medication to cure stomach worm infections in sheep; and Cooper's Powder Dip - an insecticide mixture to protect sheep from external parasite infestation.

William Cooper and Nephews Limited
Item · 1928
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

Canadian Pacific Railway Company advertisement for resorts in the Canadian Rockies, and a large fold-out double-sided map of the Rockies and CPR lines and connecting lines. Includes information on Where to Stay [Canadian Pacific Hotels in the Rockies; Bungalow Camps Reached by Canadian Pacific; Canadian Pacific Hotels on the Pacific Coast; Canadian Pacific Hotels on the Prairies; Canadian Pacific Hotels in Eastern Canada; and Other Hotels and Bungalow Camps Reached by Canadian Pacific]; and Canadian Pacific Agencies Throughout the World [Canada and United States; Europe; Asia; and Australia, New Zealand, etc.].

Map titled "The Canadian Pacific Rockies - Rocky Mountains Park - Yoho Park - Kootenay Park" shows Railway [Main and Branch Lines]; Steamship Route; Highways; Roads [Secondary]; Trails; Towns; Flag Stations; Post Offices; Hotels; Bungalow Camps; Tea Houses; Gas Stations; Wardens' Cabins; Mountain Huts; The Great Divide; Park Boundaries; Swamps and Muskeg; Waterfalls; Glaciers; and Elevation of Mountains and Lakes.

Map titled "Canadian Pacific Railway and Connecting Lines" shows "the main routes to and from the Pacific Coast" [Montreal Service; Toronto Service; To and From Chicago, St. Paul and Minneapolis [via Twin Cities, Emerson, Winnipeg]; To and From Chicago, St. Paul and Minneapolis [via Twin Cities, Portal, Moose Jaw]; The Great Lakes Route; The Southern British Columbia Route; Via Spokane; Routes Between Vancouver and Seattle; and Free Optional Routes [Between Montreal and Sudbury; and On the Prairies].

Canadian Pacific Railway
Item · 1965-1974
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

Two printed booklets outlining the history and activities of the Regina Council of Women. The first book (1895-1965) outlines council histories, activities, meetings, and participations, commemorates Saskatchewan’s 60th Jubilee, and contains Part I to Part IV. The second book (1966-1974) outlines council activities, meetings, and participations, commemorates the Council’s 80th anniversary, and contains Part V.

Regina Council of Women
Item · 1931
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

The 1931 spring catalogue of supplies for the ranching and livestock industry, "Issued by Canadian Co-operative Wool Growers Limited, and Wool Growers Associations Throughout Canada." Includes advertisements for products such as sheep dips and dipping tanks, ear punches and labels, worm tablets and ointments, shears, clippers, bells, castrators, and fencing. Laid-in after the first page is a blank "Requisition for Sacks and Twine" form and another "Stockman's Supplies" order form on the same page, meant to be detached from each other via perforation.

Canadian Co-operative Wool Growers Limited
Item · 1 May 1941
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

"Horse Shoe Brand Saddles and Cowboy Goods - The Best That's Made. For 72 years The Great West Saddlery Company have been making riding equipment in Western Canada. Through this experience in manufacture their merchandise has gained the greatest popularity and the most favorable reputation of dependability across Canada. You take no chances when you order Horse Shoe Brand."

Illustrated catalogue of riding equipment and "cowboy goods" sold by The Great West Saddlery Company in 1941. Includes Instructions for Ordering; alphabetical Index to products [p. 60] [includes saddles, bridles and bits, reins, stirrups, spurs, clothing, etc.]; and 2 blank mail order forms.

Great West Saddlery Company Limited
Item · [193-?]
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

One blank page of hotel stationery for the Hotel MacDonald of the Grand Trunk Pacific Hotels in Edmonton, Alberta. The resident manager of the hotel is listed as J.V. Henderson. At the top of the page is a blue vignette of the Hotel MacDonald. The other Grand Trunk Pacific Hotels are listed as Chateau Laurier in Ottawa, Ontario, The Fort Garry in Winnipeg, Manitoba, The Qu’Appelle in Regina, Saskatchewan, and The Prince Rupert in Prince Rupert, British Columbia.

Grand Trunk Pacific Hotels
Item · 1917
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

Informative promotional booklet produced by the Canadian Pacific Railway Company containing information intended for prospective settlers regarding the provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.

Contents:
Answers to Some Settlers' Questions; Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba; The World's Greatest Field of Opportunity; For Those Who Are Not Farmers; Twenty Years to Pay $2000 Loan for Improvements; Advance of Live Stock on Loan Basis; Assistance of Experts; Western Canada's Climate; Handling the Grain Trade; Flour Milling; Grain Prices; Alberta; Alberta's Progress; Climate; Forage and Root Crops; Live Stock in Alberta; Saskatchewan; Grain Growing in Saskatchewan; Climate; Forage and Root Crops; Fruit Culture; Live Stock; Manitoba; Grain Growing in Manitoba; Fodders and Roots; Climate of Manitoba; Live Stock in Manitoba; Dairying in Manitoba; Poultry-Raising; Raising Small Fruits; Irrigation in Western Canada; "Ready-Made" Farms; What Is a Ready-Made Farm?; Loans to Home-Makers; General Terms of Sale; Townsites; Terms of Payment for Town Lots; Naturalization; Title; General Information [Public Worship; School System; Agricultural Education; Railway Facilities; Public Roads; Taxation; Voting Regulations; Rural Telephones; Domestic Water Supply; Fuel; System of Land Survey; Implements and Buildings; Investment in Live Stock; Capital Required; Cost of Living]; A Final Word; Cities and Towns [Alberta; Manitoba; Saskatchewan]; Experiences of Some Settlers' in Western Canada; and Information for Settlers [Timely Pointers on Customs, Quarantine and Transportation Regulations Affecting Settlers and Settlers' Effects Entering Canada].

Images:
Some Farm Operations [7 photographs]; Fodder Crops and Dairy Cows [9 photographs]; Western Canada Harvest Scenes [7 photographs]; The Stockman's Paradise [9 photographs]; Glimpses of Some Settlers' Gardens [10 photographs]; Scenes in the Irrigation Districts [10 photographs]; Some Settlers' Homes [11 photographs]; Typical Canadian Churches and Schools [11 photographs]; Good Sport and Good Health [7 photographs]; and "Map showing location of Western Provinces of Canada with chief railway connections".

Canadian Pacific Railway
Item · 5-6 March 1908
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

Program of events for the Opening Ceremony in City Hall in Regina, Saskatchewan, 1908.

Contains: list of Patronesses and City Council members; B&W photograph of Mayor J. W. Smith; short paragraph titled "Regina, the Capital of Saskatchewan"; program of events for March 5th and 6th; list of refreshment committee members; B&W photograph and greeting from Alderman Thos. [Thomas] Wilkinson; and list of financial and population figures titled "Information re City of Regina" by J. Kelso Hunter [City Clerk]. Back cover includes list of Officers of the Canadian Club.

Regina City Council
Item · 16 Aug. 1940
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

2 concert programs for a performance by Gracie Fields at the Regina Armouries, Regina, Saskatchewan, on 16 August 1940. Accompanist: Harry Parr-Davies. Assisted by local talent.

Includes list of patrons [Lieutenant-Governor Archibald Peter McNab and Mrs. McNab; Premier William John Patterson and Mrs. Patterson; Regina Mayor James Grassick and Miss Grassick; Brigadier C. B. Russell and Mrs. Russell; Assistant Commissioner C. D. Le Nauze and Mrs. Le Nauze]; the program of songs; committee list [Chairman H. E. Sampson; Dan A. Cameron; A. C. Williams; Price Hughes; A. D. Leslie]; and song lyrics ["Rule Britannia"; "There'll Always Be an England"; and "Land of Hope and Glory"].

Navy League of Canada Saskatchewan Division