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Paul Rezansoff fonds

  • SCM-RG-0017
  • Fonds
  • 25 July 2001

The fonds, related to the Swift Current Arts And Heritage Committee, Hoffman James Powley, Swift Current Community Arts Council, Swift Current Overture Concert Association, Swift Current Tourism Committee, and the Horseshoe Tourism Region, were accumulated by the source.

Richard Burke fonds

  • SCM-RG-0016
  • Fonds
  • 1927 - 1972

The fonds, related to the 16th/22nd Saskatchewan Horse and William W. Cooper, were accumulated by the source.

The following is a basic listing of the unprocessed contents:

A.2003.10 (William W. Cooper)

Folder #1:
address book of customers, ca. 1967;
shares of the WW Cooper store, issued to W.W. Cooper, 1927;
Cooper's Store News issues: March & April 1924; September & October 1924; Christmas 1924 (2 copies); January 1925; February 1925 (3 copies); March 1925; June 1925; July 1925; October 1925; January 1926; February 1926; Summer 1933; Christmas 1948 (3 copies);
Cooper's Anniversary News, June 1933 (6 copies);
"The North West Mounted Police - The Winning of the West" (5 pages)

Folder #2 (documents pertaining to W.W. Cooper's visit to Russia in 1931):
poster for a talk on Russia given by WW Cooper;
booklet, "Intimate Impressions of Russia Discussed in a Lecture by W.W. Cooper" (6 copies);
notes for a speech on Russia;
newspaper clippings, re: Russia, communism;
correspondence, re: First United Church's 60th Anniversary in 1972, along with ribbon, list of congregation members and photo #1: members of the First United Church congregation in the church, 1972;
City of Swift Current tax notice, 1935;
speech from Mrs. W.W. Cooper to the Women's Missionary Society of the Metropolitan Church, upon her birthday, 1923;
employee newsletter, "The Cooperator", November 1948;
letters from W.W. Cooper's grandsons (Alfred Cooper's sons) Bill and Peter, 1962;
correspondence with W.A. Bingham, re: oil burners, 1929

Folder #3:
Honorary Address to Mr. W.W. Cooper from the staff on the occasion of the store's 40th Birthday, June 4, 1943" (signed by all staff members)

Folder #4 (newspapers):
Cooper's Anniversary News, June 1933;
excerpt from The Sun, February 4,1953 (article on the purchase of the W.W. Cooper store by Pioneer Co-Op);
The Sun, October 27,1948 (article on the death of William Wesley Cooper)

Envelope #1:
essay by Phoebe Matthie, "The W.W. Cooper Memorial Scholarship Committee";
grades for Phoebe Matthie from the University of Saskatchewan, 1952;
photos #2 - #7, re: Phoebe Matthie's photographs from the University of Saskatchewan

Envelope #2:
personal correspondence addressed to Gordon Cooper, the son of W.W. Cooper, 1933 to 1962, including a marriage announcement for Gordon and Dorothy Wilkins, 1933;
postcards from their daughter Colleen in 1962;
various letters from friends and relatives;
photographs #8 - #10: unidentified individuals at an outdoor reception, perhaps a wedding; #11: two unidentified women sitting on a couch; #12 - #15: a family at Easter in 1983, Robert, Audrey (mother and father), Carissa Dawn and Christopher Robert (daughter and son) and an older women referred to as "myself"; #16: a family in Christmas of 1982, Robert, "myself", Donald and Gerald; #17 - #19: unidentified individuals; #20: W.W. (William Wesley) Cooper taken October 1923; Programs for the 5th annual and the 11th annual W.W. Cooper Co. banquet

Envelope #3:
handwritten document about trip to Hudson's Bay and Churchill, Manitoba, August 6 - 11 1947 (author unknown, likely W.W. Cooper, 10 pages);
"Canadian National Railways (Western Region) Passenger Traffic Department North of 54" (20 pages);
photos #21 - #64, photos and postcards from northern communities ( e.g. Flin Flon and Churchill, Manitoba), including people, sled dogs and seal hunting;
brochure for a CPR holiday that involves travel from Regina, Saskatchewan to Churchill, Manitoba and back to Regina, SK;
newsletter: "Eskimo" from Churchill, MB, June 1947, published by the Oblate Fathers of the Hudson Bay Vicariate

Volume #1: "Bylaws of Unity Chapter No. 10" Royal Arch Masons
Volume #2: "Constitution of the Grand Chapter of the Royal Arch Masons of Saskatchewan", 1929
Volume #3: "Constitution of the Grand Lodge of Saskatchewan"
Volume #4: "Constitution and By-Laws" for Swift Current Lodge of the Independent Order of Oddfellows
Volume #5: "Swift Current Lodge No. 26 Bylaws", Masons
Volume #6: Financial statement, W.W. Cooper Store, "Report on Accounts For the year ended January 31, 1935"
Volume #7: Cooper Store News, 1919 - 1931
Volume #8: Cooper Store News, 1932 - 1952

A.2003.11 (16th/22nd Saskatchewan Horse)

  • Order papers for 7th Calvary Brigade, Dundurn;1938
  • Court Inquiry, Capt. Cooper
  • Order papers (camp daily orders), Dundurn; July 1939
  • Order papers (camp daily orders), Dundurn; July 1940
  • Administration instructions, Dundurn;1939
  • Tactical Exercises, Dundurn;1939
  • Standing orders, Dundurn;1939
  • Memo on judging efficiency
  • Photographs and correspondence

Richard Burke fonds

The fonds, related to the 16th/22nd Saskatchewan Horse, were accumulated by the source. No other information was captured at the time of transfer to the Swift Current Museum.

The content has not been professionally appraised, arranged, or described. The following is a basic listing of the unprocessed contents:
Folder #1: booklet, "For Services Rendered // A Selection of Decorations - Medals - Badges - Flags"; military documents, "Camp Daily Orders By Brigadier C.B. Russell, Camp Commandant, Dundurn Military Camp", July 1938; 16/22 Saskatchewan Horse operation; Annual Training information for Military District 12, 1938 - 1939; "Inward Movement of Troops to Dundurn Camp", 1938; "Training Instructions - Dundurn Camp", 1938; "Combined Tactical Exercise // Dundurn Camp", 1938; Dundurn Garrison exercise, 1938; "Procedure at Court Martial"; "16/22 Saskatchewan Horse School of Infantry Syllabus of Training" November 4 -11 1940; "The Routine for Handing Down Orders and Details"; map, Southerly Portion of Vancouver Island; map, Southwestern districts of British Columbia; booklet, "Canadian Army Training Memorandum", 1941 (Capt. J.G. Cooper written along top); nominal roll, 16 - 18a Platoons; map of Dundurn; training syllabus for 16/22 Saskatchewan Horse, 1940, 1941; extracts from "Army Training Memorandum No. 35 Army Discipline"; "Inspection by the Inspector-General", 1940; "Company Distribution of Personnel", 1941; Confidential Report on Corporal W.T. Hague, Private W.P. Stewart; handwritten Training Report, 1940; other misc. military documents pertaining to 16/22 Saskatchewan Horse, 1939 – 1941

Folder #2: correspondence between Gordon Cooper and A.S. Richdale from Lloydminster, re: Regimental Efficiency contest, 1939; Daily Routine at Camp Dundurn; memo on Judging Efficiency for 14th Canadian Light Horse and 16/22 Saskatchewan Horse, pertaining to Efficiency Cup

Envelope #1: Brigade Orders by Colonel W. Van Allen commanding 7th Cavalry Brigade, Dundurn, July 1939
Envelope #2: Dundurn Camp Standing Orders 1939; Department of National Defence Militia Service correspondence re: Annual Training, 1939 - 1940; "Tactical Exercise 'B' Dundurn Camp", 1939; "Tactical Exercise 'C' Dundurn Camp", 1939
Envelope #3: "Camp Daily Orders by Brigadier C.B. Russell, Camp Commandant - Dundurn Military Camp", July 1940 (Capt. J.G. Cooper written on the top of several of the documents)

Folder #3: "Brigade Orders by Colonel W. Van Allen Officer Commanding 7th Cavalry Brigade", 1938; "77th Cavalry Brigade Headquarters // Administrative Orders // Tactical Exercise", 1938; Camp Dundurn Daily Routine; 16/22 Saskatchewan Horse and 16 to 18a Platoons Nominal Roll of Officers; correspondence re: William Van Allen's offer of the 7th Cavalry Brigade for active service, 1940 - 1941

Envelope #4: "Camp Daily Orders by Brigadier C.B. Russell, Camp Commandant - Dundurn Military Camp", administrative staff, and general staff, July 1939
Envelope #5: Brigade Orders, list of men struck from the strength of the 7th Cavalry Brigade, Dundurn, 1940; "Brigade Orders by Colonel W. Van Allen Commanding 7th Cavalry Brigade", Dundurn, July 1940

Volume #1, Register of Documentary Correspondence: a register used to document all correspondence, telegrams and telephone calls, incoming or outgoing, 1932 - 1938 Discrete items: rolled certificate of promotion to Officer from Lieutenant for J. Gordon Cooper

Photographs (all rolled): 1. 20th Canadian Army Tank Regiment Saskatchewan Horse C.A.C., Camp Borden, July 3 1942 2. 16/22 Saskatchewan Horse C.A. September 1941 3. Headquarters Squadron - 20th Army Tank Regiment (16/22 Canadian Horse) C.A.C. Camp Borden, February 25 1943

Robert Anderson fonds

  • SCM-RG-0066
  • Fonds
  • 1930s

The fonds, related to Robert Anderson, were accumulated by the source. No other information was captured at the time of transfer to the Swift Current Museum.

The content has not been professionally appraised, arranged, or described. The following is a basic listing of the unprocessed contents:

-Photocopy of a handwritten manuscript by Robert Anderson called “Discovering Spring Creek” about a region approximately 8 miles north of Abbey, SK; the chapters in the manuscript at entitled: Discovering Spring Creek; The South Saskatchewan River: Joy, Risks & Tragedy; The Christmas of ‘35; Chicken Every Sunday; Uncle Clarence’s Choppers; Turkeys; The West is Dead, My Friends; Prairie Harvest (poem); Night Trains Through Gladstone; Bennett Buggies and Anderson Carts; The Depression Syndrome; The War Years; To Light A Fire; 70 and Holding (poem) and City Livin’; On Reaching 75 (poem)

-Copies of a series of articles from the magazine ‘Western People’ called ‘Prairie Boys’ by Robert Anderson about growing up in southwest Saskatchewan, his mother’s cookbook, the Battleford Trail

-Photocopies of newspaper articles on the Saskatchewan Landing bridge

Anderson, Robert

Rural Municipality of Swift Current Number 137

The fonds, related to the Rural Municipality of Swift Current Number 137, were accumulated by the source. No other information was captured at the time of transfer to the Swift Current Museum.

The content has not been professionally appraised, arranged, or described. The following is a basic listing of the unprocessed contents:
-volume #1: "Debenture Register Swift Current Rural Municipality No. 137", 1913 - 1932
-volume #2: "Road Construction Cost Analysis", 1959 - 1979
-volume #3: a books of Acts: Rural Municipality Act, 1965; Tax Enforcement Act, 1953; Public Health Act, 1953; Social Aid Act, 1953; Tuberculosis Sanatoria and Hospitals Act, 1953; Stray Animals Act, 1953; Noxious Weeds Act, 1953; Municipal Hail Insurance Act, 1953; Rural Telephone Act, 1953; Union Hospital Act, 1953; School Assessment Act, 1953; Larger School Units Act, 1953; Community Planning Act, 1957; Interpretation Act, 1953; Provincial Mediation Board Act, 1953; Local Government Board Act, 1953; Municipal Expropriation Act, 1953; Land Utilization Act, 1953; Municipalities Seed Grain and Supply Act, 1953; Conservation and Development Act, 1953; Prairie and Forest Fires Act, 1964; Open Well Act, 1953; Municipal Employees Superannuation Act, 1959; Local Government Board (Special Powers) Act, 1953; Limitation of Civil Rights Act, 1953; Highways and Transportation Act, 1953; Drought Area Debt Adjustment Act, 1937; Power Commission Act, 1953; Pure Bred Sire Areas Act, 1953; Veterinarian Services Act, 1953; Postponement of Issue of Certificate of Title to Land sold for Taxes Act, 1944
-envelope #1: 14 cancelled cheques from Swift Current RM from 1957 and 1963, payment to: George Hanna, 1957; John C. Clark, 1957; Jack Larter, 1957; J.N. Young, 1957; Ben Letkeman, 1957; Eugene Walker, 1957; Isaac I. Wiens, 1963; Harry Tanaka, 1963; Eugene Waker, 1963; Fred J. Schofield, 1963; James R. Parsons, 1963; Harry Tanaka, 1957; James R. Parsons, 1957; James R. Parsons, 1963

Rural Municipality of Swift Current Number 137

Rural Municipality of Swift Current Number 137

The fonds, related to the Rural Municipality of Swift Current Number 137, were accumulated by the source. No other information was captured at the time of transfer to the Swift Current Museum.

The content has not been professionally appraised, arranged, or described. The following is a basic listing of the unprocessed contents:
.1- Tax Roll, 1907 – 1910, Local Improvement District 8J3

Rural Municipality of Swift Current Number 137

Saskatchewan Landing School District Number 2214 fonds

  • SCM-RG-0069
  • Fonds
  • 1910 - 1947

The fonds, related to the Saskatchewan Landing School District Number 2214, were accumulated by the source. No other information was captured at the time of transfer to the Swift Current Museum.

The content has not been professionally appraised, arranged, or described. The following is a basic listing of the unprocessed contents:

Volume #1 (formerly A.2007.1.1): minute book of school board meetings, July 1910 to July 1920
Volume #2: school register recording the attendance of pupils at the Saskatchewan Landing School District, 1910 - 1911
Volume #3: school register recording the attendance of pupils at the Saskatchewan Landing School District, 1913
Volume #4: school register recording the attendance of pupils at the Saskatchewan Landing School District, 1914
Volume #5: school register recording the attendance of pupils at the Saskatchewan Landing School District, 1929
Volume #6: school register recording the attendance of pupils at the Saskatchewan Landing School District, 1915
Volume #7: school register recording the attendance of pupils at the Saskatchewan Landing School District, 1916
Volume #8: school register recording the attendance of pupils at the Saskatchewan Landing School District, 1917
Volume #9: school register recording the attendance of pupils at the Saskatchewan Landing School District, 1918
Volume #10: school register recording the attendance of pupils at the Saskatchewan Landing School District, 1919
Volume #11: school register recording the attendance of pupils at the Saskatchewan Landing School District, 1920
Volume #12: school register recording the attendance of pupils at the Saskatchewan Landing School District, 1921
Volume #13: school register recording the attendance of pupils at the Saskatchewan Landing School District, 1922
Volume #14: school register recording the attendance of pupils at the Saskatchewan Landing School District, 1924
Volume #15: school register recording the attendance of pupils at the Saskatchewan Landing School District, 1926
Volume #16: school register recording the attendance of pupils at the Saskatchewan Landing School District, 1927
Volume #17: school register recording the attendance of pupils at the Saskatchewan Landing School District, 1927

Folder #1 (two bundles):

(formerly A.2007.1.2) review of grounds, equipment, library, etc. for Saskatchewan Landing S.D. in 1924; documents, re: insurance policy; receipts for supplies and expenses from various businesses, 1924; document, "Memorandum for Secretaries of School Districts", 1923 - 1924; other miscellaneous documents, financial and otherwise, pertaining to the Saskatchewan Landing S.D. ca. 1923 - 1924

(formerly A.2007.1.3) receipts for supplies and expenses from various businesses, 1925 - 1926; review of grounds, equipment, library, etc. for Saskatchewan Landing S.D. in 1926; "Department of Education School Hygiene Report", 1926; "Agreement Between Trustees and Teacher", 1926; other miscellaneous documents, financial and otherwise, pertaining to the Saskatchewan Landing S.D. in 1925 - 1926

Folder #2 (three bundles):

(formerly A.2007.1.4) grant received from the Government of Saskatchewan Treasury Department, 1928; "Agreement Between Trustees and Teachers", 1928; income and expenses of Saskatchewan Landing School District, 1927; list of school furnishings, 1928; receipts for various supplies and expenses, 1927 - 1928; fire insurance policy, 1928; other miscellaneous documents, financial and otherwise, pertaining to the Saskatchewan Landing S.D. in 1927 - 1928

(formerly A.2007.1.5) grant received from the Government of Saskatchewan Treasury Department, 1929; receipts for various supplies and expenses, 1929; "Agreement Between Trustees and Teachers", 1929; tax receipts, 1929; correspondence, re: accepting high school students, 1929; review of grounds, equipment, library, etc. for Saskatchewan Landing S.D. in 1929; other miscellaneous documents, financial and otherwise, pertaining to the Saskatchewan Landing S.D. in 1929

(formerly A.2007.1.6) expenses required by Saskatchewan Landing S.D., 1930; receipts for various supplies and expenses, 1930; fire insurance policy, 1930; "Promotion Examinations" for Phyllis Leona Hussey, 1930; grant received from the Government of Saskatchewan Treasury Department, 1930; census of children between 7 and 15 living in the Saskatchewan Landing S.D., 1930; other miscellaneous documents, financial and otherwise, pertaining to the Saskatchewan Landing S.D. in 1930

Folder #3 (formerly A.2007.1.7): documents, "Teacher's Monthly Reports To Local Attendance Officer", 1928 to 1930

Folder #4 (two bundles):

(formerly A.2007.1.8) correspondence, re: payment of teacher's salary to Donald Wader, 1937, 1938, Vivian E. Hussey, 1933 - 1935, 1938, 1940, Aileen Una Carnrike, 1935, 1936; correspondence, re: to the Department of Education", 1941; financial information, 1933 - 1934; review of grounds, equipment, library, etc. for Saskatchewan Landing S.D. in 1935; "Statement of School Tax Account", 1934, 1935; grant received from the Government of Saskatchewan Treasury Department, 1934, 1935; receipts for supplies and expenses from various businesses, 1935; handwritten document pertaining to the attendance of the Saskatchewan Landing S.D. in 1934, written by Vivian E. Hussey (2 pages); documents re: nomination of Max Wellsch to position of trustee, 1935; other miscellaneous documents, financial and otherwise, pertaining to the Saskatchewan Landing S.D. in 1934 - 1935

(formerly A.2007.1.9) review of grounds, equipment, library, etc. for Saskatchewan Landing S.D. in 1930, 1931; handwritten document pertaining to the attendance of the Saskatchewan Landing S.D. in 1931, written by Vivian E. Hussey (2 pages); "Statement of School Tax Account", 1930, 1931; correspondence, re: payment of teacher's salary, Vivian E. Hussey, 1931; expenses for 1932; "Tax Notice", 1931; "Agreement Between Trustees and Teacher", 1931; remittance for Miss Mary Weaver, sick pay, 1931; correspondence, re: no further funds available to S.D. from R.M. of Saskatchewan Landing, 1931; receipts for supplies and expenses from various businesses, 1931; grant received from the Government of Saskatchewan Treasury Department, 1930, 1931; correspondence, re: school trustee elections; "Interim Financial Statement" 1931; "Agreement Between Trustees and Teacher", 1931; "Promotion Examinations" for Phyllis Hussey, Delbert Weaver, 1931; correspondence, re: insurance policy, 1930; other miscellaneous documents, financial and otherwise, pertaining to the Saskatchewan Landing S.D. in 1930 - 1931

Folder #5 (3 bundles):

  1. (formerly A.2007.1.10) review of grounds, equipment, library, etc. for Saskatchewan Landing S.D. in 1933; receipts for various supplies, expenses and services, 1933; insurance documents, 1933; "Agreement Between Trustees and Teacher", 1933; correspondence, re: payment of teacher's salary to Vivian Elsie Hussey, 1931, 1932; grant received from the Government of Saskatchewan Treasury Department, 1932, 1933; correspondence, re: no further funds available to S.D. from R.M. of Saskatchewan Landing, 1933; "Promotion Examinations" for Mary Mildred Garies, James Angus Stewart, Agnes Mildred Kahler, and Margaret Theresa Kahler, 1933; income tax return, 1932; documents, re: nominations of trustees, 1933; other miscellaneous documents, financial and otherwise, pertaining to the Saskatchewan Landing S.D. in 1932 -1933

  2. (formerly A.2007.1.11) receipts for various supplies, expenses and labour, 1934; "Tax Notice", 1934; "Promotion Examinations" for Agnes Mildred Kahler, Margaret Theresa Kahler, Mary Mildred Garies and James Angus Stewart, 1934; census of all children between 7 and 15 living in the Saskatchewan Landing School District, 1934; "Sanitation and Health Inspection Report of School", 1935; grant received from the Government of Saskatchewan Treasury Department, 1933; "Agreement Between Trustees and Teacher", 1934; insurance policy documents, 1934; estimated expenditures for 1934; documents, re: election of school trustees, 1933; other miscellaneous documents, financial and otherwise, pertaining to the Saskatchewan Landing S.D. in 1933 - 1934

  3. (formerly A.2007.1.12) correspondence re: paying of teacher's salary, Vivian Elsie Hussey, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934; "Declaration of Trustee" for Max Wellsch, 1932; review of grounds, equipment, library, etc. for Saskatchewan Landing S.D. in 1932; "Statement of School Tax Account", 1932; "Tax Notice", 1932; grant received from the Government of Saskatchewan Treasury Department, 1931, 1932; receipts for various supplies, expenses and labour, 1932; income tax form for Saskatchewan Landing S.D., 1931; "Promotion Examinations", for Mildred Agnes Kahler, Theresa Margaret Kahler, George James Garies, 1932; documents, re: election of school trustees, 1932; census of all children between 7 and 15 living in the Saskatchewan Landing School District, 1932; other miscellaneous documents, financial and otherwise, pertaining to the Saskatchewan Landing S.D. in 1931 -1932

Folder #6 (3 bundles):

  1. (formerly A.2007.1.13) receipts for supplies, expenses and labour, 1925; grant received from the Government of Saskatchewan Treasury Department, 1924, 1925; review of grounds, equipment, library, etc. for Saskatchewan Landing S.D. in 1925; "Agreement Between Trustees and Teacher", 1925; recommendation letter for teacher, Miss Margaret Smith, 1924; insurance documents, 1925; other miscellaneous documents, financial and otherwise, pertaining to the Saskatchewan Landing S.D. in 1924 -1925

  2. (formerly A.2007.1.14) review of grounds, equipment, library, etc. for Saskatchewan Landing S.D. in 1923; "Department of Education/Drawing of Washstand Recommended For Rural Schools" drawing; documents, "Lighting Conditions for Class Rooms" and "School Hygiene/Concerning School Toilets"; "Board of Education School Hygiene Report", 1923; "Agreement Between Trustees and Teacher", 1923; receipts for supplies, expenses and labour, 1923; grant received from the Government of Saskatchewan Treasury Department, 1922, 1923; application for a teacher's position, Myrtle Stewart, 1923

  3. (formerly A.2007.1.15) insurance documents, 1927; "Agreement Between Trustees and Teacher", 1927; receipts for supplies, services and labour, 1927; grant received from the Government of Saskatchewan Treasury Department, 1927; "Tax Account", 1927; review of grounds, equipment, library, etc. for Saskatchewan Landing S.D. in 1927

Envelope #1 (formerly A.2007.1.16): cancelled cheques from 1926 to 1928

Envelope #2 (formerly A.2007.1.17): cancelled cheques from 1922 to 1925

Envelope #3 (formerly A.2007.1.18): cancelled cheques from 1929 to 1931

Envelope #4 (formerly A.2007.1.19): cancelled cheques from 1932 to 1934

Envelope #5 (formerly A.2007.1.20): cancelled cheques from 1935

Envelope #6 (formerly A.2007.1.21): Saskatchewan Government - Department of Education forms, guidelines, reports, correspondence, etc. 1930 - 1933

Envelope #7 (formerly A.2007.1.22): Saskatchewan Government - Department of Education notices, memos, reports, correspondence, forms, etc., 1934 - 1935; brochure for school books, 1935

Envelope #8 (formerly A.2007.1.23): cheque stubs, 1924 - 1929

Envelope #9 (formerly A.2007.1.24): cheque stubs, 1930 - 1937

Envelope #10 (formerly A.2007.1.25): correspondence addressed to Charles C. Hussey, Secretary Treasurer of the Saskatchewan Landing S.D., re: school loans, hiring teachers, radio license, financial issues, invoices for supplies, memo and blank petition pertaining to the closing of local schools, insurance policies, correspondence, re: some parents' desire to have their children attend the Stewart Valley school, document, "Social Hygiene Day/Opportunity for Family Life Education" with an emphasis on the importance of the family unit, memos for District School Boards from the Swift Current School Unit, "Promotion Examinations" for Ralph Cullum Drummond and Anthony Mac Wellsch, 1936 - 1945

Envelope #11 (formerly A.2007.1.26): correspondence addressed to Charles C. Hussey, Secretary-Treasurer of the Saskatchewan Landing S.D.: letters from Saskatchewan School Trustees Association, cancelled cheques from 1936; memos, forms, reports and financial information from Swift Current School Unit, including minutes from Swift Current School Unit meetings: January 9, February 20, March 20, May 6, June 3, September 4, December 9, 1947, January 8, April 8, 1948, letter from Canadian Sunday School Mission at Briercrest, SK; letter from the Department of Education, re: Dental Survey of Health District No. 1, brochure for school books, a document pertaining to the closing of the Saskatchewan Landing S.D. by 1947, and the placement of pupils in schools in Swift Current, 1946 - 1949

Envelope #12 (formerly A.2007.1.27): income tax form for Saskatchewan Landing S.D., 1924; grants received from the Saskatchewan Treasury Department, 1936 - 1937; cheque stubs, 1912, 1915; letter from teacher Aileen Carnrike requesting payment, 1938; miscellaneous receipts, correspondence, handwritten notes, etc.; letter from the Department of Education, re: offering high school level class at the Saskatchewan Landing S.D., 1933; newsletter, "Christmas Issue Of The Valley Review", 1933

Envelope #13 (formerly A.2007.1.28): misc. documents, brochure from Moose Jaw book exchange, 1946-47; documents, re: Election of Trustees 1947; free Private Receiving Station License, 1947-48; handwritten Saskatchewan Landing S.D. meeting notes, no date; letter from the Department of Education, re: closing schools during harvest, 1944

Envelope #14 (formerly A.2007.1.29): bank statement books for Saskatchewan Landing S.D., from the Bank of Ottawa, 1923 to 1925, and from the Royal Bank of Canada, 1926 to 1931

Envelope #15 (formerly A.2007.1.30): monthly attendance records for Saskatchewan Landing S.D., 1943 - 1944

September 2012 accrual:
-certificate stating the Saskatchewan Landing School District owns one (1) $5 share of the Eclipse Rural Telephone Company
-$1600 debenture for the Saskatchewan Landing School District

Saskatchewan Landing School District Number 2214

Saskatchewan Twilite Baseball Tournament fonds

  • SCM-RG-0070
  • Fonds
  • 2002 - 2004

The fonds, related to the Saskatchewan Twilite Baseball Tournament, were accumulated by the source. No other information was captured at the time of transfer to the Swift Current Museum.

The content has not been professionally appraised, arranged, or described. The following is a basic listing of the unprocessed contents:

-File # 1 – Batco Orioles Twilite Baseball Tournament (includes correspondence, permits, advertisements, etc.; 2002
-File # 2 – Batco Orioles Twilite Baseball Tournament (includes correspondence, permits, advertisements, etc.; 2003
-File # 3 – Batco Orioles Twilite Baseball Tournament (includes correspondence, permits, advertisements, etc.; 2004

Saskatchewan Twilite Baseball

Shann Gowan fonds

  • SCM-RG-0071
  • Fonds
  • 1 June 2005

The fonds, related to the Southwest Saskatchewan Writers Project, were accumulated by the source. No other information was captured at the time of transfer to the Swift Current Museum.

The content has not been professionally appraised, arranged, or described. The following is a basic listing of the unprocessed contents:

-33 master stencil posters designed by Shann Gowan to advertise literary cafes in the 1990s.
Linda Spalding - May 18,1994
Margaret Sweatman and Terry Jordan, April 28, 1993
The Cracked Wheat Cake, September 29, 1992
Barbara Klar, November 30, 1993
Writers' Workshop, May 29, 1993
Paris or Somewhere, by Lee Gowan, February 17, 1995
Lorna Crozier and Gary Hyland, November 8, 1996
Elizabeth Phillips, Susan Andrews Grace and Jonathan Livingston Clark, May, 8 1996 (2 copies)
Mary Howes and Steve Noyes, June 24 (no year)
Joe Rosenblatt and Lee Gowan, May 16, 1997
Sean Virgo and Arthur Slade, March 29, 1996
Don Gayton and Thelma Poirier, February 26, 1993
Dave Margoshes, Sean Virgo, and Dianne Warren, May 28, 1993
Suzanne Longbottom and Craig Grant, February 18, 1994
Terry Jordan and Elsa Ellis, October 1, 1993
Alphonse Gerwing and Terry Jordan, November 25, 1994
Gertrude Story and Steve Noyes, April 8, 1995
Fred Wah, Jacob Fehr and Norman Krell, January 27, 1995
John Clark and Tillen Bruce, December 15, 1995
David Brownbridge, Elsa Ellis, Lee Gowan, Judy Nelson, Marg Wiebe, October 14, 1994
Byrna Barclay and WIlliam Klebeck, April 19, 1996
Anne Szumigalski, Anthea Loran, Tim Kalinowski and Jeannette Unger, January 26 1996,
Armin Wiebe and Lee Gowan, October 20, 1995
Chris Fisher, December 11, 1992
Lee Gowan, October 26, 1991
Jane Urquhart and Terry Jordan, November 4, 1993
Susan Musgrave and M.A.C. Farrant, September 13, 1996
Lorna Crozier, Shelley Leedahl, Ron Welgan, David Brownbridge and Lew Birks, May 28, 1995
John B. Lee and Allison Muri, January 24 (no year)
Nick Avis and Randall Maggs, November 22, 1995
Sharon Butala and Tim Lilburn, February 25, 1995
Brian Brett and Susan Andrews Grace, March 21 (no date)

Southwest Saskatchewan Writers Project

Shortgrass Writers Guild

The fonds, related to the Shortgrass Writers Guild, were accumulated by the source. No other information was captured at the time of transfer to the Swift Current Museum.

The content has not been professionally appraised, arranged, or described. The following is a basic listing of the unprocessed contents:
A.1997.1 (Shortgrass Writers Guild)
A.1997.1.1 - Ron Welgan making up Premium Swift Review, 1987
A.1997.1.2 - Hugh Henry, assembling Premium Swift Review, 1987
A.1997.1.3 - Open Stage, 1986-87
A.1997.1.4 - David Carpenter playing the banjo, Open Stage, 1986-87
A.1997.1.5 - Jeanette Unger at Open Stage, 1986-87
A.1997.1.6 - Open Stage, 1986-87
A.1997.1.7 - Kent Thompson at Open Stage, Heidi's Restaurant, 1987
A.1997.1.8 - Kent Thompson at Open Stage, Heidi's Restaurant, 1987
A.1997.1.9 - Reviewing submissions for short story contest at Heidi's Restaurant (Phyllis Nakonechy, Bob Jamieson, Kate Thompson, Colleen McBean), 1987
A.1997.1.10 - Reviewing submissions for short story contest at Heidi's Restaurant (Phyllis Nakonechy, Bob Jamieson, Kate Thompson, Colleen McBean), 1987
A.1997.1.11 - Reviewing submissions for short story contest at Heidi's Restaurant (Phyllis Nakonechy, Bob Jamieson, Kate Thompson, Colleen McBean), 1987

Shortgrass Writers Guild

Shortgrass Writers Guild

The fonds, related to the Shortgrass Writers Guild, were accumulated by the source. No other information was captured at the time of transfer to the Swift Current Museum.

The content has not been professionally appraised, arranged, or described. The following is a basic listing of the unprocessed contents:
Fonds contains correspondence to Premium Swift Review, from Caroline Heath, RJ Clark, Sharon Butala, copy of SK Education newsletter "Focus", document on a writing workshop, Stegner House Committee application to host writer's program, letter to Thistledown Press re: writer Dave Margoshes, letter to Saskatchewan Writers Guild re: funding, promotional material for Saskatchewan Writers Guild event, poster for a reading in SC by Rick Hills

Shortgrass Writers Guild

Southwest Naturalists fonds

  • SCM-RG-0072
  • Fonds
  • 1998 - 2003

The fonds, related to the Southwest Naturalists, were accumulated by the source. No other information was captured at the time of transfer to the Swift Current Museum.

The content has not been professionally appraised, arranged, or described. The following is a basic listing of the unprocessed contents:

-File # 1: Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws of ‘Southwest Naturalists’ (2 copies)
-File # 2: Executive Meetings: Minutes and related Reports and Communications; 1995-2003.
-File # 3: Miscellaneous; 1988-1993.

Southwest Naturalists

Southwest Saskatchewan Archaeological Society

The fonds, related to the Southwest Saskatchewan Archaeological Society, were accumulated by the source. No other information was captured at the time of transfer to the Swift Current Museum.

The content has not been professionally appraised, arranged, or described. The following is a basic listing of the unprocessed contents:
-folder #1, S.W.S.A.S. 1995: newspaper clippings, correspondence, bulletins, etc. re: society activities, 1994 - 1995; biography of Kit Krozser, SaskPower archaeologist; SaskPower newsletters, 1994 - 1995; promotional material for Saskatchewan Archaeological Society's "Archaeology Caravan" at Doc's Town, 1995; article on Ruth and Fulton Heron; SWSAS meeting notice, 1995; text of a speech; statement of income and expenses from December 1994 to June 1995

-volume #1: Report On The 1992 and 1993 Field Seasons At The Swift Current Petroglyph Site, by Dr. A.P. Buchner and Dr. J.H. Steinbring, University of Winnipeg

-folder #2, Tyrannosaurus Rex: newspaper clippings re: death of Henri Liboiron; dinosaur bones discovered in Alberta; many clippings on Tyrannosaurus Rex discovered at East End; information on tours

-envelope #1, Photographs:

1-7: field trip to St. Victor petroglyphs at St. Victor, SK, 1984
8-12: field trip to Big Beaver Buffalo Effigy, at Big Beaver, SK, 1984
13-14: field trip to the Royal Saskatchewan Museum, 1992
16 - 17: taken on a field trip to an archaeological dig at Fort Battleford, excavating a foundation for a building, c. 1970s - 1990s
18 - 25: "Archaeology Caravan" display set up at Doc's Town, 1995
26 - 27: plesiosaurus dinosaur statue near Ponteix, 1996
28 - 32: St. Victor petroglyphs at St. Victor, SK, 1984
-statement of income and expenses from December 1994 to October 1995

-folder #3: newspaper clipping re:: archeological find by Ruth and Fulton Heron; Saskatchewan Archaeological Society Annual General Meeting, 1992; newspaper clippings re: archaeology; SAS membership cards for Al Brunsdon, 1980 - 1983; report, "An Analysis of the Lithic Collection from the Heron Eden Site: A Cody Complex Manifestation in Saskatchewan", 1993; SAS Chapter Assistance Claims; proposed changes to the constitution of the SWSAS, 1997; minutes, SWSAS meeting, April 10 1997

-folder #4 (formerly A.2003.2): newspaper clippings re: Al Brundson; photographs #31 to #40, field trip to Big Muddy in 1994; photograph #41, nautiloid fossil from ordovician age; photograph #42, 'mystery rocks' near Fort Walsh; information on archaeological excavations in Saskatchewan; reports on historical regions, such as Saskatchewan Landing, Battleford Trail; information about Clearwater Lake; SAS Human Resources Policy; reports on the Southwestern Saskatchewan Rock Art Project, 1993; newspaper clippings re: discovery of a plesiosaur near Ponteix; SWSAS income and expenses, June 1992 to May 1993; SWSAS meeting announcements; fundraising material for Eastend T-Rex Museum, 1994; SWSAS tour information; SWSAS statements of income and expenses, 1992 to 1994; Heritage Days and Arts and Craft sale at the SC Mall; SWSAS Membership List, 1992 - 1993; letter of support for the "Access to Archaeology" program, 1994; correspondence from SAS, 1994; SWSAS notice of meetings; educational material from SAS; newspaper clippings re: archaeology; journal, "Saskatchewan Archaeology", 1985; SAS Code of Ethics; "Chart of Geologic Time"

1992 - 1994

  • Big Muddy tour 10 color photographs
    • newspaper clippings,
    • financial reports
    • meeting minutes
      • membership list
    • assorted photocopies
    • 1993 Southwest Sask. Rock Art project

Southwest Saskatchewan Archaeological Society

The fonds, related to the Southwest Saskatchewan Archaeological Society, were accumulated by the source. No other information was captured at the time of transfer to the Swift Current Museum.

The content has not been professionally appraised, arranged, or described. The following is a basic listing of the unprocessed contents:

  • Big Muddy tour 10 colour photographs
  • Newspaper clippings
  • Financial reports
  • Meeting minutes
  • Membership list
  • Assorted photocopies
  • 1993 Southwest Sask. Rock Art project
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