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Frontier Radio Club fonds

  • SCM-RG-0041
  • Fonds
  • 1975 - 1995

The fonds, related to the Frontier Radio Club, 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:

Series 1: Financial
Dates: 1976 - 1982
Extent: 13 cm textual records
Scope and content:
-Receipt Books: May 1976 & March 1978, September 1976 – January 1977, January 1977 – May 1977, May 1977 - February 1978, 1980 (Memberships)
-Bank Deposit Book, May 1976 – December 1980
-Cheque Book, February 1976 – June 1982
-Account Book (red): 1975 - 1980, along with Treasurer’s Report, January – September 1977
-Bank Statements (envelope #1): Western Savings and Credit Union, March – December 1976; January – December 1977; January – December 1978; January – December 1979; January 1980; January 1981; interest advance notice
-Cash: (envelope #2): $6.00 ($1 bill and change)
-Receipts (envelope #3): receipts for services and supplies, etc.
-Statements (envelope #4): 1979 Tax Returns and Financial statements

Series 2: Minutes, correspondence and other documents
Dates: 1976 - 1982
Extent: 15 cm textual records
Scope and content:
-Registration Notebook
-Minute Books: January 1976 - March 1979; January 1980 - October 1982
-Miscellaneous (envelope #5): receipt (Province of Saskatchewan); Resolution of the General Membership; Application under Societies Act; Policy and Procedure – The Plains CB Club Emergency Measures
-Correspondence (envelope #6): Saskatchewan Provincial Secretary; Runzer's Officer Equipment; The Societies Act; Swift Current Bottlers Ltd., etc.
-Application (envelope #7): application for permit to operate a Canadian general radio Service Station in the United States (from Federal Communications Commission)
-Membership (envelope #8): membership applications
-Miscellaneous (folder #:1): correspondence, re: dissolution of club, 1981; Chapter 142 of The Societies Act; correspondence, re: incorporation of club, 1977; financial statement 1980, miscellaneous correspondence, questionnaires completed by members
-Miscellaneous (folder #2): financial statement 1977 – 80; REAP Alberta; various letters; Constitution and Bylaws of the “Southwest Amateur Radio Club”; St. John Ambulance; SGI Insurance; letters from Saskatchewan Province Secretary; receipt from Kinsmen TeleMiracle; poster – Alberta 1st Annual CB Jamboree; Chapter 12 – The Societies Act
-Constitution Preparation (folder 3): "The Societies Act - Application for Incorporation", n.d.
-miscellaneous (folder #4 - brown plastic): The Saskatoon General Radio Club 11th Annual Western Canadian CB Jamboree, 1981; Insurance contract – SGI; various correspondence: newsletters, letters; blank memberships certificates; blank meeting/minutes form; duo-tang: Sask. EMO SEMAD (Saskatchewan Emergency Measures Air Division) exercise NO. 4. 1975, Swift Current, SK; folder containing miscellaneous correspondence with the City of Swift Current; folder containing various correspondence, re: crests and decals; folder containing correspondence, re: Halloween Patrol; notebook containing minutes from January to December 1975, roll call sheet, 1995, names and addresses, “Halloween Patrol” list, guest list; correspondence, re: membership questionnaire
-Red Book – Memberships 1975 – 1980
-Book – “Citizen Band Directory for Southern Saskatchewan June 1975”
-Black Book - Membership 1978 - 1979
-Booklet – Radio / telephone operator handbook, land/sea/air
-Scrapbook – certificates and letters
-Thank you card from the Bennett family, to George Hanna
-six "Frontier City CB Radio Club Swift Current Sask." badges, and three "Frontier City CB Radio Club Swift Current Sask." buttons

Frontier Radio Club

General Council of Local Union Churches fonds

  • FA 06
  • Fonds
  • ca.1915–1924

The fonds consists of textual materials created by and relating to the General Council of Local Union Churches, its Policy Committee and related individuals and bodies.

Contents include: minutes of the Policy Committee (ca.1920), a report to the General Council of Local Union Churches of Western Canada (1921), and resolutions passed by the General Council (1922); publications relating to the General Council (1921-1924); correspondence regarding Union Churches and Cooperative Churches (1924); and an address, The Evolution of Organic Church Union in Canada, given by the Chairman at a General Council Meeting, on April 5, 1915.

There is also a group of additional materials on the topic of Local Unions, created/collected by the Rev. W.H. Hughes. This contains some originals and some copies of archival materials, along with other documents assembled by Hughes.

General Council of Local Union Churches of Western Canada

George Schofield fonds

  • SCM-RG-0042
  • Fonds
  • 1936 - 1937

The fonds, related to George Schofield, 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 list of plays suitable for production by the CCYM Saskatchewan section; "Repertory Bulletin/Theatre of Action", a catalogue of short plays with leftist themes; handwritten speech on Socialism, supporting the Liberal party; letter to the Bureau of Labor and Public Welfare inquiring about payment for two workers, Fay Dudley and Lloyd Schneider; financial report for C.C.F. Saskatchewan; letter to all members of the Saskatchewan Commonwealth Youth Movement; registration for form of organizations for the CCFYM; speech written on stationary from Jeffries's Drug Store in Regina, SK about the CCF cause, author unknown; letter to George Schofield from H.F. Hughes, re: joining a CCF committee and the danger of Communist factions; letter to George Schofield from H.F. Hughes, Activity Secretary, 1937; document on how to organize a Cooperative Youth Movement Unit; handwritten documents bearing local announcements, including J.S. Woodsworth speaking at the Lyric Theatre in Swift Current, SK; open letter to all farmers in the Drouth [Drought] area, from George Schofield, secretary of the Drouth [Drought] Conference Coordinating Committee, 1937; letter from the Bureau of Labour and Public Welfare to all Municipal Secretaries, re: General Instructions and Regulations, Municipal Direct Relief Administration, 1936-1937; C.C.F. Saskatchewan section Directive Board meeting agenda, 1936 (2 copies); correspondence between George Schofield and F. Eliason of United Farmers of Canada, re: a meeting held by the U.F.C. whereat members of the D.C.C.C. (Drouth Conference Co-ordinating Committee) were not invited; documents entitled "How To Form a Lodge of the United Farmers of Canada" and an "Organizer's Report Form"

G.G. Heffelfinger fonds

  • PR 06
  • Fonds
  • ca.1925

The fonds consists of Rev. Heffelfinger’s sermon “Sympathy”, written for March 1st, 1924, with biblical citations for scripture readings and first lines of praise selections (hymns).

Heffelfinger, Galen Gordon

Goose Lake District (Methodist) fonds

  • FA 14
  • Fonds
  • 1911–1921

The fonds consists of Ministerial Session minutes (1911-1921) from Goose Lake District of the Methodist Church.

Methodist Church (Canada) Goose Lake District

Grace and Homer Lane fonds

  • PR 02
  • Fonds
  • 1940–1971

The fonds consists of papers by and relating to Grace and (Rev.) Homer Lane and their work with the United Church. Contents include: general correspondence (1956-1957, 1961-1971); Committee on Rural Evangelism documents (1960); a copy of “Vox” (published by United College, Winnipeg) from 1940; and correspondence of Grace Lane, pertaining to the publication “Fifty Years in Union” (1973-1974).

Lane, Grace H. (Grover)

H.A. McManus fonds

  • PR 34
  • Fonds
  • 1929–1946

The fonds consists of records created by Rev. H.A. McManus, during his time as an ordained minister in Saskatchewan. Contents are primarily a minister's register, with records of sermons, communions, confirmations, marriages, baptisms and burials from Caron, Aberdeen, Bridge Creek, Crayburn, Ile-a-la-Crosse, Loon River, Makwa, Meadow Lake, Pegasus, Regina (Knox), and Zealandia.

McManus, Herbert A.

Herb Butz fonds

  • SCM-RG-0007
  • Fonds
  • ? - 2003-10-14

The fonds, related to James Borthwick and the Elmwood Golf and Country Club, was accumulated by the source. No other information was captured at the time of transfer to the Swift Current Museum.

Borthwick, Jim

Herbert Wesley Toombs fonds

  • PR 09
  • Fonds
  • ca.1875–1934

The fonds consists of papers, publications and other collected items by and relating to the Rev. Toombs and his work, as a United Church minister.

Contents include: sermons (ca.1905-1934); clippings, letters and copies of articles relating to famous paintings (1922); various undated lectures; collected writings and documents relating to Church Union; a copy of his 1917 publication on Mormonism and related correspondence (ca.1914-1920); copies of church-related publications; and a “Pastor’s Pocket Record” notebook (ca.1920-1926), listing salary, sermons, members, baptisms, marriages and funerals from Drinkwater, Briercrest, Keeler and Marquis. There are also letters regarding Rev. Toombs’ career and his various papers.

Toombs, Herbert Wesley

Hugh Henry fonds

  • SCM-RG-0009
  • Fonds
  • ? - 2002-04-08

The fonds, related to the Shortgrass Writers Guild, the Southwest Saskatchewan Writers Project, the Swift Current Film Society, and the Swift Current Social Justice Coordinating Committee 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.

Southwest Saskatchewan Writers Project

James Sangster fonds

  • PR 05
  • Fonds
  • ca.1961

Fonds consists of a typed manuscript “The Chariot of Israel, A Tale of Elijah” by James Sangster, with the author’s preface indicating St. Andrew’s [United Church], Lumsden, June 1961.

Sangster, James Sim

J.E. Murray fonds

  • MG 61
  • Fonds
  • 1843-1980, predominant 1908-1967

This fonds contains the personal correspondence, office, and research files of the Murray family, including W.C. Murray (President, University of Saskatchewan), his wife Christina, and his daughters, Christina, Dr. Lucy H. Murray (Professor of English, Regina College), and Dr. Jean E. Murray.

Murray, Jean Elizabeth

Joan Givner fonds

  • Fonds
  • [ca. 1950s]-1995

Fonds consists of personal, professional, and literary papers of English professor and writer Joan Givner, [ca. 1950s]-1995). Although the fonds has been only partially processed, and arrangement differs among the various accessions, in general the records fall into the following series: Biographical (1978); Clippings (1979-1985); Correspondence (1958-19895); Writings by Joan Givner ([ca. 1950s]-1995, largely undated); Publications (1967-1990); Personal Files (1969-1985); Photographs (19__-1981); Professional and Research Files (1971-1995); and Writings and Speeches by Others (1950-1984). Of particular interest are extensive correspondence, photographs, research materials, clippings, drafts, manuscripts, publicity materials, and reviews relating to the researching, writing, and publication of 'Katherine Anne Porter': A Life', as well as drafts of numerous short stories, plays, and essays by Givner. Also noteworthy is a large quantity of personal and professional correspondence with family, friends, acquaintances, academic and professional colleagues, university departments, publishers and booksellers, students, and writers. Family photographs and biographical material are also present in the fonds, as well as small amounts of teaching materials.

Givner, Joan, 1936-

Joe Young fonds

  • SCM-RG-0049
  • Fonds
  • 15 October 2003

The fonds, related to the 8th Recce, were accumulated by the source from Joyce Haydon. 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:

4 binders of photocopied pages of text and images

  1. – “Oh What a Muddy War”, vol. 1 part 1
  2. – “Oh What a Muddy War”, vol. 1 part 2
  3. – “Letters from an Ordinary Soldier”, vol. 2 part 1
  4. – “Letters from an Ordinary Soldier”, vol. 2 part 2

John Campbell fonds

  • PR 24
  • Fonds
  • 1990–1991

The fonds consists of a file of writings and correspondence created and collected by John Campbell. Contents include 2 manuscripts (ca.1990) written by Campbell on religious themes, a covering letter (April 1991) introducing himself and his work, plus letters from the United Church Publishing House (May 1990) and St. Andrew’s College (May 1991).

Campbell, John

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