Fonds consists of a feed ledger believed to be from the horse meat packing plant belonging to Canadian Co-operative Processors Limited (previoulsy Western Horse Marketing Co-operative) in Swift Current, Saskatchewan.

The fonds, related to the Canadian Red Cross 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:

Volume #1 (formerly A.2005.3.1) Canadian Red Cross Society Swift Current Branch 1959 - 1981: scrapbook containing newspaper clippings, photographs, programs, a copy of a speech and other documents pertaining to the Swift Current branch of the Red Cross from 1959 to 1987

Photographs:

1. Noreen McKerrell, June Johnston and Bernice Chalmers at a blood drive in the fall of 1984

2. Darcy Morrice and Elaine Murchie

3. Darcy Morrice, Elaine Murchie and June Johnston

4. Elaine Murchie and John McMurty, Red Cross Commissioner

5. June Johnston and Darcy Morrice

6 - #8. "Delivering Red Cross fire parcels Elaine & Sandra Murchie 1978"

9. Wilma Drozdowski and Elaine Murchie presenting blood donation certificate, 1980

10. Prairie View Lodge, 1985

11. Craft Sale, 1986

12. Executive, 1981

13-14. Delivering fire parcel, 1977

Volume #2 (formerly A.2004.6.2): scrapbook containing newspaper clippings, program from the funeral service for Noreen McKerrell, photographs, pertaining to the Swift Current branch of the Red Cross from 1985 - 1988 and 2002

Photographs:

15. 12 women, residents of Prairie View Lodge

16. parade, a float that reads "100th Anniversary/First Use Of Red Cross Flag In Canada/Batoche - 1885", 1985

17: three women participating in "Fun & Fitness" at Prairie View Lodge

18: Elaine Murchie and Lucille Sorenson at a craft sale

Volume #3 (formerly A.2004.6.1), The Canadian Red Cross Society Saskatchewan Division/Swift Current Saskatchewan Branch 1975 - 1980: scrapbook containing newspaper clipping that pertain to the Swift Current branch of the Red Cross from 1975 to 1981

Volume #4, Service (formerly A.2004.6.3): magazine entitled "Service", volume 38, number 1, (Spring 1977), headline reads "This Is The Red Cross"

Folder #1 (formerly A.2004.6.4), The Canadian Red Cross Society Saskatchewan Division Awards: past officers of the Swift Current branch of the Red Cross from 1915 - 1968, 1978 - 1979; typed history of the Red Cross; photographs; brochure, "Program Suggestions For Branch Meetings"; newspaper clippings; individuals recommended to receive the "Badge of Service" and "Certificate of Merit"; miscellaneous documents and correspondence, re: Swift Current branch of the Red Cross

Photographs:

19: Wilma Drozdowski, Chair for blood donor clinic and Darcy Morrice, President of Saskatchewan Red Cross

20: Red Cross exercise for seniors at Prairie View Lodge

21: Anna England, Darcy Morrice, Florence Anderson at a volunteer awards ceremony

22: Mrs. Ginter and son, fire victim

(negatives - numbers are not yet written on physical copies of the negatives - see archives photo file on Rachel's computer to view these images)

23: images of a Red Cross meeting at the Royal Canadian Legion, 1963, celebrating the Red Cross's 100 year anniversary, booths include Blood Transfusion Service, Voluntary Services, Water Safety Service, Disaster Service, Friendly Visiting,

also, quilts and sweaters, a cake and several individuals awarded certificates

Folder #2 (formerly A.2004.6.5): loose newspaper clippings, typed history of the Swift Current branch of the Red Cross, typed notes from 1915 to 1939

The fonds consists of records generated by several associated churches and their varying governing pastoral charges: Canora Pastoral Charge, Canora (Ukrainian) Pastoral Charge, Invermay Pastoral Charge, Canora-Invermay Pastoral Charge, Invermay-Margo Pastoral Charge, Pelly Pastoral Charge, Pelly-Malonek Pastoral Charge, and Canora-Norquay-Pelly Pastoral Charge, as well as predecessors and constituent churches – their boards, committees and related bodies, and local women’s units.

Contents include: minutes of church boards, councils, stewards, session, and congregational meetings; records from local Ladies Aid Societies, Women’s Missionary Society (W.M.S.), and United Church Women (U.C.W.) groups; Sunday School, church choir and youth group records; historic rolls, communion rolls, and related membership records; some financial records, correspondence and annual reports; Home Mission Record Books from Grantsville and Norquay areas; church registers from Invermay, Margo, Hampton, St. Andrew’s (Canora), St. Stephen’s Ukrainian (Canora), Gorlitz, Buchanan, Belleau Brook, Maloneck, Pelly, and nearby area(s). There area also 7 photographic prints from Canora.

The collection consists primarily of correspondence, photographs and memorabilia documenting Allison’s friendship and political association with John Diefenbaker – starting with Allison’s advice to Diefenbaker about his leadership convention in 1948. In addition to correspondence, there are a few detailed notes to file documenting conversations between Allison and Diefenbaker, including a 19-page document entitled “Notes on the Election of the Diefenbaker Government” (1957), which also covers the appointment of Diefenbaker’s first cabinet.

The fonds consists of textual materials generated by Carlyle Pastoral Charge and its constituent congregations – the church boards, committees and related bodies, local women’s units and other groups.

Contents include: minutes of official boards, managers, session, and congregational meetings; some correspondence, financial records, annual reports and newsletters; communion rolls and related membership records; an early Circuit Register; and a register of baptisms, marriages, and burials held at Carlyle, Moose Creek, Sutherland, and related locations.

The fonds consists of records generated by several associated churches and their varying governing pastoral charges: Carnduff Pastoral Charge, Carievale Pastoral Charge, Carnduff-Carievale Pastoral Charge, Arthur Pastoral Charge (previously Mission Field), Gainsborough Pastoral Charge, Gainsborough-Carievale Pastoral Charge, Carnduff-Alida Pastoral Charge, Glen Ewen Pastoral Charge, Oxbow Pastoral Charge, Oxbow – Glen Ewen Pastoral Charge, as well as predecessors and constituent churches – their boards, committees and related bodies, and local women’s units.

Contents include: minutes of church boards, councils, managers, stewards, session, trustees, and congregational meetings; records from local Ladies Aid Societies, Women’s Associations (W.A.), Women’s Federation (W.F.), and United Church Women (U.C.W.) groups; Sunday School and youth group records; historic rolls, communion rolls, and related membership records; some financial records, correspondence and annual reports; a Home Mission Record Book from Glen Ewen; church registers from Carnduff, Alida, Wheatland, Oxbow, Glen Ewen, Boscurvis, Gainsborough, Winlaw, Ashgrove, Carievale, Bethel, Bienfat, Elmore, and nearby area(s). There are also 2 scrapbooks and 52 photographs relating to churches and congregations at Oxbow and Boscurvis.

This fonds focuses on the initial proposals for courses relating to women’s studies at the University of Saskatchewan, leading eventually to the development of the department of Women’s and Gender Studies. The organization reflects the description of materials provided by the donor.

This fonds contains diaries, correspondence, photographs, and ephemera created or collected by various members of the Carpenter family.

This fonds contains the research materials gathered by Catherine Littlejohn King as a part of her career as a historian and writer of Metis history, in particular of Saskatchewan and Metis soldiers. It mainly contains drafts of her writing, copies of articles and other secondary sources, interviews, and biographies. There is also material on general indigenous history and issues, as well as indigenous education and some general material related to Canadian history.

This collection contains drafts, revised and working scripts, continuity reports, schedules, breakdowns, and cast calls.