A young boy, David Zerr, gazes at a cairn situated in Regina's Victoria Park that commemorates Regina's early pioneer settlers. See also 61-715-01 for similar image.

A young boy, David Zerr, gazes at a cairn situated in Regina's Victoria Park that commemorates Regina's early pioneer settlers.

01 to 10: Views from a small ceremony where a cairn near Lake Martin at the Devil's Lake Waterfowl Restoration Project, erected in honour of former Saskatchewan Premier and Chief Justice William Melville Martin, was unveiled. The cairn is located three miles west of Simpson. 01, 07: Hon. W.M. Martin with Arthur Bartley, Canadian director of Ducks Unlimited (Canada). 02 to 04: Overall views of unveiling ceremony. 05: (L to R): Tom Harper; Morris Ferrie; Tom Sterling; Hon. Martin; Herb Moulding. 06: Hon. Martin speaking at the ceremony. 08: Hon. Martin with his son, Dr. Kenneth Martin, and grandson. 09 to 10: Hon. Martin standing next to the cairn. 11 to 12: Scenes from a banquet held in honour of Hon. Martin at the Saskatchewan Hotel, Regina. 11: Hon. Martin receives an award from Angus Gavin, manager of Ducks Unlimited (Canada) for his past conservation work. 12: J.A. Arnot, acting deputy minister of the Saskatchewan Department of Agriculture, speaks to guests at the banquet honoring Hon. Martin.

Records created, accumulated and used by Paul F. Groome (1896-1992) of Regina, Saskatchewan as follows: minutes of Rae Street Methodist Church, Regina, Saskatchewan, July 10, 1907 to February 20, 1912; minutes of Sixth Avenue United Church, Regina, April 6, 1936 to October 1, 1951; "minutes of the Young Men's Christian Association of Regina, Saskatchewan covering the period from 1890 to 1959" by Paul F. Groome and related source materials; Institute of Power Engineers decal; Western Canada Firemens' Association convention badge, 1908; and photographs relating mainly to Regina, Saskatchewan and its pioneers (including Harry Hourie, William Wallace Gibson, Zachary M. Hamilton, George Barr and Mrs. George Barr); electric power plants; and the activities and facilities of the YMCA, including its camps, swimming pool; Rae Street Methodist Church; Sixth Avenue United Church; St. John's United Church; Regina Boat Club regattas on Wascana Lake. Groome was employed as an engineer at the Regina Municipal Power Plant from 1929 to 1961.

Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan Lynda Haverstock attends the unveiling of the Loyalist cairn, erected on the grounds of the Saskatchewan Legislative Building along the shore of Wascana Lake. Members of the United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada, Regina Branch are in attendance.

Records are reproduced images from a collection of negatives accumulated by Lee Buckmaster of Bethune, Saskatchewan. Included are: (1) to (4) the North-West Territories Administration Building, Indian Office and North-West Territories Council Building, located on Dewdney Avenue, Regina; (5) Regina's first railway station depot, constructed in 1882; (6) Canadian Pacific Railway staff at Regina, 1886; (7) Dr. Cotton and John Kerr, along with a dog, and a horse and carriage; (8) Wascana Lake with the Saskatchewan Legislative Building in the distance; (9) large group of people gathered at Wascana Park, May 24, 1896; (10) Hudson's Bay Company post, also known as the "old Fort office", at Fort Qu'Appelle; (11) ethnic Germans from the Banat region of Austria-Hungary gathered at the Zichydorf Colony southeast of Regina, ca. 1904; (12) assortment of large stones on a clearing of land; (13) to (14) group of students standing in front of an unidentified one-room school house; (15) unidentified building, similar to a park office, surrounded by trees; (16) to (17) cairn at Fort Livingstone commemorating the first government and session of the North-West Council (1876 and 1877); (18) to (19) school building for Springside S.D. No. 1148 at Springside, Saskatchewan; (20) to (22) parade proceeding on Broadway Avenue, Yorkton; (23) to (24) parade proceeding from Albert Street on to 11th Avenue, Regina; (25) to (27) herd of elk on a farm; (28) group of men working on an artesian well.

An invitation postcard to Miss Adeline Armstrong to a Sunday school rally day, postmarked September 23, 1943.

Programme for the first annual gathering of the Baptist, Presbyterian and Methodist Sunday Schools of Regina, held in the Metropolitan Methodist Church, January 1.

Programme for the Conference on Social Welfare arranged in conjunction with the 20th Annual Convention of the Social Service Council of Canada, held at the Knox Church in Regina, January 26-28, 1927. (2 copies)

Programme of Unveiling of Memorial Cairn and Tablet to commemorate the inception of the Dominion Land Survey System of Western Canada, July 14, 1930 near Headingly, Manitoba.

Programme for the dedication of a surveyors' centennial monument on June 21, 1967 at the Speaker's Corner at Wascana Centre, Regina in celebration of Canada's Centennial.

Programme for the Pennant Village School District No. 3182 annual concert and xmas tree event, December 23, 1924.

Programme for a presentation by Scott Dramatic Clubs for a two night entertainment of drama and music.

St. Andrew's Night Annual Supper under the auspices of camp Balmoral, No. 177, Regina, N.W.T., 1904.

Sixth Annual Celebration of St. Andrew's Day, St. Andrew's Society of Moose Jaw, Grant Hall Hotel, November 30, 1944.

Programme for a St. George's Day Banquet put on by Royal Society of St. George, Regina Branch, held in the Hotel Saskatchewan, Regina on April 23, 1941.

Invitation card from the Government of Saskatchewan to attend a dinner tendered in honour of The Salvation Army International Staff Band, held at Hotel Saskatchewan, May 27, 1952.

Programme for a Government of Saskatchewan luncheon in honour of Officer Delegates attending the Mid-Western Jubilee Salvation Army Congress, on September 24, 1955 at the Hotel Saskatchewan, Regina. (2 copies)

Programme for Saskatchewan Teachers College, Saskatoon graduation exercises at 3rd Avenue United Church, Saskatoon, on June 10, 1960.

Souvenir folder with 20 colour postcards engraved by the Photogelatine Engraving Co. Ltd., Ottawa, Ontario. Includes views of Parliament (Legislative) Building; bus depot; airport; Grey Nuns' Hospital; Normal School; Balfour Technical School; Regina College; Luther College; people swimming in Wascana Lake; Wascana Lake; Federal Building and Saskatchewan Hotel; Eleventh Avenue; Post Office; Scarth Street looking north; cenotaph in Victoria Park; Union Depot; General Hospital; Victoria Park; and Royal Canadian Mounted Police and Indian.

Souvenir booklet with 15 colour postcards published by Valentine - Black Co. Ltd., Toronto, Ontario. Includes images of Royal Canadian Mounted Police; Parliament (Legislative) Building; Victoria Park with Hotel Saskatchewan in background; Union Station; Wascana Lake; Federal Building; Albert Street Bridge; cenotaph in Victoria Park; boating on Wascana Lake; General Hospital; floral gardens in front of the Legislative Building; Hotel Saskatchewan; and Wascana Park.

Distant and close-up views of the Surveyors' Monument, located along the shore of Wascana Lake within Wascana Centre at Regina. The monument was designed by Jack Walker of the Wascana Centre Authority and sponsored by the Saskatchewan Land Surveyors Association. Its cairn was dedicated on March 29, 1968. The three sand castings on the walls of the monument were created by Ernie Scheer of the Wascana Centre Authority in 1967.