Records include sixty photocopied letters, written by Syver Aasberg of the Findlater-Chamberlain, Saskatchewan district to family back home in Norway, between ca.1904 and 1951 of his first-hand accounts of emigrating from Norway to Canada, homesteading and raising a family. Letters were translated to English by Omar Aschim in 2003. Records also include copies of homestead records, family educational certificates, death certificates, family pedigree charts, ancestral farm information, and family photographs, compiled by Aasberg's daughter, Anne Enmark.

Powell brothers at work on their grain farm.

(1) Bill Cartier swathing using horse power. (2) Front, exterior of the Cartier's house.

A man is standing on the shore of a small stream at the Matador Co-op Farm, looking at a dam.

A man is standing on the shore of a small stream at the Matador Co-op Farm, looking at a dam.

Photographs created, accumulated and used by members of the Grant family. Includes images of agricultural machinery; post office in Riverhurst; buildings and Main Street in Landis; buildings and railway station in Dundurn; buildings and Atlantic Avenue in Kerrobert; Richlea lumber yards; farming operations; Wiseton School; an exterior view of Saskatchewan Legislative Building with grounds in front under development and cannon sitting on sidewalk in foreground; J.I. Case yards in Saskatoon ca. 1913; exterior view of St. Paul's Hospital, Saskatoon; Travellers Day in Saskatoon, 1918; Stanley Almighty Voice Jr. and family taken on One Arrow Indian Reserve near Batoche, Saskatchewan on October 13, 1940; and postcards sent to Ross Grant, James Grant and Mrs. James Grant in Ontario. A few images were taken by Skewis of Saskatoon.

Thomas Murray's threshing outfit after completing harvest, New Year's Day.

Images relating mainly to James Stevenson Balfour (1894-1969), a lawyer who resided in Regina, Saskatchewan.

(1): Group photograph of the Regina Collegiate Institute 1914-15 teaching staff. Back row: N. R. McLeod; J. E. Campbell; R. Weir; R. R. Kersey. Middle row: Miss L. Handy; Miss M. Weaver; T. H. Bissonnette; and G. D. Robertson. Front row: A. J. Pyke; W. Ramsay; N. F. Black; N. MacMurchy; Miss E. D. Cathro; and W. G. J. Scrimgeour. Image taken by Rossie, Regina.

(2): Group photograph of N. F. Black, vice-principal, and members of the graduating class, senior form, Regina Collegiate Institute, 1913-14. James Stevenson Balfour is standing in the back row, first on the left; Mabel MacFarlane is seated, third from right. Image taken by Rossie, Regina.

(3): Head and shoulders portrait of Beattie Ramsay in Royal Air Force (RAF) uniform. [between 1914 and 1918].

(4): Threshing outfit at Agnes Balfour's homestead near Lumsden.

(5): Group photograph of University of Saskatchewan rugby team. James Stevenson Balfour is kneeling on the left. [1914 or 1915].

(6): Group photograph of the officers of the Regina Collegiate Institute Cadet Corps, 1913-14. James Stevenson Balfour is seated on the left in the middle row. Image taken by Rossie, Regina.

(7): Group photograph of Regina Collegiate Institute hockey team, including (back row) George Porter; V. Hipwell; Mr. Hector Lang; Mr. Scrimgeour; J. Campbell; J. Balfour; (front row) M. S. Taylor; F. Creswell; G. Wells; W. Hastings; and B. Ramsay. [1911 or 1912]. (2 copies).

(8): Group photograph of members of Regina Collegiate Institute football team. James Stevenson Balfour is standing in the back row, third from the right. Image taken by Rossie, Regina. [ca. 1914].

(9): Group photograph of members of Regina Collegiate Institute 1912-13 hockey team. Top row: R. Weir; P. Traub; W. Hastings; G. Porter; J. Sheppard; G. Robinson; and W. Scrimgeour. Second Row: C. Darke; H. Longworthy; Hector Lang; G. Wells; B. Ramsay. Third row: A. Brown; J. Balfour (captain); and C. Tanner. (3 copies)

(10): Group photograph of players and staff of Regina Collegiate Institute senior hockey team, winners of the City League and holders of the England Cup. Image taken by Rossie, Regina. [1910 or 1911].

(11): Group photograph of Regina Collegiate Institute junior hockey team. James Stevenson Balfour is standing in the back row, second from the left. Hector Lang, teacher, is seated in the chair in the middle row. Image taken by Rossie, Regina. [1910 or 1911].

(12): Composite photograph of University of Saskatchewan, College of Arts and Science, Inter Faculty Hockey Champions, 1914-15. Individuals identified as follows: A. S. Bell; J. S. Balfour; A. G. Adamson; G. F. Porter; Dr. R. D. MacLaurin, donor of cup; R. J. Haney, manager; R. J. Fyfe; D. J. Mitchell; and W. Janzen.

(13): Composite photograph of University of Saskatchewan Rugby Team, Champions of Northern Saskatchewan. Image taken by J. McCarthy Photo, Saskatoon, 1914. Individuals identified as follows: R. L. Shannon; P. G. Makaroff; J. S. Balfour; A. M. Walker; C. F. Porter; W. E. Walker; R. J. Haney; R. S. Turriff; A. G. Adamson; J. C. Scott; W. B. Thompson; J. D. Mitchell; F. J. Freer; R. J. Fyfe; A. L. Silverson; A. S. Bell; and A. L. Silverson. (2 copies).

Indian and British men in a field during the kharif (autumn) harvest. Three men are labeled : Yrsliely (?), Trlella (?), and Newman.