This fonds consists of records created, accumulated and used by Roy Romanow from 1971 to 1982 and 1986 to 2001 during his political career as Attorney General (1971-1982); Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs (1979-1982); Minister Responsible for Saskatchewan Government Insurance Office (1974-1975); Minister Responsible for Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission (1974-1982); Minister Responsible for Saskatchewan Securities Commission (1975-1980); Minister Responsible for Constitutional Secretariat (1975-1980); Minister Responsible for Saskatchewan Police Commission (1975-1982); Minister Responsible for Communications Secretariat (1977-1982); Minister Responsible for Agent General, Protocol Office (1979-1980); Minister Responsible for Meewasin Valley Authority (1981-1982); Minister Responsible for Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan (1980-1982); Leader of the Opposition (1987-1991); Premier of Saskatchewan (1991-2001); and as the New Democratic Party Member of the Legislative Assembly for Saskatoon Riversdale (1971-1982; 1986-2001).
Records created by John E. Brockelbank as Minister Responsible for Communications (1972-1975); by Ned Shillington as Minister Responsible for the Communications Secretariat (1976-1977); and by Allan Blakeney as Leader of the Opposition (1986-1987) are included in the fonds.
As well, records created by John S. Burton as a civil servant in the Planning and Research office of Executive Council and as Associate Deputy Minister of Saskatchewan Tourism and Renewable Resources exist in the fonds relating to the Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan.
This fonds contains public, political and private records.
No series assignment has been applied to the records described in old guides GS 154 and GR 326. The following headings were used for descriptions completed for GS 154 in 1985: Meewasin Valley Authority; Personal; Saskatchewan Government Insurance Office; Department of Intergovernmental Affairs; and Speeches.
Headings used for descriptions completed for GR 326 in 1985 are: Communications: Part 1; Communications: Part II; Communications: Part III; Uranium; Miscellaneous Subjects: Part I; Miscellaneous Subjects: Part II; Miscellaneous Subjects: Part III; Departments, Boards, Commissions, Crown Corporations; Budget Estimates, and Cabinet Planning Conferences; Conferences of Attorneys General; Intergovernmental Affairs; Bills 42 and 47; Burton Files: Potash: Special Projects Series; Burton Files: Potash: Numbered Series; Burton Files: Potash: Miscellaneous Documents; and Burton Files: Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan.
Headings used for descriptions completed for GR 326 in 1992 are: Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan, 1980 Files; Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan, Administration; Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan, Board of Directors; Cabinet Potash Committee; Potash Communications; Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan, Subject Files; Potash Subject Files; and Reports.
Headings used for descriptions completed for GR 326 in 2000 are: Agriculture and Food; Community Services; Economic Diversification and Trade; Education; Energy and Mines; Environment and Public Safety; Family; Finance; Health; Highways and Transportation; Human Resources, Labour and Employment; Justice; Parks and Renewable Resources; Rural Development; Seniors; Social Services; Status of Women; Miscellaneous; Constitutional Information; Federal Government; Provincial Governments; Municipal Government; International; and United Nations.
Accruals to this fonds consist of six series: Meetings and Events; Leader of the Opposition; Political; Premier of Saskatchewan (Meetings and Events); Premier of Saskatchewan (Premier's Correspondence Unit); and Speeches.
This fonds is missing records created by Romanow as: Provincial Secretary (1971-1972; 2001); Minister Responsible for Highway Traffic Board, Transportation Unit and Transportation Policy Research Unit (1974-1975); Minister Responsible for Office of Grain Handling and Transportation (1975); Deputy Premier (1971-1982); Minister of Intergovernmental and Aboriginal Affairs (2001); Minister of Municipal Affairs, Culture and Housing (2001); Minister Responsible for Saskatchewan Housing Corporation (2001); Minister Responsible for Saskatchewan Archives Board (2001); Minister Responsible for Saskatchewan Arts Board (2001); Minister Responsible for Saskatchewan Assessment Management Agency (2001); Minister Responsible for Saskatchewan Municipal Board (2001); and Minister Responsible for Western Development Museum (2001).
The types of records included are correspondence; memoranda; briefing notes; itineraries; speeches; minutes and agendas; publications; reports; press releases; speaking notes; newspaper clippings; legislation; Hansard; photographs and negatives; audio cassettes; an audio compact disc; video cassettes; a CD-ROM, computer disks; maps, objects; and a poster.