Official and personal papers. Includes documents from various court cases; records relating to the estates of various individuals; grievances of Reverend A. André against Inspector Herchmer, 1882, Davin and the police, 1883; clippings regarding the North-West Mounted Police and the Richardson-Elliott controversy. File III.2 relates to the Assiniboia Club in Regina. Includes plan of his residence in Battleford.
Richardson (1826-1913) was a lawyer and judge.
Town of Moose Jaw/City of Moose Jaw Council meeting minutes and by-laws
Records created, accumulated and used by administrators of the Town of Moose Jaw and City of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan consisting of Council meeting minutes, 1884-1911; and by-laws, 1885-1909.
Moose Jaw was proclaimed a town on January 19, 1884 and incorporated as a city on November 20, 1903.
Saskatchewan. Department of Education. Public Libraries and Mechanics Institutes
Includes information and correspondence relating to library grants, the establishment of libraries and mechanics institutes, the purchase and borrowing of books and periodicals, and lists of libraries and institutes operating in the province. Includes petition from Doukhobor settlers, Arran, for establishment of a library of Russian books (1917) and correspondence relating thereto.
File no. 3 dates from 1908 to 1928 and includes lists of books and periodicals purchased by the Estevan Public Library and correspondence regarding library expeditures and grants from the Department of Education. File no. 12 includes lists of books and periodicals purchased by the Oxbow Public Library, information about library expenditures and correspondence regarding grants from the Department of Education, 1908-1927. File no. 13 includes lists of books and periodicals purchased by the Prince Albert Public Library, information regarding expenditures, report of secretary-treasurer for 1899 and 1902, lists of members of original mechanics and literary institute (1899 and 1907) and correspondence regarding grants from the Department of Education.
Includes records relating to the Regina Public Library including lists of books and periodicals purchased by the Regina Public Library; information regarding library expenditures and correspondence regarding grants from the Department of Education, 1908-1928. File 19 includes lists of books and periodicals bought by the Weyburn Public Library, correspondence regarding the formation of mechanics and literary institute and establishment as public library (1920), list of subscribers to mechanics institute (1907) and information regarding library expenditures and correspondence regarding grants from Department, 1906-1928.
File 11 relates to the library in North Battleford including correspondence regarding the resignation of librarian, H.F. Boyce, due to salary, working conditions, etc., 1919-1920.
Original and typescript diary kept by Caroline Porter while living in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, 1907-1919; Victoria, British Columbia, 1919-1932; and Shaunavon/Cadillac, Saskatchewan (1932-1934).
Porter (1844-1934) was a homemaker.
Typewritten memoirs of George Stuart Tuxford based on his personal diaries and letters written to his parents. Tuxford was born in Wales in 1870 and later emigrated to Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, where he farmed and was active in the community. He died in Victoria, British Columbia in 1943.
Volume 1: The Diary of a Western Pioneer (Introduction, 1870-1888; diary, 1888-1914)
Volume 2: The Trail of the Midnight Sun, 1897-1899
Volume 3: The Great War as I Saw It, 1914-1919
Volume 4: Diary, 1919-1936
Saskatchewan. Judicial District of Moose Jaw
Returns of convictions in Moose Jaw District Court from March 11, 1913 to December 1943.
Miscellaneous R-N Short Runs : R-N 251 to R-N 255
Microfilm reel consists of a compilation of short newspaper and serial runs that are held as originals.
R-N 251: Saskatchewan Farmer from December 1912; October 15, 1925; September 1, 1928; and one article without a date, but likely dates from either 1928 or 1929.
R-N 252: Saskatchewan Co-operative Elevator Co. Ltd. News from April 1916 to August 1917; April and August 1918; December 1918 to February 1920; July 1920; May 1921 to February 1922; April, May and July to November 1922; February 1923, and April 1923; Saskatchewan Co-operative News from May 1923 to July 1926 [volume 8, number 1 to volume 11, number 3].
R-N 253: Saskatchewan Memo from April 11, 1946 [volume 1, number 1].
R-N 254: Saturday Spectator (Regina, Sask.) from October 15, 1910 [volume 1, number 44].
R-N 255: Farm Movement from April 15 and May 15, 1929 [volume 1, numbers 4 and 6].
Local Histories - Moose Jaw - Schools
Articles from various sources regarding schools in Moose Jaw and surrounding School Districts, including Marlborough School District No. 156.
Obituary for W.M. Rose, a prominent lawyer and Crown prosecutor in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. Published in The Leader-Post, Regina, July 24, 1957.
Copy of draft obituary for William Milverton Rose possibly prepared by personnel in the Saskatchewan Department of the Attorney General. [ca. 1957]
Handwritten Petrolia Mailing List, creator unknown, 1955.
List of persons baptized at the Petrolia United Church in Moose Jaw, creator unknown, 1955.
Recollections submitted by Mr. Brown regarding the religious activites in the Petrolia district, [195-?].
Portion of a typed manuscript entitled Memories along Moose Jaw Creek, creator unknown, [195-?]. (36 p.) Includes information on early telephone companies in the Moose Jaw district and biographical notes on district pioneers.