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Two letters from a nursing friend in Mesopotamia to Miss Mary Houston, an Army nurse stationed in England during World War I; officer's advance book, bank book, clippings, Rules and Regulations of Winnipeg General Hospital's Training School for Nurses, ca. 1915; Canadian Army Medical Corps nurse's service dress, cape and badges.

Minutes, 1915-1919; cash book; correspondence and clippings.

Records created, accumulated and used mainly by Dr. Urban J. Gareau of Regina, Saskatchewan. Gareau was born in 1893 in Ontario and served in World War I with the No. 3 General Hospital (McGill), Canadian Expeditionary Force, and as a probationer surgeon with the Royal Navy. After the war, he practiced in Sintaluta, Saskatchewan before establishing a pediatrics practice in Regina in 1925. The first pediatrician in Saskatchewan, Gareau retired in 1959 and died in Regina on September 16, 1963. He and his wife, Hazel Irene Urban, are buried in Riverside Memorial Park Cemetery in Regina.

Records consist of the following:

1): Original handwritten letters written by Urban Gareau to his father, mother and sisters in Ottawa, Ontario while he was
serving in World War I, 1915-1917.

2): Typewritten summary of Gareau's World War I letters dated March 17, 2007. Creator of document unknown.

3): Typewritten booklet entitled Reminiscences of a Lifetime of Medical Practice, by Urban J. Gareau, M.D. The booklet, dated March 4, 1963, consists of five articles written by Gareau originally published in 1962 and 1963 in The Leader-Post, Regina, Saskatchewan. The titles of the articles are as follows: World War I Experiences; Practice on the Prairies; Postgraduate Studies Abroad; Private Practice in Regina; and Medical Practices and Their Effect on Paediatrics.

4): Series of five photocopied articles written by Dr. Urban Gareau and published in 1962 and 1963 in The Leader-Post, Regina, Saskatchewan. Titles of articles are as follows: Regina doctor tells of early experiences in an eventful career; Young doctor settling in west faced many problems; Postgraduate studies prepare medical career; Miracle drugs changed pattern of medical practice; and Medicine makes recent rapid advances.

5): Copy of obituary for Dr. Gareau; editorial entitled Saskatchewan's first baby doctor; and Autumnal farewell by Lilian Fairley. 1963.

6): Copies of photographs of Charles Andrew Forsythe and Norman Ernest Forsyth; 28th North-West Battalion badge and 68th Overseas Battalion badge.

Typewritten copy of letters written from Edmund H. Oliver to his wife and family from June 22, 1916 to May 30, 1919 from locations in Manitoba, England and France. Edmund Oliver's wife edited and typed the letters.

Research papers written by students in an Honours History class at the University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan.

Brian Banks: CCF Government and Economic Planning in Natural Resources and Industrial Development, 1944-1946. 1977. (72 p.)

Patrick Brennan: Unemployment and Public Works Relief: the Regina Experience, 1929-1932. 1978. (82 p.)

Rodney Laporte: Legacy of Boosterism: Swift Current and the First World War. 1979.

Evelyn Legare: The Red River Rebellion: Culmination of Over 100 Years of Violence in the West. 1978. (70 p.)

Donald Richan: Social Structure and Social Change in Regina during World War I. 1977. (67 p.)

Rudolf F. Singer: The Saskatchewan Royal Commission on Immigration and Settlement, 1930. 1977. (71 p.)

Judith Totten: Saskatchewan, 1930-1939: Preparation for State Medicine. 1975. (70 p.)

Joyce Way: Negotiations between the Government of Saskatchewan and the College of Physicians and Surgeons during the Medicare Dispute, 1962. 1983. (61 p.)

Scrapbooks regarding aviator Roland J. Groome, 1935, the war period 1914-1918, Regina College Citizens' Committee, Regina, etc.

Material relating to Colonel Gordon Howard's military service: war diary, 1941-1945; schedules of Atlantic crossings while responsible for transportation of troops; article re army camp at Aneroid, Saskatchewan in the 1930s; letter from Department of National Defence regarding his war service, 1945; Memoirs of a Citizen Soldier, 1914-1945; and document entitled Sixty Years of Centennial in Saskatchewan by G.S. Howard.

Records created, accumulated and used by Jacob Miller M.S.M. of Neudorf, Saskatchewan (January 19, 1891 - October 10, 1963) relating to his service with the 45th Overseas Battalion of the Canadian Army from 1914 to 1919, during the First World War. Included are photocopies and digital scans of: correspondence; attestation papers; diary entries; photographs; a newspaper clipping; biographical sketches for local history books; and Miller's memoir entitled, "Beyond My Grasp". During his service in the Great War, Miller was posted to the First Canadian Mounted Rifles and took part in battles at Ypres, Somme, Cambrai, Monchy, Passchendale, Amiens, Hill 70, and Vimy Ridge. For his service, Miller was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal. A small volume of the records also pertains to Miller's career, first as an employee of the Canadian Pacific Railway and then as postmaster for Neudorf, and to his marriage to Christina (Litzenberger) Miller.

Records of the Fort Qu'Appelle Branch of the Great War Veterans' Association in Fort Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan consisting of minutes of meetings held from April 19, 1919 to June 11, 1924.

Personnel records, instructional materials, general administrative files, posters, clippings, war diaries and historical records, routine orders and miscellaneous documents; photographs; and trench maps. See file V.3 for a list of Saskatchewan casualties.