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Soldiers fight on their stomachs : Motherwell, 1917

Item component is a transcription of W. R. Motherwell's article "Thoughts for the New Year" that reports on wartime activities in Saskatchewan and which appeared in The Nor-west Farmer in 1917. Transcription is preceded by a brief description to place the article in historical contex. Component appears on pages 34 to 35.

Article is supplemented by a reproduction of a portrait of W. R. Motherwell; and a poster showing a field of wheat, a grain elevator and a train along with the caption "Canada's grain cannot be sold unless you buy victory bonds."

Article is supplemented by photographs that depict: Gladys Crim, some colleagues and convalescent soldiers - Crim is shown holding bagpipes; unidentified nurse working on the ankle area of an unidentified solder; rows of soldiers laid out on stretchers with one nurse; from the funeral service for nurse Margaret Lowe, soldiers standing at attention with a small group holding a flag-draped coffin; an unidentified soldier (missing one leg) with a crutch under one arm and holding a fish in the opposite hand; and, "Queen Mary Tea Room at Woodcote Park Convalescent Hospital" with armed forces personnel at tables and at left someone at the piano.

Article is supplemented by drawings showing: the surrender of three German soldiers (captioned "Merci Komrad"); a single grave marker ("To an unknown British soldier killed in action at Ypres 29 April 1915") that was drawn by Corporal R. Gordon-Cumming; a man and woman (from behind) accompanied by two poems; German soldier as a "proposed design for the stained glass window of the future" accompanied by a poem by Corporal R. Gordon Cumming; a figure holding on to a post through which a shell has passed through (caption "The Last Post"); and a soldier smoking a cigarette whose smoke transforms into the image of a nurse (accompanied by note from C. R. Alexander).

Article includes coloured drawings (paintings?) showing: trees stripped of foliage and bomb bursts in air (captioned "Land marks of Ypres"); and a damaged building that has a path leading from foreground to background with an orange / red sky.

Williams, Myrna

@SAB

Component is a series of news items concerning the Saskatchewan Archives Board (SAB): the retirement from the SAB of Frank Korvemaker (appraisal and acquisition archivist), the death of Douglas Bocking (former associate provincial archivist and editor of Saskatchewan History), the acquisition of the records of P.G. Downes, and a review of the Harvest Fair celebrations held in the Regina reading room. Pages also include corrections to information appearing in the spring/summer 2013 issue of Saskatchewan History.

Black and white photographs appearing with these news items include: head and shoulders image of Frank Korvemaker; P.G. Downes seated beside a few boats; Nadine Charabin (manager of SAB Reference Services and publications coordinator of Saskatchewan History) and Tim Novak (reference archivist) interacting with guests at the Heritage Fair; Linda McIntyre (Provincial Archivist) and Barr Gorkin (member of Friends of the Saskatchewan Archives) making a draw for a door prize at the Heritage Fair; Douglas Bocking working at his desk (S-B6536); and several men standing in farm yard and wheat field of an unidentified farm (R-D1192).

Article is found in volume 65, issue 2 of Saskatchewan History, beginning on page 2.

Saskatchewan Archives Board