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Item is an image of witnesses at the trial who had been held by Riel and the Métis at the time of the battle of Batoche. Identified is Charles Nolin (2nd from left, front row). Others held prisoner by Riel, and later witnesses included: Harold E. Ross, Peter Tomkins, William Tomkins, T. E. Jackson, John W. Astley, George Ness, John B. Lash, Thomas Sanderson. Others that were held prisoner: C. M. Newitt, McKean, Woodcock, Wm. Henry Jackson.

French and English versions of publication entitled History of Willow Bunch, Sask., 1870-1970 by Reverend Clovis Rondeau and Reverend Adrien Chabot.

Includes historama essay contest entries on "A Pioneer of Our District" (1960-1962). Files I.D.337, I.F.197 and III.F.58 relate to prairie fires. File I.D.83 relates to the North-West Rebellion, 1885. File I.D.90 relates to the Board of Grain Commissioners. File II.F.80 relates to pilot D.W. Moir. File II.F.56 relates to the '76 Ranch.

Publication entitled, Towards a New Past, Volume I: Sweet Grass Transcripts, which contains stories from the River People of the Plains Cree Nation who live or have lived on the Sweet Grass Reserve, including Antoine Lonesinger, Andrew Swimmer, Eli Pooyak, Marie Osecap, and Annie Whitecalfe [sp?]. Also included are stories from Emma Oxebin of the Red Pheasant Reserve, and Mrs. Marion Dillon, Pierre Harper, and Francis Harper of the Seekascootch [sp?] Reserve. Published by the Government of Saskatchewan Department of Culture and Youth.

Publication entitled Towards a New Past, Volume II: Found Poems of the Metis People, which contains poetry from Metis people in Duck Lake, Batoche, St. Louis, Prince Albert, and other parts in central Saskatchewan. Interviewer: Carol Pearlstone. Edited by Mick Burrs. Published by Government of Saskatchewan Department of Culture and Youth, 1975. (40 p.) The file contains both a hardcover and a coil bound printing.

Item is a booklet containing an Agreement between Manitoba and Saskatchewan Coal Company (Limited) and the United Mine Workers of America, Local No. 7606, District No. 18, Effective July 1, 1975. (27 p.)

Item is a vinyl audio disc entitled Towards a New Past, Department of Youth and Culture, Side One: Estevan (Artist and Arrangement: Glenn Koudelka); Side Two: Rush to the Mine (Artist and Composer: Glenn Koudelka). Recorded and Manufactured at Collienwood Recording Limited, Esterhazy, Saskatchewan, catalogue number KDC875. [1975?]

Photocopy of the front page of The Mercury newspaper, from Estevan, Saskatchewan, October 1, 1931, which features a headline entitled 13 Strikers Are Committed for Trial: Charges of Rioting Face Bienfait Miners. [2 copies].

Photocopy of an article entitled The Estevan Massacre, regarding the 1931 riot in Estevan involving police and striking coal miners, written by Annie Buller, reprinted from the National Affairs Monthly, May 1949. (7 p.)

Publication entitled Towards a New Past, Volume III, Toil and Trouble: An Oral History of Industrial Unrest in the Estevan-Bienfait Coalfields. Interviewers: Larry Johnston and Ron Adams. Edited by Ken Cochrane. Published by the Government of Saskatchewan Department of Culture and Youth, 1975. (48 p.) The file contains both a hardcover and coil bound printing.

Publication containing biographical sketches and portraits of 100 prominent men and women who had contributed to the building of the province of Saskatchewan. Published by the Saskatchewan Diamond Jubilee and Canada Centennial Corporation.

Item component is an article by Thomas Flanagan that appears in volume 34, issue 2 of Saskatchewan History beginning on page 57.

Publication issued to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the North West Rebellion in 1885. Publication was a project of the North West Centennial Advisory Committee and the Saskatchewan Archives Board. Published by the Leader-Post, Regina and the Star-Phoenix, Saskatoon to commemorate Saskatchewan Heritage 1985 and SaskExpo '86. Publication consists of 52 biographical sketches and portraits of men and women involved in the North West Rebellion. Portraits prepared by Brenda Burns.

Thesis entitled, The North-West Rebellion Trials, 1885, submitted by Sandra Elizabeth Bingaman for the degree of Master of Arts in History, University of Saskatchewan, Regina Campus, 1971. The thesis consists of eight chapters as follows: The Pre-Trial Period: Problems of Arrest, Jurisdiction and Venue; Preparation for the Trials: The Work of the Crown Counsel; The Trial of Poundmaker; The Trials of Big Bear and Other Indians; The Battleford Trials; The Trials of the White Defendants; The Metis Trials; and Conclusion.

The interior of the church, showing altar area, at Batoche. Riel's headquarters during Rebellion.

Illustrated publication written by Ron Rivard and Catherine Littlejohn. The titles of the 10 chapters are as follows: The Beginning; Life in Red River; Life on the Prairie; Metis Traders; The Red River Resistance; Life in South Western Saskatchewan; The Sitting Bull Story; Fighting For Our Rights; Edouard Beaupré; and Developing Willow Bunch.