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Booklet entitled Reminiscent Pearls: Saskatchewan Jubilee Year, 1905-1955, compiled by Edna A. Elder of Nakusp, British Columbia ca. 1956. Includes verses written by Elder; original photographs dating from 1880 onwards; and information relating to pioneers of the Lansdowne district, near Kipling, Saskatchewan.

Includes photographs of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Ovans; Mr. and Mrs. James Keith; Mr. and Mrs. William Topping and William (Bill) Topping's threshing outfit at Bender, Saskatchewan; Mr. and Mrs. Bill Taylor and children, early settlers in Bender; George Elder; Mrs. Edna Elder; and a wedding portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Colin McDonald.

Copies of three verses written by Edna A. Elder entitled A Pioneer's Story; Pioneers; and Retrospection. Document written by Edna Elder entitled Paris World's Fair Winner, 1900 regarding her father, Fred Cunningham.

Copy of letter dated November 14, 1978 from Edna A. Elder of Nakusp, British Columbia, to the Saskatchewan Archives Board regarding her booklet, Reminiscent Pearls.

Reminiscences of Andrew Woods about relocating from Leeds, Ontario to southwestern Manitoba, and his work as a blacksmith and machinist in the 1880s.

Original handwritten and transcribed reminiscences of Leonard Woodhams about his journey emigrating from Kent County, England to Fillmore, North-West Territories in the spring of 1905. Woodhams travelled with his brother, Douglas, to Fillmore to join their brother, George, who was already homesteading in the area.

Copy of reminiscences by Harry Self entitled, Memories of My First Years in Canada, which discusses the years 1903-1920, including his voyage to Canada and homesteading north of the Arm Valley.

Reminiscences of Nelson Spencer of the Carnduff, Saskatchewan district about relocating from Ontario in the fall of 1884 and homesteading in the Carnduff district. Also includes recollections of his participation transporting animals and goods during the Riel Rebellion of 1885, and his marriage to Elizabeth Hicks in 1887.

Reminiscences of Kathleen Lennox Smith about emigrating as a child with her family from Ireland and eventually settling on a homestead as pioneers of the Willow Bunch, Saskatchewan district in 1906.

Unpublished manuscript entitled, My First Five Years in Canada, written by Sidney Richards of Wadena, Saskatchewan. Richards' reminiscences for the period 1900 to 1950, including his childhood and early adulthood in England, his emgiration to Canada in 1900 and years in Ontario, his relocation to Saskatchewan in 1905, and his homesteading experiences in the Clair district, west of Wadena.

Reminiscences of Carl Retzer of Strasbourg, Saskatchewan concerning his family's arrival in the Bulyea district, early pioneer experiences as told to him by his parents, homesteading on land situated between Bulyea and Strasbourg, and his achievements to retirement.

Carl Retzer's responses to ten pioneer questionnaires produced and distributed by the Saskatchewan Archives Board in the early 1950s. Includes responses to questions pertaining to pioneer diet, experiences, schools, churches, recreation and social life, farming experiences, folklore, health, housing, and local government.

Reminiscences of Mrs. F.B. Reilly about arriving in Moose Jaw, North-West Territories in August, 1884 and her childhood in the early years of the settlement.

Reminiscences of James Balmer Preston, who was an early settler in the Carnduff, North-West Territories district in 1882 and established a general store at Carnduff in 1884. Preston includes in his recollections information pertaining to the first religious service in the area, the organization of Carnduff School District, the last buffalo sighting, the settlement, and the first women to settle in the area.