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Item is an illustration entitled "Nicholas Garry at Slave Falls in 1821" that was commissioned for the 1959 Hudson's Bay Company calendar. The image presents a scene of Nicholas Garry's travels to the united fur trading posts of the Hudson's Bay Company and the North West Company that emerged following their merger in early 1821. In the foreground of the images are persons seated on the side of a flowing river and who are drinking and/or eating, with a top hat and cloth bags are resting on the ground beside some flowers. In the centre of the background is the far shore of the river (with rocks and trees), in back left of image an individual is standing on rocks with one hand on his hip and a paddle in the other, and in the back right two persons are transporting an overturned canoe on the shoulders.

Clippings accumulated and used by Eric Knowles relating to people and events in Saskatchewan's history. File 17 includes newspaper articles regarding pioneer days in Saskatchewan, early church life, pioneer tariff legislation on the prairies, the fur trade and early fur traders.

This fonds consists of records created, accumulated and used mainly by the secretary of the Saskatchewan Historical Society during its operation in Regina, Saskatchewan. The fonds contains the administrative records of the Society along with the records relating to the history of the province from the mid 19th century to 1945 compiled and collected by the Society in fulfillment of its mandate.

The types of records included are secretary's annual reports; correspondence; minutes; financial statements; a constitution; an annual meeting programme; newspaper clippings; personal narratives; essays; obituaries; biographical sketches; photographs; articles and speeches.

No series assignment was applied to the records in this fonds.

See SHS 97 for a letter regarding the massacre of Blackfoot and Blood Indians by Crees (Red Ochre Hills massacre) and an article by C. Wetton regarding Fine Day, Cree warrior. See SHS 94 for a letter and note regarding a table in the Saskatchewan Legislative Library known as the confederation table. See SHS 129 for correspondence regarding Indians serving in World War II and an Indian gathering on Assiniboin Reserve, September 9, 1941, to dedicate themselves to war services, enfranchisement of Indians, etc. See SHS 159 for document written by Neil Brodie entitled Twelve Days with the Indians, May 14 to May 26, 1885, regarding his experiences in Poundmaker's camp during the rebellion of 1885. See SHS 150 for the 1935 report of the Royal Commission on the Natural Resources of Saskatchewan.

Pamphlet entitled, Review of the Claims of "The Pioneers of Rupert's Land", 1836 to 1870. Prepared and issued by the Executive Committee, Pioneers of Rupert's Land, Winnipeg, March 20, 1914. 14 p.

Programme for the Centenary Pilgrimage To The Churches of the Red River Valley, October 14, 1920; being the hundredth anniversary of the arrival of the Reverend John West, the first Anglican missionary to the Red River settlement. (2 copies)

Pamphlet entitled, Red River's Festive Season, by Margaret Arnett MacLeod. October, 1962. Published at Winnipeg, Manitoba. 18 p.

Booklet on Saint Boniface, Manitoba in celebration of their 150th Anniversary, 1968. Includes information on Joseph Norbert Provencher (1787-1853) and Alexandre Antonin Taché.

Huson's Bay Company (Red River Settlement) Return to an Address of The Honourable the House of Commons, date February 9, 1849. 115 p. (original and photocopy)

Volume 100, No. 1, Centennial Edition of The Nor'-Wester, Winnipeg, July 15, 1970. Includes information on the North-West Rebellion, 1885.

Item is the illustration from the 1948 Hudson's Bay Company calendar of the painting "The Spring Brigade leaves Montreal for the West." Image shows loaded canoes on the water in foreground, cheering people and carts along the shores, and buildings in background.

Last Mountain House site.

Milestones in the Progress of the Hudson's Bay Company in the celebration of their 275th Anniversary, 1945.

Memorials presented to the Commissioners, Under the Treaty of July 1, 1863, between Great Britain and The United States, for the Final Settlement of the Claims of the Hudson's Bay and Puget's Sound Agricultural Companies; presented April 17, 1865. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1865. 30 p.

Le règne de la Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson. Mémoires S.R.C., Section I, 1914. Par L'Hon. Juge L. A. Prud'Homme, May 29, 1913.

A souvenir book on Beaver House, the headquarters of the Hudson's Bay Company. Published by The Hudson's Bay Company from their house in Great Trinity Lane in the City of London. Map of the Dominion of Canada showing the establishments of the Hudson's Bay Company, inserted at the back of the book. [ca. 1951]

The Beaver, a magazine of the north, published quarterly by Hudson's Bay Company, outfit 276, June 1945. 58 p.

The Hudson's Bay Company's Monopoly of the Fur Trade at the Red River Settlement, 1821-1850, by Chester Martin. Reprinted from the proceedings of the Mississippi Valley Historical Association, Volume VII.

A Study of the Expansion of the Hudson's Bay Company in the Saskatchewan River Region from 1774-1781, with Emphasis on Cumberland House and Hudson House, by Deanna M. Christensen. September 20, 1972. 45 p.

Townships 1 to 65.

Map created to accompany "Report of Exploration season 1908" by Frank J.P. Crean, C.E. indicates route of exploration, forest cover, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) detachments, and trading posts of Hudson's Bay Company and Revillon Freres.

Biographical sketch on James Sinclair, who played a significant part in the development of western Canada. Sinclair was a pioneer of overland routes to the Columbia Valley, independent fur trader, and champion of Metis people. Sketch compiled by Mrs. Copeley of Portland, Oregon and donated by Irene Spry, wife of Graham Spry.