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Records created, accumulated and used mainly by the Saskatchewan Department of Government Services, Property and Planning Branch, relating to the acquisition, development and disposal of Government of Saskatchewan properties across the province. Includes files dealing with the lease and rental of private property for government use and the maintenance of heritage properties. Includes records relating to the lease of private parking stalls. Includes records created by the Deputy Minister of Public Works; the Provincial Architect (including M.W. Sharon, H.A. Dawson and E.J. McCudden); the Architect's Branch and the Architecture and Engineering Branch of the Saskatchewan Department of Public Works.
The types of records included are correspondence; contracts and agreements; memoranda; photographs; architectural drawings and plans; specifications; and lease agreements.
Includes records relating to the collapse of the Minto Arena Rink in Prince Albert in 1932; the Western Development Museum; the School for the Deaf in Saskatoon; Camp Easter Seal in Watrous.
News: (1) John Messer on subsidies for hog production (colour). (2) Board of Trade-sponsored event for "Pionera Days"; old-time band, a line of high-kicking dancing girls, Mayor Bert Sears; all are dressed in old-time pioneer garb (colour) (silent). (3) Roy Rogers and Dale Evans visit the Saskatchewan Council for Crippled Children and Adults Building (colour) (silent). (4) Roy Rogers at the Saskatoon Grandstand (colour). (5) Fire fighters ascend on a "cherry-picker" crane to a pedway in downtown Saskatoon [news item: "Skywalk accident"] (colour) (silent). (6) Interview with an unidentified woman on tourists who visit the Tourist Information Centre. (7) House fire aftermath (silent). (8) "Moustache Shave-Off"; men are shaved by barbers (colour) (silent). (9) Kinsmen car award ticket booth; prize cars on display (silent). (10) Saskatoon General Radio Club Trailer; interior, a man talks on a radio; exterior, presentation, speeches, and Mayor Bert Sears cutting a ribbon. (11) Elwood Hart on attendance at "Pionera Days". (12) Confederation Park road under construction (silent). (13) Car-motorcycle accident aftermath (silent). (14) Car accident aftermath at Avenue C North and 37th Street West (silent). (15) Owen Buss interviews Alderman Cliff Wright on the delay in provincial funding for Saskatoon's Olympic-sized swimming pool. (16) Owen Buss interviews Alderman Owen Mann on the draining of an unidentified source of water. (17) Milk-dumping at a dairy (colour) (silent). (18) Owen Buss news item on replacing broken windows at Public Schools.