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A desk type telephone.

A telephone display at the Telephone Building.

Agricultural film: (1) Actor simulating a farmer looking at the Western Producer Newspaper. (2) Close-up of the Pest Control Products Act. (3) Scene of someone speaking on the telephone and pointing to a map that represents a section of land. (4) Exterior scenes of the Saskatchewan Legislative Building.

The architect's drawing of the Saskatchewan Government Telephone Building in Canora, Saskatchewan.

Series of articles written by Amy Nelson-Mile and published in The Regina Sun, Regina, Saskatchewan. The series was entitled History at Home and related to various aspects of Regina's history.

Copies of photographs of Bell Telephone Company construction gangs around 1900, in 1900, and in 1905. Identified.

Dominion Lands Survey files of individual surveyors employed in the area which comprises Saskatchewan. File I.512 relates to Saskatchewan Valley Land Company. Includes information relating to origins of place names. File I.187 includes black and white photographs dated 1920 and captioned Narrows on Besnard Lake; Looking up Drum Rapids; Foot of Elbow Rapid, Churchill River; Looking out into Lac la Ronge; Silver fox pelts, Ile-a-la-Crosse; and Snake Rapids 10 foot rock banks. File I.292 includes image of Lilian River looking upstream from bridge, SE 1/4 4-36-5-W2, dated 1923 (page 34) and image of Lady Lake looking north from south end of lake, 22-35-5-W2, dated 1933 (page 36).

Agreements for sale of land, mortgages, certificates regarding membership in the Saskatchewan Grain Growers, Saskatchewan Co-op Creamery and Saskatchewan Co-op Elevator organizations; correspondence, etc. regarding crops, financial matters and other aspects of his farming activities; speculations in the grain trade and the stock market and regarding telephone technology.

News: (1 & 2) Otto Lang on grain transportation. (3 & 4) Mr. Arnold of the Social Credit party on election issues. (5) Buses. Telephones. Old-age home. (6) Cliff Hannah on weather forecasting. (7) Mr. Ferguson of North Battleford on C.U.P.E. demands. (8) Cliff Hannah (wildsound). (9) Mr. Ferguson (wildsound). (10) Freeway traffic accident. (11) Saskatoon City Council on performing arts grants. (12) Saskatoon City Council on unknown letter.

Interviews conducted by Linda Quigley, Susan MacLean and Thelfa Yee-Toi for the Chapters of Saskatchewan's Spoken History oral history project, an Opportunities for Youth Project conducted by students with financial assistance from the federal government . Brief summaries are available in the Audio transcript file.

Marie Ange Bourgeoise of Gravelbourg, Saskatchewan describes her homesteading experiences in the Gravelbourg district. (French and English).

Marie Chevrier of Gravelbourg, Saskatchewan describes her homesteading experiences in the Gravelbourg district. (French and English).

Pauline Dumelie of Gravelbourg, Saskatchewan, a seamstress born in 1886, recalls her homesteading experiences in the Lafleche district from 1912.

Roy Elliot of Regina, Saskatchewan, a travelling salesman born in 1892, describes his work as a travelling salesman for Toledo Scale with comments about the Depression and its impact on customers and himself.

Lydia Jamieson of Lumsden, Saskatchewan, a telephone operator born in 1888, discusses her family history, early life in the Lumsden district and her work as a telephone operator.

Arthur M. Pearson of Lumsden, Saskatchewan, a land speculator born around 1902, describes the history of the Pearson Land Company, his involvement in land speculation and selling land to settlers from the United States of America.

Arthur Rivard of Gravelbourg, Saskatchewan, a farmer born in 1895, discusses his homesteading experiences in the Fir Mountain district and life in Gravelbourg from the 1910s.