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Long distance telephone routes - Saskatchewan.

Handwritten Petrolia Mailing List, creator unknown, 1955.

List of persons baptized at the Petrolia United Church in Moose Jaw, creator unknown, 1955.

Recollections submitted by Mr. Brown regarding the religious activites in the Petrolia district, [195-?].

Portion of a typed manuscript entitled Memories along Moose Jaw Creek, creator unknown, [195-?]. (36 p.) Includes information on early telephone companies in the Moose Jaw district and biographical notes on district pioneers.

News Releases from the Government of Saskatchewan, Sask. Government Telephones, regarding new telephone services at Uranium City, 1955.

Newspaper articles, reports, and correspondence relating to telephones in Saskatchewan in the early 20th century.

Includes a copy of the 1925 financial statement of the Semans Central Telephone Board.

Includes a paper entitled The History of the Telephone, read by J.D. Peart before the Saskatchewan Section of the Institute of Electrical Engineers at Regina on March 25, 1926.

Includes an address by W.J. Patterson, Saskatchewan Minister of Telephones, given at the Institute of Electrical Engineers at Regina on March 25, 1926.

This fonds consists of records created, accumulated and used from 1916 to 1959 by the secretary-treasurer of the Spy Hill Rural Telephone Company relating to the operation of a telephone system in the Spy Hill, Saskatchewan district. The fonds includes a constitution and by-laws; annual financial statements; supplier catalogues; various financial records, including debenture certificates and coupons; lists of subscribers; members' register; a map of the proposed system; insurance policies; share certificates; a certificate of incorporation; agreements; and correspondence.

No series have been assigned to the records in this fonds.

This fonds consists of records created, accumulated and used by members of the Zonta Club of Regina from 1976 through its dissolution in 1987. The records are mainly essay submissions from senior citizens that relate their experiences as pioneers, which were entered into a contest the Zonta Club of Regina sponsored and promoted annually during Canada Week from 1976 through 1981. Most of the entrants were women, and the submissions were subsequently donated to Saskatchewan Archives, providing a valuable contribution to the history of the nation, and to women's history. Two of the entries are recounted by audiotape. The fonds also includes administrative material related to: the delegation of executive sent to the Zonta International Convention in 1986; the dissolution of the Zonta Club of Regina in 1987; and the launch of the X-Z (ex-Zontians) service club in 1987.

R-E94 consists of essays on pioneer days in Saskatchewan written in 1977 by Ernest Gardner, George A. Riches, Mrs. Louise Steif, Mrs. P. Knight, Myrtle G. Moorhouse, Sylvia Mitchell, Harold S. Jones, George Francis, Harold C. Wilson, Mrs. Mary E. Monckton, Nancy W. Powell, Lars Larson, Winnie E. Hutton, and one unidentified author. Includes newsclipping re Winnie Hutton, Leader-Post, September 2, 1977, p. 32.

R-E321 includes 37 pioneer reminiscences and 2 cassettes with 4 interviews and transcripts submitted to Zonta's 1978 essay contest.

R-E514 consists of twenty-nine essays submitted by senior citizens in the Zonta Club of Regina's 1979 Canada Day essay contest.

R-E695 consists of fifteen essays submitted in Zonta's 1980 Canada Week Essay Contest.

Tape R-1715 includes sound recordings of essays written and read by Wilhelmenia Christofel of Regina, Mrs. Thomas Edwards of Regina, and Katherine Ring of Regina, regarding their pioneer days. Transcripts included.

Tape R-1716 is a sound recording of an essay written and read by Ernest Henry Dienst of Regina regarding his pioneering days. Transcript included. 30 minutes.

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.

Agricultural film: (1) Scene of a man on a telephone. (2) Close-up of permits from the Department of Agriculture. (3) Close-up of the text of the Intensive Livestock Operations Act.

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.