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History of the Acton family compiled by Donald Acton. History focuses mainly on the Richard Arthur Acton and Annie Bell (McKinnon) Acton and their eight children: Janet Elizabeth (Beth); Samuel Murray; Duncan Robert; Elinor Mae; Doris Annabelle; Richard Keith; Donald Findlay; and Clifford John. Includes information and photographs relating to a two-storey stone house built in 1908 on Samuel Acton's homestead near Wolseley, Saskatchewan.
Eleanor Moline Sinclair's published memoir of her life on the Saskatchewan prairies. Sinclair's memoir includes her recollections of growing up on a farm near Prince Albert, Saskatchewan and attending Canwood School. She recounts working as a rural telephone operator prior to embarking on a career as a nurse working mainly at the Fort Qu'Appelle Indian Hospital in Fort Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan. She also recalls her marriage and life with Malcolm Sinclair, a dairy farmer and partner in Springbrook Farms Ltd.
Footage of the select ranch horse competition at the Canadian Western Agribition in Regina. Includes shots of team penning, Cyril and Helen Ross and children sitting on horses and posing for photographs.
Autobiography of Jack Stilborn (1923-2011), who served in World War II and was a farmer, seed grower and cattle breeder in the Lorlie, Saskatchewan district. He served as a director for the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool and farmed until 1998, when he retired to Melville.
Images taken at the Pion-Era event including exterior and interior views of the museum; a calliope; horseshoe demonstrations; and the 1910 Boomtown Street exhibits.
Images of Threshing Day event at Motherwell Homestead National Historic Site, near Abernethy, Saskatchewan. Includes exterior views of the house and barn and images of various demonstrations.
Recollections of Curtis Allsup relating to the horse farming era in Saskatchewan from approximately 1910 to 1945. The titles of the sections of the booklet are as follows: Breaking the Land With Oxen; The Original Horse Herd; The Foals; Horsemanship; The Broncs; The Open Range; Breaking the Horses to Harness; The Saddle Horse; The Horse Buyers; Survival of the Horse Herd Through the Drouth Years; The Town Dray Team; Building the Dam; Putting Up Ice; The Run-Away; The Horse Meat Processing Plant; along with recollections of individual horses by name.
Recollections of (Curly) Russell V. Gunter, relating mainly to a trip he made in 1931 from Val Marie, Saskatchewan to Pouce Coupe, British Columbia as foreman of the crew of wranglers.
