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Booklet entitled A Brief History of the Hudson's Bay Company, published by the Hudson's Bay Company (Third Revised Edition).

Hand drawn copy of a map drawn by Joseph Robson for the Hudson's Bay Company, 1752. Original at Hudson's Bay Company Archives, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

A large white ornate house belonging to the trader at Fort George, a Hudson Bay Post. A family sitting on the side verandah.

"Adventures of the Marquis: The S.S. Marquis, largest vessel ever to navigate the Saskatchewan, had a short but lively career," by Agnes Medd. A history of the Hudson's Bay Company's sternwheeler, the S.S. Marquis, 1882-1886.

Publication produced for the Centennial Celebration at Fort St. James on September 17, 1928 and for the unveiling of a tablet at Simpson Pass on the High Road from Banff to Windermere, B.C. on September 20, 1928. Both events were in honour of Sir George Simpson.

Scrapbook of newspaper articles in the series "Crossing the Prairies Eighty Years Ago", which describe a trip from Fort Garry to Edmonton made by Sir George Simpson, Governor of the Hudson's Bay Company. Source and date unknown.

Article from the Manitoba Free Press, Winnipeg, September 1, 1928 entitled "How Sir Geo. Simpson Crossed Rockies and Won Memorial Tablet".

Letter from D.H. McDonald of Regina, Saskatchewan to the Legislative Librarian dated March 15, 1924 concerning an engraving of a painting of Sir George Simpson.

Brief biographical information on Donald Alexander Smith (1820-1914). Creator of document and date of creation unknown.

Selected reports from the Manuscript Report Series. Includes bibliography and unedited manuscripts of the Parks Canada Research Division (with appendices A-E, incomplete).

File 25 relates to buffalo pounds. File 55 (306) includes manuscript report no. 306 by R.R. Rostecki relating to architecture in Saskatchewan. File 40 (252) relates to the structural history of Fort Battleford. For fur trade, see files nos. 17 (131), 22 (159), 29 (202), 32 (207) and 62 (355). For Fort Walsh, see files nos. 5 (62), 26 (174), 28 (200), 34 (213), 46 (281), 48 (286), 66 (374), 75 (400) and 79 (409). File nos. 41 (264) and 68 (378) relate to Grey Owl. File 12 (92) relates to the Cypress Hills Massacre. File nos. 47 (285), 49 (288), 50 (289), 51 (290), 52 (293), 53 (294), 54 (295), 55 (306), 56 (310), 57 (311) and 58 (312) relate to courthouses. File nos. 23 (164), 35 (219), 42 (267), 43 (275), 44 (276) and 60 (320) relate to Lanark Place, Abernethy. File 12 (92) relates to Indian artifacts.

Commercials, spots, reports: (1) Summerfare intro(silent). (2) Cosmopolitan Bingo commercial (separate audio/visual). (3) Hunting News & Views extro.(4) Birks Building in Saskatoon (still photo). (5) Film Favourites title/intro (separate audio/visual). (6) Rose Art Furs commercial (silent).(7) Film Favourites title segment. (8) International Harvester tractorcommercial (silent). (9) Purity Dairy commercial. (10) Safeway commercial?(11) Johnny Bower doing March of Dimes p.s.a. (12) Safeway Lucky 7commercials. (13) International Harvester (audio track). (14) Humboldt Auction Mart commercial. (14) Unidentified furniture store commercials.(15) Scheans? Hatchery commercial (silent). (16) Bay Day commercials. (17)1963 Federal election coverage (silent). (18) Fireworks. (19) Bessbourgh Hotel (color). (20) Kingo Bingo commercial (silent). (21) Landa Trailer Repairs commercial (silent). (22) CFQC transmitter (color). (23)Bessbourgh Hotel (color). (24) Excerpt from Dr. Abram Hoffers Hypnosis film. (25) Opening of Safeway at Ave H in Saskatoon Gary Gibney interviews Vern Foss and Charlie Bates.

Interviews conducted by Thelfa Yee-Toi, Bob Ellis, Alex Lapchuk and Mary Seiferling 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 files.

Landon Bailey of Regina, Saskatchewan, a farmer and realtor born in 1889, recalls life on his father's homestead near Yellow Grass, schooling, the effect of the Depression, community activities, his involvement in Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) politics, moving to Regina and the real estate business during the 1940s.

Sarah Cameron of Regina, Saskatchewan, a teacher born in 1893, describes her experiences teaching in Quill Lake, Battleford and Gladstone and working in Regina at the Correspondence School operated by the Saskatchewan Government.

Emilie Kossick of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, a homemaker born in 1899, describes her involvement in the Ukrainian Farm Labour Temple Association, the effects of the Depression in Moose and the On-to-Ottawa Trek in 1935.

Grace MacLean of Regina, Saskatchewan, a homemaker born in 1897, recalls her childhood experiences living on a homestead near Montmartre and life in Kendal after her marriage.

George Simpson of Regina, Saskatchewan recalls his personal background homesteading in the Arcola district, teaching in Manitoba, working as head of the land division of the Hudson's Bay Company from 1936 to 1949 and for Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration (PFRA) from 1949.

Churchill and the Hudson Bay Route, published by Authority of the Hon. C.D. Howe, Minister of Transport, Government of Canada. Includes historical information pertaining to the history of exploration of the Hudson Bay and Churchill River, through to the establishment and growth of the Port of Churchill.