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Item is volume 66, issue number 2 (Fall/Winter 2014) of Saskatchewan History. Issue includes notes from the Saskatchewan Archives Board, notes by the editor, and articles. Contents are supplemented by images from the holdings of the Saskatchewan Archives Board, Saskatoon Public Library Local History Room, Jaimie Fedorak, and Peggy Hayes Looby.

Cover image is a photograph from 1916 that shows Tom Hall and Earl Anderson (from Regina) at Camp Hughes, military training camp in Manitoba. iMage was colourized by journal art director, Andrew Kaytor.

Inside front cover image shows Curt Campbell, manager of the Sasktchewan Archives' Preservation Management Unit and Digital Records Program, posing with the video exhibiton at the Sasaktchewan Legislature that was created to commemorate the start of the Great War. At a bottom of page is a black and white image from the exhibiton that shows men of the 46th Battalion embarking at Regina.

Back cover shows two images: top image is a portrait of soldiers from Oxbow, Saskatchewan (Bill Walsh, Mike Carey, Walter Merrel, and Big Wiggins) who were part of the 10th Amubulance Field Corps; bottom im age shows a tinted phograph of soldiers in a car.

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Item component includes three segments entitled: Great War era newspaper digitization increases public access; Heritage celebrations : Archives week 2014; Saying good-bye to colleagues. Component appears on pages 2 and 3.

Segment on Great War era newspaper digitization describes the collaboration project between Saskatchewan History Online and the Saskatchewan Archives to digitize and make available the Archives' newspaper collection. Segment is supplemented by an image of the cover for the July 4, 1916 issue of the Moose Jaw Daily News (Home edition) that show articles on activities occuring at the European front in World War One.

Segment on Archives Week identifies activities held in Saskatoon and Regina by the Saskatchewan Archives in partnership with the Saskatchewan Council of Archives and Archivists (SCAA) - including the Saskatoon Hertitage Festival, celebrity reader events, and presentation on Christina Bateman fonds. Segmented is supplemented by images showing Donald Johnson of the Sasktchewan Archives cutting a special cake for the atteendees of the Regina celebrity reading event; and two photographs of attendees at the Regina celebrity reading. All three photographs taken by Don Williams.

Segment on Saying good-bye to colleagues provides brief biographical sketches of three past and current employees who passed away since the last issue of Saskatchewan History was published: John Yewman; K. B. Sterling; and Ed Morgan. Segment supplemented by images of each former colleague.

Williams, Myrna

Chinese settlement in the "Paris of the Prairies"

Item component is an article outlining the history of Chinese immigrants to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, with particular emphasis on development of a a Chinatown in which immigrants were concentrated. Component appears on pages 20 to 25.

Component is supplemented by images showing: view of old Chinatown located on Second Avenue North in Saskatoon; Chinese and other labourers that worked on the Pennant Ferry road contract; Chung Hong, Mah Bing, Roland Groome and Charlie Spooner in front of an airplane by the Keg Wah Aviation School hangar; a truck labeled with James Lee Market Garden, operated by Sheun and James Lake in the Exhibition subdivision of Saskatoon; interior of Kong Lee Grocery Stored, located at 144 2nd Avenue South; street scene of new Chinatown on 20th Street West in Riversdale; exterior of Marigold Cafe; exterior (including wall sign) for Golden Dragon Restaurant; wedding portrain of Fan and Tim Sham (Tim opened the Western Noodle Factory, later named Sham Noodle Company); group portrait photograph of medical personnel including Dr. Ivan Jen and his wife Dr. Suzanne Yip; portrait of Fan Sham and son Wing; Goldent Dragon Restaurant parade float for the 1961 Traveller's Day Parade (float includes a pagoda withpeople seated on table in front of it); and performers of a Chinese dragon dance in the street.

Williams, Myrna

Oh, oh, oh, it's a lovely war! One nurse's story

Item component is a description Gladys Matheson Crim papers that are located at the Saskatchewan Archives and the importance of their contents for an understanding of the life of a young nurse working in England and France during World War One. Component appears on pages 6 to 10.

Article includes a reproduction of Gladys Matheson Crim's diary entry for November 11, 1918.

Article is supplemented by photographs that depict: Gladys Crim, some colleagues and convalescent soldiers - Crim is shown holding bagpipes; unidentified nurse working on the ankle area of an unidentified solder; rows of soldiers laid out on stretchers with one nurse; from the funeral service for nurse Margaret Lowe, soldiers standing at attention with a small group holding a flag-draped coffin; an unidentified soldier (missing one leg) with a crutch under one arm and holding a fish in the opposite hand; and, "Queen Mary Tea Room at Woodcote Park Convalescent Hospital" with armed forces personnel at tables and at left someone at the piano.

Article is supplemented by drawings showing: the surrender of three German soldiers (captioned "Merci Komrad"); a single grave marker ("To an unknown British soldier killed in action at Ypres 29 April 1915") that was drawn by Corporal R. Gordon-Cumming; a man and woman (from behind) accompanied by two poems; German soldier as a "proposed design for the stained glass window of the future" accompanied by a poem by Corporal R. Gordon Cumming; a figure holding on to a post through which a shell has passed through (caption "The Last Post"); and a soldier smoking a cigarette whose smoke transforms into the image of a nurse (accompanied by note from C. R. Alexander).

Article includes coloured drawings (paintings?) showing: trees stripped of foliage and bomb bursts in air (captioned "Land marks of Ypres"); and a damaged building that has a path leading from foreground to background with an orange / red sky.

Williams, Myrna

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Item component includes two segments entitled: Honouring Robert Grierson Coombe; The VC. Component appears on pages 2 and 3.

Segment on Robert Grierson Coombe provides a brief description of Coombe and the records held in the Saskatchewan Archives. Segment is supplemented by an image of the portrait of a seated Coombe in his military uniform that is displayed at the Saskatchewan Archives' Regina Hillsdale location.

Segment on The VC is a description of the of the Victoria Cross medal that was awarded posthumously to Robert Coombe and the associated records held at the Saskatchewan Archives. Segment is supplemented by a transcription of a letter Coombe's widow received from Ronald O. Wheatley - who had served with Coombe. In addition there is an image of the Victoria Cross, and a photograph of the ceremony in which Mrs. Coombe received her husband's Victoria Cross.

Williams, Myrna

Soldiers fight on their stomachs : Motherwell, 1917

Item component is a transcription of W. R. Motherwell's article "Thoughts for the New Year" that reports on wartime activities in Saskatchewan and which appeared in The Nor-west Farmer in 1917. Transcription is preceded by a brief description to place the article in historical contex. Component appears on pages 34 to 35.

Article is supplemented by a reproduction of a portrait of W. R. Motherwell; and a poster showing a field of wheat, a grain elevator and a train along with the caption "Canada's grain cannot be sold unless you buy victory bonds."

Article is supplemented by photographs that depict: Gladys Crim, some colleagues and convalescent soldiers - Crim is shown holding bagpipes; unidentified nurse working on the ankle area of an unidentified solder; rows of soldiers laid out on stretchers with one nurse; from the funeral service for nurse Margaret Lowe, soldiers standing at attention with a small group holding a flag-draped coffin; an unidentified soldier (missing one leg) with a crutch under one arm and holding a fish in the opposite hand; and, "Queen Mary Tea Room at Woodcote Park Convalescent Hospital" with armed forces personnel at tables and at left someone at the piano.

Article is supplemented by drawings showing: the surrender of three German soldiers (captioned "Merci Komrad"); a single grave marker ("To an unknown British soldier killed in action at Ypres 29 April 1915") that was drawn by Corporal R. Gordon-Cumming; a man and woman (from behind) accompanied by two poems; German soldier as a "proposed design for the stained glass window of the future" accompanied by a poem by Corporal R. Gordon Cumming; a figure holding on to a post through which a shell has passed through (caption "The Last Post"); and a soldier smoking a cigarette whose smoke transforms into the image of a nurse (accompanied by note from C. R. Alexander).

Article includes coloured drawings (paintings?) showing: trees stripped of foliage and bomb bursts in air (captioned "Land marks of Ypres"); and a damaged building that has a path leading from foreground to background with an orange / red sky.

Williams, Myrna

Great War news briefs from Saskatchewan Herald

Item component is a transcription of articles and selective reproduction of advertisments that appeared in the Saskatchewan Herald newspaper from 1915. Information reflects both activities on the home front, as well as some news from overseas. Component appears on pages 36 to 38.

Williams, Myrna

Terrible in the telling : Excerpts from J. S. Wood's World War I log

Item component is a description of the experiences of James Stuart Wood as expressed in his daily journal during World War One, in particular in Egypt during 1915, France and Belgium in 1916 and 1917. Included are the battles of the Somme, Ancrea, Vimy Ridge, and his travel back to Canada. Also included a brief description of controversy that rose as chief of the Saskatoon Public Library concerning the acquisition of German books. Component appears on pages 40 to 47.

Article supplemented by a photograph of James Stuart Wood as a young man in England; an excerpt from the diary showing a handdrawn map of the Suez Canel defence areas; and a handdrawn map of a trench configuation where he was stationed in France.

Williams, Myrna

Unparalleled service : A Tribute to Dr. C. S. Houston

Item component is a biogrphy of Dr. Clarence Stuart Houston with particular emphasis on his efforts as a medical doctor (in Yorkton and Saskatoon) and his interest in birds and natural history - including the banding of birds. Component appears on pages 12 to 14.

Component is supplemented by images showing: Dr. C. S. Houston pulling a rabbit from an owl's nest; Dr. C. S. Houston banding an osprey in its nest atop a tree; Dr. C. S. Houston and Stanley Peters preparing a safety belt for use as they rappel down a cliff to band Golden Eagles; and Dr. C. S. Houston helping to se up mist neeting for sandpipers at Porter Lake.

Williams, Myrna

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