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Saskatchewan Transportation Company, General Manager, Administrative and Operational Records series
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1946-1983 (Accumulation)
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1945-1983 (Creation)
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- Saskatchewan. Saskatchewan Transportation Company
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6.600m of textual records
30 photographs
ca. 7 drawings
3 maps
6 plans
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Biographical history
The Saskatchewan Transportation Company (STC) was established as a Crown corporation of the province of Saskatchewan by the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) government in January, 1946.
STC began operation on April 1, 1946. W.T. Bunn was appointed general manager and a head office for the corporation was established in Regina. Depots were established in Regina, Saskatoon and Prince Albert and agents were contracted by STC to provide passenger and parcel services to rural areas. STC took over routes formerly operated by the Western Canadian Greyhound Lines Ltd. and several other smaller operators and added routes to serve communities previously without service. In 1947, the company introduced a freight route between the Northern Saskatchewan communities of Prince Albert and La Ronge to transport supplies to fishing, trapping and mining communities.
The Company began operation with seven secondhand gasoline fueled coaches on four routes but quickly expanded its fleet, routes, depot and repair facilities. In the early 1950's, the Company started offering charter and express services and switched to diesel fueled coaches. The 1960's and 1970's were periods of growth and prosperity for the Company. By the 1980's, however, poor economic conditions, high unemployment rates, low airline and railway fares, and the availability of private coaches forced STC to cut services and routes. In 1983, the tour business was dropped and STC closed its Prince Albert garage. The Company underwent extensive restructuring in the 1990's in an effort to reduce costs while maintaining its high level of customer service to the people of Saskatchewan.
As a Crown corporation, STC's operations are governed by a board of directors. The Minister of Highways and Transportation serves as chairman of the board and Minister Responsible.
Following its early years of operation, around 1954 STC established a function based organizational structure that essentially remained unchanged into the mid 1980's. The corporate structure underwent frequent restructuring from the mid 1980's to mid 1990's.
Responsibility for the overall administration and operation of the corporation was held by the general manager (1946-1983) and president (1983-1999).
Express and freight services, depots, dispatchers, drivers, and district managers in Regina, Saskatoon and Prince Albert were supervised by the operations manager (1954-1979); operations director (1979-1983); and vice-president, operations (1983-1990).
Maintenance, cleaning and storage of all company vehicles was the responsibility of the maintenance superintendent (c.1946-1967); fleet manager (1967-1979) and equipment director (1979-1983).
Responsibility for ticket sales, rates and schedules, promotion and advertising, public relations, charters and tours and contracted agents fell to the sales manager (1954-1979); marketing director (1979-1983); marketing manager (1983-1987) sales and traffic manager (1987-1992) and director of corporate services (1992-1993).
Administration and personnel was handled by the office manager (1954-1965); administration manager (1965-1979); and administration director (1979-1983). In 1983, this position was merged with the finance director position into the vice-president, finance and administration. In 1985, human resources became a separate function from other administrative areas and the position of human resources director was created.
Accounting, financial forecasting and budgeting, collection of revenues and payment of suppliers were the responsibilities of the accountant (c.1946-1967); chief accountant (1967-1979); finance director (1979-1983). In 1983, this position was merged with the administration director position into the vice-president, finance and administration.
The development director (c.1980-1982) appears to have been responsible for the acquisition, renovation, and expansion of STC's properties.
In 1995 the company changed its fiscal year end from October 31 to December 31 in keeping with other Crown corporations.
The current (2006) corporate structure includes the following:
President and Chief Executive Officer
Senior Director, Finance & Administration
Senior Director, Customer Services & Operations
Director, Information Technology
Director, Strategic Planning & Communications
Director, Human Resources & Labour Relations
The head office for STC is at 2041 Hamilton Street, Regina, Saskatchewan.
Custodial history
Scope and content
This series consists of records created, accumulated and used from 1946 to 1983 by the General Manager of the Saskatchewan Transportation Company. A small volume of records created by the Assistant General Manager is included.
This series has been arranged into 28 sub-series: 1946-1948 Files; 1949 Files; 1951 Files; 1952 Files; 1953 Files; January to October 31, 1954 Files; November 1, 1954 to October 31, 1955 Files; 1956-1957 Files; 1957-1958 Files; 1958-1959 Files; 1959-1960 Files; 1960-1961 Files; 1962-1963 Files; 1963-1964 Files; 1964-1965 Files; 1965-1966 Files; 1966-1967 Files; 1967-1968 Files; 1968-1969 Files; 1969-1970 Files; 1970-1971 Files; 1971-1972 Files; 1972-1973 Files; 1973-1974 Files; 1974-1975 Files; 1975-1976 Files; Various Administrative and Operational Files; and Board of Directors Meetings.
The majority of the records are filed according to fiscal year (November 1 to October 31).
The types of records included are correspondence, memoranda, minutes and agendas, newspaper clippings, statistics, annual reports, budget material, photographs, pencil illustrations, maps and plans.
This series is missing records created in 1950; 1955-1956; 1961-1962; and from 1976 to 1983.
Records created by the President are located in the Saskatchewan Transportation Company, President, Operational Records series (S 37).
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Physical condition
Records are in good physical condition.
Immediate source of acquisition
The Saskatchewan Transportation Company transferred these records to the Regina office, Saskatchewan Archives, in one accession in 2001: R2001-288 (September 24, 2001).
Arrangement
Arrangement reflects both original order and archival intervention.
Records created by the General Manager and Assistant General Manager are interfiled. Alphabetical order of sub-series 1 to 26 maintained by archivist. Alphabetical order of sub-series 27 imposed by archivist. Chronological order of sub-series 28 maintained by archivist.
Series and sub-series titles supplied by archivist. File titles provided by records creator except where indicated in square brackets.
Language of material
- English
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Location of originals
Location for retrieval: Regina-Maxwell.
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Restrictions on access
These records are subject to access restrictions. Please consult reference archivist for assistance.
Terms governing use, reproduction, and publication
Use, publication and/or reproduction of records are subject to Crown copyright. Please consult reference archivist for assistance.
To consult the records, visit or contact the Regina office.
Finding aids
SAFA 272 consists of a government series description, file level listings of textual records and item descriptions of photographs. The electronic finding aid consists of a file level database for textual records and an item level database for certain photographs and pencil illustrations. Please consult reference archivist for assistance.
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Accruals
No further accruals are expected.
General note
24 photographs, 3 maps, and 6 plans were retained in textual records to preserve context.
Conservation
Archival staff replaced the original file folders with acid-free folders and removed elastic bands, paper clips and other fasteners. Newspaper clippings were photocopied. Documents were removed from binders and placed in file folders.
Alpha-numeric designations
Photographs: R-A33200 (1)-(3); R-A33202 (1)-(2); R-B14318
Drawings: R-B14317 (1)-(7)
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Saskatchewan Archives. Archival Description Manual 2004.
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Final
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- English
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- Latin
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Content of the series.