This fonds consists of records created, accumulated and used by former Saskatchewan resident Art Zimmerman. The records relate mainly to Zimmerman's interests in farming, aircraft technology, steam machinery, gas engines, radio technology, water witching and electricity.

The types of records included are clippings, reminiscences, correspondence, publications, posters, an atlas, and photographs.

No series assignment has been applied to the records in this fonds.

This fonds consists of records created, accumulated and used by former Saskatchewan resident Arthur F. Best (also known as Arthur F. Brown). The records relate mainly to Best's activities as a homesteader; a commissioner for oaths; a member of various organizations in Ontario; and an inspector during World Wars I and II.

The types of records included are an address book; correspondence; certificates; membership cards; gasoline ration books; newspaper clippings; postcards written by Best to his wife and family; and photographs mainly of Arthur, Elma and Lorena Best and the communities of Saskatoon, Weyburn, Yellow Grass, Radville, Jansen and Truax in the early 1900s.

No series assignment has been applied to the records in this fonds.

Article by Eugene A. Cornelius entitled The Becker Clan in the Fight for Freedom. Article consists of biographical information on individuals who were connected to the Becker family and served in World Wars I and II as follows: John George Becker; Stephen Sedford Thorlakson; Alois Bernard Kohnen; Walter Herman Schrader; Robert Rudolf Kendel; William John Ferdinand Kendel; Roland Merlin John Wagner; James Charles Snider; John MacGreger Burnett Scott; Stewart Angus McDonald; Nicholas Fedun; John Kurucz; James Carson Sharpe; Lorne Duncan Gow; Lewis Beverly Murray; Raymond Franklin Thompson; Calvin Becker Cornelius; and Carl Dressler. 20 p.

Article entitled A Lesson in Freedom From the Time of Christ, by Eugene A. Cornelius. Reprinted from The Four-Town Journal, January 2007. 2 p.

Article entitled July 3, 1886: A Day That Will Live In Infamy, by Eugene A. Cornelius, Professor Emeritus, Yale University. Reprinted from The Four-Town Journal, July 2005. 6 p. Article relates to the Battle of Sadowa (Prussia/Austria military battle) and to Jacob and George Becker, who participated in the battle.

Copies of articles written by freelance writer John J. Oystryk of Canora, Saskatchewan as follows: Wart remedy was big help (The Senior Paper, September 2012); Old age never stopped her (The Senior Paper, July/August 2013); Surrounded by antiques in the '30s, '40s (The Senior Paper, October 2013); Soaked wound in sour milk (The Senior Paper, December 2013); First-time pickers (The Senior Paper, February 2014); Red-hot coals used to thaw out car motor (The Senior Paper, June 2014); Drove to visit one sister, flew to other (The Senior Paper, October 2014); Youth eager to hit road to support war effort (The Western Producer, November 6, 2014); Life course was altered by one decision (The Senior Paper, December 2014); Government audited farm during the war (The Senior Paper, February 2015); Neighbours helped keep family's stove running (The Western Producer, February 12, 2015); Once in a lifetime (The Canora Courier, May 2015); Old house dismantled by hand (The Senior Paper, September 2015); The plan was good, but not meant to be (The Senior Paper, December 2015); Tough years were but a learning curve (February 2016); and Iron shock treatment fixed boil problems (date and source unknown) .

Article by Karen Morrison entitled A lifetime of collecting, regarding John Oystryk's collection of antique clothes irons and other items. (The Western Producer, September 10, 2015).

Article entitled Model T Tool to change tires encourged the purchase of more tools and vehicle parts, regarding John Oystryk and his antiques collection. (The Canora Courier, September 30, 2015).

Article entitled History of the old post office building in Canora being sought. Source unknown. [2012 or after].

Publication entitled As for the Canadians: The Remarkable Story of the RCAF's "Guinea Pigs" of World War II, written by Rita Donovan. Published by BuschekBooks. The publication relates to members of the Guinea Pig Club Royal Canadian Air Force members suffering from burns and extensive injuries who received experimental plastic surgery from surgeons Archibald McIndoe and Ross Tilley at the Queen Victoria Hospital in East Grinstead, Sussex).

Includes two promotional inserts from BuschekBooks, including notice for author reading event at the Canadian Aviation Museum on November 16, 2000.

Records relating to World War I and World War II including Canadian war orders and regulations, Wartime Prices and Trade Board, personal diary and narrative of events of various Canadian army units; and photographs of units, officers, and men of the 5th Canadian Infantry Battalion (Western Cavalry) and others unidentified, taken during the First World War (file 10, a-e); scenes of destruction and Canadian soldiers in France during the First World War (Box 2); and miscellaneous photographs of soldiers, some possibly from Saskatchewan who went to France during the First World War (Box 11).

Box 12 contains a letter dated 16 April 1913 to F.B. Bagshaw from Wilson Pugsley McDonald, who inquires whether or not he should mortgage his poetry in order to relieve his desperate financial situation.

Battlefield Musings. A booklet of poetry written by Norman (Mike) Mycock of the South Saskatchewan Regiment. Mycock wrote the poems during the time that the Canadian Army was in action in Europe, from D-Day until mid-summer of 1945.

Reminiscences of prospecting in northeastern Saskatchewan during the 1950's. [1970]. Original (German) 141 p. Translation 141 p. Correspondence concerning a grazing lease in 1934 and correspondence with his family and government officials concerning his internment during the war. Also includes a list of the names and addresses of internees at Camp Kananaskis, Alberta, and photographs of groups of internees.

Copy of Saskatchewan Department of Natural Resources and Industrial Development form recommending that a geographical feature in Saskatchewan be named after serviceman Ben Ingard Kalheim, who died in the Second World War.

Copy of Department of Natural Resources and Industrial Development form recommending that a geographical feature in Saskatchewan be named after Eddy Kallichuk of Cupar, Saskatchewan, who served during the Second World War.