•patriotism
•Second World War
•home front
•Saskatoon
Abstract
In the last decade historians have focused greater attention on the Canadian home front during the Second World War. This increased scrutiny has led to studies of not only the war’s impact on the nation at large, but also on specific...
The anjual address of H.H. Hannam, President of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture, delivered to the annual meeting at regina, Saskatchewan, on January 18, 1945. Covers many different factors affecting agricultural issues in Saskatchewan,...
Excerpts from the magazine Christmas in Regina, from 1919. The magazine refers to the Christmas of 1919 as "the Peace Christmas", and celebrated in part the end of World War I. Relevant articles include: The Christmas of Peace; Greetings from...
Jesse, Bernie -- Captivity, 1941-1945
World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Canadian
Prisoners of war -- Canada -- Biography
Prisoners of war -- Japan -- Biography
Bernie Jesse's experience as a POW in Hong Kong, as told to Norm Park.
Pamphlet of the Prgramme of Thanksgiving Services to be held in Canadian Churches on Sunday, February 14th, 1915 in Commemoration of the Hundred Years of Peace between the British Empire and the United States of America. The 20 page pamphlet...
Detailed article on the life of Honoré Joseph Jaxon, known as Louis Riel's secretary immediately before the Northwest Rebellion. The article also details the unfortunate trashing of Jaxon's papers upon his death in New York City in 1952. Published...
The report describes the war as "a war not of economics but of ideologies." As such, it includes a definition of democracy, as well as an analysis of the importance of social programs and a plan of action for the achievement to those ends....
Red River Rebellion, 1869-1870 Riel Rebellion, 1885 Northwest Territories -- History Great Britain. Army. Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment Canada. Canadian Army
A Record of the North West Resistance. Appendix includes despatches from General Middleton, Colonel Otter, Major Smith, and General Strange, as well as an "Address in Welcome of Boulton's Mounted Infantry," and a "List of Officers and Men...
An article on the history of the Queen's Own Rifles, beginning in 1860 with the founding of the regiment. The regiment's involvement in conflicts of the 1800s, such as the Fenian raids, the Red River Resistance and the Northwest Resistance, is...
This letter is from the Florence Kirk collection at the University of Regina Archives and Special Collections. Kirk spent 18 years teaching English at Ginling College in Nanking (Nanjing), China. In Nanjing Kirk was witness to both the Japanese...
Pamphlet produced by the Great War Veterans' Association, Saskatchewan Command. A year book for the years 1921-1922. Contents include various messages from prominent members of the Association, memorials, a list of branch committees, and songs. ...
This letter is from the Florence Kirk collection at the University of Regina Archives and Special Collections. Kirk spent 18 years teaching English at Ginling College in Nanking (Nanjing), China. In Nanjing Kirk was witness to both the Japanese...
