This file consists of 8 letters from W.B. Cameron to Arthur S. Morton, and one letter from Howard Angus Kennedy to Cameron about his book "The War Trail of Big Bear."
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...
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....
Report of the Second Annual Meeting of the Saskatoon council for War Auxiliary Services. The Council sought to provide for and meet the needs of the "men of the Services." The meeting included reports from the Secretary, President, Treasurer, and...
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.
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...
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...
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...
A brief narrative of the North-West Rebellion written for school children in 1929. Part of the Ryerson Canadian History Readers series. The author, Howard Angus Kennedy, was a correspondent of The Montreal Daily Witness and New York Herald and is...
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,...
This file consists of 7 items, including a newspaper article and typed copies of stories told by or about William McKay. The file also contains second and third copies of some of these items. Item titles are: I. When Baptiste's Rations Were...
A typescript of a newspaper article headlined "The stirring days of the 1885 Rebellion recalled by Prince Albert citizens who fought at the war centre in defence of their country." Includes a list of the Prince Albert volunteers who served and...
aboriginal war veterans - political influence World War II - native war veterans - Saskatchewan aboriginal peoples - social status aboriginal rights movement
It has been accepted in the historical discourse that a direct link existed between the participation of Aboriginal people in the Second World War and a new political consciousness of Aboriginal people in Canada generally, and Saskatchewan...
Portrait sketch of Chief Crowfoot. Caption from Waiser/Stonechild book: "In the aftermath of the Indian trials, Ottawa was worried about the reaction of the Blackfoot, in particular Chief Crowfoot."
Provincial plans for developing natural resources, establishing social services, and guaranteeing employment in the post-war period.
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Corr. re recruitment and transport and with University men overseas and lists of men overseas and at the front. After the war, corr. re returnees and education and employment schemes developed to assist in repatriation.
