•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...
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.
Postcard, sent from Major William Van Allen while stationed at Camp Hughes, Manitoba, to his daughter, "Mademoiselle Vivian Van Allen", the postcard is addressed to "Poste Restante" (General Delivery) Newington, Ontario, the caption on the photo...
Streetcar covered with billboards advertising Victory bond campaigns. (This image used p.108, SASKATOON A CENTURY IN PICTURES.) Part of series B 2032-5, on streetcars. Called the Victory Bond special, it travelled at least two hours a day...
Intercontinental Pork Packers Ltd. float in army day parade. Banner on float reads "Food for Freedom. We make it, the navy delivers it". Floats skirt reads "Stamp out the U-boat by purchasing war savings stamps during July". Men and woman in navy...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
WWII recruitment centre in the parking lot beside Birk's on the 100 block of 3rd Avenue South, just before the office was moved. A billboard in the background reads "Army Recruiting Office". The woman on the steps in front of the building is the...
The information for this book was gathered by
The Royal Canadian Legion, Rosetown Branch No. 66, Jim Lawson and The Rosetown Centennial Library Archive, Sharon Clark.
This book contains the names of the men and women who made the ultimate...
A certificate issued in 1916. It reads "A Happy Xmas" across the top. The remainder of the card reads: "1916. A Signal Wish from the School Children of the Empire who sent Christmas Gifts to Our Brave Soldiers & Sailors. Presented to Murray...
A guide to Saskatchewan sites of historical interest related to the Northwest Resistance of 1885. It was released by the Northwest Advisory Committee and approved by the Government of Saskatchewan in the hope that it would "heighten public interest...
Gerald Willoughby's book describes his arrival from England to Saskatoon in 1883, and he was among Saskatoon's first citizens. His peaceful dealings with Louis Riel and various chiefs are detailed, particularly those with Chief Whitecap. Willoughby...
