This fonds consists of records created, accumulated and used from 1971 to 1980 by Jack Messer in his political career as: Minister of Agriculture; Minister of Industry and Commerce; Minister of Mineral Resources; Minister Responsible for Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan; Minister Responsible for Saskatchewan Economic Development Corporation; Minister Responsible for Saskatchewan Forest Products Corporation; Minister Responsible for Saskatchewan Mining and Development Corporation; Minister Responsible for Saskatchewan Oil and Gas Corporation; Minister Responsible for Saskatchewan Power Corporation; MLA for Tisdale-Kelsey and Kelsey-Tisdale; and member of the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party.

No series assignment has been applied to the records described in the fonds. The following headings were used for descriptions completed in 1982: Agriculture; Boards, Commissions and Councils; Constituency Files; Crown Corporations; Departments and Agencies; Executive Council; Federal Matters; Industry and Commerce; Legislative Assembly; Mineral Resources; Miscellaneous Files; Organizations; Personal Matters; Political Affairs; Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan; Saskatchewan Economic Development Corporation; Saskatchewan Forest Products Corporation; Saskatchewan Mining and Development Corporation; Saskatchewan Oil and Gas Corporation; and Saskatchewan Power Corporation.

The types of records included are correspondence, memoranda, briefing notes, speeches, publications, minutes and agendas, news releases, newspaper clippings, legislation, maps, audio cassettes and photographs.

Public and private records are found in the fonds.

This fonds includes records created by Ed Whelan as Minister of Mineral Resources and Minister Responsible for Saskatchewan Mining Development Corporation; by Ted Bowerman as Minister Responsible for Saskatchewan Forest Products Corporation; by Elwood Cowley as Minister Responsible for Saskatchewan Mining Development Corporation and Minister Responsible for Saskatchewan Oil and Gas Corporation; and by Kim Thorson as Minister Responsible for Saskatchewan Power Corporation.

This fonds consists of records created, accumulated and used by Henry Two Bear as a lay missionary for the Anglican Church of Canada in the Prince Albert, Saskatchewan district. The records date from ca.1850 to 1965.

The majority of the records are in the Dakota language and include personal diaries (1910-1963); notebooks, notes, account books, correspondence, genealogical records, Bible study material, Bibles and prayer books, traditional songs (in Dakota), hymn books, and publications (in English and Dakota).

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

This fonds consists of records relating to the early life and career of Catherine R. Collier of Bracken, Saskatchewan and Vancouver, British Columbia. The records date from [192-?] to 1979.

Records relating to Collier's career as a social worker include an article "Adoptive Parents Reunion", a case study and speaking notes for her acceptance of an award from the Children's Aid Society of Vancouver.

This fonds includes a 1946 radio script of Collier's presentation on women's organizations in Saskatchewan; newspaper clippings regarding Business Women's Week in Vancouver; photographs of Bracken, Saskatchewan and the Collier family; and two documents regarding Collier's death: a clipping "Beloved Social Worker Passes" and a 1969 press release issued by the Children's Aid Society of Vancouver.

No series have been assigned to the records in this fonds.

This fonds consists of photographs accumulated in 1988, 1992 and 1994 by Shelley Sweeney during her residence in Regina, Saskatchewan. The photographs document the exteriors of vacant buildings in Regina, some immediately prior to their demolition.

This collection consists of a small volume of records accumulated by Bertha Durrant, formerly of Keeler, Saskatchewan. The records date from [1909?], 1914 and 1915.

This collection consists of a booklet relating to the activities of the 5th Battalion (Western Cavalry) Saskatchewan Regiment ca. 1915 sent to Bertha Durrant's parents by Lieutenant Colonel George S. Tuxford. Also included are two photographs from 1914 and 1915 of the farm owned by George S. Tuxford in the Tuxford, Saskatchewan district and one photograph of Jesse and Rhoda Durrant's sod house in the Elbow, Saskatchewan district.

This fonds consists of photographs of Lang Turner and his family taken from 1910 to ca. 1925 during their residence in Onion Lake, Saskatchewan. Photographs of Mary McCusker (nee Turner), her family and her father-in-law, Samuel McCusker, are included.

This fonds includes a copy of "Wives and Daughters", the notes Ruth Matheson Buck compiled around 1987 relating to a 1921 photograph of women and children in the garden at the Onion Lake Agency of the Department of Indian Affairs (photograph R-A33815).

This fonds consists of records created, accumulated, and used by Thérèse Lefebvre Prince, formerly of Dollard, Saskatchewan.

The records in this fonds date from 1910 to 1993 and relate mainly to the research, writing, publication and sale of Prince's book, Listen! The Wind is Rising! Dollard, Saskatchewan and District. The book, bilingual in parts, is a historical and cultural study of pre-settlement to 1950. The book contains a brief overview of the period 1950 to 1989 and some details regarding Dollard's 75th Anniversary celebration in 1989. The records include a copy of the book, correspondence, research notes, submissions, photographs, maps, invoices, newspaper clippings, and articles.

This fonds also contains photographs of Thérèse Lefebvre Prince and her parents, Blance and Rene Lefebvre.

No series have been applied to the records in this fonds.

This fonds consists of records created, accumulated and used by members of the Maurice W. Sharon family. The records date from ca. 1903 to 1988 and relate to the family's activities in Ontario, Saskatchewan and British Columbia.

Records relating to Maurice W. Sharon's career as an architect include his 1923 certificate of associate membership from the Engineering Institute of Canada; a copy of his 1933 letter to the City Clerk of the City of Vancouver applying for a position as Chief Building Inspector; an undated drawing of the Weyburn Mental Hospital; undated pages removed from a publication (possibly the Saskatchewan Department of Public Works annual reports) containing photographs of buildings Sharon designed; and a presentation drawing and a copper printing plate of a photograph of the Provincial Normal School in Saskatoon.

This fonds also includes a transcript of a diary written by Maurice W. Sharon in 1887; photocopies of various birth, death and marriage records; an undated newspaper clipping regarding Maurice W. Sharon's participation in the Fort Garry Gun Club annual trapshooting contest; postcards of Saskatchewan buildings; photographs and two audio cassettes containing an interview with Maurice William (Bill) Sharon regarding his family.

No series have been indentified in this fonds.

This fonds consists of a short genealogical sketch of the Nobert-Lagassé (Lagacé) families of Gravelbourg, Saskatchewan, as well as nine photographs of postcard views of Gravelbourg, Rouleau, Lang and Moose Jaw in the ca.1907-1920s and 1953 period.

This collection consists of records accumulated and used by Lucienne Liboiron Roberge concerning the genealogy of the Liboiron and Roberge families of Ponteix, Saskatchewan. The Liboiron-Généalogie by S. and C. Rémillard was compiled in February 1972 with notes added in 1977. The Roberge Family History by Rosalie Jarvis was written in 1974.

There is a single photograph of the Jean Baptiste Liboiron family (identified) included on the microfilm. Jean Baptiste was Lucienne Liboiron Roberge's grandfather.