Farm Boys and Girls Club - Melfort
- A-3129
- Item
- [1951?]
Group photo of club members sitting and standing in a field; buildings in background.
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Farm Boys and Girls Club - Melfort
Group photo of club members sitting and standing in a field; buildings in background.
Part of W.C. Murray fonds
A gentlman is seen standing in a farm yard watching a group of geese in the foreground.
Part of W.C. Murray fonds
A Mennonite barn is seen to the rear of the house on a prairie homestead. Several chickens and a wagon are also seen in the foreground.
Four men working in the lab in [PFRA Peterson Building].
Bio/Historical Note: In 1958 the federal government leased a three-acre site in what was then the north end of campus from the University for $1 a year. On that site was built the PFRA-Peterson Building, home of the northern Saskatchewan PFRA (Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Act) regional group. Staff worked on planning for the Gardiner Dam, soil conservation, and provided a variety of technical services to its prairie clientele. Sold to the University of Saskatchewan in 1998 for $1, the building's name refers to Bob Peterson, PFRA's first soil mechanics and materials engineer who was involved in the design and construction of many of the PFRA dams in Western Canada.