This fonds contains original manuscripts, copies, and photographs, created and collected by A.S. Morton as University Librarian. The records focus on the history of western Canada, especially Saskatchewan. It includes material on the fur trade and exploration, white settlement and interaction with native people, and the Riel Rebellions. Originals of the copied material date from 1623.

This collection consists primarily of correspondence, notes, clippings and photographs. It includes material of other Porter family members.

This collection contains material obtained by the Committee on Historical Records, established at the University in the early 1940's to obtain historical documents and reminiscences from individuals throughout the province. Although many responses are brief and contain only suggested names of people to be contacted, some replies provide detailed accounts of early settlement and community development. The fonds also contains brief family histories from a class in 1943.

This fonds contains material relating to the research work, students, faculty and administration of the College of Arts and Sciences, and its departments. These records generally contain correspondence, minutes, reports, and memoranda; they may also contain material relating to associated national or international organizations, research articles, and addresses.

9 page type written document; Pictorial History of Yorkton Index book one to five

This collection relates to the writing and research of Honoré Jaxon: Prairie Visionary. This book completes Donald Smith’s “Prairie Imposters” popular history trilogy concerning three prominent figures who all pretended an Aboriginal ancestry they did not, in fact, possess – Honoré Jaxon, Grey Owl, and Long Lance. The material includes photocopies of material from various sources including other archives. Unless indicated titles were supplied by author/donor.
William Henry Jackson, also known as Honoré Joseph Jaxon, Louis Riel’s secretary in
1884/85 immediately before the North-West Rebellion, labour leader (b in Toronto 13
May 1861; d in New York C, NY 10 Jan 1952). After his family moved from Ontario to Prince Albert, Sask, Will Jackson joined them, abandoning his Classics course at the University of Toronto. Having completed 3 years there, he was one of the best-educated men in the area. He became secretary of the local farmers' union, and in this capacity he met Riel in the summer of 1884. Sympathetic to the Métis cause, he went to live at Batoche, Sask, to serve as Riel's secretary, converted to Roman Catholicism and later accepted Riel's new religion. After the failure of the rebellion, or “resistance,” Jackson was tried and committed to the lunatic asylum at Fort Garry, Man. Escaping 2 months later, he walked to the American border and eventually settled in Chicago, Ill. As Honoré Joseph Jaxon he worked as a union organizer for over 2 decades. "Riel's Secretary" moved to New York after WWI, where he died (Canadian Encyclopedia Online).

This fonds contains materials relating to Miller’s publications, lectures, and presentations; his work with various associations and bodies, including the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council; his departmental and university commitments; and his work with the University of Saskatchewan Faculty Association.

The fonds, related to the Wright Museum, were accumulated by the source. No other information was captured at the time of transfer to the Swift Current Museum.

The content has not been professionally appraised, arranged, or described. The following is a basic listing of the unprocessed contents:
-Folder labelled “Museum”: material related to court case (United States District Court for the District of Kansas): John Wright, Colleen Harron and Andrea Simpson v Manions International Auction House, Inc.; 1999.
-Folder: items related to the efforts of the Wright Museum to sell items from its collection (includes correspondence, export declarations, auction inventory reports, etc.); 1987-1988.
-Folder labelled “Wright Museum”: material related to the establishment of the Wright Museum in the 1960s and the liquidation of museum artifacts in the 1990s. Includes correspondence, photocopies of newspaper articles on the Wright Museum, inventory/artifact list and corresponding descriptions, includes two photographs.
-Folder labelled “Haynes Auction”: material related to the liquidation of Wright Museum artifacts (through the Andy Wright Museum Estate) via Bud Haynes & Co. Auctioneers; 1993.
-Folder labelled [Correspondence; 1970s]: various correspondence and some newspaper clippings; also contains 14 photographs
-Folder labelled [Miscellaneous; 1960s-1970s]: includes travel itineraries; receipts/invoices; appraisal notes; ‘voice-over’ script for radio commercial
-288 photographs ; 225 negatives; 26 slides
-Mohawk Arms Militia Auction Catalog 11; November 20, 1987
-Mohawk Arms Militia Auction Catalog 17; February 24, 1990
-Folder labelled [Newspaper Clippings; 1970s-1980s]
-Foreign language newssheet; October 1944

One file folder with histories, notes, and correspondence.

One file folder with histories, notes, and correspondence.

One file folder with histories, notes, and correspondence.

One file folder with histories, notes, and correspondence.

One file folder with histories, notes, and correspondence.