Fondo MG 648 - Westlund family farm fonds

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Westlund family farm fonds

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MG 648

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  • 1906-2006 (inclusive) ; 1944-2004 (predominant) (Criação)

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6 m of textual records
2 photographs
5 posters
artifacts
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Nombre del productor

(1877-1977)

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Crawford Nelson McAusland was born in November 1877 in Ontario to William Crawford McAusland and Frances Hartley. He came to Saskatchewan in 1893 and filed on a homestead at SW 2-45-19-W2 that same year. Crawford built a house and granary on this quarter section and all of the family moved into this house in 1895. Crawford McAusland married Charlotte Robson in 1913. Crawford served on the school board and fair board. Crawford also bred and raised purebred Clydesdale horses. From 1925 to 1927, he showed his farm team at the Melfort Agricultural Society Exhibition and won first prize. Crawford and Charlotte had four children: Lily, Clarance, Eleanor, and Herbert. In 1948, Crawford and Charlotte retired to Melfort. Charlotte died in 1950. Crawford continued to live at his home in Melfort until his health necessitated him moving in with his daughter in 1970. In 1977, he moved to the Nirvana Pioneer Villa. He was 100 years old when he died on December 15, 1977.

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(1875-1954)

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William Robert McAusland was born in May 1875 to William Crawford McAusland and Frances Hartley. He moved to Saskatchewan in 1892, a few months after his father. He was a brother of Crawford McAusland. He never married and farmed in the Melfort area for many years. William McAusland died on June 25, 1954.

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(1919-2013)

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Clarance Crawford McAusland was born in Saskatchewan in August 1919. His parents were Crawford McAusland and Charlotte Robson. He received his education at Vaughan, Melfort View, and Melfort High School. Clarance married Muriel Hadden of Okotoks, Alberta in July 1946. Clarance and Muriel had four children: Frances, Patricia, Marion, and Janet. Clarance lived for many years on SE 3-45-19-W2 and farmed a number of quarter sections of land in that area. In addition to grain farming, Clarance also raised purebred Shorthorn and Aberdeen Angus cattle and was a member of the Canadian Seed Growers’ Association. Clarance was active in the Grain Club, Swine Club, Melfort Agricultural Society, Melfort United Church, Masonic Lodge, Melfort Rotary Club, and the Melfort View School Board. Muriel McAusland passed away in January 1986. Clarance moved from the farm into Melfort in 2007. Clarance McAusland died on December 14, 2013.

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Frances McAusland was born in Melfort, Saskatchewan, daughter of Clarance McAusland and Muriel Hadden. Frances completed her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Saskatchewan in 1969. She married Arthur Westlund in 1970 and moved to his farm at Brownlee. During the winter months in the early 1970s, Frances and Arthur lived in Saskatoon. Frances worked at the University of Saskatchewan Library during the winter. In 1985, they moved to the Melfort area to continue farming on the McAusland family farm with Clarance McAusland.

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(1944-2017)

Historia biográfica

Arthur Leo Westlund was born in May 1944, the son of Raymond and Flora Westlund. He attended school at Brownlee, Saskatchewan and then obtained a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture from the University of Saskatchewan in 1966. Arthur began farming with his father full time in 1964 after renting his Uncle Edwin’s land. Arthur was the third generation to farm the original Westlund homestead. Arthur took over the farming operation completely in 1971 when his father had to retire from farming due to poor health. In addition to farming, Arthur also lectured and taught laboratory classes during the winter months with the Crop Science Department at the University of Saskatchewan from 1966 to 1975. His position at the University would start in late October and end by mid-April so it worked well with farming. Arthur married Frances McAusland in 1970. In 1985, they moved to Melfort to join Clarance McAusland, farming together as Thatch Creek Farms Ltd. He passed away on September 18, 2017.

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Alcance y contenido

This fonds consists of materials used, created, and accumulated by the Westlund and McAusland families. The majority of the material consists of financial records related to the farming operations of Arthur Westlund and Clarance McAusland near Brownlee and Melfort, Saskatchewan respectively. Although broadly speaking, the story of agriculture in Saskatchewan is well known – cyclical environmental factors, changes in product prices and markets – this fonds provides evidence of the impact of those changes on the lives of a single family, over decades. How that family interacted within the local community is also revealed in terms of how and where they spent their income. The source material, in farm account books, vendor receipts, property tax assessments, banking and investment records, income tax returns, crop insurance documentation, and other materials generated from the farming operations, provides direct evidence of farm and community in the lives of one farm family over generations. In addition to the farming records, there is a small amount of correspondence, family memorabilia, ephemera, and artifacts. The fonds includes some material related to the Saskatchewan Liberal Party as the McAuslands were members of the party for a number of years. The fonds also includes records related to the operation of the Royal Winter Snow Plow Club, of which Clarance McAusland was a member. There is also a small collection of publications which are largely related to agriculture.

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Most of material related to the operation of the Westlund and McAusland farms was organized chronologically by year and this arrangement has been maintained. The fonds was arranged into the following series:

I. Crawford McAusland Farm
II. Clarance McAusland Farm
III. Arthur Westlund Farm
IV. Correspondence and Ephemera
V. Royal Winter Snow Plow Club
VI. Publications
VII. Artifacts

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Use, publication, and/or reproduction of records are subject to the terms and conditions of the Copyright Act.

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The Melfort & District Museum has a small collection of photographs of the McAusland family in their holdings.

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