SASKATOON HISTORY REVIEW COMPREHENSIVE LIST TO 1 JANUARY 2020 Compiled by Linda Dietz | Issues can be ordered online with details by clicking on the “Saskatoon History Review” link up above | To search for any key words hold down the CTRL and the “F” key on your keyboard at the same time. This will pop up a window and you can type in any key words, names, dates to easily search through this index | |||
AUTHOR(S) | TITLE | SHR # /YR | PAGES | IMAGES | KEY WORDS |
Jones, Tim | 60 Saskatoon Centuries | #1/1980 | 2003-10 | 5 figs; 1 table | Prehistoric Saskatoon; Tipperary Creek; archaeology; medicine wheel |
Dallas, Zoé | The Clinkskill Home | #1/1980 | 2011-12 | 4 figs | Spadina & 19th Street; James Clinkskill; 1904 |
Hayden, Michael | Where the 20’s Didn’t Roar — The University of Saskatchewan, 1920-1930 | #1/1980 | 13-21 | 6 figs | College of Agriculture; student life; female students; white supremacy |
Lough, Lisa Dahlie | |||||
Duerkop, John | Along the Trails to Saskatoon | #1/1980 | 22-24 | 2 figs | 1883 beginnings of trail to Moose Jaw; Moose Woods to Batoche; railway; Bone Trail |
Taylor, Georgina | Sophia Dixon: “Progressive Always — Indifferent Never” | #1/1980 | 25-31 | 5 figs | UFC – United Farmers of Canada; CCF, 1940s Saskatoon |
Heath, Terrence | Ernest Lindner as Teacher | #2/1981-2 | 2003-11 | 15 figs | 1931-35 evening art classes; 1931-62 high school teacher; Saturday night radio broadcasts |
Harris, Julie | Lots for Sale — Saskatoon, 1890-1905 | #2/1981-2 | 12-15 | 6 figs; 1 map | 1890 and first railroad – CPR, survey |
Kerr, Don | Modernization of the Italian Renaissance Style | #2/1981-2 | 16-17 | 1 fig | T. Eaton being built 1928, 21st Street & 4th Avenue; downtown |
Taft, Michael | A Brief Tour of the Capitol Theatre | #2/1981-2 | 18-23 | 5 figs | memories of Capitol theatre; stage; cinema; food; mice and birds |
Regehr, T.D. | Mennonites in Saskatoon — Some Early Occurrences | #2/1981-2 | 24-32 | 4 figs; 2 tables | Settlement history; Rev. Thiessen; Friesen – Braun trial; domestic servants; church |
Hanson, Stan | The Administration Building | #3/1985 | 2004-07 | 5 figs | University of Saskatchewan; 1913 opening; greystone |
Kerr, Donald | The Avalon Building (Thompson Chambers) | #3/1985 | 2008-10 | 3 figs | 1912; 2nd Avenue & 23rd Street; commercial office building |
Schacherl, Eva | The Bowerman House | #3/1985 | 11-14 | 1328 Avenue K South; officially summer house; 1907-23 Dr. Alan Bowerman; Sanatorium grounds; 1925-32 Dr. Boughton; fire 1940-41 | |
Lepp, Wilbur | A Study of Saskatoon’s First Church | #3/1985 | 15-19 | 5 figs | Early worship 1893; Eastlake Avenue & 10th Street; Methodist church named Grace Church; new structure 1910; last building 1929; 1949 tower |
Silversides, Brock | Saskatoon Architects 1905-1920 | #3/1985 | 20-36 | 8 figs | Cordery; Griffiths; La Chance; Thompson, Daniel & Colthurst; Thompson & Crockart; Storey & Van Egmond; Webster; O’Learys & Delay; Brown & Vallance; Bugenhagen & Turnbull; Martin; Morrison |
Stalasinyj, Kathy | Legacy of Faith: St. John’s Anglican Cathedral | #4/1989 | 2001-05 | 6 figs + cover | Early English Gothic style; 1917-17; extensions 1951, 1961; tennis courts |
McPherson, Arlean | The Saskatoon Public Library 1913 to 1965 | #4/1989 | 6-15 | 12 figs | Library board 1912; 1913-23 rented basement; building 3rd Avenue & 21st Street; 1928-65 new building 4th Avenue & 23rd Street; 1956 addition to main building; history of branches and development |
Zeman, Brenda | Three Sisters: The Indefatigable Rowles Sisters of Saskatoon | #4/1989 | 16-29 | 11 figs | Winnie Rowles; Jessie Caldwell; Edith Simpson |
Duerkop, John D. | Where Did Riel Sleep? | #4/1989 | 29 | S.S. Northcote; May 1885; Harry Trounce | |
Bliss, Jacqueline C. | Saskatoon Club: The British Tradition | #4/1989 | 30-33 | 3 figs | Saskatoon Board of Trade 1908; rented rooms; 1909-12 MacBeth Black; 1912 on 21st Street; 1979 addition |
Duerkop, John D. | The Four Other Saskatoons (The Ones That Used To Float) | #4/1989 | 34-40 | 4 figs | Two Great Lakes vessels 1910-66; 1914 – Saskatchewan river vessel; 1940-48 Royal Canadian Navy corvette |
Sarjeant, William A.S. | John Diefenbaker and His Saskatoon Residences | #4/1989 | 40-41 | 1 fig | 411 – 9th Street East; 107 Albert Avenue |
Munkacsi, Istvan | A Retrospect of the Hungarian Community in Saskatoon | #5/1990 | 2001-11 | 6 figs; 2 tables | 1949-90; 1954 Hungarian Society; 1956 immigration; Hungarian Hall 1947 construction |
Hall, Jacqueline J. | St. Mark’s Anglican Church, 19039-1989 | #5/1990 | 12-14 | 4 figs | 8th Avenue & Osborne Street; stable; 1911-1939; country church style |
McPherson, Arlean | The Nutana Cemetery | #5/1990 | 15-31 | 12 figs | 1884-1904; early settlers; Nutana Cemetery Company; funerals |
Millar, Ruth | Historical High-Jinks: The Spirited Side of Saskatoon Social History | #5/1990 | 32-34 | 7 figs | Photo essay; 1887-1930; entertainment; picnics; Sons of Jove |
Duerkop, John D. | A Remarkable Pioneer Family: The Widow Clark and Her Children | #5/1990 | 35-41 | 7 figs | 1884; Moose Jaw Trail; Temperance Colony; Trounce; Marr; early life in Saskatoon; fencing problems |
Sarjeant, A. Margaret | On Broadway in the Dirty Thirties | #5/1990 | 42-45 | 3 figs | 1883 Temperance Colony; oldest commercial district; market area for Dundurn/Moose Woods; 1932 Broadway Bridge; renting above businesses |
Girgulis, Cleo | Greek Immigrants in Saskatoon | #6/1991 | 1-13 | 13 figs; 1 map | Immigration 1920s and later; restaurants; Ahepa Hall 1946; celebrations; education; religion |
Millar, Ruth | “Photo by Charmbury”: A Positive Image | #6/1991 | 14-21 | 14 figs + cover | Photo essay; from PA in 1900 to Saskatoon 1918; Charmbury Collection Local History Room, Saskatoon Public Library |
Hall, Jacqueline J. | A Jewellery Store in Saskatoon: Henry Birks and Sons Ltd. | #6/1991 | 22-25 | 5 figs | Montreal 1879; Saskatoon 1925; built 3rd Avenue and 21st Street store in 1928-29 |
Duerkop, John D. | From the Hub of the Universe to the Pioneer West: Allan Newcombe and the Bostonia Colony | #6/1991 | 26-35 | 8 figs | 1906, 41 homesteaders; camped at Pleasant Hill; Bostonian Well Company 1907; 118-9th Street E; Saskatoon Philharmonic Society 1909 |
Dietz, Alexander | Waphaska: The Early History of the Whitecap Band | #6/1991 | 36-45 | 7 figs; 2 maps + cover | 1876 Dakota Minnesota uprising; negotiations with Canadian government for land; farming; casual employment; Riel Rebellion |
Wayman, Easton & | |||||
Sarjeant, William A.S. | Saskatoon’s Trolley Buses 1948-1974: Gone and Almost Forgotten | #7/1992 | 1-13 | 17 figs; 1 map + cover | 1913 street car; first trolley + diesel 1946; 1974 end of trolleys; 1951 end of street cars |
Champ, Joan E. | Sutherland: The Early Years, 1909-1914 | #7/1992 | 14-20 | 7 figs | Early land speculation; CPR station; 1905 railway bridge; 1913 Forest Nursery Station; connect to Saskatoon street car system |
Hall, Jacqueline J. | Vimy Memorial Band Stand, Kiwanis Park | #7/1992 | 21-24 | 3 figs | Commemorate 1915 battle WWI; 1936-37 built by Kiwanis Club; 1987 renovation |
Cushon, Janice D. & | |||||
Dietz, Linda F. | Big Crooks Hit the Small Town; or, Plan Your Escape Before Your Heist | #7/1992 | 25-34 | 18 figs | September 1951; Royal Bank of Canada 813 Broadway Avenue; Marion Graham’s vehicle; attempt to escape at University of Saskatchewan |
Millar, Ruth | Sensitivity and Vision: Social History Through the Lens of Helen Schrader | #7/1992 | 35-39 | 12 figs | Photo essay; came to Saskatoon 1907; family, city and Borden-area farm pictures. |
Bremner, Muriel V. | From Flour and Feed to Hobbies and Shoes: The History of a Broadway Store | #7/1992 | 40-45 | 4 figs | Frank Holmes; 724 Broadway; 1907 hardware, food, staples; 1920s telephone, grocer, hardware; changes include billiards, shoes; 726 Broadway bought |
Sarjeant, William A.S. | A Saskatoon Historian: Sally Potter Clubb, 1917-1992 | #8/1993 | 2001-04 | 2 figs. | Guide to Historic Buildings in Saskatoon; Normal School 1935; list of publications |
Champ, Joan | Remembering Montgomery: A History of Montgomery Place, 1945-1956 | #8/1993 | 5-16 | 9 figs; 1 plan | Veterans’ Land Act 1944; 1945 land purchase and infrastructure; 1949 Montgomery Place Ratepayers Assoc. |
Morrison, Frances | 55 Years on Broadway: Memories of Harrington’s Jewelry Store | #8/1993 | 17-21 | 5 figs | 1912-67; Farnam Block 1912-17; 624 Broadway – fire 1917; Argue Block 1917-67 628 Broadway; 1979 demolished |
Hanson, Stanley D. & | |||||
Kerr, Donald C. | Saskatoon and the Fellowship of Reconciliation, 1938-1940 | #8/1993 | 22-27 | 4 figs | Pacifism; Carlyle King/Cleo Mowers; WWII |
Werle, Penny | Growing Up in Downtown Saskatooon | #8/1993 | 28-33 | 10 figs + cover | Crest Craft 311-22nd Street E; Kinsmen Park; 40s & 50s downtown stores |
Sarjeant, A. Margaret | Three Million Trees a Year: The Forgotten History of Saskatoon’s Forestry Farm Park and Zoo | #8/1993 | 34-41 | 6 figs; 1 plan | Sutherland 1915; tree distribution to prairie farms; 320 acres; 1965 Nursery Station closed; 1930s shelter belts; 147 million trees 1913-63 |
Millar, Ruth | Errata | #8/1993 | 4 | Errata to article published #7/1992, pp. 35-39; Helen Schrader | |
Bremner, Muriel V. | Errata | #8/1993 | 4 | Errata to article published #7/1992, pp. 40-45; 724/726 Broadway | |
Dietz, Linda F. | From ‘Best Patched Pants’ to ‘Arabia’ the Human Horse: A Social History of the Saskatoon Exhibition (1886-1913) | #9/1994 | 1-20 | 11 figs + cover | 1886 Central Saskatchewan Agricultural Society; 1911 incorporation The Saskatoon Agricultural and Industrial Exhibition Assoc. Ltd.; 1886-1902 – Louise grounds; 1903-8 – City Park; 1909 dedicated space bought; exhibits both rural and urban; entertainment |
Millar, Ruth & | |||||
Kagis, Aina | “Keepers of the Hearth”: Domestic Scenes from Saskatchewan History in the Local History Room Photographic Collection | #9/1994 | 21-25 | 9 figs | Ralph Dill; Peter McKenzie; picnics; interiors; field work |
Sarjeant, William A.S. | An English Poet Visits Saskatoon | #9/1994 | 26-30 | 1 fig | Alfred Noyes; 1924 |
Gustafson, Glenn | Richard St. Barbe Baker: Man of the Trees | #9/1994 | 31-35 | 6 figs | Influenced by Barr Colonists; one of first University of Saskatchewan students; 1910; WWI study forestry at Cambridge; 1924 Bahai faith; travelled to Kenya, Nigeria, Sahara, New Zealand, Gobi Desert, India |
Duerkop, John | The Vital Link: Saskatoon’s Traffic Bridge | #9/1994 | 36-45 | 6 figs | Built 1905-7; 1908 crash; Short Hill; Long Hill; street cars – accident 1922; drainage problems and quick sand |
Robinson, Ruth | Dedication | #10/1995 | 1 | 1 fig | Commemoration issue of two world wars |
Gustafson, Glenn | Remember Me — The War Memorials of Saskatoon | #10/1995 | 2002-07 | 12 figs + cover | University; downtown; Kiwanis Park |
Dietz, Linda F. | Patriotism and Subdued Pleasures: A Social History of the Saskatoon Exhibition from 1914 to 1919 | #10/1995 | 8-18 | 7 figs; 3 appendices | Role of military in Exhibition; entertainment; parades; exhibits; races; food |
Hanson, Stan & | |||||
Kerr, Donald | The University of Saskatchewan in Two World Wars | #10/1995 | 19-27 | 8 figs | Contrasting attitudes between students and faculty; 196th Battalion; veterans |
McPherson, Robert M. | Of Armouries and Unicorns I Sing: Army and Naval Installations in Saskatoon | #10/1995 | 18-34 | 4 figs | Clinkskill property purchased 1911 by federal government; 1914 armory on 3rd Avenue & Spadina; HMS Unicorn 378 – 1st Avenue North |
Clark-Daoudi, Leslie & | |||||
Duerkop, John | Cadets on the South Saskatchewan River: A History of the Shepley Island Camp | #10/1995 | 35 -45 | 9 figs; 2 maps; 1 plan; 2 appendices | Naval cadets; 2-week training; boating; swimming; clothes washing; military parades, shooting |
Millar, Ruth | Far from the Bombs: Scenes of the War Years in Saskatoon | #10/1995 | 46-52 | 14 figs | Photo essay; WWII recruiting; training; war effort; posters; RCAF |
Sarjeant, A. Margaret | To Saskatchewan for Love: The Story of Saskatoon’s World War II Brides | #10/1995 | 53-59 | 5 figs | Immigration; October 1944-April 1946; children; YWCA; IODE; Overseas Wives Club |
Kerr, Donald | Saskatoon Remembered, by Writers Who Left Town | #10/1995 | 60-67 | 6 figs | J.B. ‘Hamish’ McGeachy; Max Braithwaite; John Prebble; Farley Mowat; Norman Levine; Joanne McLelland Glass |
Dietz, Linda F. & | |||||
Olekson, Shirlee | Memories of Summers Past: The 110th Anniversary of the Saskatoon Exhibition | #11/1996 | 1-24 | 81 figs + cover | Photo essay; posters; agricultural, commercial and domestic exhibits; racing; baseball; grandstand; midway; parades; Indian Village; farm camp; concessions |
Makahonuk, Glen | Out of Work: The Unemployment Crisis of 1913-1915 in Saskatoon | #11/1996 | 25-34 | 4 figs; 2 tables | 1912 Boom effects; Salvation Army; seasonal employment; political and labour actions |
Gustafson, Glenn | Eyes above the Ground: Gargoyles, Grotesques and Carvings on Saskatoon Buildings | #11/1996 | 35-38 | 14 figs | St. John’s Cathedral; Bessborough; College Building, University of Saskatchewan; Chubb Block; Odd Fellows Temple |
Klaassen, Tonja Gunvaldsen | Breath | #11/1996 | 39 | 1 fig | Poem; Ethel Catherwood, Saskatoon Lily |
Duerkop, John | Our “Marine Service”: The Saskatoon Ferry 1883-1907 | #11/1996 | 40-56 | 9 figs; 1 map | Chief Whitecap; ferry mechanics; 1884-85 Andy LaPlante ferryman; Riel Rebellion; 1886 John Stewart ferryman; Temperance Colony |
Millar, Ruth & | |||||
Jaremko, Ron & | |||||
Kovalenko, George | Dear Old Facades with Storeys to Tell: A Visual Roundup of Some of Saskatoon’s Vintage Buildings | #11/1996 | 57-75 | 23 figs | Photo essay; Caswell School; Avenue Building; Cambridge Court; St. Paul’s Cathedral; Hanson/Hollywood Building; National Trust Folk Building; Pendygrasse House; Royal Bank Building; Sommerfeld Block; Victoria School; Centrall Chambers; McKay Block; Roxy; Broadway Theatre; Synagogue; Dowding Building; Holy Trinity Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral; Connaught/Blain/Herman Block; Kempthorne Block; Little Chief Service Station; Eaton’s Mail Order Warehouse; Webb Block; Municipal Justice Building; Wilson Block |
Bocking, Douglas & | |||||
Thiessen, Walter | Lloyd Whitfield Rodwell (1927-1996) | #12/1997 | 2001-03 | 1 fig | Saskatchewan Archives Board; local history of Saskatoon; Gustin House; music teacher |
Gerald & | |||||
Gladys Rose | “if Rose Cleaned it — It’s C-L-E-A-N” | #12/1997 | 4-14 | 13 figs | Arthur Rose 1913; Depression; war years |
Makahonuk, Glen | The One Big Union in Saskatoon: A Case Study of Revolutionary Unionism, 1919-1922 | #12/1997 | 15-27 | 5 figs | One Big Union OBU; Labour Party; Industrial Worker of the World; 1918 postal strike; 1919 general strike |
Millar, Ruth | “Little haciendas on the prairie”: Spanish Architectural Motifs in Certain Saskatoon Structures | #12/1997 | 28-36 | 8 figs + cover | Capitol Theatre; Charmbury/Spinks home; Little Chief Service Station; OK Economy store; JH Early Motor Co.; McGavin’s; Park Funeral Chapel |
Duerkop, John | Saskatoon and Saskatchewan Afloat | #12/1997 | 37-42 | 5 figs | HMCS Saskatoon; update from SHR #4/1989, pp. 34-40; HMCS Saskatchewan — 4 vessels |
Wall, Jason B. | The Contributions of James F. Cairns, Businessman and Civic Leader of Saskatoon | #13/1998 | 2001-07 | 5 figs | 1902 in Saskatoon; 1906 Cairns retail store; 1908 Kinsmen Park; lobby for University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon; helped to get 3 railroads; 1909 Saskatoon Club |
Kovalenko, George | The Roxy: Saskatoon’s Last Historic Theatre | #13/1998 | 8-23 | 14 figs | 1930 Roxy; Nate Rotstein 1939; 1960 structural changes and additional theatre added; shows and events |
[Sarjeant, William A.S.] | Glen Makahonuk: 15 September 1951 – 10 December 1997 | #13/1998 | 23 | 1 fig | Archivist; labour and social history |
Buhr, Larry | Lost to History: The A.L. Cole Generating Station and Its Industrial Heritage | #13/1998 | 24-36 | 8 figs + cover | Saskatoon Power House 1906 Avenue H & Spadina; A.L. Cole 19111 on Avenue A & 19th Street; takeover SPC in 1929; 1929 new station on north side of SPC completed 1945; 1979 talks to repossess land |
Kerr, Donald | Draft One: Personal Recollections of a Summer Job at the Saskatoon Brewing Company | #13/1998 | 37-41 | 5 figs | Saskatoon Brewing Company 1909-58; 1907-8; Hoeschen-Wentzler Brewery; Labatts 1959-93; Beer: Red Ribbon and Big Chief Stout |
Sarjeant, A. Margaret | A Happy Ending: The Struggle to Save the Forestry Farm Superintendent’s Residence | #13/1998 | 42 | 1 fig | 1995 file for demolition; 1987 agreement for 10-year lease for Friends of the Forestry Farm |
Delainey, William P. | The Municipal Heritage Advisory Committee: The Main Issues and Events that Led to Its Development 1970-1981 | #14/1999 | 1-16 | 10 figs + cover | History of heritage preservation in Saskatoon; 1973 CP Station; 1979 Capitol Theatre; TD Bank; Norfolk Trust Building; 1970 Saskatoon Environmental Society created; 1978 Saskatoon Heritage Advisory Board created; 1975 City Planning Dept; 1975 Heritage Act; Saskatoon Heritage Society 1996 |
Campbell, Joe | Jazz in Saskatoon at Mid-Century: A Reminiscence | #14/1999 | 17-23 | 5 figs | Don Keeler; Gordie King; Joe Campbell Sextet; Gordie Brandt Quintet; touring bands 1940s-50s |
Millar, Ruth | “All That Jazz” and other Dance Band Music of Bygone Days | #14/1999 | 24-28 | 10 figs | Photo essay: 1910-50; Knights of Rhythm; Zenith Café Orchestra; Neil Harris’s Jazz Band; Perry Tatte, Ken Peaker; Mitt Jackson; Eddie Mather Band; Vigorous College Nine |
Buhr, Larry | Saskatoon Brickmaking: Boom-era Building Blocks | #14/1999 | 29-38 | 5 figs; 1 table; 1 map | 1906-1914; 1910 improved quality; burnt clay brick; concrete blicks for 1906 Power House; 7 companies making bricks before 1918 |
Kerr, Donald | Broadway Denizen | #14/1999 | 39-46 | 4 figs | Memories of Broadway 1950s-1999 |
Feldman, Anna | The Jewish Community in Saskatoon: A Short History 1907-1998 | #15/2001 | 1-17 | 8 figs | Landas 1908; 1908/1910 first services; 1928 Hebrew classes; anti-semitism; entertainment WWII involvement and recruits; artists; musicians; education; future |
Millar, Ruth | Jewish Life and People in Saskatoon at Mid-Century: A Pictorial Sampler | #15/2001 | 18-23 | 11 figs | Photo essay; political (Sid Buckwold); entertainment (Barney Kutz and Gordie Brandt); family (Mitchells); education (Leon Katz ); business and community (Landa family) |
Eyre, Wayne | Remembrance of Saskatoon Past | #15/2001 | 24-30 | 8 figs + cover | Post WWII; returning soldiers, exhibition; entertainment |
Sarjeant, William A.S. | |||||
& Mitchell, Trent | Sir Henry Rider Haggard in Saskatoon | #15/2001 | 31-40 | 3 figs | 1856-1925; writing nonfiction and novels: fantasy and history; promoting resettlement schemes; 1902 Ottawa; 10th July 1916 Regina; 13th July 1916 Saskatoon at Strand Theatre |
Freydenlund, Jean Allwood | Reminiscences of Two Shops on Broadway | #15/2001 | 41-46 | 7 figs | Typhoid epidemic 1906-7; 1909 Allwood at 819 Broadway; hardware; 1909 fire and moved to 830 Broadway to 1954; Absalamon Rice shoe store and confectionary 808 Broadway; bought by Avery sisters 1914; ice cream and confectionary; Allwood and Avery married 1917 |
Duerkop, John | The SS Lily: The First Steamer to Visit Saskatoon | #15/2001 | 47-54 | 3 figs; 1 map | Shipped from Yarrow UK to Duluth 1876 in parts; steel hull; problems with shallow rivers, especially S. Saskatchewan; HBC posts; Bow and Red Rivers; Edmonton; Battle River; Carrot River; in Saskatoon once on 21st July 1883; sank 2nd September 1883 near Medicine Hat |
Kerr, Donald C. | Stanley Duane Hanson (1947-2001), Archivist and Historian | #16/2002 | 2001-03 | 2 figs | Achievements; publications list |
Buhr, Larry | Grist for the Mill: Flour Production in Saskatoon to 1910 | #16/2002 | 2004-12 | 7 figs | Centralized milling to increase rural population; fist in 1902 Saskatoon Milling Co.; 1906 Saskatoon Milling & Elevator Co. Ltd.; 1911 Avenue N and 19th Street Quaker Oats |
Duerkop, John | A Historic Intersection: 3rd Avenue and 21st Street | #16/2002 | 13-20 | 7 figs + cover | SW: Flanagan Hotel 1907 (later Senator); SE 1913 F.R. MacMillan Store; 1927 became Avenue Building; NE town hall, police court, fire dept. 1904, 1928 T Eaton opened; NW Flanagan residence, 1928 Birks opened |
Millar, Ruth | Architectural Influences in the Capitol Theatre, Saskatoon’s Lost Palace of Illusion | #16/2002 | 21-38* | 22 figs; 1 map | *Missing inserted page between end of p. 22 and beginning of p. 23; May 1929 opened; cinema and other events, cultural, educational, commercial; Spanish, Greek, Roman, Medieval, Renaissance and Moorish influences; ceiling of stars; internal operations |
Hirsch, Ethyle | Over 90 Years of Service: The IODE in Saskatoon, 1909-2001 | #16/2002 | 39-54 | 12 figs | Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire est. 1901 in Canada; 1909 in Saskatoon; since 1979 IODE; goal: improvement for lives of children/youth; education; bursaries; helped financially for move of the Stone School; Next-of-Kin Memorial Ave.; list of chapters |
Sarjeant, A. Margaret | Postscript to “Over 90 Years of Service: The IODE in Saskatoon, 1909-2001” | #16/2002 | 54-55 | appendix | List of chapters |
Kerr, Donald C. | Letters of W.A.S. Sarjeant | #17/2003 | 2001-06 | 2 figs | 1973-77; heritage concerns; letters to MP Alf Gleave; MLA Paul Mostaway; City Mayor and Aldermen; CPR Station; Capitol Theatre |
Edwards, Don K. | Pleasant Hill, Pleasant Memories | #17/2003 | 7-16 | 7 figs + cover | Ukrainian church dome; water; outhouses; stores; movies; trains; diseases; winter precautions; schools; hockey; toboggans; radio |
Robertson, Duncan Francis | A Barr Colony Family | #17/2003 | 17-27 | 4 figs | Isaac Barr; colonization companies 2700 going to Lloydminster; bought land in 1902; slogan “Canada for the British”; 1903 April in Saskatoon |
O’Brien, Jeff | Saskatoon’s West Industrial Area: An Historical Background | #17/2003 | 28-40 | 2 figs; 2 maps; 1 plan | CPR track SW from 20th Street to 11th Street and Avenue W; Old City Yard and Stables; flour mill; sawmill; lumberyard; brick manufacture; stone crushing; 1919 city sold stables to farm machinery manufacturer; 1929 early zoning consultant; Diamond Autobody; Hi-Way Refinery; Imperial Oil; Quaker Oats |
Squazzin, Cynthia | Rescued | #18/2004 | 2001-05 | 3 figs + cover | Technical Collegiate; personal memories of Ernst Lindner as an art teacher |
Rempel, Richard A. | Academics, Athletes and “All Rounders” | #18/2004 | 6-15 | 11 figs | University of Saskatchewan; Rowles; Leddy; Thode; Rempel; Timlin; Spafford; Fowke; Farstad-Dundes; Wright; Neatby; Gratias |
Millar, Ruth Wright | Uproar on the River | #18/2004 | 16-26 | 8 figs | Steamers: Lily, May Queen, Northcote; ferries; bridges; swimming; floods; river ice breakup; accidents; ski jump |
Kovalenko, George | The Day Saskatoon Almost Vanished | #18/2004 | 27-28 | 2 figs | Capitol Theatre; what if…. |
Edwards, Donald K. | A Prairie Boy’s Trains | #18/2004 | 29-34 | 4 figs | 1930s-40s; memories; CPR, CN; travelling on a train |
O’Brien, Jeff | A History of Gordie Howe Park | #18/2004 | 35-46 | 3 figs; 1 plan | 120 hectares; originally TCC land bought by land speculators for residential area; 1925 Sanatorium built; 1930 seizure of land by city; Holiday Park: 1960 football; 1961 campground; 1962 golf; 1963 baseball; 1966 renamed Gordon Howe Park |
Wagner, Bonnie | “Squawk, and Squawk Loudly”: Saskatoon’s Battle for Television Service | #19/2005 | 2001-06 | 3 figs | CFQC-TV 1954; CKOM or CTV 1966; CBC application rejected in 1967, but finally accepted in 1971 |
Millar, Ruth Wright | Rollicking Riversdale: Dennis Fisher Remembers the Fifties | #19/2005 | 2007-12 | 5 figs | Worked for CFQC radio; Wall ‘n Den show; river; T. Eaton store; celebrations; crime; ethnic diversity |
Kovalenko, George | The Third Empire Theatre Press Book | #19/2005 | 13-14 | 1 fig | 1916-28 three press books; reviews of shows; programs; tickets; none after sound movies; now with WDM |
Brown, Cheryl | The Bells of Saskatoon: The Legacy of William James Bell | #19/2005 | 15-21 | 7 figs | 1903 implement dealer; emigrated from S. Africa to Manitoba 1883; cricket; Public School Board; 1906 city Council; High School Board 1907-18; helped with U of S location; 1928 left Saskatoon |
Kerr, Don | Reg Plumb and the Capitol Theatre | #19/2005 | 22-24 | 1 fig + cover | 1923 in Saskatoon; worked as usher at Daylight Theatre; became Famous Players employee; 1940 manager and after supervisor; 49 years in theatres |
Keeling, Arn | “Saskatoon’s Sewer: Pollution and the South Saskatchewan River” | #19/2005 | 25-30 | 3 figs | Outhouses and wells; cause of typhoid and other epidemics; raw sewage into river; 1906 began network of pipes for water and sewage; 1908 height of typhoid; 1942 sewage treatment plant; renovations 1943, 1971, 1996 |
Kusch, Frank | First family — First land | #19/2005 | 31-35 | 1 fig | 1883 first family to come; Temperance Colony Company TCC; nothing in Saskatoon – son returned to Moose Jaw for supplies; Karl died 1915; some land bequested to Roman Catholic Church; land disputes and complications. |
Kerr, Don | Doors Open, Saskatoon, May 29, 2005 | #19/2005 | 36-38 | 3 figs | Places to visit: Senator Hotel; Grace Westminster Church; Little Chief Police Station; St. Mary’s Church; Saskatoon Club; Avenue Building; Bessborough |
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Tennent, Colin | The College Building | #20/2006 | 2001-07 | 10 figs + cover | 1911 building with concrete construction; interior; 1980/1982 National and Provincial Heritage designations; Collegiate Gothic architectural style; Brown & Vallance, Montreal architects; closed due to failed concrete 1994/1997; repaired and reopened 2005 |
O’Brien, Jeff | Saskatoon, the Great Depression, and the Civic Relief Board | #20/2006 | 8-16 | 5 figs | Population 43,000 1931; worst in Canada; 1932 1200 families need relief; 1600 in 1933; public works: 19th Street subway; Broadway Bridge; Arena; weir; Civic Relief Board 1932-34 kept back funds; refused immigrants (deported); took land as security; demanded repayment; no singles relief; demonstrations against Relief Board |
Kerr, Don | Saskatoon Housing 1940s | #20/2006 | 17-22 | 6 figs | After war not enough housing or places to rent; houses built was Wartime Housing Ltd 800 houses 1944-47; problems in low-cost housing |
Rempel, Richard A. | Saskatoon in the 1950s | #20/2006 | 23-37 | 12 figs | 75% growth increase in 50s; potash; cobalt bomb at University; women: Fedoruk; Lawson; secretary Inskip; Frances Morrison |
Hawke, Gerry | Saskatoon and I Grow in the Sixties | #20/2006 | 38-41 | 7 figs | Memories: King George School; railways; Pion-Era; Capitol; King Edward Hotel fire |
Millar, Ruth Wright | Polyester and Kitsch, or Golden Era? A Social History of the Seventies | #20/2006 | 42-47 | 5 figs | 1972 Women’s Centre at USSU; women’s lib; environmental matters; heritage concerns; ethnic diversity; politicians; sports; arts & entertainment; city expansion |
Kuchta, Joe | Project 787: “Rehabilitation’ of The Traffic Bridge | #20/2006 | 48-54 | 6 figs; 1 table | Municipal Heritage Advisory Committee MHAC; history of requests for bridge upkeep and assessment; only partial work in 1979; 2005 report of engineers that bridge cannot be saved |
Kovalenko, George | The Roxy’s Rebirth! | #20/2006 | 55-57 | 3 figs | Details of changes made to the Roxy over the years |
Campbell, Joe | Bob Klassen: A Personal Tribute | #20/2006 | 58-63 | 7 figs | Family history; played many instruments in Saskatoon Symphony and various bands; Bridge City Dixieland Band |
Hayden, Michael | History of the University of Saskatchewan History Department | #21/2007 | 2003-10 | 9 figs | 1911 faculty scattered across campus; 1960 first secretary and admin. assistant; G. Simpson; C. Lightbody; Jean Murray; Hilda Neatby; Chair in Native Newcomer History; merging with Classics Department |
Avery, Cheryl | Oasis for Learning: Landscaping the University of Saskatchewan | #21/2007 | 11-24 | 14 figs + cover | 1912-14 Thomas Mawson; 1921-48 Cecil Patterson; the “Bowl”; thematic groups of trees and shrubs |
Rempel, Richard | The Culture of the Biology Department at the University of Saskatchewan: C. 1913-1963 | #21/2007 | 25-43 | 15 figs | 1913 W.P. Thompson genetics; W.P. Fraser and M. Newton wheat plant research; L.G. Saunders entomology; T.C. Vanterpool root rot; D.S. Rawson limnology; Depression; T.J. Arnason genetics; J. Rempel entomology; M. Shaw plant physiology; T. Steeves plant morphology |
Spafford, Duff | University of Saskatchewan Pottery | #21/2007 | 44-49 | 16 figs | Ceramic engineering est. 1922; lasted 30 years |
Wilson, A. Diane | Century Houses of Nutana | #21/2007 | 50-64 | 22 figs | Trounce House 512 10th Street E; Marr Residence 326 11th Street E; (pre 1903) 414 11th Street E; (1903-4) 502 11th Street E; (ca. 1904) 718 Melrose Avenue; (1903-6) 221 10th Street E; (1903-6) 330 10th Street E; (1903-6) 408 (402) 10th Street E; (1903-6) 619 Street E; (1906-7) 418 9th Street E; (1906-7) 422 9th Street E; (1906-7) 510 10th Street; (1906-7) 525 10th Street E; (1906-7) 625 University Drive; (1906-7) 1022 Victoria Avenue; (1906-7) 606 Landsdowne Avenue |
Brenna, Dwayne | Fifty-Six Years at Stratford and Still Going Strong: An Interview with Robert Hinitt | #22/2008 | 2002-08 | 4 figs | Taught French and English at City Park 1950-59; Aden Bowman 1959 till retirement; love of theatre; visited Stratford, Ontario every year; started Castle Theatre in Aden Bowmann |
Park, Jeff | Skip Kutz: A Community of Music | #22/2008 | 9-13 | 5 figs | Honoured 1995 at Jazz Festival; father Barney Kutz also a bass player; loves to play all types of music: classical, jazz, country, but jazz is first love; feel of music/community/sharing |
Clarke, John Livingstone | Anne Szumigalski’s House, as Sacred Space | #22/2008 | 14-16 | 2 figs | House at 9 Connaught Place; poet |
Millar, Ruth | “The Silver Screen in Saskatoon: A Pictorial History of Early Cinema Houses” | #22/2008 | 17-25 | 16 figs | 1903 Cairns Hall; 1907 Kevin (later Starland) Theatre; 1907 Bijou Theatre; 1911 Daylight Theatre; 1912 Victoria (became 1930 Tivoli) Theatre; 1912 Strand Theatre; 1915 Empire Theatre (showed Birth of a Nation: first film with music reel); 1929 talkies at new Capitol Theatre; 1946 Broadway Theatre |
Halmo, Joan | Lyell Gustin: His Life and Musical Legacy | #22/2008 | 26-33 | 7 figs + cover | Early life; Lyell Gustin Piano Studio 1920-88; 1924 Musical Art Club; music teacher; Lyell Gustin House now used for arts events; established by Lloyd Rodwell |
Kerr, Don | Nik Semenoff, Artists and Inventor | #22/2008 | 34-39 | 8 figs | Modern Press; CFQC ads; painting; stone lithography |
Sarjeant, Peggy | A Delicate Operation: The Story of Moving the Trounce House, Saskatoon’s Oldest Building to Safety | #22/2008 | 40-42 | 4 figs | 1883; at back of Gustin House; 2006 design to move house forward a few feet and place on a new concrete base; 2007 spring move away from alley |
Waygood, Kate | Heritage: Untold Stories of the Heritage Movement in Saskatoon | #22/2008 | 43-48 | 6 figs | 1977 move to Saskatoon; NIP Neighbourhood Improvement Program; RRAP Residential Rehabilitation Assistance Program; latter program to assist renovation of old homes; studied urban planning at university; formation of Nutana Residents Association; review of land use and zoning; successful candidate for Ward 10 councillor; formation of MHAC; public notification before rezoning; Albert Community Centre |
Rempel, Dick | Lou and Ruth Horlick: Good Citizens of Saskatoon and Saskatchewan | #23/2010 | 2002-10 | 5 figs | Early years Ruth’s travels and education as a nurse, esp. in psychiatry; Lou’s background and education as a cardiologist; 1951 marriage; move to Saskatoon 1954; Couples Club; Ruth volunteer work in Psychiatry; Lou continued research and clinical studies while teaching in Medicine |
Rashley, Marguerite | Allan Bowerman and His Hunting Lodge | #23/2010 | 2011-12 | 4 figs + cover | Built 1907 and lived spring/summer until 1923; widow sold the house to the Crown 1924; Sanatorium built 1925; Dr. Boughton (superintendent) moved to Bowerman House from 1925-59. |
Patrick-Roberts, Marnie | A Walk down Memory Lane: An Indulgence | #23/2010 | 13-16 | 5 figs | Patrick House 917 Temperance Street; Spencer House 913 Temperance Street; Campbell House 903 Temperance Street; Rempel House 831 Temperance Street; second Patrick House 801 University Drive; Adaskin House 847 University Drive; Bonney House 916 University Drive; MacDonald House 915 University Drive |
Sarjeant, Peggy | Memories of Joe Zeman (1914-2000), a Dedicated Heritage Advocate | #23/2010 | 17-18 | 1 fig | Supporter of Saskatoon heritage; work in amateur sport as a coach and volunteer; agricultural economist for Canadian Department of Agriculture; member of the Board of the Heritage Society for 23 years; interests: Normal School and dairy barn at University of Saskatchewan |
Kerr, Don | Nutana Memorial Art Collection | #23/2010 | 19-25 | 6 figs | 1920 to honour lives of students lost in WWI; request to artists for works; Marion Long “Pauline”; Emile Walters “Winter”; Sybil Jacobson “Reverie”; James H. Henderson “Victoria, B.C.”; James H. Henderson “Chief Pemimotat”; A.Y. Jackson; John William Beatty “Madawaska Valley” |
Van Pul, Paul | A Brief History of Hydroelectricity in Saskatoon | #24/2011 | 2002-07 | 1 fig; 3 maps | Steam and coal used in power plants; coal famine of 1906; damming of South Saskatchewan an issue; Charles Mitchell to design 1906; question of Mitchell’s choice of location; did not design a lock for boat traffic; private or public enterprise; financial problems 1911; Fraser Brace and the Fort à la Corne site |
Millar, Ruth | World War One Flying Ace, Clifford McKay McEwan | #24/2011 | 8-14 | 5 figs | Ace = five hits against the enemy; born 1896 in Griswold, Manitoba; The Great War; joined army in 1916; orders to fight in Europe changed 1917 and told his application for Royal Flying Corps now accepted; 5 hrs flying experience before going to France; first military planes; 1918 in Italy; Battles of Piave and Vittorio Veneto; between the wars remained in RAF; WWII lead advanced training school at Trenton; England 1944-45 lead Bomber group |
Scharf, Alan | Collecting History with Your Camera | #24/2011 | 15-20 | 8 figs + cover | What to shoot; make your picture sing; what to do with the photographs |
Thompson, Margaret W. | A Memoir of Mrs. W.P. Thompson | #24/2011 | 21-27 | 4 figs | Wife of university president W.P. Thompson; born 1889 in Ontario; met husband in 1912; taught biology in Ontario; 1914 married and moved to Saskatoon; 1919 crisis in Biology department; 1916 Local Council of Women; 1919 Saskatoon University Women’s Club; relationship with faculty; friends; years in President’s house; family |
Lomheim, Shirley | Gates of Glory | #24/2011 | 28-31 | 3 figs | 1928-55 main gates leading to University Hospital; gates to be moved; opposition; 1988 decision to leave gates as memorial to WWI |
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Wallace, Andrew | Sustainable Planning at the University of Saskatchewan | #24/2011 | 32-40 | 7 figs; 1 map; 2 plans | Growth of the university; 1909 master plan; what to teach? 1300 acres of land purchased; scale of plan and scope; plan of buildings to consider availability of electricity and ventilation; 1957 Campus plan; 1961 model plan; transportation issues |
Sarjeant, Peggy | The Saskatoon History Review: A Retrospective in Celebration of the Magazine’s 25th Anniversary | #25/2012 | 2002-06 | 3 figs | Editors: Julie Harris; Brock Silversides; William “Bill” Sarjeant (13 issues); Don Kerr; various thematic issues mentioned; contributors; name change in 1989 from Saskatoon History to Saskatoon History Review |
Van Pul, Paul | Seven Decades Underwater: A Look Back at the Weir | #25/2012 | 7-23 | 7 plans | 1937 idea to build weir to allow planes to land and take off; original plan south of CN (Grand Trunk) bridge; PFRA; closing a dam; construction details; money obtained for relief work; 1939 sanctioned agreement between City and Federal government; finished weir; accidents due to water changes with thinner ice in winter and lack of protective booms in summer; future of the weir? Air harbour concept discussion. |
Millar, Ruth | Pictures from the Pages of Saskatoon History Review | #25/2012 | 21-38 | 29 figs + cover | Photo essay: selection of published photos in last 25 issues |
Fortier, J. Michael | Heritage Heroes: Ken Achs | #25/2012 | 39 | 1 fig | CPR station renovation; 1923 Hutchinson Building on 2nd Avenue; Union-Laurentian Bank Building (built 1909) on 21st Street & 2nd Avenue; adaptive reuse of King George Hotel (built 1911); Modern Press Building |
Sarjeant, Peggy | Heritage Heroes: Donald Irvine and the Trounce House | #25/2012 | 40 | 1 fig | Discovered the Trounce House; his work helped in heritage designation and eventual preservation |
Tennent, Colin | Heritage Heroes: Peter MacKinnon | #25/2012 | 41 | 1 fig | Former president of University of Saskatchewan; appreciated the heritage and style of the College Building; responsible for rehabilitation of the structure |
Halmo, Joan | Heritage Heroes: Lloyd Rodwell and the Lyell Gustin Legacy | #25/2012 | 42 | 1 fig | Rodwell studied piano with Lyell Gustin and even taught piano in later years; 1988 purchase after death of Gustin; archived all Gustin’s papers with Provincial Archives; set up trust in his will for care of Gustin house and the Trounce House; restoration of Gustin House completed 2007 |
Sarjeant, Peggy | Heritage Heroes: Bernie Cruikshank and the Superintent’s Residence at the Forestry Farm | #25/2012 | 43 | 1 fig | Superintendent of the Nursery Station; 174 million trees to prairie farmers; 1994 City decides to demolish building and repeal heritage status; 1996 Friends of the Forestry Farm House; lease agreement with City signed 1998; house restored by volunteers 1998-2003; Bernie Cruikshank gave life to FFFH and saved the building |
Sarjeant, Peggy | A Hundred Years of Heritage Preservation 1911-2011 | #25/2012 | 44-59 | 22 figs | WDM; Grant House 712 Dufferin; Local History Room; 1976 Saskatoon Heritage Society; Standard Trust Building demolition 1976; Capitol Theatre demolition 1979 and protest 1982; Crowe Block 1979; Ross Building; Sanatorium; Trounce House; Broadway Walking Tours; CPR Station; Forestry Farm House; Municipal Justice Building 1996 demolition; Gathercole Centre demolition; St. Mary’s Catholic Elementary School; Royal Canadian Legion; |
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Rempel, Dick | Two Prairie Boys’ Boyhood: Saskatoon Post War 1946-1950 | #25/2012 | 60-70 | 7 figs | Economic conditions of Saskatoon; public transport; grocery shopping without a vehicle; impact of WWII; hockey obsession; adventure and sanctuary on the riverbank; paper route memories; radio; reading; music and movies; what happened to us |
Geary, David | Mendel Art Gallery and Civic Conservatory | #26/2014 | 2002-08 | 5 figs; 1 plan | Built 1964, closed as art gallery 2016; beginnings of the Mendel and Mr. Mendel and his art collection; 2004 plans for renovation and expansion; plan aborted in 2009 for the Remai Modern Art Gallery |
Bury, John | Roger Walls Architect and Adventurer: A Memoir | #26/2014 | 9-13 | 8 figs | 1970 Saskatoon Community Clinic; Sturdy Stone Centre; Education Building; retired to sail around the world; personal life |
Kerr, Donn | An Interview with Ken Achs | #26/2014 | 14-16 | 5 figs | Personal reminiscences; King George Hotel Hutchinson Block; Luxe Condominium Broadway & 11th Street |
Delainey, Bill | Trek to Saskatoon | #26/2014 | 17-22 | 2 figs; 1 map | April 1883 two Caswell brothers, Robert and Joseph trek to Saskatoon from Moose Jaw with the Temperance Colonists; problems crossing rivers and ravines; late spring blizzard; mud; leader George Grant; finding trails; Beaver Cree; White Cap Indian Reserve; arrival in Saskatoon |
Thomas, Stan | The Caswell “Boys” Hit 80! Saskatoon in the 1940’s — a Reflection of Boyhood Life | #26/2014 | 23-29 | 8 figs + cover | Former students of Caswell Hill School; memories; war; cinema; winter; girls; spring, summer; radio; jobs; the river; manual training; athletes; what happened and where are they now? |
Campbell, Joe | Friendly Facing | #26/2014 | 30-31 | 1 fig | Demolition of the Legion Hall in downtown Saskatoon; memories of dances and jazz; “Although I go to funerals, I draw the line at executions” |
Kerr, Don | Book Review: David Kaplan (2012), The Well-Tempered Klezmerer | #26/2014 | 32-33 | 1 fig | Arrived in Saskatoon to teach Music Education at the University; he started many music bands; worked with Joseph Naytowhow; wrote and played music for Remembrance day and the Holocaust Memorial Service |
McPherson, Robert | Book Review: Bernard Flaman (2013), Architecture of Saskatchewan: A Visual Journey 1930-2011 | #26/2014 | 33-37 | 7 figs | Sketches, drawing, schematics and blue-prints as well as photos of buildings; Saints Peter and Paul Ukrainian Church 1961; Lutheran Theological Seminary 1968; Sturdy Stone Centre 1977; Wanuskewin Heritage Park Interpretive Centre 1992; Saskatchewan Crescent home 1999 |
Van Pul, Paul | The Beginnings of the Saskatoon Air Harbour 1927-1929 | #27/2015 | 2-14 | 5 figs; 2 maps; 2 plans | 1911 first plane in Saskatoon; McClelland & Lobb Aerodrome 1919; Keng Wah School 1919; First Saskatchewan Aviation Company; Air Harbour location controversy; 1928 Saskatoon Municipal Aerodrome; fuelling station; Trans Canada Airway; night flying and air mail service; Aero Club |
[Kerr, Don] | In Memoriam 2014-2015 | #27/2015 | 14 | Muriel Bremner: May 1923-August 2014; Florence Charmbury 1923-November 2014; Arlean McPherson May 1927-July 2015 | |
Wilson, Dianne | Arlington Ingalls Farnam and the Farnam Block | #27/2015 | 15-22 | 5 figs; 5 plans; 1 table + cover | 1908 Farnam in Saskatoon; owner of general store on Broadway; built 1912; blue-print plans from City Archives; interior; list of occupants in 1913; two addresses: 531 – 11th Street or 650 Broadway Avenue; 1923 left Saskatoon |
Geary, Dave | The Farnam Block and the Merry Mansion — A Lively Cultural History | #27/2015 | 23-34 | 10 figs; 5 colour figs (insert); 2 colour figs inside back cover | Farnam Block housed many businesses and people since 1912; Hippie Days; posters, incense etc.; coffee house (The Crypt); art galleries; book stores; clothing stores; Lydia’s (poetry; Friday’s after Five; ghosts); Satellite house at rear known locally as Merry Mansion; Humphrey and the Dumptrucks; The Stuff Store; Turning the Tide (bookstore); paintings of the block by Richard Popoff and Vince Broda – see inside back cover |
Wood, Judy | The Destruction of a Broadway Icon: The Fall of the Farnam Block | #27/2015 | [29A-B] | 5 colour figs | Photo essay; pictures depicting the demolition of the Farnam Block |
Millar, Ruth Wright | Diana Wright: from London Society Pages to Prairie Activist | #27/2015 | 35-43 | 5 figs | 1936 skier on Olympic team in Germany; born in Toronto 1908; married in England 1932; son George came to Canada; divorced 1940; Children’s Aid Society during war; met and married Jim Wright 1944 (a journalist, writer, and activist); moved to Landis area; moved to Saskatoon 1950 in Grasswood area; Diana started to write in 1960s; Governor-General Vanier; Jim’s suicide 1974; Saskatoon Environment Society; died 1982 |
Kerr, Don | Ed Abramson: World of Talk | #27/2015 | 44-45 | 1 fig | University of Saskatchewan Film Society; choosing movies; memories |
Rempel, Richard A. | Walter Surma Tarnopolsky: 1932-1993 | #27/2015 | 46-51 | 1 fig | Ukrainian Canadian raised in Gronlid, Saskatchewan; became law professor; inspired by Prof. Charles Lightbody (modern European history); President SRC 1956; moved to New York for Masters in History; 1954 returned to U of S to study Law; retained interest in international affairs and was a member of WUSC; NFCUS and the University; an author of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms 1982; died 1993 |
Kerr Don | Book Review: Sara Williams (2014): Saskatoon Forestry Farm Park & Zoo: A Photographic History | #27/2015 | 51-52 | 2 figs | Details of the nursery at the Forestry Farm: Manitoba Maple; native Green Ash; native elm; Caragana; poplar; willow; superintendents James McLean (1914-42) and Les Kerr (1942-66) |
Geary, Dave | Eli Bornnstein, The Tree of Knowledge, and the Beginning of Public Abstract Sculpture in Saskatoon | #28/2016 | 2002-10 | 13 figs + cover; 2 figs colour inside back cover | Modern art in 50s; 1958 Tree of Knowledge; Eli Bornstein and his life; history of the 1956 commission; development of the sculpture through models; public response; artist’s response; post-controversy and use of the image by Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation; two paintings by Eli Bornstein on inside back cover |
Kerr, Don | Campus Radio | #28/2016 | 11-21 | 4 figs | 1965 radio went on the air; Saskatoon Society for Public Broadcasting; 1974 conflict regarding management control; 1977, 1981, 1982, 1984 reports; 1985 station closed; audience; programs (success of Goon Show from Britain); ads; interviews with Wayne Eyre, Dwayne Brenna; Michael Pollock; Ken Gordon, and Larry Gelmon |
Van Pul, Paul | The Saskatoon Municipal Airport 1936-1940 | #28/2016 | 22-33 | 1 fig; 4 plans; 1 map | Change in federal government and new promotion of airports; expanded facilities in Saskatoon; regulations to be met; various airport plans; 1938 finalized plans, but improvements to be made for night flying; mail service 1938; passenger flights no toilets; snow clearing in winter; sewer and water line extensions 1940; changing management companies before the war. |
Jaremko, Ron; Curator | In Case of Fire: A Selection of Photographs from the Saskatoon Public Library Local History Gallery Show of 2012 | #28/2016 | 34-40 | 14 figs | Photo essay; 1904 fire hall 3rd Avenue & 21st Street; 1908 Fire Hall #1 23rd Street & 4th Avenue; 1911 horse-drawn wagons; fire hall on east side near Broadway on 11th Street, 1912; National Trust fire 1915; firemen helping with harvest WWII 1944; 1951 Winnipeg Pain and Glass Company and Canada Egg products fire; 1952 Grummett and Sons fire; 1958 Mayfair Church fire. |
Van Pul, Paul | Saskatoon Airport 1941-1953: A Matter of Runways | #29/2019 | 2002-08 | 10 figs, including 3 plans | Development of the Saskatoon Airport; importance of size and runway designation and placement; buildings built during WWII for servicemen; civilian and civic changes to the design of the airport after the war; details of runway structure and construction. |
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From a personal interview conducted in 2018 | #29/2019 | 2009-10 | 2 figs | Construction companies and construction buildings worked on by Frank Peters from 1951 to 1991; Ellis Hall; Lawson Heights Mall; Wright Construction; General Construction Workers Union Local 890. | |
Morton, Alan | Public Transit for the Masses: Saskatoon’s Municipal Street Railway | #29/2019 | 11-16 | 7 figs + cover | History of the streetcar in Saskatoon and elsewhere; 4 early routes; role of Long Hill and Traffic Bridge; Avenue C Municipal Railway Depot; extension to Sutherland; winter hazards with iced rails; 1922 accident on Long Hill; robbery in 1931; trolleys and buses replace streetcars; last journey 1951. |
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Rempel, Dick | Memories of City Park Collegiate | #29/2019 | 17-21 | 5 figs | City Park Collegiate, built 1929; memories of high school 1948-1952; what happened after school and weekends, dances; school subjects and teachers especially Robert Arn and Bob Hinnitt; what happened after graduation and university |
[Saskatoon Heritage Society] | In Memoriam | #29/2019 | 22-23 | 5 figs | Gary Blain Hooge (1940-2017); Jeanne Isabel Walters (1922-2018); William Paul Currelly Hamilton (1938-2018); Chesley Speer Anderson (1928-2018); Cleoniky “Cleo” Girgulis (Barootes) (1921-2018). |
Millar, Ruth Wright | Passport to the Future: Saskatoon Schools | #29/2019 | 24-40 | 25 figs, including figs 9, 24, 25 in colour on inside back cover | Photo essay: Castle schools; Aden Bowman Collegiate (Bob Hinnitt); Buena Vista School (1914); City Park Collegiate (“Reach for the Top 1971); King George School (Gordie Howe); Nutana Collegiate (1918 domestic science class); R.J.D. Williams School for the Deaf (woodworking and regular class); Saskatoon Technical Collegiate (1945 play “The Patsy” and WWII role; Ernst Lindner; Sharon Butala); St. Joseph’s School (1980 Native Survival School); St. Paul’s High School (began 1911 in St. Paul’s Church basement); Sutherland School (role of the railway and “cinder” roads and sidewalks); Victoria School (3 schools from late 1880s to 1910; additions 1928/29 and 1966; attic classroom 1913); Walter Murray Collegiate (1961); Wilson School (1914; renovations and repurposing by Affinity Credit Union 2011-2014). |