Margaret Ferris fonds
Archival item
SCM-RG-0061
April 30 2009
The fonds, related to the Dunelm School District Reunion, was created 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:
-Scrapbook pertaining to a Dunelm School District Reunion in 1980 held at Camp Elim at Lac Pelletier, Saskatchewan; contains newspaper clippings and information about the history of Dunelm, the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR)'s first stop south of Swift Current; documents pertaining to a plaque commemorating Dunelm School including a program for the dedication ceremony, featuring a history of the school district; program for the reunion; list of reunion committee members; information on Trestle Treats , a booklet published for the reunion; a history of the Dunelm district including the names of the original settlers; map of Dunelm, 1911; correspondence pertaining to the organization of the reunion; copies of Dunelm School attendance for 1916 and 1925; photographs of the reunion and of the plaque on the rock commemorating the location of the original school house (see below); expenses for reunion; Cummins map of the Dunelm district; other correspondence.
Accrual - June 1, 2010
-one folder of historical papers relating to the Dunelm School District, 1914 - 1950: school attendance record, 1925; homesteaders map, 1912; government notice of the erection of the School District in 1914; a copy of the bylaw pertaining to the issue of a debenture for the erection of the school; petition for the organization of a school district; correspondence from the government of the province of Saskatchewan, pertaining to the fact that the board of trustees for Dunelm School District is empowered to borrow $2000;
Photographs:
1. Dunelm Reunion Committee prepare cairn, Ed Weins, Pete Peters, Milton Ferris, Pete Mather
2. an unidentified young woman
3. collage of photos pertaining to the Dunelm district: a house, a water pump, demolition of a grain elevator, a farm, a car, horse and buggies
4. an unidentified man playing horse shoes at the Dunelm reunion
5. a large rock, cairn
6 - 7. individuals at the Dunelm reunion
8. a man next to a large rock, cairn
9 - 10. unidentified individuals at the Dunelm reunion
11 - 12. a plaque on a rock commemorating the original site of Dunelm school
No formal arrangement has been applied to the items in this fonds.
Education
1 scrapbook (assorted ephemera: newspaper clippings, publications, etc.)
ca. 5 cm of textual records
12 photographs