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The Pas Community Manuscript collection
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Canadian National Telegraph collection

The Canadian National Telegraph collection consists of site plans of 26 locations of the northern route north of The Pas, including wire run down line and into location information, wiring information and wiring diagrams, which were utilised primarily at the local office by plant technicians and linemen. It also consists of Siemens Automatic Teleprinter Exchange TWK Instruction Manuals, CNT Installation Instructions, Circuit diagrams, technical training, circuit descriptions, and specifications for lines maintenance, etc. The Canadian National Telegraph Company, a part of the Canadian National Railway, established telegraph lines along the railways. The local office closed 31 December 1994, with MTS taking over the work.

Harry Trager fonds

The Harry Trager fonds consists of letters and correspondence from various people and departments as well as reports. More notable items include a speech addressed to Queen Elizabeth II, Princess Anne and Prince Phillip, as well as election speeches and candidate statements in rough and good drafts.

Trager, Harry

Ben Dembinsky Ltd. collection

The Ben Dembinsky Ltd collection consists of miscellaneous materials on the history of the Dembinsky/Trager building; bills, ads, notes, and a wage record book that lists names of employees with earnings, deductions and net pay, every two sheets being a payroll record for a different month.

Ben Dembinsky Ltd.

John A. Nelson collection

The collection consists of photocopies of newspaper clippings, one mounted on cardboard titled “Hero of ‘Flying Family’ Gets Home for Reunion”, a newspaper clipping from 1999 of Ernest O. St. Godard’s obituary, “Record Setters” about St. Godard’s victories as a dog-sled racer, a copy of ‘Margaret Barbour Anniversary Newsletter’ (17 May 1964), a two-page poem called “The Sense/Cents of a Dollar”, a Royal Canadian Legion programme for the dedication of the War Memorial in The Pas (25 May 1996), and the Opaquia Times (29 May 1996).

Nelson, John A.

Moving Image collection

This collection consists of 23 VHS tapes, 6 DVDs, 1 betacam videocassette, 1 Hi 8 (8mm camcorder) tape, 6 ½” open reel videos, and 1 16mm film reel that have been donated by community members or acquired by curatorial staff. For further details of the collection please refer to the finding aid inventory.

Trappers' Festival

Narrated coverage of 19th annual Trappers' Festival, possibly newsreel footage. Covers various contests, such as law sawing, rat-skinning, flour packing, and jigging, and the World Championship Dog Derby, which celebrated its 50th anniversary in 1967 and predates Trappers' Festival. Following people are featured: Mayor Harry Trager, Walter Koshel, Swanson Highway.

Community Oral Histories collection

The Community Oral Histories collection is an artificially created collection of oral histories of The Pas and area community members, which were not conducted by or associated with the Sam Waller Museum. The collection consists of nineteen audio tapes of interviews with members of the community and summary transcripts of the interviews, as well as other audio records. Oral history interviews include Jack Walker, May Bridle, Hector Pocock, Phil Reader, Alec Russell, Ford McMillan, Syd Allen, Burt Hutton, Blake McKay, Bella Cochrane, Florence Gudgeon, Geoff Smith, Phyllis Chartrand, Tom Lamb, and Ed Johanson. Other audio recordings include The 3 Dee’s and the Trappers’ Festival 1965.

The Pas Rotary Club Little Northern Museum project collection

The Pas Rotary Club Little Northern Museum project collection consists of correspondence regarding the raising of funds for the new museum building, including an offer to purchase, blank copies of certificates awarded to fundraiser participants, contact with the builder and correspondence with the Manitoba Historical Society, Liberal Party in Manitoba, Manitoba Centennial Corporation, Minister of Tourism and Recreations, among others.

The Pas Rotary Club

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