Biography Clippings Collection-L
| Database ID | 28357 | |
| Institution | Saskatoon Public Library Local History Room | |
| Fonds/Collection | Clippings Collection | |
| File/Item Reference | Biography Clippings Collection | |
| Date of creation | [ca. 1930s] - March, 2008 | |
| Physical description/extent | 196 binders; 15 M of textual records | |
| Number of images | 1 | |
| Historical note | The Local History Room (LHR) is a special section of the Saskatoon Public Library focusing on prairie history, with an emphasis on Saskatoon. Opened Mar. 4, 1967, the Local History Room encompasses the roles of an archives, library, museum and gallery. Its mandate is to collect, preserve and make available to the public, primary and secondary source materials pertaining to the history of Saskatoon in particular, and to Saskatchewan and western Canada in general. | |
| Scope and content | This collection assembled by Local History Room staff contains biographical information on people of note connected to Saskatoon and area, including Aboriginal people. The material consists of clippings from newspapers including the Star Phoenix and Saskatoon Sun, as well as from books, letters, journals and magazines, government news releases, pamphlets, and unpublished typescripts. This record lists Aboriginal people in the collection with last names beginning with L. Researchers may want to check the onsite finding aid as some names could have been left out. | |
| Restrictions on access | There are no restrictions on access. Must be viewed on site. | |
| Type | Archival | |
| Primary Media | Textual documents | |
| Specific document types | Articles Correspondence | |
| Provenance Access Point | Clippings Collection | |
| Location of originals | Saskatoon Public Library-Local History Room | |
| Availability of other formats | Some material is on microfilm. | |
| Other notes | Material is arranged alphabetically by the surname of the subject. This collection is continually updated. | |
| Language of material | English | |
| Place | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada | |
| Treaty boundaries | Treaty 4 Treaty 6 Treaty 8 Treaty 10 | |
| Cultural region | Plains Subarctic | |
| Names | Lafond, Alphonsine Lafond, George Lafond, Harry Lafond, Karen Lafond, Lester Lagimodiere, Jean-Baptiste Lagimodiere, John Laplante, Joey Larocque, Joe Z. Larocque, R. James Lavalee, Charlene Lavalee, Mary Ann Lee, Alice Lepine, Ambrose Lepine, Maxime Linklater, Vernon Little Poplar, Alphonse Littlechild, George Littlecrow, Bessie Littlecrow, Harry Littlecrow, Lucy Littlecrow, Melvin Littlecrow, William Lizotte, Eva Turpel-Lafond, Mary Ellen | |
| Subject | Indigenous Peoples General News and Reporting -- Articles Magazines and Periodicals Biography | |
| Date Range(s) | 1930-1939 1940-1949 1950-1959 1960-1969 1970-1979 1980-1989 1990-1999 2000- | |
| Permanent Link | https://digital.scaa.sk.ca/ourlegacy/permalink/28357
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