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Title: Letter from A.J. Pyke to F. J. E. MacDermid, June 5, 1937
Institution: Saskatoon Public School Division
Description: Letter from A.J. Pyke to Ferguson MacDermid in response to MacDermid's earlier letter regarding the configuration of the Memorial Art Gallery. He describes the background of the Memorial Gallery. The key statements he makes is: an organization of students was formed to be the owners of the paintings, as well as the Saskatoon Collegiate Institute Board of Trustees. He concludes stating he hopes his description of the Memorial Art Gallery's foundation, mission and configuration would be of value.
Date Created: 1937-06-05

Title: Letter from T.G. Greene to Alfred J. Pyke, January 3, 1921
Institution: Saskatoon Public School Division
Description: Letter from T.G. Greene, Canadian artist, to Alfred J. Pyke, principal of Saskatoon Collegiate Institute (presently named Nutana Collegiate), accepting the offer of Pyke to send a painting in for the Memorial Art Gallery. He chooses "Maple Sap." After reading from the "Hermes"--S.C.I.'s yearbook--and the aims of the gallery, he reduces the price of his painting by forty per-cent to $250. Finally, he expresses his thanks for the encouragement toward Canadian artists, and the efforts of S.C.I., by treating "themes . . . in a modern manner. When I reflect that the name of at least one of our immortal dead would be attached to the picture, I feel an emotion too keen for words."
Date Created: 1921-01-03

Title: Nutana Collegiate Memorial Art Gallery: Permanent Collection
Institution: University Library, University of Saskatchewan
Description: Book about the Nutana Collegiate Memorial Art Gallery. It includes a short introduction about the origins of the gallery, pictures of the paintings that hang in the Memorial Library at Nutana, and (when applicable) short biographies of students and ex-students of Nutana Collegiate who fought and died in the Great War.
Date Created: 1995
Call Number: N910 .S28N88 1995

Title: Letter from A.I. Bereskin to John Steinhaurer, November 21, 1962
Institution: Morse Museum & Cultural Centre
Description: Letter from A.I. Steinhauer, Controller of Surveys, to John Steinhauer, father of Henry Steinhauer, regarding the naming of a lake in Henry's name.
Date Created: 1962-11-21

Title: [Letter written by King George V on the release of duty following the armistice]
Institution: Royal Canadian Legion Nutana Branch #362
Description: Letter written by King George V releasing soldiers from their duty following the WWI armistice. The letter reads: "The Queen joins me in welcoming you on your release from the miseries and hardships, which you have endured with so much patience and courage. During these many months of trial, the early rescue of our gallant officers and men from the cruelties of their captivity has been uppermost in our thoughts. We are thankful that this longed for day has arrived, and that back in the old Country you will be able once more to enjoy the happiness of a home and to see good days among those who anxiously look for your return. George R. J."
Call Number: legionnutana:26

Title: Letter from Emile Walters to Mr. Cameron, Feb 23-1925.
Institution: Saskatoon Public School Division
Description: Letter from Emile Walters to Nutana principal A.W. Cameron in which he begins by outlining that the two canvases that he planned on sending to the Memorial Art Gallery were nearly finished, and that he would send them via Chicago. He then describes these two paintings and his motivation for creating them. He asks Mr. Cameron to communicate the committee's decision about the paintings as quickly as possible. He describes his relationship with the Lindal brothers, whom he wants his paintings dedicated to.
Date Created: 1925-02-23

Title: Note to James Clinkskill :
Institution: University Library, University of Saskatchewan
Description: Image of a note written by R [?]. Meyer H. J. [?] and signed by General Sir William Dillon Otter for James Clinkskill at Battleford on May 8th, 1885
Date Created: 1885-05-08
Call Number: MSS C550/2/5_7

Title: Letter from Principal Saskatoon Collegiate Institute to Mr. Thomas W. Mitchell, April 16, 1920.
Institution: Saskatoon Public School Division
Description: Letter from Alfred J. Pyke, principal of Saskatoon Collegiate Institute (presently named Nutana Collegiate), to Thomas W. Mitchell, Canadian artist, asking if he would be willing to contribute a painting to the Memorial Art Gallery. Pyke provides some important background information about the Memorial Art Gallery, including when it was formed, the reasons for establishing such a gallery, and its purpose. The paintings, however, are supposed to be strictly by Canadian artists. Finally, Pyke says that he particularly likes Mitchell's "The End of the Portage."
Date Created: 1920-04-16

Title: [Memorial letter sent by King George V]
Institution: Royal Canadian Legion Nutana Branch #362
Description: Letter sent by King George V to the next of kin of a soldier who died in the first world war. The letter reads: "I join with my grateful people in sending you this memorial of a brave life given for others in the Great War. George R. J."
Call Number: legionnutana:30

Title: Letter from Marion Long to A.W. Cameron, March 24th 1924
Institution: Saskatoon Public School Division
Description: Letter from Marion Long, Canadian artist of the Ontario Society of Artists, to A.W. Cameron, principal of Nutana Collegiate, acknowledging receipt of his letter regarding the collection of paintings for the Memorial Art Gallery at Nutana. She expresses her appeal of the idea of an art gallery, particularly a Canadian one that memorializes fallen Canadian soldiers. She says that she would be "glad" to paint a picture of a "Collegiate girl," which would eventually become her painting, "Pauline," which hangs in Nutana today.
Date Created: 1924-03-24