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First Edition. Octavo. Original Wraps. (21.3 cm x 14.7 cm), pp. 56, [8] adverts. + advert. to rear cover, original printed paper wrappers, sewn binding. Adverts include those from The Saskatchewan Express, the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway, and Emigration information. Mild tanning around the edges, slight chipping at the spine head & tail, else very good plus copy in the original wrappers. Contents include: Canadian Pacific Railway; Beauty and fertility of the country; Comparison with the Western States; The Soil and its Agricultural capacities; Frosts; Inducements offered by our Prairie Lands to Settlers; Building, Timber, Fuel and Fencing; Information on Tree Culture; Coal and Peat; Mineral Resources; Farming; Utilizing the Buffalo; Fruit; Flax; Hemp; Bees; The Colony System of Emigrating; Outfit and Prices; Routes; Private Lands; Homestead and Tree Planting; among others. Peel (3) 896. [1729]

Series consists of more than 25 speeches and articles by G.C. Monture about Indigenous issues and mining. Many are undated. Includes speech notes on cards and full texts of talks. See file description for a list of some of the titles.

File consists of more than 25 speeches and articles by G.C. Monture. Many are undated and some are untitled. Topics include Mary (Molly) Brant, Six Nation, mining, Northern Development and Indian Affairs, settler representations of Indigenous peoples, Canadian identity,

Individual titles include the following:

• From Ore to Metal: Coal in Integrated Metallurgy / by G.C. Monture
• The Indians of the North / by G.C. Monture
• The Indians Speak to Canada: a series of broadcasts sponsored by The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in co-operation with the Indian Affairs Branch, Department of Mines and Resources, 1939. Includes "The Iroquois" by G.C. Monture
• Human Problems in the Canadian North: prepared for inclusion in the 1954-55 annual report of the Department of Northern Affairs and National Resources
• The Plastic Igloo
• Enfranchisement
• Canada and the Commonwealth
• The Iroquois, 1937

Also includes some speeches by others:

• Critical Mineral Shortages, an address delivered at a plenary session of the United nations Scientific Conference on the Conservation and Utilization of Resources / by H.L. Keenleyside, Deputy Minister of Mines and Resources and Commissioner of the Northwest Territories at Lake Success, August 18, 1949

Also includes an Indian Council Fire membership directory (undated).