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Leonard Evans collection

http://archives.brandonu.ca/en/permalink/descriptions12705
Part Of
RG 5 Western Manitoba Manuscript Collection
Description Level
Collection
GMD
textual records
Date Range
1988-1998
Accession Number
7-2011
Part Of
RG 5 Western Manitoba Manuscript Collection
Description Level
Collection
Accession Number
7-2011
GMD
textual records
Date Range
1988-1998
Physical Description
1.05 m
Physical Condition
Good
History / Biographical
Leonard Salisbury Evans was born on August 19, 1929 in Winnipeg, MB and was educated at the University of Winnipeg, the University of Manitoba, Simon Fraser University and the University of Ottawa. He was employed as an economist and a professor of economics before entering political life. Evans first ran for public office in the Canadian federal election of 1953 as a candidate for the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation in the constituency of St Boniface. Evans was elected to the Manitoba legislature as a New Democrat in the provincial election of 1969 in the constituency of Brandon East. He was appointed Minister of Mines and Natural Resources in the Edward Schreyer government. Later he assumed the position of Minister of Industry and Commerce. He occupied this position until the defeat of the Schreyer government in 1977. Evans was re-elected in the provincial elections of 1973 and 1977. Following the return to government of the New Democratic Party in 1981-1988, Evans held various senior cabinet posts. Evans served as opposition finance critic from 1988 to 1999. Evans retired from active politics with the 1999 provincial election.
Custodial History
These records were created during the 1990s and held in the Brandon East constuency office until they were brought to the S.J. McKee Archives by Drew Caldwell in November 2003. Drew Caldwell succeeded Len Evans as the MLA for Brandon East in the 1999 provincial election.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of correspondence between Evans and various constituents on a wide range of topics - personal and otherwise - and subject files on social, economic and political matters relevant to Brandon East.
Notes
Description by Tom Mitchell.
Access Restriction
Constituency correspondence closed for thirty years from the date of its creation.
Storage Location
2011 accessions
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Leonard Muirhead collection

http://archives.brandonu.ca/en/permalink/descriptions12725
Part Of
RG 1 Brandon College fonds
Description Level
Collection
GMD
textual records
Date Range
1937-1938
Accession Number
12-2012
Part Of
RG 1 Brandon College fonds
Description Level
Collection
Accession Number
12-2012
GMD
textual records
Date Range
1937-1938
Physical Description
1 file
History / Biographical
Leonard Andrew Muirhead (1918–2008) was the only child of Andrew and Isabella Muirhead. He grew up on the farm homestead in the Summerville District near Carberry, Manitoba. He graduated from Carberry Collegiate when he was sixteen. He helped out on the farm for two yeas after graduation then attended United College, Winnipeg, and then Brandon College. Muirhead then worked in the Financial Department at Canada Packers in Saint Boniface until 1942. In 1942 he returned home and helped his father with the farm operation. Leonard married Verle Sinclair, a local schoolteacher, on October 12, 1951. They had three daughters: Iris, Gwen, and Arla. In 1965, health reasons made him give up active farming and he began an income tax preparation business as well as selling investments for Trust Companies. Leonard Muirhead attended Brandon College for the 1937-1938 school year. This was the last year that Brandon College was associated with McMaster University as it then became affiliated with the University of Manitoba.
Custodial History
The papers remained with Leonard Muirhead’s papers until his daughter, Iris Muirhead, donated the papers to the S.J. McKee Archives in 2011.
Scope and Content
Collection consists primarily of 1938 examination papers from Brandon College, when it was affiliated with McMaster University. It also contains an exam schedule and a course outline. It contains examination papers from spring 1938 for the courses of 2nd and 3rd Years Physics 2y, 3w, Bible 2k, Psychology 2a, Mathematics 2x, Mathematics 1e, a syllabus for second term English 1g2a, and an examination timetable for spring 1938 for Brandon College.
Notes
History/Bio information taken from conversation with Leonard Muirhead's daughter, Iris Muirhead in October 2012 and from obituary http://passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-details/id-136216/(accessed October 24, 2012). Description by Jennifer Sylvester (October 2012).
Name Access
Leonard Muirhead
Brandon College
McMaster University
Subject Access
post-secondary education
Arts
Mathematics
theology
examinations
Storage Location
2012 accessions
Related Material
Brandon College fonds
The Sickle 1937-1938
The Leonard Muirhead collection is available at the Carberry Plains Archives. Leonard Muirhead also donated records related to Montrose School and Carberry 4-H Combines to the Carberry Plains Archives.
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Earle Forshaw collection

http://archives.brandonu.ca/en/permalink/descriptions13684
Part Of
RG 5 Western Manitoba Manuscript Collection
Description Level
Collection
GMD
textual records
Date Range
1900-1918
Accession Number
13-2013
Part Of
RG 5 Western Manitoba Manuscript Collection
Description Level
Collection
Accession Number
13-2013
GMD
textual records
Date Range
1900-1918
Physical Description
2 folios/books
3 photographs
Material Details
photographs are colour reproductions produced circa 2010
History / Biographical
EARLE PHILIP FORSHAW Earle Forshaw was born in Brandon, Manitoba, on 26 September 1927. His mother, Maud Ethel Forshaw née Hicklings/Hickling (b. 07 April 1901 – d. 26 October 1927) died one month after Earle’s birth at the age of 26 years. His father, Arthur Hugh Forshaw, married Gertrude Ethel Fallis two years later and the family would move to Winnipeg in 1932/33. In 1944, Earle Forshaw graduated from Gordon Bell High School in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He worked as a meatpacker with Swift Canada, a subsidiary of Swift Meatpacking Company, Chicago. Earle remained with the company until his retirement in 1984, by which time he was a branch manager of the Swift branch in Ottawa, Ontario. Earle moved back to Manitoba in 1985, first living in Winnipeg before settling in the resort community of Matlock, situated in the southernmost part of the Village of Dunnottar on the southwestern shore of Lake Winnipeg. Earle Forshaw was married three times. He married Elizabeth “Betty” Anne Hamilton on 05 May 1951 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. They had one son, Tom. The Winnipeg Free Press published the couple’s divorce decree on 21 December 1970. Earle married Margaret Clara Veale née Cousins (b. 19 August 1928, Winnipeg – d. 10 September 1998) that same year. They would remain married until Margaret’s cancer-related death in 1998. The following year, Earle married Joyce Wilson née Mutton in Ontario on 28 December 1999. They currently reside in Matlock, Manitoba. Like his father and grandfather, Earle Philip Forshaw is a Free Mason. He received a 33rd degree membership in the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Right (honorary degree), a position he has held for more than 50 years. Earle has received two medals from the Free Mason’s for his half century of service to the society. Earle is also a Shriner and a member of the Royal Order of Scotland. ARTHUR HUGH FORSHAW Arthur Hugh “Hughie” Forshaw (b. 09 July 1899, Lancashire, England – d. 02 June 1976, Winnipeg) enlisted with the Canadian Expeditionary Force Overseas 181st Battalion on 21 March 1916 in Brandon, Manitoba. Although he claimed to be 18 years old at the time of enlistment,* his attestation papers stated he was not to head overseas until he was 19 years of age. *It appears Pte. Forshaw may have lied about his age when he enlisted. According to the Lancashire Anglican Parish Registers (Preston, England), Arthur Hugh Forshaw was born 09 July 1899 in the Skelmersdale Parish in Lancashire, England, not on 02 June 1898 as stated on his attestation papers. At the time of enlistment, Hugh lived with his family in Brandon, Manitoba, residing at 126 – 22nd Street. The 1916 Canadian Census lists his father, John, as a carpenter who had immigrated to Canada in 1905. Arthur and his mother, Sarah Forshaw née Edden, immigrated the following year and the Forshaw’s would have at least three more children, Rohda/Rhoda Elizabeth (b. 27 June 1908), Phylip/Philip Roy (b. 24 January 1911), and Irene Margaret (b. 1916). After the war, Henderson’s Brandon City Directories list Arthur Hugh as a clerk at the Union Bank of Canada in Brandon. By 1925, Hugh was working as a clerk with Imperial Oil. According to his obituary, he would remain with the company for 37 years; he was a supervisor before retiring in 1960. Hugh married Maud Ethel Hickling (b. 07 April 1901 – d. 26 October 1927) in Brandon, Manitoba on 22 November 1922. The couple had two sons, John “Jack” Hugh (b. 05 May 1923, Brandon – d. 17 May 1962, Winnipeg) and Earle Phillip, (b. 26 September 1927, Brandon). A month after Earle’s birth, Maud passed away at the age of 26 and was interred in the Brandon Municipal Cemetery. Hugh remarried on 10 August 1929 to Gertrude Ethel Fallis (b. 14 July 1908, R.M. Glenwood – d. 04 July 1994, Winnipeg) in Glenwood, Manitoba. The family moved to Winnipeg in 1933, where Hugh and his wife settled. Hugh, like his father John, was a member of the Free Mason’s society and became a 32nd degree mason. He was a member of the Capitol Lodge AF and AM GRM No.136 and the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Right of Free Masonry Khartum Shrine Temple. He was also one of the five original members of the Khartum Shrine Orchestra. Arthur “Hughie” Hugh Forshaw passed away on 02 June 1976 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, at the age of 76 years. He is interred alongside his second wife Gertrude in the Thomson in the Park Cemetery, Winnipeg.
Custodial History
Records in this collection were in the possession of Earle and Joyce Forshaw before they were submitted to local historian Jack Stothard. Stothard, in turn, donated the materials to the SJ McKee Archives in 2012. The Archives accessioned the records in 2013.
Scope and Content
The collection consists of two books/folios and three photographs (copies). The two folios/books are pictorial works about early Brandon, Manitoba. One book, The Illustrated Souvenir of Brandon, is published by W.W. Warner (Brandon, Manitoba). The second folio/book, Brandon Manitoba: The Wheat City, is published by Christies Bookstore, [circa 1907]. Photographs in this folio/book include: Rosser Avenue [facing east]; Brandon College and Lorne Avenue; Manitoba Winter Fair Building; the Armoury; Scene on 13th Street Residence Section; Young Men’s Christian Association; Canadian Northern Hotel and Station; Banks of Brandon (The Merchant’s Bank of Canada, Bank of Montreal, The Bank of British North America, Bank of Hamilton with Frank Gowen’s photography studio and Fleming’s Drugs); Assiniboine River; West End Park and Park School; Alexandra School, Collegiate Institute, The Convent [St. Michael’s Academy], Central School, Park School; Brandon Hospital and Nurses’ Home; Residential Brandon Looking West; Residence of W.G.A. Watson, Residence of Robert Kerr, Brandon Club, Residence of William Ferguson, Residence of E.L. Christie; Baptist Church, Methodist Church, St. Paul’s Presbyterian Church, St. Mary’s Church, St. Augustine’s Church; John E. Smith Block, Canadian Bank of Commerce, Cecil Hotel, The Sun, Corner of 10th Street and Rosser Avenue; Rosser Avenue from the Post Office [facing east], Union Bank of Canada; City Hall; Experimental Farm, Brandon [facing north]; Experimental Farm Brandon [facing south]; Fourth Proceeding Threshing Wheat by Electric Power on Farm of G.A. Patterson, Near Brandon; Farm Scenes Near Brandon: First Proceeding in Farming in the Canadian North West – Plowing, Second Proceeding – Sowing Wheat, Third Proceeding – Reaping, Field of Wheat Near Brandon, Ready for Threshing, $5 Bushels to the Acre; and Court House The three colour photocopies are reproductions of photographs of the City of Brandon’s 181st Battalion Band circa 1916 – 1917. Earle Forshaw’s father, Arthur Forshaw (#865277), was a bandsman who played both the violin and trumpet with the 181st Battalion and is pictured in each of the photographs. The photograph (13-2013.1) is of an 11-member chamber group featuring a female cellist and female vocalist. A.H. Forshaw is on the left-hand side of the back row wearing a military uniform with Canadian general service collar badges and holding a violin under his arm. The photograph (13-2013.2) is of the 23-member 181st Battalion band. All the members are in uniform and sporting the 181st Battalion Cap badge. A.H. Forshaw is standing second from the right in the second row and holding a trumpet. The photograph (13-2013.3) is of the 181st Battalion band at the Brandon Exposition in 1916 at the Summer Fair Grounds and grandstand.
Notes
Information in the history/biography was taken from the finding aid course assignment completed by Chris van Mejil for the Brandon University History Department’s 54:437 Historical Methods and Historiography course (2013); Manitoba Vital Statistics Database; Canadian Expeditionary Force Attestation Papers for Arthur Forshaw (#865277); Canada 1916 Census; Henderson’s Brandon City Directories from 1911 to 1933; City of Brandon GIS: Cemetery Map; FindaGrave.com; Lancashire Anglican Parish Registers. Preston, England: Lancashire Archives (ancestry.ca); Winnipeg Free Press (09 May 1951 [Earle]; 18 May 1962, 19 May 1962 [John Hugh Forshaw]; 03 June 1976 [Arthur Hugh Forshaw]; 12 September 1998 [Earle widower]; 15 January 2000 [Earle marriage]) Phylip Forshaw’s birth is registered under “Philip Roy Fershaw” in the Manitoba Vital Statistics Database. Maud Ethel Hicklings [sic.] death is registered in Manitoba Vital Statistics Database but her tombstone in the Brandon Municipal Cemetery reads “Hickling.” Rohda [sic.] Elizabeth Forshaw’s birth is registered in the Manitoba Vital Statistics Database and her name is spelled as such in the 1916 Canadian Census, however, the Winnipeg Free Press obituary (03 June 1976) for Arthur Hugh Forshaw spells her name “Rhoda.” The Brandon Manitoba: The Wheat City, published by Christies Bookstore is assigned a publication date of 1907 based on the construction of the Brandon Collegiate Institute Description by Suyoko Tsukamoto
Accruals
closed
Finding Aid
none
Location Original
Original photographs were retained by Earle Forshaw
Storage Location
New oversize drawer 2 (photos) Brandon, Manitoba: The Wheat City (Rare Books) Illustrated Souvenir of Brandon (Reading Room Library shelves)
Related Material
Gerry Beaubier collection
Alf Fowler collection
Fred McGuinness collection
Rare Books FC3399.B73I5
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General Board of Governors' agendas

http://archives.brandonu.ca/en/permalink/descriptions3183
Part Of
RG 6 Brandon University fonds
Description Level
Sub sub series
GMD
textual records
Date Range
1976-1980
Part Of
RG 6 Brandon University fonds
Description Level
Sub sub series
Series Number
2.3.1
GMD
textual records
Date Range
1976-1980
Physical Description
30 cm
History / Biographical
For administrative history see RG 6 (Brandon University fonds), series 2 (Board of Governors).
Scope and Content
Sub sub series consists of agendas and related documents for general Board of Governors' meetings.
Storage Location
RG 6 Brandon University fonds Series 2: Board of Governors 2.3 Board agendas, minutes and packages
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General Board of Governors' minutes

http://archives.brandonu.ca/en/permalink/descriptions3184
Part Of
RG 6 Brandon University fonds
Description Level
Sub sub series
GMD
textual records
Date Range
1967-1990
Part Of
RG 6 Brandon University fonds
Description Level
Sub sub series
Series Number
2.3.2
GMD
textual records
Date Range
1967-1990
Physical Description
60 cm
History / Biographical
For administrative history see RG 6 (Brandon University fonds), series 2 (Board of Governors).
Scope and Content
Sub sub series consists of open and closed minutes for general Board of Governors' meetings.
Notes
During the Mallea era, some of the minutes have the name "David" handwritten on them. "David" refers to David Wilke, the executive assistant to the President.
Storage Location
RG 6 Brandon University fonds Series 2: Board of Governors 2.3. Board agendas, minutes and packages
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Board Executive minutes

http://archives.brandonu.ca/en/permalink/descriptions3186
Part Of
RG 6 Brandon University fonds
Description Level
Sub sub series
GMD
textual records
Date Range
1980-1990
Part Of
RG 6 Brandon University fonds
Description Level
Sub sub series
Series Number
2.2.1
GMD
textual records
Date Range
1980-1990
Physical Description
10 cm
History / Biographical
For administrative history see sub-series RG 6 (Brandon University fonds), 2.2 Board Executive Committee.
Scope and Content
Sub sub series consists of open and closed minutes for the Executive of the Brandon University Board of Governors.
Storage Location
RG 6 Brandon University fonds Series 2: Board of Governors 2.2.1 Board Executive minutes
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Foundation-Liaison Committee

http://archives.brandonu.ca/en/permalink/descriptions3193
Part Of
RG 6 Brandon University fonds
Description Level
Sub sub series
GMD
textual records
Date Range
1984-1987
Accession Number
6-2005
Part Of
RG 6 Brandon University fonds
Description Level
Sub sub series
Series Number
2.5.5
Accession Number
6-2005
GMD
textual records
Date Range
1984-1987
Physical Description
6 cm
Scope and Content
Sub sub series consists of correspondence, financial information, newsclippings, reports, minutes, motion sheets, reference materials, an alumni questionnaire, BUSU/Board of Governors Joint Negotiating Committee memo of understanding, Knowles-Douglas Students' Union Centre Commission (Thrid draft), potential chairmen recruitment forms, briefs, policy documents, agendas, and calenders of events.
Storage Location
RG 6 Brandon University fonds Series 2: Board of Governors 2.5 Board of Governors' committees
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Board of Governors' motion sheets

http://archives.brandonu.ca/en/permalink/descriptions3319
Part Of
RG 6 Brandon University fonds
Description Level
Sub sub series
GMD
textual records
Date Range
January 1988 - April 1989
Accession Number
6-2005
Part Of
RG 6 Brandon University fonds
Description Level
Sub sub series
Series Number
2.3.4
Accession Number
6-2005
GMD
textual records
Date Range
January 1988 - April 1989
Physical Description
9 cm
History / Biographical
For administrative history see RG 6 (Brandon University fonds), series 2 (Board of Governors).
Scope and Content
The sub sub series consists of motion sheets for the months January 1988 - April 1989 (not inclusive).
Storage Location
RG 6 Brandon University fonds Series 2: Board of Governors 2.3. Board agendas, minutes and packages
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Board of Governors' index of motions

http://archives.brandonu.ca/en/permalink/descriptions3320
Part Of
RG 6 Brandon University fonds
Description Level
Sub sub series
GMD
textual records
Date Range
1967-1991
Accession Number
1-2004
Part Of
RG 6 Brandon University fonds
Creator
Board of Governors
Description Level
Sub sub series
Series Number
2.3.5
Accession Number
1-2004
GMD
textual records
Date Range
1967-1991
Physical Description
16.5 cm
History / Biographical
For administrative history see RG 6 (Brandon University fonds), series 2 (Board of Governors).
Scope and Content
The sub sub series consists of an index of approved motions for the Board of Governors for 1967-1991.
Storage Location
RG 6 Brandon University fonds Series 2: Board of Governors 2.3 Board agendas, minutes and packages
Arrangement
The index is typed on index cards, which are arranged alphabetically by subject, and then chronologically within each subject.
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Nominating Committee

http://archives.brandonu.ca/en/permalink/descriptions3322
Part Of
RG 6 Brandon University fonds
Description Level
Sub sub series
GMD
textual records
Date Range
1971-1976
Accession Number
6-2005
Part Of
RG 6 Brandon University fonds
Description Level
Sub sub series
Series Number
2.5.1
Accession Number
6-2005
GMD
textual records
Date Range
1971-1976
Physical Description
1 file
History / Biographical
The By-laws and Nominating Committee of the Board of Governors is a standing committee that meets as required to discuss matters relating to the by-laws governing the Board of Governors and, when appropriate, to present a slate of officers and committee member to the Board. The membership of the By-laws and Nominating Committee consists of the Secretary of the Board as Chair and up to four members of the Board of Governors, one of which is a student. Elections take place at the August meeting of the Board of Governors every year. The By-laws and Nominating Committee is responsible for: developing the terms of reference for the standing committees of the Board of Governors; developing and recommending by-laws for the operation of the Brandon University Board of Governors; maintaining Board policies and making reocmmendations to the Board of Governors on such matters; preparing a list of nominees for membership on each of the standing and ad hoc committees of theBoard of Governors; and identifying potential Board appointees as required from the internal and external community.
Scope and Content
Sub sub series consist of 1 file containing reports, executive and committee lists and correspondence.
Notes
History/Bio information takend from Board of Governors By-law No. 11 - Committees of the Board of Governors, Section IV - By-laws and Nominating Committee (revised November 23, 2006).
Storage Location
RG 6 Brandon University fonds Series 2: Board of Governors 2.5 Board of Governors' committees
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Part Of
RG 6 Brandon University fonds
Description Level
Sub sub series
GMD
textual records
Date Range
1972-1974
Accession Number
6-2005
Part Of
RG 6 Brandon University fonds
Description Level
Sub sub series
Series Number
2.5.2
Accession Number
6-2005
GMD
textual records
Date Range
1972-1974
Physical Description
1.5 cm
History / Biographical
The Executive Committee assumed the responsibilities of the former Planning and Finance Committee on January 6, 2000.
Scope and Content
Sub sub series consists of 1 file containing minutes, agendas, correspondence, financial information and records of the Budget Committee.
Notes
History/Bio information takend from Board of Governors By-law No. 11 - Committees of the Board of Governors, Section III - Executive Committee (revised November 23, 2006).
Storage Location
RG 6 Brandon University fonds Series 2: Board of Governors 2.5 Board of Governors' committees
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Presidential Selection Committee

http://archives.brandonu.ca/en/permalink/descriptions3326
Part Of
RG 6 Brandon University fonds
Description Level
Sub sub series
GMD
textual records
Date Range
1967-1977
Accession Number
6-2005
Part Of
RG 6 Brandon University fonds
Description Level
Sub sub series
Series Number
2.5.3
Accession Number
6-2005
GMD
textual records
Date Range
1967-1977
Physical Description
1 file
Scope and Content
Sub sub series consists of 1 file containing correspondence, news clippings and a committee member list (1969).
Storage Location
RG 6 Brandon University fonds Series 2: Board of Governors 2.5 Board of Governors' committees
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Membership Committee

http://archives.brandonu.ca/en/permalink/descriptions3327
Part Of
RG 6 Brandon University fonds
Description Level
Sub sub series
GMD
textual records
Date Range
1967-1980
Accession Number
6-2005
Part Of
RG 6 Brandon University fonds
Description Level
Sub sub series
Series Number
2.5.4
Accession Number
6-2005
GMD
textual records
Date Range
1967-1980
Physical Description
.75 cm
Scope and Content
Sub sub series consists of Board of Governors member lists, correspondence, a memorandum, appointments for January 1970, a voting ballot and orders-in-council for Robert Martin and Gary Sallows.
Storage Location
RG 6 Brandon University fonds Series 2: Board of Governors 2.5 Board of Governors' committees
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Athletic Directorate

http://archives.brandonu.ca/en/permalink/descriptions3333
Part Of
RG 6 Brandon University fonds
Description Level
Sub sub series
GMD
textual records
Date Range
1972-1985
Accession Number
7-2005
Part Of
RG 6 Brandon University fonds
Description Level
Sub sub series
Series Number
2.5.6
Accession Number
7-2005
GMD
textual records
Date Range
1972-1985
Physical Description
4.5 cm
History / Biographical
The Brandon College Athletic Directorate was formed in the spring of 1964. It consided of the College President or his nominee (Chairman); the Head of the Department of Physical Education; two representatives of the Faculty or Administration to be appointed by the Board of Directors; one representative of the Brandon College Alumni Association, appointed by that Association; the Senior Stick; one male and one female representative from the Brandon College Students' Association, appointed by the Executive of the Association. Under the authority of the Board of Directors and subject to the approval of the President, the Directorate contorlled and administered all copetitive and recreational athleticsa vailable to members of the student body of Brandon College. The Directorate had full control and direction over all facilities of Brandon College available for athletics and recreation. Prior to the creation of the Athletic Directorate students had been responsible for that organization of athletic activities. At the January 18, 2001 open meeting of the Board of Governors a motion was carried that the Athletic Directorate Committee no longer fall under the umbrella of the Brandon University Board of Directors.
Scope and Content
Sub sub series consists of Bobcat programs, correspondence, minutes, participation in sport survey results, budget information, development plans, constitutions for various athletic awards, Bobcat schedules, Intramural Sports council and Intramural Athletic Board records, Hoop Classic records, reference materials, and a copy of "Intercollegiate Athletics at Brandon University - a Deepening Crisis."
Notes
History/Bio information taken from the September 1964 issue of Alumni News.
Storage Location
RG 6 Brandon University fonds Series 2: Board of Governors 2.5 Board of Governors' committees
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Part Of
RG 6 Brandon University fonds
Description Level
Sub sub series
GMD
textual records
Date Range
1927-1984
Part Of
RG 6 Brandon University fonds
Description Level
Sub sub series
Series Number
14.5.1
GMD
textual records
Date Range
1927-1984
Physical Description
1.56 m
History / Biographical
The Sickle, which was the Brandon College, and later the Brandon University yearbook, was established in 1927 as an off-shoot of The Quill. Editions were typically published by the Brandon College Student Association, and subsequently BUSU, every spring at the end of the school year. The Sickle ceased publication in 1984.
Scope and Content
Sub sub series has been divided into three sub sub sub series, including: (1) The Sickle - archival copies; (2) The Sickle - researchers' copies; and (3) The Spectrum.
Notes
The Sickle was not produced in 1944.
Storage Location
RG 6 Brandon University fonds Series 14: BUSU 14.5 BUSU publications
Related Material
The Quill and Sickle account book for [1939-1941] is located in the Alfred Angus Murray McPherson collection (21-2006) Box 7, File 7.
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Part Of
RG 6 Brandon University fonds
Description Level
Sub sub series
GMD
textual records
Date Range
1907, 1914-1996 (not inclusive)
Part Of
RG 6 Brandon University fonds
Description Level
Sub sub series
Series Number
14.5.2
GMD
textual records
Date Range
1907, 1914-1996 (not inclusive)
Physical Description
25 cm
History / Biographical
Although the Archives has handbooks dating back to 1907, these directories were not student run. The handbook became a student publication in 1935.
Scope and Content
Sub sub series consists of student handbooks. Box 1 contains handbooks for the years 1907, 1914, 1927, 1937 to 1938, 1940 to 1945, 1948 to 1951, 1957 to 1965, 1967 to 1974, 1976, 1981 to 1982 and 1984. Box 2 contains handbooks for the years 1985 to 1992, 1994, and 1996.
Storage Location
RG 6 Brandon University fonds Series 14: BUSU 14.5 BUSU Publications
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Part Of
RG 6 Brandon University fonds
Description Level
Sub sub series
GMD
textual records
Date Range
1910-2006
Accession Number
13-2006, 23-2006, 1-2007
Part Of
RG 6 Brandon University fonds
Description Level
Sub sub series
Series Number
14.5.3
Accession Number
13-2006, 23-2006, 1-2007
GMD
textual records
Date Range
1910-2006
Physical Condition
Generally good. Some editions are fragile.
History / Biographical
The Quill was established in 1910, and is the second oldest student newspaper in western Canada. It was also the first student run publication at Brandon College. The December (Vol. I, No. 1) edition states that "the demand for such a paper [had] been steadily increasing until at last some definite steps towards bringing one into existence became absolutely necessary." The first step was the election of a committe by the Literary Society to look into the possibilites of the project and report at a special meeting. Following the acceptance of the committee's favorable report, another committee was appointed to outline a policy and nominate officers and staff. The inagural staff of the Quill, "having examined the reasons for the discontinuance of the Brandon College Monthly some years ago, [found] that these have been to a large extent removed by the development of the College in the intervening years." They felt that the "student body [had] grown to such an extent that the problem of getting suffiecient material for a paper, as well as the financial difficulty, [had] been appreciably reduced." For them, this development "not only justified but demanded the advent of a College paper." The creation of the Quill was also influenced by the awareness of the students involved that their college was in a state of constant change. They felt that they "[could not] allow this important period of [their] College history to pass away and be forgotten." The newpaper enabled them to record the growth and changes on campus for the benefit of the students and friends of the College. Originally the publication of three editions of the Quill, i.e. Christmas, Easter and a special graduates' number, were planned; the policy on the limited number of issues was to allow the Quill and its staff time to establish themselves, with the aim of expanding into a monthly paper as soon as it was thought advisable to do so. In 1911, the Quill was printed quarterly, with the first three issues of the school year consisting of student publications and professors writings, as well as containg various columns on campus activities. The final issue of that year, and subsequent years, was called the Commencement Issue, and it contained a brief biographical sketch of each member of the graduating class. In 1927, the Quill was split into two separate entities. In the April edition (Vol. XVI, No. 11), the editorial staff wrote that the Quill's ". . . function and the efficiency with which it has performed that function in the immediate past are . . . doubtful. The present management realize this and feel that the "Quill" as conducted at present can assume neither the utility of a newspaper nor the intrinsic value of a year-book." Subsequently it was decided to publish a fortnightly, or bi-weekly newspaper, which retained the title of "The Quill," as well as a new publication, named The Sickle, which was to act as a yearbook. This decision was also influenced by the belief that by creating a sepaprate newspaper and yearbook "Brandon College [would] then be on a similar basis in this respect as her sister institutions throughout the Dominion." Although the Quill has occassionally ceased production (for a week or two at most) throughout its history, usually due to a lack of student participation in its production and/or financial troubles, it has continued to be published as as newspaper since 1927. In 1933, the Quill was presented in an entirely new form. Weekly, for three issues a month, a bulletin was published, with a fourth and more substantial issue at the end of the month. The introduction of the new broadsheet form was an attempt to "reduce stale news" and allow the publication to operate with a "greatly reduced budget." The broadsheet format of the Quill was abandoned in 1934-1935. Further changes were introduced with the January 15, 1963 (Vol. 53, No. 6) edition of the Quill. In the editorial section of that issue, the staff commented that "the Quill has remained as it is, in size, pattern and almost in content for the last fifty years!" In response, they introduced a weekly Quill (the Quill was first published as a weekly in 1937) and proclaimed that "we find the miserly, pamphlet-sized, shrunken-like Quill no more. In its stead, a fully-grown, broad-shouldered, new Quill has risen." Changes included the creation of the Feature and Intervarsity sections, with their own editors, a definite format in the 'lay-out' of articles, and the 'set-up' of pages, as well as a basic and overall reorganization of the Quill staff. In September 1969 (Vol. 60, No. 1), Acting Editor Tom Brook and the Quill staff clarified the position and purpose of the Quill as follows: "The primary purpose of the Quill is to bring to the attention of the students of Brandon University the issues and events that have direct implications on the lives of these people. We do and will continue to editorialize in our reporting. It may be not as strong as that seen in the past. But the Quill staff does feel that subjective evaluation of events after the case has been put factually is valid, and this shall be a policy that will be adhered to during the coming year." They also took a moment to point out that the Quill, although a student press, was not a commercial newspaper. Furthermore, they wanted "to see the Quill move closer to the concept of the bourgeois pressbut not so close that it loses its identification with students and the issues that concern them." By 1971, the Quill had adopted the statement of principle of the Student Press in Canada as outline in the Resolutions of the Canadian University Press. Printed on the front page of the September 24 edition, the Quill stated the following policy: It is ". . . our belief 'that the major role of the student press is to act as an agent of social change, striving to emphasize the rights and responsibilities of the student citizen', and 'that the student press must in fulfilling this role perform both an educative and an active function.'" The policy went on to declare that the Quill, as an alternative press (an alternative to the commercial press), rather than a newspaper, was "limited to presenting news which the commerical press does not handle and to providing news analysis." The democratic nature of the Quill was also clearly stated in the policy. The structure of the Quill was altered again in 1984, when an editorial board was instated, replacing the previous editor-in-chief system (although in most cases there was more than one editor in any given year). This board was to function as an organizing unit, with the collective electing officers for a one year term. The collective was made up of members, who had to contribute something to the Quill in one out of every three issues, in order to vote. Contributions included actual content for the paper, production, typing, photography work, office clean-up, or anything else that helped the Quill function. The central concern of the Quill, at the time of these changes, was to represent the "wide variety of social issues which interest Brandon University students." (September 27, 1984). The 'wide variety of social issues' was expanded upon in the September 3, 1987 edition of the Quill's editorial section: "A major purpse of THE QUILL is to provide the community with news and information pertaining to local, regional, national and international issues of concern to students." By 1993, the Editorial Board was comprised of the News Editor, the Co-ordinating Editor and the CUP Editor and was responsible for the direction and content of the newspaper each week. By 1996, the CUP Editor had been replaced by the Business Manager on the Editorial Board. Clarifying its relationship with BUSU in the November 18, 1996 edition, Co-ordinating Editor Stacey Brown quoted the Quill Constitution: "The Quill collective shall determine and regulate editorial content and policy and shall set such perimeters on acceptable advertising as it shall collectively see fit. Debate and reasonable documentation must be given beofre boycotting anything in the newspaper." She went on to state that "final decisions on most issues are made by the Editorial Board. . . " The position of Editor-in-Chief was reintroduced sometime around 2001. Throughout its history, the Quill has been a quarterly, a bi-weekly and a weekly publication. It has been printed in various formats, by a number of different companies and has been financed primarily through funding from BUSU, and at present, advertising and a student levy. In 1997, the Quill became one of the first student newspapers in Canada to produce the paper in a completely digital format. The Quill has been located at a number of locations on campus. Its first home was at the base of the Bell Tower in the original Clark Hall. In the 1970s it was produced in a mobile trailer near the gymnasium, before moving to the former Students' Union office in the lower level of the McMaster Building in 1980. Finally in 1991, the Quill was moved to its current location on the second floor of the Knowles-Douglas Student Centre. At present (January 2007), the Quill continues to be a member of the Canadian University Press (CUP), and as such is provided with feature articles, news, graphics and fieldworker assistance. The Quill adheres to the CUP Statement of Principles. As a democratic collective, the Quill is open to all students and staff at Brandon University. An autonomous corporate entity since 2005, the Quill is a student run publication; the articles, editing, layout and distribution are done by the students.
Custodial History
Editions of the Quill have been acquired by the McKee Archives from BUSU and former Alumni.
Scope and Content
Sub sub series has been divided into three sub sub sub series, including: (1) The Quill editions; (2) The Quill duplicates and microfilm; and (3) The Quill special editions.
Notes
Adminitrative information in the History/Bio field was taken from the "Brandon Collge finding aid" prepared by Karyn Reidel for the McKee Archives in 1998 and various editions of the Quill. Post-1927, a handfull of Quill editions contain Literary Supplements.
Subject Access
college newspapers
yearbooks
history
Accruals
Further accruals expected.
Repro Restriction
Copyright provisions apply.
Location Original
S.J. McKee Archives
Location Copy
See sub sub sub series 14.5.3.2 The Quill duplicates and microfilm for information on copies.
Storage Location
RG 6 Brandon University fonds Series 14: BUSU 14.5 BUSU publications
Related Material
Editions of the Brandon College/University Sickle are located at RG 6, sub sub series 14.5.1 (The Sickle). The Quill and Sickle account book for [1939-1941] is located in the Alfred Angus Murray McPherson collection (21-2006) Box 7, File 7.
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Winter sunlight, summer rain by Roger Finch

http://archives.brandonu.ca/en/permalink/descriptions3485
Part Of
RG 6 Brandon University fonds
Description Level
Item
GMD
textual records
Date Range
February 15, 1984
Accession Number
02-2005
Part Of
RG 6 Brandon University fonds
Description Level
Item
Series Number
7.1.3
Item Number
13
Accession Number
02-2005
GMD
textual records
Date Range
February 15, 1984
Physical Description
12 pp.
Scope and Content
Item is a mini-chapbook entitled "Winter Sunlight, Summer Rain" by Roger Finch. It is series 1, number 2 of the Dollarpoems series. The series was published by Pierian Press at Brandon University.
Name Access
Roger Finch
Storage Location
RG 6 Brandon University fonds Series 7: Faculties and Schools 7.1.2 Arts Publications Box 1
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Candles for the dawn by Dorothy Corbett Gentleman

http://archives.brandonu.ca/en/permalink/descriptions3486
Part Of
RG 6 Brandon University fonds
Description Level
Item
GMD
textual records
Date Range
March 1, 1984
Accession Number
02-2005
Part Of
RG 6 Brandon University fonds
Description Level
Item
Series Number
7.1.3
Item Number
14
Accession Number
02-2005
GMD
textual records
Responsibility
ed. Ken Hanly
Date Range
March 1, 1984
Physical Description
12 pp.
Scope and Content
Item is a mini-chapbook entitled "Candles for the Dawn" by Dorothy Corbett Gentleman. It is series 1, number 3 of the Dollarpoems series. The series was published by Pierian Press, Brandon University.
Name Access
Dorothy Corbett Gentleman
Ken Hanly
Storage Location
RG 6 Brandon University fonds Series 7: Faculties and Schools 7.1.2 Arts Publications Box 1
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Hierarchy at the feeder by Richard Stevenson

http://archives.brandonu.ca/en/permalink/descriptions3487
Part Of
RG 6 Brandon University fonds
Description Level
Item
GMD
textual records
Date Range
April 15, 1984
Accession Number
02-2005
Part Of
RG 6 Brandon University fonds
Description Level
Item
Series Number
7.1.3
Item Number
15
Accession Number
02-2005
GMD
textual records
Responsibility
ed. Ken Hanly
Date Range
April 15, 1984
Physical Description
12 pp.
Scope and Content
Item is a mini-chapbook entitled "Hierarchy at the Feeder" by Richard Stevenson. It is series 1, number 4 of the Dollarpoems series. The series was published by Pierian Press, Brandon University.
Name Access
Richard Stevenson
Ken Hanly
Storage Location
RG 6 Brandon University fonds Series 7: Faculties and Schools 7.1.2 Arts Publications Box 1
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