Image of Brandon University staff members (L to R): Lil Phillips (Library), Joan Fitzpatrick (Library), Stella Tolmie (Library), Ellen Perkin (Arts) and Elspeth Denbow (Science) dressed in period costumes to celebrate Brandon's 100th anniversary. The Senior and Lady Stick in their original case is on the wall behind the women.
Item is a photograph of the City of Brandon's "See you in '82" float advertising Brandon's upcoming Centennial in 1982. The float is a steamboat and features a number of posters.
Stephen Adolph Magnacca was born December 10, 1902 in Winnipeg, MB. He joined the Winnipeg Highland Cadets in 1914, and at the age of 15, he added two years to his age and joined the Winnipeg Light Infantry. He was commissioned as a Lieutenant on June 15, 1923. In 1933, he was promoted to the rank of Major. In 1956, he was made an honorary Lieutenant Colonel of the 26th Field Artillery Regiment; he was made a Colonel in 1967.
Magnacca married Grace Rosina Jones in 1927 and together they had two children: Patricia and Allan. Grace Jones was born in Cardiff, Wales on November 22, 1901. She came to Winnipeg as a child. For a few years before her marriage she worked as the circulation manager of The Nor'West Farmer. Members of St. Matthew's Church, Grace Magnacca was active in the Anglican Church Women of Canada (ACW). Following her husband's death she moved to Winnipeg. Grace Magnacca died in Winnipeg, MB on December 20, 2004.
The Maganacca family lived in Winnipeg until Magnacca's military career took him to Brandon in 1940; his family followed in 1942. The Magnacca's ran an Officer's Kit Shop and then in 1947, opened a real estate business named Magnacca Agencies.
Magnacca served two terms as Mayor of Brandon (1961-1969). He was also President of the Assiniboine Historical Society. For meritorious community service, Magnacca was given a Manitoba Golden Boy Award (1969) and a Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal.
Stephen Magnacca died on August 4, 1980 in Brandon, MB. He is commemmorated by Magnacca Crescent in Brandon and the Magnacca Research Centre at the Daly House Museum. He was elected a Life member of the Union of Manitoba Municipalities and in 1973, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada.
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of Mayor Stephen Magnacca and his wife Grace Magnacca dressed in period costumes for Canada's Centennial in 1967.
Notes
History/Bio information taken from the Manitoba Historical Society website (http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/magnacca_sa.shtml) and the December 31, 1969 Brandon Sun article Experience of being the wife of the mayor has brought satisfaction to Mrs. Magnacca.
The left side of the photograph is moderately damaged; all of the individuals in the photograph are untouched.
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Faculty of Brandon College taken on the steps of the College in October 1923, shortly after the Appointment of Dr. Franklin W. Sweet as President.
Back Row (L to R): Dr. T. R. Wilkins, Professor W. L. Wright.
Second Row (L to R): Professor J.W. Hill, Dr. T.M. Dadson, Dr. J.R.C. Evans, Dr. H. L. MacNeill, Mr. Crocker, Mr. Dennison, Mr.E. Scott Eaton.
Third Row (L to R): Mrs. Annie E. Wright, Dr. J.W.A. Stewart, Dr. F.W. Sweet, Professor C.H. Lager, Professor B.W.Hurd.
Fourth Row (L to R): Miss Jane M. Turnbull, Mrs. M. McManus, Professor R. Jones, Miss E. Magdalene Moore.
Bottom Row (L to R): Miss Grace Leeman, Mrs. D.A.C. Wilkins, L.S. Moffat (Ass't Principal), Miss M.K. Moffat
Photograph is looking southwest from the north end of the driveway and 18th Street and shows the Brandon College campus, including the front lawn, Clark Hall, the Brandon College Building and the Citizens' Science Building.
Notes
This photograph was used on a number of the Class photographs in BUPC 9. Duplicate is 9.43.
The matting has a large tear and some stains. The photograph itself has a couple of small stains.
Scope and Content
Photograph is looking southwest from the north end of the driveway and 18th Street and shows the Brandon College campus, including the front lawn, Clark Hall, the Brandon College Building and the Citizens' Science Building. Caption on the photograph reads: Brandon College: The Baptist College in Western Canada.
William Davies, a Baptist meat packer from Toronto, provided money for the construction of the Brandon College Building.
Scope and Content
Photograph shows the interior of the Brandon College Chapel. The portraits on the back wall are of William Davies and his wife.
Notes
Negative enclosed.
Related Material
Letters of William Davies: Toronto 1854-1861, edited by William Sherwood Fox, is located in Rare Books (call number CT 310.D3A4). Fox was an Instructor at Brandon College from 1900 to 1909.
View is southwest from the front lawn. Photograph shows the Brandon College Buildings and a number of cars parked in front of it. An H-Hut and McMaster Hall are visible in the background.
View is northwest from the front lawn. Photograph shows the south side of the Brandon College Building, including scaffolding. J.R.C. Evans Lecture Theatre in the background.
The podium in the photograph is used during convocation.
Custodial History
Donated by D. Sumner.
Scope and Content
Photograph shows the interior of the Brandon College Chapel, including the podium donated to Brandon College by McMaster University in 1900 and a portrait of Dr. A.P. McDiarmid.
