The Brandon Folk, Music, and Art Society, Inc. has been in existence since 1985, when it was founded by a group of Westman people interested in providing an alternative art and music festival for the western Manitoba region. That group sponsored the first annual Brandon Folk, Music, and Art Festival in September of 1985 and established the community-based, non-profit structure of the Society.
The Society's main goal is to provide musicians, artists and artisans with an opportunity to perform or display their talents on a professional level. The Society provides for its members and aspiring artists by sponsoring an annual Festival, coffeehouses, socials and other performances at local establishments, featuring local and touring performers.
The Society is governed by a volunteer board of directors from many sectors of the local community.
Custodial History
Recrods in accession 19-2008 were in the possession of the Brandon Folk, Music & Art Society prior to their donation to the archives in September 2008.
Scope and Content
Accession 17-2008 (12 cm, 1985-1988) consists of 10 files containing promotional materials, meeting minutes and planning documents for Society's annual music festival.
Accession 19-2008 (63 cm, 1981-2008) consists of: minutes, festival programs, publications, posters, financial records, correspondence; miscellaneous photographs.
Notes
History/Bio information taken from Society records. Description by Donna Lowe and Christy Henry.
View is southwest from approximately 18th Street and Lorne Avenue. Photograph shows the Brandon University campus in winter, including: the Brandon University sign, the John R. Brodie Science Centre, the Citizens' Science Building and McMaster Hall.
View is southwest from the north side of Princess Avenue. Photograph shows the original Music Building, the north driveway entrance and parts of Clark Hall and the Brandon College building.
View is southwest from the sidewalk on the west side of 18th Street. Photograph shows the Brandon University sign, the front lawn, the Citizens' Science Building, McMaster Hall and the John R. Brodie Science Centre.
View is south from the north side of Princess Avenue. Photograph shows the walkway leading south across campus, the original Music Building, the A.E. McKenzie Building, the J.R.C. Evans Lecture Theatre, Flora Cowan Hall and Darrach Hall.
View is southwest from Princess Avenue. Photograph shows the original Music Building, the A.E. McKenzie Building, the J.R.C. Evans Lecture Theatre and Darrach Hall. Also visible are the field where the Western Manitoba Centennial Auditorium now stands, as well as a number of houses on 20th Street.
View is northeast fron the west side of the Dining Hall. Photograph shows portions of the J.R.C. Evans Lecture Theatre and the A.E. McKenzie Building, as well as an H-Hut, Clark Hall, the Brandon College Building and the quadrangle.
View is north from approximately the Citizens' Science Building. Photograph shows the driveway running in front of the Brandon College Building and Clark Hall, a number of cars and students along the driveway and the Education Building in the background.
View is south from the lawn in front of the Education Building and shows a student exiting the building. The driveway and John R. Brodie Science Centre are visible in the background.
Photograph has a couple of cracks, due to bending.
Scope and Content
View is northwest from the front lawn. Photograph shows the Brandon College Building, Clark Hall, the parking lot in front of those two buildings and the Education building.
See fonds level of the CKX records for custodial history.
Scope and Content
Image of protesters outside the Gymnasium taken during the Brandon University rampage. Darrach Hall and Flora Cowan Hall are visible in the background.
