Elsie Carnahan (nee Humphries) was born on February 24, 1901 in Brandon, MB. Her initial schooling took place at East Ward School, located at 4th Street and Princess Avenue. In 1912, her parents moved to a farm northwest of Brandon, and she attended Hunter and Mayne schools, as well as high school in Kemnay. In 1919, Elsie attended Brandon Normal School. In 1924, she received her second class professional certificate from Winnipeg Normal School. Her teaching experience in rural schools included Delton, Minore, and Hunter school divisions. Elsie married William Stanley Carnahan (1899-1997) on November 10, 1926. She and her husband raised two children, Gordon and Eleanor, on their Kemnay farm, before retiring to Brandon in 1976. Elsie Carnahan died on April 2, 2003 in Brandon, MB. She is buried at Alexander Cemetery.
Custodial History
As part of the Westman Oral History Collection, this collection was accessioned by the McKee Archives in 1998. The original tapes from the Westman Oral History project were deposited in the Brandon Public Library. Copies of these originals were made by Margaret Pollex of the Brandon University Language Lab at the request of Eileen McFadden, University Archivist in the early 1990s. These copies compose the collection held in the McKee Archives.
Scope and Content
Item is an audiocassette tape containing an interview with Elsie Carnahan about education. Interviewer is Hazel Patmore.
Notes
History/bio information from the records and Carnahan's obituary. Description by Christy Henry.
Language Note
English
Audio Tracks
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