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).
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.
See sub-series level description for MG 1 1.12 Wilfred Whyte McCutcheon fonds for biographical information.
Custodial History
See sub-series level description for MG 1 1.12 Wilfred Whyte McCutcheon fonds for custodial history.
Scope and Content
Item is a photocopy of McCutcheon's Doctor of Education Degree from Cornell University.
Location Original
Original degree was culled from the fonds by Tom Mitchell at the time the material was accessioned. The decision was made to cull the original because it had been heat-treated and laminated onto an oversized board.
Item, which belonged to Colin Mailer, was part of a group of materials compiled by Gerald Brown from the personal collections of Colin Mailer, Lorne Watson, Norman Kalinski and Gerald Brown. Brown delivered the records to the Archives on November 17, 2009.
Scope and Content
Contains poetry, short stories and art work by various contributors.
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.
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.
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.
Item is a mini-chapbook entitled "Moonfires" by Peter Baltensperger. It is series 1, number 5 of the Dollarpoems series. The series was published by Pierian Press, Brandon University.
Item is a mini-chapbook entitled "The Gemini Poems" by Elizabeth Bartlett. It is series 1, number 6 of the Dollarpoems series. The series was published by Pierian Press, Brandon University.
Item is a mini-chapbook entitled "Barker's Dozen" by Lucile Angela Morreale Barker. It is series 1, number 7 of the Dollarpoems series. The series was published by Pierian Press, Brandon University with the assistance of the Manitoba Arts Council.
Item is a mini-chapbook entitled "Late Summer" by Sheila Murphy. It is series 1, number 9 of the Dollarpoems series. The series was published by Pierian Press, Brandon University.
Item is a mini-chapbook entitled "A Feathered Shadow" by Linda Peavy. It is series 1, number 10 of the Dollarpoems series. The series was published by Pierian Press, Brandon University.
Item is a mini-chapbook entitled "Jottings Toward the Country of the Light: 10 Ghazals" by Allan Cooper. It is series 2, number 1 in the Dollarpoems series. The series was publiched by Pierian Press, Brandon University with the aid of a grant from The Manitoba Arts Council.
Item is a mini-chapbook entitled "For a Warmer Country" by Alexandre L. Amprimoz. It is series 2, number 2 in the Dollarpoems series. The series was publiched by Pierian Press, Brandon University with the aid of a grant from The Manitoba Arts Council.
Item is a mini-chapbook entitled "Spare Words" by Susan Ioannou. It is series 2, number 3 in the Dollarpoems series. The series was publiched by Pierian Press, Brandon University with the aid of a grant from The Manitoba Arts Council.
