The original photograph remains in the custody of the donor, who scanned the digital copy and sent it to the McKee Archives in 2014. The donor's paternal grandmother graduated from Brandon Normal School in the Spring of 1912.
Scope and Content
Portrait of the students of Brandon Normal School Spring 1912 class.
W.M.C.A. Convocation '76 (a.m.) - outside the Western Manitoba Centennial Auditorium. Jean Chiaw Jin Heath (Arts General) and Family (?) pose for a picture. Photograph is looking north.
W.M.C.A.Convocation '76 Spring. Outside the Western Manitoba Centennial Auditorium: Jean Chiaw Jin Heath (Arts General), children and friend pose for a photograph. Photograph is looking north.
Some staining. Bottom left corner is missing. Tear in top right corner. Two small areas where image is missing (A. Collins, J. McLaren)
History / Biographical
The Brandon Normal School was an arm of the provincial Department of Education. Manitoba Normal schools were initiated in the early 1880s (1882 for protestant teachers and 1883 for Roman Catholic ones) to meet the demand for teachers in the province's schools. Normal schools were held in Brandon at various locations until the construction of the Brandon Normal School in 1912 under the Roblin government. The Brandon Normal School operated until 1946.
Scope and Content
Portraits of the students and staff of Brandon Normal School's spring class long term (1915).