See sub sub series level (RG 6, 8.4.1) for history/bio information.
Custodial History
See sub sub series level (RG 6, 8.4.1) for custodial history.
Scope and Content
File consists of thank you messages from the writers/performers and participants of the Festival. Some of the messages were copied from emails into one document.
Storage Location
RG 6 Brandon University fonds
Series 8: Library Services
8.4 Library special events
8.4.1 Brandon Aboriginal Literary Festival
See sub sub series level (RG 6, 8.4.1) for history/bio information.
Custodial History
See sub sub series level (RG 6, 8.4.1) for custodial history.
Scope and Content
File consists of a (signed) official programme from the event, a list of volunteers, correspondence, a proposed programme, minutes of the Festival Planning Committee, newspaper clippings, advertising for the event (poster, flier, news release), and documents regarding food for the festival.
Storage Location
RG 6 Brandon University fonds
Series 8: Library Services
8.4 Library special events
8.4.1 Brandon Aboriginal Literary Festival
See sub sub series level (RG 6, 8.4.1) for history/bio information.
Custodial History
See sub sub series level (RG 6, 8.4.1) for custodial history.
Scope and Content
File consists of grant application materials and progress reports to the Brandon Neighbourhood Renewal Corporation and correspondence regarding funding, reports and thank you letters to funders.
Storage Location
RG 6 Brandon University fonds
Series 8: Library Services
8.4 Library special events
8.4.1 Brandon Aboriginal Literary Festival
See sub sub series level (RG 6, 8.4.1) for history/bio information.
Custodial History
See sub sub series level (RG 6, 8.4.1) for custodial history.
Scope and Content
File consists of of correspondence and accompanying grant materials; emails regarding meetings, funding, festival development, Aboriginal book sellers/publishers, festival dignitaries, Aboriginal writers list of possibilities; photograph/audio permission forms signed by various authors; Aboriginal Literary Festival Minutes (Jan 12, 2006, Jan 19, 2006, Feb. 9, 2007,
Storage Location
RG 6 Brandon University fonds
Series 8: Library Services
8.4 Library special events
8.4.1 Brandon Aboriginal Literary Festival
See sub sub series level (RG 6, 8.4.1) for history/bio information.
Custodial History
See sub sub series level (RG 6, 8.4.1) for custodial history.
Scope and Content
File consists of grant application materials including a project proposal, budget template, bios for participating authors, and minutes for the April 20, 2007 meeting of the Aboriginal Literary Festival Committee.
Storage Location
RG 6 Brandon University fonds
Series 8: Library Services
8.4 Library special events
8.4.1 Brandon Aboriginal Literary Festival
See sub sub series level (RG 6, 8.4.1) for history/bio information.
Custodial History
See sub sub series level (RG 6, 8.4.1) for custodial history.
Scope and Content
File consists of documents related to the funding for the Festival provided by the Brandon Neighbourhood Renewal Corporation (BNRC). It includes progress reports, financial information, correspondence with other funding sources and application documents
Storage Location
RG 6 Brandon University fonds
Series 8: Library Services
8.4 Library special events
8.4.1 Brandon Aboriginal Literary Festival
14 b&w photographs
Textual descriptions for each photograph
Physical Condition
Very good
History / Biographical
Several years ago the Alumni Relations began a program of class reunions and reconvocation in conjunction with annual spring convocations. This program continues to the present (March 2006) and this document was produced in 2003 for the Class of 1943 reunion.
Custodial History
Images remain in the possession of Betty Knowlton (nee Burgoyne). She provided copies of the images to the Alumni Office for the Class of 1943 reunion. Those images were transferred to the McKee Archives by Alumni Relations.
Scope and Content
File consists of copies of photographs of the Class of 1943 provided by Betty Knowlton (nee Burgoyne) for the Class of 1943 reunion. The photographs and descriptions are mounted on Brandon University cardstock. File also contains the program for the President's Reception and Dinner.
Some of the pages are hard to read as the photocopy wasn't made dark enough.
History / Biographical
The 'scrapbook' was made by Lloyd Henderson and distributed to members of the Class of 1949 by Dave Organ.
Custodial History
Accessioned in 2007 by the McKee Archives. Prior custodial history is unknown.
Scope and Content
File consists of photocopies of pages from the Sickle on the Class of 1949, a list of class members lost (by 1979) and letters written by various members of the class of 1949 detailing their lives since they graduated from Brandon College.
Dr. MacNeill was the central figure in the scandal involving Brandon College in the early 1920’s. The Fundamentalist Baptists accused Brandon College, and Dr. MacNeill especially, of teaching Modernist views. He was absolved of any charges at the 1924 Baptist Convention in Chicago.
For history/bio information for H.L. MacNeill, see RG 1 Brandon College fonds, BC 6: Office of the college dean.
Scope and Content
File consists of correponsdence to Howard Whidden, President of Brandon College, and various regarding Dr. MacNeill and his teachings (October 1921 - January 1922). It also contains a copy of "An Abstract of the Report of the Brandon College Commission" prepared by Rev. H.H. Bingham regarding Dr. MacNeill and his teachings.
File contains registration cards for the following students: Rupert G. Stewart, Mildred Roseborough McKee, Mary Corbett, Charles Christopher Corbett, J.G. Dickson, Maggie L. Davidson, Charles Spurgean Elsey, John Fraser, E. Thomas Ferry, Isaac Gaetz, Mayzie L. Gillies, James Thomas Gamey, E.J. Hanbury, Joseph Joel, Wellington Clifton Kellay, Annie Mathews, Mabel Florence Mitchell, Eva Rosalind McDiarmid, George E. McKee, Isaiah D. McBain, Angus McVicar, Donald McIntyre*, Mary H. McKay, John McMillan, A.S. Parnall, Flossy(?) Ethel Rear, Jean Isabel Larupson(?), Henry Milton Sampson, Emanuel Selley, Herbert Silvester, Etta Sutherland, Claude Smith, Maude Smyth, R.B. Ledingham, Annie Millar Truesdell, Amelia Umbach, Edwin W. Williams, Thomas A. Mitchell, William T. Morrision, Livingstone Milne, Oscar Welsh, Frank Wilson Millox, J.A.S. Hyndman, Thomas Stanley Jardine, Carrie Nelles, Rodman Weldon Minaker, Mary McQueen, Elsie McGregor Graham, Jas. Arthur Barber, Frank L. O'Neil, J.L. Nichol, Emma(?) Fleming, Margaret Mott, Colin Brainard Feader, Roy Howard Glover, Fred Hawson, John Russel Synch, F.C. Grant, Donald Paterson, Samuel J. McKee, George W. Alexander, John Henry Betz, E.P. Crane, A. McRae, David Berry, William Grummett, Alexander Murphy, Hugh Campbell Warroch, William Jamieson Halliday, Susan Earline DeMaine, Ward N. Fallis, Rena(?) Anderson, Herbert Childerhose, Gilbert A. Colquhoun, David S. Tod, Herbert Horton Talmay, Reuben J. White, Annie Agnew, William John Robinson, Ivy Butcher, Ewart Kelly, James A. Hamilton, Samuel Winterbottom, Albert Hatcher, Alfred Walker Bell, Ebbot N. Elliott, John Anderson Grummett, Jno McEvoy, P.J. Barrager, Archibald William Hunter Smith, John George Pope, Bedord A. Tingley, William H. Davidson, A.B. Tweddle, Kate L. Woodcock, Thomas Percival Hodnett, Isabel Hall, D.L. Purdon(?), Claude Percival Evans, Robert William Conn, and R.A. Frampton.
Notes
*Donald McIntyre was one of Brandon College's first theological graduates, along with J.C. Bowen, in 1904.
Storage Location
RG 1 Brandon College fonds
Series 4: Office of the Registrar
4.11 Registration cards
Box 1
File contains registration cards for the following students: Herbert S. Sneyd, Alfred Newton Wolverton, Edgar Howard Way, M.E. Rutherford, William James Groves, A.M. Yuill, Joseph Henry M. Emsley, P.J.A. Barragher, Amelia L. Umbach, Jno. E. McDonald, Anson Buck, Henry Boyne Cross, S.B. Williscroft, William Hunter Davidson, Mattie I. McEwen, John Edward McEvoy, Herbert Randell Sharp, William James Scott, Wesley E. McVicar, Rowat Hepburn, Annie Millar Truesdell, Angus McVicar, Thomas Stanley Jardine, James Liggett, Ruby Fowlie, John Russell Synch, Marian L. Hurley, William P. Freeman, John Albert Shirley King, Eva R. McDiarmid, Lottie Louise Currie, William P. Stuart, Toussant Henry Framant, John McMillan, Gertrude Belvidere Campbell, William J.T. Graham, Peter Sharp, Algie Midgley, Frederick A. Ross, George I. Wilson, Frank E. Werry, Andrew Jorgen Sarup, Verda Wrye, Nellie Orchard, Edward Blake Goldsmith, Harold N. Kirk, Joseph P. Sproule, Byron J. McLeod, Jennie Trotter, T.C. Frampton, John Chas. Parr, James Currie McMillan, Henry Milton Sampson, Annie M. Acton, J.F. Fraser, J.G. Dickson, Percy Cory Johnson, John J. McCallum, Victor(?) Sandstrom, Melville James Bridge, Andrew Jamieson, Adne Joseph Leech, Frank Wilson Millox, Archibald Adam Herriot, William John Clifford Empey, E.J. Hanbury, W. Fred Howson, Carrie Nelles, Rolland Robert Brock Nicklin, Claude Percival Evans, Jean Helen Williscroft, John Bruce Kerr, Bedford A. Tingley, Samuel J. McKee, William A. M. Russell, Corlis R. Richards, Margaret Lucretia Mott, Jessie McIntosh, Judson Post, Donald McIntyre, J. Harry Bowering, Manford Mott, Herbert Armstrong, James Andrew Rollo, Jean Isabel Sampson, Christopher Croft, Nellie Rosamond Warner, Willie H. Howey, Allan Bremner Kelly, Albert Victor Knowlton, George E. McKee, Herbert W. Silvester, Mary Isabelle Clare Alexander, George Alexander, Joseph Joel, Charles S. Elsey, R.A. Frampton, Susan Earline DeMaine, Ada Louise Barton, Iva Hunter, Robert F. Moule, Phillip Percy Bucke, Percy Neill McGregor, Leslie Smart, Edward Brice.
Storage Location
RG 1 Brandon College fonds
Series 4: Office of the Registrar
4.11 Registration cards
Box 1
Some of the cards had had something spilled on them in the past. The edges of those cards were trimmed in order to separate the cards.
Scope and Content
File contains registration cards for the following students: Jabez Harry Bowering, Annie B. McGregor, Anlowa M. Pelton, Ernie Therrien, Sinclair Reekie, Peter Fraser McLaurin, Harry W. Thompson, Sara Edith Oliver, James A. Rollo, Nellie Orchard, Lottie Louise Currie, William O. Turnbull, Rowat R. Hepburn, Albert Bennett, Annie Margaret Allan, Frank Edward Brown, Fred Harold Fenwick, Howard Neelands White, James Leroy Sloat, Wellington Clifton Kellay, Sarah Lillian Marions Hurley, W.A.M. Russell, George E. McKee, Christopher Cross, Roy Gordon Macdonald, Percy G. McGregor, Herbert S. Sneyd, John Campbell Bowen, Mary Isabel Clare Alexander, Jean Isabel Sampson, Israel Judson Post, Frederick Letts, Emanuel Selley, William Parker Freeman, Henry Milton Sampson, Andrew Jergen Sarup, Harold Agustus Valmore Frith, Stephen Samuel Alpin, Mildred Roseborough McKee, Donald McIntyre, Frank Darby Gray, Helena May Bennest, John Stark, Roy Howard Glover, Harry F. Chapin, Anette Johnston, Alice Maud Gilbert, Alexander Sidney Parnall, Henry Bayne Cross, Jessie May McIntosh, Thomas Andrew Mitchell, Lawrence Hunter, Charles Spurgeon Elsey, Maggie Love, Marion Lorette(?) Umbach, Amelia L. Umbach, Lucy Birtles, Ethel L. Kelley, Edward Lee, Joseph Joel, Wilson Mowbray Graham, Leslie Smart, Fred Walton Kerr, Fredrick Syer Shaw, Maggie Ferrier, Arthur James Bowbrick, Charlie Clinton Gorrie, John Walton Smith, Livingstone Milne, Annie Millar Truesdell, Annie Elizabeth McKillop, Bedford Tingley, Idella Gertrude MacGregor, Allan Kelly, Edith Venitia Doran, Harold G. Macdonald, Jno F. Fraser, W.F. Hawson, Norman Bannerman, Henry Stratton Mullowney, Margaret Lucretia Mott, W.H. Bulloch, Addie Munroe, J. Burke, Charles F. Ziegler, Frank W. Willox, Harold N. Kirk, Charlie Benner, George Nelson Broatch, Carrie Nelles, Henry Norman Honeyman, George Fred. Edward Smith, ? Perley Hall, James Liggett, Ellerton Simpson Hopper, Frederick Sibert Conners, Richard Lloyd Hammill, Roy Wilbur Bridge, Elba Clare Ramsay, Alma Hughes, Joseph Percy Sproule, Fraubicz Arnold, George Frith, Lawrence Dale, J.G. Dickson, Bunyan W. Lee, Mary Jane Gummerson, George Doherty, Marler Lee, William Joseph Gordon Carruthers, Thomas E. Fear, Alred James Tulloch, William Munroe, William John Clifford Empey, John Lynn Weir, Julia P. Alexander, Ida May Gray, Alice E. Elliott, Frederic Thomas Cliff Lever, Charles E. McEvoy, Fred Clark, Nelson Boulton, Pierce Couling, Fred A. Ross, Francis G. Barber, John J. McCallum, MacDuff Rae, Percy C. Johnson, Samuel Cuthbert Robinson, Peter C. Robertson, Anson Buck, Jean Dorsey, William George Groves, Jean Helen Wiliscroft, Martha Jane Might, George W. Burgess, Robert J. Dunsmore, Stella May Cameron, Grace Ethelwynne Fraser, Charles Henry Bryce, Toussant Henry Framant, Margret J. Hughes, Chester A. Hughes, W.D. Wilson, F.E. Werry, George Adams Mogridge, and John F. Morrison.
Notes
Jabez Harry Bowering's grandson George Bowering, noted Canadian poet and Governor General's Award recipient (1969, 1980), wrote a poem about Jabez Bowering entitled Grandfather. The poem can be found in Bowering's book Touch: selected poems 1960-1970 (McClelland and Stewart Limited, 1971).
Storage Location
RG 1 Brandon College fonds
Series 4: Office of the Registrar
4.11 Registration cards
Box 1
Some tearing around the edges of some of the cards and a number of the cards are quite dirty. The first card - Sidney Robert Howe - is so faded it is almost illegible.
Scope and Content
File contains registration cards for the following students: Sidney Robert Howe, James William Farrar, Henry Hillyer, William C. Parsons, Howard Ernest Fairchild, Herbert Sellar Rutherford, John Barriman Dodson, James LeRoy Stoat, Robert McCaul, Norman Burke, Luella Muriel Macdonald, Jas. William Carrick, Ellerton S. Hopper, Frank H. Fenwick, Henrietta Koester, Elizabeth A. Henderson, Nora A. Brown, John Baldwin, James C. Murdoch, Peter Macgregor, William Henry Wakefield, Otto Reginald Schultz, Harry Royden Schultz, J. Hilton McGregor, George Alfred Reynolds, Alfred Northam, Fred Poyner, May Hall, Russell Hartney, Charles Angus McCance, Robert McLaren Johnstone McDougall, George A. Fraser, James Thomas Gamey, Wesley Morrison, Harold Alonzo Wolverton, John Carruthers Stagg, Harry W. Ellis, Leslie Hilton Head, Gertrude Hopper, Emanuel Selley, Hugh Winton, Bedford Almer Tingley, Alexander Sidney Parnall, William Parker Freeman, Alex Vincent Darrach, Chester Dunham Gainer, Wilson M. Graham, William Rosser McLaurin, Ernest James Bingham, R.A. Gibson, Maxwell Richard Parkin, James Lockhart Stark, Mehets(?) Kriewetzky, George Herbert Foster, John Campbell Bowen, Donald McIntyre, Mary Eleanor Brandon, Mamie J. Greaves, J. G. Dickson, Olive Joy Merrill, Leslie C. Whitelaw, H.S. Mullowney, John Herbert Frith, Oscar William Thompson Welsh, Charles Herbert Fee, John E. Kidd, Lorne Nelson Laidlaw, Harold Bolton Bedford, Peter C. Robertson, Herbert S. Sneyd, Wilbur F. Baker, Henry Millon Sampson, Ezra A. Thompson, Edgar William Johnson, Jno. McGregor Menzies, James Liggett, William Alfred Neff, John Freeman Cameron, Henry N. Honeyman, Archie Lamont, Homer Ernest Agar, Wilbie Mary Elizabeth Magwood, George Ross Michie, Annie McKillop, Edward Walker Hannah, Ethel Ross, John Kennedy Kerster, William George Clendening, George McTavish, Herbert S. Nichol, Donald McKinnon, James P. Hood, Alexander M. Dalgleish, F.W. Ball, Charles Zink, Laura Graham, Agnes M. Johnston, Georgie N. Davies, Albert Rabe, George Nelson Broatch, Amelia Laura Umbach, Arthur James Bowbrick, Coleman James Davies, Edna Laidlaw, Elizabeth Simonson, Roland Bell, Elba Clare Ramsay, Barbara Livingstone Purdon, Jessie Mary McKenzie, William T.F. Finch, John McCaul, Stella Williamena Donaldson, Earle R. Greenwood, Mercy E. McKenzie, Ernest Frith, Fred P. Clark, Thomas Todrick, John Bruce Kerr, Duncan Arthur Bell, William Reginald Morrison, William Samuel Young, Robert J. Dunsmore, Alfred Walker Bell, Francis J.G. Barber, William Henry Robertson, Helen Beveridge, Finlay William McKinnon, Lucy Birtles, Robert William Conn, May Rutter, Christopher Rice, Edward Jones, Linda Shore, Edythe Shore, and Mamie Macdougall.
Notes
John Campbell Bowen was the first theology graduate of Brandon College. He was later Lieutenant Governor of Alberta.
Storage Location
RG 1 Brandon College fonds
Series 4: Office of the Registrar
4.11 Registration cards
Box 1
