Photograph was in possession of Mrs. Ruby Miles, who passed the image on to Fred McGuinness. McGuinness makes reference to Mrs. Miles and this photograph in his Sunbeams column (Source: F.A. Rosser, "Another interesting chat with a daughter of the plains," Brandon Sun 18 Aug 1981).
Scope and Content
Photograph allegedly shows the Wheat City Business College graduating class standing outside a woodframed building in the winter. Affixed to the building are posters/advertisements that read: Happyland, Monday July 30 [1906?]. A banner spelling Happyland in large block letters hangs above the building's door that is numbered 209. Surrounding the banner are the red ensign/Dominion of Canada flags.
The students are wearing long wintercoats with fur collars, some are wearing fur hats. The men appear to have ribbons pinned to their lapels. On the left of the photograph, a group of three female students are sitting in a horse-drawn sleigh and have fur robes on their laps. On the right, a number of students are standing on a horse-drawn sled. Two individuals can be seen holding megaphones, another student is holding a basketball.
Notes
Writing on the back of the photograph reads: 1909, Tenth Street and Princess. Two yellow labels are affixed to the back of the photograph. one reads: graduating class, Wheat City Business College. The other reads Mrs. K.L. McGregor, 157-4th St.
The Class of 1940 at the Arts Banquet. Back Row-L to R: Clare Pentland, Jack Wood, Tom McLeod, Iven Galvin. Middle Row-L to R: Jim Smith, Stan Leaming, Frank Goodwin, Marj Kirk, Jean Wedderburn, Bertha Davis, Ross Williamson, Ormand Williams, Don Lee. Front Row-L to R: Kay Drake, Florence Trent, Marg Hickling, Jean Hutchinson, Gwen Dobbie, Marion Stone
At one point the photograph may have belonged to S. Louise Wickstrom, who attended Brandon College in the 1920s. The photograph came into possession of the Alumni Office at Brandon University. The Alumni Office transfered it to the McKee Archives in July 2009.
Scope and Content
Item is a portrait of the students and faculty of Brandon College in 1921. Photograph was taken outdoors in front of the Brandon College Building and Clark Hall.
Notes
Writing on the back lists two Wickstroms: S.L. and N.O. Duplicate is BUPC 9.6
Beatrice C. Hall graduated from Brandon College c. 1923. She was a teacher of some kind and died in California when she was about 80 years of age.
Custodial History
This ring was part of a donation, along with item 23, from Jean Bennest, class of 1934. It's original owner was Beatrice C. Campbell (nee Hall), a relative of Jean Bennest, and Brandon College graduate.
Scope and Content
The ring is oval in shape and made of gold. It has the letters "BC" entwined in the centre of the oval. There is lettering around the "BC" but it is worn and difficult to make out. It may read "Recte et Suavitem."
Notes
Part of BU 16.2 Artifacts - apparel. History/Bio information provided by Jean Bennest.
Robert Harvey's portrait has come loose of the backing. Matting is torn at base.
History / Biographical
John B. Cole, who operated Cole's Photographic Studio, first at 656 15th Street and then at 831 Rosser Avenue, was a photographer in Brandon from c. 1911 to c. 1914.
Scope and Content
Item consists of eleven oval shaped portraits of the members of Brandon College's graduating class of 1913. L to R: Lillian Wilhelmina Speers; Robert Harvey; James Robinson, Muriel Vivien McCamis; Tom Hare Harris; Leslie Alberta Ward; J.R.C. Evans; Evelyn J. Simpson; W.E. Wilkin; Archibald Gordon; and Constance Gunn.
Damage to the edges; bottom left corner is missing (names and parts of two student portraits are missing)
Scope and Content
Composite portrait of the members of Brandon College's Commercial Class, 1908-1909.
Top row (L to R): H.L. Courtice; W.A. Morden; S.F. Attridge; H.L. Richarb; Annie Evans; I. Graham; L. Cunningham; A. Erickson; L.J. Courtice; K. Winton; A. Duncan; R. Rabe
Second row (L to R): L.P. Lopton; W. Morrison; E.S. Canning; J.R. Riches; J. Sinclair; A. McPherson
Thrid row (L to R): J.W. Forbes; M.I. Chase; E. Thompson; B.A. Moffat; D. McDonald; D.J. Orris; H. Lurass; L.R. Boorman; W. Courtice; H. Strong; E. Breffett
Fourth row (L to R): N. Miller; S. Fleming; A. Weden; L. Sharp; I. Patton; S.A. Gillis; U. Merrill; R. Smith; B. Moon; E. McDonald
Fifth row (L to R): R. Chapman; T. Henley; F. Chapman; J. Pollock; A. Jamieson; F. Shield; J. Kyle; W.R. McLachlan
Sixth row (L to R): [name missing female]; [name missing male]; J.A. Cameron; J. Bergstrom; C.E. Walker, C.A.; A.P. McDiarmid, M.A.D.D.; J. Peaslee; V. Speller; H. Evans; G.V.W. Lauder
Image was given to Carla Eisler in Alumni Relations by Barry Gordon in 2013. Eisler transferred it to the McKee Archives.
Scope and Content
Composite portrait of the Brandon College Class of 1927.
Top row (L to R): Doris Millicent Heath; Rose Alexandra Hyndman; Edith Marie Irish; Kathleen Condell; Margaret Lilian King; Ruth Eliza Willey; Ruth Ethel Clement; Leta Marian Fry; Alice Aileen Brandon; Gertrude Fanny Louise Godley; Emma Gruenke
Bottom row (L to R): Donald Alleyn Ritchie; Clarence Edmund Erickson; Lloyd Crawford; Eric Livesay Yates; Harold Pratt Clark; Hon. Pres. Cyril Richards; Robert Ormond Shuttleworth; Armand Daniel Stade; John Arvid Strahl; Denis Marland Phillpotts; John McLellan; Lawrence Gladwyn Macpherson.
Notes
Barry Gordon is the son of Ruth Eliza Gordon (nee Willey), Brandon College class of 1927. Duplicate is BUPC 9.79a
Image is warped on the right side and is coming away from its backing board
Scope and Content
Composite portrait of the Brandon College Class of 1927.
Top row (L to R): Doris Millicent Heath; Rose Alexandra Hyndman; Edith Marie Irish; Kathleen Condell; Margaret Lilian King; Ruth Eliza Willey; Ruth Ethel Clement; Leta Marian Fry; Alice Aileen Brandon; Gertrude Fanny Louise Godley; Emma Gruenke
Bottom row (L to R): Donald Alleyn Ritchie; Clarence Edmund Erickson; Lloyd Crawford; Eric Livesay Yates; Harold Pratt Clark; Hon. Pres. Cyril Richards; Robert Ormond Shuttleworth; Armand Daniel Stade; John Arvid Strahl; Denis Marland Phillpotts; John McLellan; Lawrence Gladwyn Macpherson.
Photo originally belonged to Maynard Rathwell, Class of 1916. Her nephew's wife, Norie Rathwell, donated it to the McKee Archives in June 2017.
Scope and Content
Composite portrait of the faculty and students of the Brandon College arts class of 1916. Image includes the class motto "Tenax Propositi" and a photo of the Brandon College Original Building and Clark Hall taken from Lorne Avenue.
Top Row (L to R): A. Howard Leash; Glora Fraser; Nettie Ross; Helen McDonald; William Robinson.
Second Row (L to R): Jean McLaren, S.J. McKee, Registrar; H.P. Whidden, President; Chester New, Honorary Class President; Maynard Rathwell
Third Row (L to R): John Linton; Andrew Rutherford
Bottom Row (L to R): Victor Coen; H.L. MacNeill; A.H. Vining; D.A. McGibbon; Henry F. Widen
Item consists of portraits of the members of Brandon College's Matriculation Class of 1919 and their motto: Non Sibi Sed Omnibus.
Top Row (L to R): E.A. Bowering; E.A. Luckman; M.J. Fraser; E. Wolverton; E. Moyle; and D.G. McKnight.
Second Row (L to R): K.A. Jones; P.G. Wedin; A.E. Best; and F.L. Ferrier.
Third Row (L to R): R.M. Willmott, Mr. Evans (Principal); Mrs. Wilkins (Lady Principal, Clark Hall); Dr. Whidden (President); and S.C. Kerr.
Fourth Row (L to R): L.F. Spackman; M.H. Smith (Class President); H.M. Gibson (Class Sec. Treas.); and C. Warner.
Fifth Row (L to R): D. Willmott; K.M. Stephens; B. Wright; and Mr.C. Grant.
Sixth Row (L to R): W. Lewis; A. McVeety; L.M. Knowlton; D. Guthrie; and E.J. King.
There is a fold down the middle of the photograph.
Scope and Content
Item consists of portraits of members of the Brandon College Matriculation Class of 1911 and their motto “Via Discipuli Difficilis Est”.
Top Row (L to R): J.D. Brown; C.G. Stone; G. Dexter; and H. Wilson.
Second Row (L to R): M.E. McGregor; J.H. Allen; O. DeMille; and V.Long.
Third Row (L to R): A. Pinder; W.A. Branton; D.L. Durkin, B.A.; Dr. R. H. Mode, M.A.; Alice Masse, B.A.; Dr. H.C. McNeill; Professor G.H. Ruttan; A. Cooper; and H. Higgins.
Fourth Row (L to R): E.G. Cambridge; W.H. Smith; V.L. Dunning; and I. Wright.
Fifth Row (L to R): W. Oliver; R.A. Phillips; E.M. Irwin; R. Wood (Vice Pres.); K.L. Longsworth (Sec.Treas.); R.J. Lang (President); B. Wright; W.Y. Roddick; and J.L. Williams.
Bottom Row (L to R): A.H. Erlandson; G.E. Moffatt; O. Larson; W.G. Maycock; O. Nordine; and I.M. Hodges.
John B. Cole, who operated Cole's Photographic Studio, first at 656 15th Street and then at 831 Rosser Avenue, was a photographer in Brandon from c. 1911 to c. 1914.
Scope and Content
Item consists of eleven oval shaped portraits of the members of Brandon College's graduating class of 1913. L to R: Lillian Wilhelmina Speers; Robert Harvey; James Robinson, Muriel Vivien McCamis; Tom Hare Harris; Leslie Alberta Ward; J.R.C. Evans; Evelyn J. Simpson; W.E. Wilkin; Archibald Gordon; and Constance Gunn.
Image has some small cracks across the portrait on the bottom left
Custodial History
Image was donated by Dr. Keith Evans, son of JRC Evans and nephew of Annie Evans Wright.
Scope and Content
Composite portrait of the Brandon College Class of 1926.
Top row (L to R): Anita Grace Sallans; Ida Myrtle Eliason; Muriel Edith Jollow; Harriet Ada Spackman; Rose Jeane Vasey; Hon. Pres. JRC Evans; Margaret Kilgour; Myrtle Christina Evans; Edna Pearl Calverley; Eileen Muriel Ritchie; Annie Evans Wright
Bottom row (L to R): Samuel Ernest McDowell; Thomas Eric Stevens; William August Wenk; George Ralph Berquist; Joseph Lester Gayton; Joseph Clarence Hembling; Robert Hugh Wellwood; Arthur Macdonald Freeman; Harold Francis Batho; George Darragh; Theodore Charles Segsworth; Arthur Percival Macpherson
The chain between the Brandon College portion of the pin and the '35 portion of the pin is broken. There is some discoloration on the '35 pin.
Custodial History
Item belonged to Winnifred Harvery, B.A. '35. It was donted to the Alumni Association at Brandon University in 1990.
Scope and Content
The pin consists of two parts, both pins in their own right. The first pin is a circle, 1 cm in diameter, with a small banner on top. The main circle is black with BC entwined in the middle and a link border around the outside. The lettering and border are in gold. The banner on top is also black, with the letters McM.U. in gold. This pin is linked to a second pin by a gold chain. The second pin consists of the numbers '35, in gold.