The Manitoba Wheat Pool and Manitoba Pool Elevators kept and preserved a chronological record of the meetings of the MPE Board of Directors and annual delegate meetings. The minutes were typed and bound, then placed in the MPE reference library so that employees and members could access them.
Scope and Content
This sub-series consists of minutes of organizational meetings and later meetings held by the Central Office of the Manitoba Wheat Co-operative Producers, Ltd (later known as the Manitoba Wheat Pool) from 1923 until it went under in 1934, and of meetings held by the central office of Manitoba Pool Elevators from 1925 until 1997.
See fonds level description of RG 4 for history/bio of MPE
Scope and Content
This artificially created sub-series contains a variety of legal and official documents related to the operation of the Manitoba Wheat Pool and MPE. Records include the following:
1. Agreements, General By-laws, and Contracts 1924-1972
2. General By-laws
3. Incorporations and Dissolutions
4. Operating Agreements, Agreements for Sale 1940-67
5. MPE Complete Legislation
6. Miscellaneous Documents
7. Elevator Policy, Agreements, Incorporation Certificates / Indebtedness
8. Quantitative Appraisal of Wheat Pool Building (left in original binding)
9. 9th Victory Loan Souvenir: A Portfolio of Reproductions of the Documents of Surrender
10a. Federal Agreement 1972 p.1-126
10b. Federal Agreement 1972
11a. Terminal Expansion 1961 – 1963
11b. Terminal Expansion 1961 – 1963
12. By-Laws and Constitutions
13. MPE & Connaught Laboratories Agreements 1964-66
14. MPE & Connaught Laboratories Agreements 1964-66
15. “Pool Pac” Trade Mark 1964, 1971, 1979
16. Patent #501894 Dust Control Apparatus 1954
17. MPE Agreement w/ Daniel Augustus Kane (General Superintendent appointment) 1928, 1933
18. Manitoba Co-operative Wheat Producers Ltd. Agreement w/ Richard M. Mahoney (Manager) 1924, 1925, 1928
19. MPE Acts
20. MPE Acts
21. Party & Supplementary Agreements 1931-1936
22a. Historical Documents of the Manitoba Wheat Pool 1924 - 1927
22b. Historical Documents of the Manitoba Wheat Pool 1927 - 1930
23a. Miscellaneous Documents 1925 -1996
23b. Miscellaneous Documents 1979 -1998
24. Association Documents 1940 - 1966
25. Deed of Trust and Mortage August 2 1928
26. Wheat and Coarse Grains Overpayments 1929-1930
A copy of a Local Associations (later the Local Pool Committees) would be sent to the Central Office, where it was stored until a microfilm copy could be made. Records were only transferred to microfilm until 1957.
Custodial History
Local Association records recieved by the Central Office dating from 1925 to 1957 are on microfilm. Records subsequent to 1957 are hardcopies.
Scope and Content
Sub-series MPE B.3 consists of Local Association records from the formation of the association until 1993 or said association's closure. See Box level entries for B.3 for detailed contents of records.
Notes
Description by Jillian Sutherland (2009). Records contained in Series B.3 on microfilm or in hardcopy may also be contained in Series A.
Circulars were used by Manitoba Pool Elevators to facilate communication between the central office and the local associations. Circulars were most often about Manitoba Pool Elevators and topic related to the running of the company, but they could also be about the co-operative movement, world events, or other aspects of rural life in Manitoba. See fonds level description of RG 4 for complete history/bio of MPE
Scope and Content
Sub-series MPE B.6 consists of circulars and newsletters. See Box level entries under B.6 for detailed contents of records.
As a co-operative company, the Manitoba Wheat Pool and later the Manitoba Pool Elevators was member controlled. In order to run the company successfully members needed to be educated and kept updated about the companies financial and organizational situation. Annual reports were one of the many ways the Pool tried to do this. See fonds level description of RG 4 for complete history/bio of MPE.
Scope and Content
Sub-series MPE B.7 consists of annual reports. There are two complete sets of annual reports, one for archival storage and one for use by researchers. Neither set contains a report for 1931. Reports from 1926 until 1928 are Manitoba Co-operative Wheat Producers, Ltd. Reports, 1929 - 1930 are Manitoba Wheat Pool Reports. All reports subsequent to 1931 are Manitoba Pool Elevators.
Archival set: (1) Bound Copies, MPE Annual Reports Vol. 1 1926 - 1949; MPE Annual Reports Vol. 2 1950 - 1959; MPE Annual Reports 1960 - 1969; (2) Individual MPE Annual Reports 1970 - 1998
Reserch set: Individual MPE Annual Reports 1926 - 1930, 1932 - 1998
Stuckey left a variety of materials in his collection in an unsorted state. Rather than allocate those materials to one of the existing sub-series, the McKee Archives chose to artificially create this sub-series, which has been designated "unsorted materials."
For history/bio information for Lawrence Stuckey see the collection level description of the Lawrence Stuckey collection.
Custodial History
For custodial history see the collection level description of the Lawrence Stuckey collection.
Scope and Content
Sub-series consists of photographic prints, photograph albums, postcards and negatives covering a variety of subjects including Brandon, ships, boats, threshermens' reunions, and rural Manitoba. Some of the prints correspond with negatives held in other sub-series in the Stuckey collection. If possible, the connection between the print and negative has been made at the item level. Some of the items are original and quite rare.
The dates given for many of the prints in this sub-series refer to the date the photograph was taken and not the date the print was made from the original negative.
Notes
Unidentifiable photographs not taken by Lawrence Stuckey and redundant prints were culled.
Repro Restriction
The McKee Archives is the copyright holder for the Stuckey materials.
See fonds level description of RG 4 for history/bio of MPE.
Scope and Content
Sub-series MPE B.4 consists of local association financial statements.The statements are bound in uniform hardcover volumes. The statements is organized chronologically, and alphabetically by local association name within each individual year.
The records for each individual local's fiscal year consists of: 1) letter of certification from the auditors; 2) summary of income and expenses of said local association.
Speeches and addresses given by executives of the Manitoba Wheat Pool and MPE as well as argricultural experts and supporters of the co-operative movement helped to spread and solidify support for the Pools. They also served to educate rural members on a variety of topics. See fonds level description of RG 4 for complete history/bio of MPE.
Scope and Content
Sub-series MPE B.8 consists of speeches made by various important members and executives of Manitoba Pool Elevators. Records include the following:
1a. Addresses 1930 -1946
1b. Addresses 1946 -1954
2. Addresses 1954 -1960
3. Addresses 1969 -1975
4a. Addresses 1972 -1979
4b. Addresses 1972 -1979
5a. F.W. Hamilton Speeches 1967 -1973
5b. F.W. Hamilton Speeches 1962 -1966
5c. F.W. Hamilton Speeches 1960 -1962
5d. F.W. Hamilton Speeches 1949 -1960
6a. W.J. Parker Speeches 1945
6b. W.J. Parker Speeches 1940 -1944
7a. W.J. Parker Speeches 1948 -1950
7b. W.J. Parker Speeches 1946 -1948
8a. W.J. Parker Speeches 1954 -1958
8b. W.J. Parker Speeches 1951 -1954
9a. W.J. Parker Speeches 1968 -1970
9b. W.J. Parker Speeches 1960 -1967
10. F.W. Ransom Addresses 1942 - 1948
11. Miscellaneous Addresses 1948 - 1955; no dates
12. Miscellaneous Addresses 1960; no dates
13. E.S. Russenholt Addresses
14. V. Martens " The Implications of Including Protein in Segregrating Canadian Wheat"
See fonds level description of RG 4 for history/bio of MPE
Scope and Content
This artificially created sub-series MPE B.9 consists of memos, letters to secretaries of locals, questionnaires, general correspondence, and responses. See Box level entries for B.9 for detailed contents of records.
Manitoba Pool Elevators was quick to realize the usefulness of the radio medium as a educational and promotional tool. It was also often used to defend the Pool and the co-operative movement in general on programs such as Farm Radio Forum. See fonds level description of RG 4 for complete history/bio of MPE.
Scope and Content
Sub-series MPE B.10 consists of textual radio broadcast transcriptions. The records include transcriptions from 1930 until 1971. Radio broadcasts are on a wide variety of topics, including argicultural science, the grain market and general economy of Canada and the world, government acts and legislation that affected the producer, co-operatives and the co-operative movement, rural life, young people, WWII, Manitoba, and the Manitoba Pool Elevators.
See fonds level description of RG 4 for history/bio of MPE
Scope and Content
Sub-series MPE B.11 consists of (1) general reports; (2) government related papers; (3) Canadian Wheat Board papers; (4) Manitoba Federation of Agriculture and Co-operatives papers; (5) Co-operative Life Insurance
For history/bio information see the collection level description of the Lawrence Stuckey collection.
Custodial History
For custodial history see the collection level description of the Lawrence Stuckey collection.
Scope and Content
Box contains the following slides:
Glendenning (10): October 5, 1980
Assiniboine River (37): July 14, 1963 to December 25, 1979
Souris River (57): 1962 to August 16, 1977
Manitoba Harvest Scenes and Manitoba Autumn Colours (129): March 4, 1962 to October 4, 1979
Manitoba Sidney - Firdale (4): September 5, 1976 to September 19, 1976
Manitoba Whiteshell (18): August 23, 1959 to June 23, 1974
Small Rivers & Creeks (27): 1955 to April 17, 1977
Manitoba Carberry Hills (Onah) (25): Fall 1976
Manitoba Baldhead Hills (26) October 6, 1968 to August 21, 1979
Manitoba Sprucewoods (48): August 23, 1964 to June 9, 1976
Manitoba Winter (30): August 23, 1959 to June 25, 1974
Notes
Slide descriptions are as follows: Location (Number of Slides): Date of slides. Information on each slide was provided by Stuckey.
Accruals
Additional slides of flora and fauna taken by Stuckey during his travels are housed in the McKee Archives. Those slides are unprocessed at present.
Repro Restriction
The McKee Archives is the copyright holder for the Stuckey materials.
Storage Location
Lawrence Stuckey collection
Series 2: Lawrence Stuckey slide collection
For history/bio information see the collection level description of the Lawrence Stuckey collection.
Custodial History
For custodial history see the collection level description of the Lawrence Stuckey collection.
Scope and Content
Box contains the following slides:
Manitoba North & West of Brandon (20): July 11, 1962 to June 26, 1979
Northwest Brandon, Duck Mountains Rossburn (26): May 17, 1964 to August 4, 1971
Manitoba Winter & Spring (25): April 30, 1961 to February 24, 1974
Manitoba Routes to Thompson (22): July 3, 1972 to June 24, 1973
Manitoba Kelsey Trail (46): May 17, 1964 to June 22, 1973
Manitoba East of Winnipeg (14): July 5, 1964 to July 1, 1970
Manitoba E.T. Seton Park (18): July 15, 1962 to August 8, 1965
Steeprock Bay & River (6): May 17, 1964 to June 21, 1973
Flin Flon, Manitoba (10): July 31, 1966 to July 4, 1972
Rocky Lake, Manitoba (18): July 31, 1966 to June 22, 1973
Manitoba South of Brandon (8): May 31, 1961 to October 6, 1963
Manitoba Lake Winnipegosis (12): July 27, 1958 to June 21, 1973
Manitoba Natural Impressions (50): July 16, 1965 to October 19, 1975
Manitoba Turtle Mountains (50): July 25, 1962 to July 12, 1972
Riding Mountain Moon Lake (23): July 10, 1966 to September 30, 1973
Riding Mountain Lake Katherine (14): July 4, 1973 to September 2, 1973
Riding Mountain Southwest Shore (22): July 17, 1966 to June 29, 1974
Notes
Slide descriptions are as follows: Location (Number of Slides): Date of slides. Information on each slide was provided by Stuckey.
Accruals
Additional slides of flora and fauna taken by Stuckey during his travels are housed in the McKee Archives. Those slides are unprocessed at present.
Repro Restriction
The McKee Archives is the copyright holder for the Stuckey materials.
Storage Location
Lawrence Stuckey collection
Series 2: Lawrence Stuckey slide collection
For history/bio information see the collection level description of the Lawrence Stuckey collection.
Custodial History
For custodial history see the collection level description of the Lawrence Stuckey collection.
Scope and Content
Box contains the following slides:
Riding Mountains Ice in Clear Lake (22): May 12, 1965 to May 5, 1968
Riding Mountain Arrowhead Trail (7): August 1, 1971 to July 15, 1972
Riding Mountain B&B Trail (8): September 23, 1973 to September 30, 1973
Riding Mountain Ominik Trail (11): July 15, 1972 to October 8, 1972
Miscellaneous Horticulture Ontario 80-81: May 26, 1980 to May 10, 1981
Scarborough, Ontario (31): June 2, 1980 to May 17, 1981
Trip 80 Edwards Gardens (9): June 4, 1980 to May 5, 1981
Trip 80 Royal Botanical Gardens (33): June 3, 1980 to May 13, 1981
Saskatchewan Mines (17): July 2, 1961 to July 24, 1966
Saskatchewan Flin Flon - Prince Albert (7): July 2, 1968
Saskatchewan Saskatoon (16): July 3, 1968
Saskatchewan Duck Mountains Lake Madge (17): May 18, 1964 to July 10, 1966
Winnipeg City Parks (44): May 19, 1963 to April 23, 1977
Saskatchewan (22): June 20, 1965 to October 16, 1982
Peace Gardens (35): May 24, 1961 to September 18, 1974
South Dakota's Black Hills (46): July 7, 1954 to September 17, 1961
*An additional 8 slides in this group are located in Box 4
Notes
Slide descriptions are as follows: Location (Number of Slides): Date of slides. Information on each slide was provided by Stuckey.
Accruals
Additional slides of flora and fauna taken by Stuckey during his travels are housed in the McKee Archives. Those slides are unprocessed at present.
Repro Restriction
The McKee Archives is the copyright holder for the Stuckey materials.
Storage Location
Lawrence Stuckey collection
Series 2: Lawrence Stuckey slide collection
For history/bio information see the collection level description of the Lawrence Stuckey collection.
Custodial History
For custodial history see the collection level description of the Lawrence Stuckey collection.
Scope and Content
Box contains the following slides:
South Dakota's Black Hills (8): July 7, 1954 to September 17, 1961
*An additional 46 slides in this group are located in Box 3
South Dakota's Badlands (4): July 3, 1954
North Dakota (41): September 6, 1959 to August 16, 1976
Ontario-Quebec Trip (5): May 23-24, 1971
Kenora, Ontario (South & East) (58): July 15, 1962 to June 14, 1964
Qu'Apelle Valley (Saskatchewan) (12): July 2, 1961 to July 1, 1973
South Dakota (6): September 6, 1959
North Dakota Badlands, Theodore Roosevelt National Monument (19): September 6, 1959 to October 9, 1966
Toronto, Ontario (25): May 30, 1980 to May 10, 1981
Point Pelee, Ontario (9): May 28, 1980
Port Dover, Ontario (5): May 24, 1980 to May 3, 1981
Windsor, Ontario (15): May 27, 1980 to April 10, 1981
Yellowstone National Park (Wyoming) (111): August 27, 1970 to September 1, 1970
Ottawa (5): 1971
Scotsbluff, Nebraska (43): May 28, 1962 to July 16, 1962
Yellowstone (7): August 23, 1955
Yellowstone (41): May 28-29, 1962
Nebraska (28): June 28, 1954 to September 1967
*An additional 12 slides in this group are located in Box 5
Notes
Slide descriptions are as follows: Location (Number of Slides): Date of slides. Information on each slide was provided by Stuckey.
Accruals
Additional slides of flora and fauna taken by Stuckey during his travels are housed in the McKee Archives. Those slides are unprocessed at present.
Repro Restriction
The McKee Archives is the copyright holder for the Stuckey materials.
Storage Location
Lawrence Stuckey collection
Series 2: Lawrence Stuckey slide collection
For history/bio information see the collection level description of the Lawrence Stuckey collection.
Custodial History
For custodial history see the collection level description of the Lawrence Stuckey collection.
Scope and Content
Box contains the following slides:
Nebraska (12): June 28, 1954 to September 1967
*An additional 28 slides in this group are located in Box 4
Mt. Evans Road Colorado (19): September 1960 & September 12-13, 1970
Berthoud Pass Colorado (5): September 11, 1970
Milner Pass Colorado (6): September 8, 1970
Dinosaur Park Colorado (10): September 7, 1970
Trail Ridge Colorado (5): September 8, 1970
Trail Ridge Colorado (36): September 1960
Rollins Pass Colorado (22): May 1956 & September 9-10, 1970
Grand Teton & Vic. Wyoming (12): September 1961 & September 1-3, 1970
Beartooth Pass Montana (13): August 26, 1970
Colorado (32): May 9, 1956 to September 16, 1970
Craters of the Moon Idaho (49): September 1961 to June 4, 1962
Wyoming (17): June 22, 1954 to September 3, 1970
Medicine Bow National Fort Wyoming (14): June 22, 1954
Michigan-Wisconsin (12): May 19, 1971
Idaho (36): September 1961 to September 14, 1970
Quebec City (54): dates unknown
Notes
Slide descriptions are as follows: Location (Number of Slides): Date of slides. Information on each slide was provided by Stuckey.
Accruals
Additional slides of flora and fauna taken by Stuckey during his travels are housed in the McKee Archives. Those slides are unprocessed at present.
Repro Restriction
The McKee Archives is the copyright holder for the Stuckey materials.
Storage Location
Lawrence Stuckey collection
Series 2: Lawrence Stuckey slide collection
For history/bio information see the collection level description of the Lawrence Stuckey collection.
Custodial History
For custodial history see the collection level description of the Lawrence Stuckey collection.
Scope and Content
Box contains the following slides:
Mt. Tremblant Park Quebec (28): May 31 - June 1, 1971
Sugar Camp (J.W.) Quebec (6): July 17, 1971
Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue Canal Quebec (6): June 3, 1971
Montreal and Area (49): September 1967 to June 4, 1971
Banff National Park - Larch Valley (29): September 4, 1963 & September 18, 1964
Banff National Park - Sentinel Pass (13): September 4, 1963 & August 1, 1975
Banff to Calgary (34): September 1961 to September 1969
Banff National Park - Lake Louise (18): September 1961 to September 13, 1968
Banff National Park - Moraine Lake (10): September 1961 & September 8, 1963
Banff National Park - Athabaska River (8): September 1961
Banff to Jasper (23): September 1961
Banff National Park - Plain of Six (17): August 4, 1975
Banff National Park - Columbia Icefield (30): September 1961 to September 11, 1968
Banff National Park area (26): September 1961 to June 27, 1969
Banff National Park - Bow River (5): September 1961 & June 23, 1978
Banff National Park - Victoria Glacier (21): September 8, 1963 & September 13, 1968
Yoho Pass (40): September 25, 1962 to August 2, 1975
Yoho National Park - Wapta Falls (9): September 27, 1962 & September 2, 1963
Notes
Slide descriptions are as follows: Location (Number of Slides): Date of slides. Information on each slide was provided by Stuckey.
Accruals
Additional slides of flora and fauna taken by Stuckey during his travels are housed in the McKee Archives. Those slides are unprocessed at present.
Repro Restriction
The McKee Archives is the copyright holder for the Stuckey materials.
Storage Location
Lawrence Stuckey collection
Series 2: Lawrence Stuckey slide collection
For history/bio information see the collection level description of the Lawrence Stuckey collection.
Custodial History
For custodial history see the collection level description of the Lawrence Stuckey collection.
Scope and Content
Box contains the following slides:
Yoho National Park - Hoodoo Park (11): September 27, 1962 to September 2, 1963
Yoho National Park - Waterfall Valley (20): September 9, 1968
Yoho National Park - Highline Trail (22): September 24, 1962 to September 9, 1965
Burgess Pass (22): September 25, 1962 to September 9, 1965
Takakaw Falls (28): September 1961 to August 2, 1975
Yoho National Park - Kicking Horse (25): September 1961 to June 19, 1978
Yoho National Park - Skyline Trail (23): September 9, 1963 to June 29, 1969
Waterton Lakes National Park (20): June 5, 1962
Yoho National Park Trans Canada (27): September 1961 to September 6, 1982
Yoho National Park - Emerald Lake (75): September 1961 to August 3, 1975
Yoho National Park - Natural Bridge (24): September 22, 1962 to August 3, 1975
Yoho National Park - Yoho Valley (64): September 1962 to June 29, 1969
Twin Falls Creek (42): September 1961 to August 2, 1975
*An additional 35 slides in this group are located in Box 8
Notes
Slide descriptions are as follows: Location (Number of Slides): Date of slides. Information on each slide was provided by Stuckey.
Accruals
Additional slides of flora and fauna taken by Stuckey during his travels are housed in the McKee Archives. Those slides are unprocessed at present.
Repro Restriction
The McKee Archives is the copyright holder for the Stuckey materials.
Storage Location
Lawrence Stuckey collection
Series 2: Lawrence Stuckey slide collection
For history/bio information see the collection level description of the Lawrence Stuckey collection.
Custodial History
For custodial history see the collection level description of the Lawrence Stuckey collection.
Scope and Content
Box contains the following slides:
Twin Falls Creek (35): September 1961 to August 2, 1975
*An additional 42 slides in this group are located in Box 7
Gallup, New Mexico - Cortez, Colorado (5): 1957
Mesa Verde (14): 1957
Arizona - New Mexico (21): no dates
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming (31): August 27 - Setpember 1, 1970
Little Qualicum Park, B.C. (14): September 17, 1969 & April 20, 1974
Honeymoon Bay, B.C. (11): Aprill 21 & 23, 1974
Yoho National Park - Mt. Paget Trail (49): September 30, 1962 to June 17, 1978
Trans-Canada Highway B.C. (79): September 3, 1964 to June 13, 1978
Victoria, B.C. (8): September 1965 to May 4, 1974
Miscellaneous, Victoria Island, B.C. (16): September 1965 to May 2, 1974
Glacier National Park (68): September 26, 1969 to September 7, 1982
Pacific Rim National Park (32): September 13, 1969 to April 28, 1974
Victoria B.C. Marineland 66 (16): September 1965 to September 1969
Notes
Slide descriptions are as follows: Location (Number of Slides): Date of slides. Information on each slide was provided by Stuckey.
Accruals
Additional slides of flora and fauna taken by Stuckey during his travels are housed in the McKee Archives. Those slides are unprocessed at present.
Repro Restriction
The McKee Archives is the copyright holder for the Stuckey materials.
Storage Location
Lawrence Stuckey collection
Series 2: Lawrence Stuckey slide collection
