File contains registration cards for the following students: Mary Ethel Abey, Cecil Charles Smith, James Smith, James Lorne Smith, Leila Annie Smith, Orlow Beryle Austin Smith, Walter Cecil Smith, Alice Margaret Sopp, Mabel Dorothy Sopp, Daphne Maud Sowden(?), Ada Spackman, Thomas Fred Spackman, Sarah Eleeda(?) Sparling, Winifred Augusta Spearin, Armand Daniel Stade, Frederick John Stade, Hubert Staines(?), Elgin Allen(?) Stanffer, Fern Pauline Stanffer, Thomas Eric Stevens, Aleta Elizabeth Stewart, Charles Gerald Stone, Gertrude Storey, Ethel Lois Strachan, John Arvid Strahl, David Hjalmar Stromgren, Jean Taylor, Margaret Cumberland Templeton, Sigbert Thompson, Victoria Thordarson, Ruth Jean Thornton, Vivian Tuckey, Alberta May Turnbull, Christina Turnbull, Ella Henritta Turnbull, Florence Jean Turnbull, Floyd Raymond Van Schaick, Jessie Lillian Maude Venables, Ruth Wade, Clarence Victor Warner, Elsie Joyce Warren, Edna Winnifred Weatherald, Mona Augusta Weir, Fred. James Westcott, Edna Mabel West, Vivian Dedahlia Westman, Eunice S. Whidden, Evan McDonald Whidden*, Susan Gwendolyn Whidden, Reginald Wilbur Whidden, Joseph Alexander Wicklund, Blackburn Margaret Whitehead, Thoeodore Wesley Willey, Gladys Belle Helena Williams, Lloyd George Williams, Mildred Adeline Williams, Lilian Jane Winton, S. Wreede, Donald Wright, Bessie Maude Wright, Marguerite Nora Wright, Ruth Wright, Dorothy Wrye, Jean Gwendolyn Wrye, Jeanette Barbara Yaeger, Carl Yaeger, Nicholas Yarmey(?), Minnie Young, Arthur Leonard Jacobs, Eva Claire Jacobs, Dwight Lyman Johnson, Joseph Harker Johnson, Linnea Elizabeth Johnson, Velma Esther Johnson, Edith Jessie Jones, Harold Vincent (Clifford) Jones, Richard Nevile Jones, Hazel Marion Keith, Beatrice Kellewan, Florence Catherine Kennedy, Hugh John Kennedy, Kathleen Emily Kenner*, Sybil Clara W. Kerr, Ernest Evan King, Earle Judson King, Edna King, Margaret Lilian King, Jennie Kippen, Minnie Flora Kirkcaldy, Evelyn May Knapp, George Earle Lambert, Leila Mae Laing, Constance Lamontagene, Esther Larson, Olga Dolores Larson, Jean Isabel Ledingham, Sarah Alice Ledingham, Lillian Leigh, Marjorie Jean Leith, Florence Jean Leslie, William Lewis, Edward Roy Lindbow(?), Susie Martyn Lindsay, Eleanor Woster(?) Litch, Alma Lillian Londry, Alma Ellen Loney(?), Dorothy Grace Longley, Ruby Rodena Lytle, Christine Gordon Macdonald, Ellen Marjorie Mackay, Arthur Percival Macpherson, Marjorie Matilda Magee, George August Magnuson, Ora Magnusson, Elmer Hyatt Briggs Mallory, Eloise Josephine Alexandra Manthorne, Marion Marshall, Aton G. Martin, Victor Theodor Mastberg, Earle Russell Masterson, Frank Tilley Matthews, Mayme Matthews, Ralph Matthews, Russell William Maxwell, Morice John Maxwell, Linden Mayo, John Dodds Melhuish, Peter Malnychuk, Anna Ruth Mitchell, Howard Clayton(?) Mitchell, Mildred Grace Mitchell, Herbert John Moffat, Marshall Douglas Moffat, Mary Kathleen Moffat, Evelen Marguerite Moore, B.V. Morgan, Laurel Rea Morrison, Mertie L. Morrison, Lilian M.E.N. Forse(?), Marjorie Irene Moscam, Elsie May Murray, Margaret Elizabeth McCombe, Annie Isabelle McCreary, Norma R. McDonald, Helen Anita McGregor, Mary Henrietta McGill, Janet Christena McFarlane, Agnes Emily McFarlane, Nettie Jamieson McHattie, Ross Alexander Douglas McDonald, Jean Mervyn McIlquham(?), Eileen Myrtle McKenzie, Marjory Bell McKenzie, Donald Grant McKnight, Bessie Katherine McLean, John Ross McLean, Lily McLean, Annie Julina McLeod, George Cuthbert McNeil, Edna Lizzie McVeety, Marguerite Eaton Neilson, Marjorie Estelle Noble, Edith Kathleen Nordquist, Hermen Christopher Olsen, Roy Herman Olson, Mabel Overend, Vivienne Bernice Pascoe, Herbert Peachell, Beatrice L. Peck, Mary Ellen Peddicord, Oliver Wilson Peddicord, James Clement Moreton Peirce, Joel Siegfried Peterson, James Venning Philp, William Philp, Beatrice Grace Pollock, Marjorie Emma Pollock, Annie Elizabeth Powell, Laoura Agnes Power, Norah Howe Prince, George Perley Putnam, Edna Louise Rand, Richard(?) W. Rederburg, William George Reekie, William Henry (Harry) Reynolds, Christopher Riley, Margaret Barton Rixon, Doris Robertson, Herbert Archibald Robertson, John Garrow Robertson, Vera Gertrude Robinson, Robert Glen Rodger, Helena Ida Roddick, Murray Rose, Algot Israel Runeman, Freda Sainsbury, William Monteith Scarth, Roslin Brown Scott, Marguerite Victoria Sexton, Hazel Edith Shackleton, Muriel Hargrave Shewan, Muriel Anne Abey, Frederick Elliot Adolph, Hazel Emma Adolph, John Dudley Aikenhead, Ruby Annibelle Allan, Bertha L. Anderson, Ellen Anderson, Alma Jane Andrew, Adelene(?) Monica Bailey, Russell Mayhew Baldwin, Edith Isabel Ball, Helen Ball, Muir Lewis Barber, Edward Jerome Beaubier, George Ralph Bergquist, Harry Bicuer(?), Mary Grace Bigelow, Willa Martha Black, Annie Sophia Bly, Julia Emma Bly, George Earl Blythe, John Boeskarp(?), Ada Gertrude Bolton, Irene Elizabeth Bolton, Ruth Isabel Borden, Douglas Edmund Bourke, Ethel Maude Bowering, Gladys Ada Boyd, Gerald Bracken, Wesley Brandon, Oliver Clayton Bricker, Gertrude Bridgett, Helen Elizabeth Bridgert, Olive Muriel Rose Bromley, Mabel Elizabeth Buker, Doris Mae Bulloch, Muriel(?) Guthrie Bulloch, Margaret Sophia Caffrey, Rowena M. Caffrey, Jean Cairns, Edna Pearl Calverley, Eva Calverley, Martha Cameron, Jane Campbell, Eva May Campbell, Murray Campbell, Arthur(?) Albert Carey, Lavina Muriel Carey, Elmer R. Carter, Ernest John Church, Bertha Miriam Clark, Ella Clark, Mary Elizabeth Clark, Mary Louise Clark, Victor Glen Clark, Violet Clark, Beatrice Clendenning, Earl Coad, Clarence Earle Cole, Jean Collins, Mabel Alice Cooke, Isabel Copeland, William Boyne Cranston, Charles Sinclair Crawford, John Reginald Cresswell, Grace Crowhurst, Isabel F. Cumming, Ethel Margaret Cunliffe, Mary Bell Currie, Matilda Alice Dallas, A. Gwendolyn Davies, Gwendolyn Elizabeth Davies, Lyla Mary Dawson, Lena Day, Eunice Mary Death, Mabel Demman, Alexander McIntosh Derby, Jean Doig, Evelyn Frances Beckwith Doig, Robertson David Doig, Elsie(?) Dorsey, Mary Hazel Dunseith, Mandy Eckberg, Molly Eckberg, Lilian Evelyn Edmison, George Wallace Elder, Mrs. W.A. Elliott, Katherine Ellen Elliott, Carolina Erickson, Emily Gertrude Evenden, Lily Gertrude Everton, Kenneth Wilfrid Ferrier, Frances Lydia Field, Laurence James Findlay, Robert Fisher, Lottie Mary Finlay, Margaret Catherine Flaws, John Harold Forshaw, Rhoda Elizabeth Forshaw, Olive Freeman*, Eleanor Freedman, Harold Job Friend, Frederick(?) Benjamin Friend, Reginald Alexandar Frith, Gustav Sandfred Fryklind, Aletha Ramona Gerrand, Mabel Gibson, Edward James Glennie, Frank Wilton Gooden, Ethel Grace Gooden, Kathleen May Gordon, Kenneth William Gordon, William Thomas Graham, Christina Gray Grant, Estelle Margaret Grant, Maria Corlette Grant, Olive Gray, Percy James Green(?), Hazel Evangeline Greenwood, Zetta Louise Greenwood, Florence Elfreda Green, Elizabeth Greig, Anna Amelia Gronberg, H?lda Marie Gronberg, Doreen Guthrie, Kenneth Reid Guthrie, May MacGregor Guthrie, Marion Margaret Hales, Beatrice Hall, Marion Evelyn Hall, Sarah Harriet Hall, Mamie Hanley, Elmore Gibson Harkness, Leslie Oliver Harris, Ray Arnold Harris, Ruth(?) Amanda Harris, John Hart, Jean Isabel Katherine Hatcher, Gwendolen McGregor Harte*, Joseph Clarence Hembling, Henry Harcourt Henderson, Mary Elizabeth Henderson, Harold Charles Henn, Lavern Mervan Jewel Herbert, John Eric Hill, Howard Crysler Hilliker, James Clifford Hilton, Essie Ingsborg Hindoeff, Hjalmar Hindoeff, Evelyn Alberta Hinton, Prudence Edith Hockin, Alfred Holman, Edith Helen Holman, Irene Alice Emily Holman, Alice Virginia Hopkins, Mildred Eletta Hopkins, Evelyn Noreen Hosie, Phyllis Alberta Houston, C. Evelyn Howard, Mary Howat, Annie Howe, Clara Howell, Albert Hudson, Melvyn Hunter, Bessie Mary Hyndman, and James Alexander Jackson.
Notes
Registration card changes. New fields include standing, college department, occupation in view and religious denomination for father, mother and student.
*Evan McDonald Whidden fonds.
*Kathleen Kenner fonds.
*Class schedule on the backside of the card.
*McGregor fonds was donated by Gwendolen McGregor Harte.
Storage Location
RG 1 Brandon College fonds
Series 4: Office of the Registrar
4.11 Registration cards
Box 3
File contains registration cards for the following students: Mary Ethel Abey, Nellie Ray Abel, Fred. Elliot Adolph, Margaret Joan Allan, Bertha Irene Archer, Dorothy Armstrong, Gladys Baker, Russell Baldwin, Ernest Goodwin Ball, Geraldine Margaret Balmer, Edith Isobel Ball, Adelene Monica Bailey, Muir Barber, Ella Elizabeth Barr, Clarence Alexandra Beairsto(?), David Horner(?) Beaubier, George Beaubier, Lyall Beattie, Clara Bergum(?), George Ralph Berquist, Harold G. Bird, Willa Martha Black, James E. Blackford, Ellen Blackwell, Douglas Edmund Bourke, Helen Elizabeth Bridgett, Muriel Bromley, Kenneth Noel Brueton, Fetellous Odetta Butler, Mary Grace Bigelow, Helen Dorothy Burnell, Elmer Raymond Carter, Mary Viola Carey, Lavina Muriel Carey, Edith Helen Caffrey, Margaret Caffrey, Rowena M. Caffrey, Frank Dudley Caffrey, Edna Pearl Calverley, Eva Calverley, Martha Cameron, John Duncan Cameron, Mary A. Campbell, Jane Campbell, ? Cameron, Edward Chapman, Lawrence Russell Christian, Helen Aleith(?) Christie, Ernest John Church, Harold Pratt Clark, Donald C. Clark, Ella Clark, Ethel Ruth Clement, Harold Leslie Lyle Clendenning, Marguerite Collinson(?), Ada Elmira Cooley, Alice Mabel Cook, Jean Cullins, Clarence Earl Cole, Carlyle Salisbury Couch, Lloyd Crawford, John Reginald Cresswell, Eva Crystal, Florence Mary Cullen, Matilda Alice Dallas, George Darragh, Annie Gwendolyn Davies, Eunice(?) Mary Death, William Hill, Evelyn Alberta Hinton, Charles Edward Hinton, Helen Clare Hitchings, Stella Jane Hoey, Irene Alice Emily Holman, Edith Helen Holman, Marjorie Maude(?) Hooper, Mildred Eletta Hopkins, Anna Maria Hornfeldt, Evelyn Norine Hosie, Florence A. Hudson, Melvyn Hunter, Joseph William Hurst, Bessie Mary Hyndman, Edith Marie Irish, Flora Grace Irish, Carrie Jackson, Arthur Leonard Jacobs, Eva Claire Jacobs, Isabella Johnason, Velma Esther Johnson, Kathleen A. Johnson, Edwin Johnson, Richard Nevile Jones, Hazel Marion Keith, Alexander John Kennedy, Hugh John Kennedy, Florence C. Kennedy, Kathleen Emily Kenner*, Sybil Clara Kerr, Lilian Margaret King, Ernest E. King, Earl Judson King, May Evelyn Knapp, George James Knighton, Elizabeth Kovach, Marion Day Lambert, George Earle Lambert, Charles Middlemiss Langford, Sarah Ledingham, Lilian Leigh, Marjorie Jean Leith, James Scott Leith, William Lewis, Edward Roy Lindborn(?), Alma Lilian Londry, Caleb Alfred Hugh Lonsley(?), Donald Edw. Lowe, Ruby Rodina Lytle, Esther Margaret Lyons, Marjorie Magee, Oscar William Theodore Magnusson, George August Magnuson, Ruth Marie Maggrah(?), John Murray Matheson, Mina Maley, Jas(?) Linden(?) Mayo, Jas. Grant Marshall, Marion E. Marshall, Annie M. Mastberg, Mayme Matthews, Ralph David Matthews, Florence Alice Matthews, John M. Maxwell, Thomas Langford Miller, Meta Mischpeter(?), Marshall Douglas Moffat, Edith Linnea Molberg, Reuben Richard Molberg, Esther Magdalene Moore*, Evelyn Margaret Moore, George Chester Morris, Marion Mukanik(?), Jas. Henry Donald MacArthur, Jennie Elenor McAuley, Dorothy Maud McBean, ? McComb, Marjorie Jennie McCowan, Robert G. McDorman, Vera May Irene McDorman, Winnifred Beatrice MacDonald, Mary McLaughlin MacDonald, Ross Alexander Douglas McDonald, Merle McFadden, Jannet Chr. McFarlane, Agnes Emily McFarlane, Mary MacFarlane, Mary Henrietta McGill, Helen McGregor, Jean M. McIlguhom?, Gladys Evelyn McInerney, Lorne Albert McIntyre, Harold Lawson McKay, Duncan Hugh McKenzie, Marjorie Belle McKenzie*, Kathleen McKenzie, Florence Amelia McKillop, Donald Grant McKnight, William Murdock McLellan, John McLellan, Arthur Don. McLeod, Annie J. McLeod, Katheleen Bertha McNaught, Lloyd Daniel McPhail, Allie(?) Macpherson, Arthur Percival Macpherson, Marguerite E. Neilson, Hilda Anne Niblett, Henry Carl Nilson, Marjory Noble, Hilmer(?) E. Nordlund, Herman Christopher Olsen, Elna Erika Olson, Ruth Lilian Parker, Mary Elizabeth Parker, Mrs. D. Patterson, Vivienne Pascoe, Jessie Irene Pearce, Gwen G. Peirson, Joel Peterson, Edna Phillips, J. Venning Philp, William Phip, Marjorie E. Pollock, Mary Porterfield, Ethel May Powell, Edna Pound, Richard W. Rederburg, William Paul Reid, Ernest Arthur Ridgway, Ernest Reimer, Margaret Barton Rixon, Elsie May Robinson, Vera Robinson, Herbert A. Robertson, John Robertson, Robert Glenn Rogers, Mona Vivian Runchey, Algot Israel Runeman, Russell Earl Rutledge, Annie Oleavia(?) Sandeen, Selma Victoria Sandeen, Palmer Edwin Scott, Roslyn Brown Scott, Marionne Scott, Margeurite Victoria Sexton, Algie Wilford(?) Shaw, Muriel Hargrave Shewan, Ormond Robert Shuttleworth, Donovan C.W. Simpson, Florence Eleanor Smith, Leila Annie Smith, Orlow Beryle Smith, Claude Edwyn Snider, Mabel D. Sopp, Alice M. Sopp, Ada Harriet Spackman, Frederick John Stade, Armand Daniel Stade, Hubert Staines(?), Aleta Elizabeth Stewart, William Jno. Stewart, William Stordy, Gertrude Storey, Norman C. Stovel, Ethel Lois Strachan, John Arvid Strahl, David Hjalmar Stromgren, Gertie Christine Stromgren, Gladys Merle Sutherland, Jean Clara Sutherland, Alberta May Turnbull, Tena Turnbull, Harold Trotter, Howard Umphrey, Floyd Raymond Van Schaich(?), Ruth Alverda Wade, Gladys Irene Wallace, Elsie J. Warren, Harvey G. Warren, Ivan Mac. Weisbrod(?), Jack Weinstock, Fred. James Westcott, Vivian Westman, Reginald Wilbur Whidden, Evan McDonald Whidden*, Nelson Olaf Wickstrum, Lena(?) Wickstrum, Richard Wilkie, Theodore Wesley Willey, Margaret Blackburn Whitehead, William Cecil Wilson, Milton Edgar Windrim, William Edward Wirth, Jean Wrye, Barbara J. Yaeger, Carl W. Yaeger, Karle William Yaeger, Nicholas W. Yarmey, Margaret Luella Delmage, Pansy(?) Deunett(?), Alex McIntosh Derby, David Robertson Doig, Jean Doig, Ethel Dolman, Phyllis H. Donkin, Leslie Gordon Dorrett, Eunice Lavena Duff, Lillian Dundas, Jessie Georgina Roy Dumbar, May H. Dunkin, Dell M. Dunkin, Albert Edward Eamer, Henry McMillan Edmison, Lilian Evelyn Edmison, Ida Myrtle Eliason, Arthur Stanley Elson, Clarence Edmond Erickson, Lily G. Everton, John Scott Everton, Edgar Falconer, Vera Madeline Fielding, Margaret Kennedy Finlayson, Laurence James Findlay, Rhoda May Fletcher, Rhoda Fletcher, Margaret Russell Forbes, John Harold Forshaw, George Stuart Fraser, Eleanor Freedman, Donald Arthur Freeman, Olive Freeman, Frederick Benjamin Friend, Harold Job Friend, Gustav Sanfred Fryklind, Leta Marianna Fry, Margaret Jean Gammon, Charles Norman Gammon, Mabel Eva Gibson(?), Gertrude T.L. Godley, Grace Ethel Gooden, Sten Wiktor Goerwell(?), Rose Gordon, Margaret Ferguson ??mmell(?), Harriett Hellen S. Graham, Elva Beatrice Grantham, Christina G. Grant, Maria Corlette Grant, Marion Grant, Zetta Louise Greenwood, Marion M. Hales, Beatrice Hall, Marion Hall, Mytle Hammill, Charles Ernest Hammont(?), Hazel Hardaker, Minnie Harrington, Edna Harris, Flora Harris, Jean Isabelle Katherine Hatcher, Joseph Clarence Hembling, Esther Fraces Hensley, Mary Henderson, Henry H. Henderson, Clara Lenore Heise, Gordon Heise, Kenneth Higgins, and John Eric Hill.
Notes
*Kathleen Kenner fonds.
*Esther Magdalene Moore fonds.
*Marjorie Bell McKenzie: Was an Instructor in Dramatic Art at Brandon College (1927-1930) and the College's Dean of Women (1935-1936).
*Evan McDonald Whidden fonds.
Storage Location
RG 1 Brandon College fonds
Series 4: Office of the Registrar
4.11 Registration cards
Box 3
File contains registration cards for the following students: Beatrice Hall, Doris Evelyn Alexander, Mary Ethel Abey, Fred Elliot Adolph, Russel Henry Adolph, James Campbell Anderson, Ralph Bruce Anderson, Annie E. Argue, Dorothy Armstrong, Louise Armington Arnold, Mary Frances Astrander, Adelene(?) Monica Bailey, Russell Mayhew Baldwin, Edythe Isobel Ball, Ernest Goodwin Ball, Muir Barber, Barbara Barr, Matthew Barr, Harold Francis Basho, Francois Gordon Bertrand, Mary Elizabeth Bertrand, Virginia Kathleen Bertrand, Horace Millar(?) Bigelow, Mary Grace Bigelow, Margareta May Biggs, Harold George Bird, Margaret Jean Bissett, Thomas Leonard Black, Willa Martha Black, James Ewart Blackford, John Bocskay, Harry Clinton Booth, Douglas Edmund Bourke, Reginald Frank Bridges, Helen Elizabeth Bridgett, Gordon Franklin Brownridge, Margaret Jane Buchanan, Percival John Buss, Frank Dudley Caffrey, Edna Pearl Calverley, Eva Calverley, Mary Aotia(?) Campbell, Martha Cameron, Duncan Campbell, Ella Ruth Campbell, William Arthur Campbell, William George Ernest Campbell, Harry Elmo Cannon, Mary Viola Carey, Elmer Raymond Carter, James Albert Casemore, Margaret Fyfe Castell, Ernest John Church, Bertha Miriam Clark, Harold Pratt Clark, Harold Wesley Lyle Clendenning, Caroline Clinkunbroomer, Clarence Earl Cole, Jean Eleanor Collins, Mabel Alice Cook, Lloyd Brooks Crawford, Linden Crocker, Alice Lily Crouse, Mary Bell Currie, Matilda Alice Dallas, George Darragh, John Harold (Bobby) Davidson, Muriel Davidson, Eunice Mary Death, Alex McIntosh Derby, Edith Alvira Dixon, David Robertson Doig, Evelyn Francis Beckwith Doig, Jean Doig, Leslie Gordon Doucett(?), Frances Dring, Cordelia May (Dell) Dunkin, John James Dunkin, Mary H.(?) Dunkin, Thomas Angus Dunkin, Mary Hazel Dunseith, Clara Margaret Eaker, Albert Edward Eamer, Lillian Evelyn Edmison, Marjorie Lucille Elsie, Arthur Stanley Elson, Myrtle Christina Evans, Clarence Edmund Erickson, Fred Clifford Ferrier, Joyce Louise Fielder, Vera Madeline Fielding, Laurence J. Findlay, Rhoda Fletcher, John Harold Forshaw, Donald Arthur Freeman, Olive Freeman, Frederick Benjamin Friend, Harold J. Friend, Alexander Reginald Frith, Pearl Edith Gainer, Margaret McPherson Galbraith, Charles Gammon, Eva Mabel Gibson, William James Gillesby, Gertrude Fanny Louise Godley, Kathleen Mae Gordon, William Kenneth Gordon, Christina Gray Grant, Maria Corlette Grant, Marion E. Grant, Elva Beatrice Grantham, Audrey Hammond, Charles E. Hannant(?), Hazel Marguerite Hardaker, Joseph Clarence Hembling, Mary Henderson, Herbert Hesselgrave, Thomas Kenneth Higgins, Dorothy Hill, John Eric Hill, Helen Clare Hitchings, Mary Lilian Seymour Hodges, William Sinclair Holms, Marjorie Maude Hooper, Eva Lorraine Hopper, Eva Fae Horner, Anna Marie Hornfeldt, Hilma(?) Erica Hornfeldt, Bessie Mary Hyndman, Edith Marie Irish, Flora Grace Irish, Anne Callback(?) Irving, Norma Isaac, Arthur Leonard Jacobs, Eva Claire Jacobs, Lillian (Essie) Sylvester Jarrett, Edwin Preston Johnson, Helen Johnson, J. Robert Johnson, Muriel Edith Jollow, M. Agnes Jones, Memoribilia Jones, Richard Nevile Jones, Hazel Marion Keith, Alexander John Kennedy, Kathleen Emily Kenner*, Sybil Clara Kerr, Margaret Kilgour, Earl Judson King, Ernest Evan King, Margaret Lilian King, Jessie Agnes Kirkland, May Evelyn Knapp, Mary Margaret Komer, Elizabeth Kovach, Helen Lane, Jean Isabelle Ledingham, Grace E. Lerman(?), Marjorie J. Leith, William Lewis, Elna Lindeblom, Martin Albert Lindeblom, Albert Wilkie Lousley, Donald Edward Lowe, James Lasby Lowes*, Margaret Esther Lyons, M. Ruth Maggrah(?), Marion Emma Marshall, George August Magnuson, Marjorie Elizabeth Mathews, John Murray Matheson, Mayme Matildia Matthews, John Morice Maxwell, Helena Eleanor Mayland, Joseph Linden Mayo, Louise Helen Milton, Jessie Merle Mitchell, Clara Margaret Molberg, Edith Linnea Molberg, Isabel Molberg, Reuben Richard Molberg, Esther Magdalene Moore*, Robert Arthur Moore, Gladys Morris, Katherine A. MacDonald, Mary McLaughlin Macdonald, Mary Rachel Macdonald, Mrs. C. McBurney, Robert Gerald McDorman, Samuel Ernest McDowell, Helen Anita McGregor, John Taylor McGregor, Gladys Evelyn McInerney, Lorne Albert McIntyre, May Olivia McKay, Florence Lenore McKenzie, Kathleen McKenzie, Marjorie Bell McKenzie*, Donald Grant McKnight, John McLellan, William Murdock McLellan, Arthur Daniel McLeod, Annie J. McLeod, Kathleen Bertha McNaught, Lloyd Daniel McPhail, Arthur Percival Macpherson, Freda Naslund, Marguerite E. Neilson, Isabel Ellen Nelson, Karl August Nilsson, Henry Nilsson, Elna Erika Olson, Mary Elizabeth Parker, Gwendolyn Violet Parker, Ruth Lillian Parker, Clifford Archibald Perry, Annie Ruby Pope, John William Popkin, Verta Power, Marjorie Emma Pollock, Aimee Purvis, Sadie Christina Quinn, Jean Elizabeth Rettie(?), Ernest Riemer, Alleyn Donald Ritchie, Herbert A. Robertson, Irma Anne Robertson, John Garrow Robertson, Willa Grace Robertson, Janet Lavinia Rorke, Anita Grace Sallans, Bryce John Sallans, Henry Ranken Sallans, Lilian Ellen Sayer, Kathleen Monteith Scarth, Marionne Louise Scott, Roslin Brown Scott, Marguerite Victoria Sexton, Robert Ormand Shuttleworth, Donovan C.W. Simpson, Alice Margaret Skilton, Dorothy Jane Smiley, Harold Haight Smith, Hollis Elza Smith, Mildred Isabel Smith, Orlow Beryl Smith, Ada Harriet Spackman, Charlie H. Spearin, Norman F. Spearin, Armand Daniel Stade, Frederick John Stade, Hubert Staines, Edward Stanley, Elizabeth Stanley, Arthur Bruce Steele, Thomas Eric Stevens, Aleta Elizabeth Stewart, Edith Lillian Pearl Stinson, Rose Margaret Stone, William Stordy, Lois Ethel Strachan, John Arvid Strahl, Gladys Merle Sutherland, Cecile Christina Switzer, Dorothy Margaret Taylor, Ruth Adelaide Taylor, Douglas Alexander Tedford, Jean Isabel Tedford, Joshua Beaumont Thompson, Fred Clifford Tighe, Harold Alexander Trotter, Alberta May Turnbull, Preston William Turnbull, Howard W. Umphrey, William Lyall Valens, Rose Jean Vasey, Floyd Raymond Van Schiack, George Harvey Warren, Norma Estella(?) Watts, Ivan Mac. Weisbrod, Marjorie Elizabeth Wellwood, WIlliam August Werck, Fred James Westcott, Reginald Wilbur Whedden, Margaret Blackburn Whitehead, Richard Wilkie, Theodore Wesley Willey, Vivian(?) N. Willoughby, William Cecil Wilson, Milton Edgar Windrim, Marjorie Wiseman, William Wirth, Jack Lawrence Wiswell, Annie Evans Wright, Marguerite Nora Wright, Ruth Wright, Jean Wrye, and Helen Zimmerman.
Notes
*Kathleen Kenner fonds.
*J. Lasby Lowes: Was a President of the A.E. McKenzie Seed Co. Ltd. (RG 3).
*Esther Magdalen Moore fonds.
*Marjorie Bell McKenzie: Was an Instructor in Dramatic Art at Brandon College (1927-1930) and the College's Dean of Women (1935-1936).
Storage Location
RG 1 Brandon College fonds
Series 4: Office of the Registrar
4.11 Registration cards
Box 3
File contains registration cards for the following students: Dorothy Armstrong, Mary Grace Bigelow, Adelene M. Bailey, Iona Evelyn Baker, Percy Charles Allard, Lillian Mabel Baldwin, Russell Mayhew Baldwin, Ernest Goodwin Ball, Margaret Eleanor Barr, Jean Barnwell, Harold Francis Batho, Walter Valentine Berg, George Ralph Berquist, Fracois Gordin Bertrand, Kathleen Virginia Bertrand, Margareta May Biggs, Nicholas Bilash, Jennie Sophia Billingham, Aleta K. Burchill, Thomas Leonard Black, James Ewart Blackford, Harold Irwin Bolton, James Edgar Bolton, Harry Clinton Booth, Zelda Bosman, Ella Margaret Bowering, Rose Mary Bowering, Alice Aileen Brandon, Reginald Franklin Bridges, Gordon Franklin Brownridge, Margaret J. Buchanan, Ivadell Viola Busby, Frank Dudley Caffrey, Margaret Caffrey, Rowena M. Caffrey, Edna Pearl Calverley, Martha Cameron, Duncan Peter Campbell, Ella Ruthe Campbell, Mary Aotea Campbell, Teena Kathleen Campbell, Margaret Woodward Carr, Helen Margaret Isabelle Carroll, Margaret Fyfe Castell, Ernest John Church, Robert Edward Churchill, Bertha Clark (Miriam), Harold Pratt Clark, Ruth Ethel Clement, Clarence Earl Cole, Gladys Jean Coleman, Lloyd Bryce Coleman, Jean Collins, Kathleen Crane, Laura Irene Joy Crane, Lloyd Brooks Crawford, Jessie Cristall, Matilda Alice Dallas, George Darragh, Helen Muriel Davidson, Bruce Davidson, A. Gwendolyn Davies, Gwendolyn Elizabeth Davies, Corinne Stella Dawson, Frances Annie Day, Lorne Richard Dennison(?), Pansey K. Dennett, Alexander McIntosh Derby, Andrew Whitelaw Derby, David Robertson Doig, Leslie Gordon Dorrett, Evelyn Francis Doig, Jessie Irene Drysdale, John James Dunkin, Mary Helen Dunkin, Thomas Angus Dunkin, Margaret Eaker, Hazel Jean Eaton, Ernest Scott Eaton, Lillian Evelyn Edmison, Marjorie Lucille Elsie, Arthur Stanley Elson, Myrtle Christina Evans, Maurice Ray Fargey, Fred. Clifford Ferrier, Alexandra Louise Ferguson, Agnes Fetterly, Joyce Louise Fielder, Vera Madeline Fielding, Muriel Fleming, Mary Luella Forrest, Eleanor Freedman, Alexander Reginald Frith, Gladys Louisa Fromm, Margaret McPherson Galbraith, Margaret Jean Gammon, Jean Elizabeth Gays(?), Joseph Lester Gayton, Warren Wendell Gayton, Aletha Ramond Gerrand, Leslie Frank Geddes, William James Gillesby, Jean Graham, Gertrude Fanny Louise Godley, Christena Gray Grant, Maria Corlette Grant, Marion Elizabeth Grant, Cosy(?) K. Hall, Howard Nelson Hainstock, Doris Heath, Joseph Clarence Hembling, Mary E. Henderson, John Eric Hill, Florence Emma Hitchcock, Helen Clare Hitchings, Winnifred Fannie Hockley, Mary Lilian Seymour Hodges, Grace Hooper, Anna Marie Hornfeldt, Helma Erica Hornfeldt, Mary Cecilia Hudymen(?), Rose Alexandra Hyndman, Edith Marie Irish, Flora Grace Irish, John Walfred(?) Isaacson, Sylvester (Elsie) Lillian Jarrett, Helen Johnson, Velma Esther Johnson, Muriel Edith Jollow, M. Agnes Jones, Richard Nevile Jones, Alexander John Kennedy, Kathleen Emily Kenner*, John McCrae Kilgour, Katharine Kilgour, Margaret Kilgour, Ernest Evan King, Margaret Lilian King, Jessie Agnes Kirkland, Evelyn Mae Knapp, Helen Lane, Jean Isabella Ledingham, Percy Allan Lee, Grace E. Leeman, Dorothy Kathleen Lehigh, Marjorie Jean Leith, Mary Isobel Leith, Florence Jean Leslie, William Lewis, Hazel Lewis, Margaret Lewis, Violet Martha Lissaman, George Arden Little, Albert Wilkie Lonsley, Donald Edward Lowe, Eloa Beatrice Lynch, Margaret Esther Lyons, Peggy MacDonald, Arthur G. Macdonald, Arthur Percival Macpherson, Lawrence Gladwyn Macpherson, Harry Allan MacMillan, Mary McLaughlin Macdonald, Carthina(?) McBurney, Sarah E. McConkey, Katharyne(?) McConkey, Bud McDiarmid, Jack McDiarmid, Minnie McDorman, Robert Gerald McDorman, Samuel Ernest McDowell, Helen Anna McGregor, Dorreene McGuinness, Kathleen McKenzie, Marjorie Bell McKenzie*, Arthur McLeod, John McLellan, Kathleen Bertha McNaught, Mayme Matthews, Joseph Linden Mayo, John Abner Matheson, John Morice Maxwell, Minnie Meyers, Margaret Miller, Jessie Merle Mitchell, Mary Kathleen Moffat, Clara Margaret Molberg, Reuben Richard Molberg, Esther Magdalene Moore*, Olive Miller(?) Moors, Marie Elizabeth Naismith, Marguerite E. Neilson, Nannie(?) Axcelia(?) Nordin, Hilmer Edward Nordlund, Iven Jacob Petre, Grace Margaret Paterson, Clifford Archibald Perry, Jean Paterson, Annie Ruby Pope, John William Popkin, Jean Elizabeth Rettie, Ernest Riemer, Shirley Marie Riesberry, Eileen Muriel Ritchie, Donald Alleyn Ritchie, Della Irene Robertson, Herbert Archibald Robertson, Robert Leslie Reid, Gordon Frederick Reid, Laura Jensiena(?) Robertson, Irma(?) Grace Robertson, Willa Grace Robertson, Adaleen Rogers, Janet Lavinia Rorke, Jessie Margaret Russell, Alice M. Saunders, Anita Grace Sallans, Bryce John Sallans, Lillian Ellen Sayer, Kathleen Monteith Scarth, Annie Schouten, Marionne Louise Scott, Roslin Brown Scott, Victoria Marguerite Sexton, Peggy Sharpe*, Ernest William Shaw, Cleo Anna Sheridan, Anna Catherine Shirriff, Bertha A. Shuker, Robert Ormond Shuttleworth, Alice Margaret Skilton, Charles Jarvis Smith, Hildred Isabel Smith, Kathleen Louisa Smith, Myra Lola Smith, Jeanette Sneath, Ada Harriet Spackman, Muriel Ethel Florence Sparling, Charlie Spearin, Frederick Norman Spearin, Armand Daniel Stade, Aleta Elizabeth Stewart, Rose Margaret Stone, Mary Stone, William Stordy, David Hjdmar Stromgren, Irene Hazel Sutherland, Elizabeth Clarke Sweet, Franklin W. Sweet, Margaret Arnold Sweet, Frederick Beaver Sweet, Margaret Cumberland Templeton, Joshua Beaumont Thompson, Arthur Herbert Henry Thomison, Mildred Field Thornton, Percy Raymond Toole, Harold Alexander Trotter, Alberta May Turnbull, Howard W. Umphrey, Nelson Unicume, Floyd Raymund Van Schaick, Herbert Reginald Varcoe, Emmeline Idora Ziegler, Rose Jean Vasey, Boyce Harding Vincent, Hilda Alvilda Volen, Norma Estella Watts, Dorothy Flora Webb, Robert Hugh Wellwood, Harold Joseph Webb, Mac Ivan Weisbrod, Marjorie Elizabeth Wellwood, Frederick James Westcott, George Harvey Warren, William August Wenk, Wilkie Franklin Westcott, Margaret Blackburn Whitehead, Stiva(?) Louise Wickstrom, Beatrice Wilde, Richard Wilkie, Ruth Eliza Willey, S. George Wightman, Vivian ? Willoughby, William Cecil Wilson, Marjorie Wiseman, Annie Evans Wright, Lottie Pearl Wright, Ruth Wright, Jean Wrye, James Edward Yates, Robert Yates, Elsie Angeline Yeo, Mary Alma Yeo, and Winifred Anna Yuill.
Notes
*Kathleen Kenner fonds.
*Marjorie Bell McKenzie: Was an Instructor in Dramatic Art at Brandon College (1927-1930) and the College's Dean of Women (1935-1936).
*Esther Magdalene Moore fonds.
*Peggy Sharpe: Graduate of the Royal Conservatory of Music, attended Northwestern University in Chicago after studying at Brandon College. Joined the Faculty (School of Music) of Brandon College in 1943. See biographical file.
Storage Location
RG 1 Brandon College fonds
Series 4: Office of the Registrar
4.11 Registration cards
Box 3
File contains registration cards for the following students: Frederick Elliot Adolph, Ethel Vera Allan, Annie Mildred Allan, Myrtle Edith Allan, Percy Charles Allard, Clara Margaret Allingham, Frank Alywin Anderson, James Campbell Anderson, Blanche Thelma Baker, Adelene Monica Bailey, Edythe Isobel Ball, Ernest Goodwin Ball, Geraldine Margaret Balmer, Jean Barnwell, Ethel Pyllis Barron, Agnes Bartlett, Harold Francis Batho, Elizabeth Beaubier, Helen Bennest, Walter Valentine Berg, George Ralph Berquist, William Murray Beer, Florence Miller Bigelow, Margareta May Biggs, Jennie Sophie Billingham, Nora Blackburn, Mary E. Bolton, Harry Clinton Booth, Ruth Isobel Borden, Catherine Alice Bourke, Douglas Bourke, Ella Margaret Bowering, Ewart Harry Bowering, Rose Mary Bowering, Mary Evelyn Bowes, Edna Monica Box, William Ernest Bracken, Riley James Bracken, Alice Aileen Brandon, Reginald Franklin Bridges, Wilfred Haddow Brown, Gordon Franklin Brownridge, Eldred(?) Whitney Buggey, Marion Bulloch, Aleta K. Burchill, Thomas L. Burnett, John Buss, Frank Dudley Caffrey, Helen Cairns, Edna Pearl Calverley, Martha Cameron, Duncan Peter Campbell, Teena Kathleen Campbell, Margaret Woodward Carr, Sarah Anetta Carrothers, Elmer Raymond Carter, Andrew Clark, Bertha M. Clark, Harold Pratt Clark, Ruth Ethel Clement, Beatrice Ethel Clendenning, Harold Wesley Clendenning, Doris Mariette Cochrane, James Earl Collen, Elenor Jean Collins, Kathleen Condell, Isabella Cooper, Margaret Elizabeth Cooper, Lorne Harold Coulter, Laura Irene Joy Crane, Grace Kathleen Drummond, Lloyd Brooks Crawford, Eva Ruth Cristall, Ernest James Critchley, Dorothy Jean Edna Dadson, Matilda Alice Dallas, George Darragh, Grace Leslie Davidson, Corrine(?) Stella Dawson, Gwendolyn Elizabeth Davies, George Wesley Denstedt, Andrew Whitelaw Dirby(?), Gwendolyn Elizabeth Dobbie, Evelyn Francis Beckwith Doig, Mary Elizabeth Donaldson, Mildred Donnelly, Thomas Douglas, Doris Lillian Dowling, Jessie Irene Drysdale, Thomas Angus Dunkin, Ellen Louisa Dunphy, Kenneth Rae Dunphy, Mary Hazel Dunseith, Charles Ernest Eaton, George Thomas Eaton, Hazel Jean Eaton, Harry MacMillan Edmison, Ida Myrtle Eliason, Grace Po?tmore Elliott, Marjorie Lucille Elsie, Arthur Stanley Elson, Clarence Edmond Erickson, Myrtle Christina Evans, Fred Clifford Ferrier, May Fitton, Christena Janet Forrest, Mary Luella Forrest, Donald Arthur Freeman, Eleanor Freedman, Frank Feedman, Frederick Benjamin Friend, Alexander Reginald Frith, Leta Marian Fry, Harold Fash(?) Gainer, Charles N. Gammon, Margaret Jean Gammon, Almer Sherman Garnet, Peter William Stewart Gould, Jean Gay(?), Joseph Lester Gayton, Warren Wendell Gayton, Leslie Frank Geddes, Aletha Gerrand, Gertrude Fanny Louise Godley, Wilfred Goldstraw, Marjorie Graham, Christina Gray Grant, Maria Corlette Grant, Emma Gruenke, Frederick Charles Grusz(?), Axel Elias Gunnfors(?), Howard Nelson Hainstock, Charles Brian Hall, Cosy K. Hall, Gladys Evelyn Hastings, Doris Millicent Heath, Dorothy Hope Harden, Leslie Henderson Hardy, Joseph Clarence Hembling, Mary Elizabeth Henderson, Lavern Mervin Jewell Herbert, Dorothy Launsbury Hill, Emma Jean M. Hill, John Eric Hill, Florence Emma Hitchock, Helen Clare Hitching, Winnifred Fanny Hockley, Alice Virginia Hopkins, Anna Marie Hornfelt, Alma Othelia Hornfelt, Elizabeth Hildegarde Howard, Mary Cecelia Hudyman(?), Miriam May Hunter, Rose Alexandra Hyndman, Edith Marie Irish, Flora Grace Irish, Annie Elizabeth Irving, Joan Lindsay Irving, John Walfred Isaacson, Hans Alfred Jensen, Isabelle Johnston, Helen Johnson, Muriel Isabel Johnston, Lewis John Jollow, Muriel Edith Jollow, M. Agnes Jones, Jessie Kee, Kathleen Emily Kenner*, Arthur Franklin Kerr, Hugh Kerr, Margaret Kerr, John McCrae Kilgour, Katharine Kilgour, Margaret Kilgour, Ernest Evan King, Kenneth Clarence King, Rosa Mary Kingsholt(?), Jessie Agnes Kirkland, Margaret Helen Knapp, Evelyn Pearl Knight, Hugh Robert Lamont, Arthur William Lawler, E. Grace Leeman, Dorothy Kathleen Lehigh, James Scott Leith, Marjorie Jean Leith, Mary Isobel Leith, Florence Jean Leslie, Daniel Grant Levennick, Hazel Lewis, Margaret Lewis, Violet M. Lissaman, Mrs. C.W. Lockard, Isabel Lockard, Albert Wilkie Lousley, Hugh Caleb Alfred Lousley, Donald Edward Lowe, Olive Emily Lowes, Elva Beatrice Lynch, Margaret Esther Lyons, Wilhelmine Muriel Malcomson, Ruby Williamine Magee, Gilbert Bryce Manshorne, Wallace James Martin, John Murray Matheson, Mayme Matilda Matthews, Robert Allen Maxwell, James Barton Ross Meible, Charlotte Millar, Maybelle Christine Miller, Thomas Langford Miller, Doris Irene Mills, Eva Christina Minaker, Grace Darling Minaker, Meta Emma Mischpeter, Stuart Mitchell, Marshall Douglas Moffat, M. Kathleen Moffat, Alice Victoria Molberg, Reuben Richard Molberg, Esther Magdalene Moore*, William Lyle Moore, Ross Cameron Morrison, Elsie Maude Mosher, Alfred Wellington Mott, Doris Muriel Murray, John Andrew Mutter, Phyllis Maud Mutter, George McCulloch, Mary McLaughlin Macdonald, Mary Rachael Macdonald, Jack McDiarmid, Robert Gerald McDorman, Vera Mae Irene McDorman, Samuel Ernest McDonnell(?), Delmas MacFee, Helen A. McGregor, John Taylor McGregor, Marjorie Jean McGregor, Dorreene McGuinness, Evelyn Margaret MacKenzie, Florence L. McKenzie, Kathleen McKenzie, Marjorie Bell McKenzie*, John McLellan, Arthur Percival Macpherson, Allie Mildred Macpherson, Lawrence Gladwyn Macpherson, Marguerite Neilson, Edward Hilmer Nordund, Frank Oscar, Elizabeth Maud Patmore, Richard Henry Patmore, Henry Stewart Purdue*, Clifford A. Perry, Ivan James Petre, Dennis Marland Phillpotts, Ketha(?) Irene Pitts, Edward Pommer, Annie Ruby Pope, Hazel Porterfield, James Leonard Pottinger, Charles Cummings Ranert(?), Isabel Rask, Andrew Edward Rea, Richard Walter Rederburg, Gordon Frederick Reid, Robert Leslie Reid, Jean Rettie, Ernest Riemer, Shirley Marie Riesberry, Donald Alleyn Ritchie, Eileen M. Ritchie, Mary Louise Rixon, Emily Clarissa Root(?), Janet Lavinia Rorke, Mable Eleanor Russell, Anita Grace Sallans, Marguerita L. Sallans, Clayton Arthur Sarsfield, Mrs. George Saunders, Gertrude Edna Saunders, Lilian Ellen Sayer, Annie Schouten, Marionne Louise Scott, Roslin Brown Scott, Victoria Marguerite Sexton, Gordon Francis Shaw, Peggy Sharpe*, Mary Elizabeth Shepley, Malcolm Wardlaw Shewan, Muriel Hargrave Shewan, Alice Margaret Skilton, Bertha A. Shuker(?), Robert Ormond Shuttleworth, Donovan Clarence Simpson, Charles J. Smith, Kathleen Louisia Smith, Laura Grace Smith, James Jamieson Smithson, Jeanette Sneath, Harriet Ada Spackman, James Arnold Spearn, Margaret Hawley Speers, Armand Daniel Stade, Gordon Edward Stanley(?), Thomas Eric Stevens, Aleta Elizabeth Stewart, Mrs. R.J. Stone, Reginald J. Stone, Rose Margaret Stone, William Stordy, John Arvid Strahl, Elizabeth Clarke Sweet, Fred. Beaver Sweet, Mary Eleanor Sweet, Stuart Murray Swinton, William Cecil Shuker(?), Mark Alexander Talnicoff, Mary Ida Tennant, Thomas Louise Alice, Arthur Herbert Henry Thomson, Joshua Beaumont Thompson, William Henry Thomson, Melva Adeline Todd, Floyd Winston Toombs, Harold Trotter, Myra Irene Turnbull, Preston William Turnbull, Howard W. Umphrey, Nelson Charles Unicume, Rose Jean Vasey, Frank H. Ward, George Harvey Warren, Dorothy Flora Webb, Harold Joseph Webb, Ivan Mac Weisbrod, Robert Hugh Wellwood, William August Wenk, Stanley John Westaway, Fred. Jas. Westcott, Margaret Blackburn Whitehead, Reuben Oscar Edward Wicklund, Beatrice Mae Wilde, George Duncan Wilkie, Ruth Eliza Willey, William Cecil, Marjorie Wiseman, Helge Earlond(?) Wreede, Sixten Leonard Wreede, Annie Evans Wright, Donald Wright, Ruth Wright, James Yates, Bobby Yates, Annie Myrtle Young, and John Edward Young.
Notes
*Kathleen Kenner fonds.
*Esther Magdalene Moore fonds.
*Marjorie Bell McKenzie: Was an Instructor in Dramatic Art at Brandon College (1927-1930) and the College's Dean of Women (1935-1936).
*Henry Stuart Purdue: Brandon College Resident Master (1931), Registrar (1938-1948), College Dean (1947-1952), Dean of Arts and Science (1952-1962), Dean of Science (1962-1967). From August 1959 to August 1960 he was Acting President. From 1930-1973 he was an Instructor in Geology. In his early years at the College he was also the Director of the Matriculation Department.
*Peggy Sharpe: Graduate of the Royal Conservatory of Music, attended Northwestern University in Chicago after studying at Brandon College. Joined the Faculty (School of Music) of Brandon College in 1943. See biographical file.
Storage Location
RG 1 Brandon College fonds
Series 4: Office of the Registrar
4.11 Registration cards
Box 3
Files contain registration cards for students who entered Brandon College between 1925-1937. The cards are much larger than the earlier registration cards. In addition to the personal information about each student (name, address, parent's name, parent's occupation, church affiliation, credentials, course duration, objective, birth date and date of entrance), the cards were also used to keep track of the subjects and supplimentals of each student, as well as their academic deficiencies. Each card was designed to cover a four year period, i.e. the entirety of each students' academic program at Brandon College.
The registration cards in this file are incomplete; only the cards for students with last names ranging from M-Z exist, and these may not be complete either. The name of each student has not been entred into the database as the cards were created with tabs for the students' names, which makes them easily searchable.
Storage Location
RG 1 Brandon College fonds
Series 4: Office of the Registrar
4.11 Registration cards
Box 3
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.
The Brandon College/Brandon University Women's Auxiliary was founded on February 17, 1955, with the purpose of a) foster[ing] good public relations between the university and the community, and to stress the importance of Brandon University to Western Manitoba; b) to gain a better knowledge of the functioning of Brandon University and; c) to improve the surroundings of the College/University's students and the university at large. They were to hold four regular meetings per annum, with an annual meeting in April, and one fund-raising tea a year. The organization raised money through these teas, as well as through receptions, with the intention of donating to the college/university and surrounding community, contributing to the furnishing of residences and offices at teh college/ university, as well as facilitating an annual community visitation day for the public to tour the university. The organization's name was change from the Brandon College Women's Auxiliary to the Brandon University Women's Auxiliary along with the renaming of the school itself on July 1, 1967. The organization was sometimes referred to simply as the Women's Auxiliary.
The Auxiliary was run by an elected President and Board of Executives. Its members, who were all mothers of Brandon College/Brandon University students, paid an annual membership fee. Subcommittees within the organization included those in charge of social organization, membership management, program management, phoning management, press and publicity management and project management; all of these were fronted by their own individual leaders from within the members, under the board of executives. The organization ceased meeting in 1975; the minutes from the final meeting reference difficulties filling executive offices before a motion was carried to disband.
Custodial History
Records were created and held by the Brandon College/Brandon University Women's Auxiliary until their dissolution on October 23, 1975, when a motion was passed to move the records to the McKee Archives.
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of records that relate to the organization of and activities coordinated by the Women's Auxiliary, as well as records detailing the contribution that the organization made to the university and community of and around Brandon. The records span the entire existence of the Women's Auxiliary from 1955 to 1975.
Records include meeting minutes, treasurers' statements, financial bookkeeping, correspondence, a copy of the constitution, records of members, members' addresses and phone numbers, lists of members' children attending school and their respesctive degree, lists of council members, event memorabilia, organization letter heads, donation receipts, newspaper clipplings, advertisements, publicity reports, meeting reports, visitation records, scrapbooks and scrapbook inventories.
Notes
History/Bio information taken from the records. Description by Kayliegh Penner (October 2016).
Brandon University photograph collection (Observatory Opening)
Spring 1955 Alumni News (report on the founding of the organization)
Arrangement
Records are arranged in chronological order in four (4) subseries: 1) treasurer's books; 2) minute books; 3) textual files; and 4) scrapbooks and miscellany
JOHN CRAWFORD AND PRAIRIE COLLEGE:
Although Brandon College was officially created in 1899, its roots go back much further to the late 1870’s and early 1880’s. It was during this time that Reverend John Crawford built Prairie College which was located in Rapid City, Manitoba .
Rev. John Crawford was born in Castledawson, Ireland. While he was at boarding school in Belfast he was converted to the Baptist faith. His later education took place at Edinburgh University, Stephany College, and Regent Park Baptist College, all of which are located in Great Britain. He became a pastor in London, England, which is where he met his wife, a prominent and cultured lady.
Crawford felt that his calling was in the backwoods of Canada, so he soon moved his wife and family to a farm near Toronto where he continued to preach. He was asked to join the faculty of the Canadian Literary Institute, a Baptist institution located in Toronto. He accepted the position and taught there for several years. The CLI, as it was commonly known, was a Baptist theological college. It was renamed Woodstock College in 1883.
In 1879, Crawford saw the need for Baptist preachers in the newly opening territories of Western Canada. He felt that a self-sustaining college was the answer. Young men could work the land and gain religious education to prepare them for the ministry at the same time. He chose Rapid City, Manitoba as the site for his new college, because it was then recognized as an integral hub of the Northwest. It was also on the proposed transcontinental railway route. The students would build the college and cultivate the land. The Ontario Baptist Convention, while shying away from giving him official approval for the proposed college, did allow Crawford the liberty to canvass the Baptist churches in order to raise up to $2000 for the venture.
Crawford secured the help of Reverend G.B. Davis, a student at Woodstock and a graduate of Morgan Park College, Chicago, to teach and help train the students. In the summer of 1879, Davis and nine students reached Rapid City. During that summer they cultivated the land and built a two-story college building out of local stone. The following spring, Rev. John Crawford sold his house in Toronto for an estimated $4000 and moved with his family to Rapid City to take up residence at the new college.
The newly formed Prairie College opened in the fall of 1880 with 15 missionary students. Rev. Crawford was the Principal, Rev. Davis was the Vice-Principal, while Misses Emily and Fanny Crawford were teachers. Although the school was a success missionarywise, it did not do well financially. In 1883, Prairie College closed, partly due to financial troubles and partly due to the Ontario Baptists deciding that one Baptist Theological College in Canada was enough, and it was located in Toronto. The students at Prairie College were urged to finish their education in Toronto . This college would soon be known as McMaster University.
S.J. MCKEE AND RAPID CITY ACADEMY:
After the closing of Prairie College, Rev. Crawford left for the United States. However, Rev. Davis still saw a need for education in Rapid City and began to build another school. The Rapid City Academy opened in 1884. Because Davis accepted a pulpit in Moose Jaw soon after, he prevailed upon his brother-in-law, S.J. McKee , to come and take charge of the academy. McKee accepted the position, and the school flourished under his guidance.
In 1890, McKee decided that the school would do better and reach more people if it was located in Brandon, Manitoba, where the railway had eventually gone through. He moved the Academy, and it was housed in various buildings in the city, until he found a permanent resting spot on the third floor of the Stewart Block on Rosser Avenue and Ninth Street .
BRANDON COLLEGE:
During the 1890’s the Baptists began to reconsider their decision of having just one theological college. With the settlement of the West, the Baptists were looking to increase their congregation. It was thought that higher education for potential ministry students would greatly help the Baptist cause. Rev. A. J. Vining, who was the Baptist Superintendent of Missions for Manitoba and the Northwest at the time, strongly advocated a Baptist College in Manitoba.
In 1898, Vining interviewed Mr. William Davies, a prominent Baptist, in Toronto. Davies agreed to pledge $3500 a year for five years towards the establishment of a college in the West. His sister, Mrs. Emily Davies agreed to add $1500 to this amount. These pledges encouraged the 1898 meeting of the Manitoba Convention in Winnipeg to begin organization of a Baptist College to be located in Manitoba. A five member committee was chosen to consider the benefits of a Baptist college in Manitoba. Their report was to be read the following summer at the Portage La Prairie Convention.
At the 1899 meeting of the Convention, the five member committee recommended:
1. “That we proceed to inaugurate a movement for the establishment of a denominational school at once.
2. “That we extend a call to Dr. A.P. McDiarmid to act as Principal.
3. “That we appoint a committee of twenty-one directors.
4. “That at present the question of the site be left with the President and Board of Directors but that no site be considered permanent till endorsed by this Convention at a regular or special meeting.
On July 21st, 1899 it was resolved:
1. That we proceed to establish and develop an educational school at Brandon.
2. That the school be known as “Brandon College”.
3. That the quorum of the Board of Directors be fixed at eleven .
Because S.J. McKee already had a thriving academy in Brandon, and he was a staunch Baptist, it was decided to merge Professor McKee’s Academy with the newly formed Brandon College. The classes would take place in the Stewart Block, the site of the Academy. S.J. McKee was hired as professor in Classics, Mental Science and French, while also acting as the unofficial vice-principal. He also had a position on the Board of Directors. Arthur W. Vining, Howard P. Whidden, J.B. Beveridge, and Miss Annie Beveridge rounded out the first faculty of Brandon College.
The 1900 Brandon College Calendar states:
The College aims at not only the mental culture of its students, but at the development of right character. It recognizes the supreme importance of surrounding the student during the period of college life with positive Christian influences, and to keep before him distinctively Christian ideals. The transcendent worth of character is kept in view in molding the life of the College, while the best possible intellectual training is sought. Though Christian, the College is in no sense sectarian. Students of all denominations will enjoy equal privileges. In every department the professors and teachers must be members of some evangelical church; in the Theological Department alone it will be required that they shall be members of the Baptist denomination. The College in all its departments is open to students of both sexes. The faculty will have watchful regard to the best interests of the students in every respect. Those whose conduct and influence are found to be injurious to the welfare of the College will be dismissed if milder disciplinary methods fail to effect reform .
While the school would be run by the Baptists, it was always non-sectarian and co-educational. Students of all denominations were invited to attend Brandon College. The development of a person with the right character was as important as the mental culture of the students. Classes commenced on October 2, 1899. There were 110 students, 81 men and 29 women. Thirteen of these students had plans to enter the ministry. It soon became apparent that the building Brandon College occupied was far too small for its increasing numbers. Plans were drawn up in early 1900 to build a spacious college on the west edge of Brandon. Hugh McCowan was hired as architect and T.M. Harrington of Winnipeg was asked to build the school.
A charter creating Brandon College was written. This Act briefly defined the purposes, jurisdiction, and administrative framework of the College. The “Act to Incorporate Brandon College” was approved by the Province of Manitoba and assented to on June 1, 1900. It granted the Baptist Convention authority over all College affairs. This authority included the appointment of the College Directors and professors, the creation of rules and bylaws, as well as control over the school’s curriculum. While the Board of Directors had control over financial matters, all Board decisions had to be approved by the Convention .
The cornerstone for the new building was laid on July 13, 1900 by Mrs. William Davies. The College commenced classes in the new building, located at 270-18th street, on October 2, 1901. It cost approximately $44 000 to build. There was residence for 70-80 men as well as a dining room, kitchen, science laboratory, reception room, office, library and nine classrooms. The College consisted of an Academic Department, and Arts Department, a Theological Department, and a Business and Stenographic Department.
The Commercial courses were discontinued in 1916 due to financial difficulties during the war. In 1922, the Business Department of Brandon College was discontinued because the College could no longer afford to keep it operating.
The Academic Department consisted of Grades 9 through 12. Although it was a large and popular aspect of Brandon College, it began to decrease in size with the advent of secondary schools. Up until the early part of the twentieth century, most public schools stopped at around grade eight. After that, there were Normal schools that students could go to to become a teacher. Many students wishing to attend secondary school came to Brandon College, where a full secondary course was offered. By the 1920’s and 1930’s however, collegiates were becoming more commonplace. Students often didn’t have to travel as far to receive a higher education. By the early 1930’s most of the Academic Department had been discontinued because of lack of need and finances. By 1932, only the Grade Twelve course was still in operation.
Although one of the main intents behind building Brandon College had been to prepare students for the Baptist ministry, the Theological Department was always one of the smaller departments. By 1915, the Board of Directors had assumed authority over all College operations. However, the Baptist Union still maintained control over theological education, through the Committee on Ministerial Education created in 1908. In 1916, the department was curtailed considerably because of the war. An Educational Secretary, hired in 1919, managed the teaching of theology at Brandon College. The Educational Secretary also controlled the College Maintenance Fund, which was specifically set aside to ensure the financial health of theological education. The Baptist Union’s residual power over theological education led to the creation of the Brandon College Commission in 1923. This joint commission of the Baptist Union and College Senate examined several instructors, including Harris MacNeill, for alleged improper Biblical interpretations. These claims stemmed from Fundamentalist Baptists, who believed that the theological students at Brandon College were being taught by Modernists. The Commission found little evidence to support these allegations, and the instructors were later exonerated of all charges. Even with this decision, the College had to discontinue the Theological Department in 1927 due to lack of funds.
The College’s financial situation was very poor when Dr. Evans assumed control in 1928. The support from the Baptists was shaky, especially since the Fundamentalist-Modernist argument during the early 1920s. The Baptist Union Educational Committee recommended the Arts department be maintained as a significant training course for Christian leadership. The Committee wanted the re-establishment of the Department of Theology. In 1933, in an attempt to regain Baptist support, Rev. Ross C. Eaton was hired as Lecturer in Bible to help bring religious study back to the College. In 1934, John B. McLaurin was hired as Acting Professor in Theology. Dr. F.W. Pattison gave a Practical Theology course, while Dr. Evans made plans to increase the religious department even more. In 1935 Dr. C.B. Lumsden was appointed Professor of Theology, and in 1936, Rev. E.M. Whidden was appointed Head of the Department of Theology.
In 1905, plans commenced for the building of a Women’s Residence to adjoin Brandon College. On May 24th, 1906 Mrs. A.P. McDiarmid laid the cornerstone for what was to become known as Clark Hall. The building was named for C.W. Clark, a Winnipeg doctor who gave $30 000 of the $40 000 dollars needed to build the residence. Dr. Clark gave the money to Brandon College because he believed that women should have every chance to receive higher education. On October 18th of the same year, Clark Hall was officially opened, with room for 50 women.
With the expansion of the women’s department came programs that were geared towards young women of the era. A Music and Art Department was added to the College as was an Expression and Physical Culture Department. The heads of these departments were Abbie Helmer Vining, H. Hancock, and Gertrude Trotter. Miss Ernestine R. Whiteside was hired as Lady Principal and teacher of German and English.
With the rise in immigration during this time came the chance of expansion at Brandon College. There were large numbers of Scandinavian settlements in Manitoba, and it was thought that introducing a Scandinavian Department at the College would entice prospective Swedish missionary students. The students would return to their settlements after being educated by the Baptists, and it was hoped that they would spread the Baptist word among the Scandinavian settlers. Mr. Emil Lundquist was hired in 1907 to head the newly formed Scandinavian Department.
Physical fitness was stressed at Brandon College. Students were encouraged and expected to exercise. It was thought that a healthy body helped to create a healthy mind. There was more behind this ideal than simply healthy minds though, at least for the women students. During this period in history, it was often believed that women were not physically capable of learning to a great extent. It was thought that studying created too much of a stress on the female body, often leading to illness or permanent invalids. Before a girl was accepted to Brandon College, she had to furnish a letter from her doctor stating that she was physically able to go to school and study. As well, women were subjected to the “Clark Hall Line”, a daily two mile walk which was mandatory to all women. No matter what the weather was like they would pair up and, in a long line, walk down the streets of Brandon to the edge of the city. This line was often the cause of much amusement for the men of Brandon College. There were plenty of other sports offered at Brandon College for both men and women in an effort to keep the students physically active. This belief in physical fitness led to the development in 1908 of what was to become an annual College Field Day.
In 1908, the Baptist Convention of Manitoba and the Northwest Territories became the Baptist Union of Western Canada. This change reflected a restructuring of the Baptist organization. The Union had a meeting every three years that consisted of delegates sent from Baptist churches throughout western Canada. The Baptist Union Board carried on the affairs of the Union and met semi-annually. Each year the Board created a budget based on the needs of the Union, then allocated funds to Provincial and Conference Boards. These other Boards had the responsibility of financing their local institutions and projects. The Baptist Union was not in direct control over these expenditures. If the budget was not raised, the Union had to incur the provincial deficits. This situation of mounting debts continued for several years.
Principal McDiarmid’s title was changed to President McDiarmid in 1910. There is no document explaining this change, but it follows a trend in other colleges and universities during that period when the head of the school was known as the president.
Up until 1910, the College had been loosely affiliated with the University of Manitoba. The Baptists refused to accept the University of Manitoba model of a higher institution, and they continuously sought to get a separate University charter that would give Brandon College degree-granting privileges. It was because of the Baptists firm belief in the separation of church and state that they could not accept the University of Manitoba model, as it would place the College under state control. The college could not secure a charter of its own, so it was decided in 1910 that Brandon College would affiliate with McMaster University.
Brandon College was in debt following the construction of their first two buildings, and it became increasingly clear to the College Board that they could no longer rely solely on funding from the Baptist Union. In order to carry out their financial campaign and increase their administrative efficiency the Board felt it should control the College. In 1911 the Baptist Union was confronted with a proposal from Brandon College stating:
...in our confirmed judgment the work of the College should be under the immediate and unfettered direction of its own Board of Directors and Senate--that its Board of Directors, subject to the expressed general policy of the Baptist Union, control its business administration, and that its Senate should have direction of its education policies and work, viz., the determination of its courses of study, its curricula, its instruction, its examinations, etc.
It appears after this date that Brandon College was much more in control of its curricula and courses of study. However, the school still relied almost completely on the Union for financial support.
World War One began in 1914 and affected Brandon College greatly. Students were very patriotic to England, reflecting the ideals and propaganda of the time in their thoughts and actions. Classes shrunk as men enlisted, and military drilling in front of the College buildings became a commonplace scene. This was due to the fact that in 1915, a Canadian Officers Training Corps unit was established at Brandon College. A Brandon College platoon was organized as part of the Western Universities Battalion, the 196th.
Over thirty Brandon College men were killed during World War One. After the cessation of hostilities in Europe, the students at Brandon College began fundraising to build a memorial gymnasium to honor their classmates who died during the war.
Brandon College began to consider expansion in 1920, when an extension fund campaign was started in an effort to raise money to build a science building. Meanwhile, Dr. Whidden was involved in a continuous effort to maintain the College financially. That year, Mr. William Davies died, and in his will he left $100 000 dollars to Brandon College, on the condition that people in the west could match the amount dollar for dollar.
Contributions to the College increased substantially with the 1923 arrival of Dr. Sweet, the new College President. He quickly gained the confidence of the Board of Directors, the faculty, the students, the community, and the Baptists. The motto of Brandon College up to this point in time seemed to have been “Speaking the Truth in Love”. But with the arrival of Dr. Sweet the motto appears to have been changed to “Education Crowned by Reverence”.
After the Stock Market crash in 1929, the financial situation of the College grew even worse. The Great Depression severely limited charitable contributions for both Brandon College and the Baptist Union during the 1930’s.
In 1931, the Baptist Union indicated by resolution that Brandon College would be closed at the end of the 1930-1931 school year unless the College could find a way to pay its own maintenance bills. The final announcement from the Baptist Union Board stated:
‘RESOLVED that the Board of Brandon College be requested to endeavor to continue the College in operation until the close of the current College year, and that in view of the inability of the Baptist Union to make provision for adequate financial support, that the College cease to operate at the end of the current College year .’
It was at this time the businessmen of Brandon, through the Brandon Board of Trade, began to get involved in the College situation. An organization called the Brandon College Citizens Campaign submitted a by-law that would raise $20 000 for the College for at least five years. The by-law had to be accepted by 60% of the ratepayers before it would be instituted. Despite a huge campaign effort, the by-law was rejected, mainly by the large working-class society in the city who did not see the need for higher education and who resented not being hired to do contract work there. After the by-law failed Brandon citizens raised $20 000 on their own to keep the school open for at least another year.
By 1937, the College was still financially unstable, and although the Western Baptists supported the institution, they could no longer afford to help with the costs. In 1938 the Baptist Union passed a resolution withdrawing completely from any financial responsibility for Brandon College.
BRANDON COLLEGE AS A NON-DENOMINATIONAL SCHOOL:
The citizens of Brandon began to look for ways to keep the College open. A delegation of 60 representatives from towns in southwestern Manitoba asked Premier John Bracken and the Minister of Education for assistance to help keep Brandon College open as a Western Manitoba Arts College under the direction of an independent Board and on a non-denominational basis. The Brandon Board of Trade created a Brandon College Committee. Its members looked into ways the College could be saved. A.E. McKenzie was one of the central figures in this fight to save Brandon College .
In July, McKenzie put up an offer of a $100 000 endowment for Brandon College. Shortly after that he upped the endowment to $300 000. The provincial government agreed to give the College $15 000 annually on the condition that the city of Brandon raise that amount as well and the $300 000 endowment was accepted. In September, McKenzie increased the endowment to $500 000 dollars, $100 000 of which would be revenue-bearing at 3%, which would raise $3000 a year for twenty years. Brandon was disappointed that the provincial government only offered $15 000, as they had originally asked for quite a bit more. However, they set about on a campaign to raise their share of the funds so that Brandon College could open for the fall term .
In September of 1938, Brandon College reopened under the affiliation of the University of Manitoba. A provisional Board of Directors, consisting of Dr. J.R.C. Evans, Mayor F.H. Young, A.E. McKenzie, N.W. Kerr, K.C., E.M. Warren, H.O. McDiarmid, M.D., A.G. Buckingham, K.C., F.R. Longworth, and R.B. Alexander, was responsible for the administering of the affairs of the college. These men were all prominent Brandon citizens who had been involved in the fight to save Brandon College. They tried to complete the campaign to cover financial obligations and assure permanency of the college. The provincial government said that they would raise their support from $15 000 to $22 500 per year if Brandon could pass a by-law guaranteeing support of the college.
On April 17, 1939, Bill 104 received assent as an Act of the Provincial Legislature incorporating Brandon College Incorporated. On June 6, a Brandon Bylaw was passed that approved the levying of one mill on the dollar from taxpayers for the next twenty years to help support Brandon College. This Bylaw assured that Brandon taxpayers would raise $5000 during the first year that it was levied, and this amount would increase during subsequent years as Brandon grew and prospered. On June 13, the Board of Directors approved recording of the Bill as the Charter of Corporation. The A.E. McKenzie endowment was authorized by Bylaw #5 of the corporation on December 19.
With the outbreak of World War II in 1939 came the resurrection of the C.O.T.C. at Brandon College in 1940. Enrollment went down as young men and women joined the Armed Forces to go overseas. In order to keep the college out of debt, Dr. Evans created the War Emergency Fund in 1941. This fund raised $15 000 from 1941 to 1946. Scholarships were restarted at the college to help boost enrollment. Many of the scholarships were contingent on the recipient being a resident student in order to help raise residence numbers.
In 1945, the A.E. McKenzie Trust of 1939 was canceled, and 90% of A.E. McKenzie’s stockholdings were transferred to the control of the Province of Manitoba. The A.E. McKenzie Foundation was established using the annual declared dividends from the 90% of the stock. This foundation was administered by the Minister of Education of Manitoba, the President of Brandon College, and a third person to be decided on by both parties. The annual grant of $10 000 from the foundation would be increased by $4000 if a Social Science Chair was established at the college.
In 1946 that Brandon College hired its first Director of Public Relations. This man was Walter G. Dinsdale, a 1937 Brandon College graduate. A Guidance Committee was created in 1948. It was also during this year that Brandon College became an associate member of the National Conference of Canadian Universities. A Social Science Department was added in 1948, and the Biology Department was reorganized. In 1949 a Department of Political Science was created.
The Board of Directors passed a resolution in 1949 to create a committee to hire a director for a financial campaign. The campaign went poorly. Brandon College, although not in the same position as it had been a decade earlier, was still not secure financially. The citizens of Brandon, having been through the Depression and the war years, did not have much left to give to the College.
In 1951, the Federal Government provided the first of an annual fund of $8 000 000 to be divided between Canada’s universities and colleges based on enrollment figures. During this first year, Brandon College received $18 000 from the government.
Education was first offered at Brandon College in 1952 with the co-operation of the Department of Education and the University of Manitoba. In 1953, Brandon College became an associate member of the Association of Universities of the British Commonwealth.
The mortgage that had been assumed from the Baptists in 1939 was paid off in 1954. It was also during this year that Brandon College received its first new building since the 1922 Science Building. An “H-Hut” was moved onto the property and placed behind the Science Building. It was redecorated and used for student functions, a library, and a recreation area.
The Board of Directors increased from twenty one to thirty six in 1955. The provincial grant of $22 500 was raised to $50 000.
In 1957 the Brandon College Faculty Association was formed. This marked the beginning of the end of the ‘family’ structure of the college. A salary schedule was created in 1957 for the Arts and Science Departments. In November of 1958, the Expansion Committee of the Board of Directors was authorized to proceed with all aspects of expansion. By 1959, a new Arts and Library building was being planned.
On Thursday, July 23, 1959, Dr. Evans died suddenly while on holiday in Robson, British Columbia. Before he died he had managed to secure funding and plans for the new Arts and Library building and Lecture Theatre. The Manitoba Government granted $500 000 and the Canada Council $102 000 towards the building of a new Arts and Library Building and Lecture Theatre.
The new Arts and Library Building and the J.R.C. Evans Lecture Theatre were officially opened on January 6, 1961 by Mrs. John G. Diefenbaker (Olive Freeman, Class of 1923). It was also during 1961, that Brandon College welcomed its first overseas student. As well, J.E. Brodie, the former president of Great West Coal made a $200 000 gift to Brandon College, and gave $50 000 to the Expansion Fund.
The next several years were full of expansion for Brandon College. The Men’s Residence, Dining Hall and Heating Plant were opened in 1962. In 1963, a Women’s Residence and the Music Building were opened. A Gymnasium was opened in 1965.
The Board of Directors changed dramatically in the early 1960’s, becoming more influenced by the distribution of funds from government sources. Legislation in 1966 revised the Brandon College Act to reduce the number of members on the Board of Directors from thirty-six down to twelve. Seven of these twelve would be appointed by the Lieutenant Governor-in-Council, and three would be appointed by the Brandon College Corporation. One member would be elected by the Alumni Association, and the College President would be a member ex-officio.
BRANDON COLLEGE BECOMES BRANDON UNIVERSITY:
1967 was an important year for Brandon College. Not only was a new Education Building opened, but the College ceased to exist. This was because a university charter had been granted to Brandon College. On July 1, 1967, Brandon College became Brandon University. Dr. John E. Robbins was appointed to be its first president. The university would enjoy a certain amount of freedom from the financial hardships it had endured over the past 68 years. As well, the university would no longer have its curriculum dictated to it from other institutions as it had during affiliation with McMaster University and the University of Manitoba.
Custodial History
The records have been located in a number of areas around the University including Clark Hall, the old Science building, the A.E. McKenzie building, and “the trailer”, which was a very old addition to Clark Hall and has now been removed from campus. The records are now in the S.J. McKee Archives located on the Brandon University campus.
Scope and Content
The fond consists of minutes, reports, correspondence, invoices, printed material, clippings and photographs. The collection spans from S.J. McKee’s personal papers from Rapid City Academy in the 1880’s through to the decision to grant university charter to Brandon College in 1967. It is a very interesting source for the history of Western Canada.
Several different themes emerge in the fond. A very central theme concerns Baptist higher education in Western Canada, higher education in general, the development of curriculum in Canada, and the Baptist Western Movement. The development of religious higher education, especially Baptist training, is well-documented.
Areas such as student associations, student life on campus, and women’s education are detailed in the collection. There is a very detailed look at the social aspects of college life, especially the difference between the genders in the realm of higher education. These themes can be found in the various Clark Hall scrapbooks and “Saturday Books” written by the lady principal.
An economic theme is prevalent for much of the early history of Brandon College due to various financial restraints that the College and Western Canada faced. These themes are especially noticed in the Bursar and Registrar records.
The administration of the corporation can be followed closely through the minutes and certain correspondence from the Board of Directors. A more in-depth look at the people involved in the running of an institution of higher learning can be found in the various personal papers of the presidents of the College.
There are also several military files, dealing with the creation and operation of a C.O.T.C. regiment on campus during both the First and Second World Wars. The fond also provides a glimpse of how the wars affected daily life on campus and their after-effects on the College.
The fonds also examines the effects that affiliation with other universities can have on curriculum, regulations and other aspects of College life.
Notes
The RG 1 Brandon College fonds description and finding aid were prepared by Karyn Taylor (nee Riedel) in August 1998.
McKee Archives: RG 6 Brandon University fonds. The Canadian Baptist Archives at McMaster University contain the following records related to Brandon College: Correspondence (1911-1936); McMaster Chancellor's Correspondence (1895-1926); McMaster Chancellor's Reports; History (1962); Stone & Garnet History (1969); Calendars (1899-1938); Report of Commission 1923 (pamphlet); Fact Concerning 1922 (pamphlet); Jesuit Methods (pamphlet); an incomplete set of the Quill; and exams. They also have The Western Baptist and the Yearbooks of the Baptist Union of Western Canada (1907-1996). (Source: Correspondence between Judith Colwell, Archivist, Canadian Baptist Archives and Thomas H. McLeod. Date: October 8, 1996).
Arrangement
The fonds is divided into fifteen series and two associated fonds.
The “Act to Incorporate Brandon College” was assented to on June 1, 1900 and specified that the Board of Directors would consist of 21 members. The Board was to control all financial matters of the College, though all decisions had to meet the approval of the Baptist Convention.
The first officers of the Board were a Chairman, a Treasurer and a Secretary. The minutes also refer to a “President,” separate from the Principal, but does not define the President’s duties. The Principal was a member ex-officio of the Board. The first duty of the Board was to create an executive consisting of all Brandon members of the Board. The main function of the executive was the operation of the College and transaction of all business arising between Board meetings.
In pursuit of a separate university charter, the Board reorganized its affairs in 1910, appointing an investment committee, a Bursar and a Registrar. The Principal was renamed “President,” and was appointed Chairman of the Executive. The university charter was denied, leading the Board to seek affiliation with McMaster University. The Board of Directors during this time was forced to take a more active role in directing college affairs. In November 1910, the Board moved: ...that the officers of the Board be authorized to make such application for such amendments to the Charter as seem necessary and advisable.
This decision led the Board to draw up the Act to Amend An Act to Incorporate Brandon College which, by 1915, granted the Board authority over all College affairs, following the stated direction of the Baptist Convention.
On May 5, 1916 a nominating committee was struck to name the persons and mandate of all new committees.
During the existence of the Board prior to 1967 the following committees were created:
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
In 1918, the Board defined the functions of the Executive Committee as:
The Board of Brandon College shall at its organization meeting each year appoint from among its members an Executive of not less than seven in number. The Executive shall be responsible to the Board and shall exercise all the powers usually incidental to an Executive other than those delegated to the Finance Committee and Endowment Fund Committee, which two Committees shall also be responsible to the Board direct.
FINANCE COMMITTEE, 1918-1926
The Finance Committee was to consist of no fewer than seven members which:
...shall be responsible to the Board and shall under the Board have the general oversight and control of the financial policy of the College insofar as the raising of funds is concerned. The Finance Committee shall not have the power to make any expenditures except such as it may deem necessary to incur in connection with its efforts in raising funds. The Finance Committee shall report to the Board of the College at each meeting of the Board and for the purpose of keeping the Executive in close touch with its activities and of enabling the two committees to work in closest cooperation shall transmit to the Executive a copy of the minutes of each of its meetings to be read at the regular meetings of the Executive and shall give account of the progress made by the Finance Committee and generally of its plans for the future. Members of the Finance Committee shall not all necessarily be members of the Board.
ENDOWMENT FUND COMMITTEE, 1918-1926
The Endowment Fund Committee was created by the following resolution:
The Board of Brandon College shall at its Organization Meeting each year appoint an Endowment Fund Committee which shall under the Board manage the Endowment Fund and direct the re-investment of its principal. The Endowment Fund Committee shall consist of not less than three members who shall not all necessarily be members of the Board.
The creation of the latter two committees was significant because it was the first time that Brandon citizens, not necessarily Baptists, were brought into the administration.
HOUSE AND GROUNDS COMMITTEE, 1923-1926
NEW INSTRUCTORS COMMITTEE, 1923-1936
ADVERTISING COMMITTEE, 1923-1936
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AND ENDOWMENT COMMITTEE, 1926-1936
TEACHERS COMMITTEE, 1929-1936
GENERAL PUBLICITY COMMITTEE, 1930-1936
By 1936, however, all Committees were abandoned as Brandon College struggled for its financial survival. After the Baptist Convention withdrew all of its support in 1938, a Provisional Board was established through the Brandon Board of Trade to negotiate with the government for the transfer of Brandon College to the Government of Manitoba. The provisional board succeeded in gathering the needed support for government intervention, and resurrected the College under “An Act to Incorporate Brandon College Incorporated.”
The new Board of Directors was appointed October 11, 1939 during a general shareholders meeting. The officers of the Board were a Chairman, a Secretary and a Treasurer. There were also six new standing committees appointed, with mandates listed under clause 16 of by-law 1:
FINANCE COMMITTEE, 1939-1967
... whose duty it shall be to oversee the finances of the Corporation and make recommendations to the Board as to investments of Monies received for endowment or scholarship purposes, and to prepare and submit the annual budget.
PROPERTY COMMITTEE, 1939-1967
... who shall have general supervision of the real and personal property of the Corporation.
ENROLLMENT COMMITTEE, 1939-1967
... whose duty shall be to obtain a student body for the College, to co-operate with the President and Faculty for such purpose and report to the Board as may be required from time to time.
FACULTY COMMITTEE, 1939-1967
... whose duty shall be to make preliminary arrangements for the engagement of teachers and who shall make recommendations to the Board for consideration in the engagement of such teachers.
MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE, 1939-1967
... whose duty shall be to maintain the membership of the Corporation and see that proper records of the same are maintained.
ENDOWMENT COMMITTEE, 1939-1967
... whose duty shall be to obtain endowments for the future operation of the College and to obtain gifts for scholarship purposes.
In 1942 the Public Relations and Progress Committee was established and a Public Relations Officer was hired. A Consultant Committee was appointed in 1948 with the sole purpose of overseeing the transfer of McKenzie Seeds to the provincial government for financial support through the McKenzie Foundation.
Scope and Content
Series consists mainly of minutes of meetings and correspondence between various Board members and the College. It is a very detailed and descriptive compilation of the decision-making processes at a higher education institution. There are copies of minutes from the Executive Committee in amongst the general Board Minutes. Series also contains a copy of an appraisment of Brandon College Inc. by the General Appraisal Company Ltd. (Vancouver) completed in 1957.
Storage Location
RG 1 Brandon College fonds
Series 1: Board of Directors
Arrangement
Series has been divided into one sub-series: (1) Minutes of General Board Meetings.
The Office of the President of Brandon College was established in 1899 under the title of Principal. The Principal was the head of the Academic Department and the Administrative body. In 1910, the position of Principal was changed to the position of President. There is no documented reason given for this change, but it was consistent with other universities and colleges at the time. When the institution was first organized in 1899, the role of the Principal was quite varied. It was the Principal who acted as both Registrar and Bursar, in addition to his duties as head of administration. The Principal also acted as a professor. It was the Principal who kept the college in contact with the Baptist Union. The Principal also acted as the liaison between the Board of Directors and the Senate, being an ex-officio member of both. In 1910, the roles of Registrar and Bursar were no longer the responsibility of the President. In the 1920’s the President became increasingly involved with fundraising and traveled extensively in search of financial support.
In 1938, following the “Act to Incorporate Brandon College Incorporated,” the Board of Directors, under by-law #1, assigned the President with “the internal management of the business of the Corporation insofar as it relates to the students, teaching and office staff shall be under the direct supervision of the President, subject to the order of the Board.” In 1965 the President’s Office was created, consisting of the President, Executive Assistant to the President (later Deputy to the President), and Secretary to the President who was also the Public Relations Assistant. From 1899 until 1967 the Office of the President was administered by six different men.
Scope and Content
Series consists of records generated and collected by various presidents. The series has been divided into six sub-series, including: (1) Dr. Archibald P. McDiarmid; (2) Dr. Howard Primrose Whidden; (3) Dr. Franklin W. Sweet; (4) Dr. David Bovington; (5) Dr. John Robert Charles Evans; and (6) Dr. John E. Robbins.
Storage Location
RG 1 Brandon College fonds
Series 2: Office of the Principal/President
The Office of the Bursar was created in 1910. As head of financial affairs, a Bursar was more compatible to the administrative framework of other universities in Canada. The initial duties of the Bursar were the collection of all fees, control of funds and disbursements, donations, purchasing, supervision of grounds, and progressive measures in the investment of funds and the enlargement of finances. By 1913, the Bursar was also in charge of the book department, boarding, grounds and gardens, buildings and heating plant.
By 1924, the Bursar had become so involved in the management of College affairs that the Board established a committee to examine the functions of the President and the Bursar “with a view to readjustment for efficiency.” The committee presented its report later that year, clearly defining nine functions of the Bursar. These functions were the keeping of books, banking, general handling of student fees and accounts, general handling of all trade accounts, handling of maintenance and extension movement pledge cards and receipts, general responsibility for the purchase of all supplies, supervision of fireman and janitor, supervision of buildings and grounds and the submission of a monthly report to the Secretary of the Executive. In 1929, the Bursar took on the role of Secretary to the Executive.
At several times during the history of Brandon College the Bursar and the Registrar were combined into one job.
BRANDON COLLEGE BURSARS:
R.J. KENNEDY (1910 - 1911)
No biographical information yet.
S.J. MCKEE (1911-1913, 1914-1915, 1919-1920)
Information about S.J. McKee can be found under the heading MG 1 Brandon College Teaching and Learning.
C.W. JACKSON (1913 - 1914)
No biographical information yet.
JOHN HARRIS MCKEE (1915 - 1918)
J.H. McKee was S.J. McKee’s son. He was born in Ingersoll, Ontario. He moved to Rapid City in 1881 with his family. In 1890 he moved to Brandon where his father opened McKee’s Academy. Harris attended Brandon College, graduating in 1914. When the war broke out he was not medically able to participate. He then took a position as Brandon College Bursar. In 1918, Harris resigned from his job to take up farming. He had several bouts of bad luck: drought, grasshoppers, frost, and other farming catastrophes, and was not too successful, having a list of 50 creditors at one point.
GEORGE H. ROSS (1918 - 1919)
Little is known so far about George Ross. He was a teacher before coming to Brandon College. He taught in Chatham, Ontario for a while, as well as at the Rider Moore College of Business in Trenton, NJ. From 1914-1919 Ross was also the Director of the Business Department at Brandon College.
S. EVERTON (1920 - 1923)
No biographical information yet.
E. SCOTT EATON (1923 - 1931)
E. Scott Eaton was born in Auburn. He graduated from Acadia University in 1903 and the Maritime Business College in 1904. Eaton then taught at the Maritime Business College and the Charlottetown Business College. For a time he was head of the Business Department at Alberta College. Eaton was the owner/manager of the Success Business College in Vancouver before coming to Brandon College. He occupied this position from 1923 until 1931. In 1931 he became purchasing agent and the superintendent of buildings and grounds at Acadia University. He became an accountant at H.T. Warne Ltd. in Digby, NS in 1940. Around 1953, Eaton became the Town Clerk of Digby. Eaton died at the age of 80 around 1962.
M.S. DONOVAN (1931 - 1936, 1939 - 1948)
No biographical information yet.
N. KEITH MCKINNON (1936 - 1939)
Keith McKinnon was born in Weyburn, Saskatchewan. After working in Weyburn he attended Brandon College, specializing in Political Economy. He was very active in all aspects of students affairs and was elected Senior Stick in his final year. He was appointed to the position of Registrar following his graduation from Brandon College.
D.R. MACKAY (1948 - Brandon University)
Information about D.R. MacKay can be found under the Office of the Registrar.
Scope and Content
The Bursar series revolves around the finances of the school. There are invoices from general accounts, letters from businesses, and receipts for payments. There are also numerous student accounts, wage lists and letters regarding teachers’ salaries. The Bursar did a lot of the correspondence regarding mortgages, estates, property, and other legal matters. The series is mainly correspondence to and from the Bursar regarding accounts, overdue accounts, pleas for financial support and numerous other matters. As well, there are financial statements, fundraising lists, and subscription lists. The series is not broken down by Bursar, but instead is grouped together chronologically.
Storage Location
RG 1 Brandon College fonds
Series 3: Office of the Bursar
Arrangement
Series has been divided into seven sub-series, including: (1) R.J. Kennedy; (2) S.J. McKee; (3) C.W. Jackson; (4) John Harris McKee; (5) George H. Ross; (6) S. Everton; and (7) E. Scott Eaton.
The Office of the Registrar was created in 1910. The person in the Registrar’s position was in charge of many aspects of administration. The Registrar was to be drawn from the united departments of Arts and Theology and had four main functions:
1. To have charge (in conference with the President) of all correspondence with prospective students and with previously registered students of the College, in respect to courses of study.
2. To receive students from the Heads of the several Faculties, these Heads of Faculties having indicated by card the department and to register the student and furnish him with a card to the Bursar of the College indicating the fees called for by the course or courses of study, for which the student is registered.
3. To record the class standings of students from the reports furnished by the instructors.
4. To furnish the President with certified copies of such reports as are called for by the terms of affiliation with McMaster, or as he may otherwise require.
Along with these specific functions the Registrar was an officer of the Board of Directors, the Executive, an ex-officia member of the Senate and College Council. The Registrar also acted as the liaison between Brandon College and McMaster University. Following the “Act to Incorporate Brandon College Incorporated” in 1939, the Registrar became Secretary of the Senate and liaison between Brandon College and the University of Manitoba. From the period 1910 to 1967 there was no less than ten Registrars, many of them also taking on the task of Bursar.
BRANDON COLLEGE REGISTRARS:
S.J. MCKEE (1910-1920)
Information on S.J. McKee can be found under the heading MG 1 Brandon College Teaching and Learning.
S. EVERTON (1920-1923)
No biographical information yet.
L.S. JOHNSTON (1923-1924)
No biographical information yet.
CYRIL F. RICHARDS (1924-1935)
Cyril Fuller Richards was born in Dunedin, New Zeland. He came to America in 1905, taking his college prepatory work at the academy of Linfield College, McMinnville, Oregon. Richards spent seven years at Linfield College, four as he earned his B.Sc. and three as an instructor in biology. During that time he also became a naturalized American citizen and married Alice Louise Wood. Together they had one child, Margaret Ruth, who died in 1943.
After leaving Linfield College, Richards obtained his Bachelor of Divinity degree from Colgate-Rochester Divinity School. In 1924, he joined the faculty of Brandon College as Registrar and Professor of Psychology and Philosophy. Richards left the Registar position in 1935 to take over as College Dean. During his years at Brandon College, he also received his M.A. from the University of Manitoba (1935).
In 1937, Richards accepted the position of Dean of Men at Denison University in Granville, Ohio. Richards held this position until 1945, having been appointed Dean of the College there the preceding year. In 1950-1951, he served as acting President of Denison, becoming Vice-President following the appointment of the new president. Richards recieved an honorary doctor of humane letters degree from Linfield College in 1947.
Cyril Fuller Richards died in September 1954 at the age of 59 in Granville, Ohio.
M.S. DONOVAN (1935-1936)
No biographical information yet.
N. KEITH MCKINNON (1936-1938)
Information can be found under the heading Office of the Bursar.
H. STEWART PERDUE (1938-1948)
Information on Dr. Perdue can be found under the heading Office of the College Dean.
D.R. MACKAY (1948-1962)
D.R. MacKay was born in Weyburn, Saskatchewan. He graduated from Brandon College in 1939. MacKay served in the Canadian Army in Canada and Overseas from 1940 to 1947. He was appointed Registrar/Bursar in 1948. MacKay also served as Comptroller, Public Relations Officer, Director of Development and Secretary to the Board of Governors. He remained as Bursar until after Brandon College became Brandon University. He received the Alumni Award in 1974, and the Distinguished Service Award in 1981. MacKay retired in 1984, then served on the Brandon University Foundation Board of Directors. He died on April 1, 1990.
NORMA E. WALMSLEY (1962-1964)
Dr. Walmsley served in the Royal Canadian Air Force Women’s Division in World War II. At the time she became Registrar she was an Associate Professor of Political Science. In 1964, Walmsley resigned as Registrar to accept a position on the Research Branch of the Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism.
L.F. PELTZ (1965-Brandon University)
No biographical information yet.
Scope and Content
This series is primarily correspondence between the Registrar of Brandon College and various other people. The letters deal with students, examinations, curriculum, scholarships, and tuition. The Registrar was the liaison between McMaster University and the University of Manitoba when dealing with subject matter during the time that Brandon College was affiliated with these schools. There is a great deal of correspondence between the Brandon College Registrars and the Registrars from these schools. The series also includes correspondence to students from the Registrar regarding room and board at the College. Student and class standings are also included in this collection. Most of the student records are arranged alphabetically by year.
Notes
History/Bio information on C.F. Richards taken from a Brandon Sun article (September 8, 1954).
Storage Location
RG 1 Brandon College fonds
Series 4: Office of the Registrar
Related Material
See RG 6, sub series 4.2 (Office of the Vice-President (Administration & Finance), RG 6, series 10 (Office of Development) and MG 3 1.9 Don MacKay for additional records related to D.R. MacKay.
Arrangement
Series has been divided into eleven sub-series, including: (1) S.J. McKee; (2) S. Everton; (3) L.S. Johnston; (4) Cyril F. Richards; (5) M.S. Donovan; (6) N. Keith McKinnon; (7) H. Stewart Perdue; (8) D.R. MacKay; (9) Norma E. Walmsley; (10) L.F. Peltz; and (11) Registration cards.
The Brandon College Senate was created in 1900 under “An Act to Incorporate Brandon College.” At the time, however, the Senate was not given a clear policy mandate. The Act stated: The Professors in said College, together with three members of the Board of Directors nominated by the said Board for that purpose, shall constitute the Senate, to whom shall be entrusted the reception, academical superintendence and discipline of the students and of all other persons within the said College.
Despite general authority over the discipline of students, measures to enforce discipline and the power to appoint or remove professors rested with the Baptist Convention. As a result, the Senate remained largely ineffective until 1910 when the Board re-defined their function as follows: The Senate be composed of the Council of the College together with three members appointed by the Board of Directors. That this body shall be responsible for all matters that concern the determination of the curriculum, the recommendations to the Board regarding appointments of instructors in subjects otherwise specifically assigned to individual members of the several faculties.
These new powers provided the Senate with a rational boundary of authority including some control over the curriculum, but its main function was still recommendations to the Board on matters concerning faculty. There are no known documents regarding the Brandon College Council, which existed from 1910 to 1915. Affiliation with McMaster was a contentious issue with faculty. Courses had to correspond with those in McMaster, effectively eliminating the Brandon College Senate from its authority over academic matters.
In 1915 the Senate was re-organized following the “Act to Amend An Act to Incorporate Brandon College.” With this reorganization the Senate assumed a more direct role in the selection of faculty and tutors. As well, the Senate became a stronger advisory body of the faculty.
The Brandon College Senate remained relatively unchanged until 1939 when, under by-law 1, the Board defined the Senate functions as:
Power to regulate instructions and to determine the methods and limits of instructors.
To prepare a calendar of the College for publication.
To recommend to the Board the establishment or abolition of, or any changes in departments, chairs, lecture-ships, bursaries, scholarships and prizes, and generally have charge of all matters of an academic character, but shall not have any power to incur any expenditures or liabilities on behalf of the Corporation until specifically authorized by resolution of the Directors, nor shall their powers be construed as authority to engage teachers for the Corporation.
Along with these functions the Senate was also the body that possessed the binding authority to deal with all academic grievances.
The Senate under the new Charter and by-law 1, consisted of the President, Chairman of the Board, seven members from the faculty (including President and Registrar), and six members from the Alumni. The Registrar was to act as Secretary.
The Senate was changed once more in 1959. This change led to a more significant role in the administration of Brandon College.
Scope and Content
These records consist mainly of minutes from various faculty council and executive meetings from 1900 to 1942 including Arts, Science and Theology faculties. Included as well are Minutes of the Ministerial Committee of the Baptist Union of Western Canada As well, there are University of Manitoba Senate Minutes dating from 1950 to 1958.
Storage Location
RG 1 Brandon College fonds
Series 5: Brandon College Senate
The Brandon College Dean was the head of the College in the absence of the President. It was created in 1925 after the sudden passing of Dr. Sweet. Dr. Harris MacNeill, who had been Dean in Arts up until that time assumed the position of College Dean. The duties of the College Dean were as follows:
1. In the absence of the President of the College he shall exercise the functions of the President in relation to all “inside” College matters; it being understood that frequently it may be necessary for him to exercise his personal judgment apart from anything that may be specified in this memorandum.
2. With respect to matters of special importance arising unexpectedly he shall consult with the Chairman of the Board, or by telegram with the President, or both.
3. All questions arising that have a direct connection with the “business” aspects of College affairs shall naturally be referred to the Chairman of the Board, or the President, or both.
4. In the absence of the President he shall preside at all Faculty meetings, Committee meetings of which the President is Chairman, and shall attend meetings of Committees of which the President is an ex-officio member.
5. In the President’s absence he shall preside at the regular Chapel Exercises and at special College gatherings in the Chapel at which the President would naturally be expected to preside.
6. He shall also keep in touch with the work of the several departments of the College and shall consult frequently with the Heads of such departments.
7. While the Lady Principal and the Resident Master are responsible for the detailed administration and discipline of the College life and activities of Clark Hall and Brandon College respectively, the College Dean shall have the absent President’s responsibility for the general discipline of the College in respect of the students’ relation to Courses of Study, Corridor, Campus, etc.
8. That the President when absent may be kept in touch with the work of the Institution it is desirable that the College Dean keep him informed of the more important happenings and problems with College life.
9. Throughout the Session the College Dean shall be Registering Head of the Arts Department.
The position of College Dean continued until 1952. In 1952 the position became known as the Dean of Arts and Science. In 1963, another change occurred, with the two departments going separate ways. From that time on there was both a Dean of Arts and a Dean of Science.
BRANDON COLLEGE DEANS:
HARRIS LACHLAN MACNEILL (1925, 1926-1928)
Dr. MacNeill was born in Paisley, ON on November 29 or 30, 1871, the son of Rev. Donald and Amanda (Hemenway) MacNeill. He received his B.A. from McMaster University in 1894. He was also educated at the Ontario College of Pedagogy and the University of Toronto. From 1895 until 1898 he was a teacher at Woodstock College. In 1899 he married Anne Hatch. From 1899 until 1903 he was a professor of Latin at Washburn College in Topeka, Kansas. In 1903 he accepted an offer to teach Latin and German at Brandon College. In 1909 he was a Professor of the New Testament, Language and Literature, as well as Resident Master. Dr. MacNeill was the Academy Principal for two years. He then received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1911. MacNeill acted as the Dean of Arts from 1912 until 1930. 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.
Dr. MacNeill was Acting President of Brandon College after Dr. Sweet died for the period from January 1925 until Dr. Bovington was hired in August 1925. After Dr. Bovington resigned in May of 1926, Dr. MacNeill again accepted the position of Acting President from May 1926 until April 3, 1928, when he retired as College Dean. Dr. MacNeill taught Latin and Greek for two more years then retired from Brandon College in 1930. He accepted a position at Fairview Church in Vancouver, B.C. where he remained until 1932. In 1932 he was offered a teaching position at McMaster University. He married his second wife, Vera Leech, in 1939. He remained at McMaster teaching New Testament Interpretation until 1943 when he retired. Dr. MacNeill was the first person to receive an honorary degree from Brandon University in 1967. He continued to do religious research until his eyesight failed at age 97. On January 15, 1974, Dr. MacNeill died at the Chedoke Hospital at the age of 102.
JOHN ROBERT CHARLES EVANS (1928)
Information on J.R.C. Evans can be found under the heading Office of the President.
W. BURTON HURD (1929-1935)
No biographical information yet.
C.F. RICHARDS (1935-1937)
Information on C.F. Richards can be found under the heading Office of the Registrar.
REV. EVAN M. WHIDDEN (1937-1938)
See MG 1 Brandon College Teaching and Administration, 1.8 Evan McDonald Whidden fonds for biographical information and additional records related to Rev. Evan M. Whidden.
A. HAYWARD FOSTER (1938-1939)
No biographical information yet.
F.J. WESTCOTT (1939-1945)
Frederick James Westcott was born in Douglas, Manitoba. He began taking classes in the Academy at Brandon College in 1918. He entered the Arts course in 1921 and specialized in Political Economy. He received the Special Political Economy Medal in his final year. He was very active on committees and associations, as well as sports. Westcott served as the Senior Stick during the school term 1924-1925. He graduated with his B.A. from Brandon College in 1925.
Westcott received the position of Student Assistant in the Academy the following year. He left soon after to pursue post-graduate work. He received his M.A. in economics from Harvard and spent two years at the University of Toronto on a teaching scholarship in economics, completing the course work leading to the Ph.D. degree. In 1929, he returned to Brandon College and took up the position of Associate Professor of Political Economy. It was also in 1929, that Westcott married Rose Vasey, a 1926 Brandon College graduate. The following year, Westcott was the Resident Master of Brandon College, as well as being an Instructor in Political Economy and Sociology. The Resident Master position only lasted the one school year. He accepted the post of Acting Dean of Arts and Science in 1939. From 1942 until 1945 he was away on military leave with the National War Finance Committee. He resigned from the position of College Dean in 1945. From 1945 on Westcott and his family resided in Toronto. He died suddenly in 1961.
HENRY STEWART PERDUE (1947-1952)
Dr. Perdue was born in 1904 near Souris. He graduated from the Souris Collegiate in 1920. After working several odd jobs, Dr. Perdue entered Brandon College in 1924. He graduated with his B.A. in 1928. After graduation, Dr. Perdue was hired as a teacher in the Academic Department. He received his M.A. in 1930, and went on to receive his Ph.D. in Geology from the University of Chicago. In 1930, Dr. Perdue became the Director of the Matriculation Department as well as an Instructor in Geology. In 1931, he took over the position of Resident Master. In 1937, he married Ella May Higgens, who was the Resident Nurse. From 1938 until 1948, Dr. Perdue acted as Registrar of Brandon College.
In 1947, Dr. Perdue accepted the position of College Dean. This position ran until 1952, when it was changed to the position of Dean of Arts and Science. Dr. Perdue also held this position until 1962, when the office separated into the Dean of Arts and the Dean of Science. Dr. Perdue continued in the position of Dean of Science until 1967. After Dr. Evans death in July of 1959, Dr. Perdue became Acting President. He held this position from August 1959 until August 1960, when Dr. Robbins was appointed President. Dr. Perdue retired from teaching Geology in 1973. He died on December 22, 1979 at the age of 75.
DEAN OF ARTS AND SCIENCE:
H.S. PERDUE (1952-1963)
Information on H.S. Perdue can be found under the heading College Dean.
DEAN OF ARTS
R.F.B. KING (1963 - Brandon University)
Information on R.F.B. King can be found under RG 6 Brandon University fonds, sub-sub series 7.1.1 Dean of Arts.
DEAN OF SCIENCE:
H.S. PERDUE (1963-1967)
Information of H.S. Perdue can be found under the heading College Dean.
Scope and Content
The series consists of records from MacNeill's term as College Dean (1921-1928). It also includes correspondence during the time that MacNeill was Acting President. It contains letters to and from MacNeill regarding examinations, students, business, and finances. Some earlier letters also include correspondence regarding the controversy MacNeill was in during the Baptist Fundamentalist/Modernist Debate in the early 1920’s.
Records from Evans' term as Acting Dean have been included in his Presidents' files. There are no records from the terms of the other College Deans, except R.F.B. King; his records have been encorporated into RG 6 (Brandon University fonds), 7.1.1 (Dean of Arts).
Storage Location
RG 1 Brandon College fonds
Series 6: Office of the College Dean
Related Material
RG 6, sub sub series 7.1.1 (Dean of Arts) for additional Dean's records and RG 6, series 9 (Department of Extension) for additional records related to H.S. Perdue.
The Brandon College Alumni Association was created in the spring of 1912. The Arts Class of 1912, the Theological graduates and also the Ad Eundem graduates met together with old graduates who were in the city. It was decided to form an Alumni Association of Brandon College open to all Arts and Theological graduates, past, present and future, as well as those admitted Ad Eundem. An executive was elected, Reverend J.C. Bowen of Winnipeg being appointed President, and J. Dempsey, Class of 1912, Secretary. The matter of drawing up a constitution was left to the executive.
A meeting was held by the executive on November 21, 1912 in order to discuss membership into the Association. A resolution was eventually passed that approved the basis set down the previous spring: All Arts, Theological and Ad Eundem graduates were to be admitted into the Association.
The Alumni Association was created by students in order for graduates and former students of Brandon College to maintain contact with the College and each other and to promote the College’s interests.
The Alumni Association’s activities included: publication of the quarterly Alumni News, mailed to all members and associate members; administration of the Alumni-contributed $17 000 J.R.C. Evans (Memorial) Student Loan Fund, providing interest free loans to worthy students; representation on Brandon College Board of Directors; contributions to College expansion; organization of Association branches in major cities and of social events for Alumni members.
Scope and Content
The records of the Alumni include newsletters, "Alumni News," and various other documents dealing with the association.
Storage Location
RG 1 Brandon College fonds
Series 7: Brandon College Alumni Association
The first organization involving the students of Brandon College was created in 1899 or 1900. It was entitled the Literary Society. This society was run by students and faculty to cultivate literary and musical gifts and to provide training in public speaking and in the transaction of business. In 1901, a College branch of the Y.W.C.A. was formed as well as a Students’ Missionary organization. A College branch of the Y.M.C.A. followed in 1902. The Brandon College Athletic Association was created in 1904 to direct the affairs of the various athletic games.
The first idea of a Student Council-type organization began in 1906 with the creation of the Students’ Committee. This committee was created in order to develop a worthy College spirit and to promote a worthy College life.
“A committee of five students shall be appointed annually early in the college session whose office it shall be to confer with the Resident Master on matters pertaining to residential life, and with the Faculty on matters pertaining to the general life of the College. This committee shall consist of five members, three resident and two non-resident. In matters relating to the residence the three resident students alone shall act. This committee shall represent the Student Body in any matters in which that body may wish to confer with the Faculty, or may of its own motion confer with the faculty on any subject thought to be of interest in promoting proper College life.”
In 1909 the Debating Society was created for training in public speaking. A Publications Committee was created in 1910 to publish the new student magazine, The Quill. The Students’ Committee became known as the Student Council in 1915. Also in 1915, a Committee on College Activities was formed. This consisted of the President, two faculty members and two students. It was appointed by arrangement of the College Council each year to regulate the various activities of College life. It became known as the Functions Committee in 1921.
The 1920-1921 College Calendar is the first calendar that mentions the Brandon College Students Association. It states under the heading of Student Organizations that:
“The Literary and Debating Societies , the Athletic Association, the Y.M.C.A. and the Y.W.C.A. are integral parts of the Brandon College Students’ Association, and are managed by committees appointed by the Association.”
1921 saw the formation of the Students’ Christian Movement which replaced the Y.M.C.A. and the Y.W.C.A. Under the Students’ Christian Movement group, students held weekly devotional and educational services, and conducted Bible and mission study classes.
The 1936-1937 College Calendar shows that a change took place that year in the student council. Instead of just five students of the College being elected to the Council, there are now two separate councils. The calendar states that:
“The students of the men’s and of the womens’ residences appoint annually a representative committee of five, whose function it is to consider the interests of College life from the point of view of the residence body, conferring with the Faculty when necessary.”
Although these groups of five were known as the student council, there was a Student Executive of the Brandon College Students Association that was a separate entity. It consisted of the Senior Stick, the Lady Stick (since 1923), the heads of various boards, and the class presidents. This governing student body continued until 1966 when it underwent an extensive reorganization. During that year, the positions of Senior and Lady Sticks were abolished so that the elected student president could be a man or a woman. This president would be assisted by elected ‘sticks’ from each faculty of Arts, Science, Education and Music. This form of government continued until 1967, when Brandon College became Brandon University.
Scope and Content
The Student Association files cover a wide variety of topics and consist mainly of minutes from various student groups and clubs on the Brandon College campus. The records are a first hand look at how student governments were run during the Brandon College era.
Series has been divided into twenty four sub-series, including: (1) Lady Stick's Notes; (2) Memorial Gymnasium Book; (3) Minutes (Literary Board); (4) Expansion Fund Committee; (5) Athletic Board Finance; (6) Finance Board; (7) Main Executive Committee; (8) Functions Committee; (9) Athletic Association/Athletic Board; (10) Contemporary Club; (11) Social Science Club; (12) BCSA Records; (13) Co-Ed Association; (14) English Club; (15) Sports Awards; (16) Record of Social Events; (17) Brandon College Ministerial Association; (18) Ledgers; (19) Freshie Week Committee; (20) Arts Banquet Committee; (21) French Club; (22) Intervarsity Night Report; (23) Publications Committee; and (24) Student Missionary Band.
Storage Location
RG 1 Brandon College fonds
Series 8: Brandon College Students Association
Related Material
RG 6 (Brandon University fonds), series 14 (BUSU - Brandon University Students Union).
Clark Hall was built in 1906 as a women’s residence. The name comes from Dr. C.W. Clark, a physician who believed that women should be as highly educated as possible. To that end, he donated $30 000 of the $40 000 dollars needed to construct the building. The residence opened on October 18, 1906 with Miss Ernestine R. Whiteside presiding as Lady Principal.
With the building of Clark Hall came new departments geared towards young women. A Music and Arts department was started, as was a Physical Culture and Expression department. The residence was soon full, and in 1911 the first Clark Hall Annex was created to house 25 women who could not get into Clark Hall proper. This annex was located at 1335 Lorne Ave., and it is still in existence today. The second Clark Hall Annex, that replaced the first, was located on Louise Ave. It is also still standing, and is now an apartment building.
LADY PRINCIPALS/DEAN OF WOMEN:
ERNESTINE ROBERTA WHITESIDE (1906-1918)
Miss Whiteside was born in 1876. She graduated from McMaster University in 1898. In 1906 she was hired as the first Lady Principal of Clark Hall. She served this post capably and was greatly admired by all who met her. In 1918 she resigned as Lady Principal to assume headship of Moulton College in Toronto. She resigned from Moulton in 1930 due to uncertain health. Miss Whiteside was a Board Member of the Women’s Baptist Missionary Society, as well as being editor of “The Link and Visitor”. She was the corresponding secretary for the Women’s Inter-Church Council of Canada from 1939 to 1949. Miss Whiteside resigned the editorship of “The Link and Visitor” in 1956. On June 14, 1960, she died in Toronto.
OLIVE A.C. WILKINS (1919-1925)
Olive Agnes Cross was born on June 17, 1891 in Newton Centre, Massachusetts. She received her B.A. from McMaster in 1912. She married Thomas Russell Wilkins on June 17, 1913. Mrs. Wilkins accepted the position of Lady Principal of Clark Hall in 1919. She also was retained as an English Teacher. Mrs. Wilkins resigned in 1925. On May 13, 1937, she died rather suddenly. Mrs. Wilkins personal files are located in the Brandon College Teaching and Administration series.
JANE (JENNIE) TURNBULL (1926-1927)
Jennie Turnbull was born c.1896. She was educated at Brandon Central School and the Brandon Collegiate Institute. Miss Turnbull entered Brandon College in 1911. She graduated with her B.A. in 1915, and followed this with her M.A. in 1916. After taking a Normal Course in Regina, Miss Turnbull returned to join the Brandon College faculty as instructor in French in 1918. She studied at La Sorbonne in Paris during the years 1921 and 1922. Miss Turnbull spent parts of 1919, 1920, 1926, and all of 1927 and 1928 at the University of Chicago, where she secured her Ph.D. During the school year 1926-1927, Miss Turnbull served as Dean of Women (formerly known as Lady Principal). She was a very well-travelled individual, and she was the author of Essential Traits of French-Canadian Poetry. In 1963 Miss Turnbull moved to British Columbia, where she died on December 30, 1966. During the time that Miss Turnbull taught at Brandon College, she was an integral part of the college community. She was responsible for the formation of a French Club, and served on various committees and boards with great skill.
ANNIE (EVANS) WRIGHT (1927-1934)
Miss Annie Evans was born on December 29, 1881 in Derbyshire, England. She moved with her family to Canada around 1889. She taught school before entering the Brandon College Business Training Department in 1908. In 1909, Miss Evans was given a position in the Business and Academic Department of the College. In 1915, she married the music professor, Dr. William L. Wright. In 1926, Mrs. Wright received her B.A. degree from Brandon College. She followed that with her M.A. from the University of Chicago in 1927. From 1927 until 1934, Mrs. Wright served as the Dean of Women. From 1927 until 1945, she was employed as a professor of English. She moved to Robson, B.C. with her husband, where she lived until her death in 1959. She was the older sister of Dr. J.R.C. Evans.
DOROTHY WERTHENBACH (1934-1935)
Miss Werthenbach received her early education in Minnesota and Saskatchewan and graduated from the University of Alberta with Honours in History. She took up the profession of teaching. She was an instructor at the Indian Residential School before she accepted the position of Dean of Women in the fall of 1934. She also taught grade 12 History at the College. Miss Werthenbach left Brandon College in 1935, after having spent one year as the Dean of Women. From 1931-1934 she served on the Executive of the Brandon Art Club, including a year as President (1933-1934). At some point after leaving Brandon, Miss Werthenbach married C.G. Nelson and relocated to Calgary. She and her husband had three, possibly four children. Mrs. Nelson died in a plane crash at Moose Jaw.
MARJORIE B. MCKENZIE (1935-1936)
Miss McKenzie was born in Brandon and was a graduate of Brandon Collegiate and Brandon College. She received her B.E. degree from the Columbia College of Expression in Chicago, and her M.Sc. in speech from Northwestern University at Evanston, Illinois. From 1927 to 1930 she was Instructor in Dramatic Art at Brandon College. She resigned to do post-graduate work. In 1935, Miss McKenzie returned as Instructor of Public Speaking in the Theological Department and Dean of Women in Clark Hall. Miss McKenzie resigned as Dean of Women after one year at the post.
SARAH PERSIS DARRACH (1936-1953)
Miss Persis Johnson was born in Rosscarberry, Ireland on February 8, 1886. She was educated in both Ireland and Canada, graduating from the Brandon General Hospital nurses program in 1911. She did her postgraduate work in Chicago. Miss Johnson was the assistant matron at Brandon General Hospital when she left for overseas in 1914 to serve in the war. Miss Johnson enlisted in the Canadian Over-seas Expeditionary Force on May 12, 1915 in London, England. She was overseas until 1918, stationed in both England and France. While there, Miss Johnson was awarded the Royal Red Cross, 2nd class, and the Royal Red Cross, 1st class, the latter of which was awarded to her in 1919 by the Prince of Wales during his visit to Brandon. She became the fourth superintendent of nurses at Brandon General Hospital. Sometime during the 1920’s, Miss Johnson married Robert Darrach, who was on the Brandon College Board of Directors. In 1934, she was named a member of the Order of the British Empire (Civilian) for her tireless effort doing charity work. In 1936 she accepted the position of Dean of Women at Brandon College. She served in this post until 1953. In 1971, Brandon College awarded her an honourary L.L.D. Darrach Hall, the Men’s Residence on the Brandon University campus, was named for her. Mrs. Darrach died on September 25, 1974.
FLORA COWAN (1953-1967)
Mrs. Flora Cowan was born on July 15, 1902 in Edinburgh, Scotland. She was the daughter of Adam and Helen Cruickshank. She married E.C. Cowan, and they had two children, Franklin and Ruth. From 1953 until Brandon College became Brandon University, she served as the Dean of Women. In 1966 she received the good Citizenship Award of the Golden Boys of Manitoba. She was a member of the I.O.D.E. and a life-member of the International Peace Garden, and the Provincial Council of Women. From 1954 to 1970 Mrs. Cowan served as a member of the Brandon City Council. She was also the Chairman of the Board for Fairview Home, Inc. In 1967, Mrs. Cowan received the Trillium Business and Professional Club Woman of the Year Award. She was also a member of several other community committees. The women’s residence at Brandon University, Flora Cowan, is named for her. In December 1980, Mrs. Cowan finally retired from her many positions. She died in Brandon on September 25, 1986 at the age of 84.
Scope and Content
The records from this series are mainly concentrated in the early years of Clark Hall. Miss Whiteside kept several journals that depict a very in-depth look at college life for young women in the early twentieth century. These records include: a Commonplace book, in which Miss Whiteside kept detailed accounts of the resident women and what was happening in Clark Hall; a “Saturday” book, which describes what she discussed at the meeting she held with the resident women every Saturday; Scrapbooks, which have programs and pictures detailing the everyday life of a College woman. These records are an invaluable source of information on the education of young women at the turn of the century. As well, Mrs. Wilkins files located in the Brandon College Teaching and Learning files give an excellent account of life at Clark Hall.
The series also contains copies of Clark Hall calendars for 1909-1925. There is also one undated calendar, which may be from 1911-1912.
Notes
The original accession number for the Clark Hall calendars is RP80-45. A copy of the program for the memorial service held at First Baptist Church October 1974 for Sarah Persis Darrach is located in her biography file in the Reading Room.
Storage Location
RG 1 Brandon College fonds
Series 9: Clark Hall Women's Residence
Related Material
MG 1 1.9 Sarah Persis Darrach fonds
Maureen Johnson collection (10-2009)
Accession 0104 Brandon University Art Collection, portrait of C.W. Clark M.D. painted by Henrietta Hancock. The portrait currently hangs in the McKee Archives. A brief biographical note concerning Clark appears with the portrait.
Arrangement
Series has been divided into four sub-series, including: (1) Clark Hall commonplace book, saturday book and chronicle; (2) Clark Hall scrapbooks 1907-1953; (3) Clark Hall calendars 1909 -1925; and (4) Clark Hall student council minutes 1928-1935
The Ministerial Committe was created with the purpose of discovering prospective students for the Baptist ministry. To become recognized as a student in Theology, a student had to be examined by the Ministerial Committee. The committee looked at the student’s intellectual, moral and spiritual fitness for the work of the ministry. He was then graded on his chances at entering the ministry. The committee could tell him that he was not suitable for ministerial work, or they could put him on the “encouraged” list. After repeated meetings with the Committee, a student could be voted as “accepted” as a prospective Baptist ministerial student.
Scope and Content
These records consist of a book from the Ministerial Committee. It contains the records of prospective theological students, including comments on their spirituality, morality and intellect. It records which students were rejected, encouraged and accepted into the program. Some notable students interviewed in this collection are: J.R.C. Evans, John Hart, Charles Stone, H. Friend, J. Church, and Tommy Douglas.