Boissevain Co-operative Elevator Association Limited Organizational papers: 1928 - 1961 Meeting re: By-law nos. 1-11, no date Certificate of Incorporation, 14 March 1928 Memorandum of Association, 14 March 1928 Meeting By-law nos. 1-7, 5 April 1928 Agreement between Boissevain CEA and MPE, 1 August 1931 Acceptance of share on allotment, 14 August 1931 By-law nos. 12 and 13, 14 August 1931 Shareholders meeting re: By-laws 12 and 13, 14 August 1931 Directors meeting re: By-laws 12 and 13, 14 August 1931 By-law no. 14, 7 November 1931 Directors' Resolution, 18 October 1961 Letter re: Draft by-laws of the New Co-operative Union of Manitoba, October 20, 1958 Resolutions re Financial Statements Elevator Associations Annual Meetings Resolution to be used by those Associations which have granted a bonus to Agent or other payments since the statements were drawn By-law 26 November 7, 1966 Minutes of Executive Board meetings, volume 1, 21 July 1928 - volume 5, 4 December 1969 Minutes of Shareholders Annual meetings, 1946 - 1964 (7 reports) Financial records and statistics Auditors report, July 31, 1955, July 31, 1958 Cost of Elevator and equipment, 29 January 1929 Analysis of Operating Results 1953 - 1960 Statement of surplus by years 1953 - 1955 General Expenses 1955 - 1956 Correspondence, 1929 - 1960 Membership list Membership list, March 1943 - 3 May 1946 Membership certificates, 1951 - 1957 Changes in Membership, 26 November 1956 Memberships of new members July 5, 1960 Miscellaneous, Membership Card to Co-operative Association Ltd. Newspaper clipping for advertisement for Boissevain Co-operative Seeds Department Letter to the Editor no date Various notes for minutes no dates Attendance of Directors at meetings 1953 - 1961 Directors Reports 1954 - 1967 (13 reports) Corporate Name: Rural Municipality of Morton; local Pool Committee mintues November 27, 1980 - June 6, 1991.
Block B consisted of 20 contiguous 1m2 units excavated to 30 cm below surface. (except unit 58 which was excavated to 35 cm bs to obtain extended soil profile). The block is situated in recent oak and poplar forest at the head of a ravine leading to Jock’s Creek, adjacent to an area cleared for market gardening. As was the case with Block A, the understory is heavily overgrown with hazelnut, chokecherry, saskatoon, and a poison ivy/sarsaparilla ground cover.
The soil levels below the sod in Block B consisted of a black, silty, and gritty loam layer from 5 cm to 23 cm below surface, a yellow and sandy clay from 23 cm to 30 cm below surface, and glacial till at 30 cm below surface. As in Block A, limestone cobbles were found throughout the occupation level around the bone. It is evident that bioturbation – primarily tree roots and rodent burrowing – have significantly altered patterns of original deposition of lithics, ceramics and small bone.
The faunal layer lay close to the surface, situated entirely in the black loam 5 cm – 23 cm below surface. The 23 cm depth also marked the end of the dark silty loam. At 10 cm below surface, a discernible patterning of the bone appeared. Concentrations of bone in narrow rows ran in an irregular pattern from the northwest to the southeast part of the block. This pattern was most apparent in the north end of the block which is the highest point in the block. In the same 1m2 unit, patches of weathered, very poorly preserved bone would be found lying close to patches of well preserved bone. It is believed that this variability in preservation results from uneven rates of burial due to taphic activities of pocket gophers or other agents of bioturbation. The same pattern of uneven preservation occurs over much of the locale but is most evident in Block B.
Diagnostic lithics included eleven projectile points that were predominantly Plains or Prairie Side-notch types, but included two unnotched triangular points. Cord-wrapped impressed rim sherds and body sherds were recovered. The ceramics are variants of the Woodland Blackduck horizon.
RC dates: XU49 – 675/80 BP XU 59 – 705/75BP.
Scope and Content
Sub-sub-sub series contains: Summary information of field methology, number and co-ordinates of excavations, personnel and their staff position; Field journals are daily records of recoveries, features and activities at the site; Site records include excavation level and unit summaries, feature sheets, profiles; sample records and maps; Artifact catalogues are lists and identifications of all artifacts recovered; Photographs are of excavation units, features, the landscape and personnel.
See fonds level description of RG 4 for history/bio of MPE
Scope and Content
This artificially created sub-series consists of indexes to bodies of MPE records created by MPE itself. The records include the following:
Pool Packers Ltd. Record of Indexing 1947-1968
MPE Record of Indexing A-C 1925-1986(created 1986)
MPE Record of Indexing D-L 1925-1986(created 1986)
MPE Record of Indexing M-Z 1925-1986(created 1986)
Transfer Index Sheets A-K 1925-1980s
Transfer Index Sheets L-Z 1925-1980s
MPE Minute Book Index
Annual Meeting Index 1932-1994
MPE Miscellaneous Index
1. MPE Legal File Index 1925-1986
2. Index to the Scoop Shovel Vol. 3 1931
3. Documents Index 1981-1988
See fonds level description of RG 4 for history/bio of MPE
Scope and Content
This artificially created sub-series consists of documents and correspondence pertaining to MPE's acquisition of private companies. The records include the following:
1. Kenmore Industries 1959-1977
2. Seed Plant 1945-1971
3. Northern Canadian Seed Sales Ltd. 1947-1971
4. Fairway Milling and Grain Co. 1970-1971
5. Terminal #2 – Horne Elevator 1937-1977
6. Douglas Depot 1968-1972
7. Ogilvie – Lake of the Woods Purchase 1955-1961
8. Western Canada Elevators 1940
9. Northern Canadian Seed Sales Ltd. 1965-1970
10. Westland Elevators Limited
11. Kenmore Industries Share Certificates 1959-1975
12. Gillespie Grain Company Ltd. 1935-1944
Kenmore Industries Minute Book 1959-1975
13. Burns Foods Ltd. (Pool Packers Ltd. Purchase) 1969-1971
