Fred McGuinness is popularly known for his work as the prairie essayist for CBC Radio’s Morningside with Peter Gzowski, a position he held for 17 years. Many of McGuinness’ Morningside essays were autobiographical in nature. He often reported about life on Christmas Tree Farm, a section of land where he and his wife, Christine, built their dream home in the late 1970s. The couple planted a Christmas tree farm on the property and Christine maintained an extensive kitchen garden, while Fred tended honey bees. Life on the farm made its way into radiobroadcasts, Neighborly News columns, and the book "Letters from Section 17: A Collection of Morningside Essays" (Winnipeg: Great Plains Publishing, 1999).
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Photograph shows an overview of the house on the McGuinness property, Christmas Tree Farm, Section 17.
The amateur's kitchen garden, frame-ground and forcing pit : a handy guide to the formation and management of the kitchen garden and the cultivation of useful vegetables and fruits
World University Service shoe-shine drive located at the link between the McKenzie building and the Evans Theatre. Individuals in the photograph include: Bill Godolphin, Professor Norma Walmsley, Brian Foster, Pat Stanley, Edna Lever(?), and Glenn Beck.
World University Service shoe-shine drive located at the link between the McKenzie building and the Evans Lecture Theatre. Photograph shows John E. Robbins getting his shoes shined by a number of students dressed in costume.
