Stuckey's notes: Brookdale is on long abandoned CPR Varcoe substation. Elevators are now privately owned by J.L. Jones Farms and have no rail connection.
Custodial History
For custodial history see the collection level description of the Lawrence Stuckey collection.
Scope and Content
Image of grain elevators, etc. Brookdale, Manitoba, near the CPR North rail line.
Pt. 1. Introduction and part I : summary of events to 1930 -- pt. 2. The search for a policy -- pt. 3. From voluntary to compulsory board -- pt. 4. The assurance of markets
Marjorie Fleming Lange Hackenschmidt (nee Wilson) was born on February 11, 1917 near Virden, MB on the home farm. She received her education at Laggan School, Virden Collegiate and Brandon Normal School. A teacher by training, Marjorie taught from 1937-1950, except for 1942-1945, and from 1967-1980. She had posts in Oak Lake, Elkhorn, Reston, MacGregor and finally Brandon. Marjorie married Walter Herman Lange (1921-1983) in 1949. Together they had three children: David, Joan and Arthur.
Following Walter's death, Marjorie married Jack Hackenschmidt in July 1986. While in Brandon, Marjorie was involved in New Horizons projects. Marjorie Lange died on April 14, 1998 in New Westminster, BC. She is buried at Brandon Municpal Cemetery.
Custodial History
As part of the Westman Oral History Collection, this collection was accessioned by the McKee Archives in 1998. The original tapes from the Westman Oral History project were deposited in the Brandon Public Library. Copies of these originals were made by Margaret Pollex of the Brandon University Language Lab at the request of Eileen McFadden, University Archivist in the early 1990s. These copies compose the collection held in the McKee Archives.
Scope and Content
Item is an audiocassette tape containing an interview with Marjorie Lange about her ancestors, The Great Depression and the Second World War. Interviewer is Effie McPhail.
Notes
History/bio information from the records and Marjorie Hackenschmidt's obituary. Description by Christy Henry.
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Report to the Secretary of State, Canada and the Council of Ministers of Education, Canada on the National Forum on Post-Secondary Education, Saskatoon, October, 1987
The Grain Growers' record, 1906 to 1943 : an abridged history of Grain Growers' Grain Company, 1906 to 1917, Alberta Farmers Co-operative Elevator Company, 1913 to 1917 [and] United Grain Growers Limited, 1917 to 1943
Shipping conference arrangements and practices : a report in the matter of an inquiry under the Combines investigation act in connection with the transportation of commodities by water from and to ports in eastern Canada
