See RG 6, series 9 (Department of Extension) for biographical information on R.B. Inch.
Custodial History
R.B. Inch's records were passed on to the McKee Archives following his death. It is presumed that the executer of his estate donated the collection after his passing in 1983.
Scope and Content
This collection is heavily influenced by Inch's professional and organizational life. Most heavily represented is literature associated with Inch's involvement with the League of Nations Society in Canada during the 1930s. It also appears that Inch paid close attention to United Nations' policy following World War II, from ca. 1945-1970. There are numerous items devoted to both Canadian and international political and diplomatic issues, with particular emphasis on British politics in the immediate post-war period. As one would expect from his involvement in the National Research Council and League of Nations Society, the core of the fonds is a study in two major themes. The first theme is of the post-WWII policy pursued by Canada and Britain and, secondly, the growth and development of United Nations' policy following the collapse of the League of Nations. There is some periphery material of general interest to Canadian history and Canadian university publications, but for the most part the material can be classified into one of the two preceding themes.
The collection includes a manuscript prepared by R.B. Inch entitled "Parliament Will Decide: A Chronicle of the Drift to War and of an Effort to Help Avert it" (1947). The manuscipt is edited but out of order.
The balance of the collection consists of accumulated documents gathered over the course of Inch's lifetime from outside sources. These include: newspaper clippings and whole newspapers from publications in Winnipeg, Brandon, Toronto, Calgary and London; United Nations' pamphlets conerning a broad range of issues, ranging from the question of East Indian independence to annual policy directives of the organization; various magazines including copies of "Interdependence," which Inch once edited; articles taken from the publication "Life" concerning important figures of the time period; numerous books and textbooks concerning the political formation of post-war Europe; quarterlies from academic institutions, such as the University of Toronto; some material, primarily pamphlets, concerning R.B. Inch's involvement in Amnesty International after his retirement; and documents relating to post-war reconstruction in Britain.
Notes
Finding aid for the R.B. Inch fonds was prepared for the McKee Archives by Matthew Palmer (2003). The majority of the boxes in the collection contain a typewritten inventory detailing the contents of each container. As well, the preponderance of the files within the boxes are further subdivided by either a typwritten inventory itemizing the material contained within each dossier or a handwritten note on the outside of the folder describing the contents.
MG 3 Brandon University Teaching and Administration
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Related Material
Additional materials related to R.B. Inch may be found in RG 6, Series 9 (Department of Extension). There is also a related group of records from R.B. Inch that can be found in the Library and Archives of Canada under the heading Rober Boyer Inch fonds. This fonds consists of 4.05 m of textual records dating from ca. 1923-1981.
View is east northeast from the sidewalk on the southeast corner of the George T. Richardson Centre (John R. Robbins Library). Photographs shows the campus during winter, including the Physical Plant and Development H-Huts, as well as the Brandon College Building and Clark Hall after the majority of the renovations were completed.
View is southwest from 18th Street, just north of the Brandon University sign. Tken during the summer, the photograph shows the front lawn, a portion of the flower bed, the Citizens' Science Building, the Knowles Douglas Students' Union Centre, the John R. Brodie Science Centre and McMaster Hall.
View is northeast. Photograph shows the green space before the Library extension in 1993. Brandon College Building and the Development H-Hut in the background.
View is northwest from the roof of the John R. Brodie Science Centre. Photograph shows part of McMaster Hall, the H-Huts, the Citzens' Science Building, the Brandon College Building and Clark Hall, the driveway, the J.R.C. Evans Lecture Theatre, the A.E. McKenzie Building and the Queen Elizabeth II Music Building.
View is northwest from the sidewalk on the west side of 18th Street. Photograph shows the John R. Brodie Science Centre sign, McMaster Hall and its entrance, the lawn in from of McMaster Hall, a portion of the Knowles Douglas Students' Union Centre and the Citizens' Science Building.
View is southwest from the corner of Clark Hall and the Clark Hall extension. Photograph shows students entering and exiting the George T. Richardson Centre and walking through the courtyard.
View is south from appromately the skywalk. Photograph shows the walkway that runs in front of the A.E. McKenzie Building south to the George T. Richardson Centre staircase and entrance. McMaster Hall in the background.
View is north northeast from the roof of the John E. Robbins Library in the George T. Richardson Centre. Photograph shows the entrance to the Richardson Building, part of the courtyard and the Clark Hall extension.
View is northeast from in front of the John E. Robbins Library in the George T. Richardson Centre. Photograph shows the entrance to the Richardson Building, most of the courtyard, Clark Hall and its extension.
View is northeast from the roof of the George T. Richardson Centre (John E. Robbins Library). Photograph shows the courtyard and the west side of the Brandon College building and Clark Hall, as well as the Clark Hall extension and part of the skywalk.
View is east southeast from the roof of the A.E. McKenzie Building. Photograph shows the courtyard and the west side of the Brandon College Building, as well as the Citizens' Science Building and the greenspace in between the two buildings.
View is from the front steps of the Education Building looking south down the east side of the Brandon College Building and Clark Hall to the Knowles Douglas Students' Union Centre and the John R. Brodie Science Centre in the background.
View is north northwest from the roof of McMaster Hall. Photograph shows part of the Citizens' Science Building, a number of H-Huts, the Brandon College Building, the greenspace, the J.R.C. Evans Lecture Theatre, the A.E. McKenzie Building, the Queen Elizabeth II Music Building and the Western Manitoba Centennial Auditorium. A number of residential blocks are also visible.
View is north northeast from the roof of McMaster Hall. Photograph shows a couple of H-Huts, the Brandon College Building, Clark Hall, the George T. Richardson Centre, the A.E. McKenzie Building, the original Music Building and the Western Manitoba Centennial Auditorium. A number of residential blocks are also visible.
View is northeast from the roof of McMaster Hall. Photograph shows the Brandon College Building and Clark Hall, as well as the roof of the Education Building and portions of two H-Huts. A number of residential blocks are also visible.
