See fonds level of the CKX records for custodial history.
Scope and Content
Image consists of a table displaying a box of B.C. apples and a metal lunch box, with a broadcaster leaning on the table. In front of the broadcaster is a CKX-TV television camera, and behind him is a weather map.
See fonds level of the CKX records for custodial history.
Scope and Content
Image consists of a table displaying a box of B.C. apricots and some jars of canned apricots, with a broadcaster standing beside the table. Behind the broadcaster is a weather map. A CKX-TV television camera man appears to be filming a commercial.
See fonds level of the CKX records for custodial history.
Scope and Content
Image consists of a table displaying a bowl of B.C. apricots, a canning kettle and some jars of canned apricots, with broadcaster Harold Robbins standing beside the table holding a jar of canned apricots. Behind the Robbins is a weather map.
See fonds level of the CKX records for custodial history.
Scope and Content
Images taken during the 21st birthday party for the Brandon Packers' Laurel brand ham product line. The musical group in 11-2010.B64g(2) is the Albert Johnson band.
See collection level description for history/biography for information on Fred McGuinness.
For history/biography information on McGuinness family members, see subseries McG 1.1 Family papers and letters.
Custodial History
Accession 1-2015 contains records created and collected over the course of McGuinness’ career as a newspaper journalist and freelance writer. The Estate of Fred McGuinness donated the materials to the SJ McKee Archives circa 2011. The Archives accessioned the records in 2015.
Scope and Content
The series contains records created and collected by Fred McGuinness during his years in the Canadian navy, college, and as a journalist, editor, and freelance writer. The series has been divided into four subseries, including: (1) Family papers and letters, (2) Correspondence, (3) Business papers, and (4) Certificates and scrapbook.
Records in subseries McG 1.1, Family papers and letters, were created and collected by members of the McGuinness family. These records include materials from paternal and maternal sides of the McGuinness’ family (see subseries for specific details about individual McGuinness family members.)
The second subseries, McG 1.2 Correspondence subseries, contains readers’ and business correspondence collected by Fred McGuinness during his time as and editor and journalist. Many of McGuinness’ readers reminisce about Brandon’s local history in their letters to him.
The third subseries, McG 1.3 Business correspondence, includes financial statements from Fred McGuinness Limited (1991-1997, 2008-2009).
The fourth subseries, McG 1.4 Certificate and scrapbook, includes certificates for McGuinness’ professional career and volunteer work. The scrapbook contains photographs and records from McGuinness’ years with the Royal Canadian Navy and his time at St. Paul’s College, as well as loose clipping from McGuinness’ time at The Medicine Hat News.
Notes
Additional correspondence pertaining to his newspaper, freelance, and broadcast career can be found in the respective series and subseries
Accruals
Closed
Finding Aid
File level inventories for each subseries are available. See
individual subseries’ descriptions
Storage Location
2015 accessions
Related Material
McGuinness retained correspondence from readers’ responding to his Sunbeams, Diary, and Neighborly News columns (see McG 2 Newspaper career). Additional local history references can be found in the McGuinness research (McG 4.1 Local history research) and monograph (MG 5) series
Arrangement
Arrangement was artificially created by the Archives. Series has been re-arranged according to publication period
McG 1 Personal papers
McG 1.1 McGuinness family papers and letters
McG 1.2 Fred McGuinness correspondence
McG 1.3 Fred McGuinness Ltd. business documents
McG 1.4 Fred McGuinness certificates and scrapbook
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