Item, which belonged to Colin Mailer, was part of a group of materials compiled by Gerald Brown from the personal collections of Colin Mailer, Lorne Watson, Norman Kalinski and Gerald Brown. Brown delivered the records to the Archives on November 17, 2009.
Scope and Content
Contains poetry, short stories and art work by various contributors.
Painting (native) “This painting took its original inspiration from the designs made by students of the 1978 Summer Native Art Class.“It was edited, redesigned, and painted by Karen Harris, Ernie T. Monias, and Sid Harris, and it represents the essential unity of diverse Native cultures.“The fire is the life given to us by the sun. We share this life, as relatives, with the plants and animals that nourish us and teach us about our place on this earth.“The Cree syllables say: ‘This talk together has been good.’” – taken from a piece of paper in hard copy of database.
File consists of information on summer school and evening credits for the Universities Grants Commission submission for 1969-1970 (events of 1968-1969).
Storage Location
RG 6 Brandon University fonds
Series 4: Office of the Vice-President
4.2 Office of the Vice-President (Administration & Finance)
Box 3
[According to Mr. Stuckey] it snowed continuously from Oct. 7 to 10th, giving [Brandon] the heaviest snowfall ever recorded in October - must have been about 40".
Custodial History
For custodial history see the collection level description of the Lawrence Stuckey collection.
Scope and Content
Canadian National Railway [passenger train] No. 6, with engines 1905 and 1906, in snow at station.
Notes
In this photo CNR No. 6 Edmonton-Regina-Winnipeg is running 10 hours late as an Extra train
[Note that the train has backed into the station located on Ninth Street, adjacent to the Prince Edward Hotel. P.E. 28/07/09.]
Item is a mini-chapbook entitled "Winter Sunlight, Summer Rain" by Roger Finch. It is series 1, number 2 of the Dollarpoems series. The series was published by Pierian Press at Brandon University.
The fountain for people was in the small basin at the rear. From there, wasted water went through a pipe to the large basin in front to be used for dogs and, no doubt, horses on occasion. This was one of two drinking fountains on the fair grounds - the other being by the children's paddling pool just inside the main gate on 13th St. In addition to the two fountains on the fair grounds, there was also one on Eighth St. across from the Baubier Hotel in the early days (Brandon: A City, Barker, p. 52). LAS.
Custodial History
For custodial history see the collection level description of the Lawrence Stuckey collection.
Scope and Content
Old McLaren School on Provincial Exhibition grounds
