Photograph shows BU president Dennis Anderson placing honorary doctorate hood on Fred McGuinness while BU chancellor Martin Kavanagh speaks at podium. Gallagher McGuinness (top left) is part of platform party on the stage at the Centennial Auditorium.
Photograph shows Fred McGuinness (centre) posing with his honorary doctorate. BU president Dennis Anderson and BU chancellor Martin Kavanagh stand to his left and right, respectively.
Photograph sent to Fred McGuinness from Leila McDiarmid Leck of Mission, BC, on 08 Feb 1983 in response to his Park School column (see F.A. Rosser, “Sunbeams – Park School reminiscences from a far away friends, Brandon Sun 25 Jan 1983)
Scope and Content
Photograph shows a group of young girls posing for a picture on the steps of residence. The girls had assembled fro Leila McDiarmid's 9th birthday.
Notes
Writing on the back of the photograph reads: Back Row - Mina Collins, Muriel Good, Lorna Lawrence, Evelyn Warren, Shirley Lane. Front - Doreen Donnelly, Leila McDiarmid, Jen Nicol, Phyllis Murdock, Florence Roberts. March 1930. (My 9th Birthday - Grade 3 with Helen Bennett.) Photograph is stamped: Crawford's Drug Store Brandon.
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.
Photograph sent to Fred McGuinness from the Winnipeg Free Press Photo Department
Scope and Content
Photograph shows a platform party in front of the Westman Centennial Auditorium. At the microphone is Mayor Ken Burgess. Seated on the mayor's left is Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, to his right Lorne Watson. The party may have been assembled for the founding of the Brandon University School of Music's Queen Elizabeth II building.
Notes
Photograph was collected during the research phase of the monograph "Manitoba: The Province & The People" (1987) written by Fred McGuinness and Ken Coates.
The Canada Winter Games were held in Brandon, Manitoba, from February 12-24, 1979. According to the official Canada Games website, approximately 2,000 athletes and officials and more than 4,000 volunteers participated in the event. Brandon artist and calligrapher Alex Matheson served as games president. Infrastructure improvements resulted in the construction of the Canada Games Sportsplex complex which contained a 400-seat hockey area, raquetball courts a six-lane 50-metre swimming pool, and a speed skating oval. Mount Agassiz was the site for alpine ski events and new cross country ski trails were developed in the Brandon Hills.
Custodial History
Photograph sent to Fred McGuinness from the Winnipeg Free Press Photo Department
Scope and Content
Photograph shows the opening ceremonies of the Canada Games held in Brandon, Manitoba, 1979. Various teams can be seen standing in the hockey arena of the Keystone Centre. Pennants representing the athletic events hang from the rafters.
Notes
Photograph was collected during the research phase of the monograph "Manitoba: The Province & The People" (1987) written by Fred McGuinness and Ken Coates.
Photograph of the Neelin High School float travelling east on Rosser Avenue during Brandon University's Homecoming parade. The float won "best entry from the Westman community." Individuals on the float include: Rick Piche, Lynn Nicol, Susan Anderson, Karen Ashby, Jill Stewart, Jill Habing, Susan Medd, Felicity Adams and Wendy Muirhead.
Notes
Names and float information provided by Susan Medd.
For custodial history see the collection level description of the Lawrence Stuckey collection.
Scope and Content
Somerville Steam Marble & Granite Works - Advertisement
Notes
From The Nor'West Farmer, August 20, 1900
Shows the Fleming monument and dates as erected in Brandon Cemetery in 1899.
"Fleming monument is easily found in oldest part of Brandon Cemetery" - Fred McGuinness collection (20-2009).
For custodial history see the collection level description of the Lawrence Stuckey collection.
Scope and Content
Brandon House No. 2 Cairn
Notes
[Cairn reads: "Brandon House No. 2 established on this site 10 A.M. Oct. 7 1828 by Chief Trader Francis Heron of the H.B. Co.; Abandoned 1832; This cairn Dedicated Oct. 7 1928; Erected by The Brandon Rotary Club" (P.E. 23/07/09).]
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