Fred McGuinness is popularly known for his work as the prairie essayist for CBC Radio’s Morningside with Peter Gzowski, a position he held for 17 years. Many of McGuinness’ Morningside essays were autobiographical in nature. He often reported about life on Christmas Tree Farm, a section of land where he and his wife, Christine, built their dream home in the late 1970s. The couple planted a Christmas tree farm on the property and Christine maintained an extensive kitchen garden, while Fred tended honey bees. Life on the farm made its way into radiobroadcasts, Neighborly News columns, and the book "Letters from Section 17: A Collection of Morningside Essays" (Winnipeg: Great Plains Publishing, 1999).
Scope and Content
Set consists of 8 negatives showing a delivery of saplings to the McGuinness property, Christmas Tree Farm, Section 17
For biographical information on Sarah Persis Darrach see RG 1 Brandon College fonds, Series 9: Clark Hall women's residence.
Custodial History
See collection level description of the Maureen Johnson collection (10-2009) for custodial history.
Scope and Content
Photograph shows staff and possibly patients gathered around a dining table at Christmas. The table is located in the hospital building. Other patients are visible in their beds. Sarah Persis Johnson is standing second from the front on the right side of the table.
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Scope and Content
Image shows Harold Robbins and another man (possibly a B.C. Fruits representative) with what appear to be contest entries for a B.C. handipak and CKX promotion.
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Scope and Content
Image consists of a table displaying a box of B.C. apples, a variety of other food items, a tea pot and a coffee pot, as well as a place setting of dishes and silverware and a sign which reads "Include B.C. fruit this Thanksgiving".
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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.
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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.