The Brandon Council of Women (BCW) was active between 1895 and 1927, when it disbanded. Principally through the efforts of Mrs. Kaye Rowe of Brandon, the BCW was officially restablished in 1952. The Brandon Council of Women remained active until c. 1973. It brought together fifty-two women's organizations in Brandon, representing 2600 women.
Custodial History
The Brandon Council of Women fonds was transferred to the McKee Archives during the 1970s. It was accessioned in 1998.
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of papers and photographs of the International Council of Women (ICW), the National Council of Women of Canada (NCWC), the Manitoba Council of Women (MCW), and the Brandon Council of Women (BCW). The ICW papers include meeting minutes. The NCWC papers include meeting minutes, resolution lists, pamphlets, newsletters, correspondence, financial records, yearbooks, and copies of Acts pertaining to women. The MCW papers contain copies of the MCW constitution, meeting minutes, resolution lists, correspondence, and committee reports. The BCW materials comprise the largest part of the fonds, and include meeting minutes, committee reports, financial records, correspondence, short course agendas, posters, pamphlets, memos, resolution lists, newspaper clippings, manuscripts, photographs, and scrapbooks.
The Odd Fellow Lodge in Minnedosa was created in 1884. Membership was open to white males over the age of 21, who were in good health and had good moral character. The organization was established as a mutual friendly association to provide social and financial support to its members. According to its Constitution, OddFellow members have five duties: to visit the sick, to relieve the distressed, to bury the dead, to educate the orphan, and to aid the widow. The organization existed until 1991.
Custodial History
This fonds was accessioned by the McKee Archives in 2000. Prior custodial history is unknown.
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of minutes from Minnedosa Odd Fellow meetings from 1884-1991. There is also one book kept by the Sick Committee from 1924-1949, in which the committee kept track of sickness and injuries among members and what each sick or injured man received in wages lost from the lodge. The fonds also includes a roll call book from 1884-1920. There is also a member and visitor register for the years 1972-1980, and an envelope of approximately 40 completed application forms from the 1940's and 1950's. Finally, the fonds includes a minute book of the Patriarch Militant IOOF of Brandon, Manitoba, which covers the years 1909 to 1922.
The Cinema Club of Brandon was formally created in May 1954, and operated for two and one-half years before dissolving due to lack of interest. The club was formed for the purpose of providing private screenings, on a non-profit basis, of films that normally would not have been exhibited in commercial theatres in Brandon. Films had to be assessed by the club membership as outstanding in quality. During its existence, the club sponsored the screening of two to three movies every second Sunday.
Custodial History
This fonds was accessioned by the McKee archives in 1997. Prior custodial history is unknown.
Scope and Content
Fonds includes a minute book that contains a record of each meeting held by the Brandon Cinema Club and a list of the elected executives. It also includes a file of newspaper clippings from the Brandon Sun about the Cinema Club.
The construction of the Western Manitoba Centennial Auditorium was considered first during a meeting of the Brandon City Council in 1953. In 1962, the City of Brandon was given permission by Manitoba Premier Duff Roblin to proceed with the construction of the auditorium as a centennial project to celebrate Canada's centennial in 1967. Constructed on the Brandon University campus, the auditorium was completed in early 1969.
Custodial History
This collection was accessioned by the McKee Archives in 1998. Previous custodial history is unknown.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of one scrapbook with newspaper clippings and pamphlets about the Western Manitoba Centennial Auditorium and its construction.
Portrait of Brandon College Caps hockey players and Manager Doc Hannah on the ice. L to R: Harry George, Don Sumner, Doc Hannah, Fin Campbell, Jack Scott.
Photograph was taken while the team was on a trip in Colorado.
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Brandon College Caps hockey team. Back Row (L to R): Ken Campbell (Equipment Manager), Murray Bater, Alf Francis, E.J. (Curly) Tyler, Graham Hunt, John Minions, Johnny MacLean, Neil McKellar. Front Row (L to R): Angus Juckes, Frank McKinnon, Harry George, Harold Moffatt, Bill Black, Art Klimchuk, Murray McDonald. Missing: Doug Birch, Ernie Shaw, Bob Rose.
Notes
Photograph is part of a scrapbook of newspaper clippings chronicling the season of the 1950-1051 Brandon College Caps.
Portrait of the Brandon College Caps hockey team. Back Row (L to R): Doc Hannah (Trainer), Gil Giem, Warren McKinnon, Tom Ross, Doug Birch, Barry Heselgrave, Wayne Fawcett, Ron Hurdal, Gerald Butler, Ron Borotsik, Doug Clark (Coach). Front Row (L to R): George Peary, Don Duprey, Sonny Solmundson, Bruce Smith, Murray Zuk, Dick McDonald.
Portrait of the Brandon College Caps hockey team. Back Row (L to R): Gil Giem, Sonny Solmundson, Barry Ellwood, Doug Birch, Wally Jasper. Middle Row (L to R): Doc Hannah (Trainer), Ron Hurdal, Tom Ross, Wayne Fawcett, Gerald Butler, Lloyd Nikkel, Doug Clark (Coach). Front Row (L to R): George Peary, Ron Borotsik, Bruce Smith, Murray Zuk, Dick McDonald, Warren McKinnon.
Portrait of the Brandon College Caps hockey team. Back Row (L to R): George Redgate (Equipment Manager), Jack Scott, Graham Hunt, Neil McKellar, Art Nicol, John MacLean, Harold Moffat, Gus Juckes, Harry George, Fin Campbell, Don Irwin, Doc Hannah (Trainer). Front Row (L to R): Ernie Shaw, Bill Sutherland, Don Sumner, Blair MacRae, Garth Kidd and Rick Hannah (stick boys).
Portrait of the Brandon College Caps hockey team. Left to Right: Garth Kidd (stick boy), Don Sumner, Neil McKellar, Pete Hendry, Jack Scott, Bill Sutherland, Ernie Shaw, Blair MacRae, Harry George, Murray Smith, Harold Moffat, Don Irwin, Graham Hunt, Art Nicol, Fin Campbell (Playing Coach), Al Tyler (Trainer), Doc Hannah (Manager). Missing: John Miller, Gus Juckes, John McLean
Portrait of the Brandon College Caps hockey team. Back Row (L to R): Doc Hannah (Trainer), Glennis Scott, Kit Leitch, Marshall Kennedy, Terry Bicknell, Murray Smith (Equipment Manager), Ron Gurba, Al Robertson, Murray Zuk, Denny Smith, Doug Clark (Coach). Front Row (L to R): Brian Parker, Chuck Meighen, Ron Borotsik, Spence Bell, Arnie Mullin, Gladwyn Scott. Missing: Wally Wilson, Jim Parrott.
Portrait of the Brandon College Caps hockey team. Back Row (L to R): Ernie Birkinshaw, Gus Juckes, Johnny MacLean, Graham Hunt, Ernie Shaw, Fin Campbell, Neil McKellar, Bill Rolston, Jack Scott, Ken Campbell (Equipment Manager), Doc Hannah (Manager). Front Row (L to R): Murray MacDonald, Harry George, Harold Moffat, Don Sumner, Bill Black, Blair MacRae, Jim McKibbon.
Ron Kirbyson's name is written in green ink in the top left corner.
Scope and Content
Portrait of the Brandon College Caps hockey team. Back Row (L to R): R. H. (Doc) Hannah, Hilt Stewart, Gordon Currie, Keith Haskins, Jim Minions, Frank McKinnon, Larry Grieve, Harvey Marchand, Bill Stinchcombe. Front Row (L to R): Dave Thordarson, Ben Ward, Jack (Chub) Wankling, Harvey Young. Missing: Mike Czuboka, Ron Kirbyson, Curly Tyler (Business Manager), Satch Page and Bill Gates (Student Managers), Jack Fotheringham.
Portrait of the Brandon College Caps hockey team. Back Row (L to R): Doug Clark (Coach), Brian Parker, Bob Melvin, Al Robertson, Jack Matheson, Tom Ross, Bob Nelson, Lloyd Nikkel, Bob Stordy, Warren McKinnon, Doc Hannah (Trainer). Front Row (L to R): George Peary, Ron Borotsik, Lorne Campbell, Harvey Marchand, Wally Jasper. Missing: Ron Mitchell, Larry Smith, Arnol Tweed, Murray Zuk.
Portrait of the Brandon College Caps hockey team. Back Row (L to R): Al Robertson, Stan Boguski (Student Manager), Doug Clark (Coach), Ron Borotsik, Wayne Fawcett. Middle Row (L to R): Brian Parker, Doc Hannah (Trainer), Dick McDonald, Arnie Mullin, Ned Kurbatoff, Tom Ross, Doug Birch, Ron Gurba. Front Row (L to R): Murray Zuk, Gerald Butler, Spence Bell, Warren McKinnon, Gladwyn Scott. Missing: Barry Ellwood, Denny Smith, Doug Reynolds, Dave Bergman, Wayne Kirbyson.
Martin Kavanagh was born in Wicklow, Ireland in 1895. He was educated in Wexford, Dublin and London. Following his arrival in Canada in 1923, Kavanagh was employed as the Principal of Treherene High School. In 1929, he joined the staff of Brandon Collegiate Institute. He taugh Latin and Geography at the Collegiate until 1963. In 1946, Kavanagh published The Assiniboine Basin: A Study of Discovery, Exploration and settlenment. In 1963, he published La verendrye - His Life and Times. Martin Kavanagh died in 1987.
Custodial History
Fonds remained in the possession of Kevin Kavanagh and James Wall following Martin Kavanagh's death. Wall donated his portion of the fonds to the McKee Archives in November 2004. Kevin Kavanagh donated his portion of the fonds in December 2004.
Scope and Content
Fonds contains an unpublished autobiography written by Martin Kavanagh and several draft narratives for a slide presenation based on Kavanagh's biography of La Verendrye. Fonds also contains one file of business correspondence c. 1971.
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