Photograph of the Executive of the Brandon College Literary Society 1910-11.
Top Row (L to R): R. Terrier ’12 (Program Com.) and W.C. McKee ’13 (Secretary).
Middle Row (L to R): R. Harvey ’13 (Editor of Critic); W.E. Wilkin ’13 (Reading Room Com.); A. Rutherford (Treasurer); and P. Duncan (Pres. of Debating Society).
Bottom Row (L to R): M.H. Strang ’13 (Pres. Clark Hall Lit.); S.H. Potter ’12 (Pres.); and M.V. McCamis ’13 (Vice Pres).
The photograph has bubbled but it hasn't damanged the image.
Scope and Content
Photograph is mostly likely of members of the Clark Hall Literary Society pre-World War I.
Back Row (L to R): ? and Lillian Wilhelmina Speers '13.
Middle Row (L to R): Leslie Alberta Ward '13, ?, and M. H. Strang '13
Front Row (L to R): Evelyn J. Simpson ' 13 and M. McCamis ' 13
Photograph was donated by C. Allan Elsey in September 2003. The photograph belonged to the donor's father Charles Spurgen Elsey.
Scope and Content
Item consists of portraits of the members of the Ministerial Association of Brandon College. Members included: J.W. Williamson; L. Whitelaw; C.S. Elsey; C. Gale; R. Standerwick; A.S. Parnell; W.P. Freeman; John Erb; A. Bowbrick (Vice President); E. Selley (President); H.S. Sneyd (Sec. Treasurer); A.W. Mayse; H.S. Mullowney; William Parsons; Rev. R. McKay; Dr. A.P. McDiarmid; R.J.M. Caul; W. Smalley; H. Winton; George Reynolds; George Merritt; G. Siemens; F.W. McKinnon; F. Crossley; H.F. Finch; H.H. Best; J.H. Frith; H.S. Bagnell; and James Start.
Donated by Dorothy (Butler) Lepine, Class of 1940.
Scope and Content
Item consists of photographs of the members of the Brandon College Students Main Executive.
Top Row (L to R): R.E. Beamish (Publicity), T.W. Morrison (Senior Stick), Del. White (Literary), R. Bell (Lady Stick), G.W. Patterson (Treasurer), E. Egilsson (Athletics).
Bottom Row (L to R): W. Dinsdale (Debating), D.M. Fraser (Secretary), C.F. Richards (Hon.Pres), C.F. Andrews (S.C.M), M. Gillies (Publications)
Student Activities - YMCA Executive. top row L-R: E.H.J. Vincent, Henry Knox, J.R. Evans, G. Herbert front row L-R: Philip Duncan, Robb Harvey, J.L. Jordan
Student Activities: Main Executive. Douglas (B.C., S.C.M.), J. Reekie (C.H., S.C.M.), Gainer (B.C. A. A.), Balmer (C.H.A. A), Carter (treasurer), Kerr (Debating), B. Clark (Literary), J. Hitchings (secretary), D. Cochrane (Lady stick), Dr, Evans (Hon. Pres), Thompson (Senior Stick) H. Mann
The Brandon Aboriginal Literary Festival was presented by the Brandon University Faculty of Arts and the John E. Robbins Library. It was held October 25-27, 2007 in the J.R.C. Evans Lecture Theatre and the Lorne Watson Recital Hall at Brandon University and included readings, panels, performances and a Saturday night social with the Juno-nominated Billy Joe Green Band.
Participants included: Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm; Annharte; Joanne Arnott; Di Brandt; Linda Burridge; Maria Campbell; Warren Cariou; Colleen Cutschall; Rosanna Deerchild; Paul DePasquale; Marilyn Dumont; Susan Dupis, Billy Joe Green; Scott Grills; Louise Halfe; Tomson Highway; Erroll Kinistino; Dale Lakevold; Emma LaRocque; Roberta Mackinnon; Lorraine Mayer; Neal Mcleod; Duncan Mercredi; Daniel David Moses; Beatrice (Culleton) Mosionier; Yvette Nolan; Jill Oman; Darrell Racine; Eden Robinson; Armand Garnet Ruffo; Gregory Scofield; Marvin Smoker; Richard Van Camp; Katherena Vermette; and Lynn Whidden.
A second festival, held under the name Ogamas Aboriginal Literary Festival, was held in October 2009.
Custodial History
Records in the sub sub series were donated to the McKee Archives by Linda Burridge, University Librarian and Festival Committee member in November 2007, October and November 2008 and July 2009.
Scope and Content
Sub sub series consists of festival documents created by the Festival Committee and collected by Linda Burridge. Sub sub series also contains photographs, taken by John Jacobson, of festival participants, volunteers, and attendees.
Accruals
Linda Burridge will be forwarding electronic files related to the festival.
Storage Location
Textual records:
RG 6 Brandon University fonds
Series 8: Library Services
8.4 Library special events
Photographs:
Hard copy CD is located with the textual records. Descriptions use the 5-2009 accession number.
William Davies, a Baptist meat packer from Toronto, provided money for the construction of the Brandon College Building.
Scope and Content
Photograph shows the interior of the Brandon College Chapel. The portraits on the back wall are of William Davies and his wife.
Notes
Negative enclosed.
Related Material
Letters of William Davies: Toronto 1854-1861, edited by William Sherwood Fox, is located in Rare Books (call number CT 310.D3A4). Fox was an Instructor at Brandon College from 1900 to 1909.
