The General Faculty Council consists of the following: a) the President, who shall be the Chair; b) the Vice-President (Academic/Research); c) the Dean of each Faculty/School; d) the Director of the Educational Technology Unit; e) the University Librarian; f) the Dean of Students; g) teaching personnel of the Faculties and Schools; h) Professional Associates, Administrative Associates and Instructional Associates; i) the University Registrar or designate.
One regular meeting of the General Faculty Council is held each year in late August or early September, although special meetings of the may be called at the discretion of the Chair or at the request in writing of ten members of the Council. The General Faculty Council can establish its own procedures including the creation of such committees as are necessary to fulfill its functions.
Scope and Content
Sub-series consists of one file of General Faculty Council minutes and meeting materials, including committee reports.
Notes
History/Bio information was taken from the Brandon Univeristy Senate by-laws.
File consists of: media guide to the Report of the Special Committee on Pornography and Prostitution, booklet "Cancer Pain: Report of the Advisory Committee on the Management of Sever Chronic Pain in Cancer Patients, 1984, correspondence: February 1984-January 1986, plus 1973-1074 re: Danish drunk driving legislation, child maintenance, sexual orientation, impaired driving
Storage Location
RG 6 Brandon University fonds
MG 3 Brandon University Teaching and Administration
1.14.1 W. Leland Clark - political career
Box 2
File consists of correspondence November 1984- April 1985 re: Japanese-Canadian interrment during World War II, correspondence Feb. 1985 - Sept. 1985 re: multiculturalism
Storage Location
RG 6 Brandon University fonds
MG 3 Brandon University Teaching and Administration
1.14.1 W. Leland Clark - political career
Box 2
Photograph shows crowds gathered at Brandon's (Old) City Hall for the visit of Canada's Governor General Viscount Willingdon. The YMCA building on 8th Street can be seen.
Notes
Part of a series of prints related to the Governor General's visit to Brandon [20-2009.160 to 20-2009.164].
Photograph shows Canada's Governor General Viscount Willingdon and Mayor Cater walking alongside Old City Hall. Boy Scout troops stand at attention while the dignitaries walk by.
Notes
Writing on back of photograph reads: hat in hand Mayor Cater. Part of a series of prints related to the Governor General's visit to Brandon [20-2009.160 to 20-2009.164].
Photograph shows boy scout troops standing at attention alongside Old City Hall while dignitaries inspect the troops during the Governor General's visit to Brandon.
Notes
Part of a series of prints related to the Governor General's visit to Brandon [20-2009.160 to 20-2009.164].
Photograph shows a group of Girl Guides or Brownies sitting in a circle on the front lawn of Old City Hall. The group may have gathered for the Governor General's visit to Brandon.
Notes
Part of a series of prints related to the Governor General's visit to Brandon [20-2009.160 to 20-2009.164].
William McGuinness, Fred's father, raised and bred chickens with N.W. Kerr. The General Haig won first place in the Cornish Cock category at the Manitoba Poultry Show in March 1917.
Scope and Content
Postcard is a portrait of a chicken, breed is a General Haig.
Notes
Writing on the front of the postcard reads: Gen. Haig; 1st Cornish Cock; Man. Poultry Show Mar. 1917; Kerr & McGuinness; Brandon, Man.
Photograph shows the buildings of the Brandon General Hospital
Notes
Part of "Christie's Brandon Series of Six Colored Picture Postcards of Brandon, Manitoba, The Crown Series, Published by Christie's Bookstore, Brandon, Man." [note: missing sixth postcard]. Writing on the front of the photograph reads: Brandon General Hospital, Brandon, Man.
Mary Ellen Birtles was born at Sheffield, England in 1858. She emigrated to Canada with her family in June 1883, settling in Winnipeg. In 1889, she was one of the first three graduates of the nurse training program at the Winnipeg General Hospital. During her nursing career, Mary Ellen worked in North Dakota, Medicine Hat, Brandon and Calgary. In Brandon she served first as a senior nurse (approximately 1892-1894), then returned in 1898 to become Matron of the Brandon General Hospital. She retired from that position in 1919. In 1935, Mary Ellen received the Order of the British Empire from the Governor General of Canada for her role in the pioneer nursing of Western Canada. She never married. Mary Ellen Birtles died on June 22, 1943 in Alexander, MB. She is buried at Alexander Cemetery.
Custodial History
As part of the Westman Oral History Collection, this collection was accessioned by the McKee Archives in 1998. The original tapes from the Westman Oral History project were deposited in the Brandon Public Library. Copies of these originals were made by Margaret Pollex of the Brandon University Language Lab at the request of Eileen McFadden, University Archivist in the early 1990s. These copies compose the collection held in the McKee Archives.
Scope and Content
Item is an audiocassette tape containing Phyllis Long reading an article written by Mary Ellen Birtles in 1925, about the history of the Brandon General Hospital.
Notes
History/bio information from the Manitoba Historical Society website. Description by Christy Henry.
Language Note
English
Audio Tracks
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