Part Of

RG 5 Western Manitoba Manuscript Collection

Description Level

Collection

Accession Number

22-2007

GMD

multiple media

Date Range

1956 - c.1965

Physical Description

0.5 cm textual records; 155 slides

History / Biographical

Frank Robb was Assistant Secretary Treasurer for School District of Brandon No. 129 and Curator of the B.J. Hales Natural History Museum exhibition for Brandon's 75th Anniversary (1957). Robb left Brandon ca. 1969 and relocated to Minaki, Ontario.

Custodial History

Frank Robb sent the slides to Fred McGuiness ca. 1986. McGuiness gave them to Eileen McFadden at the McKee Archives in April 1986.

Scope and Content

Fonds consists of 155 slides taken by Frank Robb, an inventory for the slides prepared by Robb and a letter from Robb to Fred McGuiness regarding the slides and memories of Brandon ca. 1950s.

Notes

Description by Christy Henry.

Name Access

Albert Hepinstall

John Bojarski

Frank Robb

Doreen Walton (nee Rookes)

Lily Harrison

Subject Access

B.J. Hales Museum

Brandon 75th Anniversary

Brandon Camera Club

Royal Beardede Ballet

ladies' auxiliary

First United Church

School District of Brandon No. 129

flooding

summer fair

T.A. Neelin High School

Vincent Massey High School

dam

Experimental farm

Bedford Drive

Souris' swinging bridge

Highway No. 1 by-pass

School Teacher night classes

18th Street

Storage Location

2007 accessions

Storage Range

2007 accessions

Arrangement

Original order and numbering system.

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Part Of

RG 11 Lawrence Stuckey fonds

Description Level

Item

Series Number

3.1

Item Number

1-2002.3.1L3

Accession Number

1-2002

GMD

graphic

Date Range

1904

Physical Description

3 1/2" x 5"

Material Details

Negative

History / Biographical

The renovated Pacific Hotel became the New Pacific Hotel in 1904.

Custodial History

For custodial history see the collection level description of the Lawrence Stuckey collection.

Scope and Content

Ox team and Wagon by the New Pacific Hotel

Notes

2nd from left: H.L. Power.

Oxen had already been replaced as motive power, however this team was maintained as a showpiece.

Photo believed to be a publicity stunt for the hotel.

Original photo loaned by Mrs. Selbie.

Name Access

Ox Team & Wagon

Pacific Hotel

Subject Access

Transportation

Ox wagons

Brandon hotels

Brandon Transportation (other than rail)

Repro Restriction

The McKee Archives is the copyright holder for the Stuckey materials.

Storage Location

Lawrence Stuckey collection

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Part Of

Fred McGuinness collection

Description Level

Item

Series Number

McG 9

Item Number

1-2015.20

Accession Number

1-2015

GMD

graphic

Date Range

1882

Physical Description

5" x 4" (b/w)

Material Details

reproduction

Scope and Content

Photograph shows seven men posing in front of a wood-framed shack on 10th Street. The men are wearing three-piece suits or vests and long-sleeved shirts. One man can be seen holding an axe another a saw. A double ox-team wagon is in front of the structure.

Notes

Writing on the back of the photograph reads: 10th St. May 1882, Brandon. Photograph is stamped Public Archives Canada.

Name Access

10th Street

Subject Access

Pioneers

store exteriors

Brandon business buildings & facilities before 1940

wagons

Ox wagons

Storage Location

RG 5 photograph storage drawer 2 (hanging photos)

Arrangement

See McG 4.1 File 51 William R. Morrison correspondence dated 14 January 1985

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