According to the Henderson Directories 1967 there was a Robert A. Miller who was the manager of the manager of the FM station at CKX but it is unclear if this is the same Bob Miller that is in the photo
Custodial History
See Fonds level description for custodial history
Scope and Content
Image of a man, Bob Miller. Original image has a label reading "(H&S)" it is unclear what this means.
Francis Sutherland "Frank" MacKay was born on March 9, 1898 on his family's farm at SE 3-7-16 near Wawanesa, MB. He started school in 1904, and attended Northfield for the first eight years, before taking one year of high school at Hiltonmye. In 1918, he took a course at Engineer's school, Fort Gary. Frank lived the majority of his life on the farm, farming first with his father, and then on his own following his father's death in 1941.
Frank married Jane (Jean) Tannock Glover (1915-1976), and together they had four children: Francine Elizabeth, William John, Garrie Sutherland and Donald James. The family was active in 4-H work, community and church activities and the Masonic Lodge. Frank was a member of the Session at Wawanesa, a member of the Wawanesa Co-op, and collected arrowheads. After being declared legally blind, Frank left the farm in 1981 and moved to Wawanesa. Frank MacKay died on August 23, 1986 in Wawanesa, MB. He is buried at Wawanesa 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 an interview with Frank MacKay about Northfield School and his farming experiences. Interviewer is John Moore.
Notes
History/bio information from the records, the Wawanesa local history "Sipiweske" and MacKay's obituary. Description by Christy Henry.
Language Note
English
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Sybil Susie Tutthill (nee Balding) was born on July 5, 1906 in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England.
Sybil married Claude Arthur Eugene Tutthill (1905-1974) in England in 1926. She and Claude came to Canada in 1929 with their daughter Hazel, living first at Kisby, SK before moving to Manitoba in 1932. Their son Bernard was born in Saskatchewan. The Tutthill's worked on farms and farmed themselves in a number of locations before settling in Mossegiel for a time. They then moved to Buckingham District and then west of Elkhorn. When the farm they were renting was sold, Claude was asked to help at Elkhorn Residential School until it closed in 1949. In 1951, the couple was asked to move to Prince Albert, SK to assist at St. Alban's Indian Residential School. They retired to Prince Albert in 1971. Following Claude's death, Sybil returned to Elkhorn to be closer to family. Sybil Tutthill died on October 31, 1989 in Virden, MB. She is buried at Elkhorn 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 an interview with Sybil Tutthill about her life in Canada. Interviewer is Rosalyn Sutley.
Notes
History/bio information from the records, the Elkhorn local history "Steel and Grass Roots" and Tutthill's obituary. Description by Christy Henry.
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