Accretion marks in BM and BR corner. Black transfer marks in areas RM, LM and TL. Color transfer mark to area LM, although it may be inherent to picture.
Yellow stain in TR corner of mat. Light yellow discoloration running down the complete left edge of the picture, alongside the mat edge. Very light discoloration (apparent graphite mark) along top horizontal register.
Stella Madge McPhee Grant (nee Freeborn) was born on March 27, 1897 on the family farm near Wellwood, MB. Stella married William P. McPhee (1893-?) on January 17, 1920 in Carberry, MB. The couple lived at Minto when William returned from the First World War, then moved to Wellwood. Together they had three children: Ross, Myrtle and Kathleen. Stella married Allan James (AJ) Grant (?-1960) on May 24, 1952 in Wellwood, MB. In 1960, Stella moved to Winnipeg be closer to family. Stella Freeborn Grant died on December 8, 1994 in Winnipeg, MB. She is buried at Carberry Plains 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 Stella Freeborn Grant about early pioneer life, life as a homemaker and the Village of Wellwood, MB. Interviewer is Isla Kennedy.
Notes
History/bio information from the records, the Wellwood local history "Wellwood, then and now" and Grant's obituary. Description by Christy Henry.
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