View is northeast probably from the roof of McMaster Hall. Photograph shows the construction of the new roof on Clark Hall and the Brandon College Building. A portion of the east side of the 000 and 100 blocks of 18th Street, as well as the corner of 18th Street and Rosser Avenue are visible in the upper left hand corner. This includes the "Downtown Brandon" sign.
View is north northeast probably from the roof of McMaster Hall. Photograph shows the construction of the new roof on Clark Hall and the Brandon College Building, as well as the construction of the extension to Clark Hall and the skywalk. Portions of the city as far north as the Assiniboine River are also visible.
View is north northeast from the roof of McMaster Hall. Photograph shows the campus under construction during the renovation of the Brandon College Building and Clark Hall. The photograph was taken in late fall after the roof had been removed from the buildings but before the construction of the extension of Clark Hall. Construction materials litter the courtyard and driveway. The view looking north extends to The North Hill - a number of residential blocks, particularly to the northeast of 18th Street are visible. Buildings include the International Harvester Building and Kin Village.
View is north northeast probably from the roof of McMaster Hall. Photograph shows the construction of the new roof on Clark Hall and the Brandon College Building, as well as the construction of the extension to Clark Hall and the skywalk. The view looking north extends to The North Hill - a number of residential blocks, particularly to the northeast of 18th Street are visible. Buildings include the International Harvester Building and Kin Village.
Ray Bailey was born in Brandon Manitoba in 1922. A Bachelor of Science degree from Brandon College in 1944 completed his education there. Following a short stint as a Chemist he entered the University of Manitoba. There, in 1946, he earned a Diploma in Education. Subsequent study brought a Master of Education degree in 1966. In 1973, he was awareded a Canada Council grant for additional studies.
He began his teaching career at Killarney, MB in March 1946, teaching science. Later he held teaching and adminitrative positions in Melita, Morris and Seven Oaks School Divisions. He retired as Principal of Arthur E. Wright Elementary School in 1986. Bailey was active in the Manitoba Teachers Society and the Manitoba Library Trustees Association. In 1973, the city of Winnipeg gave him a community service award. In 2005, he was a recipient of the Brandon University Alumni Association's Distinguished Alumni Award.
He married Joan Pettipher in 1949. They had four children, Ronald, Ann, Mary and Robert. Joan Bailey died in 1988. Raymond Bailey lived in Winnipeg with his wife Barbara until his death on July 23, 2015.
Custodial History
Book was acquired at a book launch sponsored by Pennywise Books, Brandon, Manitoba in January 2006. The Brandon College documents were probably collected by Bailey during his time as a student in the early 1940s. He donated them to the McKee Archives in November 1994. The yearbooks were delivered to the Archives by Gerald Brown for Bailey in April 2008.
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of an autographed copy of Bailey's book "tadpole to Little Frong (in a big pond)." It also includes three Brandon Collegiate Institute yearbooks the New Era for 1938-40, one file of Brandon College records, including eligibility lists for the Students' Association, a Physics IV test, a letter to Bailey excusing him from non-combat duty due to his work as an assistant in the Chemistry Department, a dance program for the Valentine Formal (1943), a freshman reception list and a program/invitation to a musical evening at the home of Martin Johns, Professor in the Physics Department.
Notes
History/Bio information taken from the author description in Bailey's book. Description by Christy Henry.
Stuckey's notes: Meeting no. 2 at Uno, Manitoba. No.2 (6047), arriving Melville, Saskatchewan. George Harris, Ed Radcliffe & L.A. Stuckey were hobos. Collection of George H. Harris, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Custodial History
For custodial history see the collection level description of the Lawrence Stuckey collection.
Scope and Content
Image of two views from the top of no. 403 (3593), taken along the CNR mainline, Rivers substation.
Notes
From the collection of George H. Harris, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Stuckey's notes: Meeting no. 2 at Uno, Manitoba. No.2 (6047), arriving Melville, Saskatchewan. George Harris, Ed Radcliffe & L.A. Stuckey were hobos. Collection of George H. Harris, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Custodial History
For custodial history see the collection level description of the Lawrence Stuckey collection.
Scope and Content
Image of two views from the top of no. 403 (3593), taken along the CNR mainline, Rivers substation.
Notes
From the collection of George H. Harris, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
View is southeast and was probably taken from the roof of McMaster Hall. Photograph shows the greenhouse situated on top of the John R. Brodie Science Centre.
View is northeast, taken from the John R. Brodie Science Centre. Photograph shows: the Brandon College Building, the Student Services H-Hut, the Education Building, and the Student Union Building (Citizens' Science Building), as well as 18th Street and some houses. The trailer to the south of the Education Building was a Canada Manpower office in the 1960s. It was latter moved over by the Gymnasium, where it became the Quill office.
View is southwest and shows a portion of the Brandon College Building, an H-Hut, the Citizens' Science Building, McMaster Hall and the John R. Brodie Science Centre, as well as a number of parked cars. Photograph was taken on the lawn in front of Clark Hall.
Photograph shows a student walking south along the sidewalk in front of Clark Hall and the Brandon College Building. Education Building in the background.
The idea behind the new proposed campus was to tear down the Brandon College Building and Clark Hall and either move the entire campus west on Victoria Avenue to land owned by Fotheringham or to rebuild the campus on the existing grounds.
Scope and Content
Photograph shows a model of a proposed new campus for Brandon University. In the model the Brandon College Building and Clark Hall have been removed.
The idea behind the new proposed campus was to tear down the Brandon College Building and Clark Hall and either move the entire campus west on Victoria Avenue to land owned by Fotheringham or to rebuild the campus on the existing grounds.
Scope and Content
Photograph shows a model of a proposed new campus for Brandon University. In the model the Brandon College Building and Clark Hall have been removed.
File consists of correspondence, minutes (Board Executive and Campus Advisory Bookstore Committee), copy of an agreement between Brandon University and BUSU, financial information and motions.
Storage Location
RG 6 Brandon University fonds
Series 2: Board of Governors
2.4 Correspondence and subject files
Box 7
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