Part Of

Brandon Aboriginal Literary Festival

Description Level

Item

Series Number

8.4.1

Item Number

5-2009.12

Accession Number

5-2009

GMD

graphic

Date Range

October 2007

Physical Description

1200px x 900px (190KB)

Material Details

Digital

History / Biographical

See sub sub series level (RG 6, 8.4.1) for history/bio information.

Custodial History

See sub sub series level (RG 6, 8.4.1) for custodial history.

Scope and Content

Group photograph of participants, volunteers and organization committee members taken in front of the George T. Richardson Centre. Back Row (L-R): Dot Sinclair; John Steppler; ?; Paul DePasquale; Cheyenne Spence; Jill Oman; Marine Debryne; Errol Kinistino Second Row (L-R): Di Brandt; Maria Campbell; Tomson Highway; Greg Scofield; Warren Cariou; ?; Lisa Whitecloud; Marie Baker (Annharte); Rosanna Deerchild Third Row (L-R): Eden Robinson, Yvette Nolan; Daniel David Moses; Joanne Arnott, Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm; Louise Halfe; Linda Burridge; Colleen Cutschall; Duncan Mercredi; Katherena Vermette Front Row (L-R): Neal McLeod; Lorraine Meyer; Richard Van Camp; Armand Garnet Ruffo

Storage Location

RG 6 Brandon University fonds Series 8: Library Services 8.4 Library special events 8.4.1 Brandon Aboriginal Literary Festival

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Part Of

RG 3 A.E. McKenzie Company fonds

Creator

Known creators of the records include: PHOTOGRAPHERS AND PHOTO SERVICES: Alan R. Mundie Britain Photo Davidson & Gowen - Brandon, Manitoba Davidson Studio - Brandon, Manitoba Dean Photo Service - Grand Junction, Colorado Frank Gowen - Brandon, Manitoba Gibson Photos - Saskatoon, Saskatchewan H.H. Allen - Brandon, Manitoba Hi-Art Artists Illustration Boards Irene Cullen J.H. MacDonald-Partners Ltd. Jerrett's Photo-Art Studio/Jerrett's Photo Service - Brandon, Manitoba Josiph Airey Lorne Burkell - Calgary, Alberta O.K.W.D.W. R.M. Coleman - Brandon, Manitoba Sandy Black - Brandon, Manitoba Seattle Filmworks Smith Carter Partners, Architects, Engineers, Planners Sun Roska Photo The Topley Studio - Ottawa, Ontario W.B. & I. Winsor & Newton's Illustration Boards PRINTING SERVICES: Crawford Drug Store - Brandon, Manitoba Eastman Photographic Materials Ltd. - Winnipeg, Manitoba Leech Printing Ltd. - Brandon, Manitoba

Description Level

Series

Series Number

McS 4

GMD

graphic

Date Range

1906-1996

Physical Description

497 photographs 2 negatives 1 slide

History / Biographical

Customers and employees of A.E. McKenzie Seed Co. Ltd. donated some of the records in this series. Others were taken for insurance purposes, while some of the records involve McKenzie subsidiaries. Some of the records may have been taken as advertisements or for promotional reasons. Most of the records were generated by the company itself and deal exclusively with McKenzie Seeds and its business operations or the seed industry.

Custodial History

Photographs in sub-series 5.14, 5.15, 5.16 were donated to McKenzie Seeds by Irene Cullen, Josiph Airey, and Alan R. Mundie respectively. See fonds level description of custodial history of A. E. McKenzie Seed Co. Ltd.

Scope and Content

Series consists primarily of black and white photographs pertaining to A.E. McKenzie Seed Co. Ltd and the seed industry. Included are photographs of the McKenzie Building, plant and field workers and equipment, executives, particular events at McKenzie Seeds and product photographs. A complete list of categories can be found below. The series is arranged as follows: 5.1 McKenzie Seed Co. Ltd. Executives 5.2 Construction at McKenzie Seed Co. Brandon (two files) 5.3 Exterior Photographs of the A. E. McKenzie Co. Building 5.4 McKenzie Seed Co. Plant Operations and Workers (two files) 5.5 McKenzie Seed Co. Equipment and Plant - Head Office 1983 5.6 McKenzie Seed Co. Field Operations and Workers 5.7 McKenzie Seed Co. Strike 1944 5.8 Fires at McKenzie Seed Co. 1910, 1945, 1972 5.9 McKenzie Seed Co. Centennial Exhibition 1996 5.10 Miscellaneous McKenzie Seed Co. Photographs 5.11 People Connected to McKenzie Seed Co. 5.12 Princess Anne's Visit to McKenzie Seed Co. 1982 5.13 Onion Set Production Book 5.14 Irene Cullen Photographs - McKenzie Seeds Employee Photos 5.15 Josiph Airey Photographs - McKenzie Product Photos 5.16 Alan R. Mundie Seed Production Photographs 5.17 Steele Robertson/Steele Briggs Seeds Photographs 5.18 Seed Packet Display Units Photographs 5.19 Product Photographs 5.20 Parade Photographs *5.21 Oversized Photographs 5.21.1 Drawer #1: Executive Photographs 5.21.2 Drawer #2: Office and Equipment/Plant Photographs 5.21.3 Drawer #3: Miscellaneous Oversized Photographs 5.21.4 Drawer #4: Artifacts

Notes

* The term "drawer" in the Scope and Content Filed for sub-series 5.21, referes to the oversized map drawers in the McKee Archives reading room. Errol Black's article on the strike at McKenzie Seeds (sub-series 5.7) titled “25c an hour; 48 hours a week; more toilets; less cats: the labour struggles of the "girls" at the A.E. McKenzie Company in Brandon,” was published in Prairie Forum, spring 1992 vol 17 no 1 pp. 33-59.

Finding Aid

An inventory is available for the artifacts, as well as each of the photograph sub-series.

Storage Location

RG 3 A.E. McKenzie Company fonds McS 5 Photographs

Related Material

MG 1 (A.E. McKenzie Fonds), sub-series 1 (Brandon College Inc.) of the A.E. McKenzie Seed Co. Ltd. fonds contains photographs relating to the History of Brandon College Inc. booklet. Series 1 (Board of Directors), sub-series 5 (Financial), of the A.E. McKenzie Seed Co. Ltd. fonds contains some photographs in the file entitled Steele Briggs Spring Campaign for Edmonton. The pictures are part of a sales booklet. Steele Briggs related photographs are located in the scrapbook in Series 3 (Acquisitions), sub-series 2 (Steele Briggs) of the A.E. McKenzie Seed Co. Ltd. fonds.

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