This flag was commissioned by members of the class of 1964 in 2014 as a replica of the original class of 1964 flag created as part of that class' commencement activites. Members of the class of 1964 donated it to the McKee Archives at Homecoming weekend in 2014.
Scope and Content
Item was created by the Brandon College class of 1964 in 2014, to replace their orignal flag that had been lost at some point following their graduation. The flag, which is made of fabric, features the names of the graduates, as well as a stylized world with rings. The flag has grommets for hanging.
Names include: Lorraine Adam, Bill Ballantyne, Masako Ban, Patricia Blake, Matthew Bray, Clark Brownlee, Ruther Cutforth, Thelma Davis, Don Edwards, Maureen Fearns, Joan Foster, Harold Gilleshammer, George Gooden, Audrey Graham, Valerie Greig, James Gretz, Ted Griffith, Elaine Hutton, Bill Johnson, Sharon Livingstone, Margaret Ann Lowes, Donna Manness, Katherine Mantel, Elaine Mazer, Eleanore McDowell, Mickey McGill, Murray McLeod, Gordon McWilliams, Isabelle Mills, Clark Mitchell, Teenie Molgat, Adelaide Newton, Carole Paintin, Paul Panton, Virginia Patmore, Norman Peterson, Bill Potter, Beverly Reeves, Eleanor Riesberry, Irene Rinn, Moody Roebuck, Morris Smeltz, James Simmons, John Sushelnitsky, Ed Whitcomb, Jeanette Whyte, James Parrott, Warren Veale, Poppy Cumming, George McDowell, Dennis Anderson, Garry Atchison, Jack Ballen, Walter Berry, James Bomford, Jacqueline Clement, Murray Cochrane, Carl Cunningham, Robert Draper, Scott Drever, Dave Dueck, Dave Fewings, Barry Forman, Glenn Hall, Ronald Hall, David Hitchens, Garth Hunter, Brent Kinney, Gerald Kitzler, Albert Klassen, Wally Lamont, Don Lawrence, Victor Logeot, William Marshall, David McAuley, Mark McCowan, Gary Mills, Dale Nelson, Jim Poole, Dick Prawdzik, Robert Raeburn, Donald Rainnie, Dennis Smith, Evelyn Woods and Bruce Young.
Notes
Description by Lief Charles/Kees Adriaansen (February 2024) and Christy Henry.
Item was created by the Brandon College class of 1965 as part of their commencement activities. The flag, which is made of felt, features the class motto “Forever Upward". The flag features the names of the graduates stitched in yellow thread, as well as a scroll containing a mortarboard. The flag has no mechanism for hanging.
Names include: Elinor Armitage, Muriel Baker, Richard Balchen, Kenneth Bileski, Errol black, Phil Blain, Edward Boguski, Jo Ann Brandon, Allan Bray, Rodney Brown, Geraldine Burns, Kathryn Burton, Carole Busby, Barry Busch, Tom Campbell, Bill Carr, Dennis Carter, Christine Cassels, Ying Cheng, Yuen Cheng, Kenneth Bellas, Treva Clendenning, Catherine Craig, Ruth Cutforth, Constance Davidson, Darla Drysdale, Morely English, Betty Eshelby, Donna Firby, Carol Ann Foster, Bruce Fraser, Eldon Frost, Irving Gusdal, David Hall, Emilie Hansen, Jennifer Harms, Heather Henderson, David Hickling, Allan Hill, Lorne Hoag, Donald Hutton, Helen Inglis, Chris Johnson, Les Johnson, Laurie Ricou, Anne Franklin, Russell Lusk, Christine Jopko, Nina Kozakiewicz, Donna Laird, Willa Ledingham, Garry Lumbard, Colin Mailer, William Marshall, Bob McDonald, Donald McLaren, Shirley Melvin, Garry Miller, Walter Mostoway, Sally Norman, Phil North, Dan Old, Robert Oldcorn, Jerry Page, Lyle Poole, Ross Poole, Raymond Putman, Peggie Rainnie, Donald McDowell, Ron Rapley, Nelson Reed, Norman Reid, Catherine Robertson, Don Sherritt, Lloyd Shields, Norrine Shobrooke, Phyllis Smith, Morlene Sparrow, Bob Staines, Nancy Stanley, Sharon Stevens, William Stinchcome, Mitchell Taylor, Lorne Vopni, Herbert Weinmaster, Jack Watts, Donald Wilkie, Bob Wilkins, Gordon Williams, Jerald Wishart and Theodora Youmatoff.
Notes
Loose translations for the class mottos were provided by Dr. Rosanne Gasse (Latin) and Dr. Steve Robinson (Greek), as well as from googling the mottos in October 2006. Description by Lief Charles/Kees Adriaansen (February 2024) and Christy Henry.
Paint(?) splotches, slight fraying, slight discoloration of white fabric
Scope and Content
Item was created by the Brandon College class of 1966 as part of their commencement activities. The flag, which is made of felt and satin, features the class motto “Semper Primus” (“Always Number One”). The flag features the names of the graduates stitched in white, as well as a yellow scroll containing "'66." The flag has no mechanism for hanging.
Names include: Jim Barrow, Bob Bell, Sigrid Birkinshaw, Bob Boughen, Carole Boyd, Pat Carter, Jean Christianson, Colleen Clark, Gary Day, Ken Delbridge, Gerald Diswinka, Gary Evans, Dennis Farguson, Don Fjelsted, Carol Gurba, John Horner, Ernie Janzen, Carol Johnson, Al Josephson, Valorie Kidd, John Krahn, Diane Lytwyn, Edith May, Jim McMay, Charlie McMillan, Merilyn McTavish, Terry Moore, Helen Muray, Rodney Mykle, Marie Nadler, Doug Oberlin, Don Pratt, John Russell, Bill Sparling, Harry Toy, Bob Turner, Corine Walker, Donna Zimmerman, Jack Spalding, Bruce Batt, Bryan Bennion, Don Boguski, Barbara Broadfoot, Jim Brolund, Wayne Carey, Dave Cochrane, Allen Dahl, Ken Daniels, Ron Forman, Cyril Fox, Rick Frazer, Lindsay Gibson, Bill Hammond, Clare Haralson, Ed Holtzman, Norrie Howat, Dave Huffman, Stuart Johnson, Alasdair Kellie, Henry Klassen, Richard Lawford, Jack Lee, Mel Montgomery, Alex Russell, Ellen Vinthers, Blane Ward, George Wawrykow, Gerald Wilson and Ken Whittington.
Notes
Loose translations for the class mottos were provided by Dr. Rosanne Gasse (Latin) and Dr. Steve Robinson (Greek), as well as from googling the mottos in October 2006. Description by Lief Charles/Kees Adriaansen (February 2024) and Christy Henry.
Missing two ties on top right, some loose threads, slight discolouration of white fabric.
Scope and Content
Item was created by the Brandon College class of 1967 as part of their commencement activities. The flag, which is made of felt and satin, features the class motto “Finis Sed Principium” (“The end but the beginning”). The flag features the names of the graduates stitched in white, as well as a Canada Centennial star. The flag has ties for hanging.
Names include: Jocelyn Godolphin, Linda Armitage, Brian Bailey, Gary Belecki, Bev Bird, Bryan Blixhaven, Jolie Boyarski, Dean Boyd, Garry Brake, Gary Brawn, Tom Carter, Larry Clark, Doreen Crew, Dawn Dandridge, Leo Dare, Grant Duncan, Glen Edwards, Dewey Evans, Peter Eyvindson, Bill Yard, Gordon Franklin, Midge Graham, Karen Gusdal, Barb Hamel, Wes Hockley, Murray Hutton, Bob Hyatt, Bob Jackson, Ernest Janzen, Lawrence Johnson, Janet Johnston, Marg Jones, Doug Jordan, Marg Kentner, Marie Kulberg/Kellbert, Linda Lamoureux, Darlene Lazenby, Jan Leckie, Gary MacDonald, Pam Madsen, Larry Malazdrevich, Angie Martin, Jim McAllister, Barb McDowell, Sharon McPherson, Barry Mitchell, Elmer Myers, Diane Theoret, Alice Pelk, Henry Peters, Cheryl Pomeroy, Audrey Racher, Gordon Rankmore, Jim Ranson, Elaine Reichmuth, Jim Reid, Judy Richardson, Marion Rivers, Bev Robertson, Ken Robson, Wayne Rosenman, Jeanette Saunders, Greg Sawchuk, Alice Schick, Helen Sexton, Chris Shellard, Marlene Shenk, Gail Smith, Ken Smith, John Spak, Reg Tolton, Wayne Trembath, Fred Tuttle, Jack Warkentin, N.E. Weselowski, Bill Wesley, Barb Whyte, Phil Weibe, Barb Wilkie, Elgin Wilson, Marianne Wiun, John Wright, Jim Ziegler, Judy Pool, Ray Power, Marilyn Dennstedt, Rita Hacault, Fred Fjeldsted, Jim Haynes, Ed Agnew, Patricia Barker, Jacob Boschman, Donald Carlson, Jeff Carter, Dave Clement, Barry Danard, Phillip DeCorby, Adrian De Hoog, Jim Doak, Deanna Dyck, Marjorie Fleming, Bryan Fuhr, Dennis Gebauer, David Gosman, Richard Hannah, Andy Harris, Bruce Harrison, Sandra Hart, Irwin Hiller, John Janzen, Judy Kelly/Kellie, Wayne Langlois, Mike Laushway, Jack McKinnon, Harvey McFadden, Jon Mills, Ron Moffatt, Burnell Nesbitt, Morna Patterson, Brian Phillips, Lorne Lindenberg, Richard Onganda, Diane Preston, Wayne Ramage, Doug Sawle, Bill Schrader, Wally Seippe, Fred Serafin, Lorne Smith, Al Snart, Rae Taylor, Douglas Thompson, John Tokeson, Ian Watson, Ron Westcott and Donald Wrobleski.
Notes
Loose translations for the class mottos were provided by Dr. Rosanne Gasse (Latin) and Dr. Steve Robinson (Greek), as well as from googling the mottos in October 2006. Description by Lief Charles/Kees Adriaansen (February 2024) and Christy Henry.
On the brass plaque there are a few spolotches of what looks to be ink. There are also miltipal scrapes, large and small, across the plaque that have rubbed off the reflective polish. On the wooden backing there is a large crack that runs down the middle from tope to bottom.
Scope and Content
Item was created by the Brandon College class of 1968. The plaque, which is made of a brass engraved sheet nailed to a wooden scroll, features the class motto “Nostrum Est Imperium”. The plaque features the Brandon University Coat of Arms, as well as the Class of 1968 Hymn.
Names include: Betty Aitken, Susan Arnold, Ken Arthurs, Rod Balkwell, Dave Beer, John Birnie, Judy Brereton, Ken Brown, Wayne Brown, Nancy Brownlee, Barry Burdeny, Karen Burkett, Fred Casey, Bob Cassan, Eleanor Chernenkoff, Rudy Dauk, Jane Davidson, Janice Davies, Garry Donoch, Leonard Fast, Hope Finestone, Karen Fingas, Myrna Graham, Brian Gusdal, Myron French, Keith Glawson, Al Gordon, John Graham, Shirley Halsey, Bill Henderson, Herb Henson, Michael Hill, Shirley Hrynkiw, Keith Hummel, Lynne Jackson, Dunloop Kells, Phhyllis Kotyk, Lana Kunnyckyi, Ted Leptick, Brian Lestition, Joyce Los, Penny Martin, George Matheson, Jack Maw, Allan McAulay, Ray McDonald, Linda McDowell, Randy McGunigal, Douglas McKenzie, Ken McKinney, Barb McLeod, Arlene Misanchuk, Don Mochnacz, Vicki Moore, Emmanuel Ojo, John O'Rourke, Connie Pedersen, Ken Penton, Nancy Penton, James Quinn, Don Rankmore, John Ross, Barry Russell, Ron Saranchuk, Paul Schneider, Albert Siemens, Murray Shelton, Patricia Stevenson, Glenn Stewart, Yvette Stewart, Clive Taylor, Penny Taylor, Vaughn Thorsteinson, Gerry Titus, Harry Van Mulligen, Bob Walker, Daniel Warrenger, Barb Webb, June Wilson, Margaret Beswatherick, Jim Campbell, Jim Clark, Jody Dunlop, Jacob Dyck, Paul Eilers, John Fast, Pat Filipowich, Ernest Friesen, Elaine Hopkin, Ray Hurd, Alvin Jackson, Karen Kerr, Harold Klassen, Marie Kullberg, Bruce MacDonald, Karen MacDonald, Ken Malcolm, Brian Manns, Wayne Palidwar, Wallace Peel, Floyd Phillips, Don Popien, Don Sawyer, Bernice Swanson, Don Taylor, Dennis Tokaryk, Doroty Vinthers, Penny Wallace, Fred Frost, Isabelle Kerr, Lavonne Miller, Don Simmons, Cheryl Stephansson and Thomas Williams.
Notes
Description by Lief Charles/Kees Adriaansen (February 2024) and Christy Henry.
Slight staining and discolouration on brass, screws are discoloured and may need replacing in the future, molded details in good condition. Scratching on wood and brass.
Scope and Content
Item was created by the Brandon College class of 1969. The plaque, which is made of a brass engraved sheet nailed to a wooden base, features the class motto “Nostrum Est Imperium,” as well as brass molded torches and a lame with filagree detail. The also feature the Class of 1969 Hymn and the Brandon University Coat of Arms.
Names include: James Ajila, Cheryl Anderson, Leslie Archibald, Mel Armstrong, Lorna Baldwin, Bruce Bateman, Irene Bauman, Ron Bawtinhimer, John Bell, Laurence Bertram, Dorine Best, James Blanchard, Darlene Boyd, Jake Braun, Dale Brawn, Warren Brown, Ross Brownlee, Irene Bullee, Barry Burdeny, Linda Burneski, David Campbell, Cathy Cantin, Terry Colli, Judy Crabbe, Jack Dawes, Pat DeCorby, John Douglas, Neil Douglas, Hilda Dueck, Ross Eastley, Margaret Ellis, Ruth Endall, Kerry Fair, Stu Farnell, Judy Ferris, Arthur Feser, John Findlay, Sharon Fitzsimmons, Pam Forsyth, Clark Fraser, Heather Gerrard, Chuck Gorrie, Arnold Grambo, Cordell Grant, Dale Gray, Lylle Grobb, JoAnne Haarmans, Elias Haddad, Rae Harris, Brian Harvey, Bob Haynes, Audrey Hrytsak, Janet Inglis, John Irvine, Bill Jardine, Bonnie Keay, Sharon Keynes, Amber Krauchi, Anne Kreager, Julie Laverty, Ken Lisowski, Murray MacMillan, Elspeth MacNaughton, Doug Magee, Balwarth Mahadoo, Joanne Manns, Rick Marshall, Ed Mazer, Wilfred McArthur, Murray McCartney, Joe McDonald, Peter McGregor, Jim McIntosh, Ben McKinney, John Menzies, Willa Miller, Jean Morton, Annette Mosey, Wayne Nickel, Arnold Novak, Clarice Oldcorn, Doug Paterson, Greg Paulson, Marion Perkin, Cheryl Pierson, Jacquelyn Porter, Pat Price, Jim Pringle, Linda Probe, Janis Rampton, Russ Reid, David Rinn, Madeline Ritchot, Lorna Rose, Pat Sankey, Jane Sharratt, Nancy Shaw, Tom Sinkinson, Claudia Skinner, Don Smith, Joyce Smith, Sandra Sobol, Dennis Sparling, Harry Sutcliffe, Wilf Taylor, Gerry Thompson, Marjorie Susan Tsukamoto, Jean Tilly, Andrew Turnbull, Sharon Twilley, Leo Valcourt, Mary Anne Waldron, Brian Wallace, Janis Watson, Gaylene Archibald, Joan Armstrong, John Ato-Yeboah, Don Ballard, Jack Ballard, Harko Bhagat, Lon Brandon, Marion Brereton, Alex Carruthers, Louis Chastko, Bill Currie, Pat Davies, Al Doerksen, Ernie Dushnicky, Harvey Dutkewich, Siggi Eiriksson, Steve Ewasko, Lynn Flock, Carl Forman, Sharon Garbutt, Kent Gooden, John Graham, Ken Hainsworth, Allan Halls, Mel Harvey, David Hatch, Len Hendzel, Bernie Hill, Donna Hrynkiw, Peter Hunter, Doug Kinney, Hedy Kling, Don Lindenburg, Ken Loader, ? MacIntyre, Brenda Malyon, Roy Martel, William McCartney, Ewert? McDonald, David McInnes, Bob McTaggart, Ron Metcalfe, Brian Minaker, Garth Minish, Jim Nadler, Reg Nylen, Peter Pang, Mike Quinn, Gordon Rourke, Ron Samchuk, Sandra Schepp, Allistair Scott, Richard Scott, Adelene Stefaniuk, Abdul Suleiman, Donna-Lynn Sumpton, Bruce Taylor, Monika Thiet, Mervin Toderian, Pat Turner, Vern Watt, Rick Way, Brent Wladichuk, Warren Wolfe, Jack Woodward, Harvey Wregget, Margaret Graham, Elizabeth Grant, Garry O'Brien, Nyall Ross and Sister Mary Rose.
Notes
Description by Lief Charles/Kees Adriaansen (February 2024) and Christy Henry.
The Crown Protestant School District was founded in 1883, in the municipality of Whitewater, Manitoba. It became the Crown School District following school reform in Manitoba in 1890. The School District provided schooling for children in the Elgin, Fairfax, Heaslip and Minto communities. In 1930, the district was replaced with the creation of separate school districts for Elgin, Fairfax, and Lily.
Custodial History
This fonds was accessioned by the McKee Archives in 1997. Prior custodial history is unknown.
Scope and Content
Fonds contains minute books (1883-1930), financial records (1884-1917), attendance registers (1892 -1906), tax records for the District (1918-1930), and documents concerning the disestablishment of the Crown School Division.
The original photograph remains in the custody of the donor, who scanned the digital copy and sent it to the McKee Archives in 2014. The donor's paternal grandmother graduated from Brandon Normal School in the Spring of 1912.
Scope and Content
Portrait of the students of Brandon Normal School Spring 1912 class.
Composite portrait of the Brandon Normal School Fall Term 1917 class. B.J. Hales, Principal, W. Beer, Vice-Principal, M. Reid, Asst. Teacher, M. Yeomans, Drill Instructor.
Composite portrait of the Wheat City Business College class, 1920. F.A. Wood, Principal, Instructors: Mr. D.S. Forsyth; Miss. J. H. Snider; Miss. M.D. Cowan; Miss. I.E. McKewer.
Some warping. Small hole in background on middle left
Custodial History
Photo was donated to the McKee Archives by Bernice La Buick in 2012. She bought it that summer at a yard sale as part of a box of miscellaneous items.
Scope and Content
Composite portrait of the Brandon Collegiate 3B class of 1920.
Top Row (L to R): M. Harris; Daisy Patmore; H. Warren, Secretary Treasurer; R. McDorman; M. Abey; K. Cantelon
Second Row (L to R): R. Baldwin; D. McDougall, Principal; J. Gibson
Third Row (L to R): C. Anderson; M. Muller; G. Coristine, Class President; E. Grentham; M. Dorrett; A. Hepinstall
Fourth Row (L to R): M. Skene; M. Davidson; F. Merrell; V. Fielding
Fifth Row (L to R): E. Dorrett; L. Mummery; F. Adolph; M. Maxwell; H. White; E. Kennedy
Sixth Row (L to R): I. Powell; M. Price; F. Green; E. Chalmers
Bottom Row (L to R): J. Mazer; H. Waluk; L. Harper; Miss MacMorine, Class Teacher; Marjorie McKenzie; J. Campell; J. Bolton
Photograph has two small tears and one corner has been bent.
Custodial History
Photograph was accessioned by the McKee Archives in 1997. Prior custodial history is unknown. The photograph may have belonged to Mary Kathleen Hollies as the initials M.K.H. are written on the back of the photo.
Scope and Content
Portrait of the students of Brandon Collegiate Institute (BCI) Form IV class.
Notes
"Dum Vivimus Viscamus" is written on the back of the photo in pencil.
Very good. Some of the letters written in pencil are a little faded.
History / Biographical
Ruth Alverda Wade was born born July 11, 1912 in Brandon, MB to James and Etta Alverda. She had two younger siblings: sister Gwen and brother Sherry. The Wade family resided at 1837 Princess Avenue, Brandon, MB. Ruth graduated from Brandon College with the Class of 1933.
During her time at Brandon College Ruth met Archie MacLachlan. Archibald James MacLachlan was born in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan in 1907. He had four brothers: Howard, Edgar, Bruce, Curly and Stirling. When Archie was quite young the MacLachlan family moved to Alberta. Archie came to Brandon c. 1930 to attend Brandon College. During the summers of his years at Brandon College Archie held pastoral charges in Alberta. The first two summers were spent in the Peace River Country and the second two in Etzikom in Southern Alberta. This is the period during which the letters in the fonds were written.
Ruth Wade married Archie MacLachlan on September 19, 1934 in Brandon, MB. Following the wedding the couple moved to Hamilton, ON. Archie graduated from McMaster University with his Bachelor of Divinity degree in 1937. During this period their daughter Joann Ruth was born. After his ordination as a Baptist Minister the family moved to North Bay where Archie was minister for four years. The next six years were spent in Vancouver as Archie worked as minister at Fairview Baptist Church in Vancouver. The couple's sons Archibald James and Lachlan Wade were also born during this period.
At the end of the Second World War Archie decided to go back to school. The family travelled to Brandon, where Ruth and the children remained for part of a year while Archie went ahead to Andover Newton to enroll and find a parish that would support him while he went to school. The family was reunited in Penacook, New Hampshire; they lived there for two years while Archie completed his Masters in Sacred Theology. After a brief additional period of study at Harvard University, the MacLachlan family returned to Canada, settling in Toronto while Archie finished his second Masters degree (Psychology) and held positions as interim minister and then assistant minister at York Minster Church. Following the two years in Toronto they moved to Winnipeg.
Eventually Archie left the church ministry and became Chaplain at the Hamilton Psychiatric Hospital. He also continuted to train students in Pastoral Education through the courses he had begun at the Divinity College of McMaster University. He remained at the Hospital until his retirement.
During their married life Ruth was kept busy raising the couple's children and with her work as a minister's wife, particularly her work in the community. She sat on a number of community boards, including positions as President of the Baptist Convention of Ontario and Quebec and a member of the Board of Governors for McMaster University's Divinity School.
Ruth MacLachlan died on October 29, 1983 in Missassauga, ON.
Archie married Kathleen Marie (Green) French (b. January 22, 1908, d. June 1, 1998) on June 20, 1987. Archie MacLachlan died in December 1997.
Custodial History
Records were in the possession of Ruth and Archie MacLachlan until their deaths. At that time the records were inherited by their daughter Joann. Joann MacLachlan donated the records to the McKee Archives on October 24, 2009 at a donation event held as part of Homecoming 2009.
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of approximately 197 letters written by Ruth and Archie to each other during the spring and summers of 1932, 1933 and 1934. The letters were written during the courtship of the couple and contain details not only on about their lives in Brandon and Alberta but also more personal information about their relationship, families and future plans. Because Ruth and Archie were students at Brandon College during this period the letters also often reflect on events and personalities related to the College, as well as their own personal studies.
Fonds also contains a scrapbook compiled by Ruth during her Brandon College years. It includes photographs, newspaper clippings, graduation cards, event programs, place cards and other ephemera. There are also a few miscellaneous documents - McMaster University examination papers, handwritten sheet music, postcards - that appear to have belonged to Archie. Fonds also contains a graduation photograph of Ruth.
Notes
Description by Christy Henry. History/Bio information taken from Joann MacLachlan's book Ruth and Archie: Brandon and Brandon College 1932-1934.
Ruth and Archie's daughter Joann edited the letters into a book entitled Ruth and Archie: Brandon and Brandon College 1932-1934. A copy of the book is located in the Rare Book collection of the John E. Robbins Library, Brandon University.
William Ridley Sheridan Wade collection (28-2007)
Arrangement
The letters are arranged in chronological order with all of Archie's letters to Ruth for a particular year grouped together, followed by Ruth's letters to Archie for that same year. For preservation purposes photographs in the scrapbook have been removed and placed in photograph storage, with their corresponding scrapbook page number noted on the back. Because of the fragile condition of the scrapbook a note has been made concerning the original location of many items that have become detached from their original location in the scrapbook. These items remain with the remnants of the scrapbook in one archival housing. Note that Ruth did not place items on every page so the numbering is not sequential for scrapbook items. Some items were loose at the back of the scrapbook and therefore have no corresponding page number.
The Swan is a three-act comedy written by Ferene Molnar. The production was staged during the 1933-1934 academic year and directed by Miss Marjorie B. McKenzie. For additional information about the production see page 32 of the 1934 Sickle.
Custodial History
See fonds level description for custodial history.
Scope and Content
Photograph of the cast of The Swan. Front Row, second from the left: Archie MacLachlan as Father Hyacinth. Front Row, second from the right: Ruth Wade as Princes Maria Dominica.
Generally good. Some tears. Issues located first and last in the folders Lindsay stored them in are missing sections where the page stuck to the folder.
History / Biographical
James Gordon Lindsay was born June 16, 1925 in Minneapolis, Minnesota where his father, James Lindsay, a Brandon pioneer from Northern Ireland, had been working for the Coca Cola Bottling Company. In November 1925, the Lindsay family moved back to Brandon where they lived at 547 16th Street.
Lindsay attended Park School, Earl Oxford Junior High School and Brandon Collegiate. In September 1943, he entered 2nd Year at Brandon College, joining the Class of 1946. Due to past experience in publishing the BCI yearbook, he was drafted into The Board of Publications and named Co-editor of the Quill along with third year student Genevieve Fuloski. Lindsay and Fuloski held their positions for two years. Because of the war, money and supplies were in short supply and the Quill at one point was reduced to mimeographed pages. While Editor Lindsay wrote The eggshell-Slightly Cracked column.
Lindsay was named Senior Stick in 1945 and graduated from Brandon College with a B.Sc. in 1946. He obtained both his MSc (1948) and PhD (1951) in Physical Chemistry from McMaster University.
During his time in Hamilton, Lindsay met Shirley Woolmer and the couple married on September 2, 1950. They moved to Arvida, Quebec in 1951 where Lindsay accepted an offer from Aluminium Laboratories Limited, the research arm of Alcan Aluminium Ltd. The couple remained in Arvida for twenty-two years, during which time they had four children: Sharon, Heather, Geoffrey and David.
In 1973, Lindsay was transferred to Alcan's head office in Montreal where he spent the next three years co-ordinating alumina research in Alcan plants around the world. In 1976, he accepted a transfer to Alcan Jamaica as Chief Technical Officer and Manager of Technical Development. He and Shirley spent nearly eight years in Jamaica before returning to Canada in 1984. After a yaer at Alcan's Research Centre in Kingston, ON Lindsay took early retirement.
During their years in Jamaica Lindsay had been introduced to Rotary and he continued his association with the organization in Kingston where for fifteen years he was Bulletin editor of the Kingston-Frontenac Rotary Club. In addition to Rotary, Lindsay (along with his wife) took up genealogy in his retirement and after fifteen years of extensive travel and research he became his Lindsay family's historian and author of The Lindsays of Dundonald.
For three years in the late 1980s Lindsay served as a representative on the Brandon University Alumni Executive for Eastern Canada. Along with his wife he attended two class reunions at Brandon University including his 50th Re-convocation in 1996.
At present (June 2010) Gordon Lindsay continues to live in Kingston, ON with his wife.
Custodial History
Materials remained in Gordon Lindsay's possession from time of creation until he donated them to the Archives on September 4, 2009.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of copies of the Quill, including:
1942-1943: No. 11 (January 26, 1943)
1943-1944: Nos. 2, 12, 14 (October 20, 1943, February 2, 1944, February 16, 1944)
1944-1945: Nos. 1-5 and 7-12
1945-1946: Nos. 1-10 (11 issues as there are two labelled No. 4)
Notes
History/Bio information provided by Gordon Lindsay. Description by Christy Henry.
Photo was donated to the McKee Archives by Thelma Fisher in May 2015.
Scope and Content
Composite portrait of the Brandon Normal School class of 1940.
Top Row (L to R): H. Hannah; W. Coulthard; E. Holditch; H. tennant; F. Williams; J. Pettifpher; H. Peterson; A. Embury; I. Campbell; J. Hainsworth; I. Vig; M. Townson
Second Row (L to R): L. Thornton; W. Lochhead; M. Ardron; D. Archibald; Miss M.A. Yeomans, Physical Culture; Mr. C. Moore, Principal; K. Watson; J.S. Caldwell; S. Bradley; J. Christie
Third Row (L to R): M. Witt; H. Mikkelsen; O. Scott; M. Scharff; D. Duncan; Miss B.A. Pilling, Primary Art; I. Duchesneau; E. Hawson; M. Simpson; D. Strath; B. Wiggins
Fourth Row (L to R): E. Henderson; C. Smithson; M. Nelin; J. Campbell; M. Young; V. Brown; G. Wenman; I. Turcotte
Fifth Row (L to R): E. Sommerville; M. Reid; I. Henderson; M. Lychacz; E. Duncan; M. Taylor; J. McPhail; D. Irwin; T.V. Cole; J. Regner; M. Skuce; P. Osman
Bottom Row (L to R): G. Pue; A. Berkhold; D. Pue; B. McLean; E. Nash; J. McFarland; J. Bonner; D. Cousins; E. Pratt; N. Boake; K. Middleton; I. Goldie
