See collection level description for history/biography for information on Fred McGuinness.
Custodial History
Records in this series were acquired in four accruals and were in the possession of Fred McGuinness until their donation to the Archives.
Accession 18-2002 records were in the possession of Fred McGuinness until the publication of Only in Canada, a book on the history of the Kinsmen Club of Canada co-authored with BU history professor Ken Coates. In the course of writing the history, records of the Kinsmen Club in Canada were amassed at the McKee Archives and the research materials developed by Coates and McGuinness were simply added to the Kinsmen records circa 1987. The Kinsmen records have since been deaccessioned by the McKee Archives and transferred to Kin Headquarters in Ontario.
Accession 6-2008 contains records created and collected during the writing of the Provincial Exhibition book, Pride of the Land. Fred McGuinness, who co-authored the book with Ken Coates, donated these records to the McKee Archives circa 1988.
Accession 20-2009 contains records created and collected by Fred McGuinness over the course of his career as a newspaper journalist and during the research and writing period of the Brandon history book, The Wheat City. Records remained in his possession at his home until their transfer to the McKee Archives on July 28, 2009.
Accession 1-2015 contains records created and collected over the course of McGuinness’ career as a newspaper journalist and freelance writer. The Estate of Fred McGuinness donated the materials to the SJ McKee Archives circa 2011. The Archives accessioned the records in 2015. This accession contains records for the following monographs: Manitoba: The Province & The People (1987); The Keystone Province: Manitoba Enterprise (1988); The Wheat City (1988); The Chronicle of Canada (1990); and Old Pathways, New Horizons (1995).
Scope and Content
The series contains records created and collected by Fred McGuinness and writing partners during the production of seven of Fred McGuinness’ monographs. Series has been divided into seven subseries, including: (1) Pride of Land: (2) Only in Canada; (3) Old Pathways, New Horizons; (4) Manitoba: The Province & The People; (5) The Keystone Province: An Illustrated History of Manitoba Enterprise (1988); (6) The Wheat City; and (7) Chronicle of Canada.
Records in the series consist of notes, drafts, correspondence and research materials in the form of photographs and photocopied newspaper clippings, journal articles and book chapters pertaining to Manitoba history.
Notes
Information in the history/biography was taken from Neighborly News column (#934, November 10, 1997)
In the file level inventories, square brackets at end of file names reference the original location of the file in the unprocessed Fred McGuinness collection. The original location is also noted on the front of each file folder
Accruals
Closed
Finding Aid
File level inventories for each subseries are available. See
individual subseries’ descriptions
Storage Location
2015 accessions
Arrangement
Arrangement was artificially created by the Archives. Series has been re-arranged according to publication period with the exception of Old Pathways, New Horizons (1995)
McG 5 Monographs
McG 5.1 Pride of the Land (1985)
McG 5.2 Only in Canada (1987)
McG 5.3 Old Pathways, New Horizons (1995)
McG 5.4 Manitoba: The Province & The People (1987)
McG 5.5 The Keystone Province: Manitoba Enterprise (1988)
McG 5.6 The Wheat City (1988)
McG 5.7 Chronicle of Canada (1990)
File consists of a news release, the program for the second Brandon University exhibition of Western Manitoba art, the programs for Brandon University's second annual spring convocation and Brandon University's fourtheenth annual closing exercises (elementary education courses), as well as the program for "Plaskett the Painter" (1969).
Storage Location
RG 6 Brandon University fonds
Series 4: Office of the Vice-President
4.2 Office of the Vice-President (Administration & Finance)
Box 5
File consists of documents related to: programme theme; workshops; field trips; comferences and related events; EthnoBank; "Let's get acquainted" gatherings; and host families and international students.
Storage Location
MG 3 Brandon University Teaching and Administration
MG 3 1.19 May Yoh
According to May Yoh, the travelling exhibition of Images of our Past was destroyed in 1990 when the truck carrying the exhibition was involved in a highway accident.
Scope and Content
File consists of documents related to the Images of our Past project, including ideas and work leading to the exhibit, exhibit brochures and records related to the travelling exhibition.
Storage Location
MG 3 Brandon University Teaching and Administration
MG 3 1.19 May Yoh
File consists of notices for various activites, biographical material on H. Ian Macdonald, reports and information on the Department of Extension, schedule of fees and residences information, correspondence and an estimate of capital requirements.
Storage Location
RG 6 Brandon University fonds
Series 4: Office of the Vice-President
4.2 Office of the Vice-President (Administration & Finance)
Box 3
Laurie V. Smith served as the President of the Brandon Branch of the Royal Canadian Legion during the 1940s.
Custodial History
This fonds was accessioned by the McKee Archives in 1997. Prior custodial history is unknown.
Scope and Content
Fonds includes correspondence, policy documents, and publications relating to the activities of the Royal Canadian Legion, primarily in Brandon under the Presidency of Laurie V. Smith, during and after the Second World War. Prominant themes include the aquiring of gifts for hospitalized veterans, primarily through the Canadian Legion Christmas Tree project, veteran rehabilitation, and promotion of the Canadian Victory Loans project.
Although the Archives has handbooks dating back to 1907, these directories were not student run. The handbook became a student publication in 1935.
Scope and Content
Sub sub series consists of student handbooks.
Box 1 contains handbooks for the years 1907, 1914, 1927, 1937 to 1938, 1940 to 1945, 1948 to 1951, 1957 to 1965, 1967 to 1974, 1976, 1981 to 1982 and 1984.
Box 2 contains handbooks for the years 1985 to 1992, 1994, and 1996.
Storage Location
RG 6 Brandon University fonds
Series 14: BUSU
14.5 BUSU Publications
Sub sub series consists of publications created by or written by staff members of Student Services. It includes: a recruitment pamphlet and the Brandon University Admissions Handbook.
Storage Location
RG 6 Brandon University fonds
Series 12: Student Services
