Composite portrait of the members of Brandon College's Commercial Department Class of 1920.
Top Row (L to R): E. Strahl; W. Burchill; N. Hewitt; P. Stromgren; and I. Westerburg.
Second Row (L to R): B. O’Hara; R. Abrahamson; A. Linner; L. Thompson; E. Maley; E. Gustavson; and G. Magnuson.
Third Row (L to R): L. Davidson; H. Johnson; and G. Dunsmore.
Fourth Row (L to R): N.Shaw; G. Roddick; S. Lindsay; D. Pearn; A. Carey; and L. Perry.
Fifth Row (L to R): D. Lindstrom; R. Edgren; M. Bergh; B. Bate; E. Turnbull; B. Smith; and M. Mowat.
Last Row (L to R): N. Isely; G. Campbell; J. Reid; M. Bate; E. Cunningham; and W. Berg.
Faculty members located in the middle: B.T. Morse and J. Taylor.
Item consists of portraits of members of the Brandon College Commercial and Stenographic Department 1904.
Top Row (L to R): Joy Merrill; J. Menzie; E. J. Davies; N. Brown; M. McKenzie; Jas. Good; M. Parkin; and M.J. Greaves.
Second Row (L to R): Albert Kabe; D. McKinnon; R. Hartney; C. Hopper; E.R. Greenwood; M. L. Brandon; F.W. Kerr; S.W. Young; and G. McTavish.
Third Row (L to R): Ethel Ross; S. Donaldson; J.B. Beveridge; S.L. DeMoine; F.L. Werry; G. Beveridge; and W. Magwood.
Fourth Row (L to R): G.S. Nichol; K.W. Conn; Jas. Murdock; P. MacGregor; R.K. Gibson; Roland Bell; and J. Baldwin.
Fifth Row (L to R): W.C.F. Fine; G. K. Honeyman; Geo. Wickie; and Alex Dagleish.
Sixth Row (L to R): F.P. Clark; L. Stark; G. Bedford; E. Laidlaw; G. Koester; L. Henderson; F.J.C. Barber; W.G. Robertson; and W.F. Baker.
Seventh Row (L to R): G. Davies; W.G. Wakefield; E.C. Ramsay; D.K. Bell; J.B. Kerr; John McCaul; C.D. Gainer; and ? (name is cut off).
Leonard Andrew Muirhead (1918–2008) was the only child of Andrew and Isabella Muirhead. He grew up on the farm homestead in the Summerville District near Carberry, Manitoba. He graduated from Carberry Collegiate when he was sixteen. He helped out on the farm for two yeas after graduation then attended United College, Winnipeg, and then Brandon College. Muirhead then worked in the Financial Department at Canada Packers in Saint Boniface until 1942. In 1942 he returned home and helped his father with the farm operation. Leonard married Verle Sinclair, a local schoolteacher, on October 12, 1951. They had three daughters: Iris, Gwen, and Arla. In 1965, health reasons made him give up active farming and he began an income tax preparation business as well as selling investments for Trust Companies.
Leonard Muirhead attended Brandon College for the 1937-1938 school year. This was the last year that Brandon College was associated with McMaster University as it then became affiliated with the University of Manitoba.
Custodial History
The papers remained with Leonard Muirhead’s papers until his daughter, Iris Muirhead, donated the papers to the S.J. McKee Archives in 2011.
Scope and Content
Collection consists primarily of 1938 examination papers from Brandon College, when it was affiliated with McMaster University. It also contains an exam schedule and a course outline. It contains examination papers from spring 1938 for the courses of 2nd and 3rd Years Physics 2y, 3w, Bible 2k, Psychology 2a, Mathematics 2x, Mathematics 1e, a syllabus for second term English 1g2a, and an examination timetable for spring 1938 for Brandon College.
Notes
History/Bio information taken from conversation with Leonard Muirhead's daughter, Iris Muirhead in October 2012 and from obituary http://passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-details/id-136216/(accessed October 24, 2012). Description by Jennifer Sylvester (October 2012).
The Leonard Muirhead collection is available at the Carberry Plains Archives. Leonard Muirhead also donated records related to Montrose School and Carberry 4-H Combines to the Carberry Plains Archives.
Moffat was a Brandon College graduate. She also taught piano in the Music Department in 1921-1923, 1924-1926 and 1927-1929.
Custodial History
Photograph donated by Keith Evans, son of Adelene Monica Bailey and J.R.C. Evans.
Scope and Content
Portrait of Mary Kathleen Moffat.
Notes
Photograph was originally part of a larger item that included portraits of Adelene Monica Bailey (BUPC 8.B.27) and W.L. Wright (BUPC 8.W.15). Writing on the photograph reads "Very Sincerely, M. Kathleen Moffat."
