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Part Of
RG 12 Brandon and Area Photograph Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic
Date Range
March 1966
Part Of
RG 12 Brandon and Area Photograph Collection
Description Level
Item
Series Number
10X
Item Number
1
GMD
graphic
Date Range
March 1966
Physical Description
10" x 8" (b/w)
Scope and Content
Posed group photograph of a local choir.
Notes
Writing on the photograph says: Dr. and Mrs. J.E. Robbins, with affection and gratitutde, [signature is illegible - initials may be S.W.].
Name Access
Malcolm Jolly
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Part Of
RG 12 Brandon and Area Photograph Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic
Date Range
1966
Part Of
RG 12 Brandon and Area Photograph Collection
Description Level
Item
Series Number
10X
Item Number
BAPC 2.2.186
GMD
graphic
Date Range
1966
Physical Description
10" x 8" (b/w)
Scope and Content
Choir.
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MPE D Commissions, Committees and Inquiries

http://archives.brandonu.ca/en/permalink/descriptions11230
Part Of
RG 4 Manitoba Pool Elevator fonds
Description Level
Series
GMD
textual records
Date Range
1931-1985
Part Of
RG 4 Manitoba Pool Elevator fonds
Description Level
Series
Series Number
MPE D
GMD
textual records
Date Range
1931-1985
Physical Description
2.83 m
History / Biographical
This is an artificially created series containing records retained by Manitoba Pool Elevators of official commissions, committee and inquiries that dealt directly with the organization and it's interests. Subjects include commission investigation as well and committee and inquiries into government policy and bills. See also fonds level description of RG 4 for history/bio of MPE
Scope and Content
.This series has been divided into seven sub-series, including: (1) Royal Commission on Co-operatives, (2) Royal Commission on Manitoba Pool Elevators, (3) Transportation Commissions and Inquiries, (4) Box Car Inquiry, (5) Grain Commissions and Inquiries, (6) Agricultural Commissions and Policy, (7) Miscellaneous Committes, Commissions and Inquiries
Notes
Description by Jillian Sutherland (2010)
Subject Access
Commissions
Storage Location
RG 4 Manitoba Pool Elevator fonds
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MPE D 1 Royal Commission on Co-operatives

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Part Of
RG 4 Manitoba Pool Elevator fonds
Description Level
Sub-series
GMD
textual records
Date Range
1945
Part Of
RG 4 Manitoba Pool Elevator fonds
Description Level
Sub-series
Series Number
MPE D.1
GMD
textual records
Date Range
1945
Physical Description
1m
History / Biographical
This commission was appointed in late 1944 and made it's reports and recommendations in late 1945. The commission's tasks were the following: (1) give a legal opinion on existing taxation legislation affecting co-operatives, (2) reccomend taxation legislation in respect to co-operatives, with due regard to current tax burdens on privately owned busniess, (3) provide a picture of the actual structure of co-operative enterprise in Canada, its growth, and the effects of taxation upon it. The commission's findings were, briefly: (1) Section 4, paragraph (p) of the Income War Tax Act is so ambiguous as to justify its repeal, (2) commission reccomended legislation permitting both co-operative and joint stock companies to deduct patronage dividends in computing taxes, whether paid out or available on demand, (3) appendicies of research staff findings that provide statistical and historical information on the origin, growth and distribution of co-operatives in Canada. See also fonds level description of RG 4 for history/bio of MPE
Scope and Content
.This sub-series contains volumes 1 - 31 of the Royal Commission on Co-operatives, the brief and report on the Commission, an outline of argument on behalf of certain co-operative organizations.
Notes
Description by Jillian Sutherland (2010)
Name Access
Royal Commission on Co-operatives
Subject Access
Commissions
Storage Location
RG 4 Manitoba Pool Elevator fonds Series D: Commissions, Committees and Inquiries
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MPE D 2 Royal Commission on Manitoba Pool Elevators

http://archives.brandonu.ca/en/permalink/descriptions11306
Part Of
RG 4 Manitoba Pool Elevator fonds
Description Level
Sub-series
GMD
textual records
Date Range
1931
Part Of
RG 4 Manitoba Pool Elevator fonds
Description Level
Sub-series
Series Number
MPE D.2
GMD
textual records
Date Range
1931
Physical Description
33cm
History / Biographical
A commission to inquire into the formation and operation of the Manitoba Pool up until 1931. Charges were brought against the Pool by J.R. Murray, then Assistant General Manager of UGG. The four charges were, briefly: (1) producers had been mislead into forming elevator associations, (2) members are bound by contract to the association, (3) financial statements sent out to associations are inaccurate, (4) Pool members are not getting as good a deal as they would on the free market. The first two charges were deemed provable by the commission, while the last two were not. It was noted by the commissioner that no pool members had come forward with complaints. See also fonds level description of RG 4 for history/bio of MPE
Scope and Content
.This sub-series contains volumes 1 - 25 of the Royal Commission on Manitoba Pool Elevators.
Notes
Description by Jillian Sutherland (2010)
Name Access
Royal Commission on Manitoba Pool Elevators
United Grain Growers
Subject Access
Commissions
Storage Location
RG 4 Manitoba Pool Elevator fonds Series D: Commissions, Committees and Inquiries
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MPE D 3 Transportation Commissions and Inquiries

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Part Of
RG 4 Manitoba Pool Elevator fonds
Description Level
Sub-series
GMD
textual records
Date Range
1931-1985
Part Of
RG 4 Manitoba Pool Elevator fonds
Description Level
Sub-series
Series Number
MPE D.3
GMD
textual records
Date Range
1931-1985
Physical Description
46cm
History / Biographical
Commissions dealing with transportation by rail and by sea were important to Manitoba Pool Elevators, as the cost and effiecincy of transport affected the cost of service to its members. See also fonds level description of RG 4 for history/bio of MPE
Scope and Content
.This sub-series contains the following: Box 1: 1. St. Lawrence Seaway 1961-1971 2. Royal Commission on Transportation - excerpt from the evidence of Sir Henry Thornton 1931-1932 3. Royal Commission on Transportation 1949-1950 4. Report of the Royal Commission on Transportation February 9, 1951 5. The Royal Commission on Transportation 1960 6. The Royal Commission on Transportation 1960-1967 7. The Canadian Transport Commission 1985 Box 2: 8. The Grain Handling and Transportation Commission 1975-1976 9a. Submissions to the Grain Handling and Transportation Commission 1975-1977 9b. Submissions to the Grain Handling and Transportation Commission 1975-1977 10. Submissions to the Grain Handling and Transportation Commission 1976 11. Grain Handling and Transportation Commission 1976 12. Submissions to the Grain Handling and Transportation Commission 1976 13. Submissions to the Grain Handling and Transportation Commission 1976 14. Appendix to Final Submission of CN Railways to GH&TC 1976 15. Submission by the Province of Manitoba to the GH&TC 1976 16. Grain Handling and Transportation Commission 1975-1976 17. Grain Handling and Transportation Commission 1974-1976 18a. Grain Handling and Transportation Commission 1976-1977 18b. Grain Handling and Transportation Commission 1976 19. Grain Handling and Transportation Commission Public Hearings 1976 20. Grain Handling and Transportation Commission 1976 21. Grain Handling and Transportation Commission 1976 22. MPE Submission to the Grain Handling and Transportation Commission 1975
Notes
Description by Jillian Sutherland (2010)
Name Access
Grain Handling and Transportation Commission
Subject Access
railways
Grain
Storage Location
RG 4 Manitoba Pool Elevator fonds Series D: Commissions, Committees and Inquiries
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MPE D 4 Box Car Inquiry

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Part Of
RG 4 Manitoba Pool Elevator fonds
Description Level
Sub-series
GMD
textual records
Date Range
1958
Part Of
RG 4 Manitoba Pool Elevator fonds
Description Level
Sub-series
Series Number
MPE D.4
GMD
textual records
Date Range
1958
Physical Description
26cm
History / Biographical
This was a commission by the Bracken government into the distribution of box cars. See also fonds level description of RG 4 for history/bio of MPE
Scope and Content
.This sub-series contains submissions to the Box Car Inquiry, procedings of the Inquiry, and reports of the Inquiry.
Notes
Description by Jillian Sutherland (2010)
Name Access
Box Car Inquiry
Bracken
Subject Access
railways
Storage Location
RG 4 Manitoba Pool Elevator fonds Series D: Commissions, Committees and Inquiries
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MPE D 5 Grain Commissions and Inquiries

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Part Of
RG 4 Manitoba Pool Elevator fonds
Description Level
Sub-series
GMD
textual records
Date Range
1936-1978
Part Of
RG 4 Manitoba Pool Elevator fonds
Description Level
Sub-series
Series Number
MPE D.5
GMD
textual records
Date Range
1936-1978
Physical Description
13cm
History / Biographical
See also fonds level description of RG 4 for history/bio of MPE
Scope and Content
.This sub-series contains the following: 1. Grain Inquiry 1936 2. Grain Inquiry Commission 1936-1937 3. Newspaper clippings concerning Grain Inquiry 1937 4. Canadian Royal Grain Inquiry Commission 1937 5. Report of the Royal Grain Inquiry Commission 1937 6. Canadian Grain Trade 1953-1966 7. Canadian Grain Trade 1970 8. Canadian Grain Trade 1972-1978
Notes
Description by Jillian Sutherland (2010)
Name Access
Royal Grain Inquiry Commission
Subject Access
Grain
Storage Location
RG 4 Manitoba Pool Elevator fonds Series D: Commissions, Committees and Inquiries
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MPE D 6 Agricultural Commissions and Policy

http://archives.brandonu.ca/en/permalink/descriptions11336
Part Of
RG 4 Manitoba Pool Elevator fonds
Description Level
Sub-series
GMD
textual records
Date Range
1967-1975
Part Of
RG 4 Manitoba Pool Elevator fonds
Description Level
Sub-series
Series Number
MPE D.6
GMD
textual records
Date Range
1967-1975
Physical Description
26cm
History / Biographical
See also fonds level description of RG 4 for history/bio of MPE
Scope and Content
.This sub-series contains the following: Box 1: 1. Canadian Agricultural Miscellaneous 1967-1972 2. Canadian Agricultural Miscellaneous 1973-1975 3. Canadian Agricultural Miscellaneous 1970-1975 4. Bill C-175 An act respecting grain 5. Bill C-196 Canada Grain Act 1970 Box 2: 6a. Canadian Agricultural Miscellaneous 1971 6b. Canadian Agricultural Miscellaneous 1971 7a. Bill C-41 The Western Grain Stabilization Act 1975 7b. Bill C-41 The Western Grain Stabilization Act 1975 8. General Agricultural Policy 9. Manitoba Agriculture 1936
Notes
Description by Jillian Sutherland (2010)
Name Access
Canada Grain Act
The Western Grain Stabilization Act
Subject Access
Grain
Storage Location
RG 4 Manitoba Pool Elevator fonds Series D: Commissions, Committees and Inquiries
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MPE D 7 Miscellaneous Committees, Commissions and Inquiries

http://archives.brandonu.ca/en/permalink/descriptions11340
Part Of
RG 4 Manitoba Pool Elevator fonds
Description Level
Sub-series
GMD
textual records
Date Range
1931-1995
Part Of
RG 4 Manitoba Pool Elevator fonds
Description Level
Sub-series
Series Number
MPE D.7
GMD
textual records
Date Range
1931-1995
Physical Description
39cm
History / Biographical
See also fonds level description of RG 4 for history/bio of MPE
Scope and Content
.This sub-series contains the following: Box 1: 1. Farm Implement Prices 1937, 1939, 1961 2a. Trading in Grain Futures 1931 2b. Trading in Grain Futures 1931 3. Manitoba/Canada's Economic Development 1955-1973 4. Food and Consumer Prices 1958-1973 5. Farm Organizations and Local Governments Box 2: 6. Livestock 1961-1975 7. Bryce Commission August 1976 8. Terminal Grain Elevators at Thunder Bay 1973 9a. Taxation 1945 9b. Taxation 1963-1967 9c. Taxation 1967-1970 Box 3: Manash Statistical Submissions to Turgeon Commission 1936 10a. Western Grain Transport Act 1985-1995 10b. Western Grain Transport Act 1985-1995
Notes
Description by Jillian Sutherland (2010)
Name Access
Canada Grain Act
The Western Grain Stabilization Act
Western Grain Transport Act
Subject Access
Grain
Storage Location
RG 4 Manitoba Pool Elevator fonds Series D: Commissions, Committees and Inquiries
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A.E. McKenzie Seeds

http://archives.brandonu.ca/en/permalink/descriptions12405
Part Of
RG 12 Brandon and Area Photograph Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic
Date Range
[between 1911 and 1913]
Accession Number
3-2012
Part Of
RG 12 Brandon and Area Photograph Collection
Description Level
Item
Series Number
2
Item Number
BAPC 2.35
Accession Number
3-2012
GMD
graphic
Date Range
[between 1911 and 1913]
Physical Description
3.5" x 5.5" (b/w)
Material Details
Postcard
Physical Condition
Some water damage and staining.
Custodial History
Postcard was donated to the McKee Archives by Allen Drysdale, archivist at Beautiful Plains Archives in October 2011. Drysdale received the postcard as part of a larger donation to his archives.
Scope and Content
Item is a colour postcard of the A.E. McKenzie Seed Company in Brandon, MB. The postcard was sent to John Dorset, Elphinstone, MB from his brother Sid (?).
Name Access
A.E. McKenzie Co., Limited
A.E. McKenzie Seed Company
9th Street
Subject Access
commercial buildings
businesses
downtown
Storage Location
BAPC photograph drawer
Images
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Brandon Hardware interior

http://archives.brandonu.ca/en/permalink/descriptions14308
Part Of
RG 12 Brandon and Area Photograph Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic
Date Range
[193-]
Accession Number
7-2017
Part Of
RG 12 Brandon and Area Photograph Collection
Description Level
Item
Series Number
2
Item Number
BAPC 2.38
Accession Number
7-2017
GMD
graphic
Date Range
[193-]
Physical Description
9.5" x 7.5" (b/w)
Material Details
On matting (14" x 12")
History / Biographical
Brandon Hardware Co. Ltd. founded in 1882, making it one of Brandon's earliest mercantiles. It was incorporated in 1902, and their location on Rosser Avenue at the corner of 7th Street was constructed in 1903. For a number of years, J.B. Curran was the managing director. The building was destroyed by fire in 1983.
Custodial History
Katy Singleton was given this photo in her role as Heritage Coordinator for the City of Brandon. She transferred it to the McKee Archives in 2013.
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of of the interior of the Brandon Hardware Co. Ltd. looking towards the front of the store from the back.
Name Access
Brandon Hardware Co. Ltd.
Subject Access
commercial buildings
businesses
downtown
Storage Location
BAPC oversize photograph drawer
Images
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Brandon Hardware interior

http://archives.brandonu.ca/en/permalink/descriptions14309
Part Of
RG 12 Brandon and Area Photograph Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic
Date Range
[193-]
Accession Number
7-2017
Part Of
RG 12 Brandon and Area Photograph Collection
Description Level
Item
Series Number
2
Item Number
BAPC 2.39
Accession Number
7-2017
GMD
graphic
Date Range
[193-]
Physical Description
9.5" x 7.5" (b/w)
Material Details
On matting (14" x 12")
History / Biographical
Brandon Hardware Co. Ltd. founded in 1882, making it one of Brandon's earliest mercantiles. It was incorporated in 1902, and their location on Rosser Avenue at the corner of 7th Street was constructed in 1903. For a number of years, J.B. Curran was the managing director. The building was destroyed by fire in 1983.
Custodial History
Katy Singleton was given this photo in her role as Heritage Coordinator for the City of Brandon. She transferred it to the McKee Archives in 2013.
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of of the interior of the Brandon Hardware Co. Ltd. looking towards the back of the store from the front.
Name Access
Brandon Hardware Co. Ltd.
Subject Access
commercial buildings
businesses
downtown
Storage Location
BAPC oversize photograph drawer
Images
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Hanbury Manufacturing Company

http://archives.brandonu.ca/en/permalink/descriptions14310
Part Of
RG 12 Brandon and Area Photograph Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic
Date Range
c. 1900
Accession Number
4-2017
Part Of
RG 12 Brandon and Area Photograph Collection
Description Level
Item
Series Number
2
Item Number
BAPC 2.36
Accession Number
4-2017
GMD
graphic
Date Range
c. 1900
Physical Description
8.25" x 6.25" (b/w)
Material Details
On matting (12" x 10")
History / Biographical
John Hanbury came to Brandon in January 1882. For the next decade he operated a contracting business, constructing several Brandon buildings including the post office, the Merchants Block, and the General Hospital. In 1892, Hanbury founded the Hanbury Manufacturing Company. The most important industry in Brandon from 1900-1914, Hanbury’s employed over 150 men in logging, lumbering and the manufacturing of doors, windows, furniture and other house fixtures. With offices, a warehouse and lumber mill on either side of Assiniboine Avenue at 6th Street North, Hanbury’s relied on timber from northern forests that was moved, raft-like, down river by drivers. Cabinets, furniture and other millwork was sold out of the Hanbury Hardware Co. building on 7th Street and Pacific Avenue. John Hanbury left Brandon in 1910, although his son continued to operate the business until World War I. Residential buildings were constructed on the company lands on Assiniboine Avenue west of 6th Street North in the late 1920s; the building east of 6th Street was used first as the Christie’s School Supplies warehouse (1929-1939) and then by successive woollen mills (1941-1991). A portion of what appears to be the original building currently stands vacant on the site. The hardware building on Pacific Avenue has been primarily used by the Government Liquor Control Commission (1929-1971) and Christie’s School Supplies, now Christie’s Office Plus (early 1940s – present).
Custodial History
Photos belonged to Jim Lanigan's family. He donated them to the McKee Archives in January 2017.
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of the Hanbury Mfg Co. buildings on Assinboine Avenue - photo is looking northeast
Notes
Jim Lanigan and his siblings beleived that Hanbury Manufacturing Company is where their paternal grandfather James Joseph Lanigan worked and learned the glazing trade. James Joseph's father James and brother Albert Daniel may have also worked there. Both Joe and Bert went to work for the CPR in Brandon in 1898. Jim Lanigan could not identify any family members in the group portrait.
Name Access
Hanbury Manufacturing Company
Subject Access
manufacturing
businesses
downtown
Storage Location
BAPC oversize photograph drawer
Images
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Hanbury Manufacturing Company employees

http://archives.brandonu.ca/en/permalink/descriptions14311
Part Of
RG 12 Brandon and Area Photograph Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic
Date Range
c. 1900
Accession Number
4-2017
Part Of
RG 12 Brandon and Area Photograph Collection
Description Level
Item
Series Number
2
Item Number
BAPC 2.37
Accession Number
4-2017
GMD
graphic
Date Range
c. 1900
Physical Description
8.25" x 6.25" (b/w)
Material Details
On matting (12" x 10")
History / Biographical
John Hanbury came to Brandon in January 1882. For the next decade he operated a contracting business, constructing several Brandon buildings including the post office, the Merchants Block, and the General Hospital. In 1892, Hanbury founded the Hanbury Manufacturing Company. The most important industry in Brandon from 1900-1914, Hanbury’s employed over 150 men in logging, lumbering and the manufacturing of doors, windows, furniture and other house fixtures. With offices, a warehouse and lumber mill on either side of Assiniboine Avenue at 6th Street North, Hanbury’s relied on timber from northern forests that was moved, raft-like, down river by drivers. Cabinets, furniture and other millwork was sold out of the Hanbury Hardware Co. building on 7th Street and Pacific Avenue. John Hanbury left Brandon in 1910, although his son continued to operate the business until World War I. Residential buildings were constructed on the company lands on Assiniboine Avenue west of 6th Street North in the late 1920s; the building east of 6th Street was used first as the Christie’s School Supplies warehouse (1929-1939) and then by successive woollen mills (1941-1991). A portion of what appears to be the original building currently stands vacant on the site. The hardware building on Pacific Avenue has been primarily used by the Government Liquor Control Commission (1929-1971) and Christie’s School Supplies, now Christie’s Office Plus (early 1940s – present).
Custodial History
Photos belonged to Jim Lanigan's family. He donated them to the McKee Archives in January 2017.
Scope and Content
Item is a group portrait of Hanbury Manufacturing Company employees.
Notes
Jim Lanigan and his siblings beleived that Hanbury Manufacturing Company is where their paternal grandfather James Joseph Lanigan worked and learned the glazing trade. James Joseph's father James and brother Albert Daniel may have also worked there. Both Joe and Bert went to work for the CPR in Brandon in 1898. Jim Lanigan could not identify any family members in the group portrait.
Name Access
Hanbury Manufacturing Company
Subject Access
manufacturing
businesses
downtown
Storage Location
BAPC oversize photograph drawer
Images
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Raven's Glen lacrosse team

http://archives.brandonu.ca/en/permalink/descriptions14312
Part Of
RG 12 Brandon and Area Photograph Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic
Date Range
1905
Part Of
RG 12 Brandon and Area Photograph Collection
Description Level
Item
Series Number
7
Item Number
BAPC 7.9
GMD
graphic
Date Range
1905
Physical Description
9.5" x 7.5" (b/w)
Material Details
On matting (13.75" x 11.75")
Physical Condition
Poor. Upper left corner of matting is missing. Edge wear, some stains, scratches. Large water stain on the back of the matting.
Scope and Content
Photograph of a Brandon boy's (school?) hockey team, consisting of ten players (including Glen Sutherland and Kevin Kavanaugh) and one coach.
Notes
Writing on the bottom of the photo reads "Newdale Lacrosse Team." Writing on the back reads "J.H. Cautts" and "O. McTavish."
Name Access
Raven's Glen
Newdale
Subject Access
sports
lacrosse
portraits
Storage Location
BAPC oversize photograph drawer 1
Images
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Part Of
RG 12 Brandon and Area Photograph Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic
Date Range
c. 1960
Part Of
RG 12 Brandon and Area Photograph Collection
Description Level
Item
Series Number
2
Item Number
BAPC 2.40
GMD
graphic
Date Range
c. 1960
Physical Description
8" x 10" (b/w)
Material Details
On matting (12" x 10")
History / Biographical
Curran Park is located at 4100 Grand Valley Rd, Brandon, MB. Originally called Suburban Park, it underwent a formal name change in 1934, in honour of J.P. Curran, a lawyer, civil servant and judge, who died in 1928. The City of Brandon first set aside $6000 for the acquisition of a new park in 1911, but the acquisition of appropriate land stalled for a number of years. Finally in 1919, the city was able to acquire a parcel of Crown land the Brandon Industrial School was located on, to establish the park; the land was acquired through a 99-year lease. Suburban Park officialy opened in 1921. The development of the park was gradual. Some of the work was completed as part of the Brandon Parks Board's unemployment relief planning; from 1931-1936, relief workers cleared underbrush, thinned trees, constructed a road and built latrines. In 1933 a refreshment stand was approved and a large cook stove was donated. The City of Brandon and the Department of Agriculture (in right of the Crown) agreed to terminate the original park lease in March 1965, with the city purchasing the land outright. Curran Park was sold to Gretna businessman Gerald Voth in 2001, and renamed Turtle Crossing.
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of the pool at Curran Park, Brandon, MB.
Notes
History/Bio information was taken from A Cup of Cold Water: Alfred Kirkness and the Brandon Residential School Cemeteries by Anne Lindsay, Clare Cook, and David Cuthbert (Manitoba History journal, Number 78, Summer 2015).
Name Access
Curran Park
Subject Access
swimming
recreation facilities
swimming pools
leisure activities
Storage Location
BAPC photograph drawer
Images
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Wheat City Business College hockey team

http://archives.brandonu.ca/en/permalink/descriptions14339
Part Of
RG 12 Brandon and Area Photograph Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic
Date Range
1920
Part Of
RG 12 Brandon and Area Photograph Collection
Creator
Photographer: Davidson Studio
Description Level
Item
Series Number
7
Item Number
BAPC 7.3
GMD
graphic
Date Range
1920
Physical Description
19" x 15.5" (b/w)
Material Details
On board
Physical Condition
Backing board is warped and has two large tears on the back. There is foxing on the image and board on the front
Custodial History
Image was donated to the McKee Archives in 2020 by Don Smith, Associate Curator/Manager of the Cornwall Community Museum/SD&G Historical Society and a volunteer with the City of Cornwall's Heritage Cornwall Committee. Smith was asked by a local used bookstore owner to find a home for a box of items they had acquired from the new owner of a Lancaster, ON are antique/collectibles operation.
Scope and Content
Composite portrait of the players, manager and president of the Wheat City Business College hockey team. The name and position/role of each man is written in the bottom right corner of their portrait.
Name Access
Wheat City Business College
C. Stewart
C.A. Stewart
B. Bailey
L. Crawford
F. Wood
W.J. Lee
W.A. Dodd
Subject Access
sports
Hockey
Storage Location
BAPC oversize storage drawer
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Brandon and Area photograph collection

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Part Of
RG 12 Brandon and Area Photograph Collection
Description Level
Collection
Scope and Content
This collection contains photographs of Brandon and Area that do not belong to particular collections or fonds held at the S.J. McKee Archives. It is, in short, an artificially created collection. The collection has been divided into the following series: (1) Rural Images; (2) Urban Images; (3) Transportation; (4) Education; (5) Portraits; (6) Associations; (7) and Athletics.
Notes
In addition to this collection, photographs relating to Brandon and area may be found in the Lawrence Stuckey collection, the Alf Fowler collection, the A.E. McKenzie Company fonds, Hughes and Company collection, and the Provincial Exhibition of Manitoba Association fonds.
Storage Location
BAPC - Brandon and Area photograph collection photograph drawer (oversize in map drawer)
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RG 4 Manitoba Pool Elevator fonds

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Part Of
RG 4 Manitoba Pool Elevator fonds
Description Level
Fonds
GMD
multiple media
Date Range
1874-2001, predominant 1930-1970
Accession Number
16-1998, 28-1998, 16-2002
Part Of
RG 4 Manitoba Pool Elevator fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Accession Number
16-1998, 28-1998, 16-2002
GMD
multiple media
Date Range
1874-2001, predominant 1930-1970
Physical Description
64.69 m textual records
photographs
slides
audiovisual materials
History / Biographical
The forerunner of Manitoba Pool Elevators (MPE), the Manitoba Wheat Pool was created in 1924 as a mechanism to allow for the co-operative marketing of wheat by Manitoba producers by the United Farmers of Manitoba. The Manitoba Wheat Pool was initially intended to be a provisional organization until the establishment of an interprovincial Pool, but when Alberta and Saskatchewan established their own permanent Pools the United Farmers decided to do the same. The Manitoba Pool was different from the SK and AB Pools in that the municipality was the primary unit of organization; members belonged to their municipal Pool associations first, rather than having direct membership with the central Manitoba Wheat Pool. Manitoba Pool Elevators was established in 1925 as a subsidiary of the Pool in response to local members complaints about the unfair business practices of privately owned elevators. The private elevators also slowed up the shipment of grain to the Central Selling Agency employed by the Wheat Pool, acting as a barrier between the local Pools and the Manitoba Wheat Pool. Once established MPE quickly began to build new elevators and aquire privately owned elevators. MPE's approach to marketing grain promised to stabilize the market price of grain and ensure a fair market price to producers. Initially the Manitoba Wheat Pool was very successful. However, in 1930, the Manitoba Wheat Pool found itself burdened with an unsold surplus from the preceding year that had been bought from the farmers at a price that was significantly higher than any possible return during the Depression. As a result, in 1931 the Manitoba Wheat Pool's Central Selling Agency defaulted on its bank loans. Despite attempts to save the organization, it was forced to declare bankruptcy in November 1932. The financial difficulties of the Wheat Pool had little to no effect on the Pool Elevators, and so this former subsidiary organization became the main Manitoba Pool organization. This change meant MPE had to reorganize, which they were able to do with funds from the provincial government. The company was successful enough in subsequent years that it was able to finish repaying the Manitoba government a full year early in 1949. MPE did not limit itself to grain handling; they wished to enrich the lives of rural families through education and to provide economic stability through diversification. MPE established a lending reference library for members and a traveling library for rural families in 1926. With the passing of the Public Libraries Act in 1948, the province took over responsibility for providing rural families with books. MPE decided that since their traveling library would no longer be needed when rural libraries were established, the best course of action was to donate their library to the Provincial government. They also established and supported programs that educated young people about agriculture and ag business. Subsidiary companies that dealt with course grains, livestock, packing and fertilizer were established by MPE to streamline and stabilize business for its members. 1961 marked the high water mark for the number of local associations within Manitoba Pool Elevators with 225 local associations. After this date the associations began to amalgamate and consolidate. Improvements in rural roads and rail systems and increases in the size of farms and mechanization of farm labour meant that fewer elevators were needed to service all members and regions. These changes led to an organizational restructuring of Manitoba Pool Elevators in 1968. Membership became direct, and the main unit of organization became the central office. The central office administrated the Pool through districts, which were further subdivided into sub-districts. The locals which were formally the main organizational unit came under the immediate direction of the sub-district they were located in. Local association could opt out of this system if they wished, but by 1975 all but 29 associations had become part of the new structure. In 1998 Manitoba Pool Elevators merged with the Alberta Wheat Pool to form Agricore Co-operative, Ltd. In 2001 this organization merged with the United Grain Growers to become Agricore United, and in 2007 AU was taken over by the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool; the new company is currently known as Viterra.
Custodial History
The bulk of this fonds was accessioned in 1975, when the forerunner to the McKee Archives at Brandon University, the Rural Resource Center, was founded. The original mandate of the Rural Resource Center was to house the records of the Manitoba Pool Elevators. Previous to this, most of the fonds was stored at MPE's head office in Winnipeg. Many accruals to this collection have since taken place, with some of the larger ones being received in 1997, 2001, and 2002.
Scope and Content
Fonds contains records dealing with every aspect of the Manitoba Pool Elevators organization, from the events leading to its formation in the 1920's, to its amalgamation as part of Agricore beginning in the late 1990's. Fonds includes records of the local co-operative elevator associations established in the period 1925 - 1968 under the Co-operative Associations Act including: organizational papers; minutes of executive boards; minutes of shareholders annual meetings; financial statements; correspondence; membership lists; and miscellaneous documents. Also to be found are: documents related to the Royal Commission re the Manitoba Pool Elevators Limited ca. 1931; miscellaneous reports and submissions documents (1925 -1952); central office papers consisting of annual reports, circulars to local co-operative elevator associations and documents related to various other activities of the Manitoba Pool Elevators organization. Fonds also contains documents pertaining to the Manitoba Co-operative Poultry Marketing Association Limited and its successor, the Manitoba Dairy and Poultry Co-operative Limited, and related agencies. Other items in the fonds (dating from the 1890's to 2001) include: books acquired for the Manitoba Pool Elevator Library, including a complete run of both the Scoop Shovel (MPE's first newspaper)and the Manitoba Cooperator; photographs; slides; audiotapes; and reel-to-reel videos. Finally, the fonds contains a small number of miscellaneous items such as banners, and company issued briefcases. This fonds is organized into four series, (A) Local Association records, (B) Central Office Records, (C) Subsidiary Companies and Co-operatives, (D) Commissions, Committees and Inquiries
Notes
Description by Mike White (2002), revised and enlarged by Jillian Sutherland (2009-2010).
History/Bio taken from F.W. Hamilton, "Service at Cost: A History of the Manitoba Pool Elevators 1925-1975" (Saskatoon: Modern Press) and from records within the fonds.
Preparation of this description made possible in part by a generous grant from the Brandon University Student's Union Work Study Program 2009.
Name Access
F.W. Hamilton
Paul F. Bredt
Colin H. Burnell
John I. McFarland
A.J. McPhail
J.R. Murray
W.J. Parker
Henry W. Wood
Subject Access
Manitoba Co-operator
Canadian Agriculture
Cooperative Unions
Grain Trade
The Scoop Shovel
Winnipeg Grain Exchange
Agricore
United Grain Growers
Manitoba Wheat Pool
Canadian Cooperative Wheat Producers Ltd
Canadian Wheat Board
Alberta Wheat Pool
Border Fertilizer Ltd
Canadian Council of Agriculture
Saskatchewan Cooperative Elevator Company
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
United Farmers of Manitoba
United Farmers of Alberta
Repro Restriction
Researchers are responsible for observing Canadian copyright restrictions.
Finding Aid
File level inventory available for some boxes. The Pool Elevator library and publications are available online through the Brandon University Library catalogue.
Storage Location
RG 4 Manitoba Pool Elevator fonds
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