The Odd Fellow Lodge in Minnedosa was created in 1884. Membership was open to white males over the age of 21, who were in good health and had good moral character. The organization was established as a mutual friendly association to provide social and financial support to its members. According to its Constitution, OddFellow members have five duties: to visit the sick, to relieve the distressed, to bury the dead, to educate the orphan, and to aid the widow. The organization existed until 1991.
Custodial History
This fonds was accessioned by the McKee Archives in 2000. Prior custodial history is unknown.
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of minutes from Minnedosa Odd Fellow meetings from 1884-1991. There is also one book kept by the Sick Committee from 1924-1949, in which the committee kept track of sickness and injuries among members and what each sick or injured man received in wages lost from the lodge. The fonds also includes a roll call book from 1884-1920. There is also a member and visitor register for the years 1972-1980, and an envelope of approximately 40 completed application forms from the 1940's and 1950's. Finally, the fonds includes a minute book of the Patriarch Militant IOOF of Brandon, Manitoba, which covers the years 1909 to 1922.
The OddFellows has a long international history as a mutual assistance society for men. OddFellow Lodges were open to white males over the age of 21, who were in good health and possessed good moral character. Upon joining an OddFellow's Lodge, a member received social and financial benefits. The Constitution of the Subordinate Lodges in Manitoba, 1899, notes that OddFellows Lodges were obliged to teach the importance of fraternity. Under the organization's constitution, lodge members assumed five obligations: to visit the sick, to relieve the distressed, to bury the dead, to educate the orphan, and to aid the widow. The Progress Lodge of the Basswood OddFellows was created in 1910; it continued as a group until early 1955, when it amalgamated with the Minnedosa OddFellows. The Progress Lodge of the Basswood OddFellows included men of many different occupations and social classes including, farmers, merchants, ministers, teachers, agents, carpenters, grain buyers, clerks, and laborers.
Custodial History
The records of the Basswood Oddfellows Lodge were in the possession of Donald McNabb, who for many years was an active member of the Minnedosa Oddfellows. He donated the records to the McKee Archives in June 2000.
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of five books. The first book is a membership list from 1910-1948. The list includes the members' names and occupations, the date that they joined the lodge, and their status within the hierarchy of the lodge. The other four books consist of minutes for the years 1910-16, 1916-25, 1935-44, and 1945-54.
For custodial history see the collection level description of the Lawrence Stuckey collection.
Scope and Content
Brandon General Hospital
Notes
[View is from the southwest]
[Mr. Stuckey taped a print to the outside of the envelope. We have separated the print and negative, numbering the negative G7(1) and the print G7(1a).]
For custodial history see the collection level description of the Lawrence Stuckey collection.
Scope and Content
Brandon General Hospital
Notes
[View is from the southwest]
[Mr. Stuckey taped a print to the outside of the envelope. We have separated the print and negative, numbering the negative G7(1) and the print G7(1a).]
For custodial history see the collection level description of the Lawrence Stuckey collection.
Scope and Content
Assiniboine Centre
Notes
[Mr. Stuckey taped the print to the outside of the envelope. We have separated the negative and the print, numbering the negative G10(1) and the print G10(1a).]
For custodial history see the collection level description of the Lawrence Stuckey collection.
Scope and Content
Assiniboine Centre
Notes
[Mr. Stuckey taped the print to the outside of the envelope. We have separated the negative and the print, numbering the negative G10(1) and the print G10(1a).]
For custodial history see the collection level description of the Lawrence Stuckey collection.
Scope and Content
Assiniboine Centre
Notes
From front of General Hospital [looking southeast].
[Mr. Stuckey taped the print to the outside of the envelope. We have separated the neg and the print, numbering the negative G11(1) and the print G11(1a).]
For custodial history see the collection level description of the Lawrence Stuckey collection.
Scope and Content
Assiniboine Centre
Notes
From front of General Hospital [looking southeast].
[Mr. Stuckey taped the print to the outside of the envelope. We have separated the neg and the print, numbering the negative G11(1) and the print G11(1a).]
The first building was built in 1890 as a reformatory (on right).
A four-story structure (centre) was built in 1892 and the former reformatory became an administrative section. Together they became the Brandon Asylum for the Insane.
[A third building (on left) began construction in 1903. (P.E.)]
This complete set of buildings was destroyed by fire on November 4, 1910 (see file FA2).
Custodial History
For custodial history see the collection level description of the Lawrence Stuckey collection.
The first building was built in 1890 as a reformatory (on right).
A four-story structure (centre) was built in 1892 and the former reformatory became an administrative section. Together they became the Brandon Asylum for the Insane.
[A third building (on left) began construction in 1903. (P.E.)]
This complete set of buildings was destroyed by fire on November 4, 1910 (see file FA2).
Custodial History
For custodial history see the collection level description of the Lawrence Stuckey collection.