Henrietta Hancock taught visual arts at BU from approx.1906-1912 on the 4th floor of Clark Hall/Original Building. Her husband was on faculty and when money got tight the wives resigned. Arts moved into the community and was carried on as the Brandon Arts Club; probably initiated by Henrietta. (1996 inventory)
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Inscription: Charles Whitfield Clark, M.D. b. 1845 in New Brunswick; d.1939 in Toronto. Educated in Ontario, and in American Universities. Practiced Homeopathy in Aylmer, Ontario, 1866-82; in Winnipeg, 1883-1912, then in Toronto. An active Baptist layman and advocate of higher education for women, hence Clark Hall. Portrait by Henrietta Hancock.
View is northeast, taken from the John R. Brodie Science Centre. Photograph shows: the Brandon College Building, the Student Services H-Hut, the Education Building, and the Student Union Building (Citizens' Science Building), as well as 18th Street and some houses. The trailer to the south of the Education Building was a Canada Manpower office in the 1960s. It was latter moved over by the Gymnasium, where it became the Quill office.
View is west north west from 18th Street. Photograph shows the Brandon College Building, Clark Hall, and the Brandon University sign on the front lawn.
View is west southwest from the front lawn. Photograph shows the Brandon College Building and Clark Hall, as well as cars parked on the driveway. There is a centennial symbol (the symbol is meant to look like a geometric maple leaf) on the roof of the building.
View is west from approximately 18th Street. Photograph was taken during the McDiarmid (1900-1912) era and shows the Brandon College Building and Clark Hall. Students are visible on the lawn and steps.
View is south along the sidewalk in front of the building. Photograph shows the Brandon College Building and Clark Hall at night illuminated by flood lights. The John R. Brodie Building is in the background.
Photograph is looking northwest probably from the John R. Brodie Science Centre and shows the Citzens' Science Building, the Brandon College Building, Clark Hall and a portion of the driveway and grounds in front of the buildings.
View is south southwest from the driveway. Photograph primarily shows Clark Hall, although the Brandon College Building is visible. The photograph pre-dates the sidewalk in front of the building.
Photograph of a landscape of the Brandon College campus - showing the Brandon College Building, Clark Hall and part of the Citizens' Science Building - presented to the College by the Class of 1960.