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Margaret Menzies collection

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Part Of
MG 4 Brandon University Students
Description Level
Collection
GMD
multiple media
Date Range
1959-2007; predominant 1983-2001
Accession Number
13-2012
Part Of
MG 4 Brandon University Students
Description Level
Collection
Accession Number
13-2012
GMD
multiple media
Date Range
1959-2007; predominant 1983-2001
Physical Description
18 cm textual records
1 photograph
History / Biographical
Margaret Menzies was born on July 30th, 1920, at a family farm located in Oakburn, Manitoba. She grew up on the family farm and attended school in both Oakburn and Shoal Lake. She married Donald Menzies on June 4th, 1941. Together they had four children. In 1959, the family moved to Brandon, Manitoba, where they lived for the rest of their lives. Margaret Menzies was a longtime and active member of the International Toastmistress Club (ITC), and was also involved in the Consumers Association of Canada, Seniors for Seniors, as well as being a member of the Liberal Party of Canada and the Central United Church. Menzies did not graduate from high school in her early years, but managed to continue her education and receive a bachelor of arts degree from Brandon University at the age of 70. Margaret Menzies passed away on June 9th, 2012.
Custodial History
Records in the collection were brought to the S.J McKee Archives on July 13, 2012, by Gerald Brown, on behalf of the family of Margaret Menzies.
Scope and Content
Collection contains of two scrapbooks created by Margaret Menzies. The scrapbooks contain various cards, itinerary's, and other documents associated with Menzies' membership in the International Toastmistress Club. The items in the scrapbooks date from the mid 1980's to the late 1990's. Also included in the collection are four local history books. The first is a 100 year history of the town of Oakburn, Manitoba, from 1870 to 1970, published during celebrations of Manitoba's centenniary in 1970. Next is a book about the history of the town of Shoal Lake, Manitoba, which was published in 1959 on the 50th anniversary of the founding of the town of Shoal Lake in 1909. The last two books are the first and second volumes of Ripples on the Lake, which cover the history of the Shoal Lake municipality from 1884. The first volume covers the first 100 years of the history of the Shoal Lake region, being published in 1984. The second volume was published in 2007, covering the history of Shoal Lake since 1984, as well as including new information that was not published in the 1984 version of the book. Finally, the collection contains one photograph of Margaret Menzies receiving her bachelor of arts degree from Peter Hordern, dean of arts of Brandon University.
Notes
Biographical information provided by obituary entry in the Brandon Sun, June 16, 2012. Description by Tyler Warren (October 2012).
Name Access
Shoal Lake
Oakburn
International Toastmistress Club
Urban Acres Toastmistress Club
Subject Access
women's organizations
public relations
Leadership
communication
local histories
Storage Range
2012 accessions
Related Material
International Toastmistress Club-Land O' Lakes Region fonds (15-2002)
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Great books as life-teachers : studies of character, real and ideal

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Part Of
MG 2 2.15 George E Thorman Collection
Description Level
Item
Date Range
c1899
Part Of
MG 2 2.15 George E Thorman Collection
Collection
George E Thorman School Textbook Collection
Creator
Hillis, Newell Dwight, 1858-1929
Livingstone, David, 1813-1873
Description Level
Item
Item Number
Archives 11-999-28-724
Item Number Range
Archives 11-999-28-724
Responsibility
by Newell Dwight Hillis
Start Date
c1899
Date Range
c1899
Publication
Chicago ; New York : Fleming H. Revell company
Physical Description
6, [4], 15-339 p. ; 19 cm
Name Access
Ruskin
John
1819-1900. Seven lamps of architecture
Eliot
George
1819-1880. Romola
Hawthorne
Nathaniel
1804-1864. Scarlet letter
Hugo
Victor
1802-1885. Mis©rables
Drummond
Henry
1851-1897
Browning
Robert
1812-1889. Saul
Shaftesbury
Anthony Ashley Cooper
Earl of
1801-1885
Willard
Frances Elizabeth
1839-1898
Gladstone
W. E. (William Ewart)
1809-1898
Subject Access
Literature
Modern History and criticism
Character
Storage Location
Box 28 - Research, methods and manuals
Storage Range
Box 28 - Research, methods and manuals
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