File consists of correspondence, memos, announcements, a 1972 Film Festival program, and financial information relating to Film Services and corespondence, minutes, agendas, an agreement and a list of members for the Film Committee.
Storage Location
RG 6 Brandon University fonds
Series 8: Library Services
Boissevain Co-operative Elevator Association Limited Organizational papers: 1928 - 1961 Meeting re: By-law nos. 1-11, no date Certificate of Incorporation, 14 March 1928 Memorandum of Association, 14 March 1928 Meeting By-law nos. 1-7, 5 April 1928 Agreement between Boissevain CEA and MPE, 1 August 1931 Acceptance of share on allotment, 14 August 1931 By-law nos. 12 and 13, 14 August 1931 Shareholders meeting re: By-laws 12 and 13, 14 August 1931 Directors meeting re: By-laws 12 and 13, 14 August 1931 By-law no. 14, 7 November 1931 Directors' Resolution, 18 October 1961 Letter re: Draft by-laws of the New Co-operative Union of Manitoba, October 20, 1958 Resolutions re Financial Statements Elevator Associations Annual Meetings Resolution to be used by those Associations which have granted a bonus to Agent or other payments since the statements were drawn By-law 26 November 7, 1966 Minutes of Executive Board meetings, volume 1, 21 July 1928 - volume 5, 4 December 1969 Minutes of Shareholders Annual meetings, 1946 - 1964 (7 reports) Financial records and statistics Auditors report, July 31, 1955, July 31, 1958 Cost of Elevator and equipment, 29 January 1929 Analysis of Operating Results 1953 - 1960 Statement of surplus by years 1953 - 1955 General Expenses 1955 - 1956 Correspondence, 1929 - 1960 Membership list Membership list, March 1943 - 3 May 1946 Membership certificates, 1951 - 1957 Changes in Membership, 26 November 1956 Memberships of new members July 5, 1960 Miscellaneous, Membership Card to Co-operative Association Ltd. Newspaper clipping for advertisement for Boissevain Co-operative Seeds Department Letter to the Editor no date Various notes for minutes no dates Attendance of Directors at meetings 1953 - 1961 Directors Reports 1954 - 1967 (13 reports) Corporate Name: Rural Municipality of Morton; local Pool Committee mintues November 27, 1980 - June 6, 1991.
Sub-series consists of records generated and received by Brandon University Film Services including correspondence, memos, reports, announcements, and catalogues.
Storage Location
RG 6 Brandon University fonds
Series 8: Library Services
Sub sub series consists of publications created by or written by staff members of Student Services. It includes: a recruitment pamphlet and the Brandon University Admissions Handbook.
Storage Location
RG 6 Brandon University fonds
Series 12: Student Services
Sub sub sub series consists of publications created by Ancillary Services or written by Anciallary Services' staff. It includes: pamphlet on the eco-conscious flor at Brandon University Residence (McMaster Hall).
Storage Location
RG 6 Brandon University fonds
Series 4: Office of the Vice-President
4.2 Office of the Vice-President (Administration and Finance)
File consists of a statement on the purpose of the Learning Assistance Centre, correspondence, a proprosed term of agreement between the University of Manitoba and Brandon University, and a proposal for a course in communications skills.
Storage Location
RG 6 Brandon University fonds
Series 2: Board of Governors
2.4 Correspondence and subject files
Box 4
File consists of information about Beaver Food Service Associates Limited, lists of residential accounts;non-resident colleges;school cafeteria accounts;hospital accounts;homes for the aged; and cafeteria accounts, metropolitan investigation and security guard daily activities reports, correspondence, memos, rules for residences, a pamphlet for Housing and Food Services at Brandon University, news articles, and a copy of "The Residence - Brandon University: General Announcement and Residence Rules."
Storage Location
RG 6 Brandon University fonds
Series 4: Office of the Vice-President
4.2 Office of the Vice-President (Administration & Finance)
Box 7
File consists of correspondence, pamphlets and notices for various Brandon University departments/services/events, a membership list of the Brandon University Women's Auxillary, news releases, a Department of Extension report, a draft questionnaire, a detailed account of building structures past/present/future on Brandon University campus, and the listing of artists in the "150 years of Art in Manitoba" exhibit.
George F. MacDowell was born in 1913, in Prince Edward Island. He studied at Dalhousie University from 1930 to 1933, but did not complete a degree. During WWII, MacDowell served in Canada and Europe as a member of the Royal Canadian Signals Corps. After the war, he returned to Dalhousie University, graduating with a B.A. in 1947. Subsequently, he graduated with a Masters Degree in Economics from Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts. George McDowell taught at both Mount Allison University and the University of Alberta before coming to Brandon in 1957 to teach at Brandon College. He remained as a professor in the Economic Department until his retirement in 1979.
MacDowell's work was published in the Canadian Journal of Economics and Political Science. In 1971, McClelland & Stewart published his account of the Brandon Packers strike of 1960 titled "The Brandon Packer's Strike: A Tragedy of Errors." In Brandon, MacDowell maintained a relationship with the local Association of Fire Fighters, aiding them with collective bargaining procedures. He also served as Chairman for the MacKenzie Seeds Board, and was a member of the Manitoba Development Corporation Board.
MacDowell never married and had no known children. He passed away on February 26th, 1986.
Custodial History
This collection was in the possesion of George MacDowell until his death. It was then held by the Brandon University Department of Economics until 1997, at which time it was transferred to the McKee Archives at Brandon University.
Scope and Content
The bulk of this fonds falls into five main categories:
1. Records dealing with the Brandon Packers Strike of 1960 and the subsequent legal actions against the owners, including all 2215 pages of the Brandon Packers Strike Commission;
2. Records dealing with the Commission of Inquiry into The Pas Forestry and Industrial Complex, including the complete transcript of the inquiry measuring approximately 5m. This Commission dealt with the conduct of Churchill Forest Industries, a company owned by a Swiss financial firm, which, in the 1960's, was given approximately 93 million dollars by the Roblin Provincial Government to develop The Pas Forestry and Industrial Complex. Churchill Forest Industries and its parent company subsequently came under suspicion of fraud and accused of fradulently transfering The Pas Forestry funds into other foreign business interests;
3. Records dealing with business loans awarded by the Manitoba Development Corporation during the 1970's and 1980's to businesses primarily within Manitoba;
4. Records dealing with McKenzie Seeds, and McKenzie Steele-Briggs Seeds during the early 1980's when George MacDowell was a board member of McKenzie Seeds;
5. Records dealing with Professor MacDowell's career as a Professor at Brandon University, including records relating to his courses and to administrative activities.
To a lesser extent, this collection includes records dealing with the University of Saskatchewan College of Commerce, the publication the "Manitoba New Democrat," issues associated with politics, labor and union in the prairie provinces from the 1960's to the 1980's, articles from various economic periodicals including "Economica" and "Public Finance," a variety of government reports from 1941 to 1981, and records dealing with George MacDowells' relationship with the Brandon Firefighters Association.
Notes
File level inventory available. Description written by Mike White (2002).
These records were created by the Director of Library Services from the year 1957 until 1963. It is mainly business correspondence and memorandums. The files include correspondence between the Director of Library Services and various people regarding the library. There are also memorandums to the faculty.
Storage Location
RG 1 Brandon College fonds
Series 14: Brandon College Library
Related Material
RG 6 (Brandon University fonds), sub-series 8.1 (Director of Library Services).
