See RG 6 Brandon University fonds, 7.4.1 Dean of Music for biographical information.
Custodial History
The records were collected during the course of Jones' career as a member of the School of Music and as Dean of the School of Music. They remained in his possession until their donation to the McKee Archives on June 29, 2011.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of records created and collected during the course of Lawrence Jones' teaching career in the School of Music and during his tenure as Dean of the School of Music at Brandon University.
Records include: dean's log books; recital programs and related materials; personal documents; academic papers; planning documents; contracts; administration documents; workshop documents; teaching documents; proposals; reviews; evaluations; violin concerto by S.C. Eckhardt-Gramatte, piano score, edited by Lawrence Jones. Topics include: planning for the School of Music; Master's degree program; award winners; the music building expansion; adjudicating; the New Brandon University Trio; and the National Music Festival.
Hamiota Co-operative Elevator Association Limited Organizational papers: 1927 - 1980 Provisional Directors meeting, 20 April 1927 Shareholders meeting, 20 April 1927 Permanent Directors meeting, 20 April 1927 By-law no. 4, no date By-law no. 8, 1927 Shareholders meeting, 23 July 1931 Directors meeting, 23 July 1931 By-law nos. 12 and 13, 23 July 1931 Memorandum re: Application for stock acceptance, 14 January 1932 Letter re: Above application, 30 January 1932 Agreement between Hamiota CEA and MPE, 1 February 1933 Letter re: Above agreement, 17 July 1933 Special meeting of Board of Directors re: By-law no. 15, 6 February 1933 Agreement between Hamiota CEA and MPE, 15 October 1936 Agreement for sale, 5 November 1940 By-law nos. 18, 19 and General By-laws, 16 October 1941 Memorandum re: Agreement, 19 June 1944 By-law no. 21, 13 November 1947 Letter re: By-law no. 21, 27 August 1948 Letter re: Amendment to General By-laws, 6 May 1949 By-law no. 22, 10 December 1949 Memorandum re: By-law no. 22, 7 March 1950 Agreement between Hamiota CEA and MPE, 1 August 1951 By-law no. 23 (2), 17 November 1951 Memorandum re: Agreement, 18 April 1952 General By-laws, 27 October 1952 Directors' Resolution, 18 October 1961 Agreement between Hamiota CEA and MPE, 15 December 1966 By-law no. 26, 9 November 1967 General By-laws, 16 April 1969 Arrangement, 23 June 1969 Transfer agreement, 31 July 1969 By-law re: Members equities, no date Letter re: Closure and covering letter, 29 October 1980 Minutes of Executive Board meetings, volume 1, 16 May 1927 - volume 7, November 1981 Minutes of Shareholders Annual meetings, 14 November 1946 Financial records and statistics Analysis of Operating Results, 1951 - 1963 (11 reports) Statement of surplus, 1937 - 1955 (14 reports) Final statement, 1930 - 1952 (21 reports) Auditors report, 1929 - 1968 (39 reports) Detail of Grain earnings, 1963 - 1968 (5 reports) Review of Operating Result, 1962 - 1963 Correspondence, 1928 - 1979 Corporate Name: Rural Municipality of Hamiota.
See fonds level description of RG 4 for history/bio of MPE
Scope and Content
This sub-series consists of historical topics created by MPE:
1. P.F. Bredt Invovement with MPE and death 1935-1940
2. MPE history 1941-1973
3a. Manitoba Wheat Pool and MPE history 1930-1939
3b. Manitoba Wheat Pool and MPE history 1925-1929
4. Manitoba Wheat Pool history 1924-1971
5a. On to Ottawa and Manitoba Delegation Committee 1958-1960
5b. MPE Miscellaneous history 1934-1959
6. Manitoba Wheat Pool history 1925-1929
7. Manitoba Wheat Pool 1925-1931
8. Pool Grain Marketing after 1929 Overpayment 1928-1936
9. Historical Review of Grain Trade and MPE
10. MPE Library 1948-1952
11. Coarse Grain Handling 1948-1953
12. Canadian Wheat Board 1935-1960
13. Saskatchewan Wheat Pool 1949
14. 1929 Overpayment and Williams/Stamp Commission Newspaper Clippings 1929-1931
15. Leonard Harman 1972
16. Historical Publications 1995-1996; no dates
17. Miscellaneous Historical
18. Western Agricultural Conference and Farm Bureau 1963-1965
19. Canadian Co-operatives 1961-1969
20. Miscellaneous Historical Topics 1930
21. Miscellaneous Historical Topics 1934-1936
22. International Wheat Agreement 1941-1948
23. World War Two 1939, 1944
24. Canadian National Railway System
25. Overpayment Aftermath 1932-1938
26. Miscellaneous Pool History 1925-1931
27. Miscellaneous History
28a. MPE History (Acquisitions, Philosophy) up to 1979 1931-1979
28b. MPE History (Acquisitions, Philosophy) up to 1979 1931-1979
See collection level description for history/biography for information on Fred McGuinness.
For history/biography information on McGuinness family members, see subseries McG 1.1 Family papers and letters.
Custodial History
Accession 1-2015 contains records created and collected over the course of McGuinness’ career as a newspaper journalist and freelance writer. The Estate of Fred McGuinness donated the materials to the SJ McKee Archives circa 2011. The Archives accessioned the records in 2015.
Scope and Content
The series contains records created and collected by Fred McGuinness during his years in the Canadian navy, college, and as a journalist, editor, and freelance writer. The series has been divided into four subseries, including: (1) Family papers and letters, (2) Correspondence, (3) Business papers, and (4) Certificates and scrapbook.
Records in subseries McG 1.1, Family papers and letters, were created and collected by members of the McGuinness family. These records include materials from paternal and maternal sides of the McGuinness’ family (see subseries for specific details about individual McGuinness family members.)
The second subseries, McG 1.2 Correspondence subseries, contains readers’ and business correspondence collected by Fred McGuinness during his time as and editor and journalist. Many of McGuinness’ readers reminisce about Brandon’s local history in their letters to him.
The third subseries, McG 1.3 Business correspondence, includes financial statements from Fred McGuinness Limited (1991-1997, 2008-2009).
The fourth subseries, McG 1.4 Certificate and scrapbook, includes certificates for McGuinness’ professional career and volunteer work. The scrapbook contains photographs and records from McGuinness’ years with the Royal Canadian Navy and his time at St. Paul’s College, as well as loose clipping from McGuinness’ time at The Medicine Hat News.
Notes
Additional correspondence pertaining to his newspaper, freelance, and broadcast career can be found in the respective series and subseries
Accruals
Closed
Finding Aid
File level inventories for each subseries are available. See
individual subseries’ descriptions
Storage Location
2015 accessions
Related Material
McGuinness retained correspondence from readers’ responding to his Sunbeams, Diary, and Neighborly News columns (see McG 2 Newspaper career). Additional local history references can be found in the McGuinness research (McG 4.1 Local history research) and monograph (MG 5) series
Arrangement
Arrangement was artificially created by the Archives. Series has been re-arranged according to publication period
McG 1 Personal papers
McG 1.1 McGuinness family papers and letters
McG 1.2 Fred McGuinness correspondence
McG 1.3 Fred McGuinness Ltd. business documents
McG 1.4 Fred McGuinness certificates and scrapbook
File consists of an agenda, minutes of the Directors of the Brandon Chamber of Commerce, minutes of the Executive Committee, correspondence and biographical information.
Storage Location
RG 6 Brandon University fonds
Series 4: Office of the Vice-President
4.2 Office of the Vice-President (Administration & Finance)
Box 6
