l26 cm 1937 - 1967 Lowe Farm Co-operative Elevator Association Limited Organizational papers: 1937 - 1967 By-law nos. 5, 6 and General By-laws, no date Operating agreement, 21 July 1937 Agreement for sale, 21 July 1937 Agreement for sale, 6 November 1940 General By-laws, 6 November 1941 By-law no. 8, 31 May 1949 Directors' Resolution, 18 October 1961 Agreements between Lowe Farm CEA and MPE, 15 December 1966 By-law no. 11, 8 March 1967 Memorandum of agreement, no date Minutes of Executive Board meetings, volume 1, 27 September 1937 - volume 7, 2 November 1967 Minutes of Shareholders Annual meetings, 1938 - 1962 (18 reports) Financial records and statistics Statement of surplus, 1947 - 1948 (1 report) Final statement, 1946 - 1948 (3 reports) Auditors report, 1940 - 1961 (18 reports) Correspondence, 1938 - 1948 (3 reports) Membership list, 1937 - 1962 Miscellaneous Director's report, 1957 Corporate Name: Rural Municipality of Morris
C. J. Barnes was born in Brandon, Manitoba in February 1884. His parents were native Nova Scotians who arrived in Brandon in the early 1880s. In 1884, the family settled on a homestead near the present town of Lauder. This homestead was sold in 1899, and the family moved to farm in the district of Medora. C. J. Barnes took over the operation of this farm in the early 1900s. He farmed until 1924. Barnes was educated in schools in the Truro School District and the village of Lauder. He was active in the original Territorial Grain Growers' Association.
Custodial History
This fonds was accessioned by the McKee archives in 1997. Prior custodial history is unknown.
Scope and Content
Fonds contains a pamphlet written and published by C.J. Barnes titled Seventy Years in Southwestern Manitoba. The pamphlet contains an account of life in rural southwestern Manitoba from the 1880s through to the 1940s. The pamphlet is based on a variety of sources including diaries written by Mr. Barnes' father. Fonds also includes some hand-drawn maps not included in the published version of the pamphlet, as well as four letters c.1962, between C.J. Barnes and Rev. Robert Harvey in his capacity as a columnist for the Brandon Sun.
