Duncan Alexander MacGibbon, economist, was born in Lochaber Bay, Quebec, on 12 March 1882. He was educated at McMaster University and then went to Brandon College, Manitoba, to teach. He left Brandon to enrol at the University of Chicago where he received his Ph.D. in economics in 1915. He began to teach at McMaster University but his teaching career was halted by World War I. After the war he joined the University of Alberta as professor and head of the Department of Political Economy. He served as Commissioner for the Alberta Government on banking and credit with respect to the industry of agriculture in 1922. He was a member of the Royal Grain Inquiry Commission, Canada, 1923-1924. He left the University of Alberta in 1929 to become a member of the Canadian Board of Grain Commissioners, a post he held until his retirement in 1949. In 1930 he was attached to the Canadian delegation to Imperial Conference, London; in 1932 he served the same role at the imperial Economic Conference in Ottawa in 1932. After his retirement, he returned to McMaster University to teach part-time. Among his many writings, MacGibbon published two definitive books on the grain trade: The Canadian Grain Trade (1932) and The Canadian Grain Trade, 1931-1951 (1952). He died in Hamilton, Ont. on 10 October 1969.
Scope and Content
Item is Duncan Alexander MacGibbon's Bachelor of Arts degree (1908) from McMaster University.
Notes
History/Bio information taken from the Duncan Alexander MacGibbon fonds (McMaster University Archives.)
Language Note
Diploma is in Latin, although liberties have been taken with the language, particularly in the case of names.
Storage Range
Oversized drawer 2
Related Material
Duncan Alexander MacGibbon fonds (McMaster University Archives)
Initial layout of furnishings looking south. Library Reading Room, Library and Arts Building with Art Exhibit for official opening. People not identified
Prince Edward Hotel Dining Room. Student Activity: Brandon College Arts Banquet. D. Walker, L.M. Finlay, K.L. Kidgell, B.L Bole, M. Doyle, E. Bowen, H. C. Stark, H. Shaw, O. Gardiner, J. Bradd, A. McKillop, H. J. Hyson
The Class of 1940 at the Arts Banquet. Back Row-L to R: Clare Pentland, Jack Wood, Tom McLeod, Iven Galvin. Middle Row-L to R: Jim Smith, Stan Leaming, Frank Goodwin, Marj Kirk, Jean Wedderburn, Bertha Davis, Ross Williamson, Ormand Williams, Don Lee. Front Row-L to R: Kay Drake, Florence Trent, Marg Hickling, Jean Hutchinson, Gwen Dobbie, Marion Stone
Photograph came from the estate of Margaret Hawley Speers, Class of 1928. It was donated to the McKee Archives by her cousin David Speers in July 2009.
Scope and Content
Item consists of 87 small portraits of the members of the Brandon College Arts Class of 1928. There are also portraits of H.L. McNeill, Dean of Arts, and Prof. C.P. Kerr, Hon. President, as well as a photo of the Brandon College campus. The Class of 1928's motto "Patet Omnibus Veritas" is also included.
Photograph is shows the Arts Faculty Lounge prior to renovations of Clark Hall and the Brandon College Building. Seated: Morris Mott, History Department.
Item consists of portraits of Brandon College's Arts Class of 1923 taken in 1920 and their motto: "Vincit qui patitur."
Top Row (L to R): V. Mastberg; D. Wilkie; F. Van Schuick; T. Coldwell; A. Derby; and R. Jones.
Second Row (L to R): M. Gillies; L. Whelpton; A. McGahey; E. Calverley; and L. Church.
Third Row (L to R): L. Strachan; E. Manthorne; A. Jacobs; B. Wright; Dr. Whidden (President); M. Sallans; G. Fryklind; M. Elliott; and A. Bailey.
Fourth Row (L to R): B. McLean, D. McKnight, J. Doig, A. McLeod (1st Vice Pres.); C.E. Curry; and E. Ball.
Fifth Row (L to R): H. Trotter; E. Dutton (Class President); A. Andrew; Prof. H.L. MacNeil (Hon. Pres.); S. Kerr (Social Convener); C. Crawford (Sec. Treas.); and G. Fraser.
Sixth Row (L to R): J. Spackman; W. Scarth; L. Price; and H. Umphrey.
Seventh Row (L to R): L. Denstead and E. Hainer.
Eighth Row (L to R): A. Moble; W. Bunt; C. Smith; P. Wilson; W. Lewis; H. Staines; and H. Robertson.
Bottom Row (L to R): C. Cole; C. Warner; E. Mallory; E. King; H. Kennedy; and R. Campbell.
