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Archives - correspondence

http://archives.brandonu.ca/en/permalink/descriptions4944
Part Of
RG 6 Brandon University fonds
Description Level
File
GMD
multiple media
Date Range
1984-1985
Part Of
RG 6 Brandon University fonds
Description Level
File
Series Number
8.2.3
File Number
6
GMD
multiple media
Date Range
1984-1985
Physical Description
1 file
Scope and Content
File consists of correspondence and other documents relating to the operation of the Archives.
Storage Location
RG 6 Brandon University fonds Series 8: Library Services 8.2 S.J. McKee Archives Box 1
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Part Of
RG 6 Brandon University fonds
Description Level
File
GMD
multiple media
Date Range
1977-1980
Part Of
RG 6 Brandon University fonds
Description Level
File
Series Number
8.2.3
File Number
5
GMD
multiple media
Date Range
1977-1980
Physical Description
1 file
Scope and Content
File consists of correspondence and other documents relating to the creation of the Archives and its holdings.
Storage Location
RG 6 Brandon University fonds Series 8: Library Services 8.2 S.J. McKee Archives Box 1
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Part Of
RG 6 Brandon University fonds
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File
GMD
multiple media
Date Range
1977, 1982-1984
Part Of
RG 6 Brandon University fonds
Description Level
File
Series Number
8.2.3
File Number
7
GMD
multiple media
Date Range
1977, 1982-1984
Physical Description
1 file
Scope and Content
File consists of annual reports from the Archives prepared by Eileen McFadden.
Storage Location
RG 6 Brandon University fonds Series 8: Library Services 8.2 S.J. McKee Archives Box 1
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S.J. McKee Archives

http://archives.brandonu.ca/en/permalink/descriptions173
Part Of
RG 6 Brandon University fonds
Description Level
Sub-series
GMD
multiple media
Date Range
1965-1997
Part Of
RG 6 Brandon University fonds
Description Level
Sub-series
Series Number
8.2
GMD
multiple media
Date Range
1965-1997
Physical Description
42 cm
History / Biographical
In 1975, Brandon University in cooperation with the Manitoba Pool Elevators, founded the Rural Resources Centre. The Centre was designed to provide rural Manitoba with resource materials for use in the discussion and analysis of problems related to rural social development. It was given a mandate to collect publications and archival materials related to the history of the Manitoba Pool Elevators, cooperative societies, churches, exhibitions, school districts, and Women’s Institutes. In September 1978, the University transformed the Rural Resources Centre into the Brandon University Archives. Originally housed in a trailer, from October 1981 to September 1998 the University Archives operated out of the Archives Centre located in the basement of the Jeff Umphrey Building at 20th Street and Victoria Avenue. In 1990 the University Board of Governor’s renamed the University Archives the S. J. McKee Archives. The S. J. McKee Archives was so established on Saturday, November 19, 1990, to mark the anniversary of the opening of the Brandon Academy by S. J. McKee and his wife Laura McKee one hundred years earlier. In 1899, the Brandon Academy founded by Samuel and Laura McKee became Brandon College. The S. J. McKee Archives moved to its current location on the mezzanine floor of the John E. Robbins Library in the summer of 1998. The McKee Archives is the principal repository for records of archival value created by the University or which relate to the history and mandate of Brandon College and Brandon University. The Archives collects records of selected Brandon College and Brandon University faculty and alumni. The McKee Archives also acquires manuscript collections, which support the research and teaching programs offered at Brandon University. These include archival records related to rural development, education, agriculture, heath studies, First Nations, and the city of Brandon. UNIVERSITY ARCHIVISTS: SALLY CUNNINGHAM (1975 - ?) No biographical information yet. EILEEN MCFADDEN (1981 - 1997) See RG 6, series 8, sub-series 1 (University Librarian) for biographical information on Eileen McFadden. TOM MITCHELL (1997 - present) See RG 6, series 5 (Registrar's Office) for biographical information on Tom Mitchell.
Scope and Content
The sub-series has been divided into four sub sub series, including: (1) Archives - general files; (2) Archives - budget files; (3) Archives - correspondence files; and (4) Archives - exhibits and displays.
Notes
History/Bio information taken from articles in "The Quill" (September 24, 1981 and November 20, 1990) and the S.J. McKee Archives hompage at http://www.brandonu.ca/library/archives/ (September 2006).
Storage Location
RG 6 Brandon University fonds Series 8: Library Services
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Archives - exhibits and displays

http://archives.brandonu.ca/en/permalink/descriptions7981
Part Of
RG 6 Brandon University fonds
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Sub sub series
GMD
multiple media
Date Range
2004-2007
Part Of
RG 6 Brandon University fonds
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Sub sub series
Series Number
8.2.4
GMD
multiple media
Date Range
2004-2007
Scope and Content
Sub sub series consists of archival exhibits and displays, as well as records generated to create the displays.
Storage Location
RG 6 Brandon University fonds Series 8: Library Services 8.2 S.J. McKee Archives
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Archives' creation and holdings

http://archives.brandonu.ca/en/permalink/descriptions4942
Part Of
RG 6 Brandon University fonds
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File
GMD
multiple media
Date Range
1980-1981
Part Of
RG 6 Brandon University fonds
Description Level
File
Series Number
8.2.3
File Number
4
GMD
multiple media
Date Range
1980-1981
Physical Description
1 file
Scope and Content
File consists of correspondence and other documents relating to the creation of the Archives and its holdings.
Storage Location
RG 6 Brandon University fonds Series 8: Library Services 8.2 S.J. McKee Archives Box 1
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Part Of
RG 6 Brandon University fonds
Description Level
File
GMD
multiple media
Date Range
1986
Part Of
RG 6 Brandon University fonds
Description Level
File
Series Number
8.2.3
File Number
8
GMD
multiple media
Date Range
1986
Physical Description
1 file
Scope and Content
File consists of correspondence between Eileen McFadden (University Archivist), Marilyn Nichols (Director of Library Services), and William Morrison (History Department) regarding what Morrison deemed the "dismal state of the Brandon University Archives." It also includes a progress report on the Archives from 1980.
Storage Location
RG 6 Brandon University fonds Series 8: Library Services 8.2 S.J. McKee Archives Box 1
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Board Executive correspondence

http://archives.brandonu.ca/en/permalink/descriptions3187
Part Of
RG 6 Brandon University fonds
Description Level
Sub sub series
GMD
multiple media
Date Range
1983-1984
Part Of
RG 6 Brandon University fonds
Description Level
Sub sub series
Series Number
2.2.2
GMD
multiple media
Date Range
1983-1984
Physical Description
2 cm
History / Biographical
For administrative history see sub-series RG 6 (Brandon University fonds), 2.2 Board Executive Committee.
Scope and Content
Sub sub series consists of 1 file containing correspondence, reports, a statement of claim, newsclippings, and job postings.
Storage Location
RG 6 Brandon University fonds Series 2: Board of Governors 2.2.2 Board Executive correspondence
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Board correspondence and subject files

http://archives.brandonu.ca/en/permalink/descriptions76
Part Of
RG 6 Brandon University fonds
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Sub-series
GMD
multiple media
Date Range
1963-1991
Accession Number
1-2004, 6-2005, 7-2005, 8-2005
Part Of
RG 6 Brandon University fonds
Description Level
Sub-series
Series Number
2.4
Accession Number
1-2004, 6-2005, 7-2005, 8-2005
GMD
multiple media
Date Range
1963-1991
Physical Description
2 m
History / Biographical
For administrative history see RG 6 (Brandon University fonds), series 2 (Board of Governors).
Scope and Content
Sub-series consists of correspondence and various other documents, including: financial information, legal documents, agendas, reference materials, minutes, blueprints, drawings, reports, briefs, recommendations, proposals and newsclippings.
Storage Location
RG 6 Brandon University fonds Series 2: Board of Governors 2.4 Correspondence and subject files
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C.N.R. and C.P.R. - general correspondence

http://archives.brandonu.ca/en/permalink/descriptions3867
Part Of
RG 6 Brandon University fonds
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File
GMD
multiple media
Date Range
1969-1971
Part Of
RG 6 Brandon University fonds
Description Level
File
Series Number
4.2
File Number
282
GMD
multiple media
Date Range
1969-1971
Physical Description
1 file
Scope and Content
File consists of correspondence and a blueprint of the proposed sale of 0.06 ac. of land to the Brandon University at Brandon "West" Station grounds.
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
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Green Blankstein Russell & Associates - correspondence

http://archives.brandonu.ca/en/permalink/descriptions3915
Part Of
RG 6 Brandon University fonds
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File
GMD
multiple media
Date Range
1969-1970
Part Of
RG 6 Brandon University fonds
Description Level
File
Series Number
4.2
File Number
327
GMD
multiple media
Date Range
1969-1970
Physical Description
1 file
Scope and Content
File consists of correspondence, notes, and information on architectural firms gathered for the purpose of choosing a firm.
Storage Location
RG 6 Brandon University fonds Series 4: Office of the Vice-President 4.2 Office of the Vice-President (Administration & Finance) Box 8
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Green Blankstein Russell & Associates - correspondence

http://archives.brandonu.ca/en/permalink/descriptions3918
Part Of
RG 6 Brandon University fonds
Description Level
File
GMD
multiple media
Date Range
1968-1969
Part Of
RG 6 Brandon University fonds
Description Level
File
Series Number
4.2
File Number
328
GMD
multiple media
Date Range
1968-1969
Physical Description
1 file
Scope and Content
File consists of blueprints, correspondence, memos and reports.
Storage Location
RG 6 Brandon University fonds Series 4: Office of the Vice-President 4.2 Office of the Vice-President (Administration & Finance) Box 8
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Westman Coalition on Equality Rights in the Canadian Constitution fonds

http://archives.brandonu.ca/en/permalink/descriptions4878
Part Of
RG 5 Western Manitoba Manuscript Collection
Description Level
Fonds
GMD
multiple media
Date Range
1987-1999
Accession Number
9-2004
4-2011
Part Of
RG 5 Western Manitoba Manuscript Collection
Description Level
Fonds
Accession Number
9-2004
4-2011
GMD
multiple media
Date Range
1987-1999
Physical Description
1.2 m textual records
9 video tapes
History / Biographical
In 1988, Sheila Doig was the Rural Liaison Coordinator for the Manitoba Action Committee on the Status of Women. That winter, she travelled to Crystal City, Manitoba, to meet with a group of women that included Verna Menzies. At the meeting, the women were concerned about the efforts of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney to amend the Constitution so that Quebec would sign on. They believed that the amending document, The Meech Lake Accord, would jeopardize women’s rights under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Thus began a chain of events that resulted in the formation of The Westman Coalition for Equality Rights under The 1987 Meech Lake Accord. The group became known simply as The Westman Coalition. During the years 1988-1990, these women—almost all grassroots rural women with no special training in things constitutional—met with and lobbied politicians, other feminists, and the public in order to change Meech Lake or defeat it. There were many high points to this campaign. Sheila conducted an extensive tour of rural and northern Manitoba, recruiting women to express their concerns in writing to Ottawa. The Coalition presented briefs to the Manitoba hearings and to the Charest Commmission. They were only permitted to appear at the latter after they picketed the hearings in Winnipeg and demanded that women be heard. They were courted by the national media for comments, and became adept at handling interviews and public appearances. After much turmoil, in June 1990, Meech Lake was defeated in the Manitoba legislature by Elijah Harper on behalf of Aboriginal peoples, who had largely been left out of the constitutional debate. The Coalition was there to support him and to show the face of women, who also felt that they had not been heard. This should have been the end of Canada’s constitutional debate, but Prime Minister Mulroney was determined to succeed where others had failed, and so a new process (the Charlottetown Accord, as it became known) was soon under way to bring Quebec into the fold by amending the Constitution. This time there was endless consultation with the public, and the women scrambled to respond to the many commissions and hearings. There were the Spicer Commission, the Manitoba hearings, the Dobbie/Beaudoin committee and so on. Finally, there were five (and later, six) constitutional conferences to be held around the country. Ordinary Canadians would be invited to apply to attend, and they would be chosen randomly. The women were invited to 5 of the 6 conferences. Just a coincidence of random selection? Or a consequence of their high profile in the debate? They thought the latter. In any event, Terri Deller, Kady Denton, Paula Mallea and Sheila Doig all attended at various venues and advanced the position of women on equality rights and on the other issues on the table. A high point of this second campaign was the visit to Brandon of Marcelle Dolment from Quebec City. As one of the few vocal feminists in Quebec who opposed the new Charlottetown proposal, she was a precious ally. She came to meet with the women, forge solidarity, and show that French and English, Quebec and The Rest of Canada, were capable of meeting and coming to agreement. Sheila conducted another rural tour in 1992, and also attended the Annual General Meeting of the National Action Committee on the Status of Women, where she felt she was given short shrift. The women were discouraged on many fronts during this campaign. They were out of pocket many thousands of dollars, and the promised funding from the Secretary of State for the Status of Women was finally denied. As well, despite herculean efforts to put their position to politicians and the media, the women felt again as though they were not being heard. By this time, the Coalition had developed a position on all of the salient issues under the Charlottetown process: property rights, distinct society, an interpretative clause, equal representation of women in the Senate, the economic agenda and the Canada Clause. In the summer of 1992, Canadians were finally shown the text of the Charlottetown Accord and were told that they would be voting on it in a referendum, even though the text was not in its final form. The women waged a final campaign asking people to vote “No” to the Charlottetown proposals. Politicians, business leaders, many academics and constitutional experts were saying that “No” would mean immediate Quebec separation and the breakdown of the country. The same had been said of Meech Lake. The women of the Coalition did not believe that the country was so frail, and they were proved right. On October 26, 1992, the country voted “No”. Secretary of State finally came through with funding to cover the Coalition’s many expenses, thanks largely to the efforts of M.P. Lee Clark. Sheila Doig was awarded the prestigious Governor General’s Award in Commemoration of the Person’s Case for her work on behalf of rural women. Paula was given the Manitoba Human Rights Award for her work on the constitution. All of the women who were involved in the Meech and Charlottetown campaigns felt that their lives had been changed by the experience. Like ordinary Canadians everywhere, they did not believe that they could have any real influence over constitutional affairs, much less national politics. They knew nothing about constitutions or the law of the Charter, but they educated themselves on the issues, and became articulate and incisive advocates. They were fearless in front of Prime Ministers and news anchors. They entered corridors of power that they had never thought possible. They were, then and now, a force to be reckoned with. The Westman Coalition became Women for Equality (WE) after the Charlottetown campaign. They met for many years every week to discuss the issues of the day. Then, as various members dispersed, the group waned. A new crisis threatening the equality rights of women, however, would surely revive what was once a powerful grassroots lobby.
Custodial History
Paula Mallea was using the records in accession 9-2004 to write a book on the Westman Coalition on Equality Rights ("The Fight for Women's Rights: Meech, Charlottetown and Manitoba women" published 2005). Once she was finished with the records, her husband, former president of Brandon University John Mallea, delivered three boxes of records to the Archives in 2004. A small number of photographs were donated later. The records in accession 4-2011 were originally in the possession of Shiela (Doig) Kingham. They were given to Terri Deller who donated them to the McKee Archives in 2011.
Scope and Content
Accession 9-2004 (96 cm textual records, 9 video tapes - 1987-1993) contains the records of the Westman Coalition on Equality Rights in the Canadian Constitution including newspaper clippings 1988-1991, dealing with the Meech Lake Accord and the Charlottetown Accord and the failed ratification of both; meeting notes and agendas of the Coalition 1987-1993; miscellaneous documents dealing with Canadian constitutional reform circa 1988-1993; documents related to the Manitoba Task Force on Meech Lake; correspondence 1987-1993; budget matters; rural tour by Coalition members; constitutional proposals development and submitted by the Coalition; miscellaneous files relating to Meech Lake and Charlottetown; a file dealing with Manitoba first-wave feminist Nellie McClung; and published commentary on the Charlottetown Accord. Accession 9-2004 also contains 2 video tapes of an interview conducted with Elsie McLaughlin, niece of Nellie McClung, as well as 7 additional video tapes consisting of panels with Coalition members, information sessions, Meech Lake workshops, the Westman Coalition meeting with Jean Chretien and Sheila Doig receiving the Governor General's Award. Accession 4-2011 (6.5 cm textual records - 1989-1999) consists of the records of the Westman Coalition on Equality Rights in the Canadian Constitution including notes on the origin and activities of the Coalition; a grant application - 1992 - by the Coalition; Coalition proposals and lobbying stragegies concerning the Meech Lake Accord; a brief to the Special Committee on the Companion Resolution to Meech April 1990; a brief to the Manitona All-Party Task Force on the Meech Lake Constitutional Accord, April 1990; a brief to the Dobbie Commission, November 1991; correspondence, clippings and e-mails concerning Coalition activities; book drafts - history of the Coalition - Paula Mallea, February 1996 and spring 1996; a brief to the Manitoba Legislative Task Force on Canadian Unity [nd]; copies of letters "Rural Tour" 1992; and several published sources on constitutional matters.
Notes
History/Bio information provided by Paula Mallea. See Paula Mallea, The Fight for Women's Rights: Meech, Charlottetown and Manitoba Women (Kagawong, Ont.: Paula Mallea, 2005).
Name Access
Paula Mallea
Shiela Doig
Shiela Kingham
Mary Annis
Terri Deller
Kady Denton
Subject Access
women's rights
Storage Location
2004 accessions
2011 accessions
Related Material
Brandon Chapter - Manitoba Action Committee on the Status of Women
Arrangement
For accession 9-2004 Box 1 File 1 Meech Westman Coalition File 2 Correspondence 87-91 File 3 Clippings 87-88 File 4 Budget meech File 5 Rural Tour Meech File 6 Final Document 1990 File 7 Minutes and Correspondence Meech File 8 Meech lake Correspondence File 9 Correspondence File 10 Meech – Our Own Stories Box 2 File 1 Meech cartoons File 2 Meech Effects on Economy File 3 Meech proposed legislation and early Responses File 4 Meech Charest Committee File 5 Analysis and Clippings 1989 File 6 Clippings January - February 1990 File 7 Clippings March - April 1990 File 8 Clippings May 1990 File 9 Clippings June 1990 Box 3 File 1 Meech – General Information – members, terms of reference File 2 Nellie McClung File 3 Coalition Financial File 4 Coalition Financial File 5 Manitoba Task Force on Meech File 6 Books on Meech File 7 Miscellaneous Meech File 8 Miscellaneous c. 1990 File 9 Meech miscellaneous Box 4 File 1 Shiela’s (Doig)Rural Tour fall 87’ File 2 Actions for Change - women File 3 Charter of Rights File 4 WE Meetings 1993 File 5 WE & WC correspondence File 6 Meech WE analysis File 7 Addresses File 8 Petition Box 5 File 1 Meech miscellaneous File 2 Westman Coalition 1987 File 3 Women for Equality 1993 File 4 Womens’ Centre Tapes and recordings Box 6 File 1 Meetings 1992 File 2 Correspondence 92-93 File 3 Fundraising general File 4 Minutes 1992 File 5 Miscellaneous File 6 Charlottetown documents for book File 7 CBC Commentary 1992 File 8 Charlottetown Bulletins File 9 Referendum Box 7 File 1 Charlottetown & referendum clippings File 2 Charlottetown – Manitoba task Force File 3 Charlottetown Conferences File 4 First Peoples and the Constitution 1992 – Report File 5 Report of the special Joint Committee on a Renewed Canada 1992 File 6 Charlottetown – Lobbying File 7 Charlottetown – Rural letters File 8 Charlottetown – correspondence File 9 Press Releases 1992 Box 8 File 1 WC Brief 1991 File 2 Charlottetown – clippings March 92-November 92 File 3 Published Analysis and Commentary on Charlottetown File 4 Published Analysis and Commentary on Charlottetown File 5 Published Analysis and Commentary on Charlottetown File 6 Photographs and Press clippings related to the activities of the organization
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