Part Of

James Wall collection

Description Level

Item

Series Number

Box 2

Item Number

12-2004.10

Accession Number

12-2004

GMD

graphic

Date Range

[1900-1904]

Physical Description

5.5" x 4" (b/w)

Material Details

On matting (6.44" x 4.1")

Physical Condition

good

History / Biographical

The Fowler Block in Baldur, MB was built in 1899 by Alex Fowler.

Custodial History

See collection level description for the James Douglas Wall collection.

Scope and Content

Image of Alex Fowler standing at the counter in his store. The shelves behind him are stacked with tins of dry good, while the shelves to his side are stacked with china and glass items. The post office operated out of the back of the store.

Subject Access

rural images

Storage Location

2004 accessions

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Part Of

James Wall collection

Description Level

Item

Series Number

Box 1

Item Number

12-2004.23

Accession Number

12-2004

GMD

graphic

Date Range

1904

Physical Description

4.75" x 3.75" (b/w)

Material Details

On matting (8.4" x 6.4")

Physical Condition

good

Custodial History

See collection level description for the James Douglas Wall collection.

Scope and Content

Image of the men's hockey team from Baldur, MB.

Notes

Writing on the back of the image reads: "Baldur Hockey Bums Abroad 1904"

Subject Access

rural images

Storage Location

2004 accessions

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Part Of

James Wall collection

Description Level

Item

Series Number

Box 1

Item Number

12-2004.1

Accession Number

12-2004

GMD

graphic

Date Range

[1903]

Physical Description

8" x 6" (b/w)

Material Details

On matting (12" x 10")

Physical Condition

good

Custodial History

See collection level description for the James Douglas Wall collection.

Scope and Content

Image shows a view of Baldur, MB with a body of water and train tracks in the foreground.

Notes

12-2004.15 indicates the water was caused by spring flooding.

Subject Access

rural images

Location Copy

Same as 12-2004.15

Storage Location

2004 accessions

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Part Of

James Wall collection

Description Level

Item

Series Number

Box 1

Item Number

12-2004.14

Accession Number

12-2004

GMD

graphic

Date Range

1903

Physical Description

6.6" x 4.75" (b/w)

Material Details

On matting (8.75" x 7")

Physical Condition

good

Custodial History

See collection level description for the James Douglas Wall collection.

Scope and Content

Image of Baldur, MB, including grain elevators.

Subject Access

rural images

Storage Location

2004 accessions

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Part Of

James Wall collection

Description Level

Item

Series Number

Box 1

Item Number

12-2004.13

Accession Number

12-2004

GMD

graphic

Date Range

September 13, 1903

Physical Description

6.6" x 4.75" (b/w)

Material Details

On matting (9" x 7")

Custodial History

See collection level description for the James Douglas Wall collection.

Scope and Content

Image of Baldur, MB with a field in the foreground. The field has a light snow coverng and stacks of hay. Baldur is in the background.

Subject Access

rural images

Storage Location

2004 accessions

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Part Of

James Wall collection

Description Level

Item

Series Number

Box 1

Item Number

12-2004.15

Accession Number

12-2004

GMD

graphic

Date Range

1903

Physical Description

8" x 6" (b/w)

Material Details

On matting (12" x 10")

Physical Condition

good

Custodial History

See collection level description for the James Douglas Wall collection.

Scope and Content

Image of Baldur, MB, with a body of water, possibly from spring flooding, in the foreground.

Subject Access

rural images

Location Copy

Same as 12-2004.1

Storage Location

2004 accessions

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Part Of

James Wall collection

Description Level

Item

Series Number

Box 2

Item Number

12-2004.7

Accession Number

12-2004

GMD

graphic

Date Range

[1900-1904]

Physical Description

5.6" x 4" (b/w)

Material Details

On matting (7.5" x 5.6")

Physical Condition

good

Custodial History

See collection level description for the James Douglas Wall collection.

Scope and Content

Image of the town of Baldur, MB. Visible is the L. Curtis Block. Canadian Northern rail cars are in the foreground with horse drawn carts and men working on road and town buildings behind.

Subject Access

rural images

Storage Location

2004 accessions

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Part Of

James Wall collection

Description Level

Item

Series Number

Box 2

Item Number

12-2004.6

Accession Number

12-2004

GMD

graphic

Date Range

1903

Physical Description

6.75" x 4.75" (b/w)

Material Details

On matting (9" x 7")

Physical Condition

good

Custodial History

See collection level description for the James Douglas Wall collection.

Scope and Content

Image of the town of Baldur, MB. Looking south a body of water is in the foreground.

Subject Access

rural images

Storage Location

2004 accessions

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Part Of

James Wall collection

Description Level

Item

Series Number

Box 2

Item Number

12-2004.17

Accession Number

12-2004

GMD

graphic

Date Range

[1900-1904]

Physical Description

4" x 3" (b/w)

Material Details

On matting (6" x 5")

Physical Condition

Some bright spots/discoloration along the top and right side of the photo

Custodial History

See collection level description for the James Douglas Wall collection.

Scope and Content

Image of the Bateman house, located in Baldur, MB, in winter.

Subject Access

rural images

winter

Storage Location

2004 accessions

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Part Of

James Wall collection

Creator

Photographer: E.L. Lane, Glenboro, MB

Description Level

Item

Series Number

Box 2

Item Number

12-2004.29

Accession Number

12-2004

GMD

graphic

Date Range

[1903-1904]

Physical Description

3.5" x 5.1" (b/w)

Material Details

On matting (5.25" x 7.25")

Physical Condition

good

History / Biographical

Benedict Anderson married Millie Goodman on February 21, 1929 (Grund District info from Baldur book, page 435, RM of Argyle)

Custodial History

See collection level description for the James Douglas Wall collection.

Scope and Content

Studio portrait of a man, probably Benedict Anderson, from Baldur, MB.

Subject Access

rural images

Storage Location

2004 accessions

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Part Of

James Wall collection

Description Level

Item

Series Number

Box 1

Item Number

12-2004.22

Accession Number

12-2004

GMD

graphic

Date Range

[1900-1904]

Physical Description

7" x 5" (b/w)

Material Details

On matting (9.25" x 7.25")

Physical Condition

good

History / Biographical

From the back of the photo: In 1922 to become Canadian National Railway. Building moved to Austin, MB to the Manitoba Agriculture Museum (CNP).

Custodial History

See collection level description for the James Douglas Wall collection.

Scope and Content

Image of the station agent inside the Canadian Northern Railway station in Baldur, MB.

Subject Access

rural images

railway stations

Storage Location

2004 accessions

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Part Of

Alumni Relations - homecoming and class reunions

Description Level

File

Series Number

10.3.3

File Number

1

Accession Number

14-2006

GMD

multiple media

Date Range

1939-1943, 2003

Physical Description

14 b&w photographs Textual descriptions for each photograph

Physical Condition

Very good

History / Biographical

Several years ago the Alumni Relations began a program of class reunions and reconvocation in conjunction with annual spring convocations. This program continues to the present (March 2006) and this document was produced in 2003 for the Class of 1943 reunion.

Custodial History

Images remain in the possession of Betty Knowlton (nee Burgoyne). She provided copies of the images to the Alumni Office for the Class of 1943 reunion. Those images were transferred to the McKee Archives by Alumni Relations.

Scope and Content

File consists of copies of photographs of the Class of 1943 provided by Betty Knowlton (nee Burgoyne) for the Class of 1943 reunion. The photographs and descriptions are mounted on Brandon University cardstock. File also contains the program for the President's Reception and Dinner.

Name Access

Howard Brown

Ted Speers

Garth Taylor

Jean Nonovan

Evelyn Leach

Carl Bachinski

Dorothy Pierson

Bill Harwood

Betty Burgoyne

Murray McLeod

Doreen Bolstad

Hugh Knowlton

Doris Perkins

Beryl Thompson

Jean Downing

Gordon Knowlton

Charlie Hamilton

Gregor Grant

George Ingham

Nevone Houck

Alixe Meadows

Garth Chalmers

Marj Fahrig

Ray Bailey

Maej Lebelle

Murray McPherson

Bill Orr

Ron Armstrong

Anna Fleming

Elizabeth Gaersky

Cliff Kitson

Dorothy Moffit

Martin Johns

Ellis McLaren

Ruth Hunter

Joe Boreskie

Doug Wesley

Mary Hughes

Bill Rosenberry

Bixx Hoover

Jack Buckham

George Gooden

Greg Grant

Bill Baynton

Peter Wityck

Del Harris

Subject Access

Class of 1943

class reunions

Storage Location

RG 6 Brandon University fonds Series 10: Office of Development 10.3 Alumni Relations 10.3.3 Homecoming and Class Reunions

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Part Of

Alumni Relations - homecoming and class reunions

Description Level

File

Series Number

10.3.3

File Number

2

GMD

textual records

Date Range

1979

Physical Description

0.5 cm

Physical Condition

Some of the pages are hard to read as the photocopy wasn't made dark enough.

History / Biographical

The 'scrapbook' was made by Lloyd Henderson and distributed to members of the Class of 1949 by Dave Organ.

Custodial History

Accessioned in 2007 by the McKee Archives. Prior custodial history is unknown.

Scope and Content

File consists of photocopies of pages from the Sickle on the Class of 1949, a list of class members lost (by 1979) and letters written by various members of the class of 1949 detailing their lives since they graduated from Brandon College.

Name Access

Margaret Crowe

Elva Cook

Clayton Elston

Shirley Faggetter

Lloyd Henderson

Marjory Fleming

Margaret Goodman

Harold Kemp

Tena Kettles

Marion Little

Florence Lyon

John Mills

Eleanor Murray

Dave Organ

Stephen Symbalisty

Subject Access

Class of 1949

class reunions

Storage Location

RG 6 Brandon University fonds Series 10: Office of Development 10.3 Alumni Relations 10.3.3 Homecoming and Class Reunions

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Part Of

James Wall collection

Description Level

Item

Series Number

Box 2

Item Number

12-2004.11

Accession Number

12-2004

GMD

graphic

Date Range

[1900-1904]

Physical Description

5.5" x 4" (b/w)

Material Details

On matting (6.44" x 4.1")

Physical Condition

Tiny piece of the photo is missing from the bottom edge and there are a few hairline cracks along the top of the photo

Custodial History

See collection level description for the James Douglas Wall collection.

Scope and Content

Image of three men standing in front of a building that appears to be Cleghorn's drug store.

Subject Access

rural images

Storage Location

2004 accessions

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Part Of

James Wall collection

Description Level

Item

Series Number

Box 2

Item Number

12-2004.8

Accession Number

12-2004

GMD

graphic

Date Range

[1900-1904]

Physical Description

5.6" x 4" (b/w)

Material Details

On matting (7.5" x 5.6")

Physical Condition

good

History / Biographical

The Curtis Block was built in 1900, possibly by Fred Stevens.

Custodial History

See collection level description for the James Douglas Wall collection.

Scope and Content

Image of the Curtis Block in Baldur, MB. The Victoria Hall, for public performances, was located on the upper floor. A group of men, one holding a hockey stick, and a dog are standing in front of the street entrance to the building.

Subject Access

rural images

Storage Location

2004 accessions

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Part Of

James Wall collection

Creator

Photographer: J.G. Macdonald, Moosomin, Assa.

Description Level

Item

Series Number

Box 2

Item Number

12-2004.25

Accession Number

12-2004

GMD

graphic

Date Range

[1900-1904]

Physical Description

2.25" x 5.5" (b/w)

Material Details

On matting (5" x 8.75")

Physical Condition

Photo is faded and has some discoloration dots throughout

History / Biographical

Dr. L.M. Cleghorn was born in 1863 and died in 1926.

Custodial History

See collection level description for the James Douglas Wall collection.

Scope and Content

Studio portrait of Dr. L.M. Cleghorn, who owned the pharmacy in Baldur, MB.

Subject Access

rural images

Storage Location

2004 accessions

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Part Of

James Wall collection

Description Level

Item

Series Number

Box 2

Item Number

12-2004.16

Accession Number

12-2004

GMD

graphic

Date Range

[1900-1904]

Physical Description

5" x 4" (b/w)

Material Details

On matting (6" x 5.25")

Physical Condition

good

Custodial History

See collection level description for the James Douglas Wall collection.

Scope and Content

Image of two women and a child on the porch of Doctor Cleghorn's house in Baldur, MB.

Subject Access

rural images

Storage Location

2004 accessions

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Part Of

James Wall collection

Description Level

Item

Series Number

Box 1

Item Number

12-2004.35

Accession Number

12-2004

GMD

graphic

Date Range

[1900-1904]

Physical Description

6.75" x 4.9" (b/w)

Material Details

On matting (9.9" x 8")

Physical Condition

good

Custodial History

See collection level description for the James Douglas Wall collection.

Scope and Content

Group portrait of what may be a family reunion or wedding anniversary celebration. There are some potted plants and a coupld of photographs placed in front of the group. The woman seated in the wooden chair towards the centre of the image is wearing a corsage.

Subject Access

rural images

Storage Location

2004 accessions

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Part Of

James Wall collection

Description Level

Item

Series Number

Box 2

Item Number

12-2004.9

Accession Number

12-2004

GMD

graphic

Date Range

[1900-1904]

Physical Description

5.5" x 4" (b/w)

Material Details

On matting (6.4" x 4.25")

Physical Condition

good

History / Biographical

The Fowler Block in Baldur, MB was built in 1899 by Alex Fowler.

Custodial History

See collection level description for the James Douglas Wall collection.

Scope and Content

Image of the Fowler Block in Baldur, MB. On the left is a shoe and harness shop owned and operated by the Fowlers from 1899-1978. On the right is J. Smith & Co. Merchants, a grocery and dry goods store. As of 2000, a grocery store still occupied the premises. Men are standing in front of the entrance to the two stores.

Subject Access

rural images

Storage Location

2004 accessions

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Part Of

James Wall collection

Description Level

Item

Series Number

Box 2

Item Number

12-2004.12

Accession Number

12-2004

GMD

graphic

Date Range

[1900-1904]

Physical Description

6.6" x 4.75" (b/w)

Material Details

On matting (9" x 7")

Custodial History

See collection level description for the James Douglas Wall collection.

Scope and Content

Image of the west end of Front Street in Baldur, MB. Business and buildings in the photo include (L-R): Cleghorn's drug store, Fowlers, Tom Johnson's John Deer Shop, barber shop, Royal Bank (Odd Fellows Hall upstairs), Lee's Chinese Cafe, Hunters Hardware, Folwer Block, L. Curtis Block, Sexsmith Block - boarding house and sample room.

Subject Access

rural images

Storage Location

2004 accessions

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