For custodial history see the collection level description of the Lawrence Stuckey collection.
Scope and Content
Cater Pumps - Advertisement
Notes
From The Nor'West Farmer, August 20, 1900
"By designing and manufacturing a pump that was simple, cheap and dependable, Harry Cater made a fortune." - Fred McGuinness collection (20-2009).
Harry Mummery was born on August 26, 1889 in Chicago, Illinois. Harry arrived in Canada in 1898 and lived in Hamilton, Woodstock, Toronto, before the family moved to Brandon, MB in 1903; for many years he lived at 17 Lorne Avenue East. He and his wife Lena (nee Anderson) had nine children: Gordon, William, James, Donna, Grace, Helen, Patricia, Beverley and Enid. Outside the sporting world Harry worked on the Canadian Pacific Railway as a locomotive fireman and an engineer. Harry played professional Hockey in the National Hockey League for the Toronto Arenas, Quebec Bulldogs, Montreal Canadians and Hamilton Tigers. He played hockey with many of the great players such as Pat Moran, Joe Hall, Joe Malone, Billy Creighton, Jeff Malone, Rusty Crawford, Tommy Smith, Mike Quinn, Jack Adams, Reg Noble, Al Skinner, and Cy Didenny. Playing for the Montreal Canadiens he won the Stanley Cup. Harry Mummery died December 9, 1945. He is buried at Brandon Municipal Cemetery.
Walter “Bump” Mummery was born in Chicago, Illinois on September 10, 1893 and moved with his family to Canada, settling in Brandon, MB in 1903. Walter was employed as a locomotive engineer with the CPR for 46 years, retiring in 1955. He and his wife Myrtle (nee Ramsden) had three sons: Walter, Reginald and Kenneth. Mummery played professional hockey with the Quebec Bulldogs (1913-1918) and with the Dominion Hockey Club, Edmonton (1920-1923). Walter Mummery died suddenly on March 30, 1974, in Chicago. He is buried at Brandon Municipal Cemetery.
Reg Mummery (1920-1983) is the nephew of Harry Mummery and the son of Walter Mummery. Lillian Mummery (1901-1994) is the sister of Harry and Walter Mummery.
Custodial History
As part of the Westman Oral History Collection, this collection was accessioned by the McKee Archives in 1998. The original tapes from the Westman Oral History project were deposited in the Brandon Public Library. Copies of these originals were made by Margaret Pollex of the Brandon University Language Lab at the request of Eileen McFadden, University Archivist in the early 1990s. These copies compose the collection held in the McKee Archives.
Scope and Content
Item is an audiocassette tape containing an interview with Lillian Mummery and Reg Mummery about hockey, particularly the life and careers of Harry Mummery and Walter Mummery. Interviewer is John Miller.
Notes
History/Bio information taken from The Brandon Sun. Description by Jeremy Roberts (2011) and Christy Henry.
For custodial history see the collection level description of the Lawrence Stuckey collection.
Scope and Content
The Quebec "Bulldogs" hockey team
Notes
Several Brandon players (names on); There are two copy negatives, with AH10a being the smaller neg.; Source: A. Gurba; [Mr. Stuckey put 2 negatives in the same envelope, numbering them AH10 and AH10a. We have separated them, keeping his original numbering.]
For custodial history see the collection level description of the Lawrence Stuckey collection.
Scope and Content
Shea's Hockey Team 1930-1931, Brandon Big Four League
Notes
Third row: Tommy Jarvis (executive), Emile Sebastian (coach), Mack Senkbiel (trainer); Second row: ?, Russ Hawson, Andy Murray (Brewery boss), Bill Mutter, Ed Riley; First row: Cam Hawson, Elmer Cook, Cecil Gardner (Goal from Virden), Bert Collins (Scotty), Brick Metson. Mascot: ?
For custodial history see the collection level description of the Lawrence Stuckey collection.
Scope and Content
Somerville Steam Marble & Granite Works - Advertisement
Notes
From The Nor'West Farmer, August 20, 1900
Shows the Fleming monument and dates as erected in Brandon Cemetery in 1899.
"Fleming monument is easily found in oldest part of Brandon Cemetery" - Fred McGuinness collection (20-2009).
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