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Bertha Leith (nee Clark) fonds

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Part Of
RG 1 Brandon College fonds
Description Level
Sub-series
GMD
graphic
Date Range
1925-1929
Accession Number
7-2009
Part Of
RG 1 Brandon College fonds
Creator
Bertha Clark
Description Level
Sub-series
Series Number
MG 2 2.31
Accession Number
7-2009
GMD
graphic
Date Range
1925-1929
Physical Description
24 photographs (b/w)
History / Biographical
Bertha Miriam Clark was born on Prince Edward Island but attended public and high school in Brandon, MB. She was a member of the Class of 1929 and served as Lady Stick in her final year at Brandon College. Clark married J. Scott Leith, Brandon College Class of 1928. Scott and Bertha Leith's son James Clark Leith is in the Canadian Who's Who.
Custodial History
Album was sent to Pat Britton, Brandon University Director of Alumni Relations, by Bertha Leith in April 1991. Britton then transferred it to the McKee Archives.
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of a small accordian style photograph album (7 x 10.5 x 3.5 cm) created by Bertha Clark during her years at Brandon College. The photographs, which measure 4" x 2.75", depict numerous people and events.
Notes
History/Bio information taken from the 1928-1929 Sickle.
Name Access
Bertha Clark
Ruth Bingham
Professor Richards
Lil Bullman
Clark Hall
Brandon College Building
Jean Hitchings
Lloyd Bowler
Kay Underwood
Scott Leith
Denis Phillpots
Donald Ritchie
Harold Cairns
Andrew Clark
Isabel Hitchings
A. Foster
Rundle McLachlan
Carl Wickland
Doris Bingham
Doris Dowling
Ella Whitmore
Meta Mischpeter
Vera Ulinder
Josh Thompson
Doris Cochrane
Frank Kerr
Cyril Richards
Thomas Russell Wilkins
Flo Turnbull
Esther Magoon
Hilda Harrison
Doris Ireton
Mrs. Richards
W.L. Wright
Annie Evans Wright
Miss Hatch
Jennie Turnbull
Mrs. MacNeill
Mrs. C.G. Stone
Helen Duncan
Constance Lamontagne
Marian Bulloch
Mabel Craig
Subject Access
Class of 29'
Sports Day 1925
English Club
Graduation
Lake Percy
Arts 1929
CPR depot
Brandon College boys 1925-1927
al(l)-bums
"cat-chers"
Sykes
18th Street Hill
Class of 1928
Class of 1929
Class of 1930
Class of 1931
arts faculty outing
Storage Location
MG 2 Brandon College Students 2.31 Bertha Leith (nee Clark)
Related Material
Edward Lloyd Bowler collection (36-1999)
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Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic
Date Range
[c.1955]
Accession Number
1-2015
Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
Series Number
McG 9
Item Number
1-2015.155
Accession Number
1-2015
GMD
graphic
Date Range
[c.1955]
Physical Description
3" x 3" (b/w)
History / Biographical
Roy Rogers (1911-1998) was an American singer and cowboy actor. Rogers career spanned radio, television, and film.
Scope and Content
Photograph shows a close-up of Roy Rogers wearing his trademark white cowboy hat and fringed western shirt.
Name Access
Roy Rogers
Subject Access
entertainers
cowboys
Storage Location
RG 5 photograph storage drawer 2 (hanging photos)
Arrangement
Cigar box photographs
Images
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Roy Rogers with Tommy Douglas

http://archives.brandonu.ca/en/permalink/descriptions14086
Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic
Date Range
[c.1955]
Accession Number
1-2015
Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
Series Number
McG 9
Item Number
1-2015.156
Accession Number
1-2015
GMD
graphic
Date Range
[c.1955]
Physical Description
3" x 3" (b/w)
History / Biographical
Roy Rogers (1911-1998) was an American singer and cowboy actor. Rogers' career spanned radio, television, and film. Thomas "Tommy" Clement Douglas (1904-1986) was a Baptist minister and social democratic politician. In 1935, he became a member of parliament representing the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF). From 1944 to 1961, he served as Saskatchewan's seventh premier whose CCF party introduced the universal health care program. In 1961 Douglas returned to federal politics, where he served as the leader of the New Democratic Party (NDP). He remained in federal politics until 1979.
Scope and Content
Photograph shows Tommy Douglas and Roy Rogers smiling together and holding cowboy hats.
Name Access
Roy Rogers
Tommy Douglas
Subject Access
entertainers
cowboys
hats
politicians & civil servants
Storage Location
RG 5 photograph storage drawer 2 (hanging photos)
Related Material
City of Toronto Archives Fonds 1257
Arrangement
Cigar box photographs
Images
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Roy Rogers with Tommy Douglas

http://archives.brandonu.ca/en/permalink/descriptions14087
Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic
Date Range
[c.1955]
Accession Number
1-2015
Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
Series Number
McG 9
Item Number
1-2015.157
Accession Number
1-2015
GMD
graphic
Date Range
[c.1955]
Physical Description
3" x 3" (b/w)
History / Biographical
Roy Rogers (1911-1998) was an American singer and cowboy actor. Rogers' career spanned radio, television, and film. Thomas "Tommy" Clement Douglas (1904-1986) was a Baptist minister and social democratic politician. In 1935, he became a member of parliament representing the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF). From 1944 to 1961, he served as Saskatchewan's seventh premier whose CCF party introduced the universal health care program. In 1961 Douglas returned to federal politics, where he served as the leader of the New Democratic Party (NDP). He remained in federal politics until 1979.
Scope and Content
Photograph shows Tommy Douglas and Roy Rogers smiling together and wearing cowboy hats. It appears that Douglas is presenting Douglas with a new cowboy hat.
Name Access
Roy Rogers
Tommy Douglas
Subject Access
entertainers
cowboys
hats
politicians & civil servants
Storage Location
RG 5 photograph storage drawer 2 (hanging photos)
Related Material
City of Toronto Archives Fonds 1257
Arrangement
Cigar box photographs
Images
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Roy Rogers with Tommy Douglas

http://archives.brandonu.ca/en/permalink/descriptions14088
Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic
Date Range
[c.1955]
Accession Number
1-2015
Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
Series Number
McG 9
Item Number
1-2015.158
Accession Number
1-2015
GMD
graphic
Date Range
[c.1955]
Physical Description
3" x 3" (b/w)
History / Biographical
Roy Rogers (1911-1998) was an American singer and cowboy actor. Rogers' career spanned radio, television, and film. Thomas "Tommy" Clement Douglas (1904-1986) was a Baptist minister and social democratic politician. In 1935, he became a member of parliament representing the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF). From 1944 to 1961, he served as Saskatchewan's seventh premier whose CCF party introduced the universal health care program. In 1961 Douglas returned to federal politics, where he served as the leader of the New Democratic Party (NDP). He remained in federal politics until 1979.
Scope and Content
Photograph shows Tommy Douglas and Roy Rogers smiling together and wearing cowboy hats. It appears that Douglas is presenting Douglas with a new cowboy hat.
Name Access
Roy Rogers
Tommy Douglas
Subject Access
entertainers
cowboys
hats
politicians & civil servants
Storage Location
RG 5 photograph storage drawer 2 (hanging photos)
Related Material
City of Toronto Archives Fonds 1257
Arrangement
Cigar box photographs
Images
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Spafford brothers in cowboy costumes

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Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic
Date Range
[19--]
Accession Number
20-2009
Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
Series Number
McG 9
Item Number
20-2009.70
Accession Number
20-2009
GMD
graphic
Date Range
[19--]
Physical Description
3.25" x 5.5" (b/w)
Material Details
postcard
History / Biographical
Harry Spafford (b. 22 Oct 1888, d. 10 May 1978) was born in Holmfield, Manitoba. He married Isabella Hawking of Ninga in 1914 and the couple moved to Brandon in 1915 where they continued to reside until 1973. Harry worked as a locomotive fireman and then as an engineer with the Canadian Northern Railway (CN). While with CN, he was an active member of the Brotherhood of Local Engineers and Firemen No. 788 of Brandon. He served as an alderman in Brandon from 1928 to 1945. In 1932, Harry ran in the Manitoba by-election for Brandon as an Independent Labour candidate and lost to the Conservative member George Dinsdale. In 1952, Harry ran as a Co-Operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) member in the provincial election and lost to Conservative party representative Reg Lissaman. Harry Spafford passed away in Burnaby, BC, and is interred in the Ocean View Cemetery. (Source: see obituary in McG 4.1 File 66) Alva/Alvery/"Alvie" Reddell/Riddell/Ridall Spafford (b. 15 Mar 1891, d. 23 Aug 1985) was born in Enterprise, Manitoba, in the R.M. of Turtle Mountain. In 1911, he married Francis Ethel Harrison (d. 1979) in Killarney and had three children. Alvie farmed in Bannerman from 1902 to 1936, after which he moved to Boissevain to work as a Rawleigh salesman. In 1942, the family moved to Brandon where Alvie worked as a conductor with the CNR until his retirement. Alva Spafford passed away at the age of 94 at the Brandon General Hospital. His funeral was held in Killarney, Manitoba. (Source: Obituary, Brandon Sun, 23 Aug 1985)
Scope and Content
Postcard is a studio portrait of the Spafford brothers dressed as cowboys in chaps, bandanas, and hats. Harry is standing on the left and is reaching for a bottle resting on a stool. Alvie is standing on the right and is pointing a pistol at his brother. Behind the brothers is the back of train car that reads "leaving Winnipeg."
Notes
Writing on the front of the postcard reads: Early railroad day in wpg, Harry on left, Alvie on right.
Name Access
Harry Spafford
Alvie Spafford
Alva Spafford
Subject Access
portraits
cowboys
costumes
Storage Location
RG 5 photograph storage drawer 2 (hanging photos)
Images
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Spafford family 1912

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Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic
Date Range
1912
Accession Number
20-2009
Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
Series Number
McG 9
Item Number
20-2009.71
Accession Number
20-2009
GMD
graphic
Date Range
1912
Physical Description
3.5" x 5.5" (b/w)
Material Details
postcard
Physical Condition
Postcard is stained and ripped in the right hand corner. A label is taped to the front of the postcard. The postcard has been issued.
History / Biographical
Harry Spafford (b. 22 Oct 1888, d. 10 May 1978) was born in Holmfield, Manitoba. He married Isabella Hawking of Ninga in 1914 and the couple moved to Brandon in 1915 where they continued to reside until 1973. Harry worked as a locomotive fireman and then as an engineer with the Canadian Northern Railway (CN). While with CN, he was an active member of the Brotherhood of Local Engineers and Firemen No. 788 of Brandon. He served as an alderman in Brandon from 1928 to 1945. In 1932, Harry ran in the Manitoba by-election for Brandon as an Independent Labour candidate and lost to the Conservative member George Dinsdale. In 1952, Harry ran as a Co-Operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) member in the provincial election and lost to Conservative party representative Reg Lissaman. Harry Spafford passed away in Burnaby, BC, and is interred in the Ocean View Cemetery. (Source: see obituary in McG 4.1 File 66) Alva/Alvery/"Alvie" Reddell/Riddell/Ridall Spafford (b. 15 Mar 1891, d. 23 Aug 1985) was born in Enterprise, Manitoba, in the R.M. of Turtle Mountain. In 1911, he married Francis Ethel Harrison (d. 1979) in Killarney and had three children. Alvie farmed in Bannerman from 1902 to 1936, after which he moved to Boissevain to work as a Rawleigh salesman. In 1942, the family moved to Brandon where Alvie worked as a conductor with the CNR until his retirement. Alva Spafford passed away at the age of 94 at the Brandon General Hospital. His funeral was held in Killarney, Manitoba. (Source: Obituary, Brandon Sun, 23 Aug 1985)
Scope and Content
Postcard is a group photograph of some of the members of the Spafford family standing on the front steps of a residence. The four women and four men are dressed in heavy coats and jackets.
Notes
Writing on the front of the postcard reads: Harry Spafford on left, Alvie Spafford in centre, Alf Spafford on extreme right, about 1910; The back of the postcard is addressed to Mrs. Alva (Francis) Spafford of Bannerman, Manitoba. Alvie Spafford has written at brief note to his wife, Francis. The postmark reads November 23, 1912, Winnipeg, Manitoba. The names Aunt Ida, -- --, Uncle Harry, Alf, and Alva are written in pen at the top of the postcard.
Name Access
Harry Spafford
Alvie Spafford
Alva Spafford
Alfred Spafford
Subject Access
portraits
cowboys
costumes
Storage Location
RG 5 photograph storage drawer 2 (hanging photos)
Images
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