Dr. MacNeill was the central figure in the scandal involving Brandon College in the early 1920’s. The Fundamentalist Baptists accused Brandon College, and Dr. MacNeill especially, of teaching Modernist views. He was absolved of any charges at the 1924 Baptist Convention in Chicago.
For history/bio information for H.L. MacNeill, see RG 1 Brandon College fonds, BC 6: Office of the college dean.
Scope and Content
File consists of correponsdence to Howard Whidden, President of Brandon College, and various regarding Dr. MacNeill and his teachings (October 1921 - January 1922). It also contains a copy of "An Abstract of the Report of the Brandon College Commission" prepared by Rev. H.H. Bingham regarding Dr. MacNeill and his teachings.
File contains registration cards for the following students: Frederick Elliot Adolph, Ethel Vera Allan, Annie Mildred Allan, Myrtle Edith Allan, Percy Charles Allard, Clara Margaret Allingham, Frank Alywin Anderson, James Campbell Anderson, Blanche Thelma Baker, Adelene Monica Bailey, Edythe Isobel Ball, Ernest Goodwin Ball, Geraldine Margaret Balmer, Jean Barnwell, Ethel Pyllis Barron, Agnes Bartlett, Harold Francis Batho, Elizabeth Beaubier, Helen Bennest, Walter Valentine Berg, George Ralph Berquist, William Murray Beer, Florence Miller Bigelow, Margareta May Biggs, Jennie Sophie Billingham, Nora Blackburn, Mary E. Bolton, Harry Clinton Booth, Ruth Isobel Borden, Catherine Alice Bourke, Douglas Bourke, Ella Margaret Bowering, Ewart Harry Bowering, Rose Mary Bowering, Mary Evelyn Bowes, Edna Monica Box, William Ernest Bracken, Riley James Bracken, Alice Aileen Brandon, Reginald Franklin Bridges, Wilfred Haddow Brown, Gordon Franklin Brownridge, Eldred(?) Whitney Buggey, Marion Bulloch, Aleta K. Burchill, Thomas L. Burnett, John Buss, Frank Dudley Caffrey, Helen Cairns, Edna Pearl Calverley, Martha Cameron, Duncan Peter Campbell, Teena Kathleen Campbell, Margaret Woodward Carr, Sarah Anetta Carrothers, Elmer Raymond Carter, Andrew Clark, Bertha M. Clark, Harold Pratt Clark, Ruth Ethel Clement, Beatrice Ethel Clendenning, Harold Wesley Clendenning, Doris Mariette Cochrane, James Earl Collen, Elenor Jean Collins, Kathleen Condell, Isabella Cooper, Margaret Elizabeth Cooper, Lorne Harold Coulter, Laura Irene Joy Crane, Grace Kathleen Drummond, Lloyd Brooks Crawford, Eva Ruth Cristall, Ernest James Critchley, Dorothy Jean Edna Dadson, Matilda Alice Dallas, George Darragh, Grace Leslie Davidson, Corrine(?) Stella Dawson, Gwendolyn Elizabeth Davies, George Wesley Denstedt, Andrew Whitelaw Dirby(?), Gwendolyn Elizabeth Dobbie, Evelyn Francis Beckwith Doig, Mary Elizabeth Donaldson, Mildred Donnelly, Thomas Douglas, Doris Lillian Dowling, Jessie Irene Drysdale, Thomas Angus Dunkin, Ellen Louisa Dunphy, Kenneth Rae Dunphy, Mary Hazel Dunseith, Charles Ernest Eaton, George Thomas Eaton, Hazel Jean Eaton, Harry MacMillan Edmison, Ida Myrtle Eliason, Grace Po?tmore Elliott, Marjorie Lucille Elsie, Arthur Stanley Elson, Clarence Edmond Erickson, Myrtle Christina Evans, Fred Clifford Ferrier, May Fitton, Christena Janet Forrest, Mary Luella Forrest, Donald Arthur Freeman, Eleanor Freedman, Frank Feedman, Frederick Benjamin Friend, Alexander Reginald Frith, Leta Marian Fry, Harold Fash(?) Gainer, Charles N. Gammon, Margaret Jean Gammon, Almer Sherman Garnet, Peter William Stewart Gould, Jean Gay(?), Joseph Lester Gayton, Warren Wendell Gayton, Leslie Frank Geddes, Aletha Gerrand, Gertrude Fanny Louise Godley, Wilfred Goldstraw, Marjorie Graham, Christina Gray Grant, Maria Corlette Grant, Emma Gruenke, Frederick Charles Grusz(?), Axel Elias Gunnfors(?), Howard Nelson Hainstock, Charles Brian Hall, Cosy K. Hall, Gladys Evelyn Hastings, Doris Millicent Heath, Dorothy Hope Harden, Leslie Henderson Hardy, Joseph Clarence Hembling, Mary Elizabeth Henderson, Lavern Mervin Jewell Herbert, Dorothy Launsbury Hill, Emma Jean M. Hill, John Eric Hill, Florence Emma Hitchock, Helen Clare Hitching, Winnifred Fanny Hockley, Alice Virginia Hopkins, Anna Marie Hornfelt, Alma Othelia Hornfelt, Elizabeth Hildegarde Howard, Mary Cecelia Hudyman(?), Miriam May Hunter, Rose Alexandra Hyndman, Edith Marie Irish, Flora Grace Irish, Annie Elizabeth Irving, Joan Lindsay Irving, John Walfred Isaacson, Hans Alfred Jensen, Isabelle Johnston, Helen Johnson, Muriel Isabel Johnston, Lewis John Jollow, Muriel Edith Jollow, M. Agnes Jones, Jessie Kee, Kathleen Emily Kenner*, Arthur Franklin Kerr, Hugh Kerr, Margaret Kerr, John McCrae Kilgour, Katharine Kilgour, Margaret Kilgour, Ernest Evan King, Kenneth Clarence King, Rosa Mary Kingsholt(?), Jessie Agnes Kirkland, Margaret Helen Knapp, Evelyn Pearl Knight, Hugh Robert Lamont, Arthur William Lawler, E. Grace Leeman, Dorothy Kathleen Lehigh, James Scott Leith, Marjorie Jean Leith, Mary Isobel Leith, Florence Jean Leslie, Daniel Grant Levennick, Hazel Lewis, Margaret Lewis, Violet M. Lissaman, Mrs. C.W. Lockard, Isabel Lockard, Albert Wilkie Lousley, Hugh Caleb Alfred Lousley, Donald Edward Lowe, Olive Emily Lowes, Elva Beatrice Lynch, Margaret Esther Lyons, Wilhelmine Muriel Malcomson, Ruby Williamine Magee, Gilbert Bryce Manshorne, Wallace James Martin, John Murray Matheson, Mayme Matilda Matthews, Robert Allen Maxwell, James Barton Ross Meible, Charlotte Millar, Maybelle Christine Miller, Thomas Langford Miller, Doris Irene Mills, Eva Christina Minaker, Grace Darling Minaker, Meta Emma Mischpeter, Stuart Mitchell, Marshall Douglas Moffat, M. Kathleen Moffat, Alice Victoria Molberg, Reuben Richard Molberg, Esther Magdalene Moore*, William Lyle Moore, Ross Cameron Morrison, Elsie Maude Mosher, Alfred Wellington Mott, Doris Muriel Murray, John Andrew Mutter, Phyllis Maud Mutter, George McCulloch, Mary McLaughlin Macdonald, Mary Rachael Macdonald, Jack McDiarmid, Robert Gerald McDorman, Vera Mae Irene McDorman, Samuel Ernest McDonnell(?), Delmas MacFee, Helen A. McGregor, John Taylor McGregor, Marjorie Jean McGregor, Dorreene McGuinness, Evelyn Margaret MacKenzie, Florence L. McKenzie, Kathleen McKenzie, Marjorie Bell McKenzie*, John McLellan, Arthur Percival Macpherson, Allie Mildred Macpherson, Lawrence Gladwyn Macpherson, Marguerite Neilson, Edward Hilmer Nordund, Frank Oscar, Elizabeth Maud Patmore, Richard Henry Patmore, Henry Stewart Purdue*, Clifford A. Perry, Ivan James Petre, Dennis Marland Phillpotts, Ketha(?) Irene Pitts, Edward Pommer, Annie Ruby Pope, Hazel Porterfield, James Leonard Pottinger, Charles Cummings Ranert(?), Isabel Rask, Andrew Edward Rea, Richard Walter Rederburg, Gordon Frederick Reid, Robert Leslie Reid, Jean Rettie, Ernest Riemer, Shirley Marie Riesberry, Donald Alleyn Ritchie, Eileen M. Ritchie, Mary Louise Rixon, Emily Clarissa Root(?), Janet Lavinia Rorke, Mable Eleanor Russell, Anita Grace Sallans, Marguerita L. Sallans, Clayton Arthur Sarsfield, Mrs. George Saunders, Gertrude Edna Saunders, Lilian Ellen Sayer, Annie Schouten, Marionne Louise Scott, Roslin Brown Scott, Victoria Marguerite Sexton, Gordon Francis Shaw, Peggy Sharpe*, Mary Elizabeth Shepley, Malcolm Wardlaw Shewan, Muriel Hargrave Shewan, Alice Margaret Skilton, Bertha A. Shuker(?), Robert Ormond Shuttleworth, Donovan Clarence Simpson, Charles J. Smith, Kathleen Louisia Smith, Laura Grace Smith, James Jamieson Smithson, Jeanette Sneath, Harriet Ada Spackman, James Arnold Spearn, Margaret Hawley Speers, Armand Daniel Stade, Gordon Edward Stanley(?), Thomas Eric Stevens, Aleta Elizabeth Stewart, Mrs. R.J. Stone, Reginald J. Stone, Rose Margaret Stone, William Stordy, John Arvid Strahl, Elizabeth Clarke Sweet, Fred. Beaver Sweet, Mary Eleanor Sweet, Stuart Murray Swinton, William Cecil Shuker(?), Mark Alexander Talnicoff, Mary Ida Tennant, Thomas Louise Alice, Arthur Herbert Henry Thomson, Joshua Beaumont Thompson, William Henry Thomson, Melva Adeline Todd, Floyd Winston Toombs, Harold Trotter, Myra Irene Turnbull, Preston William Turnbull, Howard W. Umphrey, Nelson Charles Unicume, Rose Jean Vasey, Frank H. Ward, George Harvey Warren, Dorothy Flora Webb, Harold Joseph Webb, Ivan Mac Weisbrod, Robert Hugh Wellwood, William August Wenk, Stanley John Westaway, Fred. Jas. Westcott, Margaret Blackburn Whitehead, Reuben Oscar Edward Wicklund, Beatrice Mae Wilde, George Duncan Wilkie, Ruth Eliza Willey, William Cecil, Marjorie Wiseman, Helge Earlond(?) Wreede, Sixten Leonard Wreede, Annie Evans Wright, Donald Wright, Ruth Wright, James Yates, Bobby Yates, Annie Myrtle Young, and John Edward Young.
Notes
*Kathleen Kenner fonds.
*Esther Magdalene Moore fonds.
*Marjorie Bell McKenzie: Was an Instructor in Dramatic Art at Brandon College (1927-1930) and the College's Dean of Women (1935-1936).
*Henry Stuart Purdue: Brandon College Resident Master (1931), Registrar (1938-1948), College Dean (1947-1952), Dean of Arts and Science (1952-1962), Dean of Science (1962-1967). From August 1959 to August 1960 he was Acting President. From 1930-1973 he was an Instructor in Geology. In his early years at the College he was also the Director of the Matriculation Department.
*Peggy Sharpe: Graduate of the Royal Conservatory of Music, attended Northwestern University in Chicago after studying at Brandon College. Joined the Faculty (School of Music) of Brandon College in 1943. See biographical file.
Storage Location
RG 1 Brandon College fonds
Series 4: Office of the Registrar
4.11 Registration cards
Box 3
Files contain registration cards for students who entered Brandon College between 1925-1937. The cards are much larger than the earlier registration cards. In addition to the personal information about each student (name, address, parent's name, parent's occupation, church affiliation, credentials, course duration, objective, birth date and date of entrance), the cards were also used to keep track of the subjects and supplimentals of each student, as well as their academic deficiencies. Each card was designed to cover a four year period, i.e. the entirety of each students' academic program at Brandon College.
The registration cards in this file are incomplete; only the cards for students with last names ranging from M-Z exist, and these may not be complete either. The name of each student has not been entred into the database as the cards were created with tabs for the students' names, which makes them easily searchable.
Storage Location
RG 1 Brandon College fonds
Series 4: Office of the Registrar
4.11 Registration cards
Box 3
