Composite portrait of the Brandon Normal School Fall Term 1917 class. B.J. Hales, Principal, W. Beer, Vice-Principal, M. Reid, Asst. Teacher, M. Yeomans, Drill Instructor.
Portrait of the Brandon University Bobcats men's basketball team. Front Row (L to R): Dave Perkins (Ass’t Trainer), Ray Houssin (Ass’t Coach), Jerry Hemmings (Coach), Chris Parlow (Manager). Back Row (L to R): Dino Gini, Lew Worrell, Don Jackson, Warren Kyle, Tom Price, Jerry Abernathy, Keith Streiter, Jude Kelly, Rick DeGagne, Fred Lee, Bobby Campbell. Missing: Brian Pallister, Mark Hogan
Portrait of the Brandon University Bobcats men's basketball team. L to R: Wallace Mainor, Alf Hoehn, Jan Bujan, Jude Kelly, Butch Gayton, Earl Roberts, “Diamond” Jim Dollings (Honorary Manager), Jerry Hemmings (Coach), Ray Kardas (Trainer), Grant Coulter, Cheddie Warner, Brian Ackroyd, Tony Speas, Steve Gill, Jerry Abernathy
Portrait of the Brandon University Bobcats men's basketball team. Front Row (L to R): Jerry Hemmings (Coach), “Diamond” Jim Dollings (Honourary Manager), Murray McLeod (Ass’t Coach). Back Row (L to R): Earl Roberts, Grant Coulter, Keith Wilder, Tom Price, Wallace Mainor, Will Marshall, John Bukich, Jude Kelly, Brian Ackroyd, Butch Gayton, Cheddie Warner. Missing: Don Thomson, Bob Dodds.
Portrait of the Brandon University Bobcats men's basketball team. Front Row (L to R): “Diamond” Jim Dollings (Honourary Manager), Ray Kardas (Trainer). Back Row (L to R): Jerry Hemmings, Earl Roberts, Butch Gayton, Jude Kelly, Alf Hoehn, Wallace Mainor, Jerry Abernathy, Steve Gill, Jan Bujan, Tony Speas, Brian Ackroyd, Grant Coulter, Cheddie Warner
Portrait of the Brandon University Bocats men's hockey team. Back Row (L to R): Bernie Martine, Keith Forsyth, Tim Lequyer, Dave Byckal, Lloyd McKinney, Kevin Mantell, Dave Lewis, Malcolm Garden. Middle Row (L to R): Darryl Kalichuk (Manager), John Casavant, John Davis, Leon Gillis, Darren Durdle, David Tresoor, Glen McNabb, Al Marin, Lindsay Dyck, Kelly Kozack, Marc Plante (Manager). Front Row (L to R): Gary Clark, Randy Cameron, Mark Arnett (Coach), Mike Cooper, Bruce Thompson, John Ziemanski.
Portrait of the Brandon University Bocats men's hockey team. Front Row (L to R): Bill McLeod, Bob Walburg (Ass’t Coach), Garth Johnson, Mark Arnett (Head Coach), Randy Cameron, Mike Cooper (Ass’t Coach), Kevin Mantell, Doug Roach. Middle Row (L to R): Dave Riley, Trevor Thomas, Troy Leslie, Terry Kowalchuk, Jim West, Dean Sexsmith, Pat Penner, Dave Whistle, Dave Schettler, Shawn Brandt, Blaine Sautner, Tony Franklin, Kelly Anderson, Tyler Rathgaber. Back Row (L to R): Myles Hubbard, Glen Haney, Jeff Trapp, Darren Schwartz, Pat Malone, Troy Sambrook, Dave Lewis, Maury Jackson, Richard Oswald. Missing: Dave Simard (Trainer), Konrad Plante (Trainer).
Portrait of the Brandon University Bocats men's hockey team. Front Row (L to R): Mike Thomas, Bob Walberg (Assistant Coach), Dave Lewis, Mark Arnett (Head Coach), Mike Cooper (Assistant Coach), Garth Johnson, Jay Anderson (Assistant Coach), Doug Roach, Guy Basaraba. Middle Row (L to R): Jim Bazillion (Trainer), Dennis Young, Tony Franklin, Pat Malone, Marvin Magwood, Pat Penner, Gord Ransom, Dave Whistle, Dave Schettler, Glen Johnson, Kelly Anderson, Garnet Kinney, Joe Gagliardi (Trainer). Back Row (L to R): Gary Gaudet, Myles Hubbard, Blaine Sautner, Rob Nutley, Troy Leslie, Chris Braun, Dale Lewis, Garred Baines, Richard Oswald, Cory Miner, Shawn Brandt, Bruce McCallum.
Portrait of the Brandon University Bocats men's hockey team. Back Row (L to R): Perry Fafard, Rob Nutley, Bruce McCallum, Todd Howarth, Guy Williams, Curtis Grieve, Reg Spence, Ted Fleury, Dan Brooks, Blaine Sautner. Middle Row (L to R): Dave O’Neill (Manager), Tony Franklin, Doug Stromback, Trent Thibert, Gord Ransom, Brad Traves, Dwayne Brook, Dave Schettler, Richard Kidd, Kelly Anderson, Mike Thomas. Front Row (L to R): Wayne Labrie, Gary Gaudet, Jay Anderson (Ass’t Coach), Garth Johnson, Mark Arnett (Head Coach), Mike Cooper (Ass’t Coach), Richard Oswald, Bob Walberg (Ass’t Coach), Tom Dennis.
Portrait of the Brandon Bobcats women's basketball team. Back Row (L to R): Norm Vickery (coach), Angela Foster, Sandy Little, Marie Rohleder, Colleen Blimke, Jennifer Saxton, Sara Conlin, Kelly Couling, Berrie Brown (Ass’t Coach). Front Row (L to R): Karen Shier, Sandra Hughes, Sue Kaluzniak
Jack Stothard was born on February 16, 1932 in Brandon, MB. He attended public schools in the city (Central School, Park School, and Earl Oxford) and graduated from Brandon Collegiate Institute (BCI). Stothard married Velma Pollock in 1957 and together they had two daughters: Debra and Kimberly. Stothard was employed in the plumbing and heating business until 1960, when he joined Manitoba Hydro. In the course of his employment with Manitoba Hydro, he became Station Superintendent of the Brandon Generating Station. Stothard retired in 1995. Stothard was a member of the Canadian Numismatic Association, the Canadian Association of Token Collectors and the Toronto Postcard Club. Jack Stothard died on November 3, 2021 in Brandon, MB.
Custodial History
Accession 1-2003 was in the possession of Stothard until donated to the McKee Archives in 2003. Accession 12-2006 was acquired by Lawrence Stuckey at some point after the photograph was taken. Stuckey later sold a copy of the photograph. This copy was later acquired by Jack Stothard in the course of his collecting of Brandon postcards. Stothard donated the image to the McKee Archives in 2004. Accession 8-2007 was prepared by Jack Stothard in the course of 2007. He provided a copy to the Archives upon its completion. Accession 8-2008 was in the possession of Fred McGuinness until he gave jit to Jack Stothard in February 2008. Stothard donated the records to the McKee Archives on February 12, 2008. Accession 18-2008 was donated to the McKee Archives by Stothard on August 18, 2008. Accession 11-2009 was donated to the McKee Archives by Stothard on February 20, 2009. Accession 4-2012 was donated to the McKee Archives by Stothard on August 24, 2011. Accession 4-2013 was donated to the McKee Archives by Stothard in March 2013. Accession 8-2016 was donated to the McKee Archives by Stothard on January 21, 2015.
Scope and Content
Accession 1-2003 contains brief research reports prepared by Stothard on various topics concerning historical Brandon. These include: a listing of hotels, inns and motels that have operated in Brandon since the 1880s; reports dealing with the Café Aagard, Central United Church, the 1913 Dominion Exhibition, Brandon, the Empire Hotel, Brandon’s Central Steam Heating System, the Post Office and the Clement Block. It also contains one booklet: Facts About Brandon: An Industrial Survey of the City of Brandon. Winnipeg: Department of Industry and Commerce [n.d.]
Accession 12-2006 consists of one photograph of the Great Northern Engine 208, built by Rogers Locomotive Company 1887. Cylinders 18 x 24, Drivers 63". G.N. line Church's Ferry, N.D. to Brandon, Manitoba. Opened 1906, Closed 1936.
Accession 8-2007 consists of a brief typed report entitled "The Day the Lights Went Out in Brandon - Strike of 1919" by Jack Stothard. Document provides an account of the sources and delivery of hydro electric power to Brandon beginning in the early 1900s and the brief power outage at the beginning of the Brandon General Strike May 25, 1919.
Accession 8-2008 consists of "The Brandon Sun Challenge Cup" ledger, which contains two b/w photographs, newspaper clippings and information on the history and first race (1908) of the cup; 3 additional b/w photographs of different races; and the Brandon Old Timers Association record book (c. 1900).
Accession 18-2008 consists of a copy of Stothard's Brandon Postcards index. The index is divided into various sub-headings and consists of colored reproductions of postcards in Stothard's collection. The index contains pages that were discarded by Stothard as he updated his inventory, therefore the index is only up to date as of August 18, 2008.
Accession 11-2009 consists of a typed research report entitled "Brandon Police Department Stations and Locations" by Jack Stothard. The report outlines the location of the Brandon Police Department from 1882 - 2008, and also includes a section on "What the Future Holds."
Accession 4-2012 consists of pages for Stothard's Brandon Postcards index (18-2008) and a photocopy of a Brandon Municipal Railway ticket.
Accession 4-2013 consits of eight binders of handwritten notes/facts about Brandon compiled by Jack Stothard. The notes are a collection of names, places, things, events and items related mostly to the first 100 years of Brandon (1882-1982), although the notes continue into the 2000's. Some notes centre on the late 1930's to early 1950's during the period of Stothard's youth. The information in the binders was taken from a variety of publications, while some notes are Stothard's own comments. A list of sources, as well as a cross reference index for all eight binders, can be found in Book No. 1.
The accession includes: Book No. 1 - Notes of Brandon (A to B); Book No. 2 - Notes of Brandon (C to F); Book No. 3 - Notes of Brandon (G to O); Book No. 4 - Notes of Brandon (P to Z); Book No. 5 - Notes of Brandon: Churches, Hostpitals, Hotels; Book No. 6 - Notes of Brandon: Police Department, Fire Department; Book No. 7 - Notes of Brandon: Brandon City Council, City of Brandon etc.; Book No. 8 - Notes of Brandon: Brandon College/University, Brandon Schools, ACC, Brandon School Board. Accession also includes pages from Stothard's Brandon Postcards index (18-2008).
Accession 6-2016 consists of local history books, pamphlets, bakery tokens, local magazines, one binder containing handwritten notes/facts about Brandon compiled from the Brandon Sun's "Looking Back" column, and an accordian file box containing newspaper clippings about Brandon.
The accession includes the following local history books: Betty Watson's "One Day in Brandon Manitoba 9/9/99" (Brandon, Manitoba: Bart Art Books, 1999); P.N. Breton's "Popular Illustrated Guide to Canadian Coins, Medals, &. &.," (Winnipeg: Canadian Numismatic Publishing Institute, 1963 [reprint]); "Facts About Brandon: An Industrial Survey of the City of Brandon," (Province of Manitoba: Department of Industry and Commerce, [1946]); The Polish Gymnastic Association Sokol's "75th Anniversary: From the Past to the Future!" ([Brandon, Manitoba: Polish Gymnastic Association Sokol, 1988]); and Brandon Kinsmen Club's "'Together...Once Again': A History of the Kinsmen Club of Brandon, Manitoba, 1925-1975 (Brandon, Manitoba: The Historical Committee of the Kinsmen Club of Brandon, 1975).
Pamplets and magazines include: Brandon Generating Station (1957) and (1969), The Brandon Quota Club presents...A Century in Revue (1982), Canadian Rail No. 168/July-August 1965 [featuring Brandon Municipal Railway], Prairie City Issue No. 3/1994, and Prairion May/June 1997.
The binder is titled Book No. 9 - "Year by year: miscellaneous items from 1969 to 2000"; an asterik (*) indicates notes have been made on each subject or item in the other Books. Each section is housed in
The files in the accordian file box have been rehoused and include the following topics: banks, Brandon 125 beer, Behlen Industries, breweries, Brandon Shoppers' Mall, calendars, Canadian Motors Ltd., Canexus/Nexen, Canada Games - Summer and Winter, Canadian Tire, CKX Radio & TV/CKLQ, Corral Centre, flour mills, hospitals, Keystone, Maple Leaf, Fred McGuinness, miscellaneous, A.E. McKenzie, people, railways, Simplot, Westman Recycling (new facility), weather-storms-floods, and extra copies of postcards.
Notes
Description by Christy Henry. Accession 4-2013: Book No. 1 contains a photocopied photograph of Aagaard's Cafe, photographs of the Dominion Bank and Barney's Drive Inn and a photo reproduction of the Bass Building. Book No. 2 contains a photograph of the Provincial Goal. Book No. 3 contains photographs of T. Eaton Company (4 construction photos) and a photo reproduction of tents on the Exhibition grounds (c. 1940). Book No. 4 contains photoraphs of the Oak Theatre and Western Motors. There are also photopied photographs of The Fun Shop.
Laura Anne Orchard was born on July 31, 1909 at Graysville, MB to Jeannie and Harold Orchard. She was the fourth of six children. In 1912, the family moved to Glenorchie Farm in the Morton district near Miami, MB.
Laura attended Morton School and Miami High School, completing Grade XI, then attended Manitou Normal School in 1928-1929. She taught in one-room schools: Bracken near Laurier (1929-1930); Rothesay near Isabella (19301-1931 or 1932); and Badger near Roland (1932-1933).
After Laura married Hugh Loyns in 1934, they farmed near Roseisle, MB and raised two children, Shirley, who became a high school teacher, and Alwyn, who became a university professor.
Laura continued to work with young people through 4-H Clubs. She also served on Eldviado school board, the one-room school where her children attended. In 1958, Laura returned to teaching at Roseisle Consolidated School District until 1961. When Laura and Hugh left the farm to live in Vanderhoof, B.C., she worked as a resource teacher in Vanderhoof Elementary School from 1965-1974. Though she never completed Grade XII, she did continue to keep abreast of teaching methods through correspondence courses, workshops, and summer sessions.
In the late 1970's, Laura and Hugh retired to Chilliwack, B.C. Laura Anne Orchard died at Chilliwack on July 28, 1983.
Custodial History
The records in the collection were in the possession of Shirley Hicks, Laura Anne Orchard's daughter, until donated to the S.J. McKee Archives in September 2013.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of records related to Orchard’s time at Manitou Normal School. The textual records include: An autograph book with signatures of all the students at Manitou Normal School; Department of Education Entrance examinations for drawing (1929), composition (1929,1930), science (1929), and physiology and hygiene (1930) ; a copy of the Manitou Normal School Closing Ceremonies programme (1929); a notebook on how to teach reading (c.1929); a lesson plan notebook containing notes on various subjects including Manitou Normal School executive, Students, Arithmetic, Primary Reading, Grammar, History, Poetry, Spelling, Geography, Geometry, Science, and class scores.
The collection also contains ten black and white reproduction photographs including: the 1928-1929 Manitou Normal School composite portrait; the Manitou Normal School building; Manitou Normal School Executive; Mr. Gordon, School Principal (1927-1930); various students; and an individual photo of Laura Orchard.
Notes
History/Bio information was provided by Shirley Hicks. Description by John Ball (2013).
Portrait of the Brandon College men's soccer team. Back Row (L to R): Harold Friend, Dr. MacNeill, Boyne Cranston, Fred Friend. Center Row (L to R): Dwight Johnson, John Hart, Kelly Stone, Chris Riley. Front Row (L to R): Mr. Willard (Y.M.C.A), Tim Mallory, Jim Smith, ? Hudson, Evan Whidden.
Wheat City Business College was established in 1904, when J.W. Beveridge and F.E. Werry resigned from the Commercial Department of Brandon College to establish the Wheat City Business College. It was located originally in the Commercial Building on 10th Street, owned by Hughes and Co. Wheat City Business College continued to operate until the later 1960s.
Custodial History
The photograph as donated to the McKee Archives by alumni of the Wheat City Business College sometime before 1997.
Scope and Content
Portraits of the students and staff of the Wheat City Business College.