Part Of

RG 11 Lawrence Stuckey fonds

Creator

Wm. Martel

Description Level

Item

Series Number

3.1

Item Number

1-2002.3.1G12

Accession Number

1-2002

GMD

graphic

Date Range

1904

Physical Description

3 1/2" x 5"

Material Details

Negative

History / Biographical

Built in 1890 as a reformatory (section to right).

The four-story part was built in 1892 and the former reformatory became an administrative section.

Became the Brandon Asylum for the Insane in 1892.

Custodial History

For custodial history see the collection level description of the Lawrence Stuckey collection.

Scope and Content

Brandon's first mental hospital buildings

Name Access

Brandon Asylum for the Insane

Subject Access

hospitals

psychiatric hospitals

Brandon Hospitals

Repro Restriction

The McKee Archives is the copyright holder for the Stuckey materials.

Storage Location

Lawrence Stuckey collection

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Part Of

Brandon and Area Photograph Collection

Creator

Photographer: W.A. Martel & Son

Description Level

Item

Series Number

5

Item Number

BAPC 5.11

GMD

graphic

Date Range

c. 1900

Physical Description

4" x 5.5" (b/w)

Physical Condition

Very good

History / Biographical

William Currie was born on February 28, 1834 in Lanark County, ON. In 1860, he moved to St. Mary's, where he worked in mercantile and grain businesses until 1879, when he emigrated to Manitoba. The following year, he took up homesteading along the Assiniboine River, at a site known as Currie's Landing. He received and forwarded frieght from steamboats travelling the river. From 1893-1902, he served as baliff for the Brandon District, before resigning and moving to Brandon where he engaged in the real estate and fire insurance business. Currie married Ellen Creighton of Blanchard, ON in 1861. Together they had six chrildren: Robert Wilson Currie, Margaret Anne Currie, Harriet Ellen Currie, William James Currie, James Weldon Currie, and Lottie Louise Currie. William Currie died on March 30, 1931 in Brandon, MB.

Scope and Content

Item is a studio portrait of William Currie.

Notes

History/Bio information taken from the Manitoba Historical Society website (http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/currie_w.shtml)

Name Access

William Currie

Currie's Landing

Subject Access

portraits

Pioneers

Storage Location

BAPC photograph drawer

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