The fonds consists of a large agricultural account ledger of a terminal grain elevator near Portage la Prairie, Manitoba. The ledger includes accounts of warehouses in Ogilvie, Minnedosa, Burnside, Binscarth, Austin, Gladstone, and McDonald, Manitoba. The ledger also includes accounts with many Winnipeg grain families such as Richardson, Sutherland, Armstrong, Rathburn, Kirkwood, Drysdale, Ashdown, and others.
The fonds consists of a paper entitled "Gender and Labour in Carol Shields's The Stone Diaries." The paper was presented at the 1998 University of Manitoba & Universitat Trier Partnership Conference, September 22-24 in Winnipeg. It also includes a post-it note to Gaby Divay, in German, dated September 23, 1998.
The photograph collection (PC 210) consists of photographs of a 1944 re-enactment of the Bishop Mountain's arrival to the Red River Settlement in 1844. The Most Rev. Philip Carrigton, Archbishop of Quebec, played the role of Bishop Mountain. The fonds also includes a photograph of Ian Park's great-grandfather, W. Aldridge (St. John's College, Art Graduates, 1900), and some newspaper clippings.
The fonds consists of memoirs and letters from Ed Parker to Molly Rogers Brickman. He reminisces about growing up in Winnipeg's North End, attendance at Machray School and Wesley College, friends and fellow students who went on to have important careers, and being a Jewish student in a Protestant setting. The fonds also includes his memoirs relating to his time as a student at Wesley College and his tenure at the Winnipeg Tribune.
The fonds consists of the personal papers of Matthew A. Parker including correspondence, an autograph collection of famous British personalities, biographical items, family documents, and letters of recommendation.
The fonds consists of press clippings glued over pages of a bound volume of Sessional Papers for 1863. It includes newspaper clippings regarding Canadian politics and government from The Daily Globe, Ottawa Citizen, Free Press, The Gazette, The Toronto Mail, Irish Canadian, The Ottawa Times, The Brockville Monitor, The Patriot, Daily Witness, and Merrickville Chronicle. The clippings are not arranged in any apparent order.
The collection consists of groupings of newspaper clippings pertaining to specific Canadian political parties and has been organized into four series: C.C.F. (1932-1952), Liberals - Canada (1947-1975), Liberals - Manitoba (1949-1975), and Liberals - Alberta (1947-1966).
The content of the fonds consists primarily of correspondence, but also includes photographs, postcards, and a Royal Canadian Air Force service and paybook.
The fonds consists of one typescript text entitled, Creation: the story of the creation of the physical universe (part 1) and mankind the being (part 2) over the past ten thousand years. The text is partly in carbon copy including author's manuscript annotations and explanation of colour plates. Fourteen colour photographs of Pratt's original paintings, which illustrate his interpretation of the creation of the physical universe, are included in the text.
The fonds consists of a print-out of the University of Manitoba Libraries description of the fonds, copies of the cover pages of four of Rudolph Presber's books, the English language preface to Rudolph Presber's Geschichten um Bubchen, a German language bibliography of his works, a short biography pamphlet of Rudolf Presber believed written in 1928, a copy of the University of Manitoba libraries holdings of the Presber family, and a printout of an electronic mail message between Julian Presber and Gaby Divay.
The fonds consists primarily of letters between Helen Promislow and her first cousin, author Leon Edel. Edel is best known for his biography of novelist Henry James. Most letters focus on personal matters or Promislow's political career. Some letters were addressed to Promislow's husband, Hank Promislow, after her death.
The fonds consists of pages from a scrapbook containing newsclippings of articles and editorials written by G.R.F. Prowse, drafts of literary works, and correspondence.
The fonds contains newsclippings and programs from Winnipeg and Toronto, dating 1924-1971. The newsclippings primarily reflect Pyper's work in the theatre in Winnipeg and the early career of actress Judith Evelyn. The programs describe theatre and music performances in Winnipeg and the history of the Women's Club in Winnipeg. Also included is one letter from Nancy Pyper.
The fonds consists of 48 farm account books of the Rance family farm, which offer an interesting insight into forty years of farm life. The Rance family history by Evelyn (Brown) Steeves, Leroy Rance's sister, covers the years 1905 to 1930.
The collection consists of an eleven page daily summary of the progress and devastation of the 1950 Red River flood and comparative analysis of other floods compiled by the Manitoba Department of Mines and Natural Resources, Water Resources Branch. It includes river levels in Fargo, Grand Forks, Emerson and Winnipeg, daily weather conditions, and daily summaries of activities.
The fonds consists of one five-page letter written by Donald Guard stating the effects of the 1950 Red River flood on the Elm Park area of Winnipeg. His comments illustrate the nature of the damage suffered by many Winnipeggers, the areas hardest hit, and recommendations for a Red River Floodway.
The fonds contains textual records relating to the interview schedule held by David Reimer and John Colapinto. The fonds also contains the original manuscript of As Nature Made Him by Colapinto, including a personal thank-you to David as well as editing notations.
The fonds consists of three photographs pertaining to T.H. Roberts' extra-curricular activities at the Manitoba Agricultural College. The photographs depict the M.A.C. Junior Hockey Team (1920-21), the Manitoba Agricultural College Hockey Team, and the Manitoba Agricultural College Student Executive (1915).
CA UMASC MSS SC 131, PC 125 (A.96-24, A.96-89, A.97-06)
Fonds
1914-1985
The fonds consists of correspondence, programs, school notebooks, a copy of deed of gift, exam papers, school songs and games, school transcripts, newspaper clippings, booklets, invitations, a copy of a published pamphlet entitled My Story by Frank Hitchcock, photographs relating to the Manitoba Agricultural College, and maps and blueprints.
The fonds consists of two folders. Folder 1 contains three photocopied articles and the preface from A Chorus of Different Voices: German Canadian Identities, edited by Angelika E. Sauer & Matthias Zimmer, New York: Peter Lang, 1998. A Chorus of Different Voices was based on a workshop that took place in Edmonton in October 1996 with the support of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), the German-Canadian Studies Foundation, Winnipeg, the University of Alberta's Faculty of Arts, and the German-Canadian Business and Professional Association of Alberta. The articles are "Deconstructing German-Canadian Identity" by Matthias Zimmer, "As I Experienced Them Myself: The Autobiographical German-language Immigrant Woman in Prairie Canada, 1874- 1910" by Royden Loewen, and "The 'Ideal German Canadian': Politics, Academics and the Historiographical Construction of German-Canadian Identity" by Angelika E. Sauer. All three articles chronicle the German-Canadian immigrant experience, and particularly how the new immigrants attempted to negotiate a position with the host Canadian society. The second folder contains a German newspaper article from the Kanada Kurier, dated September 30, 1999. The article, written in German, is entitled "Denkmalschutz und Ehrengrab: Dr. F. Eckhardts Familien-grabmal in Berlin."
The fonds contains an unpublished manuscript titled Helen of Wheatville: A Tale of Winnipeg by Wes Turner, Rose's pseudonym, and biographical material on George John Blewett, a Canadian philosopher.
The fonds consists of one copy of the October 1902 edition of Nor-West Farmer and 30 black and white photographs of wild rice harvesting at Lac Du Bois commissioned by Ducks Unlimited.
The fonds consists of a scrapbook of clippings from Winnipeg newspapers relating to John A. Russell's service with the University of Manitoba Faculty of Architecture and to the community during his tenure as Dean.
The fonds contains textual records which pertain to Leonore Saunders’ involvement with the University of Manitoba Faculty Women’s Association and the Medical Faculty Women’s Association/Club, including constitutions from various years in which she was involved, contact lists, and histories of the Association. In addition, the fonds contains University of Manitoba grants reports, the First International Congress on Group Medicine notes, pamphlets, and conference dinner invitations.