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.
The fonds contains a playbill from Strike! The Musical signed by playwright Danny Schur. This published material contains biographical information of those involved in the production as well as the itinerary for the opening night of the play, May 26, 2005. In addition, a pamphlet from the union International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE Local 63) is included.
The fonds contains the constitution, membership, attendance and committee lists, notices of meetings, annual reports, papers, abstracts, questionnaires, correspondence, and minute books of the Scientific Club of Winnipeg.
The fonds consists of a draft proposal, and research (in electronic form) of a history of the Canadian Foodgrains Bank, and the published version of the history.
The fonds is comprised of 4 series. They include biographical information & obituary, Landscape Architecture course taught at the University of Manitoba, research material & slides.
The fonds consists of printed materials related to the Communist Party of Canada and the Labour Progressive Party. These include reports, pamphlets, briefs to royal commissions, convention materials, newspapers, election handouts, constitutions, and writings by such notables as William Kashtan and Leslie Morrison.
The fonds is compiled into two series; whenever possible the material is arranged chronologically. The first series is comprised of trial backgrounds created for the animated shorts “The Big Snit” (1985) and “Getting Started” (1979). The second series contains two film reels: the animated short “John Law and the Mississippi Bubble” [9 min. 40 sec.] released in 1978, and the animated short “The Big Snit” [10 min. 41 sec.] released in 1985.
The fonds consists of ledgers, cash books, minute books, cheque journals, auditors reports, and account books of the Dauphin Agricultural Society and associated agricultural clubs.
The collection consists primarily of John Dorsey's personal diaries and lecture books as a professor at the University of Manitoba from 1910-1920. It tells much about life at the Broadway campus of the University of Manitoba.
The collection consists of several hundred research note cards with collected data on the origin and location of place names to settlements, townships, lakes, rivers, forts, islands, creeks, and other geographical sites in Manitoba.
A separate set of note cards provides English translations to many of the Indian names. Some publications on Manitoba place names are included in the collection as well as a few of the writer's own historical essays on Manitoba sites and history. The collection also includes the author's biographical essay on Arnold Brigden.
The fonds consist of approximately 5,110 negatives (3 per strip) taken by Jon Thordarson during his time as a photographer for the Winnipeg Tribune. The negatives document the Winnipeg Jets hockey team from 1974 to 1980. Almost all the negatives involve hockey and majority of those include the Jets.
Box 1 contains 55 envelopes containing approximately 1870 negatives. Box 2 contains 108 envelopes containing approximately 3240 negatives.
The fonds consists of Oksana Rozumna's various publicity articles, reports, and Alpha Omega Alumnae's documents regarding cultural and educational activities, reports, meetings, and anniversaries.
The fonds consists of McFadden's notes, exams, texts from his studies at the University of Manitoba Faculty of Agriculture from 1945-1949. Also included are his typewritten reports submitted as the Men's Residence Treasurer and the Brown and Gold Agriculture (Senior) rep.
CA UMASC Ua 17 (A.78-17, A.87-39, A.89-26, A.91-05, A.93-04)
Collection
1892-2001
The many scrapbooks constituting this collection of newspaper clippings are from various newspapers from 1892 through 2001. The topics covered in the clippings primarily relate to the history of the University of Manitoba. Some years include articles on other academic institutions.
The fonds contains various administrative records including committee minutes, correspondence, research proposals, annual reports, research reports, budget records, and policy documents.
The collection, covering the years 1966 to 1977, contains correspondence, reports, records of committees and regional studies undertaken by the Natural Resources Institute. Among these studies are a substantial number of community profiles for native reserves within Manitoba and Northwestern Ontario.