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Lynn Moss Sharman Fonds

  • CA UMASC MSS 486 (A2016-011)
  • Collection
  • 1970-2014

The fonds consists of newspaper clippings, photographs, posters, research material, correspondence, journal entries, and negatives. Records include collections of articles and information related to missing and murdered persons in the Thunder Bay area, as well as in Northwestern Ontario and throughout Canada. Sharman also compiled clippings related to sex work, the Highway of Tears, the Robert Pickton trial, jail deaths, residential schools, child abuse, Tyrone Conn, foster care and adoption. Most of the material pertains to the Thunder Bay and Northwestern Ontario region but some of Sharman’s research also covers areas across Canada. The fonds further includes planning records and documentation related to walks held for missing and murdered women, records related to the Advocacy Committee for Human Experiment Survivors – Mind Control, research and workshop material, lists of missing and murdered persons, jail deaths, and assaults, and records related to organizations such as the Children’s Aid Society and the Native Women’s Association of Canada.

Sharman, Lynn Moss

Winnipeg Theatre Clippings collection

  • CA UMASC MSS 341 (A.02-73)
  • Collection
  • 1921-1929

Collection consists of two ledger-sized scrapbooks of theatre-related clippings from Winnipeg newspapers from 1914 to 1927 and one smaller scrapbook listing, alphabetically, the people profiled in J. B. McGeachy’s “I First Saw” column in the Winnipeg Free Press from 1921-1929.

Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences fonds

  • CA UMASC UA 21
  • Collection
  • 1908-1988

The fonds is divided into thirteen series as noted below. The textual records include correspondence, budgets, minutes, annual reports, research proposals and results, course syllabi, papers, exams, and publicity and press releases for the School of Agriculture, the Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences, and the Faculty's component department. The files of the Canadian International Development Association's work in Kenya and Zambia are also included. The photograph collection consists of over 2000 photographs, over 400 slides, and 16 packets of negatives that illustrate a number of activities involving the Manitoba Agricultural College and its predecessor, the Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences. The tape collection consists of four audio reels that detail the following topics: Manitoba Agricultural College History – Extension; the birth of 4H in Canada; the first Home Economics Programs; the organization of Women's Institutes in Manitoba; Dr. L.H. Shebeski; "The Challenge of Agriculture"; Dr. Baldur Stefanson on "The Rapeseed Story"; an example of an Agricultural Diploma oral examination; and Glen Dyck Morden on the "Farm Business Planning Project."

Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences

Kenneth Hayes Collection

  • CA UMASC Pc 255 (A.98-15)
  • Collection
  • 1869-1890, 1935-1936

The collection consists of eighteen black and white photographs of figures from the 1885 North-West Resistance. Fifteen of the photographs are originals (1869-1890) and three are photographs of photographs. Also included are four negatives of death certificates, the Charles Pelham Mulhavey book entitled The History of the North-West Rebellion of 1885, a telegram, a letter, and a photocopy.

Hayes, Kenneth

Tim Sale fonds

  • CA UMASC A2006-086
  • Collection
  • 1983-1984

The fonds consists of a single series: Child & Family Services material.

Tim Sale

Debra Barr and Walter Meyer zu Erpen Research and Publication Collection

  • CA UMASC MSS 375
  • Collection
  • 1989-2007

The collection was arranged in part by the donors themselves in accordance with specifications they provided. Consisting of 168 items including research correspondence, publication drafts, and books containing the published versions, this fonds takes up 0.26 linear metres of shelf space. The items and folders were organized by the donors and are divided by publication. Records bound together by staples, archival clips or other means were done so by the donors and thus are treated as a single record, even those which contain what could be considered more than one document.

Barr, Debra

Doreen Bobbit collection

  • CA UMASC A2003-032
  • Collection
  • 1936

The collection consists of Kathleen Shafer’s graduation bracelet.

John Crabb collection

  • CA UMASC MSS 488
  • Collection
  • 1884-2016

The fonds consists of records collected or created by John Crabb in his role as an art collector. The bulk of the records relate to the works of Walter Joseph Phillips. Records include copyright permissions, Christmas cards, publications, biographical information on Walter J. Phillips, photographs, newspaper clippings, reproductions, correspondence, including copies of Phillips’ personal correspondence, as well as promotional materials related to auctions and exhibits.

Survival Research Newsletters and Periodicals Collection

  • CA UMASC MSS 374
  • Collection
  • 1986-2015

This collection was arranged in part by the transferring agent in accordance with specifications he provided. This collection consists of 218 newsletters, journals and other publications created by Spiritualist churches and organizations between the 1980s and 2011 which have been collected by the Survival Research Institute of Canada. The collection takes up 0.26 linear metres of shelf space and is fully textual. The items and folders were organized by the transfering agent and are divided by publication. Publications and papers bound together by staples, archival clips or other means were done so by the transfering agent and thus are treated as a single record, even those which contain what could be considered more than one document. The second accession (A15-139) consisted of less than 12 issues which were interfiled with the previous accession.

Survival Research Institute of Canada

Barber-Arkin collection

  • CA UMASC MSS 490
  • Collection
  • 1832-1969

This collection consists of a variety of business and personal papers relating to the history of the Red River Settlement and the early days of Winnipeg. It contains material that particularly relates to the family and business of E.L. Barber and of his wife, née Barbara Logan.

It arrived at the Archives & Special Collections arranged by Arkin; his divisions of the material have been maintained and the material has not been arranged into series.

The material in this collection includes property deeds and leases; property acts; ledgers and financial bookkeeping; business and personal correspondence; bills and receipts; government and court documents; public notices and advertisements; event programmes; children's exercise books belonging to Barbara Logan and her brother Nathaniel; an exercise book of poems and other writing by Mary Livesey of Kisbey, SK; postcards, invitations, and cartes de visite; photographs; books and magazines; newspaper clippings; miscellaneous items including a photographer's pass to a WWI training base for the First Canadian Contingent; a print block of a portrait of J.C. Schultz; and two scrapbooks of newspaper clippings.

Jim Anderson Photograph Collection

  • CA UMASC PC 244
  • Collection
  • 1913-1926

The collection contains three black and white photographs on postcard paper. Two photographs depict people swimming at Grand Beach, Manitoba. One of these photographs contains a hand written annotation on the back dated July 7, 1926 addressed to a Mr. Albert €"Bertie"€ Blair of Tyndall, Manitoba. The third photograph is of a rodeo setting titled "€œRoping a Steer at the '€˜Stampede' Winnipeg 1913."€ This photograph shows a stadium of people watching three horsemen tie a cow on its back with rope.

Anderson, Jim

James Anderson Collection

  • CA UMASC PC 101
  • Collection
  • 1877-1962

The collection consists of seven postcards that depict early Winnipeg and Winnipeg Beach.

Anderson, James

Air Canada Pension Scrapbook Collection

  • CA UMASC MSS 112
  • Collection
  • 1959-1978

The Pension Scrapbook was a newsletter published by Air Canada that was devoted to the effective development and administration of pension plans. The newsletter ceased publication in 1978.

The collection consists of chronologically bound copies of the Pension Scrapbook newsletters published by Air Canada between 1959 and 1978.

Air Canada

Abernethy Elevator Local #702 Collection

  • CA UMASC MSS 277
  • Collection
  • 1977 - 1985

The collection contains textual records of the history of Local #702 in Abernethy, Saskatchewan. Also included are correspondence between the United Grain Growers' head office regarding the historical sketches.

Abernethy Elevator Local #702

Spiritualist Hymnals and Manuals Collection

  • CA UMASC MSS 377
  • Collection
  • 1921-1998

The first accession (A2011-65) was arranged in part by the transferring agent in accordance with specifications he provided. This particular collection consists of 15 spiritualist hymnals and manuals used by spiritualist organizations from 1921 onward. The hymnals and manuals are bound books and therefore do not have folders.

The second accession (2015-138) was created by Walter Meyer zu Erpen. It consists of 6 additional spiritualist hymnals and manuals used by spiritualist organizations from 1926 onward.

Survival Research Institute of Canada

The Winnipeg School of Art fonds

  • CA UMASC MSS 291
  • Collection
  • 1917-1998

The collection consists of School of Art Prospectuses, administration files, exhibition records, research materials, and photographs.

The Winnipeg School of Art

Henry G. Friesen Collection

  • Collection
  • 1936 - 2015

The Collection is organized into 22 series:
1) Personal Records
2) Biographical Information
3) Friesen's Career
4) Speeches, Presentations, and Other Attended Events
5) Correspondence
6) Henry G. Friesen, Frederic Newton Starr Award and Others
7) Convocation
8) Hall of Fame
9) Professional Associations
10) Reports
11) Consultation
12) Operations: State of Health Care Research in Canada and the World
13) Research Developments
14) Memorandum
15) Newspaper Clippings
16) Harvard University Medical School
17) Reunion
18) Miscellaneous
19) Photographs
20) Digital Media
21) Henry G. Friesen's Office Material
22) Publications

Friesen, Henry George

Manitoba Gay and Lesbian Archives

  • CA UMASC Mss 42, PC 292
  • Collection
  • 1948 - 2003

This collection contains textual records relating to various issues and information on Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Two-Spirit and Queer history including: Comprehensive Works, Bibliography, Reference; Gay/Lesbian Life, Lifestyles & Concerns; Literature & Language; Visual & Performing Arts; History & Gay/Lesbian Liberation Movement; Behavioral Sciences; Social Sciences; Philosophy & Religion; Physical & Natural Sciences; and AIDS-Related Information. It also includes an extensive moving image and sound collection, including oral histories and episodes of the cable access program "Coming Out."

Winnipeg Gay and Lesbian Resource Centre

Jill Wade collection

  • CA UMASC MSS 029
  • Collection
  • 1973-1975

The 1979 accession consists of drafts and the final copy of a paper titled "Manitoba Architecture to 1940, a Bibliography." It was compiled by Jill Wade for the University of Manitoba Libraries.

The 2005 accession consists of copies of textual material by and about the architect Arthur Erickson, including his letters home during trips through Europe in the 1950s and 1960s.

Wade, Jill

WWII Recruitment Poster Collection

  • CA UMASC PC 199
  • Collection
  • 1939-1945

The collection consists of one recruitment poster. The dimensions of the poster are 45.5 x 35.5 cm.

Winnipeg General Strike Collection

  • CA UMASC MSS SC 175
  • Collection
  • 1919, 1965

The collection consists of a scrapbook of newspaper clippings from both the Winnipeg Free Press and the Winnipeg Evening Tribune regarding the Winnipeg General Strike of 1919. The clippings are from May 27-29, June 2-3, 6, 10-13, 30 and July 1, 1919. One clipping is from November 20, 1965. One complete photocopy of the scrapbook is included.

Bruno Gröning Collection

  • CA UMASC Mss 508 (A13-161)
  • Collection
  • 2001-2009

This collection comprises books about Bruno Gröning, pamphlets from the Bruno Gröning Circle of Friends, and a printout of a photograph of Bruno Gröning.

Gröning, Bruno

Connie Macmillan Collection

  • CA UMASC PC 284 (A11-86)
  • Collection
  • 1880s

The collection consists of 5 photographs taken by James D. Hall and Skene Lowe depicting Indigenous people in 1880s Winnipeg, Manitoba. The subjects were reportedly paid for the use of their imagery in photographs sold by Hall & Lowe.

Hall, James Deakin

Peter Kaellgren collection

  • CA UMASC A2015-141 Sc
  • Collection
  • 1961-1972

The collection consists of five items--one photograph, three letters, and one newspaper clipping--relating to Eleanor Roosevelt.

Three of the envelopes bear the name of Mr. L. Ross Murray, 485 Wellington Crescent, Winnipeg 9, Manitoba. One is addressed to him at The Winnipeg Humane Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, 1059 Logan Avenue, Winnipeg 3, Manitoba. The photograph was mounted in a commercial quality gold-tone metal frame of 1960s vintage, which has been removed. There are 3 envelopes and one newspaper clipping which was inserted in back of the fame, discovered when the frame was dismantled. On the black cardboard backing for the easel frame is glued and taped a commercially printed address label for a Louise C. Wolfenden at Toronto.

Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962

William John Hills Collection

  • Collection
  • 1923, 1982

The collection primarily consists of photographs of the environment around the Norway House Indian Residential School. Several images taken of individuals on a Curtiss Model F aircraft display the aircraft that was used for the first air mail run to Rossville. The collection also contains a receipt and postcards.

The collection has one series titled William John Hills Collection.

William John Hills Collection

Public Affairs Newspaper Clippings Collection

  • 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.

Public Affairs Department

Communist Party of Canada Collection

  • CA UMASC Mss 169, A.02-50
  • Collection
  • 1935-1996

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.

Communist Party of Canada

Red River Flood collection

  • CA UMASC MSS SC 90 (A.83-33)
  • Collection
  • 1950

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.

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