Series contains documents pertaining to Joseph Blyth Whitehead's and Ernest Christie Whitehead's careers with the Brandon Sun, 1910-1952; contains business correspondence as well as job orders as well as newspaper clippings and other ephemera created had organized with correspondence. Series is further divided into the following files:
Job orders for the Brandon Sun; includes products and hard-written notes with information and prices; catalogue of Values for Brandon retail stores printed by the Brandon Sun with distribution list from 1925; photograpic advertising plate for Jaegers.
This file contains correspondence relating to business management at the Brandon Sun under Joseph Blyth Whitehead and Ernest Christie Whitehead; includes letters indicating outstanding bills from clients; Publishers Adjusting Association credit reports; list of letters to send in case subscriber does not pay; form letters from United Creditors Association; letters relating to equipment; decisions about content; advertising rates; correspondence with T.W. Pue, Circulation Manager; correspondence with Canadian Daily Newspapers Association; proposals by other employees; carrier contract; subscription and advertising contracts; documents pertaining to taxes on newsprint; articles promoting the press in Canada; File includes a postcard from Gimili, Manitoba.
The file contains form letters used by Ernest Christie Whitehead in the context of his work with the Brandon Sun; type written business letters; most pertain to advertising; comments on advertising keeping pace with inflation; discusses movement to get consumers to purchase at home instead of in Winnipeg; Christmas greeting to advertising clients; basic advertising contract
The file contains miscellaneous documents pertaining to Ernest Christie Whitehead's business, predominantly with the Brandon Sun, between 1924 and 1949; mailing information; various letters to and from associates; requests to Ernest Whitehead to provide references; also some letters directed to Joseph Blyth Whitehead; letter from Walter Jansen pertaining to his daughter Mary Jensen and a position at the Prince Edward Hotel dated February 5th 1932; complaints about an article in the Brandon Sun by the Army and Navy Veterans in Canada.
The file contains Brandon Sun editorials by Joseph Blyth Whitehead from 1919- 1940 and Ernest Christie Whitehead from 1942-1947; conflict over editorial opposing article by Chief Buffalo Child Long Lance that appeared in MacLeans; correspondence with Conservative party and politicians; Canadian National Railway letters; many letters to the editor; plans for Christmas message; collected editorials from other papers about the Brandon Sun; small notes and potential editorial ideas; editorials defending newspaper work and the place of editorials; "recipes for monkey business" drink list; a letter of reference; a request for a clipping of the Brandon Sun masthead from New York.
The file contains thank you letters pertaining to Joseph Blyth Whitehead's career with the Brandon Sun between 1926 to 1939 and Ernest Christie Whitehead's career with the Brandon Sun between 1940 to 1952; mostly directed to the Brandon Sun in thanks to editorials; often churches and businesses thanking the Sun for support through editorials; illustrated colour war map of Europe; a Christmas card.
The file contains information on business contacts for Joseph Blyth Whitehead and Ernest Christie Whitehead, publishers of the Brandon Sun between 1927 to 1943; Christmas cards and greetings; some greetings addressed to J.B. Whitehead; death notices; business cards
The series consists of documents pertaining to Ernest Christie Whitehead's connection to other newspapers as well as his association with print media organizations and associations; contains correspondence, legal documents, newspaper clippings, contracts, and ephemera. The box also contains an envelope of cheque stubs and a blank cheque.
The series is further divided into the following files:
Western Publishing Co. Ltd. - Contracts - Equipment Purchases 1905-1948
Miscellaneous Sales Techniques
Miscellaneous Articles and Bulletins
Miscellaneous Newspaper Regulatory Information
Business - Legal
Carrier X-mas Cards
Canadian Daily Newspaper Association Correspondence - 1939-1954
Canadian Daily Newspaper Association Annual Reports - 1950-1952
The file contains records of contracts and equipment purchases between the Western Publishing Co. Ltd. and the Brandon Sun under the ownership and management of Joseph Blyth Whitehead between 1905 to 1927 and Ernest Christie Whitehead from 1933 to 1948.
