This fonds consists of records related to the University of Winnipeg’s sports teams in men’s and women’s basketball and volleyball, the Wesmen; as well as the University of Winnipeg’s Athletic Department, facilities, and staff. Many of the records were generated by the University of Winnipeg, documenting its seasonal teams and games or invitational tournaments – photographs, programs, posters, booklets, brochures, media reports, correspondence, and video recordings. Other similar records were generated by the sports governing bodies, such as U Sports (previously Canadian Interuniversity Sport Association or Canadian Interuniversity Sport). The Athletic Department also collected newspaper or magazine articles related to the Wesmen or the University of Winnipeg from a variety of publications. The records are divided into eight series. The first is comprised of those newspaper clippings. The second relates to the Wesmen Classic, the iconic annual invitational tournament held in Winnipeg with teams from across Canada. The third relates to the annual activities of the Wesmen and the Athletic Department: primarily the seasonal teams and games through sports governing bodies, but including other invitational tournaments and the Athletic Department’s staff and facilities. The fourth series relates to the planning and execution of the Canadian Interuniversity Sport basketball championships, which were hosted by the University of Winnipeg in 2004 and 2005. The fifth series is comprised of a variety of photographs. The sixth series is comprised of posters produced by the University for its annual Wesmen teams and tournaments. The seventh series contains several video recordings of Wesmen games or interviews with Wesmen players and staff. Finally, the eighth series contains several miscellaneous objects related to the Wesmen or the University’s athletic history.

Series consists of photographs of Wesmen individual athletes, coaches, teams, and games, as well as University of Winnipeg Athletics Department staff, facilities, and events. The photographs primarily portray Wesmen men’s and women’s basketball and volleyball. The photographs show the seasonal teams in those sports from many of the academic years the Wesmen has been in existence between 1967 and 2007, as well as portraits of individual athletes from those teams. The games portrayed are mostly a part of the Wesmen Classic; but also other tournaments, such as the Mizuno volleyball tournament; as well as the seasonal games in which the Wesmen participated through the sports governing bodies of which the University of Winnipeg was a part, notably U Sports (previously Canadian Interuniversity Sport and Canadian Interuniversity Athletic Union) and the Great Plains Athletic Conference. The series also contains a significant number of reproduced historical photographs, primarily from the University of Winnipeg Archives Special Collections, portraying the athletic teams and activities of Manitoba, Wesley, and United Colleges, as well as the University of Winnipeg, from 1900-1977.

Fonds consists of records generated by the University of Winnipeg, including its administration, teaching faculty, support staff, governing bodies, committees, internal departments, and student groups. Some of the records were generated in the same capacity by United College, Wesley College, Manitoba College, and the Collegiate, with continuity to the University of Winnipeg. The records include minutes and records of meetings; reports; correspondence; newspaper clippings; publications such as yearbooks, brochures, pamphlets, and posters; lectures, essays, and other compositions; and student records. The fonds is comprised of three separate record groups, namely UW (University of Winnipeg), AC (“All Colleges”), and CL (the Collegiate), which are arranged into a total of seventy-four series.

Series consists of documents concerning The Crowe Affair, a controversial case at United College in which a professor was dismissed over a letter he wrote to a colleague. Documents include papers, reports, and statements made during and after the official investigation; media, correspondence, and notes from the College related to the controversy and the student & faculty reactions; correspondence about the events, mostly conducted by the Dean of Residence Alf Longman; newspaper clippings gathered that mention the case; and several student papers. Series is arranged among two boxes into files sorted by documentary category.

Records in this fonds were generated through the administration of United College, including its teaching faculty, governing bodies, committees, and fundraising drives. They include student records, financial records, minutes, and correspondence. Additionally, the fonds contains a group of reports, correspondence, and publications from the Crowe Affair, 1958-1959, documenting the dismissal of Professor Harry Crowe and the subsequent legal ramifications for professorial tenure and free speech across Canada. The fonds also contains records documenting the 1913-1914 joint administration between Manitoba and Wesley Colleges, at the time entitled the United Colleges, that served as a beginning of their administrative cooperation that led to their permanent 1938 merger. Fonds is arranged in twenty-one series.

Series consists of minutes from the meetings of several administrative bodies and organizations of United College, including the Senate, student organizations, and other committees. Some of the records predate the 1938 formation of United College, when Manitoba and Wesley Colleges maintained an administrative co-operation called United Colleges; and some of them postdate the 1967 incorporation of the University of Winnipeg.

Series consists of records of the Collegiate, the high school of Wesley College, United College, and the University of Winnipeg. Series is arranged into five files. The first contains annual student statistics and enrolment cards; the second, student examination statistics and letters sent to students and parents concerning exam results; the third, information packages published for students; the fourth, announcements of Collegiate events such as dances and reunions, and ephemera from the same, as well as valedictory addresses and a history of the Collegiate; and the fifth, records of the Collegiate student government, including constitutions and lists of participants.

Series consists of ledgers recording the financial statistics of United College, including that of various administrative bodies, salaries, taxes, and other executive-level incomes and expenses -- but not day-to-day accounts such as sundries or student fees. Also includes a ledger detailing some demographic and academic statistics of the student body. Series is arranged chronologically.

Series consists primarily of annual financial statements for Manitoba, Wesley, and United College, respectively, as well as records and financial reports of the United College Graduate Association. Series is divided into two boxes. The first contains summary statements of income and expenditures for Manitoba and Wesley College as well as the Graduate Association records. The second contains detailed financial statements for Wesley and United College prepared by Chartered Accountants with a full account of revenue, expense, and assets such as investments, endowments, and property.

Series consists of records from the Erwin and Eva King Ministerial Memorial Fund, established from an initial private donation of $500 on 22nd January 1942. The Fund was meant to provide loans to students entering the ministry. Includes the initial terms of the donation, and correspondence between the faculty of United College, students, and the bank related to the dispensed loans and the Fund's status. Series is arranged chronologically.