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S.J. Drache Papers

  • CA UWA IN-20
  • Fonds
  • 1956 - 1979

The papers are arranged into one series, which primarily includes publications written by Drache about the economic state of Canadian industry, as well as galley proofs from 1975 of the journal Manitoba Bar News-- which were never published because the journal folded in 1976 or 1977--, and a dinner program honouring Drache sponsored by the Jewish National Fund.

Sam Drache, Q.C.

Peter Strang Papers

  • CA UWA IN-22
  • Fonds
  • 1933

The papers include one series, a photocopy of Strang’s autobiography. A few photocopies of Strang’s handwritten genealogical history are also included.

Strang, Peter

Robert N. Hallstead Papers

  • CA UWA IN-23; 1994-2; 1994-6
  • Fonds
  • [193-]- 1984 ; predominant [193-]- 1967

The papers are arranged into three series, including Hallstead’s research on alcohol consumption in Manitoba; Hallstead’s fiction and non-fiction writing; and correspondence from author Margaret Laurence. The first series includes research and reports on alcohol consumption--and its social cost--from 1955 to 1956. As well as, newspaper clippings and journal articles on alcohol consumption, Manitoba’s liquor laws, and Hallstead’s beliefs on the subject. Also included is his address to the Manitoba Temperance Alliance. The second series contains Hallstead’s fiction and non-fiction writing, which includes poetry, short stories, literary criticism, lecture notes and addresses. This series is largely undated, but the material was likely created from the late 1930s until 1967. The third series contains originals and photocopies of incoming correspondence from author, and former United College student, Margaret Laurence. In her letters to Hallstead, dated from 1961 to 1967, Laurence discussed her writing experiences, the construction of her novels, her family life and separation from her husband. After his death, Laurence continued to write to Anne Hallstead. A letter, from 1984, to Margaret and Walter Swayze, a United College professor, is also included in the collection.

Hallstead, Robert N.

Ed Parker Papers

  • CA UWA IN-21; 88-12
  • Fonds
  • [198-]

The papers are arranged into one series, drafts of his memoirs. The series includes drafts of Parker’s memoirs detailing his childhood in Winnipeg, his years at Wesley College, his work as a journalist, his work for the government and the war years, and his time at Ryerson University. Some correspondence with the University of Winnipeg is also included.

Parker, Ed

George Brockwell King Papers

  • CA UWA IN-5
  • Fonds
  • 1934, 1937-1944

The papers consist of correspondence related to King’s work as Dean of theology at United College and are arranged into 5 series. The first series consists of general administrative correspondence from 1938 to 1944, and includes outgoing correspondence arranged chronologically, and incoming correspondence arranged alphabetically. The content of the correspondence varies, but includes scholarship information, discussion on course requirements, organizing summer school, committee works, information about missionary work from the United Church of Canada, the Student Christian Movement, and correspondence from other colleges, universities and seminaries. The majority of correspondence was received from the United Church and is related to education and missionary work. The second series consists of incoming correspondence related to students from 1938-1944 and is arranged alphabetically. The correspondence was predominately sent to King from the United Church and colleges and universities across North America. It predominately concerns the welfare and degree requirements of students and prospective students. The third series includes outgoing correspondence concerning students from 1937 to 1944 and is arranged chronologically. Often the correspondence was sent directly to students, and discussed admittance, scholarships, grades and the Second World War. The fourth series contains a myriad of incoming and outgoing correspondence roughly arranged into faculty, business and personal from 1939 to 1944. The correspondence largely relates to King’s work as Dean of theology and the administration of the department. The fifth series contains miscellaneous correspondence and also relates directly to King’s administrative and academic work as Dean.

King, George Brockwell

Raymond Wright Papers

  • CA UWA IN-25
  • Collection
  • 1877 - 1979

Raymond Wright (1917-2002) served as the chief librarian of the University of Winnipeg from 1961 until his retirement in 1982. During his tenure, the library underwent tremendous growth and change in terms of its number of holdings, size of staff, technology, services provided and the library building itself. The Raymond Wright Papers contain a myriad of documents from the University of Winnipeg’s founding colleges, as well as a variety of individual items with no apparent connection beyond the fact that Wright collected them. While at the time of accessioning no series were made, the records themselves tend to fit within three series, including College records, miscellaneous items and the collected papers of individuals.
The first series contains records from United College, Wesley College, Manitoba College and the University of Manitoba. The first file contains a United College recruitment brochure from 1942, the 1937 Bill to unite Manitoba College and Wesley College, a variety of correspondence, including details of the acquisition of A.S. Cummings A History of Wesley College in 1957, histories of Wesley College and the department of Hebrew language and literature written by W.C. Graham in 1953, an address from 1938-1939 arguing for United College’s independence, United College’s Board of Regents meeting from 1958 discussing the future of United College, and United College’s constitution from 1940.
The second file mainly contains documents on the “Uknighter Affair” from 1968, when the editor of the Unighter was fired after publishing the satirical article “Collegiate students hang Dean by balls.” File 3 contains a copy of the University of Manitoba Statutes and Ordinances from 1877. File 4 includes two copies of “Manitoba College 1871-1921” a 50th anniversary commemorative history of the college, which includes biographies and photographs of prominent people. File 5 contains “Golden Jubilee of Wesley College 1888-1938” a 50th anniversary commemorative history of the college, which includes photographs and lists of staff members. File 6 contains the minute book for the Joint Committee of Council and Historical Library Committees from 1888-1902.
The second series includes miscellaneous items. File 1 contains a handwritten diary by an unknown author written in 1892, which details their journey through Southern Alberta. File 2 contains the “Hastings Observer 1066,” a souvenir mock newspaper from 1966, which commemorates the Battle of Hastings. File 3 contains a tribute to Canada’s centennial written in 1967 by E.J. Thomas, a graduate of 1906, and G.R. Brunet. File 4 contains a birds-eye view map of Winnipeg created by W.G. Fonseca in 1884.
The third series contains records created or related to David Owen, John Mark King, and Elin Salome Halldorson. File 1 contains articles collected and written by David Owen, who joined the faculty of Wesley College in 1932 and retired in 1971. During his tenure he served as chair of the philosophy department and taught in multiple departments. His papers, written from 1937 to 1948, mainly concern the Second World War, and include a postcard urging for the embargo of Japan in 1937, an article published in the 1947-48 edition of the Bulletin of the Manitoba Civil Liberties Association on Hutterites, and a memorandum on “Canadian Freedom in Wartime” and why liberty should be limited. File 2 contains the biography of Dr. John Mark King, the first Principal of Manitoba College, written by Principal John MacKay. File 3 includes the 1946 autobiography of former Wesley College student Elin Salome Halldorson (1887-1970), one of the first women to serve in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba.

H.E. Duckworth Papers

  • CA UWA IN-13; 88-1
  • Fonds
  • 1945 - 1971

Henry Edmison Duckworth was an internationally renowned physicist, university administrator and physics professor. Duckworth was known for his groundbreaking study of atomic masses, as well as his discovery of platinum (the last stable isotope), and his authorship of the first definitive English language text on mass spectroscopy. Born in Brandon, Manitoba in 1915, he graduated from Wesley College in Winnipeg in 1935. He also graduated from the University of Manitoba, and the University of Chicago, where he received his PhD in Physics in 1942. In 1942 to 1945, Duckworth worked on defense research with the National Research Council of Canada, an organization that he continued to be heavily involved with after the war. Following the war, Duckworth briefly worked as an assistant professor of physics at the University of Manitoba, before becoming an associate professor at Wesleyan University in Connecticut where he worked from 1946 until 1951. From 1951 until 1965, Duckworth served as a professor at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario and became chair of its physics department in 1956. Duckworth was actively involved with numerous scientific research organizations, including the Canadian Association of Physicists, and he worked as the editor of the Canadian Journal of Physics. In 1965, Duckworth returned to the University of Manitoba as its Vice-President (Academic). From 1971 to 1981, Duckworth served as the President of the University of Winnipeg, before retiring and becoming a Professor Emeritus. From 1986 to 1992, he was the Chancellor of the University of Manitoba. He passed away in Winnipeg in 2008.

The papers are almost exclusively related to Duckworth’s work as a physicist. They are arranged into three series, including published works; professional correspondence and related documents; and physics notes, diagrams and secondary research sources. Series 1 contains drafts and published journal articles written by Duckworth from 1969 to 1971. The articles cover a range of physics related topics, including atomic mass, neutron separation, etc.

Series 2 contains eight sub-series, which includes correspondence and documents related to national scientific organizations 1970-1971; miscellaneous correspondence 1968-1971; correspondence and documents related to professional associations in Canada 1945, 1952-1964; correspondence with professional affiliations at American universities 1946-1950, 1955, 1960; correspondence with professional affiliations in Canada 1962-1965; correspondence related to Duckworth’s biography 1947-1950; miscellaneous correspondence while at Wesleyan University 1945-1952; and miscellaneous correspondence while at McMaster University 1952-1965.

Sub-series 1 contains executive meeting minutes and financial statements for the Royal Society of Canada, along with correspondence discussing a symposium and critics. It also contains correspondence with the National Research Council of Canada and its newsletters. As well as, research, policies, articles and correspondence related to the organization Manitoba Scientists to Combat Pollution. Sub-series 2 contains miscellaneous correspondence with a variety of scientific organizations, which primarily relate to his work as a physicist, and also included is a list of the past presidents of the Canadian Association of Physicists with a photograph from 1970. Sub-series 3 contains correspondence with the National Research Council of Canada, including discussion on the grant and scholarship program and Duckworth’s appointment. It also contains grant applications for the National Research Council, as well as, membership information, meeting minutes, and correspondence with the Canadian Association of Professional Physicists related to lecture tours and funding. Rounding out the sub-series is an article by L.E. Howlett about the future of physics in Canada, the report for A High Energy Laboratory for Canada 1957, and correspondence related to Physics in Canada. Sub-series 4 contains correspondence related to the Dempster-type mass spectrograph and the paper The Chemistry and Physics of Isotopes, which was presented at the Gordon Research Conferences. Sub-series 5 contains correspondence about the Chalk River meeting, A Proposal for the Cooperative Use of Major Facilities in Nuclear Science by Atomic Energy of Canada Limited and Canadian Universities, and published articles, drafts and correspondence related to the development of a national science policy in Canada. Sub-series 6 contains correspondence with Who’s Who in Canada, and with United College in Winnipeg. Sub-series 7 contains correspondence from his time at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut and almost exclusively relates to his work as a physicist. It includes reports on the Dempster Double-Focusing Mass Spectrograph, as well as correspondence related to physics equipment and laboratories, physics research and the exchange of samples between many universities, government agencies and private laboratories, as well as job references. Sub-series 8 contains his correspondence while at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario including physics research and exchange of samples with universities, research laboratories, and American and Canadian government agencies, as well as job references, and business related to the physics department at McMaster.
The third series is largely undated, but some records are from the early 1950s. This series includes Duckworth’s classroom notes and exams, physics diagrams, and secondary research including published journal articles.

Duckworth, H. E. (Henry Edmison)

John MacKay Papers

  • CA UWA IN-7
  • Fonds
  • 1916 - 1940

The papers are arranged into three series, which include correspondence, publications and examinations. The correspondence primarily relates to MacKay’s work as principal of Manitoba College. The correspondence series has been arranged either alphabetically according to the sender’s last name, or chronologically, and includes both incoming and outgoing correspondence from 1916 to 1940. The correspondence series consists of five sub-series, which includes correspondence related to Manitoba College’s faculty, business, general and MacKay’s personal correspondence 1919-1939; correspondence with and about students 1919-1938; miscellaneous correspondence 1919-1940; correspondence about the Carnegie Foundation 1925-1933; and correspondence related to the Christian and War Emergency Educational Funds 1916-1921.
The first sub-series contains correspondence related to a variety of matters, including discussions on faculty appointments and concerns, the finances of Manitoba College, student concerns and admittance, staff and student recommendations, the union of Methodist, Presbyterian and other Protestant denominations into the United Church, and the union of Wesley College and Manitoba College. The second sub-series consists of correspondence with and about students, and includes discussion on enrollment, references, missionary work, and the theology department. The third sub-series contains miscellaneous correspondence that largely overlaps with the previous two sub-series. The content of the correspondence includes financial records, curriculum, reports and histories on colleges and churches in Manitoba, reports and correspondence with churches, Manitoba College Senate meeting minutes, reports on immigration, and discussion on ministerial work. The fourth sub-series contains Manitoba College financial records, discussions about the College's affiliation with the University of Manitoba, and grant requests to the Carnegie Foundation. The fifth sub-series contains correspondence related to the Christian and War Emergency Educational Fund, and includes fundraising, and correspondence with the federal Department of Soldiers’ Civil Re-Establishment (which occupied Manitoba College during the First World War).
The second series consists of various publications and addresses written by MacKay from 1919-1940, which mainly relate to Christian theology and the First World War. It includes “Canada’s Attitude to War and Armaments,” “The Manifesto of Altruism: The Answer to the Challenge of Russia,” “Brass Tacks on the Peace Question,” “Modernism,” “The Changing Map of Canada,” “British Israel,” and “Corpus Christie.” The series also includes correspondence about his publication sales.
The third series contains examination questions from the theological department from 1936 to 1938.

MacKay, John

Charles R. Newcombe Papers

  • CA UWA IN-14; 89-1
  • Fonds
  • 1932 - 1979

The papers are arranged into five series, which include Newcombe’s lecture notes; Newcombe’s PhD thesis; drafts and published theological essays written by a variety of authors; sermons and essays written by William Creighton Graham; and an undated Hebrew scroll.
The first series consists of 32 notebooks, 14 ringed binders, flashcards and files of lecture notes. The notebooks were likely created from 1932 to 1960, including during Newcombe’s student days at Oberlin College. The notes mainly relate to theology, biblical languages and early Christian history. Also included in this series are four packages of colour slides featuring religious imagery and tourist destinations.
The second series consists of one bound copy of Newcombe’s PhD thesis, The Prophetic Attitude to Hebrew Kingship, which was completed in 1965 at Vanderbilt University, as well as drafts and notes on his thesis.
The third series contains both drafts and published essays related to early Christian history, interpretations of Christian religious texts and theology. The drafts, journal articles and manuscripts were written by a multitude of different authors, including Newcombe’s students, academics, and Newcombe himself. They were written between 1938 and 1979, and are largely arranged based on subject matter, and not chronologically. Also included in this series are examination booklets written by Newcombe’s United College students from 1951 to 1964.
The fourth series in composed of William Creighton Graham’s lecture notes, sermons and theological essays. This series consists of 9 ringed binders, 2 notebooks and folders, which were likely created in the 1930s. Graham was a professor of Old Testament language and literature at the University of Chicago from 1926 to 1938, before he moved to Winnipeg and served as Principal of United College from 1938 to 1954.
The fifth series consists of an undated scroll covered in Hebrew calligraphy, and composed of panels of parchment that have been stitched together. This item is awaiting further description.

Newcombe, Charles R.

Student Register

An alphabetical index of students, including session year and registration number.

Manitoba College

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