Photographed portrait of an unidentified baby wearing a white dress and hat.

Photographed portrait of Joseph Birtles, Sr.

Photograph of the cast of a play titled "My Prince." Identified from left to right are: George Matheson, Annie Matheson, (?) Douglas, Margaret Laweson (?), (?) Douglas, Zina Johnson, and J.W. Robinson.

Photograph of Rosser Avenue, Brandon, looking west. People, horse-drawn buggies, and what appears to be construction debris on muddy street. Visible businesses include, on one side: Cheapside block with Atkinson & Nation, Herbert Field (Sales in Stoves), and Jno A. Brown Groceries; on the other side: Bakery, Golden Lion, D.A. Reesor, and a Johnson Hardware Store. Bottom caption reads, "238 - Rosser Avenue, Brandon, Looking West."

The collection reflects Ada Janet Ross’ nursing career and wartime experience from her nursing training, through to her death and posthumous honours. The records document her time at the Winnipeg General Hospital School of Nursing, the Women’s Hospital in New York, the Selkirk Hospital, as well as her affiliations with the Manitoba Association of Registered Nurses, the Nursing Sisters, and the Canadian Army Medical Corps. The collection consists of certificates, programmes, forms, correspondence, photographs, postcards and artefacts which have been arranged into seven series.

Photograph of the members of the 1882 Brandon Volunteer Fire Brigade. Pictured are uniformed fire fighters: J. Richards, T. Taylor, B. Trotter, N. Field, J. Maywood, E. Wiswell (standing); J. Reid, J. Burchill, T. Speers, W. Taylor, A. McLean, J. Canning, W. Campbell, E. Stanley (kneeling). There is a hook and ladder truck in the background.

Photograph of the original Brandon Fire Hall at 637 Princess Avenue, showing a three-horse ladder wagon with the ladder raised up to the station's tower.

The collection mainly records Ruby Dickie’s wartime service as a nursing sister during the First World War but also documents her graduation from the Winnipeg General Hospital School of Nursing, and her affiliation with the Manitoba Association of Graduate Nurses and the Canadian Association of Nurses. The collection is arranged into six series and consists of certificates, programmes, service records, photographs, guidebook, and objects, including a medicine chest which is believed to have been used during the North-West Rebellion of 1885.

Photograph of wheat marketing at 10th Street and Pacific Avenue in Brandon, 1885. Pictured are: horse-drawn wagons; grain elevators; the store of Bower, Blackburn, Mundle & Porter; Edie House; the Grandview Hotel; and the Farmer Store.

The collection documents the life of Isabel Maitland Stewart’s including her education, her training as a nurse, and her career as a nurse and educator. The collection consists of certificates, correspondence, articles, photographs, pins, graduation attire and medals. The collection is arranged into six series which document her life from her early education in Ontario and Manitoba through to her reception of honourary degrees following her retirement. Posthumous events created by acquaintances of Isabel Stewart are also included.