Collection consists of one oral history project for which Karen Clements was the Primary Investigator. The Community Mental Health Activists/Advocates in Manitoba Oral History Collection consists of 18 interviews (from a total of 25 interviews in the overall project) with mental health activists/advocates in Manitoba, conducted between August and October, 2017. All interviews are fully transcribed, and 17 have available audio. The research project was funded through a Brandon University, Faculty Health Studies Research Grant. The definition of activist/advocate for the purposes of recruitment was an individual who identifies (by self or others) as a mental health activist/advocate in Manitoba working for social and system change in the area of mental health. This did not include individuals whose advocacy is limited to advocacy for conventional services for one individual or individuals whose advocacy is limited to advocacy for clients as part of professional clinical work.

Interviews are conducted by various interviewers who were part of the research team:
• Principle Investigator - Karen Clements (Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatric Nursing, Brandon University or DPN BU) – conducting interviews and data analysis
• Research investigators – Debra Dusome (Assistant Professor, DPN BU); Kristen Hardy PhD (c) York, (instructor at University of Winnipeg, Brandon University, and Teaching Affiliate, Centre for the Support of Teaching, Learning & Technology); Dana Naismith (Assistant Professor, DPN BU); Stan Rossowski (peer support worker, community activist) - conducting interviews and data analysis
• Transcriptionists – Sara Groleau; Jacqueline Saurette; Kirsten Surovy
• Copy editor – Sara Groleau

Fonds reflects Paul Moist’s career as a Canadian labour activist and longtime member and President of both CUPE Local 500 and CUPE National. The majority of the fonds is comprised of his speeches and presentation notes, and also includes personal and professional correspondence, administrative and organizational documents from CUPE, and personal research on the 1919 General Strike. The records are primarily textual but also include audio-visual material and ephemera such as buttons.

Fonds is arranged in 6 series: speeches and presentations; personal files; CUPE Convention files; CUPE internal files; audio/video and day planners; and 1919 General Strike research. The speeches and presentation series include the speeches and speaking notes Paul Moist used at conferences and meetings around Canada. There is also a box of day planners and calendars that Paul Moist used during his time in CUPE Local 500 and as CUPE National President. The box of CUPE internal files cover various CUPE internal documents and meeting notes. The personal files cover letters, correspondence, and news clippings from Paul Moist’s time with CUPE 500 and CUPE National. The 1919 General Strike series are all the files related to the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike that Paul Moist collected over the last 30 years.

The fonds consists of records depicting the career of University of Winnipeg economist and professor Dr. Wilson B. Brown. The 2008 accession includes the Final Report of the University of Winnipeg Fund-Raising Campaign Planning Advisory Group, appendices, and other related materials including memos, contact lists and drafts. The 2022 accession includes correspondence, articles, essays, committee records, class materials, personal records, and a copy of the book "An Economist Writes Poetry" (10 illustrations, 51 poems).

The fonds contains a scrapbook of Helen McGavin's time as a student at United College from 1941-1944. It contains items pertaining to Helen’s academic achievements and social life. Items in the scrapbook include newspaper clippings about events on campus and classmates, including photos; invitations, programs, and pamphlets from school and social events; personal telegrams and letters; and class registration documents. It also includes small objects such as a pencil, candle, and key, as well as dried flowers. Her scrapbook makes for an interesting time capsule, while her enthusiasm and willingness to participate in whatever she could established a lifelong pattern.

Collection includes architectural drawings created by Stan Osaka in the course of his career, including his independent career and during the course of his work as a partner at IKOY; reports written by Osaka on space allocation at the University of Manitoba; and records of Osaka’s work history. Copies of drawings from local firms, presumably received in connection to renovation projects Osaka worked on, are also found in this collection. This collection also includes originals of the academic projects of architect Dennis Carter.

Collections include textual, graphic, and MIS records created by de Forest over his career, largely pertaining to his time as a professor in the Faculty of Architecture. Also includes a collection of published materials, including architectural design journals.

Fonds largely pertain to the design career of Grant Marshall, including teaching positions at the University of Manitoba (as well as many teaching slides) and private interior design business. Also features records pertaining to ballet costume design, fashion, and Marshall’s fashion boutique, The Third Step; Marshall’s artwork and exhibitions; primary, secondary, and post-secondary education; and personal records such as family photos and correspondence.

The Charlotte Wright fonds include the following series: scrapbooks (1948-1954); biographical information (1954-2009); programmes (1952-1959) and photographs (1953).

The Eva von Gencsy fonds includes the following series: alumni questionnaire (1991); newspaper articles (1950-2013); biographical information (1948-[1974]); records of the Hope and Wellness Centre; photographs (1948-1953); and obituaries (2013).

The Peter J. Macdonald fonds includes an article about Mikhail Baryshnikov, a nutcracker, and a photograph.