Manitoba History articles from October 2007

Manitoba History archives from October 2007

Brandon's Quasquicentennial.(Editorial)
October 1, 2007... The past just won't go away. It shows up in many places--street names, old letters, unpublished autobiographies, historical postcards, and formal historical writing. We just know the past is important, now. It can be a source of inspiration and...

"Enemies within our gates:" Brandon's alien detention centre during the Great War.(Essay)
October 1, 2007... Mitro Mahoumnuk reacted to the outbreak of World War One in the same way as thousands of other young men across Canada and Europe. He volunteered to join the army and fight on behalf of his country of residence. Like thousands of others who...

Called to the bar: an historical geography of beverage rooms in Brandon, 1881-1966.(Essay)
October 1, 2007... Introduction In his text entitled Interpreting the City Truman Hartshorn discusses "the city s role as a veritable hotbed of the production and exchange of information" and attempts to "examine the rich tradition of growth and change that...

"To bestir themselves:" Canadian Baptists and the origins of Brandon College.(Gazette)(Essay)
October 1, 2007... If it is so, as one of the great sages of professional baseball has claimed, that "the game ain't over til' it's over," a parallel course of reasoning might lead to the conclusion that most, if not all, great stories "begin before the...

Brandon history in postcards.(Gazette)
October 1, 2007... I have always had a great interest in the history of Brandon. So it was only natural that I would collect historical postcards, many showing buildings, events and people which no longer exist. Initially, I found the cards at local antique sales...

Martin Kavanagh arrives in Brandon.(Gazette)(Essay)
October 1, 2007... Growing up in Brandon I knew of Mr. Kavanagh and being a history buff I had copies of his books. I remember speaking to him once on the telephone, when I called to ask him for help with a paper I was writing. He was courteous and patient with...

"Three mere housewives" and the founding of the Brandon friendship Centre.(Essay)
October 1, 2007... The Brandon Friendship Centre has been in existence for over forty years serving the First Nations and Metis population of south western Manitoba. Today, the Centre boasts a vast array of activities; educational and employment support,...

The Forkin letters (1).(Gazette: Documents & Archives)(Essay)
October 1, 2007... Historical working class, labour, and labour political organizations in Brandon, fashioned in response to the boundaries and subjugation of the city's liberal capitalist order, provide a remarkable and diverse testament to the rich variety of...

General Rosser's legacy.(Gazette: Documents & Archives)(Thomas Lafayette Rosser)
October 1, 2007... What's the connection between Rosser Avenue, Brandon's "Main" street, and the Rural Municipality of Rosser near Winnipeg? What do the communities of Brandon and Stonewall have in common? How about the connection between The Battle of Little...

The worst Canadian: when popular history turns nasty.(Editorial)
October 1, 2007... These days it seems that North Americans have become fascinated with best and worst lists. Blackwell's catalogue of worst dressed Hollywood celebrities has become a fixture at Oscar time, Canadian Idol and American Idol television competitions...

Mollie-Irene Ives: dressing for court.(Exhibit)
October 1, 2007... The Mollie-Irene Ives exhibit will be on display in the foyer of The Manitoba Museum from 2 October 2007 to 31 January 2008. Contact the Museum at 204-943-3139 for hours and location. In November of 1969, Mollie-Irene Ives of Winnipeg made...

Susan Elaine Gray, "I Will Fear No Evil:" Ojibwa-Missionary Encounters Along the Berens River, 1875-1940.(Book review)
October 1, 2007... Susan Elaine Gray, "I Will Fear No Evil:" Ojibwa-Missionary Encounters Along the Berens River, 1875-1940 Calgary: University of Calgary Press, 2006, 214 pages. ISBN 1552381986, $29.95 (paperback). [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Dr. Gray makes...

David G. McCrady, Living with Strangers: The Nineteenth-Century Sioux and the Canadian-American Borderlands.(Book review)
October 1, 2007... David G. McCrady, Living with Strangers: The Nineteenth-Century Sioux and the Canadian-American Borderlands Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2006, 168 pages. ISBN 9780803232501, $45.00 (hardcover). [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Many...

Louis Bird, The Spirit Lives in the Mind: Omushkego Stories, Lives, and Dreams.(Book review)
October 1, 2007... Louis Bird, The Spirit Lives in the Mind: Omushkego Stories, Lives, and Dreams Compiled and edited by Susan Elaine Gray. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2007, 256 pages. ISBN 0773532102, $29.95 (paperback). [ILLUSTRATION...