UA 19, PC 8 (A.80-43, A.80-47, A.86-17, A.90-14, A.03-114, A.04-119)

Title: Alumni Association Inc. of the University of Manitoba fonds

Dates: 1912-1980, 1990

Extent: 6.3 m of textual records. -- 237 photographs, 16 negatives, 1 slide, 3 contact sheets, 5 postcards and 1 sketch.

Administrative History: Founded in 1921, the Alumni Association seeks to cultivate loyalty to the University among graduates and former students of the University of Manitoba. In 1926, one year before the University's fiftieth anniversary, the Association created the University of Manitoba Quarterly, a journal of University news and events for alumni. The Alumni Association operated largely as an independent association until 1958 when President Saunderson created the Public Relations and Information Office. The Alumni Association assumed the operative role of the Public Relations and Information Office and received direct funding from the University.

Custodial History: The records were donated to Archives & Special Collections in several accessions, beginning in 1980, by members of the Alumni Association.

Scope and Content: The earlier accessions of the fonds includes minutes and correspondence of the Board of Directors and Committees, including the Centennial Committee; files on awards, fund raising and advertising activities; correspondence with branches of the Association and other Canadian and American Alumni Associations; annual reports; and miscellaneous correspondence of former Alumni Executive Director, John M. Gordon. Most records date from 1950 to 1975. The A.03-114 accession of the fonds contains 43 photographs of historical figures relating to the University of Manitoba, the Canadian Forestry Convention in Winnipeg, and the official opening of BRIDGE. The fonds also contains a newspaper clipping of a cartoon.

Restrictions: Open to all researchers

Finding Aids: On-line finding aids for several accession of this fonds are available at the links below. Printed finding aids are also available in the Archives & Special Collections reading room.

UA 19 (A.80-43, A.80-47, A.83-03, A.86-17)

PC 8 (A.80-43, A.80-47, A.83.03, A.86-17)

PC 8 (A.03-114)

We greatly acknowledge the financial support of the Manitoba Department of Culture, Heritage and Tourism and the Heritage Grants Advisory Council in the creation of this finding aid.