Call Number: Pc 244 (A.09-33)

Title: Jim Anderson Photograph Collection.

Dates: 1913-1926.

Extent: 3 photographs.

Biographical sketch: Jim Anderson is the proprietor of Jim Anderson Books in Winnipeg.  Jim Anderson Books specializies in serving Canadian libraries, archives and museums - as well as institutions and individuals internationally.  It offers out of print, scarce and rare books, ephemera, and private collections of papers and photographs.  Anderson has been in the antiquarian book trade in Western Canada since the 1990s.  He is also active in appraising collections for archives, other institutions and individuals. 

Custodial history: The collection was acquired by University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections in 2005 from Jim Anderson.

Scope and content: The collection contains three black and white photographs on postcard paper.  Two photographs depict people swimming at Grand Beach, Manitoba. One of these photographs contains a hand written annotation on the back dated July 7, 1926 addressed to a Mr. Albert “Bertie” Blair of Tyndall, Manitoba.  The third photograph is of a rodeo setting titled “Roping a Steer at the ‘Stampede’ Winnipeg 1913.”  This photograph shows a stadium of people watching three horsemen tie a cow on its back with rope.        

Restrictions: There are no restrictions on this material.

Accruals: Further accruals are expected.

Finding aid: Finding aid is currently unavailable.