Documents by Al Thorleifson

In May 2016, the community of Manitou paid tribute to the 184th Battalion CEF on the 100th Anniversary of the Farewell Muster held in Manitou on the May Long Weekend 1916. A memorial service was held at the Manitou Opera House and a Heritage Fair in the Gymnasiom of the Nellie McClung Collegiate.

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This essay describes the purpose and the initial development of the Pembina Manitou Archive.

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Feel free to use these notes to promote active archival projects in Southern Manitoba!

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This is a listing of all Manitoba newspaper which we currently are aware are available online. We will pdate the listing as we become aware of changes.

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Paul Beygrau, artist, engineer, left an impressive legacy in the three years he was in Manitou. His art works on the walls of the Cassin House Hotel impressed guests until its fiery destruction in 1959. 

Details of his work on the Robson House have been photographed by the Sharpe family during renovations on the house. His only remaining work is the drawing he did of the Manitou Curling Club members, drawn in 1894.

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Bob Hunt, a life long carpenter in the Manitou district, decided, once he retired, to build cigar box guitars. This article introduced his new project to the community.

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Explores the parallels between the CMHR and ancient megalithic construction.

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This scrapbook, collected by William Maurice Cruthers, son of Samuel and Elizabeth Mary Cruthers, begins with his departure for school in Ontario in 1906. Later in the book, articles documenting family events from earlier times are mixed in with current, as if they were included when they came into his posession.

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This small rural cemetery, now surrounded by pasture, once served the small Icelandic community in the Diana district.

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A series of family photos, ca 1905, taken of the family of Richard and Maggie Shaver.

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