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Baldur

Named after the Viking god of beauty, this community is the home of the Baldur Gazette.

Agricultural Topics

Architectural Styles & Traditions MB

A research paper published by Manitoba Culture, Heritage and Recreation, Historic Resources Branch.

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    Architectural Heritage

    Images of Baldur and Area (1901)

    A series of images of Baldur and area, taken between 1901 and 1906, from the S. E. McKee Archive at Brandon University, as selected by Ken Storie.

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      Arts & Crafts

      Book Store

      A Story for Every Mile

      This 140 page history of Southern Manitoba by Ed Ledohowski contains many photographs never before seen in publications and features many memoirs from Manitoba's past.

      It is for sale from the PMA by contacting pembinamanitouarchive@gmail.com.

      Price $60

      Shipping and Handling $25.

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        Business & Public Affairs

        Arni Sveinsson Published Articles (1913)

        Icelandic Canadian Diarist Arni Sveinsson lived in the Frey District south of Glenboro, Manitoba during the settlement period. This collection of documents was published by several publishing houses between 1910 and 1920.

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          Community Histories

          Thorfinnur Johanneson & Karolina Ranveig Andresdottir - Their Story (1880)

          This reminiscence includes memories of Thorfinnur and Karolina and their family in the voices of several of their descendents.

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            Journals

            Arni Sveinsson Diary - Grund District, Manitoba (1880)

            Arni Sveinsson, born in 1851, came to Canada from Iceland in 1876 and eventually settled in the Grund District in Southern Manitoba. Arni was an ardent diarist and letter writer. This selection from his diary was translated by his grandson, Arni Sveinsson Jr.

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              Letters

              Arni Sveinsson Ledger Letters Part 1 (1916)

              A series of letters dated 1916 to 1920 and originally copied into a page numbered ledger, the current images are taken from an photocopy with red lettered editors comments. The letters cover a variety of topics.

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                Manitoba Histories

                Canada 1812 - 1871 The Formative Years

                This booklet, originally published by Imperial Oil, provides an understanding of the culture of Southern Ontario in the 19th Century. Many of the original settlers of the Pembina Manitou District came from Southern Ontario in the 1880's.

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                  Maps

                  Southern Manitoba and the Turtle Mountain Country by Rev L. O. Armstrong

                  Rev. L. O. Armstrong's diary of his journey from Emerson to the Turtle Mountains.

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                    Memoirs & Memories

                    Johann Gottfred & Sigurborg Pallsdottir (1880)

                    This document contains a brief review of the family's history in Iceland and the first generations in Canada.

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                      Nellie McClung Collection

                      Photos & Art Work

                      Images of Baldur and Area (1901)

                      A series of images of Baldur and area, taken between 1901 and 1906, from the S. E. McKee Archive at Brandon University, as selected by Ken Storie.

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                        Regional Rail Lines

                        Canada's Railway Heritage - Daryl Adair

                        History of railroiads in Canada.

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                          Veterans' Experience & War Effort

                          Thorleifson, Allan Olafur - Canadian Army Soldiers Service Book 1939 - 1945 (1942)

                          Every serviceman in the Second World War was required to carry a Service Book which recorded medical and operational information of his service. This document provided the first indication that Allan's health may have been jeopardized by his service while in England.

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                            Newspapers

                            An Index of Online Newspapers

                            Baldur Gazette