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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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    Agricultural Topics

    Architectural Styles & Traditions MB

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

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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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          Memoirs & Memories

          Asmundur Asmundson: Man Without Feet (1880)

          Asmundur, who lived his final years with Siggi and Sena Anderson, lost his feet in a snow storm in Iceland, yet survived to live a productive life in the Baldur District.

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            Community Histories

            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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              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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                Veterans' Experience & War Effort

                Detailed Instructions to Conducting Staff - 1918 Canada

                Instructions for military behaviour and rules of conduct. 

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                  Newspapers

                  Glenboro Gazette - 1892-05-04 (1892)

                  An issue of the Glenboro Gazette newspaper.

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                    Photos & Art Work

                    LAC-MLA - Photos - Glenboro

                    A collection of photographs researched and digitized by Ed Ledohowski from the collections of Library and Archives Canada, and the Manitoba Legislative Archive.

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                      Arts & Crafts

                      Family Narratives

                      Asmundur Asmundson: Man Without Feet (1880)

                      Asmundur, who lived his final years with Siggi and Sena Anderson, lost his feet in a snow storm in Iceland, yet survived to live a productive life in the Baldur District.

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