The Settlement Period era – Nellie McClung Collection

This series of documents provides background on the Manitou Gas Company as well as on its dissolution after electricity was brought to town. R W McClung was one of the major investors.

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Contains a collection of news articles and posters concerning a hundred years of performances at Manitou's Opera Houses.

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This 1905 brochure, published while Wes McClung was on the town council, provides background information on the town and municipality as well as space for many advertisements for local merchants.

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A short history of the telephone exchange in Manitou with reference to the original subscribers. The MTS Archive has also donated a 1908 box telephone to the Nellie McClung Heritage Site.

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A short biography of one of Manitoba's foremost suffragists.

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A collection of the photographs on display at the Nellie McClung Heritage Site in Manitou.

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A news article describing Wawanesa's promotion of McClung's legacy.

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A news article.

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A short article about McClung biographer Candace Savage.

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Bob Chalmers grew up across the lane from the McClung family and was one of the young people whom Nellie McClung immortalized in her book 'Sowing Seeds In Danny'. This document contains some of his memories of those days of his childhood.

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