Mickey Brennen fonds
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- Date Range
- 1946-1964
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Accession No.
- 20201071
- Physical Description
- 12 cm of textual records; 15 negatives, 12 photographic prints
- Scope and Content
- 2020.1071/001: Newspaper Article on Mickey Brennen’s Retirement. 1964. 2020.1071/002: Enginemen’s Trip Tickets. Tickets that show train trips Brennen operated over his career. 1948-1955. 2020.1071/003: Statement of Earnings and Deductions – sampled. 1948-1958. 2020.1071/004: Industrial Acceptance C…
- Date Range
- 1946-1964
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Creator
- Mickey Brennen
- Physical Description
- 12 cm of textual records; 15 negatives, 12 photographic prints
- History Biographical
- John R. (Mickey) Brennen began his career with Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) in 1917 at the age of seventeen. He first started working at Coleman as an Assistant Agent for the Railway company. He then moved on to become a Relieving Agent at Burdett in 1920 by studying and winning a telegram code from a prize in a cocoa tin. Over the course of his 47-year career with CPR, he worked his way through the company, working as an Assistant Agent, Operator, Agent and Train Dispatcher. His job took him all over Alberta and Saskatchewan, dispatching mostly freight trains. He married his wife, Mary Josephine Morrissey, in Coalhurst in 1927. They had four children: two daughters and two sons. Mr. Brennen retired from CP Rail in 1964 after 47 years with the railroad. Living in Southern Alberta, Mr. and Mrs. Brennen spent their retirement working in their garden and with their family.
- Scope and Content
- 2020.1071/001: Newspaper Article on Mickey Brennen’s Retirement. 1964. 2020.1071/002: Enginemen’s Trip Tickets. Tickets that show train trips Brennen operated over his career. 1948-1955. 2020.1071/003: Statement of Earnings and Deductions – sampled. 1948-1958. 2020.1071/004: Industrial Acceptance Corporation Limited Receipts – sampled. 1954-1957. 2020.1071/005: Miscellaneous Administrative Records – receipts, notes, railway trip information, coupons, etc. Part 1/4. 15 negatives, 9 photographic prints. 1947-1958. 2020.1071/006: Miscellaneous Administrative Records – business correspondence, insurance agency slips, contracts, etc. Part 2/4. 1946-1958. 2020.1071/007: Miscellaneous Administrative Records – contracts, correspondences, train trip information, etc. Part 3/4. 1947-1957. 2020.1071/008: Miscellaneous Administrative Records – solicitor’s statement, Notice of Acceptance, correspondences, etc. Part 4/4. 3 photographic prints. 1948-1958.
- Accession No.
- 20201071
- Collection
- Archive
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