Fonds is comprised of the family papers of Sydney Helmer Standen and Euphemia Young Standen (nee McQueen). These papers include ancestral records and photographs dating from the 1860s to the 1970s and touch geographically on England, Scotland, Ontario, Saskatchewan and British Columbia. They pertain primarily to the families of Standen, McQueen, Drysdale, Ronald and Bensen and include such individuals as Sydney (Sid) Helmer Standen, Euphemia (Effie) Young Standen, Philip Andrew Standen, Neil McQueen Standen, Sydney Drysdale Standen, Eric James William Standen, James McQueen, Margaret (Maggie) McQueen, Elsie McQueen, and Peter Ian McQueen. Subjects include migration, settlement, farming, education, teaching, military service and war, and domestic life.
Standen-McQueen familyBoxes 10-11 include records of James McQueen (JM) who was born in Glasgow, Scotland, on 25 October 1874 and died in Burnaby, British Columbia, on 29 April 1947. JM married Margaret (Maggie) Drysdale on 31 July 1902 in London, England, where he was practicing his trade of decorator and painter. Margaret Drysdale was born in Kincardine, Scotland on 26 October 1873 and died in Burnaby, British Columbia on 2 February 1942. James and Margaret McQueen had three children: Euphemia Young (EYS), Elsie Hutchison, and Peter Ian.
Box 15 includes two binders with the item-level descriptions of letters and photographs; these binders are titled “Standen-McQueen papers” and “Standen/McQueen Photographs.”
This box is comprised of envelopes which were removed by Professor Standen from items which are located in Boxes 1-11. Also included is an envelope of cancelled Canadian stamps.
Series consists of photographs and negatives documenting members of the Standen and McQueen families and their activities. These photographs and negatives are located in albums, binders, envelopes, and rolls (in the case of panoramic photographs).
Panoramic photographs (located in Box 13) include:
Picnic at Forestry Farm of Summer School – University of Saskatchewan, 1930
Burke Public School – Yorkton – September 1929
Marshall-Wells Annual Staff Picnic – Bowen Island 1946
Jantzen – Annual Social Club Picnic – Bowen Island 1946
Collegiate Institute 1926 – Prince Albert, Saskatchewan
I.O.O.F. No. 10 – Champion Baseball Team 1949
Box 9 includes records pertaining to Euphemia (Effie) Young McQueen (EYS) born on 28 August 1903 in London, England, eldest daughter of James and Margaret McQueen. She married SHS on 18 August 1930 in Saskatoon and died in Burnaby, British Columbia on 2 September 1965. The dossier contains documents relating to vital statistics, some correspondence in the form of letters received, records of her teaching career, academic records, and numerous documents relating to her amateur theatrical performances and recitals before and after her marriage in 1930. There are a few postcards and photos and some legacies from relatives. There is a scrapbook, only partially filled, with clippings and other items relating to her schooling, performances, and other activities. There are also many documents relating to EYS in the dossiers of SHS and of James McQueen, notably letters that she wrote to her parents and to her husband.