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Minute Books

File consists of two typed, annotated, Chelmsford Valley District High School Board minute books. Reports of the three committees formed by the board, Finance & Education, Property & Maintenance, and Building & Transportation are included within the minutes.

Town of Aylmer schools

Photocopies, and other reproductions, of newspaper articles, school photographs, letters, yearbook entries and class photographs relating to schools in the Town of Aylmer.

McNeil, Evelyn, 1935-

Bayham Township schools

Photocopies, and other reproductions, of newspaper articles, school photographs, letters, yearbook entries and class photographs relating to Bayham Township schools.

McNeil, Evelyn, 1935-

Malahide Township schools

Photocopies, and other reproductions, of newspaper articles, school photographs, letters, yearbook entries and class photographs relating to Malahide Township schools.

McNeil, Evelyn, 1935-

South Dorchester Township schools

Photocopies, and other reproductions, of newspaper articles, school photographs, letters, yearbook entries and class photographs relating to South Dorchester Township schools.

McNeil, Evelyn, 1935-

Yarmouth Township schools

Photocopies, and other reproductions, of newspaper articles, school photographs, letters, yearbook entries and class photographs relating to Yarmouth Township schools.

McNeil, Evelyn, 1935-

Letters to Evelyn Hall

File of letters, mainly from Dell Grafton, who was a school friend of Evelyn Hall’s from Havergal College, Toronto. The letters were written between 1900 and 1905 and describe Dell Grafton’s social life, clothes, parties and boyfriends and were written from Dundas, Ontario (her home town), Vancouver, British Columbia, and from various hotels in Maine, where she spent her summers with her family. Adeline’s father was James Grafton, a dry goods merchant in Dundas. Her mother had died and her relationship with her stepmother was not good. The last letter from Adeline was written on board the RMS Caronia in October 1905, when she was on her way to school in England.

The other letter was from Anna Corbett of Brampton.

Grafton, Adeline Minerva (Dell)

Sudbury Mining and Technical School

  • ON00120 015-2-1
  • File
  • [1955 or 1956]
  • Part of Heit Family

File contains an annotated typed letter from R.G. McDorman, Principal of the Sudbury Mining and Technical School, addressed to parents of students indicating times and locations for parent/teacher meetings to discuss their children's progress. A list of teachers names and classroom numbers is included.

Col. David Younger Public School - School Diary - Vol. I History

File consists of one scrapbook which relates the history of Col. David Younger Public School. The scrapbook begins with documents relating to the building, naming and incorporation of the school. Included is a program for the school's official opening, a typed transcript of the dedication service delivered by a minister at the school's opening, a copy of the certificate naming the school and giving a brief history of Col. David Younger (January 15, 1906 - November 2, 1962), newspaper clippings about the opening of the school, a brief history of the school, Col. Younger wife's obituary (Helen Younger, nee Campbell December 8, 1909-March 10, 1980), a short biography of David Younger written by eight history students at Laurentian University in 1980, a short biography of former library clerk and supply secretary for the school Joyce Netzke (1925-2009), a brief history by Peter Hellstrom of his house on Hawthorne Drive, a historical list of the school's mailing addresses, a certificate incorporating the school into The Ontario Federation of Home and School Associations on March 6, 1962, an annotated half gestetner copy, half typed three page contact list for members of the Col. David Younger Public School Home & School Association, a biography for Muriel Lappas (Muriel "Woodard" Lappas), a teacher at Col. David Younger Public School, two newspaper clippings concerning the retirement of principal Ray Kaattari on June 17, 1988 and another newspaper clipping from the Sudbury Star dated February 18, 1993 recommending safety modifications to a slide in the school's playground which was similar in design to one involved in a child fatality. The scrapbook then lists enrolment statistics by room, grade and teacher for the years 1959 to 1996 and awards won by the students between the years 1971 and 1995. The last two sections of the scrapbook deal with the issues of overcrowding in the school during the years 1976 to 1977 and threats of school closure between 1978 and 1982. Included in these last two sections are newspaper clippings, copies of speeches and briefs prepared by the Parents' Advisory Committee for the Col. David Younger Public School and memos sent home to parents by the school and the school board relating to the issues of overcrowding and closure.

Col. David Younger Public School - School Diary - Vol. II Pictorial 1964-1976

File consists of a scrapbook of Col. David Younger Public School. The scrapbook opens with a picture of the grade six graduating class of June 1964 with a typed list of the students' names. Following is a page with all of the signatures of the students who graduated in 1965; a newspaper clipping from the Sudbury Star (November 10, 1975) describing the academic efforts of David Basso, a former student of the school (1960-1967) who became visually impaired; and a green coloured page with the pictures of all the teachers from the 1968 to 1969 school year. Class photographs, listing all of the students' names, are included for the years 1969 to 1976. Photographs showcasing the students learning about and taking part in reading and language, mathematics, social studies, science, french and physical education activities have also been incorporated into the scrapbook. Photographs from the May 1972 grade five class visit to Paisley Road Public School in Guelph, Ontario to meet the students' pen pals, images from the 1972 Fall Fair and the Christmas concert have been included, as well as photographs of grade five and six students making snow sculptures in February 1975, a class trip to the sugar bush in Hanmer, Ontario in April 1975, a class trip to Storybook Farm by the grade one and two classes in June 1975, the grade two and three classes visiting the Big Nickel in May 1976, and a puppet show at the school by Mr. Strom of Thunder Bay in February 1976. Four Canadian UNICEF Committee Award of Appreciation certificates to Col. David Young Public School from 1971 to 1974 are also included in the scrapbook along with several newspaper clippings of various school events and activities and a letter from CKNC "The Mid-Canada Television System" owned by J. Conrad Lavigne Limited to the grade 1 & 2 teacher Miss Mona Pretty on January 10, 1976 which states their television station's intention of airing a letter written by her students concerning violence and profanity on television during the early evening hours. Pretty's students had previously written a letter which was printed in the Sudbury Star on December 11, 1975 requesting children appropriate programs to be aired before their bedtime.

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