Item consists of one scrapbook filled with materials marking important occasions in the lives of former staff members and students of Col. David Younger Public School. Included are newspaper clippings regarding retirements, weddings, anniversaries, graduations, health, deaths, children's births, awards, and activities of both former staff and students; school graduation programmes (Lasalle Secondary School, May 22, 1975 Commencement Programme; Graduation Class of 1993 Churchill Public School Programme); a funeral program for Margaret Eleanor McGuire who passed away in 1993; a certificate for "Terrific Kid for September Tara Wadge;" the Churchill Chronicle, Spring 1988 and the Churchill Public School in Review, 1990; a thank you card from Olga Pearce to the school staff thanking them for flowers in September 1991 (she included a picture of the ultrasound of her unborn baby dated September 15, 1991); a Christmas card from former teacher Sue Mott in 1984 and an invitation to Shawna Miner and Tim Miner's 20th wedding anniversary celebration on June 26, 1993. There is also a photograph of former principal Ray Kaattari in June 1993, taken after the publication of his book "Rubberboots in the Sauna."

File consists of papers regarding the history of schools in Chelmsford, Ontario presented during the regular monthly meetings of the Chelmsford Women's Institute.

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.

Item is a typed, annotated, minute book for the Chelmsford Valley District High School Board. Trustees included Chairman Cyril Villeneuve, Vice-Chairman Gordon Pirie, S.A. Gauthier, Denis Landry, E.T. Littlefield, N. Mainville, W. Petersen, and G. Pirie. Board affiliations with other trustee associations, conference attendance, teacher upgrading courses, faculty and staff employment, building renovations, supplies, field trips, renting school space to the Blezard-Hanmer High School Board for teaching, changes in the curriculum, smoking by students at a graduation dance, windstorm damage to school building, creation of a playing field at the back of the school, a contract with Canadian Union of Public Employees, instillation of a punch clock and other topics are discussed. Internal correspondence between the school board and the trustees (including a letter with two photostat pages attached concerning the Canadian Union of Public Employees and Chelmsford Valley District Composite High School Board non-teaching employees), a xerox copy of a Disposition of Dispute between the Chelmsford Composite School Board and the non-teaching employees, a certified true copy of an item of business that transpired at a special meeting of the Chelmsford Valley District High School Board on February 24th, 1966 involving Section 89 of the Labours Relation Act section 202 RSO 1960, non-teaching staff strikes, a memorandum concerning unlawful picketing at the school and the need to send letters to ratepayers with a copy of the salary schedule of the janitorial staff, and handwritten notes on lined paper are also included in the minute book.

Fonds consists of five scrapbooks containing photographs, newspaper clippings, certificates, programs, memos, speeches, correspondence and lists of awards given to the school and to the students.

File consists of a scrapbook of Col. David Younger Public School. Included are class photographs listing all of the students' names for those years. The majority of photographs show the students participating in school activities and class trips. Included are students creating St. Patrick's Day and Easter crafts in the spring of 1986 and twenty-four photographs from the grade four sleepover in June 1986. The 1986 and 1987 Awards Days were heavily photographed and each page lists the student and his/her achievement next to the image. Also included are photographs from the Christmas concert, St. Patrick's Day, Participation Day and a skiing trip in March 1987. Photographs from the grade five and six camping trip to Killarney Provincial Park and the grade three and four trip to Science North, both in June 1987, show some of the activities the students participated in while away from Col. David Younger Public School. The final images in the scrapbook are dedicated to principal J.A. Wells' retirement party held at the school on June 23, 1987 (a program for Don Paul, Jack Wells, and Ray Wasylenki's retirement party on June 5, 1987 is also included). A three page "Enjoying our Northern Environment" typed paper is included which discusses school ski trips to Adanac Ski Hill and how it influenced other schools to also participate. Several certificates presented to the students are included: one from Fitness Canada for Certificate of participation in 1986-87, two from UNICEF Canada in 1985 & 1986 for donating funds at Halloween (a letter is also included), two photocopies of spelling certificates to Ryan Love in 1985, a thank you letter (dated January 15, 1987) and appreciation certificate from The Salvation Army for a canned food drive held at the school and a letter (dated December 9, 1986) and certificate of appreciation from the Rick Hansen Man in Motion World Tour (1985-86) awarded to the grade four class. Various newspaper clippings are included in the scrapbook along with a thank-you note to the staff from Linda Riggi and Tony Riggi dated September 1986. Negatives of some of the images in the scrapbook are included in an envelope at the back of the scrapbook.

Item is a picture of a school taken from a street. A child is also in the photograph.