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File contains a Provincial Model School certificate issued June 1890, certifying that A. E. Burns had been promoted to the Fifth class.

Series contains materials belonging to A. L. Humphreys as a student at Toronto Normal School. Materials in this series include correspondence, certificates, blank report cards, and an examination timetable.

File contains a monthly report card for Agnes Bell, detailing the grades received at the Elora Public School as a pupil in the Senior III class, from January-May 1897.

File contains a teaching contract between Albert Odell and the Public School Board of the Village of Watford, signed September 1, 1887.

File contains a composition written by Alfred Stodd-.

File contains two notebooks created by Alice McCallum. These workbooks include a teacher's copy of a "Rhythm, Band, Play" notebook and a book with notes on teaching method related to learning to write. File also contains a letter from the donor and a photograph of the Vankoughnet School taken in 1943.

Series contains loose artworks produced by (elementary-aged) public school pupils at Ontario schools.

File contains a copy of the Assessment Roll relating to School Section No. 6 in the Township of Warwick. This copy was produced by the clerk of the municipality of Warwick June 5, 1875.

File contains artwork produced by a pupil, "B.", age 6.

File contains a teaching contract between Beth Hawke and Pickering S.S. 6, signed July 23, 1946.

File contains a bylaw enacted by the trustees of School Section No. 6 in the Village of Watford in 1878 intended to protect school property.

File contains three art workbooks completed by C. Jones. These workbooks include object drawing, industrial design, and freehand drawing.

File contains a teaching contract between Carrie Adolph and the Public School Board of the Village of Watford, signed August 10, 1898.

Series contains educational certificates, including certificates for passing entrance exams, grade promotion certificates, graduation certificates, teaching certifications, and grade reports.

File contains an undated class card from Western University. The card most likely dates from between 1878 (when the Western University of London Ontario was established) and 1923 (when the university was renamed the University of Western Ontario).

Subseries contains examples of compositions produced by pupils at Oshawa High School.

File contains a handwritten contract between the trustees of the Watford Public School and Thomas Malone for janitorial services in 1900. Duties included general care of the school and its grounds, removing snow and ice during the winter, and ensuring an adequate supply of wood and attending to the school's furnace.

File contains a contract between the Watford Public School Board and Thomas Ferris for the kalsomining (painting) of two buildings, the School House and the Town Hall.

File contains a deed signed March 28, 1871, conveying a tract of land to the trustees of School Section No. 6 of the Township of Warwick.

File contains a copy of testimonials given between 1861 and 1868, which assert the fitness of John Seath for the position of Headmaster at Brampton Grammar School.

Series contains correspondence to or from teachers at Ontario schools.

File contains 11 pieces of correspondence received or sent out by the trustees of Watford Public School between 1872 and 1897.

File contains the published judgement of a court case involving a dispute over the erection of a new public school in the town of Fort William. The defendants (the school trustees) lost their case.

File contains a page produced in 1873, listing the debenture rate on $20,000 borrowed December 1, 1870.

File contains a High School Entrance Certificate issued to Dora Woods on July 6, 1935.

File also contains a note from the donor.

File contains a page listing the duties assigned to the janitor at the Watford Public School in 1875. Duties include lighting fires to warm the classrooms and removing ashes from the stoves, ensuring an adequate supply of wood, sweeping, dusting, and scrubbing the privies.

File contains a teaching contract between Edith Tripp and the Public School Board of the Village of Watford, signed January 1, 1892.

File contains a copy of the Public School Drawing Book belonging to Edna Stratton.

Collection contains ephemera related to education in Ontario. This ephemera includes materials such as educational certificates, grade reports, teaching applications, contracts, meeting minutes, school accounts, student rolls, correspondence, inspection reports, examination papers and timetables, insurance policies, student assignments and workbooks, and class photographs.

This collection has been arranged into 9 series.

File contains records related to the election of trustees for the Watford Public School. These records include meeting minutes and declarations of office.

File contains an application for a teaching position submitted by Eliza Carroll on behalf of her daughter Eliza Jane to the trustees of the Watford Public School in 1874.

File contains a teaching contract between Elsie A. Sutherland and the Public School Board of the Village of Watford, signed November 9, 1888.

File contains two teaching contracts between Emily A. Hawken and the Public School Board of the Village of Watford, signed January 1, 1891 and December 16, 1893.

File contains the "Elgin Copy Book", completed by Evangeline Brown in 1862.

Subseries contains examination papers written by pupils.

File contains six fire insurance policies held by the Watford Public School trustees between 1870 and 1891 (to expire 1894).

File contains a report card issued July 14, 1909, detailing grades received on the Second Class Professional Examination and a Public School Second Class teaching certificate, issued April 9, 1912.

File contains a teaching contract between Flora Josephine Green and the Public School Trustees of Section No. 29 York, signhed September 29, 1910.

File contains a Kindergarten Certificate dated 25 July 1892, awarding Florence Mabel Funnell the qualification of Director in Kindergarten Schools.

File also contains a letter from the donor, which includes biographical information about Florence Mabel Funnell.

File contains artwork produced by a pupil, Floyd, aged 7-8 years.

File contains one undated copy book belonging to Floyd A, Grade 2.

File contains three certificates issued to Frank Sampson:

1) A Certificate of Merit issued by the City of Toronto Public Schools in June 1892, for proficiency in the combined examination of public school pupils;
2) A certificate from the Collegiate Institutes and High Schools of Ontario, issued in July 1893, certifying that Frank Sampson had passed the entrance exam; and
3) A certificate issued by the Trustees of the Collegiate Institutes of the City of Toronto on 20 July 1893, awarding Frank Sampson a scholarship for two years of free study.

File contains a teaching contract between Franklin Kenward and the Public School Trustees of the Village of Watford, signed October 6, 1886.

File contains two art workbooks completed by George Fothergill. These workbooks include the Public School Drawing Course and the High School Drawing Course.

File contains an Ontario Normal School Certificate of Attendance and Aptitude to Teach, issued to George Malcolm on January 15, 1872. This certificate functioned as a Second Class teaching certificate.

File also contains two scraps of paper with notes pertaining to this certificate.

File contains 2 middle school examination reports, issued in June 1927 and June 1928, and 2 upper school examination reports, issued in June 1928 and June 1929, all of which detail grades received.

File also contains an envelope on which is written some biographical information about George S. Lucas.

File contains artwork produced by a pupil, Gladys, aged 5 years.

File contains a workbook, the "Public School Drawing Course," completed by Godfrey Jones.

File contains a copy of the Public School Drawing Course, completed by Harold Leslie Griffin.

File contains a certificate issued to Helen Burns by the Public School Board of Niagara Falls in June 1882, certifying that she had passed the high school entrance exam.