Fonds 2086 - Victoria College (Cobourg, Ont.). Board fonds

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Victoria College (Cobourg, Ont.). Board fonds

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    CA ON00357 2086

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    • 1841-1889 (Creation)

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    38 cm of textual records

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    (1841-1884)

    Administrative history

    The Victoria College Board was established in 1841 after the Act to Incorporate the Upper Canada Academy under the Name and Style of Victoria College was given royal assent. Earlier in 1836, the Royal Charter first established a Board of Trustees to manage the educational institution called Upper Canada Academy, later to become Victoria College. Under the Act of 1841, the Trustees were given power to purchase goods, property, land and buildings, etc. and receive gifts and endowments for promoting the education purposes of the institution. The Trustees along with five elected 'visitors' were called the 'Board' and had power to appoint the principal, professors, tutors and other agents as well as make changes to by-laws and regulations. The Board was required to have meetings and create minutes and annual reports. The first act of the Victoria College Board in 1841 was to appoint Egerton Ryerson as the Principal of Victoria College.
    Dr. Isaac Brock Aylesworth was the Treasurer at Victoria College appointed by the Board, ca. 1862, to oversee the collection of outstanding claims and to secure the subscription of funds that would pull Victoria College out of debt. Controversy, including accusations, developed between Dr. Aylesworth and some of the members of the Board regarding the amount and payment of these funds

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    Fonds consists of minutes (including extracts), notes and drafts, reports and other records of the Victoria College Board. Also includes minutes of the annual meetings of ministers of the Wesleyan Methodist Church to elect Board and Officers of the College, 1862-1866. Fonds also consists of records of committees of the Victoria College Board, including the Building Committee.

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    1987.042V
    1987.058V
    1987.125V
    1987.127V
    1991.085V
    1991.086V
    1997.029V
    2011.02V

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        Microfilm copy of minutes, 1843, 1857-1889, available on Victoria University microfilm reels 1 (positive and negative). Microfilmed by United Church/Victoria University Archives, 1996.
        Scanned copies of microfilm available. See file descriptions for links.

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        No further accruals are anticipated

        General note

        See also the Board of Regents fonds (Fonds 2000) and the Bursar's Office fonds (Fonds 2001).

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        Created by MB 2017
        Updated by JT March 12 2019
        Updated by JT Oct 25 2022

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