This item is a portrait of Margaret McKindsey.
The file consists of the diary of a young teacher named Mabel during the time of the settlements in the Eastern Townships. The diary is titled "Leaves from the Diary of a Canadian Teacher in 1836". It follows the twelve-week period in which Mabel travels to a town or village to be a teacher (maybe Bondville, Knowlton). It contains information on everyday life, such as the way the houses were built in that area, the accommodations where Mabel was boarding, the type of food she ate and the way religion was celebrated and perceived by some. The author also gives information on many families such as the Furniss', the Burtons, the Carnes, the Murrays and the Wests. She also speaks of a Mr. Gardner, who is later arrested and thrown in the Sherbrooke jail and of a "brother Clifton" who owns a small grist mill. There is also a passage on the economy of the region, in which Mabel explains the process of making "Salts" (a.k.a. potash and pearlash). She mentions some of her students and their academic background, but all in all, there is little information on school life.
Item is a certificate appointing John Hume as school inspector in Leeds in 1854.
The item is a school workbook, creator unknown, containing student assignments in various subjects, including geography and religion, from 1854.
Item is a photograph taken in 1865 showing a group of student standing in front of Bishop's University in Lennoxville.
Item consists of Minnie Wurtele's pledge card for the Bible Reading Circle of the Acton Mission of the Anglican Church from 1882.
Artifact is a certificate of University School Examination issued conjointly by McGill University and the University of Bishop's College in 1884 to Edmund H. Duval.
The item consists of an annotated report, compiled by H. Hubbard, school inspector, on the Protestant schools of Sherbrooke in 1886.
Item consists of photograph of Georgeville's Old Methodist Church, School House and St. George's Anglican Church, taken by Allan McDuff in 1888.
The item is a photograph of Georgeville with Hotel Elephantis, school, and St. George’s Anglican Church and horses and wagons visible, probably taken in 1880s.
The photograph shows the students and teachers of Waterville Academy, probably taken in the 1880s.
The photograph shows the students and teacher at the Waterville Academy in 1890. Among those pictured in the photograph are: John Osgood, Fred ?, Carl Swanson, Harry Sommerville, R. Dean, Ernie Flanders, ? Dean Penger, Anni McIntosh, Anson Rublee, Riss Wyman, Silvia Bean, Rosamund Little, Lily Swanson, Alice Cairnie, Winnie McIntosh, Sadie Little, Eva Bean, Alice Dean, Lizzie Hunter, Ruth Little, Mary McCourt, Mellie Little, Lizzie Burton, William Draper, Harry Bradley, and Miss Hepburn.
Item is a photograph of (L-R) George Naylor, Calvin Derick, Herbert Naylor, Howard Derick, Nellie Stewart and Grace Naylor with teacher, Grace Colton.
Item is a programme for the closing exercises for Dunham Ladies College held on 9 June 1898. Printed by News Type in St. John's (St-Jean-sur-Richelieu).
The photograph shows the students and teachers of Waterville Academy, probably taken in the 1890s.
The item is a poem, titled "Vive Montjoie," composed by Dolor Biron in 1900 on the occasion of the annual trip taken by the philosophy students at the Séminaire de Sherbrooke.
1st row: Mabel Willard, Gertrude Buttler McFadden, professeure Mlle Jackson, Nellie Russell, Doris Cahrnock;
2nd row: Ethel Parsons Shattuck, Cassie, Gertrude Willard, L. Davis Robert Sawyer, Charlie Westgate
Item consists of photograph of the Sawyerville Model School. Included in photograph in the back row (L to R): Gilbert Matthew, Frank Cromwell, Galen Harvey, Carrie Parkinson, Clarence Lowry, Miss Brouard, Lloyd Hunt, Alex Matthew, Lewis Marshall. Second row: Berton Willard, Earl Kingsley, Myrtle Riddell, Blanche Hunt, Pearl Williams, Ethel Bennett, Elmer Evans, Adolphe Desruisseaux, Wilfred Marshall and Morton Evans. Third Row: Alex Urquart, Ernie Jones, Reggie French, Nellie Lee, Elsie Hibbard, Henrietta Scott, Harold Cairns, Reggre Lobdell, Harry Graham. Front row: Rob Bennett, Evelyn Cairns, Lincoln Riddell, Sternie Graham, Don Robertson, Claude Harvey and Stanley Scott.
The item is a school notebook, consisting of lesson notes and plans, kept by Berth Ralston from 1891-1902 in West Bolton and following her move to New Hampshire. Bertha B. Ralston was the daughter of Edward Ralston and Carrie Williamson of West Bolton; she was born in 1868, died 1957. Bertha Ralston married Arthur Foster Sumner in 1894 in West Bolton, Quebec. The later moved to Concord, New Hampshire, where they lived until sometime after 1910.
The item contains information on Julia Annie Harvey’s professionnal life. It is a letter of employment from a school in Orford.
Item is a mimeographed letter from the Office of the Inspector of Superior Schools in Quebec City, John Parker, to Edwin Howe Esq. dated 7 January 1904, informing the East Hatley School Board of an upcoming visit on Wednesday, 20 January, 1904.
The item is a postcard showing the public library in North Hatley from 1905.
The item is a postcard with a view of Dunham Ladies' College in Dunham from 1906.
Item is a postcard showing Sherbrooke High School, located on Queen Street (presently Queen-Victoria Street), in Sherbrooke from 1960.
The item is a photograph postcard showing the Haskell Free Library and Opera House in Stanstead from 1906.
The item is a postcard of the Séminaire St-Charles in Sherbrooke from 1907.
The item is a postcard with an aerial view of Stanstead College in Stanstead from 1907.