File contains a letter to Bruce McIntosh, Associate Superintendent, from Burt Demeriez, Supervisor at Bennett Centre and Archives and Museum. The letter is in regards to the purchase of a 30x22 acrylic painting from Alex Janvier.
Files contain materials documenting the development of Outdoor Environmental Education programs during Burt Demeriez's employment as the Outdoor Education Consultant with the Edmonton Public School Board.
The fonds consists of minutes, correspondence and annual reports of the Board of Trustees of Edmonton School Division and committees of the Board; student records; blueprints, plans and correspondence related to purchasing, construction, maintenance and renovation of school buildings; personnel files including employee contract and salary records; promotional and public relations material; curricula and teaching material; financial records, including assessment rolls from 1885 onward; and school planning documentation. Also includes administrative files and bulletins from the office of the Superintendent of Schools; records for individual schools, including staff meeting minutes, financial records, student government records, and material related to sports and club activities.
Series contains documents generated by Department of Education Inspectors. Pre-1905, Inspectors are from the Government of the North-West Territories and post-1905 from the Alberta Provincial Government. Documents record the Inspectors' evaluation of schools, classrooms, school grounds, equipment, pupils and teachers within Edmonton School District No. 7.
Item certifies that the area contained within the heavy red lines of Driscoll & Knight's Map of the City of Edmonton represents the area of the Municipality of Edmonton.
Series contained teacher personnel files that were arranged by surname and by the original file number as assigned by the creator. Dates reflect the retirement or resignation date of the teachers.
Item is a group of contracts including By-Laws regarding the borrowing of money, sale of land contracts, contracts with contractors and architects. Item is not complete. Only the Duggan Street School and Strathcona Collegiate Institute are mentioned although the transfer of land from J. Alexander Cameron Rutherford is included.
Item includes correspondence and lesson plans pertaining to the Grade VIII through XII lessons broadcast on the University of Alberta Radio Station, CKUA. Broadcasts were made when the schools were closed due to an epidemic. File was discontinued and removed from a larger series.
Item pertains to the supplying of hot drinks in schools. Included are cost estimates for gas ranges and utensils and a report on the sale of hot drinks at the Edmonton Technical High School for January 1933. Item also includes a requisition form from the Queen's Avenue Sight Saving Class for cocoa supplies.
Item pertains to the Vacation School, a program at Victoria High School to prepare grade XI students for supplemental examinations. Examinations were conducted by the Department of Education and the University of Alberta. The Vacation School was aimed at students who failed their June examinations but others took the summer courses as well. File includes correspondence, planning information and reports from teachers.
Item contains correspondence between the Superintendent of Schools and the Bureau of Vital Statistics, Province of Alberta, regarding the birthdates of children entering school for the first time.
Item pertains to student concerts held at McDougall church. The proceeds of the concerts went toward the Department of Music, the Department of Physical Training and the Children's Fund to Deal with Emergencies (Relief Fund). Included are minutes from organizational meetings, receipts, breakdown of ticket sales, programs and financial statements. The file also contains a list of the recipients of the School Chorus Awards from the Alberta Provincial Museum Festival, 1947.
Slide projector, for 4x3 3/4-inch glass slide. Model BC Balopticon. Black japenned tinplate, Lens focus 41/2 inch, focus knob on side of lens mount, lens diameter 7 cm. Leather bellows. Removable lid. Glass light bulb inside body. Power cord, with on/off switch, from underside of body. Air holes on body and lid. Wood slide carrier mounted behind bellows. Series No. 66385.
Item is the minutes of an Edmonton School District No. 7 committee. Comprised of several trustees and a secretary, the committee addressed issues such as concerns/wages of caretakers and workmen, maintenance of buildings and grounds, costs, new schools, additions to buildings, tenders, contracts, accounts, expenditures and community use of buildings and grounds. Minutes are arranged chronologically by year. Most minutes are original. Some are signed by the Secretary and the Chairman.
Item pertains to the education of the children of new immigrants from Central Europe particularly Ruthenians and Ukrainians. It includes articles, handbooks, addresses, House of Commons Debates and reports from 1895-1934. Item is an educational kit used by students taking Education Foundations 430 at the University of Alberta.
Item is an account book showing money coming in (cash) and going out (contra). It lists ratepayers, the amount of taxes collected, expenditures and amounts carried over. The book was maintained by the Secretary-Treasurer and each page is initialed. It is organized chronologically by year and month.
Item pertains to the theory and methods of Enterprise Education. It includes criticisms of Enterprise Education and reflections of teachers who taught it. Enterprise Education is based on the philosophy of the Progressive Education Association. The information in the kit is from 1917-1970, predominantly 1929-1946. Item is an educational kit used by students taking Education Foundations 430 at the University of Alberta.
Item contains correspondence written and maintained by A.T. Mode, Secretary-Treasurer of Strathcona School District No. 216. Subjects addressed include plans for the new Collegiate Institute, hiring teachers, tenders, debentures, re-opening date of school, letters to papers regarding advertisements, paying for plumbing and piano tuning, auditing books, requesting catalogues, a loan from the bank and leasing a school to the University of Alberta. Letters are numbered and an alphabetical index is included.
Item contains correspondence written and maintained by the Secretary-Treasurer for the Board of Trustees. C.F. Strang and St. George Jellett were the Secretary-Treasurers at this time. Included are letters to the Board of Education, teachers, school inspectors and the Imperial Bank. Subjects include the purchasing of supplies, complaints about night students, debentures received, the hiring of staff, the purchasing of a school site and teacher agreements.
Item is a booklet containing reports on tournaments and sports in Edmonton Public Schools played in 1928. It also includes Edmonton High and Public School Sports Records, 1908-1928 inclusive.
Item is a concert program from the performance of the Edmonton Schoolboys' Band and the Mountview High School Band at S.J. Willis Junior High School in Victoria, British Columbia. The bandmasters were T.V. Newlove and H. Denike.
Item is the Annual Report of the Alberta Department of Education for the calendar year 1920. It consists of reports by School Inspectors, Supervisors, and the Registrar. It contains reports about the Normal Schools, Inspection, and various Branches of the Department of Education. General Statistics are also included.
Item consists of photocopies of newspaper articles about the Edmonton Schoolboys' Band. Clippings accumulated by T.V. and Elsie Newlove. Articles photocopied by donor.
Item is an 8 mm film of the Edmonton Schoolboys' Band on the train, on parade in Vancouver and in Revelstoke and of the Band members aboard a small ship. No audio on film.
Item is a list of teachers approved for appointment to Edmonton Public Schools. The list provides the following information. The date the appointment was authorized, the class of certification held by the teacher, provisional or temporary appointment, the beginning and end dates of the appointment, the department or level of teaching to which the teacher was assigned, the salary, and whether or not the appointment was accepted.
Item is divided into four parts (a-d). (a) budget which lists equipment needed for each room, price of each item and total for each room. (b) memorandum that explains the list does not include music equipment, one unassigned vocational area and teaching aids such as maps and globes. It also recommends that the list of equipment be put out to tender. (c) site plan, main floor plan, and second floor plan. (d) Equipment Budget Breakdown by room. It includes the total equipment for vocational and academic budgets, and the total installation cost broken down into academic, vocational and labor budgets.
Item is a coil-bound plan detailing recommendations for school and core portable development for the 1980-1983 period. Core portables are structures attached to the main school building and are usually built in groups of 4, 6 or 8. The plan lists recommended projects, budgets, basis of budget development, the financial effects of the recommended projects, the effect of recommended construction in relation to district enrolment and capacity, and a ranking of the different projects into three priority levels.
Item is a six volume report coordinated by a Council of Education Ministers in co-operation with the Federal Government. The six volumes: Forward & Introduction, Government of Canada, Western Region, Ontario, Quebec, and Atlantic Region were to acquaint others with educational development in Canada and to assist the educational authorities in planning more effectively for the future. Most include a descriptions of education within the region, including trends, goals, structure and post-secondary institutions. The Government of Canada Report addresses the Federal Government's role in education.
