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Harley Lashbrook research file: Schools history
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Harley Lashbrook Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- ca. 1890-1999
- Accession Number
- 2016-09
- 2018-35
- Storage Location
- W9 B8 F7
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Harley Lashbrook Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession Number
- 2016-09
- 2018-35
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 110
- Storage Location
- W9 B8 F7
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- ca. 1890-1999
- Series
- Harley Lashbrook Collection - Research files series
- Physical Description
- 2 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Photocopied and original newspaper articles and typed write-ups and original records, compiled or created by Harley Lashbrook, of School history research. Records created or compiled from ca. 1890 to 1990. Records include:
- -photocopied newspaper article (part missing): "First Schools in Elgin were Log Cabins".
- -Entrance examination results for student D.A. Grout of Rodney, ca. 1890/ Signed by W. Rothwell.
- -"S.S. No. 2 (New Glasgow) and students in 1891".
- -a photocopy of a group of Maple Grove School students, ca. 1910.
- -"Rodney's first school parade was held in 1916..".
- -a photocopy of a picture of Argyle School's students, 1926-1927.
- -"Honor Contracts, McCubbin Says at Aldborough School Opening", The Free Press, August 21, 1947.
- -"Rodney's First Schoolhouse Makes Way for New Showroom", Mercury-Sun, June 9, 1949.
- "Rodney Council decides in favour of West Lorne site for school", Rodney Mercury, June 15, 1950 (photocopy).
- -"$530,000 West Elgin High School Formally Opened", The London Free Press, November 13, 1952.
- -"Notice to Parents and Employers: Extract from the Schools Administation Act, 1954), regarding penalties for employing a child of school age (photocopy).
- -Correspondence from The Ontario Highway Transport Board, stating that Dougal Carmichael, of the Village of West Lorne, regarding his application for a school bus operating license, July 24, 1956.
- -"Minister of Education opens $525,000 W.E. High School".
- -"Co-operation expected: Central School Board Asks Council for $24,000 to Buy new bus fleet".
- -"Breakdown of Costs: High School Bus Transportation Costs 37.9 Cents per mile in '64".
- -a photocopy of a picture of Argyle School's last class, 1964.
- -"Happy with Staff: Central School Board hire new Principal and Staff for September", West Lorne Sun, May 6, 1965.
- -"USS 1 Served Aldboro-Dunwich Studntes Well Since Built in 1913", the West Lorne Sun, December 29, 1965.
- -"Minister of Education William Davis offcially opened Aldborough's public school", West Lorne Sun, January 27th, 1966.
- -"Maple grove Schoolhouses served hundreds of students for years", West Lorne Sun, May 12, 1966.
- -"Township Council Discusses One Bus System for all four schools".
- -"Secondary school had difficult birth", The Rodney Mercury, June 23, 1977.
- -"Son of 1891 Rodney teacher shares history", The Rodney Mercury (relating to Grant Voaden), June 14, 1979.
- -a photocopy, with identifications, of a Crinan School class in 1889. Also, a transparency of an unidentified Aldborough SS #9 (Crinan) school reunion. Also, newspaper clippings relating to the Crinan School, ca. 1920s-1930s. -"Crinan School Reunion Held", London Free Press, July 4, 1940.
- -a photocopy listing the teachers of Aldborough SS #11.
- -"John Humphries, 95, attended W. Lorne's original school", The West Lorne Sun, September 11, 1980.
- -Anniversary booklet of West Lorne Public School, ca. 1980.
- Subject Access
- Schools
- Education
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