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School Section History Competition Essays, 1895
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1895
- Accession Number
- 2002-25
- Storage Location
- M5 S3 Sh1 B3 F13
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Accession Number
- 2002-25
- Storage Room
- Archives 4th Floor Storage Room
- Storage Location
- M5 S3 Sh1 B3 F13
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1895
- Series
- Elgin Historical Society fonds - School History series
- Physical Description
- 1.8 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains essays about the history of school sections in Elgin County, which were written by students at submitted to the St. Thomas Journal for a history competition in 1895. File contains the essays for the following:
1. Union School, School Section No. 25 Yarmouth and School Section No. 24 Southwold
2. Union School, School Section 25 Yarmouth and School Section No. 24 Southwold by Manly J.D. Calcott
3. Union School, School Section No. 25 Yarmouth and School Section No. 24 Southwold by Beulah Axford
4. School Section No. 18 Yarmouth
5. School Section No. 5 South Dorchester by Lloyd A. Woolley, Springfield
6. School Section No. 8 South Dorchester by [Joseph A. Neuell]. Springfield
7. School Section No. 15 Yarmouth by Maggie McTaggart, Kingsmill
8. School Section No. 18 Yarmoth by Lita Hughes
9. School Section No. 8 Malahide by Maud Crichton
10. School Section No. 13 Malahide by Charlotte A. Baxter
11. Union School, School section No. 22 Yarmouth and School Section No. 4 South Dorchester by May Zavitz, Mapleton.
12. School Section No. 13 Springfield by Ross Lindsay
File also contains a historical sketch of the Township of Malahide, and handwritten notes by members of the Elgin Historical Society regarding the historical significance of the essays.
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