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Manuals

  • GR-1115
  • Series
  • 1947-1980

School Building Manuals, 1954, pre-1962, 1967 and 1980. Also program and report from Conference on School Buildings ' Grounds and Equipment (1947) and B.C. Community Centres Conference (1947).

British Columbia. Ministry of Education. School Finance and Facilities Division

Marion Groger and Marjorie Neudorf interview

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976 SUMMARY: An oral history interview with Marion Groger and Marjorie Neudorf, sisters who moved from Alberta to Cecil Lake, ca. 1930. They talk about growing up in the Peace River country during the 1930s. School, food, homestead, and the hardships and pleasures of homesteading are the subjects of the interview.

Mary Nichols fonds

  • PR-0333
  • Fonds
  • 1943-1948

The fonds consists of letters describing life at the Prince of Wales Fairbridge Farm School.

Nichols, Mary, 1919-

May Alison Kern papers

May Alison Kern (nee Gillman) was born in England in 1896 and at an early age moved with her family to Edmonton. In 1924 she settled in Vancouver where she became active in local Parent-Teacher Associations. She served as President of the British Columbia Parent-Teacher Federation [BCPTF] from 1947 to 1950. Mrs. Kern was actively involved in all aspects of the Parent-Teacher movement in Canada for over twenty-five years, and throughout that time maintained strong ties with the National Congress of Parents and Teachers in the United States. In addition to her work for the Canadian Parent-Teacher movement, she was a member of the Council of the Canadian Association for Adult Education, served on the Advisory Council on School Broadcasting (1943-1950), and participated in the conferences of the Canadian Education Association. In 1946, while serving as Corresponding Secretary for the Canadian Home and School and Parent-Teacher Federation, she was chosen by the Canadian Teachers' Federation and the Wartime Information Board to make a lecture tour of Parent-Teacher Associations across Canada. In 1951, after a term as Executive Secretary, she was awarded a Life Membership in the CHSPTF. She died in 1985. MS-2775 consists of records relating to the British Columbia Parent-Teacher Federation [est'd. 1922] and the National Canadian Home and School Federation [est'd. 1927]. The records include correspondence, minutes of executive meetings, conference proceedings, and convention programs. In addition, this collection comprises historical notes and publications, and subject files on topics such as family relations, citizenship, censorship, health and parent education. Some personal papers are also included.

Kern, May Alison, 1896-1985

Memoranda, notes and transcripts of speeches regarding vocational education

  • GR-0209
  • Series
  • ca. 1956-1969

The series consists of "historical" files maintained by John S. White, Director, Technical and Vocational Education Branch. Includes an historical overview of Technical and Vocational Education in B.C. (1906-1962); memorandum on the "Functions and Activities of Adult Education Branch" (1956); and essay by White entitled "History of British Columbia Institute of Technology" (1969). Also included are notes on the development of B.C. Vocational Schools in Prince George, Nanaimo, and Victoria, and transcripts of speeches given by the Premier and the Minister of Education at the opening of the regional vocational school at Dawson Creek (1967).

British Columbia. Technical and Vocational Education Branch

Mickey Dorsey and Eve Chignall interview

CALL NUMBER: T4084:0001 RECORDED: Williams Lake (B.C.), 1981-09-22 SUMMARY: An oral history interview with Hannah "Mickey" Dorsey and Eve Chignall, pioneers in the Chilcotin region. TRACK 1: Mickey Dorsey (born 1910 [1911]) recalls her childhood in Vancouver and Bella Coola; early adulthood; marriage; teaching at Anahim Lake; childbirth. TRACK 2: Eve Chignall recalls giving birth in Tatla Lake, where she moved in 1935; ranch work; marriage. Mickey Dorsey talks about pack; trains; relationship with native women on the reserve; isolation; medical emergencies with children.; CALL NUMBER: T4084:0002 RECORDED: Williams Lake (B.C.), 1981-09-22 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mickey Dorsey: family life, living conditions; getting water, provisions, clothing; teaching at Rose Lake. TRACK 2: More on school teaching: started Indian school at Anahim Lake (first in ar;ea); moved to Williams Lake to put two youngest children through high school; taught in Williams Lake for 13 years (taught coninuously, 1930-1976); changes in teaching methods.; CALL NUMBER: T4084:0003 RECORDED: Williams Lake (B.C.), 1981-09-22 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mickey Dorsey describes the routine of a typical spring day with four children, five years old or younger; setting trap lines in early morning; carrying water on yokes; fording a stream. TRA;CK 2: Family history (current); cattle drive and cattle train to Vancouver; sounds of the Anahim area -- birds, coyotes, snow, spring break-up; changes in life style, attitudes, new equipment, etc.;

Ministry of Education correspondence inward with regard to restraint programme

  • GR-1788
  • Series
  • 1984-1985

Correspondence (letters and petitions) to the Minister dealing mainly with the "Restraint Programme in Education". In April, 1982 the Social Credit Government passed the Education (Interim) Finance Act. The main effects of this Act were to give the Minister of Education control over the size of the budget for each local board and the portion allocated for special education programmes, and to deprive local school boards of their right to levy taxes on non-residential property. The elected school boards were thus deprived of their major revenue source, and stripped of the power to spend their own money on educational services beyond the levels approved by the Minister. On 5 May, 1983 the Social Credit Party under Premier W.R. (Bill) Bennett was elected to a third term of office on the promise of a continuation of the politics of moderate restraint his government had thus far followed. On 7 July the government introduced its budget and 26 Bills. Layoffs of Provincial Government employees began almost immediately and demonstrations were held throughout the Province in support of economic, democratic and human rights. Bill 6, the Education (Interim) Finance Amendment Act became law on 21 October, 1983. Like the April, 1982 Act, the amended act deprived local school boards of their right to levy taxes on nonresidential property and gave the Minister of Education control over the size of the budget for each local board. It also extended the "sunset" provision of the 1982 Act to the end of 1986. Thus control over education became more stringent and the government proceeded to develop a new formula-based "fiscal framework" to govern the budgets of school boards. The government's stated objective was to roll back education services in the Province to the level they were when the Social Credit Party resumed office a decade before. This meant reducing spending at both the local and Provincial levels, in actual as well as deflated dollars, between 1983 and 1986. School boards were forced to cut back a range of services, including various special education programmes and there was a downgrading of art, physical education, shop facilities etc, as well as a reduction in teaching staff and a general increase in class sizes. Teacher's aides vital to special education were lost, provisions for substitute teachers were reduced, budgets for transport and utilities pared, building and ground maintenance reduced and materials and supplies cut. This situation was further exacerbated on 20 February, 1984 when the Government introduced the 1984/1985 budget, which cut funds to all ministries and eliminated grants to students. Plans were announced to fire 2,000 public employees by 31 March, 1984. GR-1788 consists of a selected series of letters to the Minister of Education in the period 1984 - 1985. Most of these letters dealt with the Government's restraint programme in education, although letters dealing with other topics have been included (for example abortion, the fine incurred by the Delta School Board and the dismissal of the Vancouver School Board). Not all letters have been retained. Those discarded include photocopies of letters to Premier Bennett, and to the Minister for Intergovernmental Relations, Mr Garde Gardom and form letters. The letters remaining are mainly from concerned parents worried about reduced standards of education for their children. The majority of letters are against restraint, although some writers are for it. GR-1788 also contains many petitions to the Minister of Education asking for an end to restraint (over 5,000 signatures). This unit can be used in conjunction with GR-1791, Public Business File of the Minister of Education 1983, which contains some earlier "restraint" correspondence.

British Columbia. Ministry of Education (1979-1996)

Minute book and accounts

  • GR-2068
  • Series
  • 1906-1928

School Trustees' minute book and accounts.

Port Simpson School District

Mrs. Charles Pepper interview

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Mrs. Charles Pepper : rural Manitoba community life, 1910-1930 PERIOD COVERED: 1910-1930 RECORDED: Parson (B.C.), 1972-11 SUMMARY: Mrs. Charles Pepper was born in 1909 and discusses growing up near Elkhorn, Manitoba; teaching in the interior of British Columbia; teaching at Alert Bay Indian School; and attending potlatches at Alert Bay.

Nelson Seymour Lougheed records

The series consists of records created by or relating to Nelson Seymour Lougheed. Included in this series are a scrapbook of news clippings (MS-2594.1), a certificate appointing Lougheed to Minister of Lands in October 1930, and two photographs. One photograph is a portrait signed by Lougheed and dated 1924. The second photograph is a group photograph in front of the Legislature buildings, and is assumed to be of Lougheed as Minister with his staff.

Nelson Seymour Lougheed (April 16, 1882 – June 6, 1944) was a Conservative politician in British Columbia and served as an MLA from 1928-1933.

Olga Volkoff interview

CALL NUMBER: T0138:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Olga Volkoff : U.B.C. during the Depression RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1973-02-12 SUMMARY: Olga Volkoff was born in 1912 and answers questions concerning her childhood and teens. First impressions of campus; campus life; faculty; and in particular, faculty members who have greatly influenced her.

CALL NUMBER: T0138:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Olga Volkoff : U.B.C. during the Depression PERIOD COVERED: 1930-1933 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1973-02-19 SUMMARY: Olga Volkoff was born in 1912 and she answers questions about U.B.C. between the years 1930 and 1933. Effects of the Depression upon the university, Kidd Report, students petition campaign.

CALL NUMBER: T0138:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Olga Volkoff RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1973 SUMMARY: [No content summary available for tape T0138:0003.]

Orders issued by the Council of Public Instruction

  • GR-0138
  • Series
  • 1891-1971

The series consists of orders issued by the Council of Public Instruction between 1929 and 1971. It also includes the indexes to the orders, and summaries of them, created between 1871 and 1971.

British Columbia. Council of Public Instruction

Pender Island School Board.

Pender Island School Board and Pender Island School District, minutes, 1910-1942; accounts, 1911-1942.

Presented by Mrs. Cecil Claxton, Port Washington, 1977.

Pender Island School Board

Poems

Series consists of a school exercise book containing a number of poems.

Private and independent school statistics

  • GR-4073
  • Series
  • 1964-1979

This series consists of statistical information related to private and independent school enrollment and curriculum for the years 1964-1979. Some statistics were collected for the Dominion Bureau of Statistics and Statistics Canada. Information relates to student demographics, teachers, length of instructional time, and subjects offered.

British Columbia. Dept. of Education

Program Coordinating Committee records

  • GR-3519
  • Series
  • 1977 - 1987

The series consists of records of the Program Coordinating Committee of the Universities Council of British Columbia. One of four standing committees, the legislated purpose of the committee was to advise and make recommendations to the Council on all matters pertaining to university programs. The role of the committee was to review and make recommendations on proposals for new programs of study at the public universities; to review existing university programs to identify special areas of interest and expertise at each university and to reduce unnecessary duplication; to identify areas for inter-university cooperation; to assist in the coordination of the delivery of distance education; and, to examine the role of the universities in the development of in-service training and re-training for the professions.

The records document the committee’s function of evaluating proposals for new undergraduate and graduate programs at the University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University, the University of Victoria, and the Open Learning Institute. The committee numbered each proposal, and these original codes were maintained by the archivist.

Record types include correspondence, memoranda, press releases and clippings, committee resolutions, course/program descriptions, reports, and discussion papers. The records typically include the wording of motions concerning new programs which the Program Coordinating Committee sent to Council. Correspondence typically is to and from the committee, the council, university presidents and vice presidents, and faculty heads and members.

The subject matter of the records reflects the criteria the committee used in weighing the merits of each specific proposed new program of study. For this reason, the records reflect information on the credentials to be awarded to graduates; a description of each new university program; discussion of the need for and objectives of the proposed program; enrolment projections; institutional resources and need (new faculty or administrative staff required); budget required (indirect and direct costs); employment prospects for graduates of the new program; the relationship with other existing programs at BC universities (including duplication); and the results of consultation with the other BC universities and non-university groups, including letters of support for the new program proposals.

Universities Council of British Columbia

Protestant Christian morality and the nineteenth century secular and non-sectarian British Columbia public school system / Joan Helen Townsend

The item is a microfiche copy of a thesis by Joan Helen Townsend titled "Protestant Christian morality and the nineteenth century secular and non-sectarian British Columbia public school system." 1974. vi, 139 leaves. Thesis (M.A.), University of British Columbia, 1974. Vita. Bibliography: leaves 133-139. Canadian theses on microfiche, 19651.

Provincial Education Media Centre photographs

  • GR-3424
  • Series
  • [ca. 1947-1978]

The series consists of photographic negatives produced by PEMC, and predecessor agencies including the Division of School of Radio Broadcasts, Division of Visual Education, Division of Audio-Visual Services and Audio-Visual Services Branch. These agencies were responsible for providing media services to public education institutions. The records document school sites and educational programs for elementary, secondary, college and university students in British Columbia.

Subjects often relate to specific classes and schools, and include: projects and performances; facilities; ceremonies; teachers, staff and government officials; students; and displays and exhibits for promotional purposes. Included are some copy photos depicting schools and classes from the 1880s to 1920s. Records' arrangement based on original PEMC numbers. These numbers appear to reflect a general arrangement by date and subject matter. Records include PEMC numbers: PEMC45001-PEMC52881, PEMC74/1/1-PEMC75/86/4, and PEMC7591-PEMC7780. The series also includes two item lists, arranged by photo number; the first created by the PEMC and the second by either the PEMC or the GIS and amended by the BC Archives. These lists are incomplete and are stored in container 000352-0014.

British Columbia. Provincial Educational Media Centre

Public business files of the Minister of Education

  • GR-1791
  • Series
  • 1983

Includes correspondence from other sections and offices of the Ministry; school districts; colleges; universities; associations and miscellaneous material. This unit may be used in conjunction with GR-1788.

British Columbia. Ministry of Education (1979-1996)

Records of the Director, Correspondence Education Branch

  • GR-0396
  • Series
  • 1919-1973

The series consists of selected records from the Director, Correspondence Education Branch, 1919-1973. These records were selected for their historical interest and includes correspondence which led to the establishment of the Elementary Correspondence School, 1919; files of the first three correspondence pupils, 1919; reports re Elementary Correspondence School enrollments and staff, 1919-1938; correspondence between Isabel Bescoby (Director, Elementary Correspondence Branch) and the directors of the Winnetka, Illinois Correspondence School, 1934-1937; newspaper cuttings, notes, transcripts of speeches and radio broadcasts, 1934-1973; and cartoon drawings of the 1967 office Christmas party.

The series also includes photographs including project photos of children with their relief maps of the British Isles, 1948-1966; a photograph album containing snapshots of Grade 6 pupils, ca. 1939-1942 and miscellaneous photographs of pupils, project photos and postcards, 1945-1962.

British Columbia. Dept. of Education. Correspondence Branch

Records relating to the 1988 Royal Commission on Education

  • GR-3641
  • Series
  • 1987-1991

The series consists of press releases, memos, correspondence, agendas, committee meeting minutes, speeches, cabinet submission records, draft reports, and implementation plans that were created by the Ministry of Education’s Policy and Planning Branch. The records were created during the review and consultation phase that followed the acceptance of the 1988 Royal Commission on Education’s report. The series also consists of the records of the Provincial Education Policy Advisory Committee and the Policy Advisory Council and provides evidence of their role in the acceptance and implementation of Sullivan’s recommendations. The series includes the texts of speeches by Deputy Minister A. L. ‘Sandy’ Peel and Education Minister Anthony Brummet. These speeches present Sullivan’s recommendations to stakeholders across the province.

The series provides evidence of the Ministry of Education’s response to the Sullivan Commission, and shows the consultation process that happened once the Commission had completed its work. The series also includes draft budgets and timetables for the implementation of Sullivan’s recommendations, and documents potential changes to the School Act and the Independent School Act.

The records are loosely arranged by issue or topic. In many cases, related records such as agendas, enclosures, and memos created at the same meeting were filed separately. As these records are arranged chronologically, linkages are readily apparent.

The series is covered by ORCS 12000-20 of schedule 105085 (Education ORCS).

British Columbia. Ministry of Education (1979-1996)

Records with regard to teacher training and certification

  • GR-1471
  • Series
  • 1884-1949

The series consists of records pertaining to teacher training and certification. It includes minute books of the Board of Examiners (1884-1949), teachers certificate registers (1892-1947), student registers at provincial Normal schools (1901-1938), high school examination results (1924-1927), and minutes of the Dept. of Education Appointments Board (1937-1945).

Prior to 1901, teachers in British Columbia were drawn either from outside the province or (after 1876) from graduates of provincial high schools. All teachers required teaching certificates, which were awarded by the Superintendent of Education. Teachers from outside the province were required to sit an examination set by the Provincial Board of Examiners. Candidates were awarded different grades or classes of certificates, depending on the results of their exam. High school graduates qualified for certificates in a similar manner, depending on their scores on terminal examinations. Standards of certification changed frequently over the years, as did the questions which appeared on the "Public School Teachers' Examinations." Basically, though, several classes of certificates were available: Academic and First Class (awarded to university graduates and/or to candidates scoring over 70% on the exam); Second class (awarded to candidates scoring over 50% on examinations); and Third class (awarded to candidates scoring 30% and above on a series of exam questions). First class certificates were permanent, 2nd class were valid for 3 years, while 3rd class certificates were generally good for one year, with the possibility of renewal. "Temporary certificates," valid until the annual examinations were held in July, were also issued under certain circumstances.

In 1901, the province's first Normal School for teacher training was opened in Vancouver. (A second school, in Victoria, was opened in 1915.) Thereafter, graduation from the Normal School replaced the "Public School Teachers' Examinations" for those seeking Academic, First, and Second class certificates. Only Third class certificates valid for a limited period of time were still awarded on the basis of candidates' high school examinations.

British Columbia. Dept. of Education

Register and account book

  • GR-2055
  • Series
  • 1861-1865

Register of Victoria District School, 1861-1865, and school account book, 1862-1864. The Register shows the names and attendance of students at the school. "Accounts" include supply list of food staples, etc., showing prices and customs duties, along with student fee payments. As well, the volume contains addresses and a "Story of Moses" by schoolmaster W. H. Burr. Also included are newspaper cuttings re: the early history of Victoria schools and an annotated list of pupils attending the Victoria District School, ca. 1862. The list was prepared for the Provincial Archivist, John Forsyth, by Edgar Fawcett in April 1922.

Victoria School District

Register of Attendance

  • GR-2070
  • Series
  • 1862-1865

Register of Attendance, Nanaimo "Colonial" School, 1862-1866. The Register, showing the names of pupils attending the second public school in British Columbia, was maintained by Cornelius Bryant, schoolmaster from 1856-1870. Also included, on a loose sheet, is a detailed schedule showing time devoted to various subjects on a typical school day.

Nanaimo School District

Register of Pupils

Register of Pupils attending (South) Gabriola School, 1879-1886. The registers show pupils' names, ages, record of attendance, and the subjects being studied. The registers also record the weather on each day that the school was open. Gabriola School was established in 1872. It was renamed "South Gabriola" in 1883.

South Gabriola School District

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