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 custom...
Victoria School District
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 inclu...
Nanaimo School District
Draft resolution of the Legislative Assembly, urging the establishment of a nonsectarian public school system for the Colony of Vancouver Island; also a petition from a committee of citizens of Victoria, advocating a central location for the city&...
Vancouver Island. Legislative Assembly
Legal opinions offered by Attorney General
This series contains legal opinions offered by Attorney General on a wide range of subjects. For more information on the subjects covered, please consult the attached finding aid.
British Columbia. Dept. of the Attorney-General
Correspondence from J.W. McKay, chairman of Yale School Board, concerning boundaries of Yale School District, school taxes, and pupils' fees as per Common School Ordinance, 1869. Draft replies to McKay's queries are included.
British Columbia. Board of Education
Part of Mackie family fonds
This collection reflects the development and activities of the Vernon Preparatory School for boys and the lives of its proprietors, Augustine (1879-1965) and Hugh (1882-1971) Mackie. In October 1913, the brothers travelled from England to Vernon ...
Education Branch correspondence.
This series includes a suggested draft for the 1872 Public Schools Act by Thomas Nicholson (1871), correspondence regarding the school at Burton's Prairie (1882) and correspondence regarding a request for an additional teacher at New Westmins...
British Columbia. Dept. of the Provincial Secretary
Board of Education correspondence and other records
This series contains records of the provincial Board of Education. The records include a minute book of Board meetings (1872-1878), a register of teachers' certificates (1872-1883), correspondence regarding Victoria School Reserve (1875-1876)...
British Columbia. Board of Education
Superintendent of Education correspondence and other material
GR-0450 consists of letterbook copies of correspondence outward from Superintendents John Jessop (1872-1878), C.C. McKenzie (1878-1884), S.D. Pope (1884-1899), Alexander Robinson (1899-1919) and S.J. Willis (1919-1946). The letterbooks document t...
British Columbia. Superintendent of Education
Cache Creek School District records
The series consists of minutes of Board of Trustees' of the Cache Creek Boarding School (1876-1877), minutes of the Trustees of the Cache Creek School District (1892-1929), and an account book of the Cache Creek Boarding School (1873-1889).
Cache Creek School District
Visitors' Book, 1876-1884. This volume contains testimonials from trustees and local residents concerning the school teachers, along with class-room evaluations by visitors and school inspectors. Also includes penciled notes re: pupils'...
South Saanich School District
North Gabriola School Trustees' letterbook (1883-1895), minute books and accounts (1884-1932). Also includes Register of Pupils attending (South) Gabriola School, 1877-1878. Gabriola School District was established in 1872. In 1883 the Dis...
North Gabriola School District
Register of Pupils attending South Saanich School, 1878-1897. South Saanich School District was created in 1872. In 1880 the district was redefined and the school was renamed "East-South Saanich." The name of the school reverted to &qu...
South Saanich School District
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. Gabri...
South Gabriola School District
Register of teachers' certificates and examinations
The series consists of a register of teachers' certificates and examinations from 1880 to 1888. It states the type of certificate granted, course taken and marks obtained. There is an index on the inside front cover.
British Columbia. Dept. of Education
Records with regard to teacher training and certification
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...
British Columbia. Dept. of Education
Visitors' Book maintained by Cadboro Bay School (Victoria, B.C.), 1885-1894.
Cadboro Bay School District
Department of Education administrative records
This series contains records pertaining to school properties, school sites, and school district boundaries. Vol. 1: Index to Deeds of School Sites, 1886-1948 (provides name of school, date when school district established, legal description of si...
British Columbia. Dept. of Education
Letterbooks and other material
Part of Sooke School District fonds
School Trustees' letterbooks, minute books, and accounts, 1886-1921 (4 vols.).
Sooke School District
Superintendent of Education correspondence inward
Consists of correspondence inward to Superintendents John Jessop (1872-1878), C.C. McKenzie (1878-1884), and S.D. Pope (1884-1899). Types of records include petitions for school buildings, applications for teaching posts, minutes of local school b...
British Columbia. Superintendent of Education
Minute book and other material
Part of Yale School District fonds
School Trustees' minute book. The volume includes correspondence and accounts, 1887-1929.
Yale School District
School Trustees' minute book (1892-1906) and cashbook (1891-1905).
Craigflower School District
Orders issued by the Council of Public Instruction
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
Collegiate School for Boys records
Part of Collegiate School for Boys fonds
Documents in this collection pertain to both schools and include: Collegiate School (CS) students' register (1892-1929); CS students' roll book (1910-1929); CS Cadet corps orders book (1910-1919); CS scrapbook (1898-1929); and samples o...
Collegiate School for Boys (Victoria, B.C.)
Part of Pilot Bay School District fonds
Register of Pupils attending Pilot Bay School (Kootenay district, B.C.), 1899-1903. The Register notes pupils' names, ages, and record of attendance. The Register also records the weather for each day that the school was in operation*
Pilot Bay School District
Richard McBride private and official correspondence
Part of Sir Richard McBride fonds
The series consists of the private and official correspondence and papers of Sir Richard McBride, 1905-1917.It includes confidential letterbook; correspondence between McBride, Borden and others concerning provincial, Dominion, and Imperial politi...
School Trustees' minute book and accounts.
Port Simpson School District
Letterbook and other material of Provincial Normal School (Vancouver)
This series contains records from the Provincial Normal School (Vancouver). The records include a letterbook, consisting of correspondence from William Burns, principal, to Alexander Robinson, Superintendent of Education.
British Columbia. Dept. of Education
MacDonald, Norma Isabella. Victoria.
Part of MacDonald family fonds
Correspondence inward while attending boarding school in Victoria from family members, March - June, 1909; correspondence inward from a soldier in France, March, 1916. Exercise book for French lessons, no date. Photographs transferred to Visual ...
Part of Pender Island School Board fonds
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