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St. George's School fonds
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1933-1987 (Creation)
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- St. George's School (Vancouver, B.C.)
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1 m of textual records, 518 photographs
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St. George's School for boys is one of the largest and most respected independent schools in Canada. Located on West 29th Avenue in Vancouver, the school was founded in 1930 by a flamboyant English gentleman, Captain F.J. Danby Hunter. Despite the economic depression, Hunter managed to attract investors and incorporate his school as a private company. More important, he was able to attract twenty-five boys by the time the school opened on 7 January 1930. However, Hunter was an indifferent teacher and a poor financial manager. Relations with his staff and his Board of Governors soured and in March 1933 he resigned and returned to England.
Hunter was succeeded by John Harker (1896-1975), a former Rugbeian who had been hired as the school bursar in 1932. Harker put the school on a firm footing, restored the confidence of investors and parents, and increased enrollment. He served as St. George's headmaster until his retirement in 1962.
Soon after Harker became headmaster the school was re-incorporated as St. George's School 1934 Ltd. The new organization established a Board of Governors, to approve appointments and curricula, and a Board of Directors, to look after financial matters. The company was voluntarily wound up in 1948, at which time the school was registered as a non-profit society, a status it retains to this day.
John Harker was succeeded by his brother, Douglas Harker, who served as headmaster from January 1963 to June 1971. During Douglas Harker's tenure a new senior school was built in 1965. St. George's continued to expand under Alan Brown, a former Old Boy who was appointed headmaster in July 1971. The school's notable expansion occurred when it acquired the former Convent of the Sacred Heart School for Girls in 1979. This large, stone structure, built in 1912, now houses St. George's junior school.
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The fonds consists of minute books, financial statements, correspondence, scrapbooks containing photographs, circulars and announcements.
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Archives code(s): MS-2210; 198609-008.
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Accession number(s): 86-040; 198609-008
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- St. George's School (Vancouver, B.C.) (Subject)