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G. Elmore Reaman fonds.

Fonds consists of material relating to the life and career of George Elmore Reaman. His position as superintendent of the Bowmanville Training School for Boys and later of the Glen Lawrence School is represented by clippings, photographs and ephemera. His interest in a wide variety of topics, including psychology, education, agriculture and history are represented by correspondence, research files and manuscripts. Typescripts of two unpublished novels "What Sorrow Beyond Sorrows" and "Strangers on the Earth" are also present. Fonds is arranged in eight series as follows:

  1. Correspondence;
  2. Glen Lawrence School;
  3. Bowmanville Training School for Boys;
    4.Research;
  4. Personal, Biographical;
  5. Manuscripts;
  6. Published Work;
  7. Sound Recordings.

Reaman, George Elmore

Federal and provincial government.

File consists of correspondence to and from G. Elmore Reaman relating to possible government employment and also to his pension. Includes one letter from Lester B. Pearson.

Reaman, George Elmore

Fed up.

File consists of an undated ts. (5 leaves, carbon, 2 copies).

Reaman, George Elmore

Family history.

File consists of material relating to G. Elmore Reaman's research on the history of Ontario. Includes copies of photographs from the Public Archives and National Museum of Canada of coverlets, objects, portraits, etc. Includes information about the Stong farm, site of the Black Creek Pioneer Village, as well as a 14 p. publication on the history of Vaughan Township "A brief history of the early settlers on this line, including Langstaff P.O., Yonge St. and as far west as the fifth concession line, gotten up by Henry Horne, Postmaster of langstaff P.O., from facts collected by a resident of Concord."

Reaman, George Elmore

English for new Canadians.

File consists of undated ms. and ts. drafts (125 leaves, originals and carbons) of English for new Canadians by George Elmore Reaman. Includes one pen and ink illustration and a 16 p. mock-up with pencil sketches.

Reaman, George Elmore

English for new Canadians.

File consists of undated ms. and ts. drafts (ca. 200 leaves, originals and carbons) of English for new Canadians by George Elmore reaman. Includes corrections.

Reaman, George Elmore

English for new Canadians.

File consists of ms. drafts of portions of G. Elmore Reaman's book English for New Canadians, rev. ed. published in 1954, as well as correspondence and comments on the publication.

Reaman, George Elmore

Correspondence

Series consists of correspondence between G. Elmore Reaman and others. Correspondents are listed at the file level. Correspondence covers such topics as publications of Reaman's works, personal correspondence and research correspondence.

Reaman, George Elmore

Contribution which Pennsylvania-Germans and other plain folk have made to Ontario with particular reference to agriculture.

File consists of correspondence to and from G. Elmore Reaman concerning his research on Pennsyvania German and Quaker history for what was to become his book Trail of the Black Walnut. Correspondents include his friend historian Arthur D. Graeff, Marius Barbeau, Thoman B. Costain, Norman Fee (acting Dominion Archivist), G. D. Conant. Includes correspondence from the Carl Schurz memorial Foundation naming Reaman an honorary fellow. Includes manuscripts with titles "Transplants in Ontario, Canada" (ts. original, 6 leaves) and "The Pennsylvania Germans in Ontario" (ts. original, 5 leaves), each with pencil corrections.

Reaman, George Elmore

Clippings.

File consists of clippings relating to G.E. Reaman's life and career.

Reaman, George Elmore

Certificates.

File consists of two certificates presented to G.E. Reaman. One is from the Huguenot Society of South Carolina (1965) and the other is from the National Sales Executives of Kitchener-Waterloo (1959-1960).

Reaman, George Elmore

Canadian Centennial Medal.

File consists of one Canadian Centennial Medal awarded to George Elmore Reaman in recognition of valuable service to the nation.

Reaman, George Elmore

Bowmanville Training School for Boys : ephemera.

File consists of Bowmanville Training School for Boys ephemera, including programs for cadet inspections, fall fairs and dinners.Includes a 25th Anniversary history of the school "The First Twenty-Five Years : Ontario Training School for Boys, Bowmanville, Galt."

Reaman, George Elmore

Bowmanville Training School for Boys : architectural drawings.

File consists of reproductions of architectural drawings of the Bowmanville Training School for Boys of which George Elmore Reaman was principal from 1925 until 1932. Includes a colour "bird's eye view"as well as floor plans and elevations of buildings, drawn by George N. Williams, Assistant Architect, undated.

Reaman, George Elmore

Bowmanville Training School for Boys

Series consists of materials created and accumulated by G. Elmore Reaman relating to the Bowman Training School for Boys. Includes photographs, clippings, correspondence and ephemera.

Reaman, George Elmore

An address to students.

File consists of an undated ms. of address by G.E. Reaman (8 p.) written on detached scribbler pages. The verso of most pages contains notes on grammar.

Reaman, George Elmore

Adjusting the unadjusted.

File consists of an article by G. E. Reaman about the Boys' Training School at Bowmanville published in The Queen's Review 5, no. 3 (March 1931): 88-92.

Reaman, George Elmore

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