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Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
One school notebook kept by Elma Schaefer while a student at Waterloo. Includes artwork and writing.
Schaefer, Elma
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Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
One school notebook kept by Elma Schaefer while a student at Waterloo. Includes artwork and writing.
Schaefer, Elma
Scene in Waterloo Park, Waterloo, Canada.
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
Postcard of scene in Waterloo Park, Waterloo, Canada.
Stedman Bros. Ltd.
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
One school notebook kept by Elma Schaefer while a student at Waterloo. Includes spelling, reading and dictation lessons.
Schaefer, Elma
Record of attendance at Teacher's Institute Meetings.
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
Record of attendance at Teacher's Institute Meetings for the Norther Waterloo Teacher's Association for the years 1930-1938.
Norther Waterloo Inspectorate Teacher's Association
Review examinations junior third class Alexandra School.
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
Review examinations for the junior third class Alexandra School, for the years 1934 to 1941. Includes student names and grades for courses arithmetic, literature, geography, composition, reading, writing, spelling, and history.
Waterloo District School Board
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
One read line copy book filled in by Katie Brubacher on April 18th, 1883.
Brubacher, Katie
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
Inspector's Register for Waterloo Central for the year 1882. Includes names of teachers and students, as well as student grades for the courses spelling, writing, reading, arithmetic, history, geography, grammar and literature and whether students were promoted to the next division. Set in to the front of the book is a report from the inspector to the Board of Public School Trustees of Waterloo outlining the results for 1882 as well as loose sheets of results for the years 1871, 1872, and 1873.
Waterloo District School Board
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
Inspector's Promotion Register for the Town of Waterloo for the year 1883. Includes names of teachers and students, as well as student grades for the courses reading, penmanship, spelling, geography, history, arithmetic, grammar, composition and literature. Also includes a sheet of paper totalling grades for all class levels for the year 1884 written on Waterloo Chronicle letterhead.
Waterloo District School Board
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
Inspector's Examination Register for Waterloo Public School for the years 1884-1885. Includes names of teachers and pupils, as well as the pupils attendance, age and grades in classes such as reading, spelling, writing, geography, arithmetic, history, algebra, composition, literature, and grammar.
Waterloo District School Board
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
Daily register for attendance for Victoria Public School division 8, for the year 1916. Also inset is a hand drawn map of the Great Lakes.
Waterloo District School Board
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
Daily register used as an examination register for students in Waterloo County School for the year 1881. Includes names of teachers and students as well as student grades for courses geography, grammar, reading, spelling, writing, composition, arithmetic, history, hygiene, geometry, penmanship and algebra for the years 1879-1882.
Waterloo District School Board
Prize list annual school fair.
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
Prize lists for the annual school fair Waterloo Township held at schools Bloomingdale, Parkway, Centreville, Natchez, and Bridgeport.
Waterloo District School Board
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
Principals report on promotion and non-promotion of pupils, school year ending June 1947 for Town of Waterloo Public Schools.
Ontario. Department of Education
Personal records of Inspector Thomas Hilliard, commencing 1885.
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
One address book used as a personal diary by school inspector Thomas Hilliard for the year 1885 to 1892. Includes reports on school and teachers in the Waterloo Region.
Hilliard, Thomas
Presbyterian Church, Berlin, Ont., Canada.
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
Postcard of Presbyterian Church, Berlin, Ont., Canada.
Valentine & Sons
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
Postcard of the Speed River, Guelph, Ontario.
Warwick Bro's & Rutter Limited
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
Waterloo Public School Board pamphlet
Waterloo Public School Board
On Grand River, near Kitchener, On., Canada.
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
Postcard of the Grand River, near Kitchener.
Sackett & Wilhelms Corp.
Minute book of the Waterloo Public School Board.
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
Minute book for meetings of the Waterloo Public School Board for the years 1938 to 1946.
Waterloo District School Board
Minute book of the teachers on the staff of the Waterloo Public School.
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
Minute book for meetings of the teachers of the Waterloo Public School for the years 1906 to 1932. The first meeting was set to organize the teachers as an association. Topics throughout the minute book include courses, school materials, games and field days, etc. During the years of the First World War there is a great deal of discussion about efforts made in Canada on the homefront to support families in Canada with soldiers overseas, as well as those impacted in Europe.
Waterloo District School Board
Minute book of the Waterloo Public School Board.
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
Minute book for meetings of the Waterloo Public School Board for the years 1926 to 1932.
Waterloo District School Board
Minute book of the Waterloo Public School Board.
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
Minute book for meetings of the Waterloo Public School Board for the years 1932 to 1937.
Waterloo District School Board
Minute book of the Central School Home and School Association executive.
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
Minute book for meetings of the executive of the Central Home and School Association for the years 1951 to 1958.
Waterloo District School Board
Minute book of the Central School Home and School Association.
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
Minute book for meetings of the Central Home and School Association. The first meeting was held November 27, 1945 as a preparatory meeting to decide on creating an organization. The minute book continues to April 24, 1951.
Waterloo District School Board
Minute book of the Alexandra Home and School Association.
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
Minute book for meetings of the Alexandra Home and School Association. The first meeting was held December 13, 1944 and was intended to echo home and school associations that were set up in Toronto during the First World War. The minute book continues to April 10, 1956.
Waterloo District School Board
Minute book of the Alexandra Home and School Association Executive.
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
Minute book for meetings of the Alexandra Home and School Association Executive. The first meeting was held January 16, 1945 and the book continues to April 24, 1951.
Waterloo District School Board
Margaret Avenue School, Berlin, Canada.
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
Postcard of Margaret Avenue School, Berlin, Canada.
Valentine & Sons
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
Limit table for arithmetic, showing what students should know in years second, junior third, senior third, junior fourth and senior fourth.
Johnston, Mary
Manuscript writing in grades I to IV, cursive writing in grades V to VIII curriculum.
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
Manuscript writing in grades I to IV, cursive writing in grades V to VIII curriculum.
Trusler, J.W.
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
Ledger book for the Waterloo District School Board for the years 1938-1948. Includes debits and credits such as teacher's salaries, rent, teaching and buildings supplies and utilities.
Waterloo District School Board
Kitchener-Waterloo Collegiate and Vocational Institute 115th anniversary programme.
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
Kitchener-Waterloo Collegiate and Vocational Institute 115th anniversary programme.
Waterloo District School Board
Ledger book of the Union School Section No. 17 North Dumfries, Branchton, Ontario.
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
Ledger book of the Union School Section No. 17 North Dumfries, Branchton, Ontario for the years 1889 to 1918. Inset into the volume are receipts, cheque stubs and invoices relating to the accounts.
Johnston, Mary
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
Ledger book for the Waterloo District School Board for the years 1927-1938. Includes debits and credits such as teacher's salaries, rent, teaching and buildings supplies and utilities.
Waterloo District School Board
King Edward School Kitchener, Ont., Canada.
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
Postcard of the King Edward School, Kitchener, Ont., Canada.
Valentine & Sons
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
One history notebook kept by Idessa Eichler while a student in Waterloo.
Eichler, Idessa
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
High school entrance reports for mathematics for the years 1935 to 1949, composition and grammar for the years 1938 to 1949, literature for the years 1935 to 1949.
Ontario. Department of Education
Historic stone bridge in Jackson Park, Galt, Ont.
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
Postcard of historic stone bridge in Jackson Park, Galt, Ont.
Johnston, Mary
High school entrance examination papers.
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
High school entrance examination papers for the years 1935-1941, 1945, 1948, 1949.
James Texts Limited
High school entrance answers for examination papers.
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
High school entrance answers for examination papers published by James Texts Limited, for the years 1940-1949.
James Texts Limited
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
One scrapbook kept by Henry Bowman during the years 1905-1907. Includes artwork, cut outs, and advertisements. A note inserted into the album reads
Bowman, Henry
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
One geography notebook kept by Idessa Eichler while a student in Waterloo.
Eichler, Idessa
Hand drawn calendar for February-May 1911.
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
A hand drawn calendar, likely drawn by a child, for the months of February-May, 1911. This was possibly created by Henry Bowman.
Bowman, Henry
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
One geography notebook kept be Elma Schaefer while a student in Waterloo for the year 1901. While the notebook is described as being for geography class, there are also mathematical equations, drawings, and doodles. A note on the cover indicates that this was kept by Elma's daughter Idessa.
Schaefer, Elma
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
One geography notebook kept by Idessa Eichler while a student in Waterloo in 1923.
Eichler, Idessa
General register for public and separate schools : Victoria School.
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
One general register for students at Victoria Public School from 1925 to 1939. Includes names, guardians, and addresses of students as well as recording their promotion at the school from grades Kindergarten to 10. In the back of the register are the principal's notes which include attendance and reasons why students left school, information on student promotions, library equipment, pupil supplies, health inspection records, religious instruction records, age grade reports, lists of teachers, and a log book detailing the history of the school.
Waterloo District School Board
General register for public and separate schools : Parkway School.
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
One general register for students at Parkway School from 1944 to 1954. Includes names, guardians, and addresses of students as well as recording their promotion at the school from grades Kindergarten to 10. In the back of the register are the principal's notes which include attendance and reasons why students left school, information on student promotions, library equipment, pupil supplies, health inspection records, religious instruction records, age grade reports, lists of teachers, trustee financial statements, and a log book detailing the history of the school. Inset into the book are census information, annual financial statement for 1949, curriculum for 1955, statistical report for 1954, clipping regarding the death of Howard Robertson.
Waterloo District School Board
General register for public and separate schools : Elizabeth Ziegler School.
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
One general register for students at Elizabeth Ziegler School from 1936 to 1955. Includes names, guardians, and addresses of students as well as recording their promotion at the school from grades Kindergarten to 10. In the back of the register are the principal's notes which include attendance and reasons why students left school, information on student promotions, library equipment, pupil supplies, health inspection records, religious instruction records, age grade reports, lists of teachers, and a log book detailing the history of the school. Inset in the front of the volume are various notes and reports including those on home economics and industrial arts, teachers schedules, attendance record forms, a note from the ROM advertising field trips, outline for music class for grade eight, and letters and memoranda from the school board.
Waterloo District School Board
General register for public and separate schools : S.S. #5B, North Waterloo.
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
One general register for students at S.S. #5B, North Waterloo from 1939 to 1951. Includes names, guardians, and addresses of students as well as recording their promotion at the school from grades Kindergarten to 10. In the back of the register are the principal's notes which include attendance and reasons why students left school, information on student promotions, library equipment, pupil supplies, health inspection records, religious instruction records, age grade reports, lists of teachers, and a log book detailing the history of the school.
Waterloo District School Board
General register : Elizabeth Ziegler School.
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
One general register, written in a ledger book, of student grades and promotions for Elizabeth Ziegler School for the years 1933 to 1950. Includes student names, addresses, parents, and grades for courses including composition, literature, mathematics, agriculture, algebra, French, Latin, grammar, history, art, geography, home economics, shop and business.
Waterloo District School Board
Gage's improved system of practical penmanship #6.
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
One Gage's revised and improved system of practical penmanship copybook used by Katie Brubacher.
Brubacher, Katie
Gage's improved system of practical penmanship #4.
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
One Gage's revised and improved system of practical penmanship copybook used by Katie Brubacher.
Brubacher, Katie
Gage's improved system of practical penmanship #5.
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
One Gage's revised and improved system of practical penmanship copybook used by Katie Brubacher.
Brubacher, Katie
First brick schoolhouse, Conestogo, 1900.
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
Postcard of a photograph of the first brick schoolhouse in Conestogo, taken in 1900.
Johnston, Mary
First school house in Waterloo, Waterloo Park.
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
Postcard of the first school house in Waterloo, now located in Waterloo Park.
Johnston, Mary
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
One notebook with examination results for students for the years 1934 to 1941.
Waterloo District School Board
Examination papers Junior IV to Senior IV.
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
One notebook with pasted in examination papers promoting students from Junior IV to Senior IV.
Waterloo District School Board
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
One notebook with examination results for students from Elizabeth Zeigler School for the years 1934 to 1941.
Waterloo District School Board
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
One ledger book used for tracking student names, address and parents, as well as examination marks for entrance exams into grade 8 for the years 1938 to 1954. Courses include reading, spelling, writing, literature, composition, social studies, mathematics, grammar, science, health, music, art, craft, home economics, and agriculture.
Waterloo District School Board
Entrance examination papers for the Province of Ontario for the past 5 years.
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
Entrance examination papers for the Province of Ontario for the past 5 years. The years are 1922-1926.
Educational Publishing Co. Ltd.
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
One drawing notebook kept by an unknown student. Includes pencil and crayon drawings of plants, animals, landscapes, farm machinery, interiors and Santa.
Johnston, Mary
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
Exams for entrance into the Faculty of Education in Ontario. Includes exams for the courses mineralogy, zoology, botany, chemistry, history, Latin authors, Latin composition.
Ontario. Department of Education
Education Department, Ontario annual examinations for high school entrance.
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
Education Department, Ontario annual examinations for high school entrance for the year 1895.
Waterloo District School Board
Department of Education, Ontario annual examinations.
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
Annual examinations for for the Department of Education, Ontario, for the years 1895 (high school arithmetic), 1911 (high school arithmetic), 1936 (Upper School trigonometry), 1947 (high school literature and mathematics).
Ontario. Department of Education
Daily register for public and separate schools.
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
Daily register for public and separate schools used to list names of students for Alexandra Public School for the years 1959-1961. Includes some information on student attendance, as well as names and address of parents and whether or not female students can bake and sew.
Waterloo District School Board
Daily register for public and separate schools.
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
Daily register for public and separate schools used to list names of students and attendance for Elizabeth Ziegler, Empire, MacGregor, Wagner, Alexandra, for the years 1956-1957.
Waterloo District School Board
Daily register for public and separate schools.
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
Daily register for public and separate schools used to list names of students and attendance for Elizabeth Ziegler, Alexandra, Mount Carmel, and Central Schools for the years 1943 to 1948. The register is for a home economics class.
Waterloo District School Board
Daily register for public and separate schools.
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
Daily register for public and separate schools used to list names of students and attendance for Elizabeth Ziegler, Alexandra, Central, Mount Carmel, MacGregor, Empire for the years 1949-1950.
Waterloo District School Board
Daily register for public and separate schools.
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
Daily register for public and separate schools used to list names of students and attendance for Elizabeth Ziegler, Alexandra, and Central Schools for the years 1939-1944. The register appears to be for a home economics class as class projects such as sewing, housework, and cooking, are listed.
Waterloo District School Board
Daily register for public and separate schools.
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
Daily register for public and separate schools used to list names of students and attendance for Elizabeth Ziegler, Alexandra, and Central Schools for the years 1936-1938. The register appears to be for a home economics class as class projects such as sewing, housework, and cooking, are listed.
Waterloo District School Board
Daily register for public and separate schools.
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
Daily register for public and separate schools used to list names of students and attendance for Elizabeth Ziegler, Alexandra, and Central Schools for the years 1934 to 1938. The register appears to be for a home economics class as class projects such as sewing, housework, and cooking, are listed.
Waterloo District School Board
Courtland Avenue School, Berlin, Ontario.
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
Postcard of Courtland Avenue School, Berlin, Ontario.
Valentine & Sons
County of Waterloo promotion examinations.
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
County of Waterloo promotion examinations from the years 1880, 1923 to 1927 for the courses arithmetic, writing, composition, mental arithmetic, literature, language and geography.
Waterloo District School Board
Courses of study grade XIII history.
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
Ontario department of education course of study for grade 8 history.
Ontario. Department of Education
Commercial chemistry notebook.
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
One commercial chemistry notebook kept by Idessa Eichler white a student in Waterloo for the years 1929-1930.
Eichler, Idessa
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
Christmas songs and poems written by Rebecca Brubacher, and possibly gifted to Henry Bowman. Rebecca is likely Henry's aunt (mother's sister).
Brubacher, Rebecca
Certificate of leaving school.
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
Certificate of leaving school given by the Public Schools of Upper Canada to William R. Hill on March 19, 1896.
Upper Canada
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
Postcard of Central School, Galt, Ontario.
Johnston, Mary
Central School, Berlin, Canada.
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
Postcard of Central School, Berlin, Canada.
S.H. Knox & Co
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
One Canadian history notebook kept by Idessa Eichler while a student in Waterloo.
Eichler, Idessa
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
One bookkeeping blanks notebook kept by Idessa Eichler while a student at Kitchener Collegiate in 1929.
Eichler, Idessa
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
One bookkeeping blanks notebook kept by Idessa Eichler while a student at Kitchener Collegiate in 1929.
Eichler, Idessa
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
One botany notebook kept by G.C. Martin while attending the Ontario College of Pharmacy for the years 1918-1919.
Martin, G.C.
Board of Public School trustees minute book.
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
One minute book for the Board of Public School Trustees for Waterloo for the years 1917 to 1925.
Waterloo District School Board
Board of Public School trustees minute book.
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
One minute book for the Board of Public School Trustees for Waterloo for the years 1897 to 1917. Also includes information on members of the board, school committees, and members of the Library Board.
Waterloo District School Board
Biography of Neil A. MacEachern.
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
Typewritten biography of Neil A. MacEachern, the first principal of MacGregor School.
Johnston, Mary
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
One typed biography of Henry Brubacher Bowman.
Bowman, Edna
Beaty's system of practical penmanship #3.
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
One Beaty's system of practical penmanship copybook used by Katie Brubacher.
Brubacher, Katie
Berlin Collegiate and Technical School.
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
Postcard of the Berlin Collegiate and Technical School.
Warwick Bro's & Rutter Limited
Baden Public School promotion examination certificate.
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
Baden Public School promotion examination certificate for Catherine Brubacher.
Waterloo District School Board
Beaty's system of practical penmanship #2.
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
One Beaty's system of practical penmanship copybook used by Katie Brubacher.
Brubacher, Katie
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
Various pieces of artwork, primarily drawings, by Henry Bowman. These are likely from when he was a student at Central School.
Bowman, Henry
Baden Public School promotion examination certificate.
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
Baden Public School promotion examination certificate for Katie Brubacher.
Waterloo District School Board
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
One art notebook kept by Henry Bowman while a student at Central School. Includes pasted in art and craft pieces including origami, sewing work, painting, drawings, and other paper crafts.
Bowman, Henry
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
One art notebook kept by Henry Bowman while a student at Central School. Includes pasted in paper art works.
Bowman, Henry
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
Various art pieces by Henry Bowman from his time as a school child. Includes drawings, paintings, pastels, and architectural drawings.
Bowman, Henry
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
One art notebook kept by Henry Bowman while a student at Central School. Includes pasted in art and craft pieces including origami, sewing work, painting, and other paper crafts.
Bowman, Henry
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
One notebook kept by Mary Johnston of animal anatomy. Is primarily composed of pictures of cross-sections of animal parts that are hand-drawn and labelled.
Johnston, Mary
Answers to grade seven mathematics, opportunity work book series.
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
Answers to grade seven mathematics, opportunity work book series.
Thomas Nelson and Sons Limited
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
One handmade book on phonics for students in grades 2 and 3.
Johnston, Mary
Part of Mary Johnston fonds.
One notebook kept by Idessa Eichler for the course 3A commercial. Inset into the notebook is a sheet with Caroline Schaefer's signature on it dated December 15, 1892.
Eichler, Idessa