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.

One geography notebook kept by Idessa Eichler while a student in Waterloo in 1923.

High school entrance answers for examination papers published by James Texts Limited, for the years 1940-1949.

Postcard of the King Edward School, Kitchener, Ont., Canada.

Limit table for arithmetic, showing what students should know in years second, junior third, senior third, junior fourth and senior fourth.

Manuscript writing in grades I to IV, cursive writing in grades V to VIII curriculum.

Postcard of Margaret Avenue School, Berlin, Canada.

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.

Minute book for meetings of the Waterloo Public School Board for the years 1926 to 1932.

Minute book for meetings of the Waterloo Public School Board for the years 1932 to 1937.

Postcard of the Speed River, Guelph, Ontario.

Prize lists for the annual school fair Waterloo Township held at schools Bloomingdale, Parkway, Centreville, Natchez, and Bridgeport.

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.

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.

Record of attendance at Teacher's Institute Meetings for the Norther Waterloo Teacher's Association for the years 1930-1938.

One school notebook kept by Elma Schaefer while a student at Waterloo. Includes spelling, reading and dictation lessons.

One school notebook kept by Elma Schaefer while a student at Waterloo. Includes artwork and writing.

One school notebook kept by Elma Schaefer while a student at Waterloo. Includes artwork, mathematics and writing.

One school notebook kept by Elizabeth Shantz for social studies class at MacGregor public school with Mary Johnston as her teacher.

One treasury book for South Dumfries and Beverly Township school boards for the years 1919 to 1937.

One short essay titled

Wentworth Public Schools uniform promotion examinations for the years 1899 (grammar), 1903 (arithmetic), 1910 (British and Canadian history), 1912 (grammar, composition, written reading, reading, spelling, geography).

One photograph of a group of male school children standing on the steps of Alexandra School holdings bats and balls with a plaque that reads

One photograph of students in Mr. Weir's class at Bridgeport School. Note that this is not the current Bridgeport Public School.

One photograph of the Brighton Public School hockey championship team with Mary Johnston and others.

One photograph of students out front of Galt Central School. The verso of the photograph indicates that this was school no. 7.

One photograph of Mary Johnston and others laying the cornerstone at Keatsway Public School.

One box of Keystone mathematical instruments with various instruments inside. Includes squares, set squares and protractors,

Photographs of students at Kitchener-Waterloo Collegiate and Vocational Institute. One photograph shows a winning football team and the other the class of 1946. Students in the class photo are idenfitied as: Harold Wolfgang, Marion Zapfe, Janette Mabaffey, Margaret Near, Astrid Nilsson, Norma Zachs, Caoyl Ziegler, Sybil Card, Bette Duffy, Janet Allemang, Jean Bauer, Joan Hamm, Joan Rogers, Jean Barker, Neville Bishop, Pat Shantz, Jean Lofters, Urich Sifmaur, Yvonne Bender, Ruth Ratz, Carolyn Schlee, Violet Lishman, Myrtle Kutelhe, Gerry, Colin McKay, Terry Hoffman, Jack Kronis, Norman Wilson.

One photograph of students out front of MacGregor Public School.

One photograph of students out front of MacGregor Public School.

Class photos of grade 7 and 8 students from MacGregor School.

One VHS tape with the recording

One photograph of students at a Valentine's Day party in a classroom.

One photograph of the front elevation of Victoria Public School in Kitchener.

Three ribbons from Waterloo Public Schools sports days; a first, second and third place ribbon and two participant ribbons from Keatsway Public School.

One photograph of Mary Johnston out front of Empire Public School. The photograph was taken for a feature in the newspaper where Mary was

The fonds consists of materials belonging to Mary Johnston which she acquired during her time as a school teacher and principal, as a member of various teachers organizations, and during the time she spent serving on various education-related local and provincial committees. This collection consists of correspondence, legal documents, minutes and other supporting documents re meetings, course materials produced for training courses and workshops, summary reports and other supporting documents re conferences, clippings, publications, printed materials, scrapbooks, and ephemera.

Includes undated draft version #3 (incomplete) of the E.T.F.O.'s constitution and by-laws. Also includes another draft of this federation's constitution and by-laws dated Aug. 1997 - comments and explanations are provided for each article and by-law.

Includes ts. document featuring details of E.T.F.O. fees, fee rebates, as well as release time information and calculations.

Includes a copy of one item of correspondence sent by Mary Johnston to the parents of children who attend the Kindergarten at Brighton School. This outlines some of the aims of this kindergarten and outlines ways in which parents can co-operate with the teacher and the school.

Contains president's report, minutes, lists of executive members and committee convenors for 1973-1974, a financial report, reports from the W.C.W.T.A. committees and convenors, as well as ts. relating to W.C.W.T.A. representation at regional meetings, to delegates sponsored by W.C.W.T.A. to provincial conferences and workshops, to representatives on W.C.T.A. committees and boards, and to meeting resolutions. Also includes some ms. notes re this meeting and a flyer featuring meeting agenda.

Contains president's report, meeting agenda, minutes, treasurer's report, committee reports, unit executives' reports, and proposed budget.

Contains a list of past presidents, meeting agenda, president's report, executive director's report, minutes, lists of executive members, W.C.W.T.A. committee chairpersons, W.C.T.A. committee chairpersons, and members of the Together in Education committee from 1987-1988. Also includes the F.W.T.A.O. Board of Directors' report, the reports of the unit presidents, the committee reports, and biographical notes on retiring teachers. 2 copies of the minutes and other supporting documents for this annual meeting are contained in this file.

Contains the minutes of a W.C.W.T.A. executive meeting held on Jan. 22, 1998. Also includes the agenda for an executive meeting held on Jan. 29, 1998 as well as the president's report to the executive presented at this meeting. Also includes a ts. document entitled "Background to Items on the Agenda" which was also produced for the purposes of the executive meeting on Jan. 29, 1998.

Contains booklet including program for this event as well as biographcial notes about teachers who were honoured and received citations at this banquet. Also contains the text of a tribute to Joan Westcott given by Malcolm Buchanan as she concludes her year as O.T.F. president.

Contains single flyer which was sent out to W.C.W.T.A. retired teachers in 1998 to invite them to the association's annual celebration dinner on May 28, 1998.

This series includes materials relating to various conferences, workshops, and other courses of the Federation of Women Teachers' Associations of Ontario and the Waterloo County Women Teachers' Association respectively. They include correspondence, forms, questionnaires, course handouts, ephemera, information booklets produced for conference delegates and attendees at workshops, as well as summary reports of the Waterloo County Principals' Conferences.

Includes questionnaire produced for the purposes of the June Presidents' workshop in 1972.

Spiral-bound volume containing a list of conference committee members, details of this conference program, a plan of the hotel in which the conference is taking place, and blank pages for conference delegates to make notes.

Spiral-bound volume containing a list of conference committee members, details of this conference program, a plan of the hotel in which the conference is taking place, and blank pages for conference delegates to make notes. Also includes a flyer produced for this conference featuring details of the conference dates, location, content, fees etc.

Contains miscellaneous materials relating to various W.C.W.T.A. workshops, information sessions, presentations, exhibitions etc. Includes correspondence, flyers, and a questionnaire.

Contains news clipping (The Globe and Mail, Monday, 29 September 1980, p.19) focusing on the ways in which computers look set to change the face of education.

News clipping (source unspecified) reports on a presentation given to Waterloo Region's women public school teachers by Carol Brooks of the Everywoman's Educational Centre in London, Ont.

New clipping (Kitchener-Waterloo Record, Thursday, 4 May 1972, p. 38) reports that the spring assembly of the Federation of Women Teachers Associations of Ontario will take place for the first time in Waterloo County. This article also focuses on the items on the agenda for discussion as well as other activities which will form part of this spring assembly.

2 copies.

Contains incomplete set of members' handbooks issued by the F.W.T.A.O. including: 1979-1980, 1982-1983, 1984-1985, 1988-1989, 1993-1994, 1997-1998. Also includes ephemera in the form of informational cards re the F.W.T.A.O.

Contains single issue of PAR - no.2 (Feb. 1997) - the newsletter published by the F.W.T.A.O.

Calendar featuring photographs depicting important events and personalities in the history of the F.W.T.A.O.

Contains incomplete set of issues of New Dimensions, a journal published by the Ontario Department of Education including: v. 6, no. 7, 9 (2 copies), 1972; v. 7, no. 6, 1973, v. 8, no. 2, 1973; v. 8, no. 4, 1974; v. 10, no. 1, 2, 3, 1976.

2 copies.

Contains some ms. notes.

Contains one issue of this newsletter published by the O.T.F. - v. 3, no. 31 (Apr. 23, 1998). This issue relates to pension plan changes.

Contains a single issue of this journal - no.21 (Nov. 1983).

Contains correspondence received by Mary Johnston from the Waterloo County Board of Education. Also includes a committee report dated May, 1982 on the subject of lunch hour supervision in the elementary schools, as well as an Information Report for Pilot French Program (May 1982) and a School Based Survey Report (April 1983). It also includes the transcript of a presentation hosted by the board. Other items include a salary proposal of the board for elementary teachers dated Nov. 1969.

Contents originally stored in ring binder. Contains materials which relate primarily to the affairs and activities of the W.C.W.T.A. This includes correspondence received by Mary Johnston, as well as ms. notes, flyers, and two copies of an issue of the W.C.W.T.A.'s Unit 1 newsletter (Vol. 3, no.2). Also includes minutes of a meeting of the Representatives of the Affiliate Organizations in Waterloo County held in May, 1967 and hosted by the Ontario Teachers' Federation, in addition to a report on the F.W.T.A.O. Regional Assembly on May 6, 1972. Finally, this file includes an undated clipping (probably from Lehrgespäch) relating to a W.C.W.T.A. Key Teacher/Awareness workshop.

Contents of this file originally stored in a binder. This appears to be a file which was maintained by Mary Johnston during her time as P.R. and county adviser with the W.C.W.T.A. This file contains miscellaneous materials including correspondence, information sheets about the F.W.T.A.O., flyers, notices of meetings, tss. relating to meetings, W.C.W.T.A. notices to members about actions being taken or proposed in a number of areas especially with regard to Bill 274. Also includes booklet containing legislation: Regulations (O. Reg. 95/47): General Regulations for Public and Separate Schools: Made Under the Department of Education Act.

Contains a flyer produced to announce the first meeting of the E.T.F.O. This flyer contains details of the meeting agenda and motions. One of the invitations issued for this meeting is also contained in this file.

Contains minutes of a meeting of the Representatives of Affiliate Organizations in Waterloo County, Apr. 17, 1967. Also includes supporting documents relating to this meeting in the form of a memorandum issued by the O.T.F. re proposed reorganization of schools under County Boards of Education, as well as a rough ts. draft of a brief to regional government drawn up by the Study Committee of the O.T.F.
Also includes a seating plan for an O.T.F. annual meeting held Aug. 20-23, 1985, as well as the "Report of the Teacher Representaives to the Biennial Review Committee on Teachers' Superannuation to the O.T.F. Board of Governor's Annual Meeting, August 20-23, 1985".
Also includes an executive summary of the O.T.F. dated Feb. 12, 1997, in addition to a paper entitled "School Principals and Vice-Principals are Teachers".

Contains newsletters issued by the Waterloo County Board of Education featuring highlights of the three regular board meetings and one special board meeting. The regular board meetings covered in these issues took place on Apr. 21, 1977, on May 28, 1981, and on Apr. 26, 1990. The special meeting took place Mar. 29, 1990. Also includes a memo addressed to all principals and staff dated Apr. 22, 1983 informing the recipients of this memo of the principal and vice principal transfers which were approved at the regular meeting of the Waterloo County Board of Education on April 21, 1983. This memo also contains a list of appointments to positions of responsibility.
This file also contains a notice and minutes relating to two separate Committee of the Whole Meetings, one of which took place on May 4, 1982 and the other on Jan. 13, 1983.

Contains president's report, meeting agenda, minutes, financial statement, committee reports, meeting resolutions, lists of W.C.W.T.A. executive members, unit executive members, and committee convenors for 1974-1975 and of unit executive members for 1975-1976.

Contains meeting agenda, minutes, treasurer's report, lists of executive members, and unit executive members, and committee reports.

Contains president's report, meeting agenda, minutes, treasurer's report, and committee reports.

Contains a list of past presidents, meeting agenda, president's report, executive director's report, minutes, lists of executive members, W.C.W.T.A. committee chairpersons, W.C.T.A. committee chairpersons, and heads of the ad hoc board committees from 1986-1987. Also includes the director's report, the reports of the unit presidents, the committee reports, a list of recipients of certificates of recognition, and biographical notes on retiring teachers. 2 copies of the minutes and other supporting documents for this annual meeting are contained in this file.

Contains a list of past presidents, meeting agenda, president's report, executive director's report, minutes, lists of executive members, W.C.W.T.A. committee chairpersons, W.C.T.A. committee chairpersons, and members of the Together in Education committee from 1988-1989. Also includes the F.W.T.A.O. Director's report, the reports of the unit presidents, the committee reports, biographical notes on retiring teachers, and the proposed budget.

Contains minutes, meeting agenda, committee reports and other supporting documents produced for the W.C.W.T.A. North Unit Spring Dinner Meetings in 1988 and in 1991. Also includes the agenda for a north unit executive in/out meeting which took place on June 9, 1994, in addition to a status of women committee report to the north unit W.C.W.T.A. (dated April 1998). Finally, this file includes the minutes of a north unit fall business meeting in October 1997 and the agendas for north unit business meetings in Oct., 1987 and in April 1998.

This series includes materials relating to the annual dinners of the Federation of Women Teachers' Associations of Ontario, of the Ontario Teachers' Federation, and of the Waterloo County Women Teachers' Association. These materials include a small number of col. photographs, as well as booklets produced for guests who attended these dinners. The contents of these booklets vary depending on the organization involved but typically include menus, programs, agendas, biographical notes on retiring teachers to be honoured at these dinners, as well as lists of past presidents, executive members, committtee chairs, key teachers, twenty-five year members, and retiring members. Some files just include flyers which were sent out to organization members featuring details of the date, location etc. of these annual dinners.

Contains booklet including menu, program, a biographical note on the speaker Dr. Florence Henderson as well as the text of tributes made to her by various individuals in educational organizations in Ontario. Also includes a biographical note about Shirley Stokes who received an F.W.T.A.O. award at this annual dinner event.

Includes booklet containing list of past presidents, president's address, lists of executive members, W.C.W.T.A. committee chairs, W.C.T.A. committee chairs, unit executive members, and key teachers. Also includes a list of retiring teachers to be honoured at this annual dinner celebration as well as a biographical note on each of them. A list of twenty-five year members is also among the materials in this file.

Includes course handouts for a workshop which formed part of the F.W.T.A.O.'s assertiveness training summer learning lab in 1980. This workshop was presented by Carolyn Burwell and was entitled "How to Surpass Yourself" and related to the personal finances package.

Spiral-bound volume including details of the workshops which made up a series of workshops hosted by the F.W.T.A.O. and entitled "Professional Development".

This series includes news clippings from The Globe and Mail, from the Kitchener-Waterloo Record, and from The Waterloo Chronicle. These clippings relate to educational issues. Some of them are relevant to educational matters at a national level e.g some articles report on the educational system in Canada, while anoher article focuses on the likely impact of computers for schools in Canada. Other clippings report on educational issues at a provincial level e.g. Ontario teachers' actions to oppose the anti-strike legislation in 1973. Moreover, some clippings relate to the activities of the Federation of Women Teachers' Associations of Ontario. Finally, this series contains news clippings which relate to educational affairs in Waterloo County including the activities of the Waterloo County Board of Education, and the Waterloo County Women Teachers' Association.

Contains five news clippings. News clippings from 1980-1981 relate primarily to the Waterloo County Women Teachers' Association's aim to obtain a written policy guaranteeing equal-opportunity rights for women teachers from the county board of education. One clipping from 1988 reports that the receipt of a provincial award for employment equity advances by the Waterloo county board of education is an "embarrassment". Sue Coulter, a member of this board, says that this is the case because the board has failed to live up to the honour since receiving this award.

Contains two news clippings (Kitchener-Waterloo Record, Saturday, 7 January 1978). One of these clippings is an article reporting that the Waterloo County Women Teachers' Association will be running advertisements in newspapers to ask the public to submit names of women elementary teachers who they feel have made outstanding contributions to education. The other clipping takes the form of a nomination form to be filled out by members of the public who wish to nominate a teacher for the Diamond Jubilee Award of the F.W.T.A.O.

Contains news clipping (Waterloo Chronicle, Sunday, 23 May 1973, p. [1]) reporting that Mrs. Grace Scott, Mrs. Alice Bullard, Velma Samuel, Mrs. Irene Fretz, Mrs. Gladys Hudelmaier, and Mrs. Sally Beatty, who are retiring and have 160 years of teaching experience between them, were honoured by the Waterloo County Board of Education at a tea organized to mark this occasion.

This issue of this newspaper contains a list of Waterloo county board of education and separate school board election candidates. Reproductions of portrait photographs as well as a biographical note on each candidate are also provided. Also includes front page cover story regarding Ontario Education Minister William G. Davis' proposal for the reorganization of the school jurisdictions. As a result of this proposal interim school organization committees were established in each new school division. This clipping focuses on the activities of the committee which was set up in Waterloo County under the leadership of Brian Bennett.

This series contains publications and printed materials issued by the Federation of Women Teachers' Associations of Ontario. This includes books (including guidebooks and handbooks), reports, position papers, serial publications, a fact sheet, and informational leaflets and flyers.

Contains incomplete set of issues of the F.W.T.A.O.'s newsletter the Bulletin including: no.2, 1981-1982; no. 3, 1982-1983; no.8, 1982-1983.