Memos, meeting minutes, and circulars from the area one principal's meetings.

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.

This series contains government publications including educational legislation, curriculum guidelines, school programme requirements, reports and booklets on various topics, as well as a news release and issues of a journal. Included in this series are publications of the Government of Ontario, as well as of the Ministry of Education of Ontario, and of the Ministry of Education and Training of Ontario.

This series contains booklets and serial publications published by the Ontario Teachers' Federation.

This series contains publications and printed materials issued by the Waterloo County Board of Education. These materials include booklets, an educational position paper, reports, a submission to the Standing Committee on Social Development of the Ontario Legislature, telephone directories, and serial publications.

This series includes a directory of staff, teachers, and others issued by the Waterloo County Teachers' Association. Also includes issues of the newsletter Lehrgespräch.

Includes publications and printed items of the Waterloo County Women Teachers' Association including issues of a newsletter, a guidebook, a submission made by the W.C.W.T.A. to the Social Development Committee of the Ontario Legislature, and a report on the teachers' provincial protest action of 1997.

Includes publications and printed items of the various educational and teachers' organizations in Ontario including the Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario, the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, the Ontario Public School Men Teachers' Federation, the Teacher's Superannuation Commission and other organizations. Materials in this series include serial publications, reports, and informational booklets.

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.

Materials kept by Mary Johnston relating to her work on various professional development committees.

Contains miscellaneous materials relating to the W.C.W.T.A.'s leadership courses for the years: 1973-1974, 1975, 1977, 1982, 1983-1984, 1995, and 1997-1998. These include flyers, correspondence, course evaluation form, course handouts, as well as the certificate awarded to Mary Johnston in 1975 to affirm her participation in the leadership course in this year.

Public relations for schools guidelines.

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

One scrapbook kept by Mary Johnston regarding her being awarded the Queen Elizabeth II diamond jubilee medal and the 25th anniversary of Mary Johnston Public School.

Outlines and speaking points for remembrance day assemblies.

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.

One scrapbook maintained by Mary Johnston with materials on her retirement, and the naming of Mary Johnston Public School in her honour. Includes photographs, correspondence, ephemera, and more.

Contains news clipping dated May 10, 1968 (source unspecified). One article reports that Education Minister Davis has announced that Waterloo county will not get two boards of education at least until 1970. Minister Davis says this is because he wants one or two years experience with the new system before amending the basic county plan. Another article relates to Waterloo public school teachers' salary increases, while an additional article relates to a school site swap negotiated by the Kitchener and district school board.

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.

One scrapbook with photographs and captions from Mary Johnston's retirement parties.

Programmes for the official openings and anniversaries of schools in the Waterloo District School Board. Includes: Keatsway, Glencairn, Central Public School (Galt), Pioneer Park, The Education Centre, Northlake Woods, W.T. Townshend, Lester B. Pearson, John Darling, Driftwood, Brighton, Westheights, Westvale, Winston Churchill, Elizabeth Ziegler, Country Hills, Sandowne, MacGregor, Centennial, A.R. Kaufman Public School, Kitchener-Waterloo Collegiate and Vocational School.

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.

One handmade curriculum book for social studies (geographical), possibly intended for grade eight students.

Contains news clippings which appeared in The Globe and Mail's "Education on Trial" feature on Dec. 28 and 29, 1992. One clipping provides statistics about the Canadian educational system, another reports that there there is no consensus in terms of what Canadians expect from schools. Another article focuses on a school in Edmonton which is "a model of self-improvement". Parents' dissatisfaction with the state-run school system forms the focus of another article, while another article focuses on the debate surrounding methods of testing students in the subjects they study.

One handmade curriculum book for social studies (historical), possibly intended for grade eight students.

Contains news clippings which appeared in The Globe and Mail focusing on Ontario teachers' opposition to Bill 274 designed to prevent mass resignations submitted by teachers from taking effect on Dec. 31, 1973. This bill would instead impose compulsory arbitration to resolve disputed contract issues. Actions taken by teachers to oppose this bill included a province-wide strike on Dec. 18, 1973.

One speech by Mary Johnston, possibly given on the occasion of her retirement. She discusses the developments and changes in Waterloo from her childhood to present day.

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.

Mary Johnston's Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Western Ontario.

This series contains twenty-three scrapbooks all of which are assigned individual file numbers. The first sixteen scrapbooks in this series have been numbered consecutively by the compiler of these scrapbooks as follows: 1-5, 7, 9, 10-11, 13-18, 20 (some scrapbooks are missing). The remaining scrapbooks have not been numbered by the compiler but also relate to W.C.W.T.A. and F.W.T.A.O. affairs and activities. These sixteen scrapbooks include materials relating to meetings, workshops, conferences, leadership courses and other events of the W.C.W.T.A. and of the F.W.T.A.O. Materials take the form of b&w and col. photographs, newsletters, meetings agendas and minutes, corrrespondence, ts. lists, reports, news clippings, and ephemera.

This series contains fourteen scrapbooks all of which are assigned individual file numbers. These scrapbooks contain materials relating to the W.C.W.T.A.'s leadership training courses. Materials take the form of b&w and col. photographs, news clippings, correspondence, lists of course participants, course application forms, course schedules and outlines, course handouts, course evaluation sheets, meeting agendas, and ephemera.

News clipping (Kitchener-Waterloo Record, Monday, 5 June 1972, p. 28) reports on a leadership workshop sponsored by the Federation of Women Teachers' Associations of Ontario. The names of teachers attending from Kitchener-Waterloo are provided along with information on the themes to be covered in the workshop sessions.

Artwork created by students and given to Mary Johnston. Includes correspondence, hand made cards, drawings of Mary and more.

Supervisory Officer's Certificate granted to Mary Johnston.

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.

Contains editorial (Kitchener-Waterloo Record, Saturday, 10 March 1979, p. 6) focusing on Bill 100 and teachers' right to strike. The author's opinion is that the teachers' use of union tactics to get higher pay may have meant that in some peoples' eyes they have lost their professional image. He/She believes, however, that they remain professionals in spite of this.

Spring convocation programme for the University of Western Ontario for May 25, 1957. Mary was awarded her BA.

One poem titled

Contains news clipping (source unspecified) reporting that Twyla Hendry has been nominated chairman of the Waterloo County Board of Education. In her inaugural speech Hendry referred to the innovations which have been implemented by the board trustees over the previous two years.

Programme for conferring of degrees for the University of Toronto for June 12, 1963. Mary was awarded her BEd.

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.

Photographs from the unveiling of portraits of former principals of MacGregor Public School.

Contains article (The Record, Monday, 17 April 1995, sec. D, p. 1) which reports on the finances of the Waterloo public school board vis-à-vis the separate school board. Other articles contained in this section of the Record focus on the proposal that the Education Act be amended to allow instructors who are not certified teachers to supervise students under specified conditions and circumstances and to deliver certain non-academic programs, while the other article reports that the Open Sesame head-start pre-school is celebrating its 25th anniversary.

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.

Souvenir book from the Waterloo County Principals' conference on stress.

A collection of drawings from children given to Mary Johnston. It is assumed that Mary Johnston gave a talk to the children about a trip to Egypt and the children drew her their favourite parts.

Correspondence to parents from Mary Johnston while she was principal at Winston Churchill Public School.

Objectives of Winston Churchill Public School.

Contains 16 p. ts. featuring the articles and by-laws which comprise the constitution of the W.C.W.T.A.

This series contains just two files. The first file includes ephemera relating to Waterloo County Board of Education events and activitities, while the second file includes ephemera which relates to events and activities of the Waterloo County Women Teachers' Association.

Mary Johnston's Bachelor of Education degree from the University of Toronto.

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.

Programme for the Annual Convention of the North Waterloo Teachers' Institute for October 5 and 6, 1939.

Catholic Principal newsletter.

2 copies.

Federation of Women Teachers' Association of Ontario 1988 honorary members.

Scrapbook kept by Mary Johnston relating to her award at the Federation of Women Teachers' Association of Ontario diamond jubilee dinner.

One scrapbook kept by Mary Johnston detailing meetings and events of the Federation of Women Teachers' Association of Ontario.

Contains incomplete set of issues of the journal The Educational Courier including: v. 34, no. 5, 1964; v. 36, no. 3, 1966; v. 41, no. 7, 1971; v. 42, no. 6, 1972; v. 43, no. 3, 6, 1973; v. 44, no. 1, 4, 6, 1973-1974; v. 45, no. 1, 2, 5, 1974-1975; v. 46, no. 7, 1976; v. 47, no. 7, 1977; v. 49, no. 49, 1978; v. 50, no. 1, 1979.

North Waterloo Federation of Women Teachers' treasury book for 1940-1962.

North Waterloo Federation of Women Teachers' treasury book for 1961-1968.

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.

Presidential address of the Federation of Women Teachers' Association of Ontario sixtieth annual meeting.

Contains incomplete set of issues of the F.W.T.A.O. Newsletter, some in newspaper format, some in magazine format. These issues are divided into three separate files as follows: First File: no. 7, 1972-1973; no. 6, 1973-1974; no. 5, 1974-1975; no. 2, 5, 6, 1977-1978; no. 1 (4 copies), 2, 1978-1979; no. 6, 7, 1979-1980; no. 6, 1980-1981; Second File: Jan. and Sept., 1983; Jan., June, and Sept./Oct., 1984; April/May, 1991; v. 11, no. 3, 1992-1993; v. 12, no. 1, 2, 1993; Third File: v. 14, no. 5, 1996; v. 15, no.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 1996-1997; v. 16, no. 1, 2, 3, 1997-1998.

Contains incomplete set of issues of the F.W.T.A.O. Newsletter, some in newspaper format, some in magazine format. These issues are divided into three separate files as follows: First File: no. 7, 1972-1973; no. 6, 1973-1974; no. 5, 1974-1975; no. 2, 5, 6, 1977-1978; no. 1 (4 copies), 2, 1978-1979; no. 6, 7, 1979-1980; no. 6, 1980-1981; Second File: Jan. and Sept., 1983; Jan., June, and Sept./Oct., 1984; April/May, 1991; v. 11, no. 3, 1992-1993; v. 12, no. 1, 2, 1993; Third File: v. 14, no. 5, 1996; v. 15, no.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 1996-1997; v. 16, no. 1, 2, 3, 1997-1998.

Contains incomplete set of issues of the F.W.T.A.O. Newsletter, some in newspaper format, some in magazine format. These issues are divided into three separate files as follows: First File: no. 7, 1972-1973; no. 6, 1973-1974; no. 5, 1974-1975; no. 2, 5, 6, 1977-1978; no. 1 (4 copies), 2, 1978-1979; no. 6, 7, 1979-1980; no. 6, 1980-1981; Second File: Jan. and Sept., 1983; Jan., June, and Sept./Oct., 1984; April/May, 1991; v. 11, no. 3, 1992-1993; v. 12, no. 1, 2, 1993; Third File: v. 14, no. 5, 1996; v. 15, no.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 1996-1997; v. 16, no. 1, 2, 3, 1997-1998.

One scrapbook kept by Mary Johnston detailing the annual dinner meeting of the Waterloo County Women Teachers' Association.

Speech written by an unknown author to mark Mary Johnston's retirement celebration given by the Waterloo County Women Teachers' Association.

Contains informational leaflets and flyers issued by the F.W.T.A.O.

Christmas concert Christmas card for Bearinger School.

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.

Correspondence between Mary Johnston and others relating to the Waterloo County Women Teachers' Association. Includes information on the establishment and award winners of the Mary Johnston Award as well.

Membership application and invitation to brunch from the Women in Educational Administration, Ontario.

Award given to Mary Johnston by the Minister of Citizenship, Culture and Recreation Marilyn Mushinski and the Premier of Ontario Mike Harris for 25 years of volunteer work.

Honourary membership presented to Mary Johnston by Alpha Delta Kappa.

File consists of one booklet, prepared by Phyllis Edmondson, Toronto; Doris French, Wellington; Ann Thomson, Northumberland/Newcastle; and Kathleen O'Neil, FWTAO Executive Staff.

Plaque given to Mary Johnston commemorating the first annual conference of the Canadian Association of Principals.

One letter of congratulations on Mary Johnston's retirement from Prime Minister Brian Mulroney.

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

Distinguished service award presented to Mary Johnston by the Federation of Women Teachers' Associations of Ontario.

Contains incomplete set of issues of the F.W.T.A.O.'s newsletter Post Haste including: no. 11, 14, 18, 1987; no. 10, 1989; no. 8, 1991; no. 1-3, 1997; no. 4-6, 1998.

Distinguished service award presented to Mary Johnston by the Federation of Women Teachers' Associations of Ontario for 37 years of teaching.

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

Honorary membership awarded to Mary Johnston by the Federation of Women Teachers' Associations of Ontario.

Honorary membership awarded to Mary Johnston by the Waterloo County Women Teachers' Association.

Contains correspondence and other materials all of which relate to the affairs, activities etc. of the W.C.W.T.A. Includes correspondence sent by and received by Mary Johnston. Some of this correspondence was sent or received in her capacity as a key teacher, as President of Unit 1, as a W.C.W.T.A. Past President, as the association's County Adviser, and as a member of the Book Project Committee.

Other materials in this file include ts. of W.C.W.T.A.'s comments on the Reville Report, a poem by Joyce Lodge (West Unit Executive Member) entitled "You Will Be There", an information sheet featuring an outline of the history of the W.C.W.T.A. Also includes agenda for W.C.W.T.A. executive retreat in 1990, as well as a list of W.C.W.T.A. priorities for 1997-1998. Additionally, contains lists of association executive members from 1996-1997, a list of women administrators for 1997-1998, and a list of honorary association members for 1997-1998.