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Correspondence and Information Files.

This series contains correspondence sent by or received by Mary Johnston as well as other administrative and legal documents maintained by her relating to the activities and affairs of the teachers' organizations of which she was a member. These include the Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario, The Federation of Women Teachers' Associations of Ontario, the Waterloo County Board of Education, and the Waterloo County Women Teachers' Association.

This series also includes materials maintained by Mary Johnston when she worked for the Waterloo County Women Teachers' Association in various capacitites including Key Teacher, President of Unit 1, as a W.C.W.T.A. Past President, as the association's County Adviser and P.R., and as a member of the Book Project Committee.

Also included in this series is a file containing correspondence sent to parents by Mary Johnston when she worked with the Kindergarten at Brighton School.

Johnston, Mary

Waterloo County Women Teachers' Association: Correspondence and Miscellaneous.

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.

Johnston, Mary

Waterloo County Women Teachers' Association Celebrates F.W.T.A.O. Diamond Jubilee: Annual Meeting, 1978.

Contains president's report, minutes, treasurer's report, and committee reports. The documents for this meeting feature a special report announcing that Mary Johnston is the recipient of the W.C.W.T.A. and F.W.T.A.O. Diamond Jubilee Award and containing details of her achievements during her career. This award was given to commemorate the federation's sixtieth birthday
Also contained in this file are loose items including clippings (some duplicates) focusing on the receipt of this award by Mary Johnston. Also includes an issue of Accross the Board published by the Waterloo County Board of Education. This contains highlights of the board meeting of May 25, 1978 which includes an announcement that Mary Johnston has been awarded the F.W.T.A.O. Diamond Jubilee Award.

Johnston, Mary

Waterloo County Women Teachers' Association: Annual Meeting, 1984.

Contains president's report, meeting agenda, minutes, treasurer's report, a list of nominees for executive positions and a list of W.C.W.T.A. executive members, unit executive members, committee chairpersons, and committee convenors for 1983-1984. Also includes the report of the F.W.T.A.O. Director presented at this meeting, as well as the reports of the presidents of the individual W.C.W.T.A. units, committee reports, and the proposed budget.

Johnston, Mary

Waterloo County Women Teachers' Association: Annual Meeting, 1986.

Contains president's report, minutes, lists of nominees for the executive, as well as executive members, unit executive members, W.C.W.T.A. committee chairpersons, and W.C.T.A. committee chairpersons in 1985-1986. Also includes the director's report, the reports of the unit presidents, committee reports, the proposed budget, and biographical notes on retiring teachers.

Johnston, Mary

Waterloo County Women Teachers' Association: Annual Dinner Celebration, 1990.

Contains booklet including list of past presidents, the agenda, lists of executive members, W.C.W.T.A. committee chairs, W.C.T.A. comittee chairs, and members of the Together in Education committee. Also includes lists of key teachers, and a list of retiring teachers to be honoured at this annual dinner celebration. A biographical note on each of these teachers can also be found in this file as well as a list of twenty-five year members.

Johnston, Mary

Federation of Women Teachers' Associations of Ontario: Waterloo County Principals' Conferences.

Contains one spiral-bound volume and three booklets featuring summary reports of conference presentations and reproductions of photographs taken at the Waterloo County Principals' Conferences in 1975, 1979, 1980, and 1983. An additional spiral-bound volume for the conference of 1970 features full transcripts of conference presentations and some reproductions of photographs taken during this conference. This file also contains a leaflet produced by the Waterloo County Principals' Association to mark the association's 20th anniversary in 1989.

Johnston, Mary

Waterloo County Women Teachers' Association: Leadership Courses.

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.

Johnston, Mary

Ontario Teachers Strike to Oppose Anti-Strike Bill (Bill 274).

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.

Johnston, Mary

"Seen and Heard: K-W, District Women Teachers Attend Leadership Workshop".

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.

Johnston, Mary

"They're Still Professional".

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.

Johnston, Mary

F.W.T.A.O. Newsletter.

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.

Johnston, Mary

Post Haste.

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.

Johnston, Mary

Publications, Printed Materials: The Waterloo County Board of Education.

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.

Johnston, Mary

Telephone Directories.

Contains incomplete set of telephone directories issued by the Waterloo County Board of Education including: 1984-1985, 1985-1986, 1986-1987, 1988-1989, 1989-1990, 1992-1993, 1995-1996.

Johnston, Mary

Directories.

Contains directories issued by the W.C.W.T.A. which include the federations, the Board of Education's trustees and officials and supervisory and consultative staff, in addition to educational services contacts and a directory of teachers and of schools. The directories in this file include: 1973-1974, 1977-1978, 1978-1979, 1979-1980, 1980-1981. This file also contains an Elementary Teachers' Telephone Directory, 1993-1994, issued by the W.C.W.T.A. in conjunction with the Ontario Public School Teachers' Federation.

Johnston, Mary

Lehrgespräch, v. 1, no. 1-9.

Issues of the newsletter Lehrgespräch, in 18 files. Vols. 1 - 5 were published jointly by three Waterloo County Teachers' Federations including the W.C.W.T.A., and Vol. 6 was published jointly by two Waterloo County Teachers' Federations including the W.C.W.T.A. Vol.7 onwards - published by the Waterloo County Teachers' Association.
Note: The title of this publication changed to become "The Big L" during the period Nov. 1974 - June 1975.
Missing issues include: v. 5, no. 3, 1975-1976; v. 6, no. 7, 1977; v. 13, no. 4, 1984.

Johnston, Mary

Lehrgespräch, v. 10, no. 1-6.

Contains issues of the newsletter Lehrgespräch. The issues are contained in 18 files as follows:

  • v. 1, no. 1-9, 1971-1972;
  • v. 2, no. 1-10, 1972-1973;
  • v. 3, no. 1-10, 1973-1974;
  • v. 4, no. 1-11, 1974-1975;
  • v. 5, no. 1-8, 1975-1976;
  • v. 6, no. 1-6, 1975-1976;
  • v. 7, no. 1-7, 1977-1978;
  • v. 8, no. 1-7, 1978-1979;
  • v. 9, no. 1-7, 1979-1980;
  • v. 11, no. 1-5, 1981-1982;
  • v. 12, no. 1-4, 1983;
  • v. 13, no. 1-5, 1983-1984;
  • v. 14, no. 1-5, 1984-1985;
  • v. 15, no. 1-4, 1985-1986;
  • v. 16, no. 1-3, 1986-1987;
  • v. 17, no. 1-2, 1987-1988. Final file includes Special Election Issue, Nov. 1988, as well as a section of an issue from 1989.

Missing issues include: v. 5, no. 3, 1975-1976; v. 6, no. 7, 1977; v. 13, no. 4, 1984.

v. 1 - 5 were published jointly by three Waterloo County Teachers' Federations including the W.C.W.T.A., and v. 6 was published jointly by two Waterloo County Teachers' Federations including the W.C.W.T.A. v. 7 onwards - published by the Waterloo County Teachers' Association.

Note: The title of this publication changed to become "The Big L" during the period Nov. 1974 - June 1975.

Johnston, Mary

Take 5.

Includes single issue of this journal - v. 13, no. 2 (fall 1986).

Johnston, Mary

F.W., May 1972 - June 1972, No. 3.

Contains b&w photographs, meeting agendas, a W.C.W.T.A. report, and news clippings relating to the annual meeting of W.C.W.T.A Unit 1, to a leadership workshop sponsored by the F.W.T.A.O., as well as to the W.C.W.T.A's annual meeting and dinner.

Johnston, Mary

Dec. 1973 - Feb. 1974, No. 11.

Contains b&w and col. photographs, news clippings, and ephemera. Some of the photographs appear to be personal family photographs of Mary Johnston. The remaining photographs and other items in this scrapbook relate to various F.W.T.A.O. and W.C.W.T.A. events including an emergency F.W.T.A.O. meeting, Professional Development Day, and to a W.C.W.T.A Leadership Course. Also includes a news clipping and photographs relating to a meeting between Premier Davis and Joan Westcott, W.C.W.T.A. president and Bill Langdown, OPSMTF Waterloo District President.

Johnston, Mary

June 1974, No. 14.

Contains b&w and col. photographs, ephemera, news clippings, a meeting agenda, and a copy of the W.C.W.T.A. President's Report. Also includes minutes of the W.C.W.T.A.'s third AGM, as well as the president's, the committees' and the convenors' reports. The materials in this scrapbook relate to the third annual meeting of the W.C.W.T.A. on June 3, 1974, to meetings of the W.C.T.A.'s Ad Hoc Legislation Committee and to a meeting of the F.W.T.A.O.

Johnston, Mary

W.C.W.T.A. Unit 1.

This untitled scrapbook contains b&w photographs, news clippings, ephemera, notes, a list of W.C.W.T.A. Unit 1 executive members, a summary report of a general meeting of this unit and executive minute meetings. These materials relate primarily to meetings of the W.C.W.T.A. Unit 1 but also to the W.C.W.T.A. annual dinner, to P.A. Days, to "Operation Rose", and to the F.W.T.A.O. Regional Assembly.

Johnston, Mary

W.C.W.T.A. North Unit.

This untitled scrapbook contains b&w photographs, news clippings, and ephemera. These materials relate to a key teacher reception at the Conestoga Inn, to a F.W.T.A.O. fall conference, as well as to W.C.W.T.A. North Unit meetings and social events. Some of these materials also relate to events held at W.C.W.T.A. North Unit schools to mark the International Year of the Child and to other special events including the planting of a tree by Lieutenant Governor of Ontario , Pauline M. McGibbon at Bloomingdale Public School in Waterloo, Ont. Finally, this scrapbook includes new clippings featuring information on teachers who have recently retired.

Johnston, Mary

Leadership I, 1977: Book 1.

Contains b&w photographs, correspondence, the course schedule (loose), and news clippings relating to the W.C.W.T.A. Leadership Training Course I in 1977.

Johnston, Mary

Leadership I, 1979.

Contains b&w and col. photographs, ephemera, and a list of course participants. All these materials relate to the W.C.W.T.A. Leadership Training Course I in 1979.

Johnston, Mary

Ephemera: Waterloo County Women Teachers' Association.

Contains flyers relating to WCWTA meetings and other events. Some other flyers take the form of promotional materials designed by WCWTA election candidates. Additional flyers provide information on the Reville Report and on issues such as teachers' salaries and preparation time and the progress that has been made in these areas through collective bargaining. Also includes a copy of the certificate awarded to those nominated as Diamond Jubilee Educators.

Johnston, Mary

Brighton School newsletter.

Newsletter from Brighton Public School. Features include bike safety, music programming, intramural floor hockey, and upcoming class activities.

Johnston, Mary

Brighton School.

Materials relating to the operation and history of Brighton Public School. Includes clippings, newsletters, photographs, ephemera, etc.

Waterloo District School Board

Canadian College of Teachers.

Materials relating to Mary Johnston's membership in the Canadian College of Teachers. Includes membership lists and correspondence.

Canadian College of Teachers

Canadian history notebook.

One school notebook kept by David Dell in Mary Johnston's grade 8 history class. Includes maps, drawings, notes, and clippings relating to historical events.

Dell, David

Clippings.

Clippings on the life and career of Mary Johnston.

Johnston, Mary

Correspondence.

Correspondence between Mary Johnston and others. Topics include Mary's educational and professional certifications and training, her work on the Circular 14 Advisory Committee, and personal correspondence from friends, students, and colleagues.

Johnston, Mary

Girl Guides correspondence.

Two items of correspondence from Betty Connell requesting that Mary Johnston work as quartermaster at Camp Keewaydin for two weeks in August.

Connell, Betty

Keatsway Public School correspondence.

Correspondence between Mary Johnston and others during her time as Principal of Keatsway Public School. Includes correspondence and photographs of the Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario's visit to Keatsway.

Johnston, Mary

Keatsway.

One scrapbook of Mary Johnston's final year at Keatsway Public School, where she served as Principal. Also includes a card signed by the students of the school.

Johnston, Mary

Lesson plans.

Lesson plans created by Mary Johnston for history teaching. Includes lessons on Hudson's Bay Company, the Great Fire of London, and Act I Scene V of MacBeth.

Johnston, Mary

Physical education grades.

Two sheets of grades for male and female students for physical education for students in grades 7 and 8 in Mr. Chambers and Mr. MacEachern's classes.

Waterloo District School Board

Retirement and Mary Johnston Public School.

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.

Johnston, Mary

Speech.

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.

Johnston, Mary

Awards

Materials relating to awards and honours given to Mary Johnston.

Johnston, Mary

Retirement congratulations.

Certificate presented to Mary Johnston upon her retirement from teaching by Walter McLean, the MP for Waterloo.

House of Commons

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