Edmonton (Alberta)

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53.5461° N, 113.4938° W Map of Edmonton (Alberta)

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  • Post-colonization and prior to 1870, the Hudson's Bay Company governed the West, which included Fort Edmonton (established in 1754). Education of children in the Northwest Territories was provided by church missions and private religious schools. In 1881, a public school was built in the Edmonton settlement. In 1882, Edmonton became part of the District of Alberta, one of the four districts of the Northwest Territories. In 1883, the Edmonton riding of the North-West Legislative Assembly was established through a royal proclamation. In 1905, the province of Alberta was established, and the district continued as Edmonton (Alberta).

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Provincial Flowers [s] / Walter Coucill

Item consists of 12 prints of paintings depicting the official flowers of Canada’s provinces and territories in their natural settings. The paintings were commissioned by the National Trust Company as a contribution to Canada’s Centennial Year celebrations.

Instructional Services Division

City of Edmonton : Public Schools

Item is a map produced by the Edmonton Public Schools Planning Branch showing the city's elementary schools and their boundaries for the 1973-1974 period. Donald Ross School has been highlighted in a red pen.

Print by Jan Hoowij

Item is a print by Jan Hoowij. Plaque reads "Grad 72". Presented to Sherbrooke School by Grade IX graduating class of 1971-72.

Mill Woods Campus Site Functional Plan

Item is a plan which identifies the specific location of facilities and landscape elements to be developed on the Mill Woods Campus Site. This was to be a site of integrated and attached school and recreation facilities. Diagrams of possible configurations are included. Also included are Edmonton Public Schools curriculum requirements for playing fields and information about community characteristics.

Kennedy, Hector

Item is an enlargement of P84.4.5, which is a studio photograph of Lieutenant Hector Kennedy wearing his military uniform.

Veterans of the Sea

Item is a print of Veterans of the Sea. Signed "Sampson". Print made by Sampson-Matthews Ltd., Toronto.

Alberta Farm

Print issued by The National Gallery of Canada. - Print made Sampson-Matthew Ltd., Toronto.

A.Y. Jackson

Parliament Buildings

Item is a framed print of the Parliament Buildings, Ottawa. Original oil by Stanley Turner.

Stanley Turner

Houses and a church

Item is a framed print of the backs of houses and a church near a stream in winter. Original oil probably by Tom Roberts.

Tom Roberts

Sugar Time, Quebec

Item is a framed print of Sugar Time, Quebec. Original oil painting by Albert Cloutier.

Albert Cloutier

2 red canoes

Item is a framed print of 2 red canoes in a wilderness scene. Original oil probably by The Group of Seven Artists.

Group of Seven Artists

Bird in winter

Item is a framed print of Bird in winter. Original oil painting by Gentile Tondino.

Mark Graf Publishing

Queen Elizabeth II

Item is a print of a painting of Queen Elizabeth II. Beneath the print is written The Toronto Daily Star June 2, 1955 Copyright by Dorothy Wilding.

The Secondary School Department

Item consists of an organizational chart of the Secondary School Department, an explanation of the major functions of the department, and an explanation of the duties of each official within the department.

Instructional Services Division

C/O Organization 1966

Item is the Central Office Organization Chart for Edmonton Public Schools showing the senior administration. The item is a draft copy and includes the names of individuals fulfilling each position.

Superintendent of Schools

Department of Elementary Education

Item includes the Department of Elementary Education organizational chart, an explanation of the functions of the Department of Elementary Education, and job descriptions of General Supervisors and Consultant Teachers within Edmonton Public Schools.

Instructional Services Division

Edmonton School System 1874-1970

Item is a list which indicates the number of students and teachers within Edmonton Public Schools per year as well as which schools were built each year. Prior to 1900, the number of students attending is not provided. Within the file is a draft and final version.

Communications-Community Relations

New Organization

Item is a list of schools. It includes junior-senior high schools, three-year senior high schools, intermediate schools, and elementary schools with intermediate units. The names of the staff members within each school are included. The item is the result of the district's newly organized junior and senior high classes following the new 6-3-3 grade divisions which began during the 1936-1937 school year.

Planning and Accommodation

Architectural Plans for 1881 Schoolhouse Restoration / drawn by EDG

Item consists of architectural drawings of the 1881 schoolhouse. It includes the site plan for the house on 96 Avenue and 100 Street; floor plans and foundations plans; existing elevations; proposed elevations; proposed interior elevations; electrical and mechanical plans. Of note is the floor plan of the interior of the house before restoration.

Instructional Services Division

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