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.

Series consists of the minutes from the meetings held by the entire Board of Trustees of Edmonton Public Schools. Discussions included concerns about teachers, salaries, budgets and the need for new schools.

Item is a report commissioned by the Parkallen Community League and presented to the Edmonton Public School Board. It was prepared by the Parkallen School Closure Committee and by Western Social and Geographic Surveys, Ltd. It addresses the proposed closure of Parkallen school and the community’s opposition. Included is the questionnaire survey which was conducted in the Parkallen neighbourhood.

Item is divided into four parts (a-d). (a) budget which lists equipment needed for each room, price of each item and total for each room. (b) memorandum that explains the list does not include music equipment, one unassigned vocational area and teaching aids such as maps and globes. It also recommends that the list of equipment be put out to tender. (c) site plan, main floor plan, and second floor plan. (d) Equipment Budget Breakdown by room. It includes the total equipment for vocational and academic budgets, and the total installation cost broken down into academic, vocational and labor budgets.

Item is a coil-bound plan detailing recommendations for school and core portable development for the 1980-1983 period. Core portables are structures attached to the main school building and are usually built in groups of 4, 6 or 8. The plan lists recommended projects, budgets, basis of budget development, the financial effects of the recommended projects, the effect of recommended construction in relation to district enrolment and capacity, and a ranking of the different projects into three priority levels.

This item is a file of notes compiled by Herbert Story during his position as Building Commissioner 1916-1936, with some additions made by an unknown author after Mr. Story’s tenure. Detailed, organized notes were made regarding school buildings constructed between 1904-1931, site plans, playgrounds, school furnishings, air quality in schools, washroom facilities, sports grounds, and formulas to make stone preservative, linseed oil soap, Sanispray, disinfectant, hectograph mass, ink, and blackboard dressing.

Item consists of two copies of a souvenir program. It includes a history of Edmonton Public Schools and photographs of school board officials and schools. Information about cadets and physical education also included. In addition, the description of building specifications for the Edmonton School and Oliver School are mentioned.

Series pertains to the construction, modifications and maintenance of EPSB schools and buildings. Included are construction schedules, tender specifications, architectural and engineering correspondence, blueprints, plans, school inspection reports, and caretaking appointments and resignations. The series is a complete record of the building programs carried out by EPSB on a school by school basis during the period 1942-1972.

Item is a list of schools, the years they were built, the cost of each school and the cost per class room for each school. The costs of frame buildings are combined together.

Item is document given to Central Services staff and their families at an opening event at the Centre for Education. It lists activities for the evening including dinner in the café, tours, and student entertainment in the atrium. Item was signed by Derald Willows, Centre for Education Opening Activities Coordinator.

Item consists of two identical posters advertising Education Week May 2-6, 1983. The photographs of six well-know Edmonton Public Schools graduates are featured with quotes about Education.

Item is a student exercise book used as a Utilities Record Book at Victoria School. It records utilities readings, including the amount of coal received and used. All entries are hand-written.

Item is a ledger of Edmonton Public Schools sites. Listed with the name of each school are the land title, date, lot, block, plan, subdivision, acres, and purchasing details.

Item consists of letters of tender for the building of temporary schools in Allendale, Highlands, Elm Park, Norwood Extension, and Vermillion Avenue. Correspondence with the successful contractors and balance sheets are included.

Item includes letters of tender for repairing and extending Syndicate Avenue School. It also includes correspondence to the contractor from Edmonton Public Schools Building Commissioner during construction.

Item consists of tenders for boilers at Cromdale School. Blueprints and boiler information packages are included.

Item consists of the general contract, plumbing, heating and ventilation tenders for the construction of Cromdale School. Correspondence from construction firms and copies of correspondence from the Building Commissioner are included.

Item consists of specs for the building, heating and ventilation of H. A. Gray School signed by contractors Doyle, Thomas and Christensen Ltd and by Kelly and Kokott Co. Correspondence about construction problems and costs is included. Reference is made to King Edward and McDougall Schools under construction at the same time.

Item consists of an inventory of Edmonton Public schools. Next to each school is the date occupied, gross square feet, and definition of additions.

Item is a list of schools and indicates the number of portables each school uses and the purpose of the portables. The list was updated Mar 1973 from a Principal’s Questionnaire of Nov 1972.

Item is a study comparing five potential sites for a new administration building. It was produced by architectural and engineering firms. It is stamped “Interim Report”.

Item contains descriptions of the boilers and electrical machines in Edmonton Public Schools. General information about the boilers is included.

Item is a contract between William Deitz and the Strathcona School District No. 216 for the construction of Rutherford School.

Item consists of plans of the H. A. Gray School. It has been color-coded to indicate the daily cleaning schedule. Item was removed from a frame.

Item consists of 25 architectural drawings of the proposed H. A. Gray School addition. Included is the room finish schedule, the door schedule and the locker schedule. The consulting structural engineers were C.C. Parker and Associates.

Item is a catalogue of school supplies and furnishings. Prices are included.

Item documents the purchasing and selling of Edmonton Public Schools sites. Legal land descriptions and the names of those selling land to the School Board or purchasing land from the School Board are included.

Series consists primarily of correspondence pertaining to the work done by Supervisors and Directors working out McKay Avenue School.

Item was created at the request of the Edmonton Public Schools Board of Trustees. It examines 30 schools either in need of renovation or affected by the City of Edmonton’s proposed roadway plans. For each school, information about Building and Site, Safety and Maintenance, Edmonton Transportation and Urban Renewal, and Functional Status is provided.

Item is an invitation to the official opening of the new Edmonton Technical School on 03 Jan 1923. Included is a history of the school.

Item includes letters of tender for construction of a temporary frame school in Elm Park, a list of hardware used, correspondence from the Building Commissioner at Edmonton Public Schools to the contractor and sub-contractors, and a balance sheet.

Item consists of specifications required for a temporary one-room school, possibly for Riverdale Temporary School No. 2. The specifications were prepared by George Turner, Building Commissioner at Edmonton Public Schools.

Item consists of letters of tender and other correspondence pertaining to the old Garneau School building (frame construction).

Item consists of correspondence and accounts pertaining to the construction of the Garneau Temporary School. Most of the correspondence is between the construction firm of O.J. Edinger and the School Board Building Commissioner.

Item consists of correspondence, tenders, accounts and bills pertaining to the construction of McCauley School.

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.

Item is a prospectus for M. E. LaZerte High School which describes the philosophy of the school. It includes photographs of the school, teachers and students. It also includes a floor plan of the school as well as a biography and the curriculum vitae of Dr. Milton Ezra LaZerte.

Series consists of letters, documents, and charts pertaining to the design and construction of the Centre for Education Building.

Item is an invitation to Superintendent Wagner from R. J. Scott, Official Trustee of the Beverly School District, to attend the formal opening of Abbott Elementary School.

Item is the programme for the Official Opening of Victoria Vocational High School.

Item contains the programme for the Official Opening of Victoria Composite High School, which describes the school. It also contains a letter to the Canadian Education Association from the Superintendent of Schools about both the opening of Victoria School and educating displaced persons (children).

Item is the programme for the Official Opening of Vernon Barford School.

Item consists of the programme to the official opening of Terrace Heights Elementary School and related correspondence between the Director of Curriculum in the Department of Education and the Superintendent of Schools.

Item consists of the programme for the official opening of Stratford Junior High School and related correspondence.

Item consists of the programme for the official opening of Stratford Junior High School and related correspondence.

Item is the programme for the official opening of Scott Robertson School.

Item is a programme for the official opening of Rosslyn School.

Item consists of programme for official opening of King Edward School and related correspondence.

Item is the programme for the official opening of Kenilworth School.

Item consists of a list of students at Keheewin School at the time of the opening and a brief history of the Cree in the Kaskitayo district with mention of Chief Keheewin.