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Enoch Turner Schoolhouse

Conservation/Preservation:

Artefacts

Many artefacts are used in the permanent on-site exhibit, others are stored off-site with Heritage Trust. Objects at the museum include:

  • Period furniture (pews, stove, desks, clock).
  • Slates.
  • Children’s text books.
  • Children’s ephemera.
  • Children’s apparel (pinafores, collars, gloves, dresses, shoes).

Public Programming:

Exhibitions

Museum presents three panels that are a quick overview of the site to visitors.

Tours

Tours are offered year-round to the public. Visit website for dates and times.

  • For school aged children, experiential curriculum targeted towards grades 1 to 8 presents life as a Victorian child.
  • Older students can tour the facility and the adjacent neighborhood to learn more about 20th century immigration to Toronto.

University of Toronto Archives

Conservation / Preservation:

Archives

Records of University of Toronto include,

  • Records of the Board of Governors of the University of Toronto and King’s College Council, minutes of reports of Upper Canada College from 1878 – 1901, records of the Women’s University Residence Associations from 1894-1905, and records of the University Press from 1902-1908.
  • Records of administrative offices and bodies, including those of the Chief Financial Officer, Community Relations, Alumni Affairs and Development, Ethics Review, Governing Council, Human Resources, External Hiring Committee, Labour Relations, Public Relations, Student Housing, Student Record Services, Tenure Appeal Committee, Treasury Department, Bursar, Chancellor, Comproller, vice-presidents and provosts.
  • Records of the many departments, faculties, schools, institutes, libraries, and selected colleges that comprise the University of Toronto.

Private records include,

  • Papers, correspondence, photographs, and other records of prominent individuals, families, and groups associated with the University of Toronto, including faculty, artists, administrators, and alumni and student organizations.
  • Records of selected Federal Government and military departments and organizations.

Heritage Schoolhouse Museum (York Region District School Board)

Conservation / Preservation:

Archives / Library

Materials from the York Region District School Board and its predecessors including: York Region Board of Education, older community school boards from the area (Markham, East Gwillimbury, King Township, etc.), spanning from 1850 to more contemporary items.

Holdings include:

  • Attendance sheets
  • Financial transactions (cash)
  • Building plans
  • Curriculum development
  • Classroom books
  • Misc correspondence
  • Videos, photographs

Artefacts

  • Textbooks from late 19th century and 20th century
  • Desks and slates from late 19th century
  • Children’s games and toys
  • Equipment such as: typewriters, projectors, stereos, glass slides
  • Sports related memorabilia: t-shirts from sports teams, school banners, misc sports trophies schools awarded to students

Public Programming:

Re-enactments / Theatre

Museum offers school aged children artefact analysis and experiential tours, recreating the atmosphere of a classroom in 1850 and 1900.

Exhibitions

Exhibits are located at public offices of the York Region district School Board. Online exhibits are available on the museum website.

George Brown College Archives

Conservation / Preservation:

Archives

Holdings include:

  • The business records and related material of George Brown College
  • The College’s preceding or absorbed institutions and programs, including:
    • Provincial Institute of Trades (PIT),
    • Provincial Institute of Trades and Occupations (PITO),
    • The Nightingale, St. Joseph’s, and Toronto Regional Nursing Assistants schools;
    • The St. Michael’s Hospital School of Health Records Administration.
  • Papers: Theses / research materials
  • The Louis Fine LL.D. papers (labour relations).
  • Association of Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology of Ontario (ACAATO), and the Ontario Colleges Athletic Association (OCAA).

Upper Canada College Archives

Conservation / Preservation:

Archives

  • Textual records of the Board of Governors, Principal, head of the Preparatory School, and College Associations.
  • Student records and publications.
  • Photographs, slides, negatives, films and tapes depicting students, faculty, College buildings.

Artefacts

  • Medals, trophies, sweaters, caps, ties, pennants, sports equipment and Battalion uniforms.

Public Programming

Exhibits

  • Changing on-site exhibits of the College’s history.

Online exhibits

  • N/A

Trinity College Archives

Conservation / Preservation:

Archives

  • Institutional records of the College, including, yearbooks and calendars, records of the Trinity Medical College, student cards, architectural drawings, and other administrative records.
  • Records of student organizations and publications, including the Dramatic Society, Heads of College, and Theological and Missionary Society; a complete run of the Trinity University Review (1880 – present), and other publications originating at the College.
  • Private papers of notable individuals involved with the College.
  • Artwork in possession of the College.

Sesquicentennial Museum and Archives

Conservation/Preservation:

Archives / Library

  • Records and manuscripts from 1847 to present.
  • Historical collection of publications such as yearbooks, newspaper clippings, board of education minutes, annual reports, newsletters, report cards.
  • Vertical files and pamphlets.
  • Broadside collection, audio-visuals.

Artefacts

  • Fine arts collection (20th century; Canadian Inuit; modern-historical period; prints, drawings, and sculpture).
  • Classroom artefacts relating to many aspects of the curriculum including ceremonial objects, communications devices, electricity.
  • Furniture / furnishings, household objects, imaging, photographs, video, medals, military history and technology, oral history, sports equipment, toys and games, medals, trophies, musical instruments.

Public Programming:

Exhibitions

  • The museum is housed in a neo-classical inspired building dating back to 1915.
  • The first floor of the former Toronto Board of Education administrative office houses a restored boardroom, now an education museum. Adjacent to the boardroom, the original walnut paneled Trustees’ Committee Room functions as an additional display area and researchers’ reading room.
  • Displays include furniture of the Board and school classrooms, textiles, and tapestries.

Tours

Guided Tours offered in English.

Educational Programming

Classes or workshops and lectures.

Old Britannia Schoolhouse

Conservation / Preservation:

Artefacts

A variety of items that might have been found in Victorian-era one-room schoolhouses, including:

  •  wall maps, text books, lunch pails, water containers, school furniture and student supplies, teaching materials and equipment
  •  household items, toys and games, as well as documents, letters, and cards.

Public Programming:

Tours

The schoolhouse is open for visitors on the second Sunday of each month. A volunteer will be there to answer any questions and give information about the schoolhouse and its programme.

Re-enactments / Theatre

To visit a Victorian era class in action, please contact the contact the Schoolmaster at britannia.schoolhouse@peelsb.com

Other

As well as these opportunities to visit the Schoolhouse, Friends hold special events  throughout the year in the heritage building. These are listed in the on-line Events Schedule and highlighted in the CurrentNews section.