- RG 16
- Archief
- 1846 - 1941
Records, books, and graphic material related to the Toronto Normal School.
Toronto Normal School
Records, books, and graphic material related to the Toronto Normal School.
Toronto Normal School
Teaching and High School Entrance Certificates - Mary Reeves
Part of Toronto Normal School
Five certificates received by May Ferguson under her maiden name, Reeves. One of the certificates is an admission certificate to a "Collegiate Institute, High School or Continuation School" whereas the remaining certificates are kindergarten/public schoolteacher's certificates. Two of these certificates are for programs taken at the Toronto Normal School.
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Toronto Normal School yearbooks
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Various yearbooks from the Toronto Normal School.
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1922 Toronto Normal School yearbook
Part of Toronto Normal School
1 yearbook for the Toronto Normal School 1922
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1924-1925 Toronto Normal School yearbook
Part of Toronto Normal School
2 yearbooks for the Toronto Normal School 1924-1925.
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1932-1933 Toronto Normal School yearbook
Part of Toronto Normal School
2 copies of 1 yearbook for the Toronto Normal School, 1932-1933. Copy, accession 2013-046) is annotated with student signatures.
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1939-1940 Toronto Normal School yearbook
Part of Toronto Normal School
3 yearbooks for the Toronto Normal School, 1939 - 1940 :
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(Ottawa) Normal School composite class photograph 1892
Part of Toronto Normal School
Sepia tone photograph of the 1892 Normal School graduating class,which includes the donor's (Hugh Brown) mother. Research on the building and several of the individuals depicted in the bottom portion of this photograph lead the Archives to believe that the normal school inquestion is not the one which was in St. James Square in Toronto for so many years but is in fact the school in Ottawa which opened in 1875. William Scott, who served as the Toronto Normal School's first principal and is shown in the photograph, taught at the Ottawa Normal school from 1881 to 1894.
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Print/Negative: Normal School Students And Faculty 1906
Part of Toronto Normal School
Item is a print and 2 negatives of a class composite of the Normal School Students and Faculty of 1906.
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Toronto Normal School - Jack Crossen donation
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Jack Crossen was born in 1920 or 1921 and died January 2, 2022 at 101. He attended the Toronto Model School where he athletic awards. At the age of 20 he volunteered for World War II and was enlisted in the 28th Canadian Armoured Regiment (CAC) and The British Columbia Regiment (DCO). A recipient of France's highest medal of honour, The French National Order of the Legion of Honour, for his military service during the Battle of Normandy and the final Liberation of France.
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Normal-Model Schools Annual Athletic Games
Part of Toronto Normal School
Five bookklets or programs from the Normal and Normal-Model Schools, Toronto Annual Games
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Normal School Literary Society At Home dance card
Part of Toronto Normal School
The file contains a small dance programme with space for 12 dances and an accompanying pencil with which the cardholder penciled-in her dance partner for each dance. Four dance types are pre-set, for example the Rye Waltz. Music was provided by Howard Cable. Verso lists patrons and committee members. Dance card was used at a dance held at the Toronto Normal School on January 24, 1941.
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Toronto Model School clippings
Part of Toronto Normal School
File contains newspaper clippings on the Toronto Model School.
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The Model News Second Edition March 1936
Part of Toronto Normal School
Item is the second edition of the Model News from March 1936.
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Model School Students Group Picture Print and Negative
Part of Toronto Normal School
File contains a print and a negative of a group picture of the Model School students.
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Normal-Model School Boys Championship Cup (Photograph)
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The Normal-Model School Boys Championship Cup (1938) was loaned to the Ryerson archives in 1987 for one year. Upon its return in 1988, a photograph was taken of the cup and this record group was created. The original trophy is no longer in the custody of the Ryerson archives.
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Part of Toronto Normal School
1 small tie pin, with chain and clasp mechanism.
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Part of Toronto Normal School
Hand annotated newspaper clipping with image of The Globe Exhibition Competition, 1935 Toronto Normal Model School Senior Fourth Boys, Globe Shield Winners and typed note with index of individuals appearing in the photograph. Picture taken at Gould Street entrance to Normal School.
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Jack Crossen with athletic trophies : photographic print
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Photographic print of Jack Crossen holding two Normal Model School trophies (print taken circa 1936). Second photograph in this file is a later reproduction/enlargement of the same image.
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Senior Fourth Boys Class, Model School : photographic print
Part of Toronto Normal School
photographic print of Senior Fourth Boys Normal Model School Toronto June 1936 with typed and hand-annotated index of student's names on the reverse side.
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Normal School Cert.Of Qualification: Physical Training Grade B
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Certificate of Qualification Physical Training - Grade B - for Miss Marjorie E. Malloy.
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Apron: Normal School Domestic Science Class
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Item is an apron from the Normal School's Domestic Science class.
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Toronto Normal School - Edna Bradley donation
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20th Century Normal School Group 1902 Spring and Fall Term Class Photographs
Part of Toronto Normal School
Class photographs from the Spring and Fall 1902 Terms. Toronto Normal School Group
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Teaching Certificate - Toronto Normal School
Part of Toronto Normal School
One First Class Certificate of Qualification - Department of Public Instruction for Ontario - Grade C of the First Class.
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Print - Normal School - North West Corner Church and Gould Streets, Toronto Erected 1852
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Reprint of a pencil sketch by J.G. Duff. The sketch is of the Normal School, erected in 1852, at the North West Corner of Church and Gould Streets. Reprints were ordered by RPI Ryerson Polytechnic Institute for the 25th Anniversary in 1973.
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Normal School kindergarten programme note books
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Reta Willmot - handwritten note books
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3 note books containing handwritten lesson plans and notes on early childhood education instruction. The books are filled with many small illustrations in addition to the handwritten notes.
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Reta Willmot - note book with needlepoint and paperweaving examples
Part of Toronto Normal School
1 note book containing arts and craftworks (artworks) featuring geometric shapes derived from using needlepoint on cardboard and 'weaving' coloured paper together.
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Normal School Certificate : Emily Stowe, 1854
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Three photostats of the Normal School For Upper Canada First Class certificate qualification of Emily H. Jennings. The photostats were reproduced by the Ryerson Media Centre.
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Normal School Graduating Class photograph 1901-1902
Part of Toronto Normal School
sepia-toned photograph of a graduating class of the Toronto Normal School. There are 21 individuals in the photograph including two individuals who appear to be senior officials and Donalda Jean Cruickshank, the donor's grandmother, who is seated front row centre.
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Toronto Normal School - Mary MacDonald donation
Part of Toronto Normal School
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Toronto Normal School - Vic Murgaski donation
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Stained Glass Pieces: The Normal School
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File contains pieces of stained glass of different shapes, sizes, and colours. The pieces are probably from windows of the auditorium in the Normal School building(s).
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Sculptured Stone: The Normal School
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File contains a 150 kilogram-plus slab, measuring approximately one metre long and a half a metre wide and thick, from the Normal School Building. The stone may have hung on the upper level of a section of the building but the exact location is unknown.
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1 Normal School sweatshirt - predomibately yellow with black trim.
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Toronto Normal School - Janet Bryers donation
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Kathleen Maude Shearman Normal School autograph book
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Kathleen Maude Shearman of Hamilton attended the Toronto Normal School in 1887 (Second Session). This autograph book contains the signatures, verses, or sketches of most of her classmates, as well as some signatures after her Normal School student days.
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Genealogical sketch, " 'I Wish You Success', The Autograph Book of Kathleen Shearman Lees "
Part of Toronto Normal School
This article, researched and written by donor for a local historical society newsletter (unknown) describes how Ms. Byrers came into possession of the Kathleen Maude Shearman autograph book and a short biographical sketch of its original owner Miss Shearman.
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Print: Ontario Normal College Graduates 1905-1906
Part of Toronto Normal School
Sepia tone composite print of the graduates of the Ontario Normal College (possibly the Normal School in London or the "Ontario Normal School" in Hamilton* ). Mounted on a 43cm x 51cm board. Placed in a 50 cm x 65 cm frame. There is a reference in the handwritten chronology in the Archivist's 'Ryerson History' binder which reads as follows: "1897 - School of Pedagogy moves to Hamilton and becomes the Ontario Normal College".
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Prints and Negatives: Normal School Caretaker Lachlan McCorkindale
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black and white copy negatives and corresponding copy prints of three photographs showing Lachlan McCorkindale, caretaker of the Education Department/Toronto Normal School at St. James Square. Mr. McCorkindale was born in Scotland on October 25, 1845 and died on March 17, 1913. 1.1A portrait of Mr. McCorkindale: his wife, Sarah Jane (nee Doak, b. March 25, 1861, d. March 26, 1913); their young daughter, (Edna) Gertrude McCorkindale (b. April 4, 1893, d. 1990); and "Willie", a cousin. 1.2 Shows Mr. McCorkindale with a group of individuals, on the grounds of the Normal School, next to one of its buildings.1.3 Shows Mr. McCorkindale, with four unidentified women, in front of what is thought to have been his residence at the Normal School. This building became the Ryerson "Dreamhouse" in the 1950s -- a model home which served as both residence and classroom for Home Economics students.
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Toronto Normal School - Harry Couse donation
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This small collection consists of: John Monkman's teaching certificate ("Grade B of the Second Class") issued by the Educational Department for Upper Canada, dated 1863 and signed by Egerton Ryerson; ten examination papers from the Thirtieth Session of the Normal School for Upper Canada (December, 1863); and two timetables entitled "Syllabus of Lectures in the Normal School for Upper Canada" (Twenty-Ninth Session, 1863) and "Programme of Lectures in the Normal School for Ontario (Forty-Sixth Session, August to December, 1871). The 1871 document may suggest a possible return by John Monkman to the Normal School to upgrade his qualifications.
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Sylllabus of Lectures in the Normal School For Upper Canada - Twenty Ninth Session, 1863
Part of Toronto Normal School
Item is a syllabus of lectures in the Normal School for Upper Canada : Twenty - Ninth Session, 1863.
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Normal School for Upper Canada Examination Papers
Part of Toronto Normal School
File contains the Normal School for Upper Canada's Examination Papers for its thirtieth session in 1863.
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Program of Lectures in the Normal School for Ontario
Part of Toronto Normal School
"Programme of Lectures in the Normal School for Ontario (Forty-Sixth Session, August to December, 1871). The 1871 document may suggest a possible return by John Monkman to the Normal School to upgrade his qualifications.
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Part of Toronto Normal School
John Monkman's teaching certificate ("Grade B of the Second Class") issued by the Educational Department for Upper Canada, dated 1863 and signed by Egerton Ryerson.
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Toronto Normal School - maps and architectural drawings
Part of Toronto Normal School
Series contains maps and architectural drawings related to the Toronto Normal School.
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Tremaine's Map of the County of York - non original copy.
Part of Toronto Normal School
1 copy of Tremaine's Map of the County of York, Canada West, Toronto, Compiled and Drawng by Geo.R.Tremaine from actual surveys, published by Geo. C. Tremaine 1860. This item does not date back to 1860 but is a modern copy (date unknown). Map shows Toronto and surrounding region, divided by land plots, and includes several illustrations, including an illustration (10 x 12 cm) depicting the Normal School.
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