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.

The Series consists of 1 page of a Provincial Normal School Lesson Topic form and 17 selected and photocopies of pages from Janet Page's original Normal School scrapbook. Mrs. Page (nee Battersby) was a 1940 graduate of the Toronto Normal School.

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.

Series contains maps and architectural drawings related to the Toronto Normal School.

The series contains two items, each the same newspaper article.

Item 1 - original issue newspaper article.
Iem 2 - mounted on foam core, photostat copy.

The contents of the Series originally belonged to Harvey Curry, a 1924 graduate of the Toronto Normal School. Included is a brief handwritten biography of Harvey Curry (photocopy of the original) and a copy of his obituary from December 1990, as well as photographs taken by and/or given to Harvey during his time at the Toronto Normal School.

Included in the donation is a 1923/1924 Toronto Normal School yearbook. It has been arranged to the yearbook Series, RG 16.02 with notations it originally belonged to Harvey Curry. A link is provided below. Also included in the yearbook Series is a yearbook that apparently belonged to Velma Quinn, but donated with the Harvey Curry records.