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The significance of the Reformed Church tradition for modern education

The significance of the Reformed Church tradition for modern education

Item consists of an offprint containing the text of an address delivered by President Alexander Enoch Kerr to the Annual Meeting of the Western Section of the Alliance of Reformed Churches, held in 1948 in Buck Hill Falls, Pennsylvania, about the integration of Reformed Church/Calvinist principles into modern educational methods.
Recording of an interview with Mr. Graves

Recording of an interview with Mr. Graves

Item is a recording of Barbara Hinds' interview with Mr. Graves, the principal of the school in Frobisher Bay. Graves talks about woodworking and other vocational training at the rehabilitation centre in Apex Hill. The recording includes sounds of students working in the wood shop.
Recordings from a school in Frobisher Bay, Northwest Territories

Recordings from a school in Frobisher Bay, Northwest Territories

Item is a recording of a grade 2 reading lesson at a school in Frobisher Bay; students singing God Save the Queen; Barbara Hinds interviewing Gordon Goward, a teacher in Frobisher Bay; Barbara Hinds talking about end of term reports at the school; and a woman translating a report in Inuktitut.
Recording of an interview with Joan Ryan and recordings from the school at George River

Recording of an interview with Joan Ryan and recordings from the school at George River

Item is a reel-to-reel recording of Barbara Hinds' interview with Joan Ryan, a teacher in George River. Ryan talks about how the community was built, her students, and her teaching career. The interview is accompanied by a recording of children singing; a recording of a school lesson; and Barbara Hinds talking about the school.
Photograph of Thomas Head Raddall and two other recipients of an honorary doctorate with the chan...

Photograph of Thomas Head Raddall and two other recipients of an honorary doctorate with the chancellor, archbishop, and president of University of King's College at Encaenia

Item is a photograph of Chancellor Norman Gosse; Raddall, the recipient of an Honorary Doctorate of Civil Law; Archbishop W.W. Davis; President Graham Morgan; Reverend Harry R. Cooper, the recipient of an Honorary Doctorate of Divinity; and L.P. Edwards, the recipient of an Honorary Doctorate of Civil Law.

Letter written by Kenneth Leslie regarding the threat posed by fascism and antisemitism in the United States

Item is a two-page typed letter written by Kenneth Leslie on December 17, 1942. The letter addresses the threat posed by the fascist movement and antisemitism in the United States, both at present during the war, as well as the threats posed "after the war is over", where "this Fascistic movement will let loose with its first barrage, to consist of a wave of terror against the Jew". The letter, which an accompanying index card suggests should be sent "first to Presidents of colleges and then to professors of education, philosophy, psychology, historical and sociological sciences", urges educators join the "Protestant Digest"-supported Textbook Commission to eliminate anti-Semitic statements in American textbooks as a means of warding off fascism and antisemitism "not in the name of any church but in the name of democracy".
Letter from Thomas McCulloch to the Senate of the University of Edinburgh

Letter from Thomas McCulloch to the Senate of the University of Edinburgh

Item is a letter concerning Thomas McCulloch's donation of a North American insect specimen (from Nova Scotia) to the University of Edinburgh, via Professor Jameson, for the university's museum. The letter discusses Nova Scotia's Scottish connections, Presbyterian religion, the Pictou Academy, and the advocates for the conference of honorary degrees on the Honourable Sampson Salter Blowers, the Chief Justice of Nova Scotia; the Honourable James Stewart; and the Honourable Brenton Halyburton.
Sample of short hand notes by President Thomas McCulloch

Sample of short hand notes by President Thomas McCulloch

Item is a single sheet of paper, folded to form four pages, excerpted from a diary or journal. The excerpt is a sample of shorthand notes taken by Thomas McCulloch relating to sermons. Language on the page is most likely Latin, except for the dates that McCulloch was recording.

Halifax Symphonette essay concert

Item is a news release for the March Gazette announcing the winners of the student essay contest held in connection with a concert series held in Nova Scotia schools.
Transcript of Ronald St. John Macdonald's Fourth Discussion with Professor Wang Tieya : [draft tr...

Transcript of Ronald St. John Macdonald's Fourth Discussion with Professor Wang Tieya : [draft transcript, annotated]

Item consists of an annotated early-draft transcription of the fourth discussion between Ronald St. John Macdonald and Professor Wang Tieya, likely conducted in Toronto, on January 16, 1991. Title proper fails to include the number of the series of discussions, but dates and transcript correspond with Macdonald and Wang's fourth meeting.
Transcript of Ronald St. John Macdonald's Fourth Discussion with Professor Wang Tieya : [later dr...

Transcript of Ronald St. John Macdonald's Fourth Discussion with Professor Wang Tieya : [later draft transcript]

Item consists of an edited later draft transcription of the fourth discussion between Ronald St. John Macdonald and Professor Wang Tieya, likely conducted in Toronto, on January 16, 1991. Title proper fails to include the number of the series of discussions, but the worth "Fourth" is pencilled in, and the dates and transcript correspond with Macdonald and Wang's fourth meeting.
Transcript of Ronald St. John Macdonald's Fifth Conversation with Professor Wang Tieya : [draft t...

Transcript of Ronald St. John Macdonald's Fifth Conversation with Professor Wang Tieya : [draft transcript]

Item consists of the final transcript of the fifth discussion between Ronald St. John Macdonald and Professor Wang Tieya, likely conducted in Toronto, Ontario, on February 11, 1991. Item is incorrectly identified as the fourth discussion between Macdonald and Wang; dates and transcription information correspond with their fifth session.
Transcript of Ronald St. John Macdonald's Seventh Conversation with Professor Wang Tieya : [early...

Transcript of Ronald St. John Macdonald's Seventh Conversation with Professor Wang Tieya : [early draft transcript, annotated]

Item consists of annotated early draft transcript of the seventh discussion between Ronald St. John Macdonald and Professor Wang Tieya, conducted in Toronto, Ontario, on December 18, 1991. Item is incorrectly identified as the sixth conversation between Macdonald and Wang; dates and transcript line up with their seventh meeting.
Transcript of Ronald St. John Macdonald's Seventh Conversation with Professor Wang Tieya : [later...

Transcript of Ronald St. John Macdonald's Seventh Conversation with Professor Wang Tieya : [later draft transcript]

Item consists of a draft transcript of the seventh discussion between Ronald St. John Macdonald and Professor Wang Tieya, conducted in Toronto, Ontario, on December 18, 1991. Item is incorrectly identified as the sixth conversation between Macdonald and Wang; dates and transcript line up with their seventh meeting.
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