This collection contains records created in the running and organizing of Grand Manan Schools in the Castalia area of Grand Manan Island. There are financial documents, minutes, and reports from different groups. For 2 years Castalia had a High School for grades 10 & 11 for the whole island.
This collection contains records created in the running and organizing of Grand Manan School District #5 - Seal Cove from 1856 - 1949. There are minutes, and a few written histories of the Seal Cove, newspaper articles, and ledgers. There is an interesting history of Home and Schools.
This collection contains a copy of the deed for White Head School property, 1883 ; Newspaper clippings of events at the school ; correspondence to Mrs. Green from Leslie ? Beach, 27 March 1950. There is a file of memorabilia with an envelope addressed to Miss Alberta M Flewelling, teacher at White Head, 16 Dec 1917 ; her 5 issues of The Normal Light, Jan - May, 1908 - published by the Student of the Provincial Normal School.
This collection contains the Teacher Contract for William J Lorimer, 1873, original ; typed list of Wood Island teachers, 1893-1940, incomplete ; Deed with Harold Green to School District #7, 1939, copy ; List of rate payers 1949 ; Wood Island School Minutes and accounts book, 1945-1948 ; history of Wood Island School handwritten original, no date ; newspaper clippings.
This collection contains correspondence from John Pike, Dept of Education to L. K. Ingersoll stating their records do not show a School District #8, 5 Feb 1969 ; newspaper clipping listing school districts of yesterday lists Cheneys Island as District #8, no date.
This collection contains the history of Deep Cove School 1842 - 1947 ; Deed William Wilcox to Trustees of School District 1887 copy ; Deep Cove School Teacher Record 1889-1947, incomplete ; school tax list 1943 ; attendance record 1946 ; loose accounting pages 1883-84 ; Minutes and Expenditures ledger 1899 - 1918 ; proposed plan for restoration of Deep Cove school building that had been donated to the Gerrish House Society 1963. Note: the school is completely restored and located at 1141 Route 776 Grand Manan as a part of the Grand Manan Museum. It is open for viewing upon request.
This collection contains textual records documenting the Graduation Ceremonies and celebrations around graduations and reunions of graduations on Grand Manan. There are commemorative booklets for most of the graduations.
This collection contains an Architect sketch of the front entrance of the new school and textual documents throughout construction - contracts, telegrams, invoices, equipment orders for classroom and library contents.
The fonds consists of handwritten and typed letters from Alice Mayo Hof to L. Keith Ingersoll. It appears she corresponded with Keith because he was the Grand Manan St. Croix Courier Newspaper reporter. It sounds like he contacted her originally. He asked questions which she answered about her time on Grand Manan. They first came to Grand Manan Island in September 1923. They purchased a house in North Head in 1928 that had been built by William Dixon in 1881. The North Head people were not very nice to the Hofs - told and made up lies about them. She totally loved Grand Manan but after years of being accused of being German sympathizers and of signalling them during the War, she had to sell the house and forever after had no good thing to say about North Head and the people, except for very few. She sold the house to Ross Russell. She subscribed to the St. Croix Courier newspaper and discussed Keith's weekly offering, covering many topics. She moved to California with her daughter and family where she was quite content. Her last letter was written on January 17, 1958.