I Teach On the Run...

Publication

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Northern Ontario Railroad Museum and Heritage Centre

Name/Title

"I Teach On the Run..."

Entry/Object ID

2021.554.01

Description

A three page article written by Fred Sloman about his experience teaching on the school car. During the article he discusses the length of his route and the eagerness of his pupils to learn, despite the lengthy journey they had to travel to get to the school car. Throughout the document there are also a number of photographs featuring the Sloman family, the pupils, and the school car. Life on a school car was not glamourous however Sloman found it quite fulfilling. He tells a story about a baby being born on the school car in the article.

Context

Written by Fred Sloman discussing his time on the school car. Fred Sloman taught on Canadian National Railway School Car No. 1 which ran from Capreol to Foleyet from 1926 until 1964. School cars were commissioned by the government of Ontario to provide education for rural northern Ontario communities.

Collection

Library Archive

Category

School Car

Acquisition

Source (if not Accessioned)

unknown

Notes

Date Acquired: unknown

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Newspaper article

Class

Copy of primary source

Category

Primary Source

Publication Details

Author

Fred Sloman

Place Published

Location

Unknown

Date Published

1954

ISBN

n/a

Notes

Materials: paper, ink

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Notes

"Weekend Magazine Vol 4 No 51 1954" written in pencil on a paper taped to the upper left corner of the first page

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Item Number

Other Number

32503

Dimensions

Height

15 in

Width

11 in

Location

Location

Shelf

Capreol History Section

Room

Dale Wilson Reference Library

Building

NORMHC Heritage Centre, Northern Ontario Railroad Museum and Heritage Centre

* Untyped Location

Capreol, Ontario

Date

March 10, 2022

Condition

Notes

Good condition, no signs of damage.

Created By

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Create Date

March 14, 2022

Updated By

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Update Date

April 19, 2022