Name/Title
S.S. #11 Nottawasaga, Buckingham Public School Register, 1930-1934Entry/Object ID
2020.1302.2Scope and Content
Ontario Department of Education, Public or Separate School Daily Register, hardcover daily attendance registry from Buckingham Public School, 1930-1934.Context
S.S. (School Section) # 11 Nottawasaga, Buckingham Public School was a one-room red brick school house built in 1873 on the N ½ Lot #27 Concession 2, Nottawasaga Township. The land was donated by John Briggs, the owner at the time and Neil McEachern loaned the $1000 to build the school. Richard Fisher, who resided across the road, did most of the building and at the time the school was known as "Fisher's School". Later the school became known as the "Buckingham School" as it sat on 27/28 Side Road which after 1899 was known as Buckingham Sideroad due to the purchase of E 1/2 Lot 28, Concession 2 by the James Buckingham family. The school property was never deeded (as per Simcoe County Registry Office) however on June 26, 1964 the Public School Trustees for S.S. #11 Nottawasaga granted a transfer for the property for the sum of $1500 to Mr. & Mrs. Albert Stein of Nottawasaga who became owners of the 1.2 acres of land. The school closed at this time and area students were transported to Duntroon by bus the fall of 1964.
Teachers at Buckingham Public School:
Miss Myrtle Martin Mr. Clarence Brownridge
Miss McEachern Miss McDonald
Miss Eleanor Osburn (McKean) Miss Doreen Campbell (McDermid)
Miss Marie Cottrell (Bates) Miss Wilma Campbell (Morphet)
Miss Helen Caroll (Perry) Miss Leola McKnight
Miss Ireland Miss Betty McQueen (Robinson)
Mrs. Olive Taylor
This register has a single sheet of paper attached to the inside cover with a handwritten class timetable dated Monday, April 3rd that outlines subjects and duration of lessons. Lesson subjects include: spelling, composition, writing, grammar, hygiene, literature, geography, arithmetic, algebra, art, Latin, French, and history. Subsequent pages include "General instruction to Trustees, Teachers and Inspectors" with teachers names, address, grade and number of certificate, "Instructions on Recording General Attendance and Estimating Perfect and Possible Attendance", "Religious Instruction", "Forms of Prayer", names of students and their parents with address, phone number, grade with date of entrance and date of leaving school and destination for each year. A page is used to track attendance of students for each month of the year. The number of students enrolled ranges from 7 to 21 per month from 1930 to 1934. The register also includes a "Summary of Attendance" for each year, "Principal's Annual Age-Grade Report", "Principal's Annual Report", "Trustee's Annual Report", handwritten "Minutes of Annual Meeting"(s), and a Memoranda page.Acquisition
Accession
2020.1302Source or Donor
Sharon Kidd (nee Hunter)Acquisition Method
GiftDimensions
Height
14-1/8 inWidth
8-5/8 inDepth
7/16 in