Beschrijving
A living map of classrooms long gone.Vital for research and memory.An Ontario school directory compiled in November 1940, this volume lists elementary public and separate schools across the province alongside the teachers who served them. As an elementary school reference and an archive of mid-20th century education, it captures the administrative footprint of 1940s Ontario schools: district arrangements, school identities and staffing that together reveal how the education system in Canada operated at local level. The tone is factual and immediate, offering raw material rather than narrative.More than a catalogue, these historical school listings are an indispensable node in Canadian education history and a complement to Canadian school archives and vintage school records held elsewhere. Researchers and historians will mine it for evidence of local organisation, denominational patterns and policy context; family historians will value it as a practical genealogy resource for Ontario, linking names and places that other sources leave scattered. It also proves valuable when cross-referencing school board minutes, census returns and local newspapers, helping to anchor names and dates in a crowded archival landscape. Museums, local-history societies and archivists will appreciate a single, searchable reference that complements broader studies of schooling, labour and community life. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today’s and future generations. More than a reprint – a collector’s item and a cultural treasure. Reissued with careful editorial attention, the book balances documentary clarity with an aesthetic suitable for reference shelves and collector displays. Casual readers curious about local schooling discover immediate colour and connection; collectors of classic literature and archival ephemera prize its provenance and rarity. For anyone assembling studies of education, local history or family trees, this directory is both a working tool and a tangible piece of provincial memory. An essential reference for local heritage.
