Fragile.  Some pages have let go of the binding.

Entries Included in register: Laundry, Payments, Tin Shop, Tin Smith, Tailor, Advertising, Workroom, Farm, Shingwauk Settlement, Carpenter, Bootmaker, Printer, Improvements to land, building additions, Fencing, Road Making, Industrial Fund, Stocklist, Stocktaking, Journal Entry

Notes: The above topics are included in this ledger. Each entry includes a detailed record of what was sold/purchased and the cost. The Stocklist entry includes a list of materials and tools found within the industries at the school. There is a detailed journal entry at the end of the ledger. Within the entry, it discusses accomplishments within each industry at the school, weather, and religious activity, which includes a record of Confirmation of students at the school.

Fragile. Approximately 40 pages are missing from rear of ledger.

The following topics are mentioned in the ledger: Farm, Carpenter, Bootmaker, Printer, Outside, Trades, Industrial Fund, Advertising, Sundries, Balancing of Accounts, Memoranda, Journal

Fragile.

Entries Include: Farm, Farm Improvements, Kitchen Garden, Carpenter, Shingwauk Factory, Carpenter Factory, Bootmaker, Printing, Printing Office, Loss and Gain

Notes: The above topics are included within this ledger. The kitchen and garden entries are comprised of purchases made from the school’s kitchen and garden. The Industrial Fund is the breakdown of costs and payments received for each industry within the school, which includes the “balance deficit.” This ledger also includes the loss and gain entry of the profit-making industries within the school. There is also a short “Interim Journal” entry that discusses the progress/accomplishments within each industry.

Fragile.  Some damage to spine and binding.

Ledger Entries Include: General maintenance, Memorial Chapel, Farm, Weaver, Carpenter, Bootmaker, Wawanosh Home Fund, Farm and Garden, New Building Fund, Contact Information for Persons and Commercial businesses, Staff and Teachers with Salary, Accounts of Students

Notes: This ledger includes the above entries. Within the Memorial Chapel entry, there are specifics around the repairs, cost of repairs and carpenters hired. The entries also include an extensive list of staff and teachers that lists their salaries. At the end of the ledger is numerous pages of student’s financial accounts.

Ledger Entries Include: Salaries and Boards, Printing, Advertising, Things for Sale, Clothing Account, Laundry Account, Apprentices, Apprentice Fees, Fuel and Sundries, Repairs, House Linden, Aid to Industries, Farming and Gardening, Children’s Travel Expenses, General Account Maintenance Fund, Shingwauk Maintenance Fund, Summary for the Year, Indian Department Account, Table Of Children and Supporters, List of Children Received into the Home,  Annual Reports, Examination Results, Annual Cost of the Institution, Presents Received.

Notes: This book includes the above entries. The Aid to Industries lists permanent improvements taken place at the School. The Summary for the Year entry includes grants, donations, earned money and expenses. The Annual Report entries includes a list of contributors to the building fund, mostly monetary, the Maintenance Fund and Expenditures.

Fragile.  Binding is damaged.

Entries Included: Plan of keeping Accounts, Reference Marks, Cash Accounts

Notes: This ledger includes the above entries. At the front of the ledger, there is a “Plan of Keeping Accounts” and “Reference Marks,” this explains how the cash book is used and the codes utilized within the accounts. The cash accounts are linked to trades and operations within the school. It also includes payments to various Reverends and educational institutes.

Entries Included: Reference Marks, Plan For keeping Accounts, Cash

Notes: This ledger includes the above entries. At the front of the ledger, there is an extremely detailed coding system for reference marks within the ledger. There is also a detailed description for the Plan of Keeping Accounts. Most of this cash book holds records for payments to commercial accounts and payments to individuals. Some of these individuals are religious members.   

Very fragile.  Binding badly damaged. Front and rear covers almost completely detached from interior of book.

Entries Included: Bootmaker (furniture, supples, tools, finished work), Carpenter (tools, supplies, lumber, sundries), Weaver (Material), Tailor (tools, material, sundries), Elkhorn Farm (produce, supplies, tools), Farm and Garden (livestock, produce, implements, dairy, leather, tools, material), School Material, Stationary, Bibles, Blankets/Sheets, Clothing, House Utensils in Store, Fuel, Provisions (Meat, Groceries), Principals Clothing Store, House Inventory

Notes: This ledger includes the above entries with the specifics of each stock in parentheses. There is also a House Inventory that includes a stock list of the following areas: classrooms, accountant’s office, passages, dining hall, matron’s kitchens, back entrance, lavatory, kitchen cupboard, entrance hall, library, matron’s sitting room, school room, school material, back school room, school cap room, linen closet, matron’s closet, bedrooms 1, 2, 3 & 4, Captain’s room, East Dormitory, Front Dormitory, North Dormitory, Industrial Bedroom, Cottage, West Bedroom

Fragile.  Warping of pages possibly due to water damage.

Entries Included: Students (Boys, Girls, Primary, Upper Years), Teachers

Notes: This ledger includes detailed entries of students who attended between the years of 1914-1940. It includes lists of boys, girls, primary students and upper year students. The ledger also lists class lists by teachers, as well as, individual lists of teachers.

The Shingwauk Indian Residential School used double entry bookkeeping in the maintenance of its financial records.  Financial transactions were entered in the journal the first time they were processed.  The transactions were then posted to financial ledgers on a monthly basis.

Entries Included: Daily, Weekly and Monthly financial record for the School

Notes: This ledger includes a detailed financial record for the school for the dates between January 1, 1887 to January 4, 1894. The beginning of the ledger includes around 5 pages of accounts aligned to E.F. Wilson, followed by 3 pages of Outside Trades accounts. The remainder of the ledger is “General Accounts” aligned to the school. These include teacher and staff salaries, costs aligned to the industries at the school, items sold from the school (farm, garden, weaver, etc.) to members of the public and commercial accounts.

The Shingwauk Indian Residential School used double entry bookkeeping in the maintenance of its financial records.  Financial transactions were entered in the journal the first time they were processed.  The transactions were then posted to financial ledgers on a monthly basis.

Entries Included: Monthly Personal accounts, Cross accounts, The Treasurer of Receipts, The A.I. Homes Payments  

Notes: This majority of this ledger includes detailed statements of Monthly Personal Accounts and cross account listings. The ledger also has entries for the Treasurer of Receipts that lists accounts brought back. There are a few pages of entries for The A.I. Homes Payments that lists accounts brought back.

Entries: Church, Cathedral and Sunday School addresses, Reverends, Address Book, Subscription Amounts

Notes: This ledger includes addresses for churches, cathedrals, Sunday schools and reverends who provided their contact information to the school. The dollar amount they gave is included as well as a stamp of the year. Some of the entries provide a description of the note/letter included. There is also a address book a the back of the ledger with names, addresses and amounts of money. Most of the addresses are within Canada, with one as far as New Zealand

Form I.A. 4-54 (11/59)

Oversized.

Form I.A. 353

Oversized

This file contains historical material which uses dated language and refers to Indigenous peoples using derogatory terms. Looking at this material might be triggering or distressing. A National Residential School Crisis Line has been set up to provide support to former Residential School students and their families. This 24-Hour Crisis Line can be accessed at: 1-866-925-4419.

Minute book includes the committee charge and by-laws.  A number of loose reports are leafed throughout the minute book.

Includes Our Indian Homes annual reports for the years: 1877 (supplement), 1878, 1890, 1892, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898.

This file contains historical material which uses dated language and refers to Indigenous peoples using derogatory terms. Looking at this material might be triggering or distressing. A National Residential School Crisis Line has been set up to provide support to former Residential School students and their families. This 24-Hour Crisis Line can be accessed at: 1-866-925-4419.

Includes Our Indian Homes (Shingwauk and Wawnosh Homes) annual reports. 

This file contains historical material which uses dated language and refers to Indigenous peoples using derogatory terms. Looking at this material might be triggering or distressing. A National Residential School Crisis Line has been set up to provide support to former Residential School students and their families. This 24-Hour Crisis Line can be accessed at: 1-866-925-4419.

Photocopies of annual reports. Includes reports for 1878, 1883, 1884, 1886, 1890, 1892, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1914, 1915

This file contains historical material which uses dated language and refers to Indigenous peoples using derogatory terms. Looking at this material might be triggering or distressing. A National Residential School Crisis Line has been set up to provide support to former Residential School students and their families. This 24-Hour Crisis Line can be accessed at: 1-866-925-4419.

Student register. Very fragile.  Includes a conservation report that was completed in 1979 by Fine Art Paper Conservation. 

Oversized.

This file contains historical material which uses dated language and refers to Indigenous peoples using derogatory terms. Looking at this material might be triggering or distressing. A National Residential School Crisis Line has been set up to provide support to former Residential School students and their families. This 24-Hour Crisis Line can be accessed at: 1-866-925-4419.

Fragile.  Damaged binding, many pages are loose.

Oversized.

This file contains historical material which uses dated language and refers to Indigenous peoples using derogatory terms. Looking at this material might be triggering or distressing. A National Residential School Crisis Line has been set up to provide support to former Residential School students and their families. This 24-Hour Crisis Line can be accessed at: 1-866-925-4419.

Condition: Fragile, binding almost non-existant, some loose pages

Subject tags: Anishinaabemowin, apprenticeship, blacksmithing, bootmaking, building activities, curriculum, Diocese of Algoma activities, donations, farming, funding, funding problems, fundraising, Government contacts, Government funding, Indigenous languages, industries, missionary work, Ojibwe language, printing, religion, runaway students, school governance, staffing, student clothing, student death, student health, student progress, student recruitment, student retention, student support, student work, teaching, tinsmithing

Notes: The letters in this book are from Edward F. Wilson to a number of different people, including church staff and officials, Indian Agents, Government officials such as the Superintendent General of Indian Affairs (Sir John A. Macdonald) and the Minister of the Interior (David Mills and then Sir John A. Macdonald), donors, Shingwauk and Wawanosh staff, his family, and Indigenous community members. The information is mostly focused on funding for the two Homes, especially funding towards student support. Also prominent is information about student recruitment and retention i.e. agreement forms and consequences for running away or not returning after holidays. The Algoma Missionary News and The Peace Pipe are frequently mentioned as Wilson was editor and writer for both magazines and published them both at the print shop on Shingwauk property. Building activities are discussed as the Wawanosh Home was in the process of being finished. Individual student information is often mentioned in passing, especially to the students supporters, and includes their daily activities, health, perceived religious feelings, and more. There are a few letters in the book written by students which Wilson forwarded onto the recipients.

Sketches: Boys' clothing drawing page 237

Anishinaabemowin Letters: page 162, page 175-176, page 276

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Condition: Missing the outside cover, but binding is still in good condition, page 15 ripped in half and very delicate

Subject tags: Algoma Missionary News, Anishinaabemowin, apprenticeship, Bishop Fauquier Memorial Chapel, blacksmithing, bootmaking, building activities, carpentry, church societies, college, curriculum, Department of Indian Affairs, Diocese of Algoma activities, donations, farming, finances, funding, funding problems, fundraising, government contacts, government funding, government policy, Indian Agents, Indigenous communities, Indigenous languages, ministry, missionary work, Mohawk Institute, official visits, Ojibwe language, printing, public opinion, religion, runaway students, school governance, school reports, school rules, school supplies, sewing, staffing, student activities, student clothing, student death, student families, student health, student occupation, student recruitment, student retention, student support, student uniforms, teaching, trades, Wawanosh

The letters in this book are from Edward F. Wilson to a number of different people, including church staff and officials, Indian Agents, Government officials, donors, Shingwauk and Wawanosh staff, his family, and Indigenous community members. The letters cover a variety of topics including school finances (student support and general funding), student recruitment and retention, staffing, and public opinion. In contrast to previous years, the school finances were doing well. Public misunderstanding about what the donated money was being used for led to a slew of rumours and a slight decrease in favourable public opinion, including among native communities, some of whom were hesitant to send their children. Information about students is common throughout the letters such as what trades they were learning, how they were doing with their school work, their health, ex-students occupations (or attendance at college), and students families. Shingwauk had a number of dignitaries visit during these years including the Governor General and the Marquis of Lorne. Diocesan activities are a frequent topic in the second half of the book as Bishop Fauquier died in Dec of 1881 and Wilson took over many of his duties temporarily before the new Bishop was elected. Student health is prominent in the letters since there was a typhoid fever outbreak and multiple students passed away from that and other illnesses, including one of Wilson’s favourites, William Sahguhcheway. This led to a decrease in the amount of students registered in 1882. 

Anishinaabemowin letters: pages 21, 22, 107-108

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Subject tags: blacksmith; building maintenance; building additions; carpentry; curriculum; donations; forms of income at the school; farming; female students; funding; fundraising; government contacts; health; Indigenous languages; languages; male students; maps; professional relationships; professional travel; religion; sponsorships; special projects; staffing; student behaviour; student clothing; student diet; student health; student travel; student work;  

Notes: The letterbook kept by Edward F. Wilson contains a wide assortment of letters addressed primarily to professional contacts. The contents of the letters mainly discuss varying details of the Shingwauk Home and few details of the Wawanosh Home. They are mostly concerned with financial details of the school. This includes asking for additional funds from the Indian Department of Affairs, sponsorship letters to varying individuals, potential prospects, fundraising efforts and potential funding options. Accompanied with these letters that concern financial specifics are student details that support the need for more funding. These include, student attendance and enrollment numbers, curriculum, student behaviour, health of the students, diets of the students, the travel of students from their homes to the school and the industries where students spend their time. In addition, the letters also suggested the use of additional funds for maintenance, building additions, and new projects at the school.

Geographic areas mentioned: Calgary, AB; British Columbia; Chicago, Illinois; Winnipeg, Manitoba; London, Ontario; Sarnia, Ontario; Toronto, Ontario;  Carlisle, Pennsylvania; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Quebec; Hampton, Virginia;

Sketches/Drawn Images: Boys’ Clothing Drawing (PG 138, PG 678), Drawing of Wawanosh Home (PG 336),  Drawing of unknown building (PG 337), Drawing/plan of Shingwauk Hospital (PG 377), Drawing of Chapel plan (PG 396), Portage Map of Rat Portage in Northwestern Ontario (PG 441)

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Condition: fair

Subject tags: Algoma Missionary News, American Indian Boarding Schools, Anishinaabemowin, apprenticeship, Blackfoot language, blacksmithing, bootmaking, building activities, carpentry, church societies, curriculum, Department of Indian Affairs, Diocese of Algoma activities, donations, Elkhorn Indian Home, farming, finances, funding, funding problems, fundraising, government contacts, government funding, government policy, Indian Agents, Indian Residential School System, Indigenous communities, Indigenous cultures, Indigenous languages, missionary work, Our Forest Children, physical punishment, public opinion, publications, Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee, religion, religious rivalries, school expansion, school governance, school inspections, school repairs, school reports, school supplies, sewing, staffing, student activities, student clothing, student death, student diet, student families, student health, student occupation, student recruitment, student retention, student support, student uniforms, tailoring, The Canadian Indian, trades, waggon making, Wawanosh 

The letters in this book are from Edward F. Wilson to a number of different people, including church staff and officials, Indian Agents, Government officials, donors, Shingwauk and Wawanosh staff, his family, and Indigenous community members. Many letters relate to the national Indian Residential School System. Wilson came up with plans to build multiple homes including in Sarnia, Banff, and Elkhorn (where he did build the Washkada Indian Home), and to further expand Shingwauk. In these letters about the wider system, Wilson talks about government funding and religious affiliations of the schools. He makes a lot of comparisons between the Canadian system and the American system, especially when it comes to government involvement and public opinion. Wilson was concerned particularly with the thought that the government favoured Roman Catholic schools, and felt that Roman Catholic influence on Indigenous communities was a huge problem that needed to be solved. There are a number of letters related to the school’s involvement in the Queen’s Golden Jubilee celebration in Montreal. Wilson travelled with approximately 30 students in order to demonstrate the work being done at the school, and then continued on to visit Ottawa with the children in order to fundraise. He then planned to do the same type of demonstration in England to increase interest in the Homes and therefore funding, but this fell through and never happened. Near the end of the book many of the letters deal with Indigenous cultures and Indigenous languages as Wilson was interested in learning about them in order to compare with Ojibwe culture and language and to write ethnology reports for the Smithsonian and British association. Other prominent topics include student activities, staffing, and school publications. 

Blackfoot language letter on page 461

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Subject tags: Algoma Missionary News, apprenticeship, carpentry, church societies, college, conpulsory education, curriculum, day schools, Department of Indian Affairs, Diocese of Algoma activities, donations, farming, finances, funding, funding problems, government contacts, government funding, government policy, Indian Agents, Indian Residential School System, Indigenous communities, Indigenous culture, missionary work, public school system, runaway students, school governance, school inspections, school repairs, school reports, school rules, school supplies, staffing, student activities, student clothing, student discharge, student families, student health, student holidays, student occupation, student progress, student recruitment, student retention, student support, tailoring, trades, Wawanosh

The letters in this book are from George Ley King to a number of different people, including church staff and officials, members of the Women’s Auxiliary (part of the Anglican Church), Indian Agents, Government officials such as the Superintendent General of Indian Affairs (Hayter Reed), donors, and Indigenous community members. The information is mostly focused on finances for the two Homes, especially funding towards student support, and student retention and recruitment. Finances were extremely low after Edward F. Wilson left in 1893 with many supporters giving up their donations, and King was having a hard time increasing support and trying to keep the school out of debt. The majority of students at the school during this time were unsupported. At this point in time, the government was much more involved in the management of the school, and King was required to write monthly reports detailing student health, whether any pupils were admitted or discharged, and any notable student progress or school events. Despite being more involved in the management, the government seemed to be less involved in the funding of the school and refused to increase the per capita grant for student support. King was still trying to collect funding to build a New Wawanosh, but as with general funding the money was slow to come in. Many letters deal with donations of toys, books, games, candies, and more as Christmas gifts for the students. King wrote more letters to student families discussing their health, progress, and whether they were eligible to go home for holidays or be discharged.

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Condition: book in in good shape, no loose pages

Subject tags: Algoma Missionary News, Anishinaabemowin, apprenticeship, assimilation, blacksmithing, bootmaking, building activities, carpentry, church societies, compulsory education, curriculum, Department of Indian Affairs, Diocese of Algoma activities, donations, farming, finances, funding, funding problems, fundraising, government contacts, government funding, government policy, Indian Agents, Indigenous languages, industries, inspections, missionary work, Ojibwe language, printing, religion, religious rivalries, runaway students, school governance, school reports, school rules, school supplies, sewing staffing, student activities, student clothing, student death, student families, student health, student occupation, student progress, student recruitment, student retention, student support, student work, tailoring, teaching, tinsmithing, trades, Wawanosh Home for Indian Girls

The letters in this book are from Edward F. Wilson to a number of different people, including church staff and officials, Indian Agents, Government officials such as the Superintendent General of Indian Affairs (Sir John A. Macdonald) and the Minister of the Interior (David Mills and then Sir John A. Macdonald), donors, Shingwauk and Wawanosh staff, his family, and Indigenous community members. The information is mostly focused on finances for the two Homes, especially funding towards student support. Wilson was in the process of building Wawanosh during these two years, so many of the letters deal with the building, funding, and staffing activities required to get the school set up. Information about individual students is also prominent, as Wilson includes information about their health, families, and activities inside and outside school when writing to student supporters. Student recruitment and retention i.e. agreement forms and consequences for running away or not returning after holidays are discussed often as Wilson was setting up the process for receiving students and keeping them at the institutions. There are a few letters in the book written by students which Wilson forwarded onto the recipients. Missionary work and funding tours feature in many letters, and students were often involved in these activities. 

Sketch of uniforms on page 116

Page 110 missing, likely removed during creation.

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Condition: Some loose pages at the beginning and end of the book, slight water damage at the end, pages 493-512 removed by Wilson but no missing letters

Subject tags: Algoma Missionary News, Anishinaabemowin, apprenticeship, Bishop Fauquier Memorial Chapel, blacksmithing, bootmaking, building activities, carpentry, church societies, college, curriculum, Department of Indian Affairs, Diocese of Algoma activities, donations, farming, finances, funding, funding problems, fundraising, government contacts, government funding, Indian Agents, Indigenous communities, Indigenous languages, industries, masonry, ministry, missionary work, Ojibwe language, printing, religion, school closure, school reports, school supplies, staffing, student activities, student clothing, student death, student families, student health, student occupation, student recruitment, student retention, student support, student uniforms, tailoring, teaching, tinsmithing, trades, Wawanosh

The letters in this book are from Edward F. Wilson to a number of different people, including church staff and officials, Indian Agents, Government officials, donors, Shingwauk and Wawanosh staff, his family, and Indigenous community members. The information is mostly focused on finances for the two Homes, especially funding towards student support. Funding problems are discussed a great deal as it seems that many supporters either completely abandoned their support or were very behind. There was a slew of staff change over during these years, so many letters are related to staff duties and hiring staff. Building activities continue to feature prominently as the school was being expanded and Wilson was beginning plans for the Chapel. Many letters related to missionary work and Diocesan activities as Wilson helped to set up the Neepigon Mission near Red Rock on the Nipigon River. Wilson became ill in March of 1880, and consequently the school was closed for 5 months of the spring and summer, and then only open in a limited capacity through that winter, further contributing to funding problems. 

Anishinaabemowin letters: Pages 1, 7, 9, 44, and 128

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Subject tags: Algoma Missionary News, Anishinaabemowin, apprenticeship, Bishop Fauquier Memorial Chapel, bootmaking, carpentry, church societies, college, curriculum, Department of Indian Affairs, Diocese of Algoma activities, donations, farming, finances, funding, funding problems, fundraising, government contacts, government funding, government policy, Indian Agents, Indigenous communities, Indigenous languages, insurance, ministry, missionary work, Mohawk Institute, Muncey Institute, North-West Rebellion, Ojibwe language, printing, public opinion, publications, religion, religious rivalries, runaway students, sash and door factory, school inspections, school reports, school supplies, staffing, student activities, student clothing, student death, student families, student health, student occupation, student recruitment, student retention, student support, tailoring, teaching, tinsmithing, trades, Wawanosh

The letters in this book are from Edward F. Wilson to a number of different people, including church staff and officials, Indian Agents, Government officials, donors, Shingwauk and Wawanosh staff, his family, and Indigenous community members. The majority of the letters relate either to Diocesan activities or the finances of Shingwauk and Wawanosh. Wilson acted as the Bishop’s commissary while the Bishop was away in England, and so performed many of his duties, including the appointment of a day school teacher at Garden River, and the appointment of ministers in various locations around the Diocese. During these years a sash and door factory was opened and staffed by the boys, and it took orders for work from outside the school which often created a lot of issues. Although the building of the Bishop Fauquier Memorial Chapel was complete, there were a lot of problems with the donation of the stained glass windows, as well as funding for furnishing the chapel. Near the end are many letters where Wilson discusses his personal feelings about the job and mulls over the possibility of leaving his position as principal. Student activities, student recruitment and retention, school staffing, and school supplies are also frequent topics. The North-West Rebellion took place in 1885 near the end of the letter book, and Wilson wrote a number of letters detailing his opinions on the rebellion, the situation of Indigenous communities out West, and about his plans to build a new Residential School out West as a solution.

Anishinaabemowin letters: Pages 270-271

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Condition: Binding in good condition, a few of the index pages are loose

Subject tags: Algoma Missionary News, apprenticeship, bootmaking, carpentry, church societies, compulsory education, curriculum, Department of Indian Affairs, donations, farming, finances, funding, funding problems, fundraising, government contacts, government funding, government policy, government regulations, Indian Agents, Indigenous communities, insurance, physical punishment, public opinion, public school education, runaway students, school closure, school governance, school inspections, school repairs, school reports, school rules, school supplies, staffing, statistics, student activities, student clothing, student death, student discharge, student families, student health, student holidays, student occupation, student recruitment, student retention, student support, student uniforms, trades, Wawanosh

The letters in this book are from George Ley King to a number of different people, including church staff and officials, members of the Women’s Auxiliary (part of the Anglican Church), Indian Agents, Government officials such as the Superintendent General of Indian Affairs (Hayter Reed), donors, and Indigenous community members. The information is mostly focused on finances for the two Homes, especially funding towards student support, and student retention and recruitment. Finances were extremely low after Edward F. Wilson left in 1893 with many supporters giving up their donations, and King was having a hard time increasing support. The majority of students at the school during this time were unsupported. At this point in time, the government was much more involved in the management of the school, and King was required to write monthly reports detailing student health, whether any pupils were admitted or discharged, and any notable student progress or school events. Despite being more involved in the management, the government seemed to be less involved in the funding of the school and refused to increase the per capita grant for student support. They did however give the school special grants for repairs and for the installation of a hot water heating system. Students ran away frequently or failed to return after summer holidays or other leave and many of the letters relate to the enforcement of compulsory education regulations in order to bring the students back. Clothing is also a common topic as there was a low supply, but the Women’s Auxiliary often donated clothing as well as other items like books, toys, and candies. Many of the letters also deal with the fact that the school could not accept female students since Wawanosh had been closed in 1894 due to disrepair, and the plan King had for building a New Wawanosh on the Shingwauk site.

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Condition: binding in good condition, a few loose pages at the beginning of the book

Subject tags: apprenticeship, building activities, carpentry, church societies, Department of Indian Affairs, donations, farming, finances, funding, funding problems, fundraising, government contacts, government funding, government meetings, government policy, Indian Agents, Indian Residential School System, Indigneous communities, local events, public school system, runaway students, school inspections, school repairs, school reports, school supplies, statistics, student activities, student clothing, studnt discharge, student families, student health, student holidays, student occupation, student progress, student recruitment, student retention, student support, student uniforms, tailoring, trades, Wawanosh

The letters in this book are from George Ley King to a number of different people, including church staff and officials, members of the Women’s Auxiliary (part of the Anglican Church), Indian Agents, Government officials such as the Deputy Superintendent General of Indian Affairs (Hayter Reed), donors, and Indigenous community members. The majority of the letters deals with school finances, especially support for students. Finances were extremely low after Edward F. Wilson left in 1893 with many supporters giving up their donations, and King was having a hard time increasing support and trying to keep the school out of debt. The majority of students at the school during this time were unsupported. Despite the lack of funds, the school was a maximum capacity and King constantly had to refuse applications for new students who wanted to be admitted. He tried to get government funding to expand the dormitory in order to take on more male students but was unsuccessful. King did succeeded in collecting enough money to build the expansion to the school which became the New Wawanosh and allowed the school to take on female students again. While the majority of letters are from 1898-1904, there is one letter from 1905, one letter from 1907, and one letter from 1908. The letter from 1908 is a letter King received from the Indian Department, rather than one he sent to them.

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Bottom of negative is chipped.

Top of negative is damaged.

One of the vertical edges of the negative is damaged.  A piece appears to have broken off from the negative.