Dorothy Martin Currie fonds

Custodial History: 

The SRSC only has copies of these records. Originals are still held by Martin family.

Start Date: 
1937
GMD: 
graphic material
textual record
Geographic Access: 
Sault Ste. Marie (Ont.)
Description Level: 
Fonds
Subject Access: 
Indigenous Peoples in North America--Canada--Residential schools
Name Access: 
Shingwauk Indian Residential School (Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.)
Language: 
English
End Date: 
1999
Date Range: 
[Reproduced 2000 (originally created 1937, 1981, 1999)]
Conservation: 

Basic conservation performed during processing.

Physical Description: 

12 cm of textual record and graphic material.

Arrangement: 
Chronological order by item type
History Biographical: 

Dorothy Martin Currie (1929-2015) grew up in Kanshsatake First Nation.   She attended the Shingwauk Residential School from 1937 to 1948, from age seven to nineteen, from grade 1 to grade 13.  Dorothy's siblings Evelyn, Eugene, Pearl, Mary, and Andrew also attended the Shingwauk Residential School. 

When Dorothy left Shingwauk in 1948 she began substitute teaching in Sioux Lookout and enrolled in the North Bay Normal School.  Upon graduation from Normal School she joined the teaching staff at the Pelican Lake Indian Residential School in Sioux Lookout. In 1950, with a scholarship from the Department of Indian Affairs Dorothy entered the Metropolitan School of Nursing in Windsor, Ontario.  She graduated as an RN in 1953.  Dorothy had two children and six grandchildren.  She lived in California for a number of years but returned to Canada in 2000.

Scope Content: 

Fonds comprises photographs and textual records relating to the Shingwauk Indian Residential School. Photographs include students, staff, and buildings. Textual records include written accounts of experiences at the Shingwauk Indian Residential School.

Repository: 
srsc

Dorothy Martin Currie's letter to CSAA

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English
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Creator: 

Dorothy Martin Currie

GMD: 
textual record
Responsibility: 
Custodial History: 
Start Date: 
2000
Description Level: 
File
End Date: 
2000
Style or Pattern: 
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Date Range: 
2000
Marks: 
Language: 
English
Physical Description: 

.98 cm of textual record

rec_shelfloc: 
2013-053-001
Repository: 
Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre
Accession No: 
Dorothy Martin Currie fonds
Container Number: 
001
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Dorothy Martin Currie`s correspondence with Rev. Hives

Language: 
English
Creator: 

Dorothy Martin Currie

GMD: 
textual record
Start Date: 
1937
Description Level: 
File
End Date: 
1937
Date Range: 
[reproduced 2000 (originally created 1937)]
Language: 
English
Physical Description: 

.98 cm of textual record

rec_shelfloc: 
2013-053-001
Repository: 
Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre
Accession No: 
Dorothy Martin Currie fonds
Container Number: 
001

Photographs of Dorothy Martin Currie and family

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Language: 
English
Master scans folder location: 
GMD: 
graphic material
textual record
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Custodial History: 
Start Date: 
1940
Description Level: 
File
End Date: 
2000
Style or Pattern: 
Process: 
Date Range: 
[reproduced 2000 (originally created 1940-1953, 1990-2000)]
Marks: 
Language: 
English
Physical Description: 

.98 cm of graphic material

rec_shelfloc: 
2013-053-001
Repository: 
Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre
Accession No: 
Dorothy Martin Currie fonds
Container Number: 
001
Conclusions: 
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