Spanish Residential Schools series

All material is in English.

Geographic Access:

Spanish (Ont.)

Access Restriction:

No restrictions on access.

Description Level:

Series

Language:

End Date:

1965

Date Range:

1940-1965

Conservation:

Minor conservation performed on series.

Physical Description:

0.4 m of textual records and graphic material.

Arrangement:

Series is arranged thematically by item type.

History Biographical:

Brother James Mara was at the Indian Residential School at Spanish, Ontario from 1951-1958. His primary role was working in the kitchen at Spanish. He was also known for his fundraising schemes - bingo games, alumni donation campaigns, and collection boxes in support of the new arena in 1952, He also helped put on performances as a magician and organize the school's skating carnivals.

Scope Content:

Series comprises photographs of the Spansih Indian Residential Schools taken by and collected by Brother James Mara. Also includes correspondence, newsletters, newspaper clippings, and other material.

Repository:

srsc

Photo album

Language:

Creator:

James Mara

GMD:

Start Date:

[1951]

Description Level:

End Date:

[1958]

Date Range:

[1951 - 1958]

Language:

English

Document:

2017-028_001_001.pdf

Physical Description:

2 cm of graphic material. - 1 photo album. - 36 photographs: b+w; 10 x 7 cm and 6 x 6 cm

Notes:

Photos from Gardiner Residential School in Spanish, Ontario. Icecapades, residential school staff.

Brother Vandermoor, Brother Voison.

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2017-028-001

Repository:

Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre

Accession No:

Container Number:

001

Photo album

Language:

Creator:

James Mara

GMD:

Start Date:

1951

Description Level:

End Date:

1957

Date Range:

1951 - 1957

Language:

English

Document:

2017-028_001_002.pdf

Physical Description:

3 cm of graphic material. - 1 photo album. - 152 photographs: b+w; 11 x 7 cm, 6 x 6 cm, and 13 x 8 cm

Notes:

Photos from Garnier Residential School in Spanish, Ontario. First communion, confirmation, boy's sports, boy's cooking, icecapades.

Joe Solomon, Vic Solomon, Nora May "Commanda"

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2017-028-001

Repository:

Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre

Accession No:

Container Number:

001

Photo album - Girl's activities

Language:

Creator:

James Mara

GMD:

Start Date:

1956

Description Level:

End Date:

[196-]

Date Range:

[between 1956 and 196-]

Language:

English

Document:

2017-028_001_003.pdf

Physical Description:

2 cm of graphic material. - 1 photo album. - 15 photographs: b&w; 8 x 11 cm.

Notes:

Photos of girl's activities at the Spanish Residential School. Ice hockey, icecapades, first communion.

rec_shelfloc:

2017-028-001

Repository:

Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre

Accession No:

Container Number:

001

Photo album

Language:

Creator:

James Mara

GMD:

Start Date:

1956

Description Level:

End Date:

1957

Date Range:

1956 - 1957

Language:

English

Document:

2017-028_001_004.pdf

Physical Description:

2 cm of graphic material. - 1 photo album. - 31 photographs: 8 colour, 23 b+w; 9 x 13 cm, 9 x 9 cm and 8 x 11 cm

Notes:

Personal photographs taken during time at Spanish Residential School. Wedding, friends, Easter pageant.

rec_shelfloc:

2017-028-001

Repository:

Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre

Accession No:

Container Number:

001

Snapshot Albums

Language:

Creator:

James Mara

GMD:

Start Date:

1955

Description Level:

End Date:

1956 April

Date Range:

1955 - 1956 April

Language:

English

Document:

2017-028_001_005-4.pdf

2017-028_001_005-3.pdf

2017-028_001_005-2.pdf

2017-028_001_005-1.pdf

Physical Description:

0.5 cm of graphic material.- 4 small photo albums.- 33 photographs: b+w; 11 x 9 cm and 13 x 9 cm

Notes:

Album 1: Banquet at Garnier Residential School in Spanish, Ontario, 1956. Residential school staff, students, female students who helped prepare meal.

Album 2: Men in boat, Ontario, 1955.

Album 3: Garnier Residential School hockey team, Spanish, Ontario, April 1956. Male students playing hockey.

Album 4: Residential school in Spanish, Ontario. First communion ceremony.

rec_shelfloc:

2017-028-001

Repository:

Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre

Accession No:

Container Number:

001

Garnier Stardust

Language:

GMD:

Start Date:

1954

Description Level:

End Date:

1954

Date Range:

1954 September - 1954 October

Language:

English

Document:

2017-028_001_006.pdf

Physical Description:

0.1 cm of textual records. - 1 newsletter; 16 x 20 cm.

Notes:

Newsletter written by students of Garnier Residential School in Spanish, Ontario. Contains sports news, school news, and information on faculty.

rec_shelfloc:

2017-028-001

Repository:

Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre

Accession No:

Container Number:

001

Carnival letter

Language:

GMD:

Start Date:

1953

Description Level:

End Date:

1953

Date Range:

1953 February 18

Language:

English

Document:

2017-028_001_007.pdf

Physical Description:

0.1 cm of textual records. - 1 letter.

Notes:

Letter composed by Peter Johnston, Spanish Residential School student to send to people who missed the ice carnival and provide highlights of the event.

rec_shelfloc:

2017-028-001

Repository:

Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre

Accession No:

Container Number:

001

Valentine Winter Wonderland program

Language:

GMD:

Start Date:

1954

Description Level:

End Date:

1954

Date Range:

1954 February 14

Language:

English

Document:

2017-028_001_008.pdf

Physical Description:

0.1 cm of textual records. - 2 programs.

Notes:

Program for ice carnival presented by students of the Spanish Residential schools in Spanish, Ontario.

rec_shelfloc:

2017-028-001

Repository:

Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre

Accession No:

Container Number:

001

Garnier funding and Jesuit treasury report

Language:

GMD:

Start Date:

1958

Description Level:

End Date:

1958

Date Range:

1958 April

Language:

English

Document:

2017-028_001_009.pdf

Physical Description:

0.1 of textual records. - 1 letter, 1 treasury report.

rec_shelfloc:

2017-028-001

Repository:

Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre

Accession No:

Container Number:

001

Garnier Residential School patch

Language:

GMD:

object

Start Date:

[1951]

Description Level:

End Date:

[1958]

Date Range:

[1951 - 1958]

Image:

Physical Description:

0.1 cm of object. - 1 patch: wool, felt; 9 x 8.5 cm

Notes:

Patch bearing logo of Garnier Residential School, with school motto in latin.

Per gratiamet scientiam

rec_shelfloc:

2017-028-001

Repository:

Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre

Accession No:

Container Number:

001

First communion and graduation photographs

Language:

Creator:

James Mara

GMD:

Start Date:

1955

Description Level:

End Date:

[196-]

Date Range:

[between 1955 and 196?]

Image:

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 cm of graphic material. - 10 photographs : b&w ; 17 x 10 cm, 11 x 7 cm and 9 x 13 cm

Notes:

Photos from first communion and graduation ceremonies, Spanish Residential School.

rec_shelfloc:

2017-028-001

Repository:

Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre

Accession No:

Container Number:

001

Boys' athletics photographs

Language:

Creator:

James Mara

GMD:

Start Date:

1952

Description Level:

End Date:

[196-]

Date Range:

[1952 - 196-]

Image:

Physical Description:

0.4 cm of graphic material. - 10 photographs: b&w; 6 x 8.5cm, 10 x 6 cm and 14.5 cm x 10.5 cm

Notes:

Photographs of boys' boxing, hockey, tennis, and shooting at Spanish Residential School in Spanish, Ontario.

rec_shelfloc:

2017-028-001

Repository:

Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre

Accession No:

Container Number:

001

Photographs of boy and girl

Language:

Creator:

James Mara

GMD:

Start Date:

[195-]

Description Level:

End Date:

[195-]

Date Range:

[195-]

Image:

Physical Description:

0.1 cm of graphic material. - 7 photographs: b+w; 8 x 11 cm and 6 x 6 cm

Notes:

Photos of male and female student, some with Brother James Mara taken at Garnier Residential School in Spanish, Ontario.

rec_shelfloc:

2017-028-001

Repository:

Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre

Accession No:

Container Number:

001

Photographs of student shows

Language:

Creator:

James Mara

GMD:

Start Date:

1954

Description Level:

End Date:

[196-]

Date Range:

[between 1954 and 196-]

Document:

2017-028_001_015.pdf

Physical Description:

1 cm of graphic material. - 20 photographs: b&w ; 12 x 8 cm, 8 x 11 cm, 6 x 6 cm

Notes:

Photographs of shows put on by students of Spanish Residential School. Ice carnivals and plays.

rec_shelfloc:

2017-028-001

Repository:

Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre

Accession No:

Container Number:

001

Wedding photographs

Language:

Creator:

James Mara

GMD:

Start Date:

[1951]

Description Level:

End Date:

[1958]

Date Range:

[1951 - 1958]

Document:

2017-028_001_016.pdf

Physical Description:

1 cm of graphic material. - 25 photographs: b&w ; 8 x 11 cm and 6 x 7cm

Notes:

Photographs of a wedding that took place at Garnier Residential School.

rec_shelfloc:

2017-028-001

Repository:

Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre

Accession No:

Container Number:

001

Residential school activities photographs

Language:

Creator:

James Mara

GMD:

Start Date:

[1957]

Description Level:

End Date:

[1957]

Date Range:

[1957]

Document:

2017-028_001_017.pdf

Physical Description:

2 cm of graphic material.- 60 photographs: 3 col., 57 b&w ; 10 x 15 cm, 11 x 8 cm and 6 x 6 cm

Notes:

Photographs of daily activities taking place in and around Spanish Residential School in Spanish, Ontario.

Photographs include: Sam [Delbrig], Donna Corbiere

rec_shelfloc:

2017-028-001

Repository:

Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre

Accession No:

Container Number:

001

Church and school building photographs

Language:

Creator:

James Mara

GMD:

Start Date:

1957

Description Level:

End Date:

1957

Date Range:

1957

Image:

Language:

English

Physical Description:

0.3 cm of graphic material.- 10 photographs: b&w ; 8 x 12 cm, 9 x 14 cm and 9 x 6 cm

Notes:

Interior and exterior photos of church and school buildings in Spanish, Ontario.

rec_shelfloc:

2017-028-001

Repository:

Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre

Accession No:

Container Number:

001

Photos of Residential School staff

Language:

Creator:

James Mara

GMD:

Start Date:

1947

Description Level:

End Date:

[1957]

Date Range:

1947 - [1957]

Language:

English

Document:

2017-028_001_019.pdf

Physical Description:

2 cm of graphic material.- 45 photographs: b+w; 11 x 7 cm, 6 x 6 cm and 9 x 7 cm

rec_shelfloc:

2017-028-001

Repository:

Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre

Accession No:

Container Number:

001

Assorted negatives

Language:

Creator:

James Mara

GMD:

Start Date:

[1951]

Description Level:

End Date:

[1957]

Date Range:

[1951 - 1957]

Language:

English

Document:

2017-028_001_021.pdf

Physical Description:

0.2 cm of graphic material. - 29 negatives: b+w; 9 x 6 cm and 4.5 x 7 cm

Notes:

Negatives depicting Spanish Residential School activities, students, buildings, and staff.

rec_shelfloc:

2017-028-001

Repository:

Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre

Accession No:

Container Number:

001

Residential school and Jesuit ordination negatives

Language:

Creator:

James Mara

GMD:

Start Date:

[1957]

Description Level:

End Date:

[1957]

Date Range:

[1957]

Image:

Language:

English

Physical Description:

0.1 cm of graphic material. - 2 programs, 1 prayer card, 1 negative envelope, 7 negatives: b+w; 13 x 6 cm

rec_shelfloc:

2017-028-001

Repository:

Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre

Accession No:

Container Number:

001

Graduation and daily life negatives

Language:

Creator:

James Mara

GMD:

Start Date:

[1957]

Description Level:

End Date:

[1957]

Date Range:

[1957]

Image:

Language:

English

Physical Description:

0.1 cm of graphic material. - 13 negatives: b+w; 9 x 6 cm and 6 x 6 cm

rec_shelfloc:

2017-028-001

Repository:

Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre

Accession No:

Container Number:

001

Boxing negatives

Language:

Creator:

James Mara

GMD:

Start Date:

[1951]

Description Level:

End Date:

[1957]

Date Range:

[1951 - 1957]

Image:

Language:

English

Physical Description:

0.1 cm of graphic material. - 1 envelope, 15 negatives: b+w; 3.5 x 2 cm and 8 x 11 cm

Notes:

Student boxing photographs from Spanish Residential School

rec_shelfloc:

2017-028-001

Repository:

Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre

Accession No:

Container Number:

001

Spanish Residential School negatives

Language:

Creator:

James Mara

GMD:

Start Date:

[1951]

Description Level:

End Date:

[1957]

Date Range:

[1951 - 1957]

Image:

Physical Description:

0.2 cm of graphic material. - 17 negatives: b+w; 4.5 cm x 7 cm and 9 x 6 cm

rec_shelfloc:

2017-028-001

Repository:

Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre

Accession No:

Container Number:

001

Spanish Residential School negatives

Language:

Creator:

James Mara

GMD:

Start Date:

[1951]

Description Level:

End Date:

[1957]

Date Range:

[1951 - 1957]

Language:

English

Document:

2017-028_001_028.pdf

Physical Description:

0.1 cm of graphic material. - 22 negatives: b+w; 13 x 6 cm

rec_shelfloc:

2017-028-001

Repository:

Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre

Accession No:

Container Number:

001

Spanish Residential school staff, students and building negatives

Language:

Creator:

James Mara

GMD:

Start Date:

[1951]

Description Level:

End Date:

[1957]

Date Range:

[1951 - 1957]

Language:

English

Document:

2017-028_001_029.pdf

Physical Description:

0.1 cm of graphic material. - 1 envelope, 21 negatives: b+w; 13 x 6 cm and 6 x 6 cm

rec_shelfloc:

2017-028-001

Repository:

Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre

Accession No:

Container Number:

001

Guelph and Garnier Residential School negatives

Language:

Creator:

James Mara

GMD:

Start Date:

[1951]

Description Level:

End Date:

[1957]

Date Range:

[1951 - 1957]

Image:

Language:

English

Physical Description:

0.1 cm of graphic material. - 1 envelope, 3 negatives: b+w; 6 x 6 cm, 9 x 6 cm and 13 x 6 cm

rec_shelfloc:

2017-028-001

Repository:

Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre

Accession No:

Container Number:

001

Spanish Residential School boys' activities negatives

Language:

Creator:

James Mara

GMD:

Start Date:

[1951]

Description Level:

End Date:

[1957]

Date Range:

[1951 - 1957]

Image:

Language:

English

Physical Description:

0.1 cm of graphic material. - 8 negatives: b+w; 9 x 6 cm and 6 x 6 cm

Notes:

Negatives of boxing, band, and cooking at Spanish Residential School.

rec_shelfloc:

2017-028-001

Repository:

Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre

Accession No:

Container Number:

001

Garnier Residential School sports negatives

Language:

Creator:

James Mara

GMD:

Start Date:

[1951]

Description Level:

End Date:

[1957]

Date Range:

[1951 - 1957]

Image:

Language:

English

Physical Description:

0.1 cm of graphic material. - 1 envelope, 3 negatives: b+w; 6 x 6 cm

Notes:

Boys football and basketball.

rec_shelfloc:

2017-028-001

Repository:

Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre

Accession No:

Container Number:

001

Residential School activities negatives

Language:

Creator:

James Mara

GMD:

Start Date:

[1951]

Description Level:

End Date:

[1957]

Date Range:

[1951 - 1957]

Image:

Language:

English

Physical Description:

0.2 cm of graphic material. - 1 envelope, 7 negatives: b+w; 6 x 6 cm and 13 x 6 cm

rec_shelfloc:

2017-028-001

Repository:

Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre

Accession No:

Container Number:

001

Two women negatives

Language:

Creator:

James Mara

GMD:

Start Date:

[1951]

Description Level:

End Date:

[1957]

Date Range:

[1951 - 1957]

Image:

Language:

English

Physical Description:

0.1 cm of graphic material. - 1 envelope, 1 negative: b&w; 6 x 6 cm

rec_shelfloc:

2017-028-001

Repository:

Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre

Accession No:

Container Number:

001

Various negatives

Language:

Creator:

James Mara

GMD:

Start Date:

[1951]

Description Level:

End Date:

[1957]

Date Range:

[1951 - 1957]

Image:

Language:

English

Physical Description:

0.3 cm of graphic material. - 16 negatives: b+w; 6 x 6 cm, 9 x 6 cm, and 13 x 6 cm

Notes:

Negatives of both family photographs and students and activities at Spanish Residential school.

rec_shelfloc:

2017-028-001

Repository:

Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre

Accession No:

Container Number:

001

Spanish Residential School negatives

Language:

Creator:

James Mara

GMD:

Start Date:

[1951]

Description Level:

End Date:

[1957]

Date Range:

[1951 - 1957]

Language:

English

Document:

2017-028_001_036.pdf

Physical Description:

1 cm of graphic material. - 1 envelope, 35 negatives: b+w; 6 x 6 cm and 9 x 6 cm

rec_shelfloc:

2017-028-001

Repository:

Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre

Accession No:

Container Number:

001

Residential school and personal photographs

Publication:

Volume:

Scan Resolution:

Issue:

Standard No:

Scan Date:

Scale:

Language:

Master scans folder location:

GMD:

Responsibility:

Custodial History:

Start Date:

1944

Description Level:

End Date:

[195-]

Style or Pattern:

Process:

Date Range:

1944 - [195-]

Marks:

Language:

Physical Description:

0.2 cm of graphic material. - 19 photographs: b+w; 13 x 6 cm, 8 x 12 cm and 9 x 6 cm

rec_shelfloc:

2017-028-002

Repository:

Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre

Accession No:

Container Number:

002

Conclusions:

Storage Method:

Spanish Residential School photo album

Language:

GMD:

Start Date:

1951

Description Level:

End Date:

1957

Date Range:

1951 - 1957

Image:

Language:

English

Document:

2017-028_003OS_001.pdf

Physical Description:

4 cm of graphic material. - 1 photo album. - 43 photographs: b+w; 6 x 6 cm, 10 x 12 cm and 9 x 13 cm

rec_shelfloc:

2017-028-003 OS

Repository:

Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre

Accession No: