WELLS ARCHIVES
RECORD GROUP 16

 

WRG 16 - Books - Public School

Collection Dates, Series #1 of 2 1886 - 1967

 

Historical Data

Annual reports and various books from the Wells Public School

 

Scope and Contents

 

Series 1:

In this Series are various school books and Annual Reports dating from 1941 to 1967.

In this Series:

 

1. = Public School Books

 

1. PUBLIC SCHOOL BOOKS

   The name that comes after the “,” indicates the author, other names will usually be that of the publisher.

 

   (1)  Modern Art - Teachers Edition -Art Appreciation Copyright 1933 

  Text books, Part Vlll, Stafford & Rucker

   (1)  The Round Table Art Book - Teachers Edition   Copyright 1930

  Art Appreciation, Stafford & Rucker

   (1)  The Smiling Sixpence - An operetta for children -Willis

  Music Company   

   (1)  Directed History Study - 4th grade, Scheck  Copyright 1929

   (1)  Guide to the selection of books for your secondary     Copyright 1973

  school library, The Baker and Taylor Co.

   (1)  How Do We Know? - Teachers edition, Beauchamp &     Copyright 1947

  Crampton

   (1)  All Around Us - Teachers Edition, Beauchamp & Crampton    Copyright 1944

   (1)  Look and Learn - Teachers edition, Beauchamp, & Crampton  Copyright 1943

   (1)  The British Columbia Readers - W.J. Gage & Co. Copyright 1915

   (1)  Common Prayer Canada, 1959 (presented to Beatrice 1959

  Thatcher, 1961)

   (1)  The Winston Dictionary - for Canadian Schools,  1954, 1960

  edited by Henry Alexander M.A.

   (9)  A students’ Workbook in Music Appreciation   Reprinted 1940

  Names of students on the outside cover:

Jim Curtis

Corky Fairchild

Elwood B. Smith

Teddy Stephens

Stanley Bloder

Donald Green

Lilly Warawa

Louise ???

Gwen Vear

   (1)  The Seaman and His Craft - Blackie and Son Ltd., Claxton  

   (1)  Our Railways - Blackie & Son Ltd., Adams & Elliott

   (1)  The Universal Spelling Book for Canadian Schools  1909

   (1)  The Canadian Readers - Book V - W.J. Gage and Co. Ltd.    1901

   (1)  Kidnapped, Stevenson    Copyright 1925

   (1)  The Christmas Story, Gray Copyright 1925

   (1)  The Story of Nelson - Gr. 3, Cooke  Printed 1919

   (1)  Wells-Barkerville School Yearbook 1978 - owned by 1978

  Jaicey Foreman

   (1)  The Boy Scouts Association Catalogue 1958 - 1959

   (1)  Today’s Compton’s    Copyright 1949

   (1)  Singer Portable Electric Sewing Machine Instructions Copyright 1940

   (1)  Fighting Handguns, Jeff Cooper Copyright 1958

   (1)  How The Fir Forest Was Saved, Weatherby  1940

   (1)  Goldilock’s Adventure, Wallace Copyright 1909

   (1)  Dodd’s Almanac  1952

   (1)  President Harding’s Illegitimate Daughter, Goldberg  

  Little Blue Book No. 1379

   (1)  Water Trips on Puget Sound - 3 fold pamphlet

   (1)  CIL Speed-Easy Wall Finish - with colour chips

   (1)  Just Because of You, Nesbit  Copyright 1925

   (1)  Mystic Christianity, Ramacharaka  Copyright 1935

   (1)  Baker’s Plays for Amateurs - “Not Such a Goose”, Gale  Copyright 1925

   (1)  5-Minute Ukulele Course   Copyright 1925

   (1)  The Wondrous Works of God, Hunter & Sydnor   Copyright 1956

   (1)  The Son of God,Weld & Sydnor Copyright 1957

   (22)    Public Schools of the Province of BC - Annual Reports  1941 - 1967

   (1)  General Shop Workbook, Ashcroft and Easton  1948

   (1)  Lisle Fraser Catalogue   of Angling Equipment 1940

   (1)  Young Flash Deer, Burgess    No date

   (1)  Autograph Book (inscription: To Pat from Jammie 1941 - 1947

  and Bonnie Clark

 

Series 2

This Series is a continuation of the previous one; public school books

 

In this Series:

1. = PUBLIC SCHOOL BOOKS

 

1. PUBLIC SCHOOL BOOKS

 

   (1)  The Junior Speech Arts, Craig    1937

   (2)  Life and Literature Today - Part 1, Scotland (name inside:  First Edition 1937

  Brian Pavich)

   (1)  Album Verses - (Name inside cover Hosea Edington)  No date

   (1)  History of the First Council of Nice, Hudly Copyright 1886

   (5)  Design for Industrial Arts, Kyle Copyright 1931

  Book 1) Woodwork; 2)Metal-work; 3)Lettering;

   (4)  Highroads to Reading, Roy, Roy, Sheffield, Bollert     15th Printing 1945

  The Primer; Book One; Book Two (two copies)

   (5)  Herbs and the Fountain of Youth, James    22nd Printing 1965

   (1) Our Saviour’s Ministry, Soc. for Promoting Christian Knowledge No date

   (1)  Popular Mechanics    Aug. 1958

   (1)  Excelsior Webster’s Handy-Pocket Dictionary No date

   (2)  Metal Work for Grades 7, 8 and 9, Jones  Copyright 1932

   (1)  Text Books of Art Education-Book 7, Froehlich, Snow    Copyright 1905

   (2)  Junior Electricity, Darling Copyright 1935

   (1)  Taxidermy, How to Mount your own Specimens, Moyer 

   (1)  The Book of Knowledge - Volume Xvll (front cover missing) No date

   (1)  Play Acting for Scouts and Others, Monro    1928?

   (1)  The Watch Jobbers Handybook, Hasluck   1905

   (1)  Elementary Composition with Grammar, Alexander & Mowat 1922

   (1)  Canadian Citizenship Series - Our History    1949

   (1)  An Elglish Grammar for Secondary Schools, Cowperthwaite,  Copyright 1927

  Marshall (inscription inside cover: Ruth Christensen)

   (1)  Supplementary Exercises in Isaac Pitman Shorthand - Book 2 No date

  Isaac Pitman and Sons

   (1)  The Uniform Lesson Teachers’ Quarterly - The Department of   1963

  Sunday School Publications, The United Church of Canada

   (1)  Adventures in Acting - by Kaasa & Peacock 5th printing 1954

   (1)  Geography in th Elementary School by Thralls & Reeder    1932

   (1)  The Seats of the Mighty, Parker Copyright 1896

   (1)  Studies in Citizenship, McCaig & Angus   1934

   (1)  Composition Through Reading Book 1, Pickles (Name inside:   1930

  Ruth Christensen, Wells, BC)

   (21)    Selected Stories From Canadian Prose, St. Martin’s Classics 1929

  (Name inside:  Linda Hadfield)

   (3)  American Geographical Society, Around the World Program 1956

  Equador, Ceylon, Italy

   (1)  The Ryerson Book of Prose and Verse, Pierce and Yates    1927

  (Name inside:  Hannah Randall) 

   (1)  Basic Readers, Book Four, Elson & Gray 1936

   (1)  Modern Composition for High Schools and Collegiates, 1936

  Mawdsley & Leeming (Name inside:  Judy Christensen)

   (1)  Some Principles of Literary Criticism,Winchester  1912

   (1)  Our Heritage, Fyfe & Pierce (Name inside:  Mike Newman)  1955

 

 

 

Series 3:    ***this is not an acid free box***

This Series is a continuation of the previous Series; Public School Books

 

In this Series:

1. = Public School Books

 

1. PUBLIC SCHOOL BOOKS

 

   (23)    Canadian Democracy In Action, Brown Reprinted 1962

  Names inside:  Beatrice Thatcher

   Bitsy Smith

   Bob Richards

   Jim McKitrick

   Henry Zysper

   Russel Kelly

   Lawrence Gentleman

   Sally Ball

   Gitta Hainer

   Larry Gardner

   Holly Jickling

   Louis Gagnon

   Richard Walters

   Wayne Danhauer

   Sally Boit (1956)

   Pat White

   Sandy McCulloch(1953-54)

   Ivan Ogden

   Brian Pavich

   Carol Evans

   Pat Berlin

   MP Mullaley

   Ruby Peterson

   (4)  Five in The Family, Baruch & Montgomery No date

   (2)  The Amateur Gentleman, Farnol    No date

   (2)  Birchard Music Series - Book eight, California State Series  1960

   (1)  Near and Far, California State Series   1958

 

  

 

 

Series 4 :    ***this is not an acid free box***

 

This Series is a continuation of the previous ones; Public School Books

 

In this Series:

1. = Public School Books

 

1. PUBLIC BOOKS

 

   (1)  The Ontario High School Physics, Merchant and Chant   Reprinted 1931

   (1)  Business Fundamentals, Bruce, Heywood & Abercrombie     10th Printing 1965

   (1)  Language Journeys, Hall, Broome 1954

   (1)  Metal Work, Adam and Evans    Third Edition 1939

   (1) Domiom Language Series, Daniels, Hall, Matthews, MacKenzie   Reprinted 1933

  (Inside cover:  Judie Christensen, Gr. 6, Teacher:  Miss Owen)

   (1)  Story and Structure, second edition, Perrine    1966

    (1)  Poetry of our Time, Edited by Dudek  1966 

   (9)  Man’s Achievement to the Age of Steam, Pahlow   Copyright 1934

  (Names on card:     Sharon Fisher

     Corinne E.

  Edmic Bryant

Joey H.

Sharon T.

Glenda S.

   (2)  Man’s Achievement - The Age of Science and Democracy Copyright 1935

  (Names on card:  Debbie Jeffrey, Carol Evans, A. Williams, Cathy Covey)

   (1)  A Book of General Science, Hilton (Inside cover:  Ruth Christensen)   1935

   (1)  Dick and Jane, Elson & Gray   No date

   (1)  Elementary English Grammer, Maclaurin (Inside cover:  Ruth Christensen)    1934

   (12)    History of Canada for High Schools, McArthur (Inside: R. Christensen)  1931

   (1)  The Lady of the Lake, Scott (Inside cover:  J. Coombes, R.B. Green)    No date