File contains 3 negatives from the All Saints (Residential School) Women's Auxillary Tea held on June 7, 1963 in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. Scanned negative shows women from the Auxillary organization.
A waist-up portrait taken beside a newspaper article titled: Church Doesn't Want Indian Day Schools. The article outlines the United Church's appeal to the Government not to discontinue Residential Schools. The two main reasons were (a) so they could keep trachoma and tuberculosis in check and (b) so they can better develop moral fibre and Christian character in preparation for full citizenship.
A collection of photographs compiled by Thomas Clarke. Clarke was the principal at the Battleford's Industrial School. Includes a portrait of Clarke, and two exterior shots of the school itself.
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
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Photograph of children praying to a newly-arrived French statue of the Virgin Mary at Holy Angels Boarding School, Fort Chipewyan, Alberta, June 1931.
From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
A photo of the girl's dormitory of the old Anglican Mission school at La Ronge in August 1919. This school was destroyed by fire in March 1920 and a new one built. Taken during the journey of Christina Bateman and Annie McKay from Prince Albert to La Ronge, SK in 1919.
File contains 2 negatives of a painting behind a Church Altar at a school (presumably All Saints Residential School), Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, December 14, (year illegible, presumably 1950s-1960s).
Scanned negative shows two females in uniform posing for a portrait selling candy at a Women's Auxillary tea(presumably of the All Saints Residential School). (bad quality photo)
File contains a single negative from Olive Diefenbaker's official opening of a library at the All Saints Residential School in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, on January 17, 1964. Scanned image shows Mrs. Diefenbaker sitting and talking with a variety of male and female students in uniform.
The old McKay School at La Ronge, Saskatchewan. On the back of the photo is written "First Residential School built at Lac la Ronge by the Venerable Archdeacon Mackay and the late James Brown a native Clergyman, who was the first Principal of the School. This School was burned in January 1920."
Five photographs pasted onto paper with text describing the Onion Lake Mission with views of the school, mission house and St. Barnabas Church. Item found in folder Onion Lake Mission-nd.
A photograph of the Roman Catholic Residential School in Onion Lake, North West Territories. The Aboriginal girls stand on the left with four nuns, the boys on the right with one priest. The children all wear matching uniforms.
A photograph of the Roman Catholic Residential School, Onion Lake in the 1890s. A large group of students stand in front of the school dressed in western clothing. Several of the girls wear matching dresses. A group of four nuns and a non-Aboriginal woman and boy are at the right. An Aboriginal family with baby and small girl are at far left and three priests in black robes stand between them and the students.
File contains two negatives from an upgrading course at the All Saints Residential School in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, April 30, 1964. Scanned image shows a group portrait of students in formal attire.