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Title
Date(s)
- 1906, 1911, 1923-1950 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
37 cm of textual records. -- 2 micro audiotape cassettes. -- 9 photographs
Context area
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Collection consists of Calgary Normal School yearbooks: Sourvenir (1911); The Comet (1923-1924, 1924-1925); The Yearbook (1926-1927); The Normal Light (1927-1928); Year book (1928-1929, 1930-1931, 1931-1932); The Optimist (1932-1933); The Normal Broadcast (1933-1934); and The Chinook (1934-1945). Includes "Chronicle", popularly known as the "Domesday Book", created by Normal School students and including valedictory speeches, essays on each school year, and a chronicle of events from 1906 to 1936. Also includes photographs of school choirs and choral society (1938, 1941-1943); a recorded interview with teacher, Mr. [V.] Graham; a photograph of the first class (1906); and miscellany.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
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Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Administrative records are restricted for a period of 15 years as authorized under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
English
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Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
See also M-065 for an Alberta Normal School pennant (dating from 1907-1912), Calgary Normal School pennant (1922), University of Alberta beanie, autonomy button, and a University of Alberta Frosh button with a green and gold ribbon which reads "59."
Notes area
Note
For yearbooks - see accession 00.002
For Chronicle - see accession 00.003
For photos of Normal School Choir and class - see accession 91.023
For photocopies of original photographs of class of 1939, and class photo of 55th anniversary reunion 1937-1938 - see accession 2003.039
For panoramic photograph of the Calgary Normal School class of 1928-1929, see 2008.054.