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- 1890-1954 (Creation)
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15 cm of textual records. -- 1 photograph
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Biographical history
Thomas Edwin Adelbert Stanley, 1869-1947, was born in Perth County, Ontario, and graduated from the University of Toronto in Mathematics, Physics and English in 1892. He taught school in Ontario, then moved to Calgary, Alberta in 1910, becoming principal of Central High School (1910-1920), South Calgary High School (1922-1928), and Western Canada High School (1929-1937). He was the second president of the Alberta Teachers' Association and was one of the founding delegates of the Canadian Teachers' Federation. He retired in 1938. He was also an amateur architect as a hobby, designing residences in Calgary at 1724 9A Street SW (1910), 1740 10th Street SW (1911), and 1731 9A Street SW (1926). He and his wife, Jennie Dell Barclay (1888-1983) had five children, Mary (Switzer), Irmadell, Ross M., Allen B., and Kelvin C. He died in 1947.
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Gift of Mary Switzer, 1992.
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The fonds consists of university lecture notes, correspondence concerning Alberta mathematics curriculum, essays, speeches, collected newsclippings, and a photograph portrait.
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No restrictions on access.
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The material is in English.
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Other T. E. A. Stanley papers are held by the Alberta Teachers' Association archives in Edmonton.
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There is a large quantity of newspapers and magazines which are of dubious value and have not been described in the scope.
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Thursday, August 25, 2016