Category Archives: schools/colleges/universities

Matric Annual for King Ed High School: 1921

Posted on 11/28/2022 by mdm

In 1921, King Edward High School was just 12 years old. The principal of King Ed, George Fergusson, would live only seven more years, dying suddenly in 1928. And one of the grads would live only to 1925, passing away … Continue reading →

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Cora McFarland, Public School Teacher

Posted on 11/25/2021 by mdm

Very little is known today about Cora Helen McFarland (1878-1966). She was born and raised in New Brunswick by John and Isabella McFarland and attended the University of New Brunswick (UNB). She earned a Bachelor’s degree from the UNB with … Continue reading →

Posted in biography, schools/colleges/universities | Tagged baptist, bc, Brydone Jack Scholarship in mathematics, Cora Helen McFarland, history, John & Isabella McFarland, public school teacher, Queen Alexandra School, Stanley Park Manor, University of New Brunswick (UNB), vancouver | 5 Comments

Vancouver Bible School

Posted on 09/07/2021 by mdm

Update The Vancouver Bible Training School (VBTS) was a child of the Vancouver Evangelistic Movement (VEM). Among the goals of VEM was the establishment of a Bible training school. The school was, accordingly, started in 1918. The raison d’etre of … Continue reading →

Posted in churches, schools/colleges/universities, Uncategorized | Tagged Baptist General Conference (Swedish), bc, Columbia College, history, Rev. J. E. Harris, Rev. Walter Ellis, Robert K. Burkinshaw, vancouver, Vancouver Bible Training School, Vancouver Evangelistic Movement (VEM) | Leave a comment

Pierre Elliot Trudeau in Vancouver: 1976

Posted on 10/17/2018 by mdm

Update I’ve been remembering, recently, the dominant national political personality during my formative years, Pierre Elliot Trudeau. I found this rather good photo in UBC Library’s Digital Collection of his June 1976 visit to UBC. Here, he is visiting UBC shortly after the official opening … Continue reading →

Posted in biography, Former Prime Ministers, schools/colleges/universities, UBC | Tagged 1976, Al Clapp, Arthur Erikson, Barney Danson, bc, Canada, Douglas Kenny, Habitat Forum, history, Hugh Keenleyside, Michael Malcolm, Pierre Elliot Trudeau, politics, Ron Basford, UBC, vancouver | Leave a comment

The Yoshio Hinatsu Mystery

Posted on 05/20/2017 by mdm

I purchased the little pamphlet history shown above at a recent paper ephemera fair. I was taken with the art deco illustrations on the cover and on interior pages and wondered who was Yoshio Hinatsu, the illustrator, and what became of … Continue reading →

Posted in art, schools/colleges/universities | Tagged archivists' club, bc, history, kahei hinatsu, Mestuko Hinatsu, templeton junior high school, vancouver, yoshio hinatsu | 8 Comments

UBC’s Main Library (aka Barber Learning Centre) as it Was

Posted on 01/28/2017 by mdm

If this view of the UBC Main Library (today known as the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre) seems strange, it shouldn’t be surprising. It has been awhile since the library building and environs have appeared this way. The main entrance of … Continue reading →

Posted in books/reading, libraries, schools/colleges/universities, street scenes, war | Tagged bc, history, huts, irving k barber learning centre, main library, UBC, vancouver | 8 Comments

Mystery of the Dog in the Manger

Posted on 09/01/2015 by mdm

If you look closely at the blackboard of this image of the Model School (at Cambie and 12th; still standing, although the interior has been altered to make it City Square shopping mall), you can see part of the lesson for the … Continue reading →

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Early Tech for “Readin’, ‘Ritin’ and ‘Rithmetic”

Posted on 08/31/2015 by mdm

Most of the school supplies in this office building are recognizable to me. The 1930s version of the Remington typewriter, of course (with that almost unheard of technology, carbon paper inserted), variations on early document copiers (which I’m tempted to refer … Continue reading →

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’52 Faces of CBA

Posted on 05/24/2015 by mdm

Posted in people, schools/colleges/universities | Tagged bc, canadian bar association, lawyers, smoking, vancouver | Leave a comment

Astor Hotel

Posted on 02/11/2015 by mdm

The image above shows Vancouver Buisness College at 147 West Hastings (just east of Cambie) in 1904. By 1909, the space had been taken over by the Hotel Astor (not to be confused with the Hotel Astoria, which still stands today in … Continue reading →

Posted in hotels/motels/inns, schools/colleges/universities, street scenes, yesterday & today | Tagged astor hotel, bc, goldcorp centre for the arts, history, hotel astoria, ormidale block, sfu, vancouver, vancouver business college | 2 Comments

Faculty: Early Van High

Posted on 09/15/2014 by mdm

The City of Vancouver Archives has, I think, mistakenly identified this image as being from ca1900. I believe that this, in fact, is a few years older – from ca1894. Two clues led me to this conclusion: By 1900, Vancouver … Continue reading →

Posted in research, schools/colleges/universities | Tagged 1894-95, 1900-01, bc, history, staff, teachers, vancouver, vancouver high school | Leave a comment

Van High – McGill University College – UBC

Posted on 09/12/2014 by mdm

UBC was not created in a single sweeping act. It came to be in piecemeal fashion. Vancouver High School (shown below in its first incarnation at corner of Dunsmuir and Cambie, with Central School in the background) was where UBC … Continue reading →

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Shifted Priorities for Central Burrard

Posted on 08/05/2014 by mdm

These images are from the 900 block of Burrard Street in downtown Vancouver. The two starkly show the differing priorities for the area over the last 100 years or so. In the early years of the 20th century, public education … Continue reading →

Posted in people, schools/colleges/universities, street scenes | Tagged aberdeen school, barclay, burrard, dawson school, iga, king george high school | Leave a comment

How Odd . . .

Posted on 06/20/2014 by mdm

This image shows what remains of the Pender Street side of the cornerstone at the Odd Fellows Hall at Hamilton and Pender. The structure was built for the IOOF (Independent Order of Odd Fellows), a secret fraternal society akin to that of the Masons, in … Continue reading →

Posted in interiors, schools/colleges/universities, street scenes, stuart thomson | Tagged bc, cornerstone, hamilton, history, ioof, london school of hairdressing and aesthetics, miller bros sailmakers, odd fellows hall, pender, vancouver | 1 Comment

Tweedsmuirs in Lotusland: A Few Notes

Posted on 04/06/2014 by mdm

John Buchan (b. 1875) was raised in Scotland. He was a writer of many novels — including, most famously, The 39 Steps — biographies, histories, articles, and poems. He was invited by King George V to become his representative in Canada (on the advice of then Canadian Prime … Continue reading →

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