Church of England School, (Haystack)

• Main Author: Riggs, Bertram G., 1954-
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1998
• Subjects: Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ead/id/88

This collection consists of a log-book kept by teachers at the Church of England School in the community of Haystack, Placentia Bay, Newfoundland, during the period from 1914 to 1928. It contains notes written every few days or so by the teachers, and records information on school attendance, reasons for absences, weather conditions, student progress, subjects taught, and visits from the chairman of the school board (who writes his own comments in the book). There are some gaps in the entries, and on several occasions no entries for an entire school year. - The log-book should prove of interest to researchers studying various aspects of the history of Newfoundland including the history of education, the history of the community of Haystack, social history, and women's history.