Five certificates received by May Ferguson under her maiden name, Reeves. One of the certificates is an admission certificate to a "Collegiate Institute, High School or Continuation School" whereas the remaining certificates are kindergarten/public schoolteacher's certificates. Two of these certificates are for programs taken at the Toronto Normal School.

Various yearbooks from the Toronto Normal School.

• 1 yearbook for the Toronto Normal School 1937-1938 was originally owned by Dorothy Sheahan (later Redican).
• 1 book of stories centred around Dorothy Redican's (nee Sheahan) life and those of her family ; written by her son in the voice of Dorothy, a storyteller. The book compliments the yearbook.

Five bookklets or programs from the Normal and Normal-Model Schools, Toronto Annual Games

File contains newspaper clippings on the Toronto Model School.

File contains a print and a negative of a group picture of the Model School students.

Photographic prints and negatives of images in Edna Bradley's photograph album.

Class photographs from the Spring and Fall 1902 Terms. Toronto Normal School Group

Three photostats of the Normal School For Upper Canada First Class certificate qualification of Emily H. Jennings. The photostats were reproduced by the Ryerson Media Centre.

sepia-toned photograph of a graduating class of the Toronto Normal School. There are 21 individuals in the photograph including two individuals who appear to be senior officials and Donalda Jean Cruickshank, the donor's grandmother, who is seated front row centre.

File contains pieces of stained glass of different shapes, sizes, and colours. The pieces are probably from windows of the auditorium in the Normal School building(s).

File contains a 150 kilogram-plus slab, measuring approximately one metre long and a half a metre wide and thick, from the Normal School Building. The stone may have hung on the upper level of a section of the building but the exact location is unknown.

These pages are photocopies from Janet Page's (Miss Battersby's) Toronto Normal School scrapbook. The 1940 graduating class held a number of reunions, some of which are documented here and include a copy of a 1940 photograph taken on the front steps of the Toronto Normal School and a hand-drawn cartoon by another graduate illustrating Miss Battersby at her desk in the classroom.

See the 1940 yearbook for photographs of Miss Battersby, the artist of the cartoon, as well as other friends.

black and white copy negatives and corresponding copy prints of three photographs showing Lachlan McCorkindale, caretaker of the Education Department/Toronto Normal School at St. James Square. Mr. McCorkindale was born in Scotland on October 25, 1845 and died on March 17, 1913. 1.1A portrait of Mr. McCorkindale: his wife, Sarah Jane (nee Doak, b. March 25, 1861, d. March 26, 1913); their young daughter, (Edna) Gertrude McCorkindale (b. April 4, 1893, d. 1990); and "Willie", a cousin. 1.2 Shows Mr. McCorkindale with a group of individuals, on the grounds of the Normal School, next to one of its buildings.1.3 Shows Mr. McCorkindale, with four unidentified women, in front of what is thought to have been his residence at the Normal School. This building became the Ryerson "Dreamhouse" in the 1950s -- a model home which served as both residence and classroom for Home Economics students.

File contains the Normal School for Upper Canada's Examination Papers for its thirtieth session in 1863.

Two antique prints. Both show the Toronto Normal School/Provincial Education Department at St. James Square in 1881-1882 and were published in the following books : The Last Forty Years : Canada Since the Union of 1841 and Picturesque Canada : The Country As It Was and Is. This file also contains reproductions of the covers of the aforementioned books.

Scans of architectural drawings taken from the Archives of Ontario in 1984 for Ryerson's Bicentennial display project. Images show various external and internal views of the Normal School building. This file includes printout from Archives of Ontario explaining their collection.

First Class Practice Teaching Time-Table for Toronto Normal School, 1932-33 and two of William G Manning's practice lesson plans.

The bookplate is adorned with a rose and leaf design and the Toronto Normal School logo.

Photographic copies of the original photographs. Exterior views of the Normal School and interior of the Model School.

Annual Reports of the Normal, Model, and Common Schools in Upper Canada for the years 1847, and 1849. Each report includes an appendix by the Chief Superintendent of School Egerton Ryerson.

File consists of decorative glass window sections originally from the Normal School.

File contains a collection of Ontario Teacher's Manuals published between 1915 and 1925. Some of the volumes include marginalia, inserts and other markings.

Books in this file include:

Ontario Teachers' Manuals - Geography
Ontario Teachers' Manuals - Nature Study
Ontario Teachers' Manuals - Grammar
Ontario Teachers' Manuals - History
Ontario Teachers' Manuals - Arithmatic
Ontario Teachers' Manuals - Primary Reading
Ontario Teachers' Manuals - Composition – Spelling
Ontario Teachers' Manuals - Literature
Ontario Teachers' Manuals - Literature
Ontario Teachers' Manuals - Writing
Ontario Teachers' Manuals - A Manual of Suggestions For Teachers of Science
Ontario Teachers' Manuals - Elementary Agriculture and Horticulture
Ontario Teachers' Manuals - Household Science in Rural Schools
Ontario Teachers' Manuals - Household Management
Ontario Teachers' Manuals - ART
Ontario Normal School Manual - History of Education
Ontario Normal School Manual - School Management
Ontario Normal School Manual - Science of Education
Ontario Public School - Spelling Book
Ontario Public School - Hygiene

4 copies (two hard cover and two soft cover) editions of "Toronto Normal School 1847-1947" published by the School of Graphic Arts, Ryerson Institute of Technology.

2 copies of "The Toronto Normal School 1847-1897 Jubliee Report. Report contains information on the celebrations held October 31 - November 2, 1897; biographical sketches, graduate and faculty lists and other information.

1858 teaching certification of Hannah Starratt from the Normal School, including an 1861 Address to the Masters of the Normal School from the Students of the 25th Session.

The short biography of Harvey Curry appears to have been written by Harvey's wife, Elsie [nee van Nostrand] from her memories and likely those of Harvey. Harvey was born in July 1905 to William and Tilly Curry and, although he graduated from the Toronto Normal School, he discovered teaching was not for him. After the Holland Marsh was drained for crops (between 1925 and 1930), Harvey began acquiring and selling much needed onion bags and bushel baskets to farmers. He was rejected for the war effort in 1939/40 for health reasons and instead opened a store in Bradford called, Bradford Seed House, grew the business and also ran the local catalogue order depot for the Robert Simpson Company (later Simpson-Sears catalogue). Harvey and Elsie had one child. Harvey died in December 1990.

The file contains 5 pages from a photograph album with photographs glued to each side with comments. Some people are identified. The original order of the pages is unknown; however, they are kept in the order they were received at TMU Archives. There is also, one loose image (annotated on verso) that had been cut; it is a duplicate of a photograph from the photo album (page 4).

• Page 1 : 'Audrey + I Do up High Park'
• Page 2 : 'More "High Park"' ; 'Sunnyside Beach'
• Page 3 : Tiny portraits of Normal School friends; any identifying names have worn off probably due to friction. The middle image in the second row is Harvey.
• Page 4 & 5 : [Photos outside the Toronto Normal School] :
• Page 4 : 'Cerrin, Welsh, Bill, Betty, Cunny' ; 'Teaching Group No. 17' (Harvey with straw hat, boutonnière, and light trousers ; probably in Niagara Falls [see Pg 5]) ; 'On the Steps -TNS' ; 'Some beautiful!??! dames' / -Page 5 - 'Big, Bigger, Biggest? Art, Davey, Andy, & I' ; '"Prince" at Knox' ; 'Moi-mem at Knocks' ; 'Helen Baker poses for the 2A'
• Page 6 - 9 : [Niagara Falls] :
• Page 6 - 'T.N.S. Annual Picnic at Niagara Falls" : 'Some Hard-Boiled Pedagogues - to-be' ; '"Wiggy", Mr. Turpin [Harvey], & Kay Toben' ; 'Cunny does her stuff'
• Page 7 : 'Showing - Cec. and American Falls' ; 'Push him over and put him out of misery' [Harvey] ; 'The Village Blacksmith [Harvey] Disgracing Miss Knowin-Hip / Cunning-Ham [Cunny]' ; 'Eat 'Em Up Goils'
• Page 8 : 'Frank Ferrnot - before swimming the Catalina Channel' ; ' Doris Stevens' ; 'Nifty View from American Side' ; '"Maid of the Mist" and Clifton House'
• Page 9 : 'The Rain-Maker - at Foot of Amer. Falls' ; 'Mr. McCordick's Model Class' ; 'Try this on your bagpipes!!' ; 'Jess' Shadow & Me'
• Page 10 : 'George Carpenter Enjoys a Quiet P.M. -> in His Yot' [photo torn out] ; 'Pairin' , Cunny on the Humber' ; 'Audrey & I' ; 'Audrey & Cunny, Pretty Nice eh!'

Twelve portrait photographs have tiny holes in the upper corners through which the photos were threaded with a fine thread. All but one image is either annotated with the sitter's name or signed by the sitter. These would have been shared amongst the class of '24 as momentoes. The tiny photographs on page 3 of the photo album pages maybe smaller versions of shared portraits. These portraits include :

1. Clement Downey
2. Wallace Cook
3. "Yours Sincerely R.R.R." [R.R. Reynolds]
4. Stuart F. Cork
5. [James or Jess]
6. Ruth W. Johnston N.T.S. '24
7. H.D. Perrin
8. L.L. Sinclair "Senerely [sic] TNS Cl '24
9. Bill Stewart
   10. "Sincerely, Helen"
   11. [no name]
   12. "Koddie" or "Toddie"