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ca. 1920-1993 (Creation)
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1 folder of textual records
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1 photographic booklet
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File consists of textual records about Joseph May living at the Orphan Homes of Scotland and descriptions about his travels from Scotland to Peterborough and Belleville areas, where he attended the Peterborough Normal School for teaching. Included is a photograph of boys on the steps of Fairknowe School in Brockville after Joseph arrived in Canada in 1926, and a photographic booklet of the Orphan Homes of Scotland (1926). Also included is a yearbook from the Peterborough Normal School (1944), a single page in his handwriting recording a timeline of his life events, and original documents containing a Certificate of Elementary Agriculture and Horticulture (1939) and Convocation programs (1954, 1960) from the University of Toronto.
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Donated to the Trent University Archives in November 2022 by Shirley Sears-McKay. In 1946, Joseph married Gladys Miller. Gladys was a sister to Phyllis who was Shirley’s mother-in law. When Gladys became ill, Phyllis cared for Joseph who passed away in 1993.
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Also in the file, a letter from Shirley Sears-McKay containing an explanation of the material and Joseph’s life events.
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- Peterborough Normal School (Subject)