Collection search - Ontario Folk School Council fonds [textual record]
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Ontario Folk School Council fonds [textual record]
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Record information Ontario Folk School Council fonds [textual record]
Date:1940-1983.Reference:R3500-0-6-E, MG28-I115Type of material:Textual materialFound in:Archives / Collections and FondsItem ID number:97703Date(s):1940-1983.Place of creation:No place, unknown, or undeterminedExtent:40 cm of textual records.Language of material:EnglishScope and content:Fonds consists of annual reports, minutes, diaries of activities, newsletters, reports and historical files relating to the activities of the Council.Provenance:Biography/Administrative history:Ontario Folk School Council : The Ontario Folk School Council was founded in 1948 to start up Folk Schools again in Ontario. They had been founded on the Danish model in 1938, but lapsed during the war. The schools were largely aimed at rural adults and fostered self help programs.Additional information:General note:Presented in 1970 by the Rural Learning Association, Toronto, and in 1987 by the University of Guelph, through the Archival and Special Collections librarian, Nancy Sadek, and Professor Terry Crowley of the University of Guelph History Department.Subject heading:- Adult education - Ontario, 1948-1966 Indian Folk Schools (Ont.), 1963-1966
- Indians of North America - Ontario - Education, 1963 Ontario Farm Radio Forum, 1948-1965
- Ontario - Folks School, 1948-1966 Folk School on Wheels, 1952-1966
- Glengarry County (Ont.) - Folks School, 1952-1966 Glengarry County (Ont.) 1952-1966
- Grey County (Ont.) - Folks School, 1952-1966 Grey County (Ont.), 1952-1966
- Wentworth County (Ont.) Folks School, 1952-1966 Wentworth County (Ont.), 1952-1966
- Bishop N.F.S. Grundtvig, 1940-1964, 1979, 1983
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