Spanish Residential School classroom of boys with priest

Spanish Residential School classroom of boys with priest

Spanish Residential School classroom of boys with priest

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Introduction

Black and white photograph of a classroom of Indigenous boys with a Catholic priest, taken at one of the Spanish Residential Schools. It is likely this is St. Peter Claver, which was the boys' school during this period.

Nation of Maker: Hodenosaunee/Haudenosaunee Métis
Nation of Origin

Photograph probably created by residential school official

 

Reasons for connecting this relative with particular nation(s)

Photograph probably created by residential school official

Place of Origin: Spanish Residential School, Spanish, ON
Date Made or Date Range: 193u/195u
Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

https://nctr.ca/residential-schools/ontario/spanish-boys-school-st-pete…

Materials

Photograph paper

Condition: Good
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

CW estimate

Current Location: Ojibwe Cultural Foundation, M'Chigeeng First Nation
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: grasac_2010
Exhibition History

Framed reproductions commissioned for exhibition at OCF in 2000 (-CW)

Comment on Source of Exhibition & Publication Data

CW saw exhibition that year and talked to director, followed up with Alan Corbiere, who said Mike Cywink was curator.

GKS Reference Number: 1048
How to Cite this Item

Spanish Residential School classroom of boys with priest, Spanish, Ontario, photograph, grasac_2010. Currently at the Ojibwe Cultural Foundation. Item viewed and described as part of a GRASAC research trip September 2009; GRASAC item id 1048.

Record Creation Notes/Observations

Created in GKS workshop as part of training

Approximate Place of Origin

46.18596, -82.35743

Source of Information about Places

Known location

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