The Story of the Separate Schools – Prince Albert, Saskatchewan

Thin card covers, saddle stitched with staples, 20 pages, 8x8 in - 21x21 cm.

Covers sunned at edges and along spine, back cover stained. Staples rusting. Front cover verso, back cover recto, pp. 1 and 20 stained with red ink; p.1 inscribed by previous owner.

This slim volume contains brief histories of 12 schools (most, Roman Catholic) that made up Prince Albert, Saskatchewan’s separate school division from the early 1880s to 1975. Foster outlines each school’s beginnings and development, highlights the work of various staff members, and discusses changing teaching philosophies. Occasional anecdotes from former staff and students provide insight into the minutiae of separate school life in the early/mid-1900s. No publication date indicated, but the volume’s references to 1975 events in the past tense and 1976 events in the future tense makes a 1975 or 1976 publication date likely.