Local School Yearbooks

Ryan Taylor Memorial Yearbook Collection

The branch has followed up on the suggestion of the Board of the Ontario Genealogical Society to collect School Yearbooks for the Durham Region. This was one of Ryan’s passions, but his collection did not remain in Canada and is therefore not accessible to the majority of those that might seek photographs, etc. of their ancestors and relatives. We have begun to collect these historical records and as of this date have already amassed 150 yearbooks from various sources, many of them donated by a generous benefactor. We also own a couple of yearbooks from the outlying area around the region, i.e.; old Durham County.

It is our intention to keep a current list of these yearbooks on our website, in hopes that if any of our membership stumble across any of these books at a yard-sale, etc. or have one squirreled away in the attic, and wish to donate them to the collection, they will be able to determine if we need that specific year...

[We already have people watching Ebay]

For further information, contact: e-mail: Stephen Wood

The Branch now owns the following Yearbooks [as of October 2024].

BOWMANVILLE

Bowmanville High School "Screech Owl" 1925; 1955/56;1956/57; 1961/62; 1962//63; 1963/64; 1964/65; 1965/66; 1966/67; 1967/68; 1970; 1971/72*; 2005/06; 2006/07; 2007/08

Centennial Edition 1890-1990; 2005/06; *With History from 1890

Pine Ridge School 1979;

BROOKLIN

Brooklin High School 1951;

CANNINGTON

Cannington Continuation School "The Crier" 1943; 1944

COURTICE

Courtice Secondary School “Spectator” 1968; 1969; 1970; 1975; 1976; 1976/77;

Courtice Secondary School “The Cougar” 1979;

HAMPTON

M. J. Hobbs Senior Public School “Spectrum” 1972/73; 1973/74; 1975/76; 1976/77;

OSHAWA

Dr. F. J. Donevan Collegiate Institute “Criterion” 1965; 1968; 1969; 1971; 1972; 1973; 1974; 1975; 1976; 1977; 1980; 1981; 1983 *** and the 25 th Anniversary Book

Eastdale Collegiate and Vocational Institute “Epic” 1975; 1976;

Immanuel Christian School 1987;

Oshawa Central Collegiate Institute “The Phoenix” 1952/53; 1962; 1964; 1967; 1968; 1969/70; 1990*;

* 40th Anniversary

Oshawa Collegiate and Vocational Institute [renamed O’Neill Collegiate Vocational Institute in 1960] “Acta Ludi” [1925; 1926; 1928; 1931; 1939; 1941; 1951/52; 1952/53*; 1953/54; 1954/55*; 1961; 1964; 1965; 1966*; 1980** Anniversary Edition

“The Octavite” Vol. 1, #1 Dec. 1954 (original & photocopy); Vol. 1, #2 Jan. 1955 (photocopy);
Vol. 1, #3 Mar. 1955 (photocopy); Vol. 1, #5 June 1955 (original & photocopy)
* “Little Ludi”
* pages missing & loose [pg 29/30R-V grand 13 missing, perhaps others?]

** 50th Anniversary Edition

Oshawa General Hospital School of Nursing "The Pulse" 1961; 1969; 1970; 1973;

Oshawa Missionary College   “Cedar Trails” 1959; 1960; 1961;

Paul Dwyer Catholic High School “Heritage” 1990;

R. S. McLaughlin Collegiate and Vocational Institute    “Haggis” 1963; 1967; 1968; 1969; 1971; 1972; 1973;

St. Gregory’s Catholic School   Reunion 2002      “Memories”

PICKERING

Almonds Public School (Union School Section No. 1) "School Days" 1953

Dunbarton High School “Spartan” 2013; 2013/14; 2014/15; 2015/16

PORT PERRY

R. H. Cornish Public School "Retrospect" 1982*; 1988

*cover cut and torn

Port Perry High School “Hilltop”1958; 1961; 1962; 1963/64*; 1964/65; 1967**; 1972*; 1974;
1975; 1978; 1979; 1981; 1982; 1983; 1985; 1987; 1988/89; 1990; 1991*; 1992; 1993; 1994;
1994 Afterthoughts; 1996; 1997; 1998; 1999; 2000; 2000-2001; 2002; 2003; 2004-2005; 2005-
2006; 2006-2007; 2008*; 2009; 2010; 2012-2013; 2014-2015; 2020; 2021-2022

* damaged

* photo clipped out

Reunion ’87 – 1868 to 1987;

UXBRIDGE

Uxbridge High School "Astra" 1950;

 

WHITBY

Anderson Collegiate and Vocational Institute

"A.S.H.S." 1962; 1963; 1964; 1965;

"Symbolique" 1962; 1966; 1967; 1968; 1969; 1970 1971; 1972; 1973; 1974; 1975; 1976; 1977; 1978;
1982; 1983; 1985; 1986; 1987; 1988; 1989; 1990; 1991; 1995

Dr. Robert Thornton Public School [1968] (Canada Centennial Yearbook)

Henry Street High School [Whitby District High School] “Hi-Lite” 1948; 1950; 1953; 1955; 1956;
1957; 1958; 1959; 1960; 1961; 1962; 1963; 1964; 1965; 1966; 1967; ……moved from below……
“Reflect” 1974; 1975; 1976; 1977; 1978; 1979; 1980;
“Highlights” 1982; 1985; 1986; 1989; 1990; 1993/94; 1995; 1997; 2000; 2001; 2002; 2002/03;
2004/05; 2005/06; 2006/07; 2007/08; 2008/09; 2009/10; 2010/11; 2011/12; 2012/13; 2013/14;
2014/15; 2015/16; 2016/17; 2017/18; 2018/19; 2019/20;
[Note: no 2020/21 or 2021/22 created due to Covid]

Ontario Ladies' College / Trafalgar Castle School "Vox Collegii"

Yearbooks 1925/26; 1926; 1927; 1951; 1956; 1961; 1963; 1974*; 1984; 2000 ; 2009; Centennial Edition 1874 - 1974

School Magazine

1903 June

1911 March; June; November; December

1912 March; June; October; December

1914 May; June;

1915 June; October-November; December

1918 March-April

1919 February

1922 December

1923 June

1931 Christmas

 

Sinclair Public School Centennial Book 1874 – 1974

Whitby Senior Public School - demolished 2009 - “Review”1972/73; 1974;

DURHAM COUNTY

MILLBROOK

Millbrook High School "Pathfinder" 1967;

PORT HOPE

Port Hope High School "Blue 'n White" 1966;

Trinity College School "Old boys/OldGirls Directory" 1996.