Mount Elgin Residential School

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46 images

Children riding sleigh, pulled by two horses, hand coloured

[Children riding a horse drawn sleigh, Mount Elgin Residential School, Muncey, Ontario]

Chippewa of the Thames, [19--]

UCCA, 1993.049P/2010

Children are lined up in front of tree and school buildings., hand painted

[Children informally gathered for a group portrait outside at Muncey Institution (Mount Elgin Residential School)]

Chippewa of the Thames, [19--]

UCCA, 1993.049P/2011

Bringing in hay

[Boys and instructors bringing in the hay, Muncey Indian Institute]

Ontario, 1909

UCCA, 1993.049P/2015

Barn surrounded by building materials, caption read

Institution barn undergoing repair, Muncey [Mount Elgin Residential School]

Chippewa of the Thames, [19--]

UCCA, 1993.049P/2016

People entering the Chippewa of Thames Band Council House, trees and tents to the left, a flagpole to the right,caption reads

[Chippewa of the Thames Band Council House (Anishinaabeg of the territory of Deshkan Ziibiing)]

Chippewa of the Thames, [19--]

UCCA, 1993.049P/2017

Mount Elgin Residential School buildings, with some horses pulling wagons hitched on the road, caption reads

[Muncey, Ontario. Image of residential buildings, with some horses pulling wagons hitched on the road.]

Chippewa of the Thames, [19--]

UCCA, 1993.049P/2018

View of bridge in the distance, caption reads

[Michigan Central Railway bridge (MCR), Muncey, Ont. ?]

Chippewa of the Thames, [19--]

UCCA, 1993.049P/2019

Small group of children and staff standing outside the building, trees in the background.

[Mount Elgin Residential School. Children and Staff posed standing around the outside of the building.]

Chippewa of the Thames, [19--]

UCCA, 1993.049P/2020

Large group of youth seated, facing front with staff in the back of the building. Image is a stereograph.

[Children and institution staff in an assembly hall, Mount Elgin Industrial School,( Mount Elgin Residential School), Muncey]

Chippewa of the Thames, [19--]

UCCA, 1993.049P/2939

[Musical performance at the official opening of the new Mount Elgin Day School]

UCCA, 2015.008P/1