Fonds 112 - Mary Saich fonds

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Mary Saich fonds

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Northwest Territories Archives

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112

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  • 1940-[1942] (Creation)
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    Saich, Mary

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6.2 cm of textual material
291 photographs : 146 b&w prints and 145 b&w and col. slides

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Saich, Mary
(1913-2002)

Biographical history

Mary Saich was born in Quill Lake, Saskatchewan on November 26, 1913 to parents Dr. Alexander J. Saich and Alma T. Saich. She was educated at the University of Saskatechewan Normal School. In August 1940, she travelled on the S.S. Distributor to Aklavik where she had accepted a teaching position at All Saints Residential School. She taught in Aklavik for two years and returned to Biggar, Saskatchewan at the end of her teaching contract. Her career included the position of Assistant Superintendent in Kindergarten and Primary Education in the Greater Victoria School District, however she spent her last two years prior to retirement teaching in the classroom at View Royal Elementary School in Victoria, B.C. She died on July 29, 2002 in Victoria, B.C.

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This fonds consists of 291 photographs and 6.2 cm of textual material. There are images of Aklavik and the surrounding area, as well as images that document Mary Saich's trip to Tuktoyaktuk. In addition, there is one scrapbook compiled by Mary Saich; one notebook that includes historical and geographical notes on the Northwest Territories, her curriculum ideas and a manuscript entitled "A Year in Canada's North" which includes copies/originals of articles on the north and copies/originals of Mary Saich's correspondence with her parents.

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      Finding aid available for N-1990-003 photographic material.

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      PWNHC collections owns 29 objects that were donated by Mary Saich or transferred by the Royal BC Museum.

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      No copyright restrictions. Photographs are in the public domain.

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