The collection consists of records relating to School District No. 43 and schools in Coquitlam. The records include formal class portraits, staff portraits, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, school publications and newspapers, school annuals, and an assortment of crests.
The file consists of a list spanning 1929 to 1972 which details the names of students who attended Mountain View School as well as their current addresses and approximate years of attendance.
The item consists of a bound guestbook with signatures of those attending the 1979 Golden Homecoming. The album also includes two b&w photographs of Mountain View School.
The item consists of a scrapbook containing class photos from 1960-1977 as well as a notebook containing the signatures of visitors to an open house, news clippings and correspondence.
The file consists of a scrapbook documenting the "Student of the Week" for each week of the school year, alongside photographs of the winning students.
The item consists of a large pin-bound scrapbook with newspaper clippings, meeting notes, newsletters, programs, and magazine clippings, relating to the Parent Teacher Council for School District No. 43 in the early 1970s.
The item consists of a B&W portrait of the May Queen and her Attendants from 1946. The young women pictured in the photograph include: Shirley Christmas (May Queen- top middle), Shirley Williams (Maid of Honour- top left), Jeanne Carrier (Maid of Honour- top right), Vivian Noel (Miss Canada- right middle), Merle Cooper (Record Bearer- right bottom), Patricia Cosser (Flower Girl- bottom middle), and Eileen Severdid (Flower Girl- bottom left).
The file consists of historical photographs of Coquitlam (and one of Port Coquitlam) that were shot as large format halftone negatives that were prepared for publication, though it is unknown for what purpose.
The file consists of a variety of photographic material that was likely used in the preparation of a publication, though the specific publication is unknown. Some of the prints are taken from the large format negatives in File 1 of this collection. Predominantly, the negatives depict houses in the Coquitlam area, but there are also some negatives and prints of historical photographs of early Coquitlam.
The fonds consists of b&w negatives and contact sheets of photographs taken by the Herald Newspaper in the early 1980s and copies of The Coquitlam Herald newspaper covering the period from 1930 to 1938, 1942 to 1949 and 1956 to 1957. The fonds also contains Special Supplements from 1979 to 1981.
