Archival Description
Reference Code
1982.008-MAR
Extent
27 cm of textual material
26 photographs : sepia toned, color, and b&w ; 35.5 x 27.5 cm or smaller
3 objects
Archival History
This collection was acquired in 1982 as part of the Acadia University Institute fonds (1982.001). On 27 May 2005, it was removed from the Institute fonds and accessioned separately as the Mortimer Villiers Marshall collection. This was done because although the Acadia University Institute helped to publish and distribute Marshall’s history, Marshall had no other relationship with the Institute. Unlike other Institute research projects, he conducted his research and wrote his history quite independently of the Institute.
Scope and Content
This collection of records concerning the Acacia Villa School is selected from the papers of Mortimer V. Marshall.
Acacia Villa School was founded in July 1852 as a private school for boys. Originally named the Lower Horton Seminary, it was located at Horton Landing (now Hortonville), Kings County, NS. By about the 1905-1906 school term, the school permitted girls to attend classes. Acacia Villa School closed in [late May] 1920. Today none of the original buildings remain standing, but the Wolfville Historical Society has erected a monument on the grounds of the former school.
In 1963, Mortimer Villiers Marshall researched and wrote A Short History of Acacia Villa School. It was published and distributed through an agreement with the Acadia University Institute. A taped interview at Accession 1981.012 also includes a brief description of this research. While conducting his research, Marshall collected school programs, calendars, photographs, artefacts and other materials relating to the Acacia Villa School; these form the basis of this collection.
The collection consists of seven series:
1. Correspondence
2. Acacia Villa programs
3. Acacia Villa School calendar
4. Acacia Villa Gazette
5. Loose leaf with names re: photos
6. Acacia Villa School photographs
7. Slates
Acacia Villa School was founded in July 1852 as a private school for boys. Originally named the Lower Horton Seminary, it was located at Horton Landing (now Hortonville), Kings County, NS. By about the 1905-1906 school term, the school permitted girls to attend classes. Acacia Villa School closed in [late May] 1920. Today none of the original buildings remain standing, but the Wolfville Historical Society has erected a monument on the grounds of the former school.
In 1963, Mortimer Villiers Marshall researched and wrote A Short History of Acacia Villa School. It was published and distributed through an agreement with the Acadia University Institute. A taped interview at Accession 1981.012 also includes a brief description of this research. While conducting his research, Marshall collected school programs, calendars, photographs, artefacts and other materials relating to the Acacia Villa School; these form the basis of this collection.
The collection consists of seven series:
1. Correspondence
2. Acacia Villa programs
3. Acacia Villa School calendar
4. Acacia Villa Gazette
5. Loose leaf with names re: photos
6. Acacia Villa School photographs
7. Slates
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Records subject to the Copyright Act.
Language
Finding Aids
Finding aid available.
Note
See also: A Short History of Acacia Villa School by Marshall [LE3 .A16 M3 1963]
See also: in Special Collections, Vaughan Memorial Library, Acadia University: Acacia Villa Gazette (May 1905; May 1906; December 1907; May 1908; and May 1909), and Acacia Villa School calendar (1917-1918)
See also: textbooks Marshall collected in Special Collections, Historic Textbook Collection, Vaughan Memorial Library, Acadia University
Dates Covered
1883 to 1965
Topics
Affiliated People
Geographic Location