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Days to Remember book launch

On Saturday November 24th, 2007, the Canadian Federation of University Women (CFUW) Sherbrooke & District launched a book called Days to Remember: One-room Schoolhouses in the Eastern Townships of Quebec. Attending the Launch were ladies and gentlemen who had shared their experiences in the one-room schoolhouses by contributing information and memorabilia, funding partners, guests from CFUW including the national President, Ardith Toogood, representatives from local organizations, club members, guests, and members of the press.

This book is the culmination of an oral history project that the club began in the mid 1990’s. Members of the CFUW Sherbrooke & District set off on a mission to record the memories of one-room schoolteachers from various parts of the Eastern Townships. They interviewed former teachers and students, and one inspector; approximately sixty oral histories were recorded. This 178-page book is filled with personal recollections, touching and amusing anecdotes, many evocative old photographs, and reproductions of rare memorabilia.

With the publication of a permanent keepsake, there will be a lasting tribute to the courageous and resourceful women who taught in our one-room schoolhouses. The experiences and memories recorded are fascinating and we are pleased as a CFUW group to be preserving and celebrating this important piece of educational and local history.




Updated: October 19 2008