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Boys' Industrial School Inquiry records
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1930-1944 (Creation)
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- British Columbia. Boys' Industrial School Inquiry (1934)
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33 cm of textual records
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Also known as the Commission of Inquiry on the Provincial Industrial School for Boys, and as the Royal Commission on Boys Industrial School 1934. Commissioners Coral Wesley Topping and Eric Pepler were appointed January 12, 1934 to investigate and report upon the administration of the Provincial Industrial School for Boys.
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This series contains records from the Boys Industrial School Inquiry. Commissioners C.W. Topping and Eric Pepler were appointed January 12, 1934 to investigate and report upon the administration of the Provincial Industrial School for Boys. The records include the original letters of complaint from the staff, the proceedings, evidence and exhibits presented at the proceedings, and correspondence of the commissioners and the Provincial Secretary regarding the inquiry. The records also include a file regarding an investigation at the Colony Farm (Essondale) in the same year and a report of the Superintendent of the Provincial Industrial School for Boys in 1944.
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Transferred from the Legislative Library, 1979.
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Accession number(s): GR-1424
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- Pepler, Eric, d. 1957 (Subject)
- Topping, Wesley, 1889- (Subject)
- Provincial Industrial School for Boys (Subject)
- British Columbia. Boys' Industrial School Inquiry (1934) (Subject)