Acacia Villa School

Description
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.
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Acacia Villa School

Dates: 1883 to 1965
Collection: Acacia Villa School, Archival Catalogue
Description: Finding aid for the Acacia Villa School collection.
Type: finding aid

Acacia Villa Gazette

Collection: Acacia Villa School
Description: File contains the "Acacia Villa Gazette" Christmas Number, December 1903. The paper includes a short history of the Acacia Villa School; photo of the school grounds that was also reproduced as a postcard; teacher profiles; articles written by current or past pupils.
Accession Number: 1982.008-MAR/4

Acacia Villa School

Dates: 1917 to 1918
Collection: Acacia Villa School
Description: 1 photograph : sepia toned ; 24.5 x 19.5 cm mounted on cardboard 35 x 30 cm. Item is a photograph of the students and staff of the Acacia Villa School, 1917-1918. Third row from left: 1st Mrs. A Patterson, 2nd Hilda Hockin, 6th Daisy Trenholm Kilcup, 9th Gertrude Rathbone Dennison.
Accession Number: 1982.008-MAR/6/23

Acacia Villa School

Collection: Acacia Villa School
Description: 1 photograph : b& w ; 10 x 15 cm. Item is a photograph of a postcard depicting the Acacia Villa School grounds and buildings. Postcard ca. 1910.
Accession Number: 1982.008-MAR/6/26
Type: photograph

Acacia Villa School - Correspondence

Dates: 1963
Collection: Acacia Villa School
Description: File consists of correspondence that contains some remembrances and vignettes which were sent to Marshall by former students for inclusion in the book.
Accession Number: 1982.008-MAR/1/2

Acacia Villa School Baseball Team

Dates: 1909 to 1910
Collection: Acacia Villa School
Description: 1 photograph : sepia toned ; 20.5 x 15 cm mounted on cardboard 30 x 25 cm.
Accession Number: 1982.008-MAR/6/10

Acacia Villa School Baseball Team

Dates: 1910
Collection: Acacia Villa School
Description: 1 photograph : sepia toned ; 20.5 x 15.5 cm mounted on cardboard 30 x 24 cm. Item is a photograph of the Acacia Villa baseball team of 1910. Back row: Ken Delphy, Franklyn Robb, Frank Patterson, Colin McPherson, Arthur Stawell. Front Row: Guy Saunders, Jack Sargent; Don Saunders Harold DeLong, Wesley Graves. Photograph by A. L. Hardy.
Accession Number: 1982.008-MAR/6/16

Acacia Villa School Baseball Team

Dates: 1911
Collection: Acacia Villa School
Description: 1 photograph : sepia toned ; 21 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard 29.5 x 24 cm. Item is a photograph of the Acacia Villa School baseball team taken in the spring of 1911. Names of team members are written on the back of the photograph. Back row: Arthur Crowe, Fred Spencer, ?, R. A. Patterson, Frank Rowe, Colin Jones, Edward Stacie.
Accession Number: 1982.008-MAR/6/19

Acacia Villa School Basketball Team

Dates: 1912
Collection: Acacia Villa School
Description: 1 photograph : sepia toned ; 21 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard 29.5 x 24 cm. Item is a photograph of the Acacia Villa basketball team of 1912, taken to celebrate the victory of Acacia Villa over the Kings County Academy. A ball in the photograph records: KCA - 10, AVS - 24. Back row: Smith? Chas. Dugas, Jack Borden, J. C. Crowe. Front Row: MacInnes, Imrie Borden. Back of cardboard reads: "Gift… more
Accession Number: 1982.008-MAR/6/20

Acacia Villa School Calendar

Dates: 1911 to 1912
Collection: Acacia Villa School
Description: Item is the calendar of the Acacia Villa School for the 1911-12 school year. Calendar consists of photographs of the school's founder and the current Head Master; general information; courses of study; textbooks; expenses; prizes; rules and regulations. Printed by J. J. Anslow and Company, Windsor, NS. Top right corner of cover reads: "Graves".
Accession Number: 1982.008-MAR/3

Acacia Villa School Football Team

Dates: 1910 (year approximate)
Collection: Acacia Villa School
Description: 1 photograph : sepia toned ; 19 x 13.5 cm. Item is a photograph of the Acacia Villa football team. The front of the photograph has been marked with an x and the back of the photograph reads: "X Charles B. McMullen, Truro, NS."
Accession Number: 1982.008-MAR/6/15

Acacia Villa School Football Team

Dates: 1897
Collection: Acacia Villa School
Description: 1 photograph : sepia toned ; 20.5 x 15 cm mounted on cardboard 30 x 24.5 cm. Item is a photograph of the Acacia Villa school football team. Front row second from left is Clifford Kelley. Back of cardboard reads: "Gift of Clifford Kelley." Photograph taken by A. L. Hardy.
Accession Number: 1982.008-MAR/6/3

Acacia Villa School Football Team

Collection: Acacia Villa School
Description: 1 photograph : sepia toned ; 19 x 11 cm mounted on cardboard 29 x 21 cm. Item is a photograph of the Acacia Villa football team. Back of cardboard reads: "Gift from Clifford Kelley". Photograph by A. L. Hardy.
Accession Number: 1982.008-MAR/6/13

Acacia Villa School grounds

Collection: Acacia Villa School
Description: 1 photograph : color ; 9 x 12.5 cm. Item is a photograph of a postcard depicting the Acacia Villa School grounds and buildings. Postcard ca. 1910.
Accession Number: 1982.008-MAR/6/27

Acacia Villa School Hockey Team

Dates: 1909 to 1910
Collection: Acacia Villa School
Description: 1 photograph : sepia toned ; 20.5 x 15. 5 cm mounted on cardboard 24.5 x29.5 cm. Item is a photograph of the Acacia Villa School hockey team of 1909 – 1910. Back row: Clifford Stacie, Charlie N. Gregg, Ralph Woodman, Keith Patterson. Front row: Leon Fluck, Fred Graham, Don Fisher. Photograph taken by A. L. Hardy.
Accession Number: 1982.008-MAR/6/11