Crofton House School: The First Ninety Years 1898-1988
Author(s): Elizabeth Bell-Irving
Published in 1988.
Crofton House was a boarding and day school for girls, founded in Vancouver in 1898 by Miss Jesse Gordon, formerly of Newnham College, Cambridge, England. It remains in business today as the oldest private school "west of Ontario" at 3200 West 41st Avenue.
Good condition. Light tanning on outside page edges. Some minor scuffing on dust jacket.
Product Information
Elizabeth O'Kiely was born in Vancouver in 1923. She attended McGill and UBC, earning her M.A. in social work. She died in 1999. Under her maiden name Elizabeth Bell-Irving, she traced the history of Vancouver's best-known private school for girls in Crofton House: The First Ninety Years, which covers 1898-1988. She, her mother and her daughter all attended Crofton House; as did Ethel Bryant who became one of B.C.'s most important novelists, Ethel Wilson.
General Fields
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- : Crofton House School Vancouver
- : 01 January 1988
- : books
Special Fields
- : Elizabeth Bell-Irving
- : Hardback
- : 273 plus Index
- : Yes - b&w plates and illustations
