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Kelsey Yaralla Kindergarten : Records

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Reference NumberARC-0508CreatorKelsey Yaralla KindergartenDescriptionThe collection includes admission registers (1924-1989), attendance registers (1981-1982, 1985-2007), Committee minute books, reports and papers (1934-2009), Mothers' Club records including minute books (1916-1967), annual reports and balance sheets (1933-1965), and photographs (1990s-2000s). Other records include newsletters and a commemorative scrapbook for the 75th jubilee (1995).
Only a small part of this collection is digitised and available through Digital Collections. Information about other items can be found on the Hākena catalogue, through the Library Catalogues link above.History / BiographyYaralla Kindergarten opened on 19 October 1891 in the King Street Church Hall. It moved to North Dunedin Club Rooms and then to the old Knox Church Hall. The kindergarten was also held in the Albany Street School Gymnasium, a room at the Grange, and in the Union Street School gymnasium until finally the Kindergarten Association erected a purpose built kindergarten. The Kelsey Yaralla Kindergarten, renamed after kindergarten founder Lavinia Jane Kelsey, was finally opened in 1920. (From the 75th Jubilee scrapbook, at MS-2709/021).

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Kelsey-Yaralla Kindergarten

Christmas party

Marjory McPheman and granddaughter

'Kelsey-Yaralla Kindergarten

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SubjectsChildrenEducation, PreschoolKindergartens

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