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DIVISION II WEST VANCOUVER SCHOOL 1917 One of the fascinating aspects of archival work is piecing together information about material. The above picture can be used as an example. Inasmuch as there is a name and a year on the picture, the researcher would seem to be off to a good start. But if he knows even a little about his local history, he must stop short. Until the first high school was built, there was no school named the West Vancouver School. And is that date 1907 or 1917? The researcher thinks about what he knows about the early schools. When West Vancouver took over its own school system in April 1912, there was one teacher with a class of 19. In dune of 1917, there were four classes, two at Hollyburn, one at Dundarave, and one at Caulfeild. In September 1917, a third division was added to Hollyburn. Our researcher counts the number of children in the picture -41. He becomes reasonably sure that this is a picture of half the Hollyburn school in the spring of 1917. Before he can be positive, there are several avenues he must explore : 1. Can anyone identify any of the children? If this is 1917, there may be a 76 year old who can look at the picture and say, "That's me." End of search. 2. Can the photographer be traced? Not likely but ? 3. Can the donor provide any information? 4. Can anyone identify the building from what shows? 5. Can the building be identified from other pictures on file? You can see perhaps why every member of the society is so important to it. You are the people who, for your generation are the sources of information. The Society needs you.