Moulton College was a private girls' school in Toronto, Canada which was part of McMaster University.[1][2][3] The school's curriculum was designed to prepare young women for their lives as wives and mothers, although it also offered a matriculation course for women who wanted to attend the University of Toronto or McMaster University.[4]
| Moulton College | |
|---|---|
 Moulton College, Toronto, Ontario, approximately 1909 | |
| Address | |
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88 Bloor Street East Toronto , Ontario Canada | |
| Coordinates | 43°40′15″N 79°23′07″W / 43.6708°N 79.3852°W |
| Information | |
| Funding type | Private |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Baptist Convention of Ontario and Quebec |
| Denomination | Baptist |
| Established | 1888 |
| Founder | Susan Moulton McMaster |
| Status | Closed |
| Sister school | Woodstock College |
Founded in 1888, Moulton College was located in the former home of Senator William McMaster and Susan Moulton McMaster on Bloor Street East. The school was affiliated with the Baptist Convention of Ontario and Quebec.
After decades of financial difficulty, McMaster University closed the school in 1954 and sold the buildings.[5]
History
editMoulton College began its life as part of Woodstock College, a Baptist college in Woodstock, Ontario. Woodstock, originally known as the Canadian Literary Institute, began to allow women to study in 1860. In 1887, with an endowment from William McMaster, the theology department of Woodstock College and Toronto Baptist College merged to create McMaster University. Woodstock College continued to operate as a college until McMaster closed the school in July 1926.[6] McMaster died in September 1887, one month prior to the McMaster University's charter becoming active.
McMaster's widow, Susan Moulton McMaster, shared her husband's passion for education, particularly for the education of young women. In his will, McMaster provided not only a handsome sum for McMaster University, but also for his wife and provided her exclusive use of the couple's Bloor Street Mansion for the remainder of her life. After several unsuccessful attempts to sell the mansion, Susan conveyed the residence to McMaster University for the purpose of establishing a preparatory school for girls. The Ladies' Department of Woodstock College transferred control of its Ladies' Department to McMaster, and the mansion was reopened as Moulton Ladies' College in 1888. [7]
In 1954, McMaster University closed the school and sold the buildings.[5] The buildings were demolished in 1958.[8]
References
edit- ^ "Moulton College (plaque)". Ontario Heritage Trust. 2016-12-08. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
- ^ Hall, Alfreda (1987). Per ardua: the story of Moulton College, Toronto, 1888-1954. Toronto: Moulton College Alumnae Association. ISBN 0-921963-00-9. OCLC 17863752.,OCLC 978127298
- ^ Hopkins, John Castell (1898). Academia for Young Women. Linscott Publishing Company.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ^ Legendre, Anne Carmelle (September 1981). The Baptist Contribution to Nineteenth Century Education for Women: An Examination of Moulton College and McMaster University (MA thesis). McMaster University. pp. 111–114. hdl:11375/7626. Retrieved 2024-08-21.
- ^ a b "Arbitrary, Undemocratic, Not Christian, Cameron Says of Moulton Closing". Toronto Daily Star. Toronto, Ontario. June 16, 1954. p. 1. ProQuest 1434482823.
- ^ Hall, Alfreda (1987). Per Ardua: The Story of Moulton College, Toronto, 1888-1954. Toronto: Moulton College Alumnae Association. p. 13. ISBN 0921963009.
- ^ Alfreda, Hall (1987). Per Ardua: The Story of Moulton College, Toronto, 1888-1954. Toronto: Moulton College Alumni Association. pp. 11, 16. ISBN 0921963009.
- ^ "Moulton College". Ontario Heritage Trust. Retrieved 2024-08-21.
External links
edit- "McMaster, William, house, Bloor Street East, north side, west of Park Road". Toronto Public Library Digital Archive. Retrieved 2021-09-21. Drawing of Moulton College, 1939, by Nicholas Hornyansky
- "McMaster, William, house, Bloor Street East, north side, west of Park Road". Toronto Public Library Digital Archive. Retrieved 2021-09-21. Photo of Moulton College, 1955, by James V. Salmon
- "Moulton Days, 1940". Digital Archive @ McMaster University Library. Retrieved 2021-09-21. Description from website: "Features footage of Moulton College Preparatory School (Toronto, on 88 Bloor St E between Yonge and Park Rd.). Includes interior and exterior shots of students' living areas, working, etc. Also includes Kingsway School, a nursery and junior school that was at 85 Old Mill Rd., in the Kingsway neighbourhood of Toronto."
- "The Heliconian : [yearbook of Moulton College]". Toronto Public Library. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
- Moulton College (c. 1890s). Moulton College in Picture. Moulton College.
- Moulton College. "Graduating exercises of Moulton College ...". Moulton College ... OCLC 317817576.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - Moulton College (1907). Moulton College: An Academic Department of McMaster University for Girls : [calendar].
- "Moulton Ladies' College (advertisement)". Daily Mail and Empire. August 15, 1895. p. 5. Retrieved 2021-09-22 – via Google News Archive.
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