Educational institutions in New Brunswick, 1830-1871.

The colonies of North America have furnished endless sources of research material for historians, biographers, sociologists, economists, educationalists, and countless numbers of novelists. It is a rich field, as yet unexhausted by the pens of ardent students of its past. New Brunswick, one of the older colonies, offers vast opportunities to those who would delve into its background. Vibrant with the tales of exploration, adventure, political implications, expansion, interesting personalities, and culture, its story has intrigued the curiosity of men and women throughout the last century and a quarter. The publication of the first history of New Brunswick in 1825 by Peter Fisher marked the beginning of a flow of literature which, though abundant, has left much yet to be dusted off and set within the framework of the past. Particularly is this true of the educational aspect of the province’s story. [...] A chronological description of the development of all institutions of elementary and higher education in the province of New Brunswick during that period when the social, economic, and political outlooks were being transformed from the aristocratic to the democratic way of life, with particular emphasis on the internal developments and the influencing personalities which led to the final provision of free, non-sectarian education at all levels save the university in 1871. This, then, will be the object of this thesis