Chalmers, John W.
Administrator, Educator, Author
[1910?]-

After a career as a teacher, principal and administrator 
with the Alberta Department of Education, John W. Chalmers 
joined the staff of the Faculty of Education in 1969 as 
associate professor of Educational Foundations. He also 
acted as the director of an intercultural program aimed at 
training teachers planning to work in northern native 
communities. He retired as Professor Emeritus in 1975. He 
has been a prolific author of textbooks, poetry and local 
histories, including a biography of educator Milton Ezra 
LaZerte.

Text, 1914-1988, 0.10 m    

Correspondence, 1975-1977
Relates to research and publication of the biography of M.E. 
LaZerte.

Publications, 1960-1988
Includes Fur Trade Governor:  George Simpson (1960);
Teachers of the Foothills Province (1968); Buckskin
Curtain (1972); Gladly Would He Teach: Biography
of M.E. LaZerte (1978); edited works and histories of
education societies.

Reference material, 1914-1975
Research notes and material collected for Gladly Would
He Teach.

Access: Open
See also: M.E. LaZerte; Education Society of Edmonton; Phi
Delta Kappa