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Schools

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 21 Collections and/or Records:

Archie Briggs et al. v. John T. Kerrigan et al. case files

 Series
Identifier: 0700.032
Dates: circa 1969-1971
Found in: City of Boston Archives / Archie Briggs et al. v. John T. Kerrigan et al. case files

Boston Latin and High Schools 1635-1935: Organization and Administration, 1935

 Item — Box 1: Series I; Series II, Volume: 2
Identifier: II
Scope and Contents note From the Collection: This is an artificial collection compiled from books and pamphlets transferred from the Campbell Resource Center (formerly the School Committee Administration Library). It includes published works about individual Boston Schools, works by students and faculty, and works about the individual for whom the school was named. The collection is broken down into three series based on the size and format: Pamphlets and small-size publications; Books; and Other publications and information....
Dates: 1935
Found in: City of Boston Archives / 0400.008, School History collection / Books / Boston Latin School

Curriculum guides and courses of study

 Series
Identifier: 0400.003
Scope and Contents Includes copies of courses of study and curriculum guides for the Boston Public Schools. Courses of study and curriculum guides may also be found in the School Committee Annual Reports and Documents series.
Dates: 1943-1991
Found in: City of Boston Archives / Curriculum guides and courses of study

Elementary Principals Association records

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 9800.005
Scope and Contents Includes minutes, correspondence, etc. of the Elementary Principals Association in the Boston Public Schools.
Dates: 1919-1938
Found in: City of Boston Archives / Elementary Principals Association records

Graduation programs

 Series
Identifier: 0400.004
Scope and Contents note Includes bound volumes of graduation programs of High Schools and Grammar Schools for the years 1885, 1890-1891, 1893, 1895-1897, 1904-1913 and 1918-1923; and graduation programs on microfilm of high schools for the years 1919-1979.
Dates: 1885-1979
Found in: City of Boston Archives / Graduation programs

Kougeas Family collection

 Collection
Identifier: 0400.009
Scope and Contents Collection of materials relating to the Boston Public Schools donated by the Kougeas Family. Includes yearbooks, photographs, textbook, class ring, etc. School represented include English High School, Girls' High School, Prince School and others.
Dates: circa 1925-1977
Found in: City of Boston Archives / Kougeas Family collection

Louise Day Hicks papers

 Collection
Identifier: 9800.015
Scope and Contents note The Louise Day Hicks papers consist of two boxes of various documents written and collected by Louise Days Hicks during the 1970s. The papers include correspondence, newspaper clippings, reports, and legal documents. Many of the papers detail the period of public school desegregation and busing in Boston during the 1970s. The correspondence is the most extensive part of the collection and includes letters written mostly between the years 1974 and 1975 which are addressed to Louise...
Dates: 1971-1975; Majority of material found within Bulk, 1974-1975
Found in: City of Boston Archives / Louise Day Hicks papers

Manuals of the public schools of the city of Boston

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 0400.001
Scope and Contents note Manual of the Public Schools of the City of Boston is a serial publication, which includes listings of schools, school districts, school officials and employees in the School Department of the City of Boston. The collection includes manuals from 1869-1973 with gaps. The volume for 1972 is entitled “Directory of the Public Schools of the City of Boston” and the volume for 1973 is entitled “Personnel Directory of the Public Schools of the City of Boston. The collection consists of 68 volumes. The...
Dates: 1869-1973 with gaps
Found in: City of Boston Archives / Manuals of the public schools of the city of Boston

Martin School programs

 Series
Identifier: 0420.083
Scope and Contents Includes graduation programs from 1901-1906 and Martin School Alumni reunion program and dance cards from 1902-1904.
Dates: 1901-1906
Found in: City of Boston Archives / Martin School programs

News clippings

 Series
Identifier: 0400.007
Scope and Contents Includes scrapbooks of news clippings, 1941-1943 and 1946-1958 and news clippings compiled by the Office of Communications, April 1985-February 1988 and 1993-2000 on topics relating to the Boston Public Schools.
Dates: 1941-1958, 1985-1988, 1993-2000
Found in: City of Boston Archives / News clippings

Patricia Corcoran papers

 Collection
Identifier: 9800.016
Dates: circa 1970-1982
Found in: City of Boston Archives / Patricia Corcoran papers

Proceedings of the School Committee

 Series
Identifier: 0405.002
Scope and Contents Includes published proceedings of School Committee meetings, 1870, 1873-May 1987; verbatim transcripts of School Committee meetings, July 1936-June 1996; and School Committee board papers, September 1915-2011.
Dates: 1870-2011
Found in: City of Boston Archives / Proceedings of the School Committee

Rules and regulations of the Boston Public Schools

 Collection
Identifier: 0400.002
Scope and Contents note The Rules and Regulations of the Boston Public Schools are dated 1877-1879, 1883, 1888, 1895, 1897-1898, 1900, 1906, 1908, 1910, 1919, 1921, 1923, 1927, and 1935. Each volume is divided into two sections. The first describes the rules and structure of the Boston School Committee. The second the regulations of the Boston School Department. Each volume contains a definition of the school districts.
Dates: 1877-1935
Found in: City of Boston Archives / Rules and regulations of the Boston Public Schools

School Committee annual reports and documents

 Series
Identifier: 0405.001
Scope and Contents Annual reports and other documents including annual statistics, committee reports, curriculum, courses of study, etc. of the School Department. Includes School Committee annual reports, 1845-1850, 1852-1855, 1857-1963 and School Documents, 1853-1861, 1877, 1879-1905. Also includes Annals of the Primary Schools, 1818-1854; Report of Committee on Drawing, 1870-1877; Report on Accounts, 1869-1877; and budget reports.
Dates: 1845-1963
Found in: City of Boston Archives / School Committee annual reports and documents

School Committee Secretary's circulars

 Series
Identifier: 0405.005
Scope and Contents Notices circulated to headmasters, principals and others by the School Committee Secretary. Includes amendments to the Rules and Regulations and salary schedules.
Dates: 1906-1914, 1920-1971
Found in: City of Boston Archives / School Committee Secretary's circulars

School Department grants

 Series
Identifier: 0405.006
Scope and Contents Grants submitted by the Superintendent to the School Committee for approval.
Dates: 1994-2002
Found in: City of Boston Archives / School Department grants

School Department publications

 Series
Identifier: 0400.005
Scope and Contents Publications produced by the Boston School Department. Includes Code of Discipline, contracts, handbooks, newsletters, reports, plans, etc.
Dates: circa 1916-2000
Found in: City of Boston Archives / School Department publications

School History collection

 Collection
Identifier: 0400.008
Scope and Contents note This is an artificial collection compiled from books and pamphlets transferred from the Campbell Resource Center (formerly the School Committee Administration Library). It includes published works about individual Boston Schools, works by students and faculty, and works about the individual for whom the school was named. The collection is broken down into three series based on the size and format: Pamphlets and small-size publications; Books; and Other publications and information....
Dates: 1820-1989
Found in: City of Boston Archives / School History collection

Schools and Schoolboys of Old Boston: an Historical Chronicle of the Public Schools of Boston from 1636-1844...by Arthur Wellington Brayley, 1894

 Item — Publications Tray: Series II
Identifier: II
Scope and Contents note From the Collection: This is an artificial collection compiled from books and pamphlets transferred from the Campbell Resource Center (formerly the School Committee Administration Library). It includes published works about individual Boston Schools, works by students and faculty, and works about the individual for whom the school was named. The collection is broken down into three series based on the size and format: Pamphlets and small-size publications; Books; and Other publications and information....
Dates: 1894
Found in: City of Boston Archives / 0400.008, School History collection / Books / General

Scrapbook of school forms

 Item — Volume 1-2
Identifier: 0400.006
Scope and Contents note Scrapbook of forms used by the School Department, circa 1940. Includes samples of office record cards, attendance and scholarship records, transfer cards, report cards, monthly reports, teacher record cards, etc.
Dates: circa 1940
Found in: City of Boston Archives / Scrapbook of school forms

Winthrop School diploma

 Item — Box 1
Identifier: 0420.081
Scope and Contents Diploma of Bessie Saftel from the Winthrop Grammar School, 1902.
Dates: 1902
Found in: City of Boston Archives / Winthrop School diploma

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