City of Boston Archives and Records Management Division Guide to the School History Collection Finding aid prepared by Kristen Swett This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit Repository: City of Boston Archives and Records Management Division Title: School History Collection Collection No.: 0400.008 Dates: 1820-1989 Quantity: 2.0 Cubic feet (2 record cartons) TABLE OF CONTENTS Scope and Contents note SERIES LIST Series I: Pamphlets and small-size publications Series II: Books Series III: Other publications and information 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. The material is further broken down by school or topic. Return to the Table of Contents Series I: Pamphlets and small-size publications Agassiz School 1
1 1 The Story of the Pilgrims by Agassiz Prevocational Printing Class, 1920 1 1 Agassiz School Statuary by Grade VII Mechanic Arts Class, 1931 Boston Latin School 1 2 Developing a Black Meritocracy: A History of Black Graduates of the Boston Latin School by Adelaide M. Cromwell, 1985 Boston Normal School 1 3 Service in Memory of Larkin Dunton [1828-1899], 1900 April 28 Cleveland, Grover School 1 4 Yearbook, 1987 Cookery, Schools of 1 5 A Course in Household Arts Series A and B prepared by Ellen L. Duff, Principal, 1911 Dearborn School 1 6 Benjamin Franklin: Tercentenary Number 1630-1930 Printed and Published by the Dearborn School, 1930 Dorchester High School 1 7 Centennial 1852-1952 Dorchester High Schools, 1952 April and May Dudley School 1 8 Roxbury Past and Present written by Dudley School Boys, undated 1 8 Our Roxbury by the pupils of Grade V, 1930 1 8 Story of Boston by Boys of Grade VI Room 5, undated English High School 1 9 The English High School Record, 1961 Garrison, William Lloyd District 1 10 Tercentenary Program 1630-1930 Historical Scenes of Boston by the Pupils of the William Lloyd Garrison District, [1930] Girls' High School 1 11 A Brief Sketch of the History of Girls' High School of Boston 1902-1927 together with an account of the celebration of the Seventy-fifth Anniversary of the School, [1927] 1 11 Elizabeth Loomis Smith, 1933 Girls' Latin School 1 12 The Jabberwock, 1953 May 2
1 12 Historical Pageant of the Girls' Latin School, 1953 Godvin, M. Gertrude School 1 13 The Story of Our School by Godvin Boys, 1958 May Includes original photograph. 1 13 Bulletin, 1965 October 1 13 Function of the M. Gertrude Godvin School by Agnes C. Lavery, 1956 Hemenway, Mary 1 14 "The Building Up of Character Has Been My Aim" a Glimpse of the Life of Mary Hemenway by Betty Spears, 1971 March Hyde Park High School 1 15 Hyde Park High School Handbook 1936-1937, [1936] 1 15 Service Roll, 1946 Jun John Tileston's School 1 16 John Tileston's School Boston, 1778-1789: 1761-1766. Also his diary from 1761-1766 by D.C. Colesworthy, 1887 Kindergarten 1 17 Fiftieth Anniversary of the Establishment of Kindergartens Boston, Massachusetts designed and printed by the Boys of Boston Trade School, [1928] 1 17 Your Child Begins School, 1967, 1970 1 17 Su Nino Empieza La Escuela, 1970 Lincoln, Abraham School 1 18 Franklin 1706-1929 printed and published by the Printing Classes and Pupils of the Abraham Lincoln School, [1929] Mackey School 1 19 Yearbook, 1976 Mann, Horace School for the Deaf 1 20 Horace Mann by Prof. Wm. F. Phelps, 1879 1 20 Sarah Fuller by Dr. Anna P. Butler, 1958 April Signed by the author 1 20 The Horace Mann School Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow by Eileen E. Connolly, 1967 February Article in the Volta Review 1 21 Greetings: The Horace Mann Newscape, 1944 1 21 The Voyager: 1952 Yearbook, 1952 1 21 Pictorial History of the Horace Mann School for the Deaf, 1982 Mason, Lowell 3
1 22 Lowell Mason: an Appreciation of His Life and Work by Henry Lowell Mason, 1941 1 22 Juvenile Lyre: A Book of Songs by Lowell Mason, 1938 Mather School 1 23 A History of the Mather School by Rod Howe, 1989 August McKay, Donald School 1 24 East Boston's Story 1630-1930, [1930] Mechanic Arts High School 1 25 A Study of the Mechanic Arts High School, 1915 Pierce, Henry L. School 1 26 Golden Anniversary of the Class of '90, 1940 June 29 Prince School 1 27 Prince School Centennial 1875-1975, [1975] Teachers' College 1 28 The Torch, 1952 Timilty, James P. Junior High School 1 29 Your Child's Junior High School, undated Return to the Series List Series II: Books Boston Latin School 1 1 Catalogue of Graduates of the Public Latin School in Boston 1816-1917 with a list of teachers from the foundation of the School in 1635, 1918 1 2 Boston Latin and High Schools 1635-1935: Organization and Administration, 1935 1 3 Proceedings and Addresses of the Boston Latin School Tercentenary 1635-1935, 1937 1 4 Prize Book, No. 1 of the Publick Latin School in Boston, 1820 Bowdoin School 1 5 History of the Bowdoin School 1821-1907 by Leah L. Nichols-Wellington Class of 1846, 1912 Dudley School 1 6-7 The Dudley Record, 1913-1915 (2 volumes) 4
Girls' High School 1 8 A History of the Girls' High School of Boston 1852-1902 by Lucy R. Woods Class of 1865, 1904 1 9 Centennial History of the Girls' High School of Boston by Olive B. White, 1952 High School of Commerce 1 10 The Boston High School of Commerce in the World War, 1921 Hawes School 1 11 The Hawes School Memorial, 1889 Return to the Series List Series III: Other publications and information 2 1 Boston - The Birthplace of Public School Music Education, undated 2 2 Boston Home and School Educational Conference, 1966 2 3-4 The Boston Science News, 1927-1930 2 5 The Boston Science News, 1939-1940 2 6 The Boston Science News, 1935 December 2 7 The Boston Science Newsletter, 1965-1971, 1973 2 8 Boston Teachers' Alliance Report - An 1853 Grammar School Classroom, 1953 2 9 Boston Teachers Club, 1948 2 10 Bulletin, 1962-1968 2 11 Chronology of Events, 1635-1985, undated 2 12 The Common School Journal, 1843 2 13 Council on History - Geography Junior High Schools Secretary's Reports, 1916-1918, 1920 2 14 The Department of Evening Schools, Boston, 1938 2 15 Education and Employment Citywide News, 1984 2 16 Education Review, 1985 September-1986 January 2 17 Elementary School Newsletter, 1985 April 2 18 Examinations: Seventy-Five Years Ago and Today, 1930 2 19 High School Newsletter, 1985 May-June 2 20 High School Writers' Conference Anthology, 1989 June 2 21 Historical Information - School Department Administration, undated 2 22 Historical Probate Records, 1636-1965, 1965 2 23 History of Boston's Educational System, 1939 2 24 How Boston Selected Its First Black Superintendent of Schools, 1989 2 25 Index to School Reports, 1845-1848, 1857-1974 2 26 Memorial of the Dedication of the Public Latin and English High School-House, 1881 2 27 Messages, 1986 2 28 Middle School Newsletter, 1985 May 5
2 29 Old School Boys of Boston, Catalogue of, 1913 2 30 One Hundred Years of Examinations in Boston, 1941 2 31 Procedural Manual, 1979-1980 2 32 Responsibilities of Principals to Temporary and Substitute Teachers, 1952, 1956 2 33 Review, 1961-1965 2 34 Schoolscapes, undated 2 35 Study and Recommendations for Control and Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency, 1955 2 36 Textbook - National Reader, 1836 2 37 The Tree of Knowledge - A Tercentenary Pageant, 1930 2 38 Welcome to the American Association of School Administrators, 1952 Return to the Series List 6