Manuals of the public schools of the city of Boston

Series — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 0400.001

Staff Only

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 collection includes volumes for the following years: 1869, 1871, 1875-1877, 1882, 1887, 1889-1891, 1893-1939, 1941, 1943, 1945, 1947, 1949, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1965, 1972-1973.

Dates

Creation: 1869-1973 with gaps

Creator

Boston (Mass.). School Committee (Organization)

Historical note

The manual may have been published as early as 1867. The minutes of the School Committee for the year 1873 includes an order for the Secretary of the School Committee to prepare and distribute manuals to members of the Committee.