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Dorchester High School collection

 Collection
Identifier: 0420.027

Scope and Contents

Records of Dorchester High School, Dorchester High School for Boys and Dorchester High School for Girls. Includes administrative records, textbooks, framed copy of the first issue of "The Shrine" 1855, student magazines, programs, framed map of Dorchester from 1930, artifacts, photographs and yearbooks. Artifacts include DHS pins and a megaphone. Photographs include Football, Baseball, Basketball, and Fencing teams from the early 1900s; various classroom and school scenes from the early 1900s; and graduating classes of 1914, 1917 and 1926. Yearbooks include DHS 1923-1925, 1960, 1975-1978, 1980, 1982, 1984- 1988, and 1990-1992; DHSB 1941-1942, 1947-1949, and 1951-1953 and student magazines, 1929-1939; DHSG 1927-1929, 1932, 1935-1939, 1942-1943, 1946 and 1950-1952.

Dates

  • Creation: 1852-2003

Creator

Extent

8.0 Cubic feet

Language of Materials

English

Subject

Title
0420.027
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the City of Boston Archives Repository

Contact:
201 Rivermoor St.
West Roxbury MA 02132 United States
617-635-1195
617-635-1194 (Fax)