Description: Consists of items from public and private schools in Lancaster County. Includes diplomas, commencement programs, yearbooks, newsletter, and report cards. Also papers of the common schools, 1839-1893, such as bills, accounts, and salary information.

Organized by school district.

A. Public Schools

1. Lancaster City School District

.1 Lancaster High School (Boys')

.2 Stevens High School (Girls')

.3 McCaskey High School

.4 Fulton High School

.5 James Hamilton Elementary School

.6 Reigart Elementary School

2. Conestoga Valley School District

.1 Upper Leacock High School

.2 West Earl Township

3. Donegal Area School District

.1 Mount Joy High School

.2 Donegal High School

4. Pequea Valley School District

.1 Paradise Schools

.2 Jacksonville School

5. Manheim Central School District

6. Southern Lancaster County School District

.1 Centre School

.2 Union High School

.3 Little Britain High School

.4 Fulton High School

.5 Drumore High School

7. Eastern Lancaster County School District

.1 Bangor High School

8. The Common Schools

9. Christiana (Octorara Area School District of Chester Co.)

.1 Christiana High School

10. Grammar Schools

11. Ephrata School District

.1 Ephrata High School

12. Warwick School District

.1 Rothville High School

B. Non-Public Schools

1. Lancaster City Area

.1 The Lancaster Country Day School

.2 Yeates School

2. Mount Joy Area

.1 Cedar Hill Female Seminary

Box 1

A. Public Schools

1. Lancaster City School District
Resolution of the Board of Directors of the Lancaster City School District at a stated meeting. A Testimonial of appreciation for 31 years of service. Dr. R. K. Buehrle was elected the first Superintendant of the Lancaster City School District April 22, 1880. Oversized Item. (See Oversized Box 5, Folder 2, #1)

.1 Lancaster High School (boys')

.2 Stevens High School (girls')

A1. .1 and .2
Folder 1

Lancaster City High Schools Commencement Programs, 1859-1899.

Oversized Item. Diploma of Frank McClain, June 30, 1881 (See Oversized

Box 5, Folder 2, Item #2.)

Oversized Item. Diploma of Edna Elizabeth Shaub from the Female High

School of Lancaster, PA, June 24, 1896. (See Oversized Box 5, Folder 2,

Item # 3.)

Oversized Item. Certificate of Edna E. Shaub from the Alumni Association

of the Lancaster High Schools, June 24, 1896. (See Oversized Box 5,

Folder 2, Item # 4.)

Oversized Item. Diploma of Emma Susanna Shaub from the Female High

School of Lancaster, PA., June 24, 1904. (See Oversized Box 5, Folder 2,

Item # 5.)

Folder 2 Lancaster City High Schools Commencement Pgms 1900-1922
Folder 3 Deportment Certificate, etc 1895.
Folder 4 High School News, 1897-1898.
Folder 5 High School News, 1898-1899.
Folder 6 High School News, 1899-1900.
Folder 7 High School News, 1901-1904.
Folder 8 High School News, 1905-1906.
Folder 9 High School News, 1907-1910 (1908 report card)
Folder 10 High School News, 1911,1913-1916.
Folder 11 High School Class Reunion and Alumni Association

Meetings 1892-1993.
Folder 12 Lancaster Boys' High School Dedication, 1918.

Box 2

A. Public Schools

1. Lancaster City School District

.1 Lancaster High School (boys')

.2 Stevens High School (girls')
A1. .1 and .2

Folder 13 The Oracle Yearbook, 1920.
Folder 14 The Oracle Yearbook, 1921.
Folder 15 The Vidette Yearbook, 1921,1928.
Folder 16 The Pioneer (Vidette Annual), 1928.
Folder 17 The Vidette Journal, v.13 no.1-3, 1926.
Folder 18 The Vidette Journal, v.14 no.1-3, 1926,

v.15 no.1, 2, 4, 1927.
Folder 19 The Vidette Journal, v.16 no.2-4, 1927,

v.17 no.1,2, 1928.
Folder 20 The Vidette Journal, v.18 no.1-4, 1928.
Folder 21 Commencement Announcement, 1929.
Folder 22 The Vidette Journal and Yearbook, 1929.
Folder 23 The Vidette Journal, v.21 no.1-4, 1930,

v.22 no.1-4, 1930.
Folder 24 The Vidette Yearbook, 1930.
Folder 25 The Vidette Journal, v.23 no.1-4, 1931.
Folder 26 The Vidette Yearbook ,1931.
Folder 27 Literary Society Articles.
Folder 28 Jubilee Number of High School News, 1926.
Folder 29 Testimonial Dinner Programs, 1949, 1954.
Folder 30 Program. Princess Chrysanthemum: A Japanese

Operetta in Three Acts. June 1909.
Folder 31 Program/Menu. Class of 1894 Annual Banquet, 1896, 1898.
Folder 32 Program. Moments Musical. 1928.

Box 3

A. Public Schools

1. Lancaster City School District

.3 McCaskey High School
Folder 1 The Vidette, January 1939.
Folder 2 The Vidette Yearbook, June 1939.
Folder 3 The Vidette Yearbook, January l940.
Folder 4 The Echo, 1951.
Folder 5 Anniversary Booklet, 1928-1988.
Folder 6 Alumni Association, 1996.

.4 Prince and Chestnut Street School
Folder 1 Report cards, Deportment certificate (Frances Sener), Site

Proposal for transfer land from city schools to Federal Government for

city post office.1896-1896.

.5 James Hamilton Elementary School
Folder 1 Dedication & Open House, Nov. 22, 1964.

.6 Reigart Elementary School, Strawberry St., Lancaster, PA
Folder 1 Teacher's Class Record Books, 1925-1965. (Helen M.

Hammond taught 1st or 2nd grade.)

2. Conestoga Valley School District

.1 Upper Leacock High School
Folder 1 Upper Leacock High School Commencement Program, 1921.

Yearbook: Leolette, 1935-1937.

.2 West Earl Township

Oversized Item. Diploma of Levi Homer Mull, May 24, 1917, Public High

School, West Earl Township. (See Oversized Box 5, Folder 2, Item # 6)

Oversized Item. Diploma of Levi Homer Mull, April 7, 1916, West Earl

Township High School, West Earl Township.

(See Oversized Box 5, Folder 2, Item # 7)

3. Donegal Area School District

.1 Mount Joy High School
Folder 1 Commencement Announcements, 1914, 1915.

Print of Mount Joy High School, (page from a book), no date.

Photograph of Mount Joy High School Band.

Photocopy of Mount Joy Hi-Crier, v.13 no.8, May 3, 1945.

Photocopy of newspaper article "Chorus to Aid City Hospitals," no date.
Folder 2 Mount Joy High School, The Voyager Yearbook, 1945.

.2 Donegal High School
Folder 1 Donegal High School, Emerald Yearbook, 1982.

4. Pequea Valley School District

.1 Paradise Schools

Folder 1 Regulations of Paradise Common School District (no date)

.2 Jacksonville School
Folder 1 School Workbook of Isabella Jane Divine, 1852.

5. Manheim Central School District

.1 Manheim High School
Folder 1 Booklet: "History and Class Rosters", 1886-1936.

6. Solanco School District

.1 Centre School
Folder 1 Souvenir, 1897-98.

.2 Union High School
Folder 1 Announcement of School Term, 1859

.3 Little Britain High School
Folder 1 High School Commencement programs, 1906-1914.

.4 Fulton High School
Folder 1 High School Commencement programs, 1904-1951.
Folder 2 Fulton High School Alumni, 1904-1950.
Folder 3 Fulton Township, 1865, Book: National Geographics, Series,

No. 2, "Introduction to the Manual of Geography", by James Montieth, 1865.

Report cards of Miss Addie Brown, 1879.

.5 Drumore High Schools
Folder 1 High School Commencement programs, 1912-1914.

7. Eastern Lancaster County School District

.1 Bangor High School
Folder 1 Commencement Program, 1886.

Box 4

A. Public Schools

8. Elizabethtown School District
Folder 1 Teacher's Monthly Report Book for the Common School.

Names of teachers and students. 1861-1865.

B. Non-Public Schools

1. Lancaster City Area

.1 The Lancaster Country Day School
Folder 1 Booklets: 49th Commencement Address, 1957;

The Shippen-Country Day School Alumni Directory, 1987;

The Lancaster Country Day School Catalog, 1989-1990.

Folder 2 John A. Jarvis, Headmaster, 1986-1990. Booklet: A Child's

Guide to Lancaster County. Programs and school schedule calendar.

Folder 3 Print of pen and ink watercolored map of Lancaster

County by Mr. Jarvis. (Oversized of the same map filed in Oversized Box 5,

folder 2, item #9).

Folder 4 The Oracle Yearbook, 1914-15. (The Shippen School for Girls)

.2 Yeates School

Folder 1 The Blue & Brown, Yeates School Journals, 190l

to 1903, 1905.
Folder 2 The Blue & Brown, Yeates School Journals, 1919-1920.
Folder 3 Yeates School Alumni Reunion. Letter with names and addresses.

Photocopy of newspaper article, New Era, June 22, 1951.

Photocopy of newspaper article, no date.

2. Mount Joy Area

.1 Cedar Hill Female Seminary

Folder 1 Cedar Hill Seminary Catalog, 1855.

A. Public Schools

8. The Common Schools, 1839-1893

Folder 1 School construction papers including Mulberry Street,

Lemon Street, Vine Stree schools. 1839, 1847-1851
Folder 2 Lists of books and school supplies. 1840-1848
Folder 3 School directors official records. 1846
Folder 4 School loans and intrest records. 1846-1862
Folder 5 Teachers' salaries. 1846
Folder 6 Bills and accounts. Jan.-July 1846
Folder 7 Bills and accounts. Aug.-Dec. 1846
Folder 8 Room rentals. 1846-1851
Folder 9 Receipts for printing and advertising. 1846-1857
Folder 10 School director elections 1846-1857

Box 5

A. Public Schools

8. The Common Schools

Folder 11 Teachers' salaries. 1847
Folder 12 Bills and accounts. Jan.- July 1847
Folder 13 Bills and accounts. Aug. 1847
Folder 14 Bills and accounts. Sept.- Dec. 1847
Folder 15 African School. 1847-1856
Folder 16 School directors' official records. 1847
Folder 18 State appropriations. 1847-1851
Folder 19 School directors' official records. 1848-1850
Folder 20 Teachers' salaries. 1848
Folder 21 Bills and accounts. Jan.- April 1848
Folder 22 Bills and accounts. May-Aug. 1848
Folder 23 Bills and accounts. Sept.- Oct. 1848
Folder 24 Bills and accounts. Nov.- Dec. 1848
Folder 25 Auditor's reports. 1849-1855
Folder 26 Teachers' salaries. 1849
Folder 27 Bills and accounts. Jan.- Feb. 1849
Folder 28 Bills and accounts. March-Aug. 1849
Folder 29 Teachers' salaries. 1850-1853
Folder 30 Lists of books and school supplies. 1850-1852
Folder 31 Utilities: gas. 1850-1857
Folder 32 Bills and accounts. Jan.- Aug. 1850
Folder 33 Bills and accounts. Sept. 1850
Folder 34 Bills and accounts. Oct. 1850
Folder 35 Bills and accounts. Nov. 1850
Folder 36 Bills and accounts. Dec. 1850
Folder 37 School directors' official records 1851-1853
Folder 38 Bills and accounts. Jan.-June 1851
Folder 39 Bills and accounts. July-Sept. 1851
Folder 40 Bills and accounts. Oct.- Dec. 1851
Folder 41 Common School Journal subscription receipts. 1851-188
Folder 42 Bills and accounts. Jan.- Feb. 1852
Folder 43 Bills and accounts. March-Aug. 1852
Folder 44 Lists of books and school supplies 1853-1857
Folder 45 Bills and accounts. Jan.- June 1853
Folder 46 Bills and accounts. July-Sept. 1853
Folder 47 Bills and accounts. Oct. 1853
Folder 48 Bills and accounts. Nov.- Dec. 1853
Folder 49 School directors' Official records. 1854-1857, 1862-1873
Folder 50 Teachers' salaries. 1854, 1856
Folder 51 Bills and accounts. Jan.- April 1854
Folder 52 Bills and accounts. May-Dec. 1854
Folder 53 Female High School. 1855,1856,1862,1863
Folder 54 Bills and accounts. 1855
Folder 55 Bills and accounts. Jan.- Aug. 1856
Folder 56 Bills and accounts. Sept.-Dec. 1856
Folder 57 Teachers' salaries. 1857, 1862
Folder 58 Night school salaries. 1857-1862
Folder 59 Bills and accounts. Jan.-March 1857
Folder 60 Bills and accounts. April-Dec. 1857
Folder 61 Bills and accounts. 1860, 1861, 1862
Folder 62 Common school system diplomas. 1867, 1868
Folder 63 Bills and accounts. 1867, 1880
Folder 64 Mechanics Library Society. 1870-1893
Folder 65 Origin of the School System, 1867.

Rules & Regulations.

9. Christiana (Octorara Area School District of Chester Co.)

.1 Christiana High School

Folder 1 Commencement Program, 1916.

10. Grammar Schools

.1 Grammar Grade

Oversized Item. Vera ___, Olivia Davis, June 28, 1901, Grammar Grade

Certificate Entitles to admission to the High School.

(See Oversized Box 5, Folder 2, Item # 8.)

.2 Article: "Our Public Schools", The New Era, Lancaster, December 29, 1877.

11. Ephrata School District

.1 Ephrata High School

Folder 1 Commencement Program, 1909.

12. Warwick School Dristrict

.1 Rothsville High School

Folder 1 Yearbook "Bubbles", 1919