Pennsylvania Department of Education Collection
Call Number: MG-11
11 boxes 76 books, 77 folders 6.5 cubic ft.
Repository: LancasterHistory (Organization); PV7
Shelving Location: Archives South, Side 1
Scope and Content Note: The collection consists of numerous records, reports, lists of teachers and schools, teaching assignments, tests, publications, programs, meetings and conventions relative to School Administrators and teachers in Lancaster County. Early Teachers’ Institute attendance books, textbook adoption records, School Board Secretaries’ reports and salaries are included. Various publications cover local, state and national issues and concerns. Vocational Technical and Rural Education as well as School Directors and their annual conventions are a part of the collection. These materials are from the Office of the last County Superintendent prior to the beginning of Intermediate Unit # 13.
Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)
System of Arrangement: Arranged by office or organization.
Series A Office of Lancaster County Superintendent of Schools, 1860-1971.
1. Lancaster County Teachers’ Institute
2. Lancaster County School Directories/Manuals
3. Secretaries’ Reports to County Superintendent’s Office
4. Lancaster County School Directors’ Association
5. Vocational Technical Schools and Rural Education
6. State Department of Education/State Director’s Association
7. Educational Publication: National
8. Statistics, Reports, Forms
9. Administration, Faculty and Staff
10. Board of School Directors
Series B Lancaster-Lebanon Intermediate Unit # 13
1. Annual Conference
Conditions for Access: No restrictions.
Conditions Governing Reproductions: Collection may not be photocopied. Please contact Research Staff or Archives Staff with questions.
Language: English
Source of Acquisition: Collected by LancasterHistory.
Accruals: Accruals are expected.
Preferred Citation: Pennsylvania Department of Education Collection (MG-11), Series #, Box #, Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pa.
Processing History: Processed and finding aid prepared prior to 1997. This collection has been documented, preserved and managed according to professional museum and archives standards. The finding aid was updated using DACS conventions.
Box 1 (30 books, oversized)
Series A Office of Lancaster County Superintendent of Schools, 1860-1971
1. Lancaster County Teachers’ Institute Record Books:Attendance Records by Township, Nov. 1882 to Nov. 1896.
Box 2 (23 books, oversized)
Series A Office of Lancaster County Superintendent of Schools, 1860-1971
1. Lancaster County Teachers’ Institute Record Books: Attendance Records by Township, Nov. 1897 to Nov. 1910
Box 3 (22 books, oversized)
Series A Office of Lancaster County Superintendent of Schools, 1860-1971
1. Lancaster County Teachers’ Institute Record Books: Attendance Records by Township, Nov. 1911 to Nov. 1922
Box 4
Series A Office of Lancaster County Superintendent of Schools, 1860-1971
1. Lancaster County Teachers’ Institute
Folder 1 Attendance Book 1923-1925:Includes teacher’s names, districts, schools, years taught, sessions, committees in charge and resolutions.
Folder 2 Early Institute programs, 1886-1896: Held at court house and Fulton House.
Folder 3 Institute Programs, 1902-l907. Also Strasburg Local Institute, City Teachers’ Institute and Lancaster County Teachers’ Natural Science Club Meeting, l904.
Folder 4 Institute Programs:1910-1919. Held in court house, Martin Auditorium and St. Paul’s Reformed Church.
Folder 5 Institute Programs: 1922-1929. Held in St. Paul’s Reformed Church.
Folder 6 Institute Programs, 1930-1964. Held in St. Paul’s Reformed Church, Auditorium of Manheim Township High School, Penn Manor High School and Millersville State Teachers’ College. 110th Session held at county high schools. Some missing.
Folder 7 Teachers’ Institute supplement, 1889,1919. Published by local newspaper. Pictures of high school principals, lists of teachers and school directors.
Folder 8 Teachers’ Institute song sheets, 1869-1871.
2. Lancaster County Public School Directories/Manuals
Folder 1 Handbook of Teachers and Directors. Includes all Lancaster County and City schools, teachers, and salaries. Books used in the schools, 1899-1909.
Folder 2 Typed list of teachers in Lancaster County, 1909-1911. Arranged by school district and school.
Folder 3 Directories and Manuals covering school directors, teachers and salaries in Lancaster County and city schools from 1909-1919.
Folder 4 Directories/Manuals, City and County, 1920-1930
Folder 5 Lancaster County School Directories/Manuals, 1920-1930
Folder 6 Lancaster County School Directories/Manuals, 1940-1950.
School District of Lancaster, 1958-1959.
Folder 7 Lancaster County School Directories/Manuals, 1950-1960
School District of Lancaster City, 1958-1959.
Folder 8 Lancaster County School Directories/Manuals, 1958-1961.
Folder 9 Lancaster County School Directories/Manuals, 1960-1964.
Folder 10 Lancaster County School Directories/Manuals, 1972-1973.
Box 5
Series A Office of Lancaster County Superintendent of Schools, 1860-1971
3. Secretaries Reports to County Superintendent, 1860-1876.
Folder 1 Reports of textbooks adopted by district.
Folder 2 Lists of Teachers and salaries by district, 1891.
Folder 3 Lists of Teachers and salaries by district, 1892.
Folder 4 Lists of Teachers and salaries by district, 1893.
Folder 5 Lists of Teachers and salaries by district, 1894.
Folder 6 Lists of Teachers and salaries by district, 1895.
Folder 7 Lists of Teachers and salaries by district, 1896.
Folder 8 Lists of Teachers and salaries by district, 1897.
Folder 9 Lists of Teachers and salaries by district,1898.
Folder 10 Lists of Teachers and salaries by district, 1899.
Folder 11 Lists of Teachers and salaries by district, 1900.
Folder 12 Lists of Teachers and salaries by district, 1902.
Folder 13 Lists of Teachers and salaries by district, 1903.
Folder 14 Lists of Teachers and salaries by district, 1904.
Folder 15 Lists of Teachers and salaries by district, 1905.
Folder 16 Lists of Teachers and salaries by district, 1906.
Folder 17 Lists of Teachers and salaries by district, 1907.
Box 6
Series A Office of Lancaster County Superintendent of Schools, 1860-1971
4. Lancaster County School Directors’ Association, 1912-1959.
Folder 1 Programs for Annual Conventions from 1912-1959.
5. Vocational Technical Schools and Rural Education, 1920,1929,1930.
Folder 1 Book with A.P. Mylin’s signature 1920, Administration of Village Schools, Bulletins on Rural Education 1920, 1930.
Folder 2 Vocational Education prospectus for Lancaster County, April 1964. Newspaper clipping: Vo-tech salaries in 1978.
6. State Department of Education/State Directors’ Association.
Folder 1 Bulletins: Messages from Presidents, Programs of Annual Conventions, some issues are missing.
Folder 2 Bulletins: 1953-1955 (see Folder 1)
Folder 3 Bulletins: 1956-1959 (see Folder 1)
Folder 4 Bulletin: School/College Enrollments, 1948.
Folder 5 Biennial Reports, 1950,1952,1954.
Folder 6 Pennsylvania State Education Association, 1951.
PSEA:Bulletins, Exceptional Children.
Pennsylvania School Journal, October, 1925.
Folder 7 Proceedings: Annual Education Congress Bulletin, 1954.
7. Educational Publications: National, 1923-1952.
Folder 1 Improvement of Curriculum 1923, 1941, 1958.
Folder 2 Improvement in Secondary School Education Through Groups Studies, 1947,1948.
Folder 3 Bulletins: Improvement in Secondary Education Through Groups Studies, 1949-1952.
Folder 4 Bulletin: The State Department of Education: Guiding Principles, organization of service area.
Box 7
Series A Office of Lancaster County Superintendent of Schools, 1860-1971
8. Statistic, Reports, Forms.
Folder 1 Annual Growth Reports, 1890-1893.
Folder 2 Miscellaneous Documents, 1958.
Folder 3 Manual of City Council of Lancaster, 1902-1903.
Folder 4 Staver’s Record Book of Attendance, 1916-1921: l00th Anniversary Booklet, 1852-1952.
Folder 5 Secondary School Reports, 1923-1967.
Folder 6 Book of 8th Grade Student’s Test Scores, 1923-1927.
Folder 7 Book of 8th Grade Student’s Test Scores, 1928-1930.
Folder 8 Book of 8th Grade Student’s Test Scores, 1931-1933.
Folder 9 Book of 8th Grade Student’s Test Scores, 1934-1935.
Folder 10 Teacher contract and application, July 28, 1924.
Folder 11 Teachers’ Professional Certificates, 1890’s.
Folder 12 Reports of Lancaster Teachers’ Association, 1939-1946.
Folder 13 Analysis report of public expenditures for education in PA, 1944.
Folder 14 Reports from Department of Public Instruction, 1948-1963.
Folder 15 Teachers’ Retirement, 1957-1967.
Box 8
Series A Office of Lancaster County Superintendent of Schools, 1860-1971
8. Statistics, Reports, Forms (cont.)
Folder 16 Annual District Report Book: 50 School Districts, Adamstown to Washington Boro.
Folder 17 Annual District Report Book: 1891-1896.
Folder 18 Annual District Report Book: 1897-1907.
Folder 19 Annual District Report book: 1897-1907.
Folder 20 Annual District Report Book: 1908-1914.
Folder 21 Annual District Report Book: 1908-1914.
Folder 22 Annual District Report Book: 1916-1919.
Folder 23 Annual District Report Book: 1916-1919
Box 9 (1 book, oversized)
Series A Office of Lancaster County Superintendent of Schools, 1860-1971
8. Statistics, Reports, Forms.
Book 76 Record of Registered Teaching Certificates, Index A to Z
Elementary Provisional Certificates, pp. 1-15
Professional Certificates, pp. 105-112
County Permanent Certificates, pp. 157-176
State Permanent Certificates, pp. 177-192
State Normal Certificates, pp. 230-264
State Normal Diplomas, pp. 281-309
Provisional College Certificates, pp. 333-350
Permanent College Certificates, pp. 353-360
Special Certificates, p. 373
Elementary School Principals’, p. 375
High School Principals’, p. 376
Supervising Principals’, p. 377
Masters Degree, p. 379
Box 10 (2 items, oversized)
Series A Office of Lancaster County Superintendent of Schools, 1860-1971
Item 1 Teachers Certificate. 1 Teachers Permanent Certificate to Willis R. Knox from Dept. of Public Instruction. May 6, 1898
Item 2 Bethania Record Book of Attendence, Salisbury Township. Monthly Reports. Pupils’ names are given. 1903 – 1911
Box 11
Series A Office of Lancaster County Superintendent of Schools, 1860-1971
9. Administration, Faculty, and Staff
Folder 1 Ida M. Lind:1886-1941
Folder 2 Dr. S. June Smith:1942-1969, 1962.
Folder 3 Lancaster County Director’s Institute, 12th Annual Convention, 1907.
10. Board of School Directors
Folder 1 Booklet of Rules and Regulations of the Board of School Directors.
Series B Lancaster-Lebanon Intermediate Unit # 13
1. Annual Conference
Folder 1 Annual Conference Program, 1990.