School District of Lancaster Records, 1838-1947
8 boxes 25 volumes 5 cubic ft.
Repository: LancasterHistory (Organization); PV7
Shelving Location: Archives South, Side 21
Scope and Content Note: The School District of Lancaster’s historic records include board meeting minutes, attendance records, scrapbooks, graduation credit book and grade sheets.
Creator: School District of Lancaster (Pa.)
Conditions for Access: Restrictions are noted at the item level.
Conditions Governing Reproductions: Collection may not be photocopied. Please contact Research Staff or Archives Staff with questions.
Language: English
Source of Acquisition: LancasterHistory accepted custodial responsibility for the School District of Lancaster’s historic records on 1 October 2009.
Note: Under this agreement, LancasterHistory will provide secure storage in an environmentally controlled facility, preserve the volumes and protect them from undue deterioration, and provide public access to these volumes for research purposes.
Accruals: No further accruals are expected.
Preferred Citation: School District of Lancaster Records, Box #, Folder #, preserved at LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pa.
Subject Headings:
School boards – Records and correspondence.
Business records.
Scrapbooks.
Processing History: Processed and finding aid prepared in 2009. This collection has been documented, preserved and managed according to professional museum and archives standards. The collection was cataloged using DACS conventions.
Box 1
Book 1 Board meeting minutes, 2 June 1838 to 20 October 1846.
Book 2 Board meeting minutes, 17 November 1846 to 6 December 1855.
Book 3 Board meeting minutes, 3 January 1856 to 13 March 1863.
Box 2
Book 4 Board meeting minutes, 7 May 1863 to 7 August 1868.
Book 5 Board meeting minutes, district record, 7 May 1863 to 5 April 1865.
Book 6 Board meeting minutes, 3 September 1868 to 7 October 1880.
Book 7 Board meeting minutes, 4 November 1880 to 2 December 1886.
Box 3
Book 8 Board meeting minutes, 6 January 1887 to 31 October 1893.
Book 9 Board accounts, 4 November 1889 to 1901.
Book 10 Lancaster Twp. School Board meeting minutes, 1893-1902.
Box 4
Book 11 Board meeting minutes, 2 November 1893 to 3 August 1899.
Book 12 Board meeting minutes, 7 September 1899 to 6 July 1905.
Box 5
Book 13 Board meeting minutes, 1 August 1906 to 2 January 1907.
Book 14 Board meeting minutes, 1 May 1907 to 2 February 1911.
Book 15 Board meeting minutes, 2 March 1911 to 4 November 1915.
Box 6
Book 16 Board meeting minutes, 1 December 1915 to 23 January 1919.
Book 17 Board meeting minutes, 1914-1923.
Book 18 Board meeting minutes, 1923-1926.
Box 7
Book 19 Graduation credit book, 9 April 1905 to 1927.
Book 21 Attendance records, 1938.
Book 22 Attendance records, 1946-1947.
On Shelf
Book 20 Grade sheets, 18 April 1905 to 1935.
Book 23 Bible of the Landis family, 1812-1843. Printed in German by John Baer in Lancaster, 1819.
Box 8
Book 24 Scrapbook, 1819-1857.
Book 25 Scrapbook, 1880-1912.