Guide to the Photographs of School Buildings 0403.002 Finding Aid Prepared by Sarah Gillis (Spring 2011 Intern)
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Guide to the Photographs of School Buildings 0403.002 Finding aid prepared by Sarah Gillis (Spring 2011 Intern) This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit May 15, 2012 City of Boston Archives and Records Management Division 2011 April 25 201 Rivermoor Street West Roxbury, MA, 02132 (617)635-1195 [email protected] Guide to the Photographs of School Buildings 0403.002 Table of Contents Summary Information ................................................................................................................................. 3 Historical note................................................................................................................................................4 Scope and Contents note............................................................................................................................... 4 Schools........................................................................................................................................................... 5 Collection Inventory.................................................................................................................................... 11 Photographs............................................................................................................................................11 - Page 2 - Guide to the Photographs of School Buildings 0403.002 Summary Information Repository City of Boston Archives and Records Management Division Title Photographs of School Buildings Date [inclusive] circa 1920-1960 Extent 0.7 Cubic feet 2 document cases Language English - Page 3 - Guide to the Photographs of School Buildings 0403.002 Historical note Chapter 473 of the Acts of 1901 established in the City of Boston a Schoolhouse Department under the charge of a board of three Commissioners appointed by the Mayor without confirmation. The authority and duties of the board were those formerly conferred and imposed upon the City Council and the School Committee in relation to selecting lands for school purposes and requesting the Street Commissioners to take the same, providing temporary school accommodations, and making, altering and approving designs and plans for school purposes; erecting, completing, altering, repairing, furnishing, and preparing yards for school buildings and making contracts and selecting architects for doing said work. The board was also required to take measures to secure proper ventilation, proper sanitary conditions, and protection from fire for existing school buildings. Annual reports were first made in 1901. Chapter 351 of the Acts of 1929, “An Act to establish a board of commissioners of school buildings and a department of school buildings in the City of Boston” was accepted by the voters at the City Election held 5 Nov 1929. By the provisions of the Act, the board consisted of three citizens of Boston who otherwise were neither officials nor employees of said city, one appointed by the Mayor without approval of the civil service commissioners, one by the School Committee and one chosen by the two appointed or appointed by the Governor if the appointees fail to choose a commissioner within thirty days after the second appointed. By Section 2 of the Act, the Department of School Buildings was established under the charge of a Superintendent of Construction who was elected by the Board of Commissioners, to serve at the pleasure of the board. Upon the election of a Superintendent of Construction, the Board of Schoolhouse Commissioners and the Schoolhouse Department were abolished. Chapter 642 of the Acts of 1966 established the Public Facilities Department for the more efficient and economical construction and alterations of municipal buildings. The Department of School Buildings was abolished and its functions in part were transferred to the Public Facilities Department and to the School Committee. The School Committee had the exclusive power and authority to perform necessary alterations, maintenance and repairs of public school buildings and their yards and furnishings. Scope and Contents note This series includes photographs of Boston Public School buildings which were kept in the School Committee Administration Library. The photographs date from circa 1920s-1960s. The photographer is not indentified on all of the photographs. The photographers represented include Glasier, Conlin, Paul J. Weber, Fay Foto Service and others. The Glasier and the Conlin photographs appear to date from the 1920s-1930s. Many of the later photographs appear to have been taken upon completion of construction of new school buildings. The majority of the photographs show the exterior of the school building. There - Page 4 - Guide to the Photographs of School Buildings 0403.002 are just a few interior shots including the Boston Latin School auditorium, the Roxbury Memorial High School pool and some classroom shots. This collection has been digitized by Simmons intern Sarah Gillis during the Spring 2011 semester and is available for view through Flickr.com. A link is provided in this finidng aid to each photograph digitized. Duplicate photographs were not digitized. In order to view the digital collection in its entirety, please follow the link located below. http://www.flickr.com/photos/cityofbostonarchives/sets/72157623554245996/ Administrative Information Publication Information City of Boston Archives and Records Management Division 2011 April 25 Schools Name(s) • Abrahams, Henry School ref1 • Agassiz School ref3 • Alcott, Louisa May School ref4 • Allen, Ira School ref5 • Angell, George T. School ref6 • Baker, Martha School ref8 • Baker, Sarah J. School ref9 • Baldwin, Harriet School ref10 • Barnes, Joseph School ref11 • Bates, Joshua School ref12 • Bates, Phineas School ref13 • Beethoven School ref14 • Bennett School ref15 • Boston Latin School ref16 • Boston Normal School ref166 - Page 5 - Guide to the Photographs of School Buildings 0403.002 • Boston Trade High School ref17 • Bowditch School ref18 • Boy's Continuation School ref37 • Bradford, William School ref19 • Brighton High School ref194 • Bulfinch, Charles School ref21 • Bunker Hill School ref22 • Burke, Jeremiah E. High School ref23 • Burnham, Choate School ref24 • Campbell, Patrick T. School ref25 • Cashman, John B. School ref26 • Champlain School ref27 • Channing, William Ellery School ref28 • Charlestown High School ref29 • Charlestown High School - Spencer Memorial Annex ref160 • Chestnut Avenue School ref30 • Chittick, James J. School ref31 • Clap, Roger School ref32 • Cleveland, Grover School ref33 • Comins School ref34 • Commerce, High School of ref35 • Conley, George School ref36 • Crocker, Lucretia School ref39 • Curley, Mary E. ref40 • Davis, Aaron School ref41 • Dean, Benjamin School ref42 • Dearborn Annex ref43 • Dearborn Middle School ref137 • Dearborn School ref44 • Dickerman, Quincy E. ref45 • Dixwell Street School ref46 • Dorchester High School ref48 • Dorchester High School ref157 • Dorchester High School for Boys ref48 • Dorchester High School for Girls ref47 • East Boston High School ref49 • Edison, Thomas A. School ref50 • Edwards, Clarence R. School ref51 • Eliot School ref52 • Emerson, Ralph Waldo School ref54 • Emerson School ref53 • English High School ref55 • Everett, Edward School ref57 • Everett School ref56 • Everett Street School ref58 - Page 6 - Guide to the Photographs of School Buildings 0403.002 • Fairmount School ref59 • Faneuil, Peter School ref60 • Farragut School ref61 • Fenwick, Benedict School ref62 • Fifield, Emily A. School ref63 • Garfield, James A. School ref64 • Garrison, William Lloyd School ref65 • Gavin, Patrick F. School ref66 • Gibson, Christopher School ref67 • Girls' Continuation School ref38 • Girls' High School ref68 • Girls' High School ref137 • Girls' Latin School ref47 • Girls' Latin School ref69 • Girls' Latin School ref166 • Girls' Trade High School ref171 • Glenway Annex ref70 • Godvin, M. Gertrude School ref71 • Greenwood, Elihu School ref72 • Greenwood, Sarah School ref73 • Grew, Henry School ref74 • Guild, Curtis School ref75 • Hale, Nathan School ref76 • Hamilton, Alexander School ref77 • Hart, Thomas N. School ref78 • Harvard School ref79 • Harvard School ref79 • Hawes Hall School ref80 • Hawthorne, Nathaniel School ref81 • Hemenway, Augustus School ref82 • Higginson, Henry School ref83 • High School of Commerce ref35 • High School of Practical Arts ref137 • Hoar, George Frisbie School ref84 • Hobart Street School ref85 • Holden, Oliver School ref86 • Holmes, Oliver Wendell School ref87 • Howard Avenue School ref88 • Howe, Julia Ward School ref89 • Howe, Samuel G. School ref90 • Hull School ref91 • Hyde Park High School ref93 • Hyde School ref92 • Irving, Washington Jr. High School ref147 • Irving, Washington School ref94 - Page 7 - Guide to the Photographs of School Buildings 0403.002 • Jamaica Plain High School ref95 • Jefferson School ref96 • Kenny, Thomas J. School ref97 • Kilmer, Joyce School ref98 • Lafayette School ref99 • Lawrence School ref100 • Leen, Thomas Francis School ref101 • Lewenberg, Solomon School ref102 • Lewis School ref103 • Lincoln, Abraham School ref104 • Lincoln, Frederic W. School ref105 • Logue, Charles School ref106 • Lowell School ref107 • Lyman, Theodore School ref109 • Lyndon, Patrick School ref108 • Manning, Joseph P. School ref110 • Marshall, John School ref111 • Mason, Lowell School ref112 • May, Abby School ref113 • McKay, Donald School ref114 • McKinley, William School ref115 • Mechanic Arts High School ref116 • Mendell,