Board of Directors for the Public Schools of the First District, 1859-1862
Scope and Contents
Administrative records, publications, reports, pamphlets and other material from the Orleans Parish School Board. The collection has been arranged into series based on type of record. The Board of Directors of the First District administrative records have been arranged into their own series. Bound Volumes mostly contain financial documents related to expenditures by the School Board and district, but includes a roster of school eligible children. The Subject File contains mostly reports and other publications arranged by subject.
Dates
- Creation: 1859-1862
Creator
- From the Collection: Orleans Parish School Board (Organization)
Requesting Materials
Conditions Governing Access
Available to registered researchers by appointment.
Biographical / Historical
The Common Council in 1852 passed an ordinance providing for the annual election of a separate board of directors for the public schools of each municipal district. The Board for the First District was to include 21 members.
In 1856 another ordinance included a provision requiring each of the district boards to make quarterly reports and an annual report to the Council (the ordinance specified the subjects to be addressed in these reports). It further provided that the presidents of the district boards meet to determine standardized reporting procedures. The presidents were also required to provide for the publication, in pamphlet form, of the annual report of the public schools.
The ordinances were designed to implement the provisions of state law relative to public schools in the city. The 1855 law provided that individual boards have exclusive management of the schools in its district. Each board was to elect a superintendent and as many principals as was necessary to staff its schools.
Extent
From the Collection: 3 Volumes (unknown--update when resource record is complete)
From the Collection: 20 Linear Feet (15 boxes in Subject file)
From the Collection: 24 Volumes
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Topical
Repository Details
Part of the City Archives Repository
City Archives & Special Collections
219 Loyola Avenue
New Orleans LA 70112
504-596-2610
archivist@nolalibrary.org