Sonoma County Superintendent of Schools records, 1859-1967 (bulk, 1871-1948)

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Summary

Creators:
Sonoma County (Calif.). Superintendent of Schools
Abstract:
This collection contains records and related materials from the Sonoma County Superintendent of Schools includes financial documentation pertaining to the operations of the schools within the district, as well as data relating to the geographic division of school boundaries etc. The "Scrapbooks" include newspaper clippings concerning Sonoma County schools for the periods covered.
Extent:
32 volumes
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Sonoma County Superintendent of Schools records, 1859-1955. SCG.00003, Sonoma County Archives, Sonoma County Library, Rohnert Park, California.

Background

Scope and content:

Official records and related materials.

Arrangement of the collection

Organized into 17 series:

  1. Census reports, public schools, 1859-1860
  2. School district account books, 1871-1948
  3. Annual report, 1879-1967
  4. School district boundaries, 1894-1955
  5. Scrapbooks, 1953-1955
  6. Annual report of public schools, 1881-1949
  7. Register of requisitions, 1891-1897
  8. Ledger -- Superintendent of Schools, 1908-1911
  9. Fee book journal , 1886-1946
  10. District school, state, county, library and special funds, 1887-1907
  11. Record of requisitions -- State funds/Special funds, 1902-1906
  12. Record book -- school district, 1907-1914
  13. Applications of the Board of Education, 1898-1911
  14. Journal -- Financial records, account books, school district, 1866-1870
  15. Register of teachers' certificates, 1880-1934
  16. Register of requisitions, 1880-1908
  17. Record -- common schools, 1860-1865

Arranged chronologically within each series.

Rules or conventions:
Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard, Second Edition DACS

Access and use

Restrictions:

Materials stored offsite, but collection is open to research. In many cases, further details on individual volumes can be found by calling staff at the Sonoma County History and Genealogy Library. To view these materials, please call staff at 707 308-3212 to request they be brought from the Archives to the Library

Terms of access:

Collection does not circulate and may be photocopied or photographed by arrangement only.

Property rights reside with the Sonoma County Library. The Sonoma County Library has made this collection available and believes that the collection is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Collection may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Preferred credit line is: Courtesy, the Sonoma County Library. Please see additional reproduction and reuse information at https://sonomalibrary.org/locations/sonoma-county-history-and-genealogy-library/order-photo

Preferred citation:

Sonoma County Superintendent of Schools records, 1859-1955. SCG.00003, Sonoma County Archives, Sonoma County Library, Rohnert Park, California.

Location of this collection:
6135 State Farm Drive
Rohnert Park, CA 94928, US
Contact:
(707) 545-0831
digital@sonomalibrary.org
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