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

Finding aid author: Mark Cooper.

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Published Feb 28, 2011

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

Sonoma County Library

Overview of the Collection

Collection Title: Sonoma County Superintendent of Schools records,

Date (inclusive): 1859-1967

Date (bulk): (bulk, 1871-1948)

Identification: SCG.00003

Creator: Sonoma County (Calif.). Superintendent of Schools

Physical Description: 32 volumes

Language of Materials: English

Repository: Sonoma County Library Archives

c/o Sonoma County History and Genealogy Library, Sonoma County Library

725 Third Street

Santa Rosa, CA,

URL: https://sonomalibrary.org/locations/sonoma-county-history-and-genealogy-library/sonoma-county-archive

Email: history@sonomalibrary.org

Phone: (707) 308-3212

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.

Scope and Contents

Official records and related materials.

Arrangement of the collection

Organized into 17 series:

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

Arranged chronologically within each series.

Access Terms

This Collection is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.

Corporate Names

Sonoma County (Calif.). Superintendent of Schools--Records and correspondence

Geographic Name:

Sonoma County (Calif.)--Census, 1860

Topical Terms

Education--California--Sonoma County

Public schools--California--Sonoma County

School districts--California--Sonoma County

School districts--California--Sonoma County Financ

Schools--California--Sonoma County

Genre and Format Terms

Official reports

School records

Registers (lists)

Scrapbooks

Account books

Job applications

Ledgers (account books)

County government records

Archival materials

Important Information for Users of the Collection

Conditions Governing Access:

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

Conditions of Use

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

Publication Rights

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.

SCL Special Collections Control Number: SCG.00003.01

Series 1. Census reports, public schools 1859-1860

Accession no: 2766

Note:

Row 31 (Cabinet 37)

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 volume

Scope and Contents

Report of the Common School Marshal lists names of the parents and number of children in school

SCL Special Collections Control Number: SCG.00003.02

Series 2. School district account books 1871-1948

Note:

Series content list:

1871-1874 : ARCHIVES CABINET 38 : Volume A : Accession 2810

1874-1877 : ARCHIVES CABINET 24 : Volume B : Accession 2009

1878-1880 : ARCHIVES CABINET 36 : School District Account Book : Accession 2646

1880-1882 : ARCHIVES CABINET 37 : Volume D : Accession 2658

1882-1884 : ARCHIVES CABINET 24 : Account book : Accession 2008

1911 : ARCHIVES CABINET 38 : Volume A-Z : Accession 2777

1913-1918 : ARCHIVES CABINET 36 : Accounts (A-L) : Accession 2620

1917-1918 : ARCHIVES CABINET 38 : Volume M-Z : Accession 2770

1918-1920 : ARCHIVES CABINET 38 : Volume A-L : Accession 2769

1918-1920 : ARCHIVES CABINET 38 : Volume M-Z : Accession 2772

1920-1922 : ARCHIVES CABINET 38 : Volume A-H : Accession 2771

1920-1922 : ARCHIVES CABINET 38 : Volume I-P : Accession 2773

1920-1922 : ARCHIVES CABINET 38 : Volume R-Z : Accession 2774

1937-1947 : ARCHIVES CABINET 24 : Account books : Accession 1943 (Mill Creek Elementary School)

1937-1947 : ARCHIVES CABINET 38 : Account books (Two Rock Union Elementary School District) : Accession 2797

1937-1948 : ARCHIVES CABINET 38 : Account books : Accession 2795

1937-1950 : ARCHIVES CABINET 38 : Account books (Duncan Mills Elementary School District) : Accession 2794

1938-1948 : ARCHIVES CABINET 38 : Account books (Buss Elementary School District) : Accession 2798

1938-1949 : ARCHIVES CABINET 38 : Account books (Wilfred Elementary School District) : Accession 2796

1946-1948 : ARCHIVES CABINET 38 : Account books (Mark West Union Elementary School District) : Accession 2799

1940-1946 : ARCHIVES CABINET 24 : Account books : Accession 1944

1937-1948 : ARCHIVES CABINET 24 : Account books : Accession 1945 (Watmaugh)

1938-1943 : ARCHIVES CABINET 24 : Account books : Accession 1946 (Reservation)

Physical Description:

Extent: 23 volumes

SCL Special Collections Control Number: SCG.00003.03

Series 3. Annual report 1879-1967

Note:

Series content list:

1879-1880 : ANNEX RARE 373.224 : Report

1880-1881 : ANNEX R 373.224 : Report

1881-1949 : ARCHIVES Cabinet 24 : Report : Accession [???]

1965-1967 : ANNEX R 373.224 : Report

Physical Description:

Extent: 4 volumes

SCL Special Collections Control Number: SCG.00003.04

Series 4. School district boundaries 1894-1955

Note:

Series content list:

1894-1898 : ARCHIVES CABINET 24 : School : Accession 2005

1897-1955 : ARCHIVES CABINET 38 : School : Accession 2805

1938-1955 : ARCHIVES ROW 10 BIN 7 BOX 29 : School

Physical Description:

Extent: 2 volumes, 1 box

Scope and Contents

Accession 2005 describes district boundaries in detail for various schools and includes school board officers for various schools.

SCL Special Collections Control Number: SCG.00003.05

Series 5, Scrapbooks 1953-1955

Note:

Series content list:

1953-1955 : ARCHIVES ROW 22 BIN 18 : Scrapbooks

Physical Description:

Extent: 2 v., (illustrations)

Scope and Contents

Newspaper clippings concerning Sonoma County schools

SCL Special Collections Control Number: SCG.00003.06

Series 6. Annual report of public schools 1881-1949

Physical Description:

Extent: 51 volumes

Note:

Series content list:

1881-1882 : ARCHIVES CABINET 24 : Annual Report : Accession 1980

1882-1883 : ARCHIVES CABINET 24 : Annual Report : Accession 1994

1883-1884 : ARCHIVES CABINET 24 : Annual Report : Accession 1981

1885 : ARCHIVES CABINET 24 : Annual Report : Accession 1984

1885-1886 : ARCHIVES CABINET 24 : Annual Report : Accession 2000

1886-1887 : ARCHIVES CABINET 24 : Annual Report : Accession 1997

1887-1888 : ARCHIVES CABINET 24 : Annual Report : Accession 1982

1888-1889 : ARCHIVES CABINET 24 : Annual Report : Accession 2001

1889-1890 : ARCHIVES CABINET 24 : Annual Report : Accession 1988

1890-1891 : ARCHIVES CABINET 24 : Annual Report : Accession 1985

1891-1892 : ARCHIVES CABINET 24 : Annual Report : Accession 1999

1892-1893 : ARCHIVES CABINET 24 : Annual Report : Accession 1998

1894-1895 : ARCHIVES CABINET 24 : Annual Report : Accession 1989

1895-1896 : ARCHIVES CABINET 24 : Annual Report : Accession 1996

1896-1897 : ARCHIVES CABINET 24 : Annual Report : Accession 1995

1897-1898 : ARCHIVES CABINET 24 : Annual Report : Accession 1983

1898-1899 : ARCHIVES CABINET 24 : Annual Report : Accession 1986

1900-1901 : ARCHIVES CABINET 24 : Annual Report : Accession 1990

1901-1902 : ARCHIVES CABINET 24 : Annual Report : Accession 1993

1902-1903 : ARCHIVES CABINET 24 : Annual Report : Accession 1987

1903-1904 : ARCHIVES CABINET 24 : Annual Report : Accession 1991

1904-1905 : ARCHIVES CABINET 24 : Annual Report : Accession 1952

1905-1906 : ARCHIVES CABINET 24 : Annual Report : Accession 1948

1906-1907 : ARCHIVES CABINET 24 : Annual Report : Accession 1958

1907-1908 : ARCHIVES CABINET 24 : Annual Report : Accession 1953

1908-1909 : ARCHIVES CABINET 24 : Annual Report : Accession 1941

1909-1910 : ARCHIVES CABINET 24 : Annual Report : Accession 1942

1910-1911 : ARCHIVES CABINET 24 : Annual Report : Accession 1940

1926-1927 : ARCHIVES CABINET 24 : Annual Report : Accession 1972

1927-1928 : ARCHIVES CABINET 24 : Annual Report : Accession 1947

1928-1929 : ARCHIVES CABINET 24 : Annual Report : Accession 1967

1929-1930 : ARCHIVES CABINET 24 : Annual Report : Accession 1969

1930-1931 : ARCHIVES CABINET 24 : Annual Report : Accession 1968

1931-1932 : ARCHIVES CABINET 24 : Annual Report : Accession 1970

1932-1933 : ARCHIVES CABINET 24 : Annual Report : Accession 1974

1933-1934 : ARCHIVES CABINET 24 : Annual Report : Accession 1973

1934-1935 : ARCHIVES CABINET 24 : Annual Report : Accession 1971

1935-1936 : ARCHIVES CABINET 24 : Annual Report : Accession 1950

1936-1937 : ARCHIVES CABINET 24 : Annual Report : Accession 1977

1937-1938 : ARCHIVES CABINET 24 : Annual Report : Accession 1976

1938-1939 : ARCHIVES CABINET 24 : Annual Report : Accession 1965

1939-1940 : ARCHIVES CABINET 24 : Annual Report : Accession 1975

1940-1941 : ARCHIVES CABINET 24 : Annual Report : Accession 1979

1941-1942 : ARCHIVES CABINET 24 : Annual Report : Accession 1957

1942-1943 : ARCHIVES CABINET 24 : Annual Report : Accession 1956

1943-1944 : ARCHIVES CABINET 24 : Annual Report : Accession 1949

1944-1945 : ARCHIVES CABINET 24 : Annual Report : Accession 1966

1945-1946 : ARCHIVES CABINET 24 : Annual Report : Accession 1978

1946-1947 : ARCHIVES CABINET 24 : Annual Report : Accession 1951

1947-1948 : ARCHIVES CABINET 24 : Annual Report : Accession 1954

1948-1949 : ARCHIVES CABINET 24 : Annual Report : Accession 1955

SCL Special Collections Control Number: SCG.00003.07

Series 7. Register of requisitions 1891-1897

Physical Description:

Extent: 4 volumes

Note:

Series content list :

1891 : ARCHIVES CABINET 24 : Register of requisitions : Volume 1891 : Accession 2007

1891-1893 : ARCHIVES CABINET 36 : Register of requisitions : Accession 2621

1869-1878 : ARCHIVES CABINET 36 : Register of requisitions : Accession 2617

1896-1897 : ARCHIVES CABINET 36 : Register of requisitions : Accession 2616

Scope and Contents

By fund: library fund, county fund, state fund

SCL Special Collections Control Number: SCG.00003.08

Series 8. Ledger -- Superintendent of Schools 1908-1911

Physical Description:

Extent: 3 volumes

Note:

Series content list :

1908-1909 : ARCHIVES CABINET 38 : Volume M : Accession 2809

1909-1910 : ARCHIVES CABINET 38 : Volume N : Accession 2808

1910-1911 : ARCHIVES CABINET 38 : Volume O : Accession 2807

Scope and Contents

It is a fee book listing state, county and library funds paid by each school.

SCL Special Collections Control Number: SCG.00003.09

Series 9. Fee book journal 1886-1946

Physical Description:

Extent: 3 volumes

Note:

Series content list:

1908-1909 : ARCHIVES CABINET 38 : Volume M : Accession 2809

1886-1887 : ARCHIVES CABINET 37 : Volume [???] : Accession 2702

1930-1946 : ARCHIVES CABINET 37 : Volume [???] : Accession 2718

Scope and Contents

It is a fee book listing state, county and library funds paid by each school.

SCL Special Collections Control Number: SCG.00003.10

Series 10.District school, state, county, library and special funds 1887-1907

Physical Description:

Extent: 15 volumes

Note:

Series content list:

1887-1889 : ARCHIVES CABINET 24 : Volume [???] : Accession 1962

1887-1888 : ARCHIVES CABINET 24 : Volume [???] : Accession 1964

1890-1891 : ARCHIVES CABINET 24 : Volume [???] : Accession 2004

1894-1895 : ARCHIVES CABINET 24 : Volume [???} : Accession 2002

1895-1896 : ARCHIVES CABINET 24 : Volume [???] : Accession 2003

1896-1897 : ARCHIVES CABINET 8 : Volume [???] : Accession 1320

1898-1899 : ARCHIVES CABINET 38 : Volume [???] : Accession 2802

1899-1900 : ARCHIVES CABINET 34 : Volume [???] : Accession 2562

1900-1901 : ARCHIVES CABINET 37 : Volume [???] : Accession 2669

1901-1902 : ARCHIVES CABINET 37 : Volume F : Accession 2670

1902-1903 : ARCHIVES CABINET 37 : Volume G : Accession 2671

1903-1904 : ARCHIVES CABINET 37 : Volume H : Accession 2672

1904-1905 : ARCHIVES CABINET 34 : Volume [???] : Accession 2563

1905-1906 : ARCHIVES CABINET 38 : Volume J : Accession 2806

1906-1907 : ARCHIVES CABINET 38 : Volume K : Accession 2812

SCL Special Collections Control Number: SCG.00003.11

Series 11. Record of requisitions -- State funds/Special funds 1902-1906

Accession no: 2801

Note:

Cabinet 38

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 volume

Scope and Contents

1 loose sheet stapled in the front of the book.

SCL Special Collections Control Number: SCG.00003.12

Series 12. Record book -- school district 1907-1914

Accession no: 2811

Note:

Cabinet 38

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 volume

SCL Special Collections Control Number: SCG.00003.13

Series 13. Applications of the Board of Education 1898-1911

Accession no: 2804

Note:

Cabinet 27

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 volume

Scope and Contents

County certificates, renewals and recommendations

SCL Special Collections Control Number: SCG.00003.14

Series 14. Journal -- Financial records, account books, school district 1866-1870

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 volume

Scope and Contents

A few names at the end are not in alphabetical order

SCL Special Collections Control Number: SCG.00003.Ser. 15

Series 15. Register of teachers' certificates 1880-1934

Physical Description:

Extent: 4 volumes

Note:

Series content list:

1876-1901: ARCHIVES CABINET 24 : Volume 1 : Accession number: ????

1880-1930: ARCHIVES CABINET 24 : Volume 2 : Accession number: ????

1898-1911: ARCHIVES CABINET 25 : Volume 1 : Accession number: ????

1930: ARCHIVES CABINET 25 : Volume 2 : Accession number: ????

Scope and Contents

[1961] Department identified as Superintendent of Schools on accession record.

Note: Accession 2725 entered in alphabetical order except a few at the end. It may have libraries in Lake and Mendocino (pg. 60, 61, 87, and 99[?].)

SCL Special Collections Control Number: SCG.00003.16

Series 16. Register of requisitions 1880-1908

Physical Description:

Extent: 8 volumes

Note:

Series content list:

1880-1884: ARCHIVES CABINET 36 (ROW 31)

1884-1886: ARCHIVES CABINET 36 (ROW 31)

1886: ARCHIVES CABINET 36 (ROW 31)

1891: ARCHIVES CABINET 24

1898-1900: ARCHIVES CABINET 13

1900-1903: ARCHIVES CABINET 37 (ROW 31)

1902-1906: ARCHIVES CABINET 38

1907-1908: ARCHIVES CABINET 13

Scope and Contents

Includes funding for school districts and lists of teachers. Note: Accession 2637 is a chronological list on ledger pages. Columns titled: Date, No., In whose favor, Fund, District For, Receipted by. The 'For" is "Teaching." The "Fund" is "Co" and the "For" includes "Teaching," "Supplies," and "Repairs." Note: Accession 2638 is a chronological list on ledger pages. Columns titled: Date, No., District, Amount, In whose favor, For, Receipted by. The "For" is "Teaching." The pages are titled, "State Fund."

SCL Special Collections Control Number: SCG.00003.16I

Series 16. Record -- common schools 1860-1865

Accession no: 2645

Note:

Row 31 (Cabinet 36)

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 volume