School District Records, 1883-1884, bulk 1883-1884

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Title:: School District records
Dates:: 1883-1884, bulk 1883-1884
Creators:: County Superintendent of Public Schools
Abstract:: The collection consists of school district orders and receipts.
Extent:: 1 folder
Language:: Languages represented in the collection: English
Preferred citation:: School District records, 2011-002, Santa Clara County Archives.

Scope and content:: The collection contains records of orders from the county superintendent of public schools and school district receipts for purchase of supplies.
Biographical / historical:: Santa Clara County public schools were first created in 1853. In 1855, the superintendent was made a separate elected office. Funding and attendance were the foremost issues as the number of schools increased through the 1870s. The majority of school orders in this collection were placed in 1883, while Lemuel Chipman served as superintendent.
Acquisition information:: The collection was originally donated by Duffy Kune in 2010 to the Gilroy History Museum and transferred to the Santa Clara County Archives in 2011.
Arrangement:: The collection consists of 3 orders arranged numerically from the county superintendent of public schools and 4 school district receipts arranged chronologically.
Physical location:: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult Archives staff.
Rules or conventions:: Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard
Bibliography:: Laffey, G.A., & Detlefs, R.G. (1995). County Leadership: Santa Clara County Government History. San Jose, CA: The County of Santa Clara Historical Heritage Commission. p. 51-2, 141.

Subjects:: School districts--Accounting.
School superintendents--California.
Names:: Santa Clara County (Calif.)

Collection Guide Author:: Dorothy Leung
Date Prepared:: © 2011
Date Encoded:: Machine-readable finding aid created by Dorothy Leung. Date of source: March 17, 2011.

Access and use

Restrictions:: Collection is open for research.
Terms of access:: The Archives can claim physical ownership only for some collections. Users are responsible for securing permission of the copyright holder for publication or quotation.

Preferred citation:: School District records, 2011-002, Santa Clara County Archives.

Location of this collection:: Santa Clara County, Archives

1875 Senter Road

San Jose, CA 95112, US