Benicia School Board records, 1858-1914

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Summary

Title:
Benicia School Board records
Dates:
1858-1914
Creators:
Benicia (Calif.) School Board
Extent:
2 cartons, 1 box, 1 oversize box, 1 volume, 1 oversize folder 3.4 linear feet
Language:
Collection materials are in English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Benicia School Board records, BANC MSS C-A 147 Part I, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley

Background

Scope and content:

Board of Trustees minutes (1869-1890); Board of Trustees correspondence, including letters sent to the Board by applicants for teaching jobs (1871-1914); school registers with lists of pupils (1861-1877 and 1893-1902), school board election materials, reports of the school board to the Superintendent of Schools for Solano County (1861-1901); principals' reports, instructors' reports, librarians' reports, school census records, financial records, and documents relating to the construction and maintenance of school buildings.

Biographical / historical:

Benicia, founded in 1847, is a city on the north bank of the Carquinez Strait, just east of Vallejo and across the straight from Martinez. In 1853 and 1854, Benicia served as California's third state capital and was the county seat of Solano County until 1858.

Acquisition information:
The collection was acquired by Dr. Fletcher H. Swift of the Department of Education, University of California, Berkeley, and presented to the Bancroft by the Department of Education, March 26, 1951.
Processing information:

Preliminary processing by Bancroft Library staff in 2010. Additional processing by Bancroft Library staff in 2012.

Accruals:

No additions are expected.

Physical location:
Many of the Bancroft Library collections are stored offsite and advance notice may be required for use. For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Rules or conventions:
Finding Aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
The Bancroft Library staff
Date Prepared:
© 2012
Date Encoded:
Machine-readable finding aid generated by GenX; markup validated by The Bancroft Library using CDL validation tools; Date of source: February 2012

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Benicia School Board records, BANC MSS C-A 147 Part I, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley

Location of this collection:
University of California, Berkeley, The Bancroft Library
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000, US
Contact:
510-642-6481
bancref-library@berkeley.edu
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