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DeKalb County Schools Collection


Introduction: The DeKalb County Schools Collection is composed primarily of documents related to the DeKalb County school system from the 1940s-1980s.  There are letters, documents, calendars, brochures, maps, and statistical compilations documenting the general proceedings of the time as well as compliance with the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Provenance: Gift of Sarah Handley, 1985 (Accession #1985-10).  Sarah Handley was a longtime employee of the DeKalb County Schools.

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes.  Permission to publish materials from this collection must be requested from the archivist, DeKalb Historical Society.  Citation should be as follows: 

Description of specific item; DeKalb County Schools Collection, DeKalb Historical Society Archives

Processed by Beth Godbee and Coley Stilz, 1998-1999.

Size : 4 archival boxes

Description

The DeKalb County Schools Collection is composed of materials dealing with the function, composition, and schedules of the DeKalb County School System from the 1940s-1980s.  The collection provides a wealth of statistical information covering a range of topics from busing expenses to attendance percentages by year.

Box 1 of the collection contains statistical information on the schools throughout the county.  It includes general county statistics, information on staff and teachers, population and enrollment figures, and more.

Box 2 of the collection contains general information and miscellaneous information about the DeKalb County school system.  It also has folders dealing with Jim Cherry, the county superintendent from the late 1940s-1970s.  It also has newspaper clippings and maps dealing with the school system.

Boxes 3 and 4 of the collection contain DeKalb School calendars from 1954-82, and folders with brochures, reports, pamphlets, and programs covering 1950s-1970s.

Subject Headings:

When possible, Library of Congress Subject Headings have been used. 

Main Entry: DeKalb County Schools (DeKalb County, Ga.)

Subject/Added Entries:

Cherry, Jim

Dropouts‹Georgia‹DeKalb County

Education‹Demographic aspects‹Georgia‹DeKalb County

School attendance‹Georgia‹DeKalb County

School boards‹Georgia‹DeKalb County

School children‹Georgia‹DeKalb County

School districts‹Georgia‹DeKalb County

School enrollment‹Georgia‹DeKalb County

School facilities‹Georgia‹DeKalb County

School integration‹Georgia‹DeKalb County

Special education‹Georgia‹DeKalb County


Folder List:
Box Folder Contents Dates
1 1 DeKalb County Statistics 1939-67
  2 Information on Staff and Teachers 1939-73
  3 Graduate Statistics, Drop-Out Rates, Failures, Exceptional Program, Holding Power 1946-72
  4 Population and Enrollment 1900-72
  5 Comparative Enrollment and Attendance 1936-76
  6 Enrollment by Grade 1946-65
  7 Financial Info/Expenditures & Budget 1937-73
  8 DeKalb Building and Bond Issue 1947-72
  9 Health and Medical 1938-72
  10 Transportation 1947-28
2 1 Minimum Foundation Program 1949
  2 Policy and Administration Handbooks 1954-58
  3 Miscellaneous 1949-73
  4 General Info and Reports I 1946-82
  5 General Info and Reports II 1946-82
  6 Civil Rights Act Compliance 1964-76
  7 Newspaper Clippings 1956-82
  8 Jim Cherry 1954-82
  9 Maps-DeKalb County Schools  
3 1 DeKalb School Calendars 1954-71
  2 DeKalb School Calendars 1971-82
  3 Brochures, Programs, & Reports 1960-1980
  4 Brochures, Programs, & Reports 1950s
4 1 Brochures, Programs, & Reports 1960s
  2 Brochures, Programs, & Reports 1970s
  3 Brochures, Programs, & Reports undated



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