Title: Board of School Directors Records
Inclusive Dates: 1884-1981

Creator:

• Milwaukee (Wis.). Board of School Directors.

Call Number: City of Milwaukee Archival Collection 69

Quantity:

• 0.4 cubic ft. (1 box)
• 43 volumes
• 1 oversize folder

Repository:

Milwaukee Public Library, Frank P. Zeidler Room

Archival Location:

Milwaukee Public Library (Map)

Abstract:

Records of the Milwaukee Board of School Directors, which is the policy making body for the school system, serving within the framework provided by law, the will of the local citizenry, and the ethics of the education profession. Contains proceedings of their meetings, including meeting minutes and reports.

Note:

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Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.mwpl-cmac0069

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The Milwaukee Board of School Directors as established by law consists of nine members: one member elected at large, and eight members elected from numbered districts as determined by the Milwaukee Board of School Directors. The regular term of each member is four years and until their successors have been elected and qualified.

Legally, school boards are agents of the state, created by the legislature and selected by the electors of the local school district to represent and act for the state in providing the district with educational programs and facilities. The Milwaukee Board of School Directors is the policy making body for the school system, serving within the framework provided by law, the will of the local citizenry, and the ethics of the education profession.

Collection contains minutes of meetings of the Board of School Directors, including reports. There is a subject index. The years 1959-1969 are missing. There is also a volume of audit of payments that is a monthly listing of audit results of payments for public school expenses. Lists names of persons not on payroll and/or not on time record from April 1884 to December 1889. Volume 2 duplicates in part Volume 1.

The Special Committee on Equality of Educational Opportunity was formed by the Milwaukee Board of School Directors in 1963 in order to address Milwaukee’s racial disparities by studying the needs of the schools in order to provide effective achievement results across racial lines, in accordance with the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution. These materials contain minutes of the meetings of the Committee, as well as correspondence, reports and memos relating to the committee, and other miscellaneous papers.

The collection is arranged alphabetically.

City of Milwaukee Board of School Directors Records, 1884-1981, Collection 69. City of Milwaukee Archival Collections, Milwaukee Public Library, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Archival Collections

• City Service Commission Records. City of Milwaukee Archival Collection 56.

• School Teachers' Annuity & Retirement Fund Records. City of Milwaukee Archival Collection 57.

• Wisconsin Schools and Universities Collection. Local History Manuscript Collection 21.

Publications and Other Items

The City of Milwaukee and Environs [map] : Milwaukee Public Schools

Curriculum Bulletin

Proceedings of the Board of School Directors

Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions on the materials. The collection is open to all in accordance with state law. The public may view City of Milwaukee Archival Collections by appointment at the Central Library. To request an in-person appointment, create/login to your Special Collections Account. If you have any questions, please contact the Archives and Special Collections Department at mplarchives@milwaukee.gov.

Use Restrictions

The researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming with the laws of libel, privacy, and copyright which may be involved in the use of this collection (Wisconsin Statutes 19.21-19.39).

Acquisition Information

Milwaukee Public Library receives official materials from city departments via the Milwaukee City Records Center, pursuant to state statutes and city ordinances governing the permanent retention of city records.

Processing Information

Processed by Janet K. Geronime, 1996. Updated by Gayle M. Ecklund, 2001. In 2018, Bob Jaeger combined the previous Board of School Directors collections, added the Special Committee on Equality of Educational Opportunity materials, and renumbered it CMAC 69.

Volume   1-2	Audit of Payments, 1884-1889
Box   1 Folder   1	Nature Recreation in Milwaukee, Department of Municipal Recreation, broadcast transcripts, 1936
	Proceedings
Volume   3	July 1928 - June 1929
Volume   4	July 1929 - June 1930
Volume   5	July 1930 - June 1931
Volume   6	July 1931 - June 1932
Volume   7	July 1932 - June 1933
Volume   8	July 1933 - June 1934
Volume   9	July 1934 - June 1935
Volume   10	July 1935 - June 1936
Volume   11	July 1936 - June 1937
Volume   12	July 1937 - June 1938
Volume   13	July 1938 - June 1939
Volume   14	July 1939 - June 1940
Volume   15	July 1940 - June 1941
Volume   16	July 1941 - June 1942
Volume   17	July 1942 - June 1943
Volume   18	July 1943 - June 1944
Volume   19	July 1944 - June 1945
Volume   20	July 1945 - June 1946
Volume   21	July 1946 - June 1947
Volume   22	July 1947 - June 1948
Volume   23	July 1948 - June 1949
Volume   24	July 1949 - June 1950
Volume   25	July 1950 - June 1951
Volume   26	July 1951 - June 1952
Volume   27	July 1952 - June 1953
Volume   28	July 1953 - June 1954
Volume   29	July 1954 - June 1955
Volume   30	July 1955 - June 1956
Volume   31	July 1956 - June 1957
Volume   32	July 1957 - June 1958
Volume   33	July 1970 - June 1971
Volume   34	July 1971 - June 1972
Volume   35	July 1972 - June 1973
Volume   36	July 1973 - June 1974
Volume   37	July 1974 - June 1975
Volume   38	July 1975 - June 1976
Volume   39	July 1976 - June 1977
Volume   40	July 1977 - June 1978
Volume   41	July 1978 - June 1979
Volume   42	July 1979 - June 1980
Volume   43	July 1980 - June 1981
Box   1 Folder   2	Recreation Survey by Rowland Haynes, 1912
Box   1 Folder   3	Salary Schedules for Classified Employes, 1948
	Special Committee on Equality of Educational Opportunity
Box   1 Folder   4	clippings and legal actions, 1963-1966
Box   1 Folder   5	correspondence, memos, and reports, 1963-1966
Box   1 Folder   6-8	minutes, 1963-1964
Box   1 Folder   9	Special Meetings and Committees, miscellaneous minutes, 1953-1954
Oversize Folder   1	Survey of Milwaukee's Playground and Playfield Needs, includes description, 1928, 1974