Title: Lancaster School District and Records of Predecessor Districts, Grant County, Wisconsin
Inclusive Dates: 1867-1962

Creator:

• Lancaster Community School District (Grant County, Wis.)

Call Number: Grant Series 98

Quantity: 10.0 cubic feet (8 archives boxes, 3 flat boxes and 5 records center cartons)

Repository:

Housed at the Southwest Wisconsin Room and Area Research Center, Ullsvik Hall, University of Wisconsin-Platteville; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

UW-Platteville Southwest Wisconsin Room / Platteville Area Research Ctr. (Map)

See the catalog entry for information on possible additional materials and shelf locations.

Abstract:

Records of Lancaster city schools and rural schools consolidated into the Lancaster School District. The records of each predecessor school district vary but generally consist of grade and attendance registers giving the names and ages of students, and sometimes general record books containing minutes of the annual school meetings, financial statements, and teacher contracts, 1867-1962. Some districts records include school census reports and financial volumes. The City of Lancaster records consist of grade books, 1893-1960, and PTA minutes, 1955-1961.

Note:

Some records were water damaged before being transferred.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-gran0098

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By series. School districts within the predecessor schools series is arranged by township and thereunder by district number and then by date. City records are arranged by date.

Grant County Superintendent of Schools, Rural School Records, circa 1867-1965 (Grant Series 100) contains additional records and images from some of the schools.

Acquisition Information

Accession Number: C2005/005

Grant Series 98	Series: Rural Predecessor Schools
	Beetown
	District #1, 1868-1909
Box   1	General record book, 1901-1908
Box   1	Treasurer's account book, 1868-1909
	District #2, 1867-1939
	Record books
Box   1	1867-1884
Box   1	1885-1897
Box   1	1900-1907
	Registers
Box   1	1867
Box   1	1872-1874
Box   1	1876
Box   1	1877-1878
Box   1	1878-1879
Box   1	1883-1885
Box   1	1885-1901
Box   11	1894-1897
Box   1	1897-1901
Box   1	1902-1909
Box   1	1902-1906 Note: Beetown Upper School
Box   1	1926-1932
Box   1	1932-1939
	District #3, Five Points School, 1938-1958
	Registers
Box   9	1938-1946
Box   1	1953-1958
	District #6, Budworth School, 1951-1957
Box   2	Treasurer's record, 1951-1957
Box   2	Register, 1956-1957
	District #10, Flora Fountain School, 1948-1958
	Registers
Box   2	1948-1949
Box   2	1951-1952
Box   2	1955-1958
	District #11, 1868-1958
Box   2	District record book, 1908-1917
Box   2	District record book, 1918-1927
Box   2	Annual reports, 1916-1927
	Registers
Box   2	1868-1870
Box   9	1909-1912
Box   11	1910-1916
Box   9	1912-1916
Box   9	1916-1920
Box   9	1917-1922
Box   9	1920-1926
Box   9	1922-1928 Note: State Graded School
Box   9	1928-1936 Note: State Graded School
Box   10	1937-1940
Box   10	1941-1943
Box   2	1942-1946
Box   2	1945-1949
Box   2	1949-1953
Box   3	1946-1950
Box   3	1950-1954
Box   3	1953-1955
Box   3	1954-1958
Box   3	1956-1958
	Ellenboro, District #5, Cement School, 1909-1962
Box   3	Minutes and ledger, 1926-1961
	Registers
Box   10	1909-1921
Box   3	1926-1931
Box   3	1927-1936
Box   3	1936-1944
Box   3	1944-1948
Box   3	1948-1952
Box   3	1952-1955
Box   3	1956-1960
Box   3	1960-1962
	Little Grant, Beetown, and North Lancaster, Jt. Dist. #7, Bowen School, 1946-1959
Box   4	Treasurer's accounts, 1954-1958
	Registers
Box   4	1946-1950
Box   4	1950-1953
Box   4	1953-1957
Box   4	1957-1959
	North Lancaster
	District #10, Pine Knob School, 1932-1959
	Registers
Box   4	1932-1939
Box   4	1951-1955
Box   4	1956-1959
	District #12, Whitcomb School, 1867-1962
	District record books
Box   4	1867-1890
Box   4	1922-1961
	Registers
Box   4	1867-1881
Box   4	1888-1898
Box   5	1891-1894
Box   5	1894-1899
Box   5	1899-1903
Box   5	1904-1908
Box   5	1908-1916
Box   5	1931-1939
Box   5	1940-1946
Box   5	1947-1951
Box   5	1951-1955
Box   5	1955-1958
Box   5	1958-1962
	North Lancaster and Little Grant, Jt. District #15, Badger School, 1934-1956
	Registers
Box   5	1934-1942
Box   5	1942-1946
Box   6	1946-1950
Box   6	1950-1953
Box   6	1954-1956
	South Lancaster, District #1, Fairview School, 1908-1962
	District record book, 1908-1960
	Registers
Box   10	1922-1927
Box   10	1933-1941
Box   10	1943-1948
Box   6	1948-1952
Box   6	1952-1955
Box   6	1957-1960
Box   6	1960-1962
	South Lancaster, Beetown, Potosi, Jt. District #5, Hurricane School, 1948-1962
Box   6	Minutes, 1950-1962
	Registers
Box   6	1948-1952
Box   6	1952-1954
Box   7	1955-1958
Box   7	1959-1962
	South Lancaster, Harrison and Potosi, Jt. Dist. #8, Boice Prairie and Rock Schools
	Registers
Box   7	1867-1878 Note: Boice Prairie School
Box   7	1887-1891 Note: Boice Prairie School
Box   7	1897-1903 Note: Boice Prairie School
Box   7	1903-1914 Note: Boice Prairie School
Box   7	1914-1922 Note: Boice Prairie School
Box   7	1928-1933 Note: Rock School
Box   7	1933-1941 Note: Rock School
Box   7	1942-1945 Note: Rock School
Box   7	1945-1949 Note: Rock School
Box   7	1949-1952 Note: Rock School
Box   7	1953-1957 Note: Rock School
Box   7	1957-1961 Note: Rock School
	Potosi, District #5, Willow Creek School, 1936-1958
	Registers
Box   8	1936-1942
Box   8	1943-1946
Box   8	1946-1952
Box   8	1952-1956
Box   8	1956-1958
	Series: City of Lancaster Schools	⇧
	Grade books, 1893-1960
Box   8	1893-1913
Box   12	1904-1908
Box   13	1919-1917
Box   14	1916-1929
Box   15	1930-1936
Box   11	1939-1940
Box   15	1940-1954
Box   16	1955-1960
Box   16	PTA minutes, 1955-1961