Library Archives Manuscript Collection - A0027

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A0027 – Boynton Beach Elementary School Collection

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title: Boynton Beach Elementary School Collection
Date span: 1913-1999 (inclusive), 1972-1988 (bulk)
Physical description: 30.63 linear feet (42 boxes)
Creator(s): Various
Language note: English

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Restriction on access: The collection is available for supervised use by appointment during normal Boynton Beach City Library hours. Users are required to complete a registration form and comply with the library’s regulations governing use.

Terms governing use and reproduction: Materials in the collections are to be used for private study, scholarship, or research in accord with the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code). The Boynton Beach City Library adheres to all conditions specified in the law when providing reproductions of copyrighted material. Any use of a reproduction in excess of “fair use," may result in the user’s liability for copyright infringement.

Additional physical form available: None

Custodial history: Many items found in collection or donated without documentation.

Preferred Citation: Collection title including series, box, and folder numbers, Boynton Beach City Library
 

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Historical Note: In 1896, the Lake Worth Land Trust donated land for a school in Boynton, which until April 1908 was part of Dade County. Its location has been variously recorded as being west or east of the later school, at Ocean Avenue and Seacrest (then Green Street). In 1900, a new school was built on Ocean Avenue near Seacrest, with one large room and a belfrey with a bell. In 1910, the building was divided into two rooms. In 1913, a new six room concrete black building was constructed just east of the older building. The Boynton Beach Elementary School served grades 1 -12 until 1927, when the Boynton High School opened next door. For the next three decades the building served as a traditional 1-8 grade school, until Boynton Jr. High opened in 1958. The structure served as a school for primary grades and elementary students until its closing in 1990.

Scope and Content Note: Chiefly photograph albums produced by the school. Also a few pieces of ephemera.

Keywords:
Boynton Elementary School (Boynton Beach, Fla.)
Elementary schools
School children
Classrooms

Processing Information: Collection processed c 2017 / sms
Date of finding aid: March 2019 / gc

 

CONTENTS 

Box 1 Awards

Box 2 Certificates

• Reading award patches
• Certificate of standardization 1931
• RegionX Science Fair 1979 & 1984
• Golden School Award/school volunteering 1983-1986

Box 3 Principal's Albums 1979-1980, 1984-1985
Box 4 Principal's Albums 1986-1988
Box 5 Principal's Albums 1981-1984
Box 6 Student Albums 1955-1958
Box 7 Student Albums 1959-1962
Box 8 Student Albums 1962-1967
Box 9 Student Albums 1967-1969
Box 10 Student Albums 1970-1979
Box 11 Student Albums 1981, 1982-1983, 1985-1986
Box 12 Student Loose Classroom Photographs 1913-1957
Box 13 Student Loose Classroom Photographs 1962-1963, 1980-1981
Box 14 Student Loose Classroom Photographs 1946-1947, 1953, 1957-1958, 1961-1962
Box 15 Ephemera
Box 16 Parent Teacher Association (PTA)
Box 17 OVERSIZED
Box 18 Construction Drawings and Specifications
Box 19 Correspondence
Box 20 Events
Box 21 History, Newsclippings
Box 22 Pageants, Plays, and School Programs
Box 23 Photograph Albums 1972-1985
Box 24 Photograph Albums 1988-1989
Box 25 Photograph Albums 1982-1986
Box 26 Photograph Albums 1972-1977
Box 27 Photograph Albums 1979-1981, 1983-1984
Box 28 Photograph Albums 1983-1985
Box 29 Photograph Albums 1986-1988
Box 30 Photograph Albums 1988-1989
Box 31 Photograph Albums 1910-1999
Box 32 Photograph Albums 1964-1974
Box 33 Photograph Albums 1975-1979
Box 34 Photograph Albums 1979-1989
Box 35 Publications
Box 36 Report cards, Certificates of promotion
Box 37 School clubs, School projects, Self-studies
Box 38 Staff: teachers, volunteers, administrative
Box 39 Journalism club scrapbook 1983-1984
Box 40 Journalism club scrapbook and The Blabber 1984-1985
Box 41 Scrapbook 1972
Box 42 Scrapbook 1974-1975