Local History Archive | Manuscript Collection List
A0028 – Boynton Cultural Centre Collection
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title: Boynton Cultural Centre Collection
Date span: 1993-2009
Physical description: 21.40 linear ft. (42 boxes)
Creator(s): Boynton Cultural Centre and the Schoolhouse Children’s Museum and Learning Centre
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.
Acquisition information: Transfer from Boynton Cultural Centre (2018.025) and Gift of Judith M. Sanders (2012.007)
Preferred Citation: Collection title including series, box, and folder numbers, Boynton Beach City Library
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
Historical Note: Boynton Cultural Centre, Inc. was established in 1997 as the administrative board of the Schoolhouse Children’s Museum and Learning Centre, located in the renovated Boynton Elementary School building (built 1913) at 129 E Ocean Avenue, Boynton Beach.
Scope and Content Note: Administrative files, including founding documents, committee and meeting notes; grant and fund-raising for restoration of the building; and publications, chiefly for exhibitions. Includes information about Boynton School and restoration (that may have been undertaken before the organizations were established) throughout.
Arrangement Note: Arranged into 35 series (see box list)
Processing Information: Collection processed in 2017 / sms
Date of finding aid: April 2019 / gc
CONTENTS
Box 1
Series 1-Alumni Division, alumni card file c. 1990s
Box 2
Series 1-Alumni
Series 2-Ampitheater and Restroom Construction
Box 3
Series 3-Artifacts
Subseries 1-Artifacts found under school building
Subseries 2-List of artifacts stored in BBCL under the stairs
Box 4
Subseries 3-Original school bell clapper
Box 5
Series 4-Correspondence
Subseries 1-Weekly Progress Reports
Box 6
Series 5-Cultural Center/Schoolhouse Children's Museum Board Meetings, 1995-2006
Box 7
Series 5-Cultural Center/Schoolhouse Children's Museum Board Meetings, 2007-2009
Box 8
Series 5-Cultural Center/Schoolhouse Children's Museum Board Meetings, 2010-
Box 9
Series 6-Events
Box 10
Series 7-Founding Documents
Subseries 1-Governance, Legal Documents, By-Laws
Subseries 2-Logo
Subseries 3-Mission and Goals
Box 11
Subseries 4-Planning Document
Box 12
Subseries 5-Referendum
Subseries 6-Transfer of schools from PBCSB to BB
Box 13
Series 8-Fund Raising
Subseries 1-Campaigns
Subseries 2-Clover Development Strategies
Subseries 3-Cultural Center Woman's League
Box 14
Subseries 4-Donor Wall
Subseries 5-Events
Box 15
Subseries 6-Pavers
Subseries 7-Pledges
Box 16
Subseries 8-Photo sales
Box 17
Series 9-Gift Store Items
Box 18
Series 10-Grant Funding
Subseries 1-Correspondence
Subseries 2-Applied and/or Denied
Box 19
Subseries 3-Received, 1993-1998
Box 20
Subseries 3-Received, 1995-1999
Box 21
Subseries 3-Received, 1996-2005
Series 11-Guest Book
Box 22
Series 12-High School Feasibility Study 2001-2005 and National Register Nomination
Box 23
Series 13-Institutional History, including property elementary school research
Box 24
Series 14-Kids Kingdom Playground
Series 15-Mural
Box 25
Series 16-National Register Nomination
Series 17-Newspaper Clippings
Box 26
Series 18-Permanent Exhibit Installation
Subseries 1-Designers
Box 27
Subseries 1-Designers
Subseries 2-Installation
Box 28
Subseries 3-Fishing Lore Exhibit
Box 29
Series 19-Photographs
Series 20-Policies and Procedures
Box 30
Series 22-Programs
Series 23-Public Relations and Press Releases
Series 24-Publications
Box 31
Series 25-Restoration
Subseries 1-Asbestos Removal
Subseries 2-Re-roofing Elementary School
Subseries 3-Project# 027-711-98/CJD
Box 32
Subseries 4-Window and Door Replacement
Series 26-Restoration Plan
Subseries 1-Prior to RFP and Bidding
Subseries 2-Project# 013-121-93/VSMG
Box 33
Subseries 2-Project# 013-121-93/VSMG
Box 34
Series 27-Restoration Specifications
Box 35
Series 28-Role of Other Institutions and/or Partners
Subseries 1-Boynton Beach Historical Society
Subseries 2-Florida Stage
Subseries 3-Little Palm Theater
Subseries 4-Robert Katz/Andrews House
Subseries 5-South Florida Science Museum
Box 36
Series 29-Steering Committee
Subseries 1-Committees
Subseries 2-Fund Raising
Subseries 3-Meetings
Subseries 4-Organization
Subseries 5-Planning
Series 30-Surveys
Box 37
Series 31-Task Force (1992-1993)
Subseries 1-Committees
Subseries 2-Meetings
Subseries 3-Planning
Subseries 4-Surveys
Box 38
Series 32-Technology Committee
Box 39
Series 21-Posters
Box 40
Series 26-Robert Currie rendering
Box 41 Oversized
Series 14-Kids Kingdom Playground scrapbook
Box 42 Oversized
Series 18-Permanent Exhibit Installation
Subseries 1-Designers
Box 43 Oversized
Series 33-Temporary Exhibits
Box 44 Oversized
Series 33-Temporary Exhibits
Box 45 Oversized
Series 34-Video
Series 35-Volunteers
Oversized
Series 3-Artifacts
Subseries 1-Artifacts found under school building
Newspaper found in school wall* *oversized item in Flat Files, Drawer 17
Series 26-Restoration Plan
Subseries 1-Prior to RFP and Bidding* *oversized item in Flat Files, Drawer 17
