Scope and Contents: The annual report of the president of the board was addressed to the Mayor and, through 1890, covered the year ending November 30; beginning 1891 the report covered a calendar year ending December 31. The report includes statistics of the schools and their finances, a review of the school building program and needed buildings, and a discussion of major issues and problems facing the schools.

Scope and Content Note: From the Collection: This collection contains the records of the New York City Board of Education, from its creation in 1842 to its replacement by a mayoral agency, the Department of Education, in 2002. Also included are records of the Board of Education of the City of Brooklyn from 1853 to 1897. These records document aspects of educational policy-making and school-system administration. The Municipal Archives does not hold student records.Nineteenth-century records consist primarily of the printed...

Scope and Contents: The “Bylaws and Rules” contains the “Bylaws” governing the activities of the Board of Education and the “Rules and Regulations for the Schools” setting forth rules relating to school hours and calendar, admission of students, and the responsibilities of students, teachers, and principals.

Scope and Contents: Directories of members and officials of the board of education. Published annually on a school year basis. Title varies: cover title variously “Board of Education, Brooklyn N.Y.” and “Department of Public Instruction, Brooklyn N.Y.”. Beginning with the 1888-89 directory, there is a title page: “Members, Officers, and Committees of the Board of Education.”The directories include, for board members, name, residence address, business address, and committee assignments. For...

Scope and Contents: A payroll ledger recording payments to teachers for evening schools, including evening high schools, from September 1891 to January 1898 (the last month before Consolidation). Recorded, for each teacher, are the number of nights worked, pay per night, and monthly totals. Entries are arranged by year and by school. School totals and yearly cumulative totals are also recorded.

Scope and Contents: The Manual combines directory-type information with some or all of the following types of material: the bylaws of the board, related legislation, history of the school system, course of study, and listings of schools with their teaching staff. The course of study, with detailed instructions for implementation, was included in the 1873, 1877, and 1880 Manual and a revised course of study was printed separately in 1887.The title varies as indicated below; the Manual was published...

Scope and Contents: The printed proceedings, or minutes, of the meetings of the Brooklyn Board of Education. The proceedings document formal actions of the board and also, in some cases, give indication of the rationale for policies or decisions. Each year is indexed at the end of the volume.

Scope and Contents: A visitors’ book for Public School 15, Brooklyn, located in downtown Brooklyn at Powers and State Streets. Chronological entries record the dates and signatures of visitors to the school, together with occasional comments on the work of the pupils and teachers and on conditions observed in the school. Visitors were primarily members of the local committee having responsibility for supervision of the school and the city superintendent of schools, but also included other educators and officials.

Scope and Contents: A record of salary payments to teachers in the grade schools and high schools of Brooklyn. Each school has a two page spread, with columns for each month in the calendar year. (Beginning with 1896 there are two ledgers per year, one for the months of January to May, the other for June to December.) The ledgers appear to be a duplicate, permanent, record, separate from any monthly payroll sheets that presumably were used.

Scope and Content Note: From the Collection: This collection contains the records of the New York City Board of Education, from its creation in 1842 to its replacement by a mayoral agency, the Department of Education, in 2002. Also included are records of the Board of Education of the City of Brooklyn from 1853 to 1897. These records document aspects of educational policy-making and school-system administration. The Municipal Archives does not hold student records.Nineteenth-century records consist primarily of the printed...