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The collection consists of a leather-bound scrapbook embossed with the monogram “MC.” The scrapbook contains signatures, greetings, and drawings from Mary’s classmates and teachers at Soldan, report cards, receipts, passes, and permits, including a permit to play tennis in the public parks for the 1913 season. Also included in the scrapbook are dance cards, score cards, greeting cards, and a half-tone photograph of the Soldan High School Class of January 1914.

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The Educational Museum of the St. Louis Public Schools Records includes an inventory of records of objects circulated to grade schools, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, information on the history of the Educational Museum, reproductions of various historical St. Louis events with photos and text, printed material, financial records, and records of Delta Kappa Gamma Sorority.

Scope and Contents The J. Harry Pohlman Collection contains two photographs documenting the St. Louis Board of Education and the St. Louis Public Schools Patrons Alliance. One photograph shows a group portrait of the St. Louis Board of Education, circa 1940s. The other photograph shows four men, probably including Director of Physical Education Arthur Anderson, posed behind a table of Public Schools Patrons Alliance trophies awarded in 1937. J. Harry Pohlman was a long-time member of the St. Louis Board of...

Scope and Contents The school friendship book is a scrapbook that documents Dorothy Roach’s time at Ben Blewett Junior High School and Soldan High School from 1923 to 1925. The book contains autographs, drawings, and notes of fellow students; newspaper clippings; clippings and pages from Scrippage, the Soldan High School student newspaper; issue of Scrippage, dated February 15, 1924; issue from The Junior Life, the Ben Blewett Junior High...

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The collection contains seven Roosevelt High School commencement programs dated 1925-1956.

Scope and Contents The Property Series, 1766-1979, contains various documents relating to land owned by the St. Louis Public Schools. Due to the 1812 Act of Congress granting vacant, unclaimed land for educational purposes, the formation of a board of education coincided with the acquisition of property. The series is divided into three subseries: Board Documents, Property Records, and Vouchers. The ...