Glasgow School Board
- Reference:GB 243 D-ED1/1
- Dates of Creation:1872 - 1938
- Language of Material:English
- Physical Description:16.20 Linear Metres (268 volumes; 8 files; 4 items)
Scope and Content
Minutes of public monthly meetings of the board, 1873-1896, 1901-1918; Committee minutes, 1873-1919; Inventory of titles, 1879; General summary of work, 1873-1882; Annual reports and statistics (printed), 1875-1879, 1882-1905, 1908-1917; Statements and returns, 1911-1918; General letter books, 1873-1918; Special letter books relating to subjects including endowments, elections, property, correspondence with the Scotch Education Department, etc., 1873-1919; Applications to the SED for loans for school buildings, 1884-1928; Applications for grants, 1904-1927; Architects' reports on school buildings, 1872; List of school sites for purchase, 1872-1916; Measurement of school sites book, undated; List of annual grants for SED, 1909-1930; Lists of masters and mistresses, with details of appointment, salaries, etc., 1874-1918; Register of pupil teachers, 1875-1898; Teachers' appointment book, 1876-1880; List of ex-pupil teachers, by school, 1898-1902; Appointments and particulars as to changes in staff of pupil teachers, 1880-1904; List of teachers on military service, 1917-1918; Glasgow High School teachers' pay bills, 1900-1903, 1908-1910; Lists of nurses, van attendants, dinner attendants, etc., 1913-1935; Particulars of children sent to institutions, 1898-1964; Members' Year Books (printed), 1908-1915; Register of children exempted from day school attendance, c 1910-1940; Registers of mentally defective children, 1909-1938; Notes on charitable endowments for education, c 1900; Accounts of capital and loans by the board, 1875-1880; School photographs, exterior and interior, in many cases showing classes in progress, undated (c1910, c1916-1917).
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Bibliography
James M Roxburgh, 'The School Board of Glasgow, 1873-1919' (University of London Press, 1971).Corporate Names