Orkney Education Authority

• Reference:GB 241 CO5/1-2
• Dates of Creation:1918-1975
• Name of Creator:
  Orkney Education Authority, 1918-1929
  Orkney County Council Education Department
  1929-1973
  Orkney Islands Council
  1973-
• Language of Material:English
• Physical Description:
  2.70 Linear Metres

• Scope and Content

  Includes: Minute books, 1919-1930; Printed minutes and reports, 1919-1975; Index to Education Authority minutes, 1965-1975; Cash books, 1919-1930; Press cuttings books, 1919-1946, 1976-1984; Register of employment of schoolchildren, 1925-1940, Accounts of receipts and expenditure, 1919-1930; Ledger, 1935-1936; Files relating to the administration of education, 1919-1939; Register of award certificates by the Scottish Education Department, 1918-1950; Exemption registers, 1919-1971.

• Access Information

  Restricted; Some items may not be available for consultation due to the confidential nature of their contents: such records are normally subject to a closure of 75 years.