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Indianapolis Public Schools

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Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Florence Meikel diploma

 Collection — Folder: S2056
Identifier: S2056
Scope and Contents Collection S2056 is a grammar school diploma which was awarded to Florence Meikcl on Januaty 26, 1906, by School No. 9 of the Indianapolis Public Schools. The diploma is signed by Laura B. Alexander, teacher, and Georgia Alexandre, Supervising Principal. The diploma displays two ribbons (a blue Iibbon and a gold), the seal of the state of Indiana, and another seal proclaiming: "Common Schools, The Hope of Our Country [Indiana]."
Dates: 1906
Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts / Florence Meikel diploma

Indiana kindergarten photographs

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SP078
Scope and Contents This collection includes photographs relating to kindergartens in Indianapolis, Mishawaka, Richmond, and Terre Haute, Indiana ranging from circa 1900 to 1925 regarding school children, some of whom were immigrants, teachers, classrooms, school activities, and buildings.
Dates: circa 1900-1925
Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts / Indiana kindergarten photographs

Indianapolis Public Library Hilton U. Brown Branch oral history transcripts

 Collection
Identifier: OH008
Scope and Contents This collection contains transcripts of oral history interviews with residents of Irvington, once a town in Marion County, and now a neighborhood in Indianapolis, Indiana, ranging from 1978 to 1987. The interviews were conducted primarily by Lois Leamon and others for Indianapolis Public Library, Hilton U. Brown Branch's Irvington Oral History Project. The transcripts include historical information about the town-cum-neighborhood and the people who lived there.
Dates: 1978-1987
Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts / Indianapolis Public Library Hilton U. Brown Branch oral history transcripts

Indianapolis Public Schools collection

 Collection
Identifier: L588
Scope and Contents This collection includes organization and school histories, staff biographies, pamphlets, periodicals, reports, clippings, and photographs from Indianapolis Public Schools in Indianapolis, Indiana, ranging from 1870 to 2008, undated, regarding the school system, local public schools, teachers and staff, students, school buses, and education.
Dates: 1870-2008, undated
Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts / Indianapolis Public Schools collection

Indianapolis Public Schools Education Center dedication program

 Collection — Folder: S0097
Identifier: S0097
Scope and Contents This collection includes the dedication program for the Education Center of the Indianapolis Public Schools in Indianapolis, Indiana on May 20, 1967.
Dates: 1967/05/20
Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts / Indianapolis Public Schools Education Center dedication program

Marion County Coordinators of Integrated Education records

 Collection
Identifier: L453
Scope and Contents This collection contains the meeting minutes, memoranda, directories, publications, bylaws, annual reports, and other records from the Marion County Coordinators of Integrated Education and the Community Desegregation Advisory Council in Indianapolis, Indiana, ranging from 1971 to 1999. It also includes newspaper clippings; studies on Marion County schools concerning desegregation; legal documents about the federal lawsuit against Marion County schools over desegregation; and various programs,...
Dates: 1971-1999
Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts / Marion County Coordinators of Integrated Education records

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