Martin Digital History

Board of Public Instruction Meeting Minutes for Dade County (1885-1897, 1905-1909) and Palm Beach County (1909-1928)

Title

Board of Public Instruction Meeting Minutes for Dade County (1885-1897, 1905-1909) and Palm Beach County (1909-1928)

Subject

Schools
Minutes (Records)

Description

Martin County was established in 1925 from land included in Palm Beach County and St. Lucie County.

Palm Beach County was established in 1909 from part of Dade County; St. Lucie County was established in 1908 from part of Brevard County.

The records in this collection include excerpts from Dade County Board of Public Instruction concerning schools in Palm Beach County, and the minutes of the Palm Beach County Board of Public Instruction to 1928. 

Minutes of meetings include information on school staff, financial allocations, petitions from citizens, and other issues.

Original volumes located at the Historical Society of Palm Beach County. Digitized by Michael Syrkus in conjunction with the Martin County Black Heritage Initiative.

These extremely large files have been split into smaller files for easier download. However, the larger files have been made available at https://archive.org/details/@martin_digital_history

  • Dade County Board of Public Instruction Meeting Minutes excerpts, 1885-1897, 1906-1909 is one file.
  • Board of Public Instruction Meeting Minutes for Palm Beach County, Volume 1 (1909-1915) has been divided into four files.
  • Board of Public Instruction Meeting Minutes for Palm Beach County, Volume 2 (1915-1918) has been divided into two files.
  • Board of Public Instruction Meeting Minutes for Palm Beach County, Volume 3 (1919-1922) has been divided into three files.
  • Board of Public Instruction Meeting Minutes for Palm Beach County, Volume 4 (1923-1925) has been divided into two files.
  • Board of Public Instruction Meeting Minutes for Palm Beach County, Volume 5 (1926-1928) has been divided into three files.

Creator

Board of Public Instruction (Dade County, Fla.)
Board of Public Instruction (Palm Beach County, Fla.)

Source

Scan gift of the Palm Beach County School District (Palm Beach County, Fla.)

Contributor

Black Heritage initiative

Rights

No Copyright - In the United States: The Martin County Library System believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. For more information, visit http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Language

English

Type

Text

Identifier

2026.007

Collection Items

  • Typed transcription of meeting minutes of the Dade County Board of Public Instruction that pertain to school districts that were moved into Palm Beach County when that county was formed in 1909. These transcriptions were provided by the Dade County Board of Public Instruction to the Palm Beach County Board of Public Instruction in 1913.

    Volume labeled “Minutes, School Board 1 & 3, Dade County, Florida, June 1885-November 1909.” The numbering is supported by internal certificates. One certificate (PDF p. 41) states that Minute Book No. 2 was loaned by the Dade County Board of Public Instruction to Guy I. Metcalf in 1907 and could not be located afterward. However, the volume itself also contains pages indicating Volumes 1, 2, and 3.

    Original volume (Size: 9” wide by 14.5” height) located at the Historical Society of Palm Beach County. Digitized by Michael Syrkus in conjunction with the Martin County Black Heritage Initiative.

    Minutes of meetings indicate notes on school and district establishment, petitions from citizens, acquiring of land for schools, providing of teachers, and costs associated with activities.

  • Handwritten record of minutes of meetings of the Board of Public Instruction of Palm Beach. Records include notes on school and district establishment, petitions from citizens, acquiring of land for schools, providing of teachers, and costs associated with activities.

    Original volume (size 12” wide by 16.25” height) located at the Historical Society of Palm Beach County. Digitized by Michael Syrkus in conjunction with the Martin County Black Heritage Initiative.

    This volume is available at higher resolution, in one volume on the Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/pbc-school-board-1909-1915)

  • Handwritten record of minutes of meetings of the Board of Public Instruction of Palm Beach. Records include notes on school and district establishment, petitions from citizens, acquiring of land for schools, providing of teachers, and costs associated with activities.

    Original volume (size 12” wide by 16.25” height) located at the Historical Society of Palm Beach County. Digitized by Michael Syrkus in conjunction with the Martin County Black Heritage Initiative.

    This volume is available at higher resolution, in one volume on the Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/pbc-school-board-1909-1915)

  • Handwritten record of minutes of meetings of the Board of Public Instruction of Palm Beach. Records include notes on school and district establishment, petitions from citizens, acquiring of land for schools, providing of teachers, and costs associated with activities.

    Original volume (size 12” wide by 16.25” height) located at the Historical Society of Palm Beach County. Digitized by Michael Syrkus in conjunction with the Martin County Black Heritage Initiative.

    This volume is available at higher resolution, in one volume on the Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/pbc-school-board-1909-1915)

  • Handwritten record of minutes of meetings of the Board of Public Instruction of Palm Beach. Records include notes on school and district establishment, petitions from citizens, acquiring of land for schools, providing of teachers, and costs associated with activities.

    Original volume (size 12” wide by 16.25” height) located at the Historical Society of Palm Beach County. Digitized by Michael Syrkus in conjunction with the Martin County Black Heritage Initiative.

    This volume is available at higher resolution, in one volume on the Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/pbc-school-board-1909-1915)

  • Handwritten record of minutes of meetings of the Board of Public Instruction of Palm Beach. Records include notes on school and district establishment, petitions from citizens, acquiring of land for schools, providing of teachers, and costs associated with activities.

    Original volume (size 12” wide by 16.25” height) located at the Historical Society of Palm Beach County. Digitized by Michael Syrkus in conjunction with the Martin County Black Heritage Initiative.

    This volume is available at higher resolution, in one volume on the Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/pbc-school-board-1915-1918)

  • Handwritten record of minutes of meetings of the Board of Public Instruction of Palm Beach. Records include notes on school and district establishment, petitions from citizens, acquiring of land for schools, providing of teachers, and costs associated with activities.

    Original volume (size 12” wide by 16.25” height) located at the Historical Society of Palm Beach County. Digitized by Michael Syrkus in conjunction with the Martin County Black Heritage Initiative.

    This volume is available at higher resolution, in one volume on the Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/pbc-school-board-1915-1918)

  • First half of the typed record of minutes of meetings of the Board of Public Instruction of Palm Beach. Records include notes on school and district establishment, petitions from citizens, acquiring of land for schools, providing of teachers, and costs associated with activities. The First 60 pages of material are missing from this book, representing the period of January to May 1923. This volume begins on page 61.

    Original volume (size 12” wide by 16.25” height) located at the Historical Society of Palm Beach County. Digitized by Michael Syrkus in conjunction with the Martin County Black Heritage Initiative.

    This volume is available at higher resolution, in one volume on the Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/pbc-school-board-1923-1925)

  • Second half of the typed record of minutes of meetings of the Board of Public Instruction of Palm Beach. Records include notes on school and district establishment, petitions from citizens, acquiring of land for schools, providing of teachers, and costs associated with activities. 

    Original volume (size 12” wide by 16.25” height) located at the Historical Society of Palm Beach County. Digitized by Michael Syrkus in conjunction with the Martin County Black Heritage Initiative.

    This volume is available at higher resolution, in one volume on the Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/pbc-school-board-1923-1925)

  • First third of volume 3, record book of minutes of meetings of the Board of Public Instruction of Palm Beach.  Typed record of minutes of meetings of the Board of Public Instruction of Palm Beach. Records include information on school staff, financial allocations, petitions from citizens, and other issues. 

    Original volume (size 12” wide by 16.25” height) located at the Historical Society of Palm Beach County. Digitized by Michael Syrkus in conjunction with the Martin County Black Heritage Initiative.

    This volume is available at higher resolution, in one volume on the Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/pbc-school-board-1919-1922)

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