Martin Digital History

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  • 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 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)

  • 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)

  • 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)

  • 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.

  • Biographical Note
    Loretta Mackey Bradley grew up in Port Salerno, Martin County, Florida, where she attended the Salerno Colored Schoolhouse and later Stuart Training School in Stuart, Florida.

    Scope Note
    Loretta Mackey Bradley recalls her childhood growing up in Port Salerno, Martin County, and her early education at the Salerno Colored Schoolhouse. She reflects on her family’s Bahamian heritage and describes life in her household, including her parents’ occupations and her own first job. Mrs. Bradley offers a vivid account of the Salerno schoolhouse—its layout, daily routines, and the guidance of her teacher, Costella Williams. She remembers using hand-me-down textbooks from nearby White schools and being required to sing racist “Dixie songs,” experiences that reveal both the inequalities and resilience of Black education during segregation. She goes on to discuss her later schooling at Stuart Training School, her career path, and other aspects of community life in Martin County. Through her stories, Mrs. Bradley provides an important personal perspective on education, labor, and everyday life for African Americans in mid-twentieth-century Florida.

    Transcription and consent form available

    Click here to listen to interview and access transcription on archive.org

    Click here to listen to interview on the University of Florida’s Digital Collection

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