Stewart Bell Jr. Archives
Handley Regional Library
Winchester-Frederick County Historical Society
P.O. Box 58, Winchester, VA 22604
(540) 662-9041 ext. 17
archives@handleyregional.org
www.handleyregional.org
581 THL
Inventory created by Archives Staff 03/87. Last revised 08/17.
ACCESS RESTRICTIONS: Collection is open to all researchers.
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EXTENT: 12.49 linear feet
CREATOR: Winchester Public Schools.
DATES: 1871-2010
SCOPE AND CONTENT: This collection includes materials related to the Winchester, Virginia (USA) school system and individual schools within the city limits, covering 1871 to the present. The collection includes minutes of school board and committee meetings, reports, publicity and newsletters, and describe the history and growth of Winchester City Schools. The appendix to the collection inventory provides a list of schools and colleges, both public and private, which were established in Winchester over the course of the City’s history.
BIOGRAPHICAL/HISTORICAL: The Winchester City school division began in 1919 when Winchester became a separate district from Frederick County, Virginia. The City hired Frederick E. Clerk as the first superintendent. As of 2017 the Winchester Public School system includes four elementary schools, one intermediate school, one middle school, and one high school.
RELATED MATERIAL: See also Winchester High School Records (670 WFCHS), John Handley High School Records (145 WFCHS/THL), and Garland R. Quarles Elementary School Records (630 THL).
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Garland R. Quarles, The Schools of Winchester, Virginia (Winchester, Virginia: Farmers and Merchants National Bank, 1964).
CITE AS: Winchester City School Records #581, Stewart Bell Jr. Archives, Handley Regional Library, Winchester, VA, USA.
ACQUISITION INFORMATION: Acquired as a gift.
ORGANIZATION:
BOX 1 - Schools
School Board/School System – News Articles
Daniel Morgan Middle School – School dedication cafeteria/classroom. October, 1995, 6 items, printed
Daniel Morgan Middle School – First Harvest, 1988, Daniel Morgan Literary Magazine, 16 pages, typescript
Douglas Community Center
Douglas School
Dowell J. Howard Vocational –Technical Center – class bulletin, 1993-1994, 1 item, printed
Dowell J. Howard Vocational School Dedication and Open House (April 1972) – 2 items, 9 pages, printed
Faculty
Frederick Douglass Elementary School
John Handley High School
John Kerr Elementary School, closed 2016
John Kerr School, opened 2016
John Kerr School
Virginia Avenue Charlotte DeHart Elementary School – School dedication October, 1995, 8 items, printed
Virginia Avenue Elementary School Yearbook 1993, includes history 1930-1993, 16 pages, printed
Winchester High School
Winchester Intermediate School
Winchester Public School – Mid-Winter, 1911
BOX 1A
Contract – Frederick E. Clerk, Superintendent of Schools, May 19, 1919, 1 leaf, typescript
Contract with teacher Mary Elise Morris, January 25, 1921
Excerpts from the School Board minutes relating to Frederick Douglas School (education of black children), unnumbered leaves, manuscript/typescript/printed
Finley, Floyd—Dedication of Tree, Douglas Community Center 2003; 12 leaves, printed and printed photographs
“Focus on Education” – newsletter, 1980-1988, 13 issues, printed
“Focus on Education” – 1993-1995, 10 issues, printed
Handbook – Rules and Regulations, c. 1900, 8 pages, printed (photocopy)
A Handbook of the Winchester Schools, n. d., 1 item, 16 pages, printed
Handbook of the Winchester Schools, 1993, 1 item, 24 pages, printed
Handley, John – Biographical Sketch, no author, no date, 2 items, 4 pages, printed
Paycheck – Beulah Cline, 1898, 1 item, framed, manuscript on printed form
Programs, 2 leaves, printed
“Psychological and Educational tests in the Public Schools of Winchester, Virginia” January, 1922, University of Virginia Record, Volume 6, No. 6, 2 items, 54 pages, printed
Technical Preparation curriculum, 9-12, August, 1994, 14 items, typescript
Winchester Community Television, 4 items, 4 pages, 3 pages, printed; 1 item, typescript
Winchester Public Schools Credo, n. d., 1 item, printed
BOX 2 Winchester City School Board
Winchester City School Board – minutes
1871-1889, 1 item, manuscript
1889-1910, 1 item, manuscript
BOX 3
Winchester City School Board – minutes, 1910-1919, 1 item, manuscript/typescript/printed
BOX 4
Winchester City School Board – minutes, 1919-1928, 1 item, manuscript/typescript/printed
BOX 5
Winchester City School Board – minutes, 1929-1938, 1 item, typescript
BOX 6
Winchester City School Board – minutes, 1938-1951, 1 item, typescript
BOX 7
Winchester City School Broad – minutes, 1 item, 1952-1963, 1 item. typescript
BOX 8
Winchester City School Board – minutes, 1 item, Jan. 20, 1964-June 27, 1974
BOX 9
Winchester City School Board – minutes, July, 1974-July, 1985
BOX 10
Winchester City School Board – minutes, July 29, 1985-June 28, 1991, 1 item, typescript
BOX 11
Winchester City School Board – minutes, June 17, 1989-June 28, 1991, 1 item, typescript
BOX 12
Winchester City School Board – minutes, July 1, 1991-December 21, 1992
BOX 13
Winchester City School Board – minutes, January 25, 1993-September 20, 1993
BOX 14
Winchester City School Board – minutes, October 18, 1993-June 20, 1994
BOX 15
Winchester City School Board – minutes, July 7, 1994-April 19, 1995
BOX 16
Winchester City School Board – minutes, May 15, 1995-June 16, 1997
BOX 17
Winchester City School Board – minutes, July 2, 1997-February 27, 1998, unnumbered leaves, typescript
BOX 17A
Winchester City School Board – minutes, March 16, 1998-February 22, 2000, unnumbered leaves, typescript
BOX 18
Proposed opening budget, 2000-2002
Amended operating budget, 2001-2002, 2 item, typescript
BOX 19
Winchester City School Board – minutes, March 2000-April, 2001
BOX 19A
Winchester City School Board – minutes, May, 7, 2001 – October, 2001
BOX 20
Winchester City School Board – minutes, November, 2002 – May, 2002
BOX 21
Winchester City School Board – minutes, June, 2002-December, 2002, typescript
BOX 21a
Winchester Public Schools School Board – minutes, July 1, 2002-December 15, 2003, 1 item, bound, typescript
BOX 22
Winchester City School Board – minutes, January, 2003-May, 2003, 1 item, typescript
BOX 23
Winchester City School Board – minutes, June, 2003-December, 2003, 11 items, typescript
BOX 24
Winchester City School Board – minutes, January, 2004-July 1, 2004
BOX 24a
Winchester Public Schools Board – minutes, January 5, 2004-December 19, 2005, 1 item, bound, typescript
BOX 25
Winchester City School Board – minutes, July 12, 2004-March 3, 2005
BOX 26
Winchester City School Board – minutes, March 21, 2005-October 3, 2005
BOX 27
Winchester City School Board – minutes, October 17, 2005-August 21, 2006
BOX 28
Winchester City School Board – minutes, September 18, 2006-June 18, 2007
BOX 29
Winchester City School Board – minutes, June 4, 2007-April 21, 2008
BOX 30
Winchester City School Board –minutes, May 19, 2008-May 4, 2009
BOX 31
Winchester City School Board – minutes, June 1, 2009-December 7, 2009
BOX 32
Winchester Public School Board – minutes, January 11, 2010-December 13, 2010, 16 items, bound, typescript.