Polk County Genealogical Society, Inc.
Headquartered in Bolivar, Missouri, United States of America

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"Bolivar School Records Collection"

 

APS-B-01-09 Bolivar R-1 School Records 1A
The 440 records in this collection were taken from the old vault in the basement of the Bolivar R-1 Administration Building. These records were covered with mold and needed to be removed from the wet environment in which they had been stored. The books are now housed on the Archives Floor of the Polk County Genealogical Library Row 1 Bin A. Most of these records are closed due to the fact that they contain attendance and grades for individual students. This is in compliance with the Federal Educational Right to Privacy Act.
 

Folder/Item

Contents
  Daily Attendance Register for Bolivar High School 22 books

1934-1935 1945-1946

1935-1936 1946-1947

1936-1937 1947-1948

1937-1938 1948-1949

1938-1939 1949-1950

1939-1940 1951-1952

1940-1941 1952-1953

1941-1942 1953-1954

1942-1943 1954-1955

1943-1944 1955-1956

1944-1945 1959-1960

  North Side (North Ward) School Record of Pupils Attendance and Grades

102 records

1912-1913 Grade 1 Anna Z. McCracken, Teacher

1912-1913 Grade 2 & 3 Lee Murray, Teacher

1912-1913 Grade 3 & 4 Maude M. Powers, Teacher

1912-1913 Grade 5 & 6 Gladice Wagoner, Teacher

1912-1913 Grade 7 Mrs. Virginia Tuck, Teacher

1913-1914 Grade 1 Anna Z. McCracken, Teacher

1913-1914 Grade 4 Mamie Miller, Teacher

1913-1914 Grade 5 & 6 Gladice Wagoner, Teacher

1913-1914 Grade 7 Mrs. Virginia A. Tuck, Teacher

1914-1915 Grade 1 Anna Z. McCracken, Teacher

1914-1915 Grade 2 & 3 Amy L. Leith, Teacher

1914-1915 Grade 3 & 4 Mamie Miller, Teacher

1914-1915 Grade 5 & 6 Persis Callaway, Teacher

1914-1915 Grade 7 Mrs. Virginia Tuck, Teacher

1915-1916 Grade 1 Anna Z. McCracken, Teacher

1915-1916 Grade 2 Amy Louise Leith, Teacher

1915-1916 Grade 3 & 4 Mamie Miller, Teacher

1915-1916 Grade 5 & 6 Persis Callaway, Teacher

1915-1916 Grade 7 Mildred E. Weber, Teacher

1916-1917 Grade 1 Hazel St. Louis, Teacher

1916-1917 Grade 2 & 3 Amy Louise Leith, Teacher

1916-1917 Grade 3 & 4 Marie Templeton, Teacher

1916-1917 Grade 7 Harriet J. Letson, Teacher

1917-1918 Grade 1 Anna Z. McCracken, Teacher

1917-1918 Grade 2 & 3 Amy L. Leith, Teacher

1917-1918 Grade 3 & 4 Marie Templeton, Teacher

1918-1919 Grade 1 Anna Z. McCracken, Teacher

1918-1919 Grade 2 & 3 Ada McCracken, Teacher

1920-1921 Grade 1 Anna Z. McCracken, Teacher

1920-1921 Grade 2 Ada McCracken, Teacher

1921-1922 Grade 1 Anna Z. McCracken, Teacher

1921-1922 Grade 2 Ada McCracken, Teacher

1921-1922 Grade 7 Persis Callaway, Teacher

1922-1923 Grade 1 Anna Z. McCracken, Teacher

1922-1923 Grade 2 Ada McCracken, Teacher

1922-1923 Grade 7 Persis Callaway, Teacher

1923-1924 Grade 2 Ada McCracken, Teacher (High School Building)

1924-1925 Grade 1 Annie Belle Drake, Teacher

1924-1925 Grade 2 Ada McCracken, Teacher (High School Building)

1925-1926 Grade 1 Annie Belle Drake, Teacher

1925-1926 Grade 2 Ada McCracken, Teacher (High School Building)

1926-1927 Grade 1 Annie Belle Redd, Teacher

1926-1927 Grade 2 Ada McCracken, Teacher (North Side Building)

1926-1927 Grade 3 Faye L. Brock, Teacher

1926-1927 Grade 7 Persis Callaway, Teacher

1926-1927 Grade 8 G. B. Winburn, teacher

1927-1928 Grade 1 Maurine Quaintance, Teacher

1927-1928 Grade 8 G. B. Winburn, Teacher

1927-1928 & 1928-1929 Grade 3 Faye L. Brock, Teacher Dorothy D. Deeds, Teacher

1927-1928 & 1928-1929 Grade 6 Maude O. Koon, Teacher

1927-1928 Grade 7 Persis Callaway, Teacher

1929-1930 & 1930-1931 Grade 2 Ada McCracken, Teacher

1929-1930 Grade 3 Verna Lee Lunceford, Teacher

1929-1930 & 1930-1931 Grade 5 Marie S. Piper, Teacher

1929-30 & 1930-31 Grade 1 Veda Bruner, Teacher

1929-30 & 1930-31 Grade 6 Maude O. Koon, Teacher

1931-1932 & 1932-1933 Grade 1 Veda Bruner, Teacher

1931-1932 & 1932-1933 Grade 2 Ada McCracken, Teacher

1931-1932 & 1932-1933 Grade 3 Verna Lea Lunceford, Teacher

1931-1932 & 1932-1933 Grade 5 Willa Lamun, Teacher

1931-1932 & 1932-1933 Grade 6 Maude O. Koon, Teacher

1931-1932 & 1932-1933 Grade 8 Neal Neff, Teacher

1933-1934 & 1934-1935 Grade 2 Ada McCracken, Teacher

1933-1934 & 1934-1935 Grade 3 Verna Lea Lunceford, Teacher

1933-1934 & 1934-1935 Grade 5 Hallie Sea

1933-1934 & 1934-1935 Grade 6 Anna Z. McCracken, Teacher

1933-1934 & 1934-1935 Grade 8 Neal Neff, Teacher

1935-1936 Grade 1 Veda Bruner, Teacher

1935-1936 Grade 2 Ada McCracken, Teacher

1935-1936 Grade 3 Verna Lea Lunceford, Teacher

1935-1936 Grade 5 Hallie Sea, Teacher

1935-1936 Grade 6 Anna Z. McCracken, Teacher

1935-1936 Grade 8 Neal Neff, Teacher

1936-1937 Grade 5 Hallie Sea, Teacher

1936-1937 Grade 6 Anna Z. McCracken, Teacher

1936-1937 Grade 8 Neal Neff, Teacher

1937-1938 Grade 6 Anna Z. McCracken, Teacher

1937-1938 Grade 7 Neal Neff, Teacher

1937-1938 Grade 1 Veda Bruner, Teacher

1937-1938 Grade 2 Ada McCracken, Teacher

1937-1938 Grade 3 Verna Lea Lunceford, Teacher

1937-1938 Grade 5 Hallie Sea, Teacher

1938-1939 Grade 1 Veda I. Bruner, Teacher

1938-1939 Grade 2 Ada McCracken, Teacher

1938-1939 Grade 3 Verna Lea Lunceford, Teacher

1938-1939 Grade 5 Hallie Sea, Teacher

1938-1939 Grade 6 Anna Z. McCracken, Teacher

1938-1939 Grade 8 Neal Neff, Teacher

1939-1940 Grade 1 Veda Bruner, Teacher

1939-1940 Grade 2 Ada McCracken, Teacher

1939-1940 Grade 5 Hallie Sea, Teacher

1939-1940 Grade 6 Anna Z. McCracken, Teacher

1939-1940 Grade 8 Neal Neff, Teacher

1940-1941 Grade 1 Veda I. Bruner, Teacher

1940-1941 Grade 3 Verna Lea Lunceford, Teacher

1940-1941 Grade 5 Hallie Sea, Teacher

1940-1941 Grade 6 Ruth C. Harris, Teacher

1940-1941 Grade 8 Neal Neff, Teacher

1941-1942 Grade 1 Veda Bruner, Teacher

1941-1942 Grade 2 Ada McCracken, Teacher

1941-1942 Grade 5 Hallie Sea, Teacher

1941-1942 Grade 8 Neal Neff, Teacher

  South Side (South Ward) School Record of Pupil’s Attendance and Grades

123 books

1912-1913 Grade "Mixed" Andrew E. Redd, Teacher

1912-1913 Grade 1 & 2 Minnie Blevins, Teacher

1912-1913 Grade 5 & 6 Willie E. Franklin, Teacher

1912-1913 Grade 8 Laura M. Matheny, Teacher

1912-1913 Grade 3 & 3 Anna McCracken, Teacher

1913-1914 Grade 1 & 2 Alice Lamun, Teacher

1913-1914 Grade 3 & 4 Anna McCracken, Teacher

1913-1914 Grade 5 Willie E. Franklin, Teacher

1913-1914 Grade 8 Laura M. Matheny, Teacher

1914-1915 Grade 1 & 2 Alice Lamun, Teacher

1914-1915 Grade 3 & 4 Anna McCracken, Teacher

1914-1915 Grade 5 & 6 Willie E. Franklin, Teacher

1914-1915 Grade 8 Laura M. Matheny, Teacher

1915-1916 Grade 1 & 2 Mary Copeland, Teacher

1915-1916 Grade 3 & 4 Anna McCracken, Teacher

1915-1916 Grade 5& 6 Willie E. Franklin, Teacher

1915-1916 Grade 8 Edward H. Neuhart, Teacher

1916-1917 Grade 3 & 4 Anna McCracken, Teacher

1916-1917 Grade 8 Edward H. Neuhart, Teacher

1916-1917 Grades 5 & 6 Virginia Lee Murray, Teacher

1916-1917 Grades 1 & 2 Mary Copeland, Teacher

1917-1918 Grade 1 & 2 Mary Copeland, Ruth C. Carpenter, Teacher

1917-1918 Grade 3 & 4 Anna McCracken, Teacher

1917-1918 Grade 5 & 6 Maude M. Powers,Teacher

1917-1918 Grade 7 Mabel Douglas, Teacher

1917-1918 Grade 8 H. V. Tolbert, Teacher

1918-1919 Grade 1 & 2 Helen E. Liggett, Teacher

1918-1919 Grade 2 Zilpha E. Almond, Teacher

1918-1919 Grade 3 Miss Parker, Teacher Ruth C. Carpenter, Teacher Jan. – May

1918-1919 Grade 4 Anna McCracken, Teacher

1918-1919 Grade 5 Mayme Hendricks, Teacher

1918-1919 Grade 6 Maude M. Powers, Teacher

1918-1919 Grade 8 Lillian Brown, Teacher

1919-1920 Grade 1 & 2 Helen E. Liggett, Teacher

1919-1920 Grade 8 Philip C. Hartman, Teacher

1920-1921 Grade 1 & 2 May M. Hurst, Teacher

1920-1921 Grade 3 Dee L. Hastings, Teacher

1920-1921 Grade 3 & 4 Emily E. Simmons, Teacher

1920-1921 Grade 4 Anna McCracken, Teacher

1920-1921 Grade 5 Mayme E. Hendricks, Teacher

1920-1921 Grade 5 & 7 Persis Callaway, Teacher

1920-1921 Grade 6 Willie Franklin, Subs.Teacher

1920-1921 Grade 8 H. V. Tolbert, Teacher

1921-1922 Grade 1 & 2 Edith Shepherd Drake, Teacher

1921-1922 Grade 3B & 5 Dorothy Bingham, Teacher

1921-1922 Grade 4 Anna McCracken, Teacher

1921-1922 Grade 5 Mayme E. Hendricks, Teacher

1921-1922 Grade 6 Mrs. Maude Koon, Teacher

1921-1922 Grade 8 Everett M. Lemasters, Teacher

1922-1923 Grade 1 & 2 Leta M. Schwanke, Teacher

1922-1923 Grade 3 May Redfield, Teacher

1922-1923 Grade 3 & 4 R. Mildred Freeze, Teacher

1922-1923 Grade 4 Anna McCracken, Teacher

1922-1923 Grade 5 Mayme E. Hendricks, Teacher

1922-1923 Grade 6 Maude O. Koon, Teacher

1922-1923 Grade 8 John S. McCollum, Teacher

1923-1924 Grade 1 & 2 Bessie Schofield, Teacher

1923-1924 Grade 3 Faye L. Brock, Teacher

1923-1924 Grade 4 Anna McCracken, Teacher

1923-1924 Grade 4 & 7 Oma Roberts Hooper, Teacher

1923-1924 Grade 5 Virginia Bushnell Townsend, Teacher

1923-1924 Grade 6 Maude O. Koon, Teacher

1923-1924 Grade 7 Persis Callaway, Teacher

1924-1925 Grade 1 Mrs. C. B. Tucker, Teacher

1924-1925 Grade 3 Faye L. Brock, Teacher

1924-1925 Grade 4 Anna McCracken, Teacher

1924-1925 Grade 5 Virginia Bushnell Townsend, Teacher

1924-1925 Grade 5-8 Mayme E. Hendricks, Teacher

1924-1925 Grade 6 Mrs. Maude O. Koon, Teacher

1924-1925 Grade 8 G. B. Winburn, Teacher

1925-1926 Grade 1 Daisy J. Batten, Teacher

1925-1926 Grade 2 Lura Lowder, Teacher

1925-1926 Grade 3 Faye L. Brock, Teacher

1925-1926 Grade 4 Anna McCracken, Teacher

1925-1926 Grade 5 Mrs. Grace Tucker, Teacher

1925-1926 Grade 6 Maude O. Koon, Teacher

1925-1926 Grade 7 Persis Callaway, teacher

1926*1927 Grade 5 Marie S. Piper, Teacher

1926-1927 Grade 3 Mabel Winn, Teacher

1926-1927 Grade 4 Anna McCracken, Teacher

1926-1927 Grade 6 Maude O. Koon, Teacher transferred to North Side Jan. 3, 1927

1927-1928 & 1928-1929 Grade 2 Zelma Spaulding, Teacher

1927-1928 & 1928-1929 Grade 3 Mabel J. Winn, Teacher

1927-1928 & 1928-1929 Grade 5 Marie S. Piper, Teacher

1929-1930 & 1930-1931 Grade 4 Lula M. Mitchell, Teacher

1929-1930 & 1930-1931 Grade 1 Daisy J. Batten, Teacher

1929-1930 & 1930-1931 Grade 2 Zelma L. Spaulding, Teacher

1929-1930 & 1930-1931 Grade 3 Mabel J. Winn, Teacher

1929-1930 & 1930-1931 Grade 7 Grace Olinger, Teacher

1931-1932 & 1932-1933 Grade 7 J. Maurice Holstein, Teacher

1931-1932 & 1932-1933 Grade 2 Lorene Lightfoot, Teacher

1931-1932 & 1932-1933 Grade 4 Lula M. Mitchell, Teacher

1933-1934 & 1934-1935 Grade -- Winnie Stevens, Teacher

1933-1934 & 1934-1935 Grade 2 Lorene Lightfoot, Teacher

1933-1934 & 1934-1935 Grade 3 Mabel J. Winn, Teacher Mrs. Jewel Wingo, Teacher

1933-1934 & 1934-1935 Grade 4 Lula M. Mitchell

1933-1934 & 1934-1935 Grade 7 J. Maurice Holstein, Teacher

1934-1935, 1935-1936 & 1936-1937 Grade 4 Lula M. Mitchell, Teacher

1935-1936 Grade 1 Helen L. Miller, Teacher

1935-1936 Grade 2 Lorene Lightfoot, Teacher

1935-1936 Grade 3 Jewell M. Wingo, Teacher

1935-1936 Grade 7 Maurice Holstein, Teacher

1936-1937 Grade 7 Maurice Holstein, Teacher

1936-1937 Grade 4 Lula M. Mitchell, Teacher

1936-1937 Grade1 Helen L. Miller, Teacher

1937-1938 Grade 1 Helen L. Miller, Teacher

1937-1938 Grade 2 Edith Stewart, Teacher

1937-1938 Grade 3 Jewell M. Wingo, Teacher

1937-1938 Grade 4 Lula M. Mitchell, Teacher

1937-1938 Grade 7 Maurice Holstein, Teacher

1938-1939 Grade 4 Lula M. Mitchell, Teacher

1938-1939 Grade 7 Maurice Holstein, Teacher

1939-1940 Grade 1 Helen L. Miller, Teacher

1939-1940 Grade 2 Edith Stewart, Teacher

1939-1940 Grade 4 Lula M. Mitchell, Teacher

1939-1940 Grade 7 Maurice Holstein, Teacher

1940-1941 Grade 4 Lula M. Mitchell, Teacher

1940-1941 Grade 7 Maurice Holstein, Teacher

1941-1942 Grade 1 Helen L. Miller, Teacher

1941-1942 Grade 2 Edith Stewart, Teacher

1941-1942 Grade 3 Louise Craig, Teacher

1941-1942 Grade 4 Lula M. Mitchell, Teacher

1941-1942 Grade 7 H. M. Arnold, Teacher

  High School Attendance and Grade Register

13 books

1912-1913

1913-1914

1914-1915

1915-1916

1916-1917

1917-1918 Mr. Guy H. Capps, Supt.

1918-1919

1920-1921 G. W. McMurtrey, Supt.

1921-1922 J. F. Hurst, Principal

1924-1925 Thomas L. Yates, Principal 2 books (second book continuation of Senior Class)

1926-1927 Bolivar High School Record of Grades Thomas L. Yates, Principal

1933-1934

  Quarterly Attendance Record Bolivar High School

3 books

1927-1928

    1. L. O. Litle, Supt.

1930-1931 J. M. Wingo, Supt.

  Rural School Teacher’s Register

109 books

Cherry Vale 1940-1944

Cliquot 1949-1953

Cooper 1937-1945

Cooper 1946-1950

Eidson 1936-1941

Forest Grove 1932-1936

Forest Grove 1936-1940

Forest Grove 1940-1943

Forest Grove 1944-1947

Forest Grove 1947-1951

Forest Grove 1951-1952

Green Leaf 1914-1917

Green Leaf 1917-1922 (upper grades)

Green Leaf 1917-1923 (lower grades)

Green Leaf 1923-1927 (upper grades)

Green Leaf 1923-1928 (lower grades)

Green Leaf 1928-1929

Green Leaf 1930-1931

Green Leaf 1932-1936

Green Leaf 1934-1938 (upper grades)

Green Leaf 1936-1940

Green Leaf 1938-1942

Green Leaf 1942-1945

Green Leaf 1950-1953

Green Mound 1916-1920

Green Mound 1921-1927

Green Mound 1928-1933

Green Mound 1933-1937

Green Mound 1937-1941

Green Mound 1941-1942

Heydon 1943-1946

Heydon 1947-1950

Inglis 1950-1953

Leith 1910-1914

Leith 1915-1918

Leith 1928-1930

Leith 1931-1936

Leith 1936-1937

Leith 1937-1939

Leith 1941-1945

Leith 1946-1948

Leith 1949-1953

Liberty 1915-1921

Liberty 1921-1927

Liberty 1937-1938 (actually starts with 1935-1936)

Liberty 1939-1943

Liberty 1943-1945

Moore 1895-1900

Moore 1909-1913

Moore 1915-1921

Moore 1921-1925

Moore 1926-1929

Moore 1930-1935

Moore 1935-1937

Moore 1939-1943

Moore 1943-1945

Mt. Etna 1939-1942

Mt. Etna 1942-1946

Mt. Etna 1946-1950

Mt. Etna 1951-1953

Oak Grove #4 1938-1942

Oak Grove #4 1942-1945

Oak Grove #4 1946-1950

Oak Grove #4 1950-1953

Oak Grove #70 1928-1934 upper grades

Oak Grove #70 1929-1932 Lower grades

Oak Grove #70 1934-1938

Oak Grove #70 1938-1942

Oak Grove #70 1942-1946

Oak Grove #70 1946-1949

Oak Grove #70 1950-1953

Ozark 1925-1932

Ozark 1937-1941

Ozark 1945-1950

Ozark 1949-1953

Pleasant Vale 1915-1921

Pleasant Vale 1921-1926

Pleasant Vale 1928-1933

Pleasant Vale 1933-1936

Pleasant Vale 1937-1944

Pleasant Vale 1944-1948

Pleasant Vale 1948-1952

Polk 1913-1917

Polk 1918-1924

Polk 1926-1931

Polk 1932-1935

Polk 1937-1941

Polk 1941-1944

Polk 1945-1948

Polk 1949-1952

Runyan 1922-1926

Runyan 1928-1931

Runyan 1933-1938

Runyan 1938-1942

Runyan 1942-1946

Runyan 1946-1950

Runyan 1950-1953

Star Ridge 1947-1950

Watson 1933-1937

Watson 1937-1941

Watson 1941-1948

West Union 1937-1941

West Union 1941-1945

West Union 1945-1948

West Union 1949-1953

Wilmington 1927-1933

Wilmington 1942-1946

Wilmington 1947-1950

Wilmington 1951-1953

  District Clerk’s Record

55 books

Cliquot 1949-1950

Cooper 1942-1946

Eidson 1927-1950

Elm Grove 1947-1951

Forest Grove 1937-1939

Forest Grove 1946-1950

Forest Grove 1950-1951

Green Grove 1943-1951

Green Leaf 1917-1921

Green Leaf 1921-1925

Green Leaf 1926-1945

Green Mound 1916-1951

Heydon 1945-1951

Inglis 1944-1951

Leith 1928-1944

Leith 1945-1951

Liberty 1912-1925

Liberty 1926-1934

Liberty 1935-1942

Liberty 1943-1951

Moore 1905-1918

Moore 1918-1922

Moore 1924-1937

Moore 1938-1951

Mt. Etna 1940-1946

Mt. Etna 1946-1948

Mt. Etna 1948-1951

Oak Grove #4 1935-1945

Oak Grove #4 1946-1951

Oak Grove #70 1927-1931

Oak Grove #70 1939-1942

Oak Grove #70 1946-1951

Ozark 1934-1940

Ozark 1940-1944

Ozark 1945-1948

Ozark 1947-1949

Ozark 1949-1951

Pleasant Vale 1898-1905

Pleasant Vale 1922-1927

Pleasant Vale 1944-1946

Pleasant Vale 1946-1950

Rose Hill 1943-1948

Rose Hill 1948-1951

Runyan 1874-1887

Runyan 1914-1925

Runyan 1926-1942

Runyan 1944-1949

Runyan 1950-1951

Star Ridge 1938-1948

Watson 1942-1951

West Union 1937-1942

Wilmington 1910-1922

Wilmington 1923-1931

Wilmington 1931-1940

Wilmington 1941-1951

  Bolivar School Board Minutes

5 books

July 1912-July 1925

August 1925- September 1938

October 1958- April 1954

May 1954-June 1965

June 1965-December 1972

  High School Records (Grades for four years)

3 books

1913-1922

1923-1929

Record of Grades Prior to 1930 A-J only (Permanent High School Records)

  Incomplete information

5 books

    1. Grade 8 unknown school/teacher

Grade 3 & 4 South Ward Mrs. Story, Teacher no date

Unknown school/year/teacher students aged 5-13

Unknown school/year/teacher students aged 12-15

High School attendance record no date

   
  ABR1-02-09 1A-1-4
  The following items were given to the library a few days after we took the books from the vault.
  The Talisman

1929

1927

1926

1922 (2 copies)

1921 (2 copies)

1914

1

Booklets/Periodicals
  1. BHS Grads, 1886-1980
  2. Polk County Historama Number 1 September 1977

2

Historical Information
  1. "Bolivar" information about Bolivar written before 1950 no actual date given, includes a business directory 6 pgs.
  2. "Schools of Bolivar, A Historical Article Prepared by J. M. Leavitt for B. H. S. Dedication 1926" 12 pgs.
  3. "The History of the Bolivar Public Schools" by J. M. Leavitt 1940 2 copies 18/19 pgs. (type is different)
  4. "A Historical Sketch of Bolivar Public Schools" handwritten "Information belongs to Marion Garriss" 4 pgs.
  5. "Bolivar Schools" written by The Historical Society 5 pgs.
  6. "Bolivar Schools" updated 2008 8 pgs.
  7. School History 1 pg.
  8. "Bolivar" update of #1 above 8 pgs.
  9. "An Old Road" by Mr. Leavitt (Highway 13)
  10. "Organizations of Bolivar" no date

3

Copies of letters exchanged by graduates of class of May 25, 1888 of Bolivar High School (Letters were written by the 12 living members about the 57th anniversary of graduation and compiled by the class of 1946) Members were

Mrs. Bess Allen Mosier, Mrs. Bertie Bushnell Simmons, Mrs. T. O. Cary (Mollie Dillon), Mrs. Lutie Gravely Mitchell, Mrs. Lillie Leonard Cox, Mrs. Lena McReynolds Preston, Mrs. Nelle Nichols Lovelace, Mrs. Eva Rains Allison, Miss Opal Rainwater, Miss Bettie Ross, Mrs. Ola Russell Kenower, Mrs. Mattie Upton Weaver. Deceased members: Mrs. Ada Cavin McNabb, Miss Jessie Hyde, Mrs. Zada Townsend Bronson, Campbell Viles, Miss Birdie Walts, Erwin Walts.

4

Letters (Dec. 1940)a concerning petition by students to hold dance at high school
  1. Letter to parents from Ray Wood, Supt. seeking input from parents 2 copies on back is record of responses
  2. Response from Mr. & Mrs. K. K. Parrott
  3. Response from T. H. and Adelia C. Douglas
  4. Response from Mrs. Courts Redford
  5. Response from Mr. & Mrs. Courts Redford 4 pgs.

5

Miscellaneous papers
  1. Notice of cornerstone ceremony for new elementary building no date
  2. Letter to Supt. Wasson 12 June 1962 from W. J. Willett, State Supervisor of Schools
  3. "R-1 Voters Approve Bonds by Better Than 3 to 1" Bolivar Free Press 28 June 1962
  4. "Site chosen for high school" Remember When 20 December 1984 Bolivar Herald Free Press
  5. "Miss Ada’s Half-Century" Springfield News Leader 1961 written by Lucille Morris Upton
  6. Copy of letter from Roy Green extending thanks to the Bolivar system for 14 years of providing bus service. Sold service to Dale Rains no date given
  7. Bolivar R=1 information no date 2 copies
  8. "Guidance and Counseling Program" 3 pgs.
  9. Alumni of Bolivar High School 1886-1914 2 pgs.
  10. High School Alumni (Taken from a 1926 Annual) 1891-1926 includes current residence (city or state) 5 pgs.
  11. Correspondence between Supt. Wasson and Atty. Richard Collins concerning estate of Bettie Ross Oct. 1964 and Feb 1965 3 pgs.
  12. Letter to BHS 12 July 1998 from Carolyn Pyles, Response from Barbara Francka July 1998 2 letters
  13. note about newspaper articles 1951 newly named Liberators, 1953 naming of field house
  14. Program for Dedication Ceremony of Bolivar Middle School and Bolivar High School 20 August 1995 2 copies
  15. Annual Report of the Bolivar R=1 Schools Fall 2001
  16. Program for Dedication of Performing Arts addition 14 April 2002

6

Miscellaneous papers
  1. Photocopy of Souvenir program Polk County Centennial Celebration, 1935 4 pgs.
  2. Photo copy of "Tiger Tracks" Vol. 1 No. 10 5 May 1939 12 pgs.
  3. Original copy "Tiger Tracks" 13 January 1939 (fragile condition)
  4. Butterfield Overland Mailbag Vol. 1 No. 4 16 May 1958 "Nixon invited to Bolivar" 4 pgs.
  5. Photo copy BHS Grads, 1886+-1980 8 oversized pgs.

7

Pictures
  1. Photo (original) of Flint School 29 Oct. 1905 photo is broken in two pieces
  2. Correspondence between Mrs. C. A. Day and Supt. Dennis Cooper concerning donation of Flint School picture (#1) Dec. 1996-Jan. 1997 4 pgs.
  3. Photo (original) Bolivar High School 1901 students and teachers
  4. Photocopies of pictures of houses located on Jackson St. next to corner of Claude St. (Whaley and Leavitt homes) 3 of each house
  5. Photo copy of picture of Eighth Grade Graduation 1928 donated by Clarence Reeves 5 pgs.
  6. Photo copies (2) of high school (administration building)

8

Miscellaneous papers
  1. School election notice consolidation of rural school July 1951 3 pgs. Bolivar, Fair Play and Humansville lists rural schools consolidating into these districts
  2. General School Financial Report Pleasant Hope Public Schools July 1952
  3. County Superintendents Term Report to County Board of Education June 1953
  4. Report of Audit Southwest Regional Library 1951

9

Miscellaneous Records

School Enumeration Records

  1. Moore #20 1944-1945 8 pgs.
  2. Liberty #54 1942, 1943 2 pgs.
  3. Oak Grove #4 1946, 1948 2 pgs.
  4. District Clerk’s Report of Budget and Financial Data
  5. Moore 1950-51
  6. Runyan 1951-52
  7. Oak Grove #4 1948-49, 1949-50, 1950-51, 1951-52 4 pgs.
  8. Rural School District’s Report of District Clerk to County Superintendent
  9. Moore no date
  10. Oak Grove #4 1941-42, 1944-45, undated 3 pgs.
  11. Oak Grove #70 1942-43
  12. Ozark #45 undated
  13. March Statement of County Treasurer to District Clerk
  14. District #55 1951
  15. Moore 1931
  16. Rural Schools Application for State School Money
  17. Moore 1940, 1941 2 pgs.
  18. Estimates
  19. Moore 1940-41
  20. Oak Grove #4 1942-43
  21. Teacher’s Contract
  22. Gilbert Hooper 1941
  23. Goldie Lynch 1944, 1945 2 pgs.
  24. Ruth Lightfoot 1950
  25. Vanda Smith 1945
  26. Rowena Gladden 1942

 


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