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A Guide to the New Kent County (Va.) School Board Board Minutes, 1922-1983 New Kent County (Va.) School Board Board Minutes, 1922-1983 52535

A Guide to the New Kent County (Va.) School Board Board Minutes, 1922-1983

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Accession number: 52535


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Repository
The Library of Virginia
Accession number
52535
Title
previous hit New  next hit previous hit Kent  next hit previous hit County  next hit (Va.) School Board Minutes, 1922-1983
Physical Characteristics
4 v.
Collector
previous hit New  next hit previous hit Kent  next hit previous hit County  next hit (Va.) School Board
Language
English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

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Use Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

previous hit New  next hit previous hit Kent  next hit previous hit County  next hit (Va.) School Board Minutes, 1922-1983. Local government records collection, previous hit New  next hit previous hit Kent  next hit previous hit County  next hit (Va.) School Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Acquisition Information

These items came to the Library of Virginia in a transfer of records from previous hit New  next hit previous hit Kent  next hit previous hit County School Board under the accession number 52535.

Historical Information

On February 21, 1818, the Virginia legislature passed a school bill which appropriated $45,000 annually from the Literary Fund for the education of poor children. (The Literary Fund was established in 1810 with passage of a bill to appropriate "certain escheats, confiscated, and forfeited lands" for the "encouragement of learning.") Under the provisions of the 1818 School Act, each previous hit county  next hit court was required to appoint five to fifteen commissioners to establish and/or administer schools for children of the poor. A more comprehensive public school system was established by the legislature in 1870.

previous hit New  next hit previous hit Kent  next hit previous hit County  next hit may have been named either for the English previous hit county  next hit of previous hit Kent  next hit or for previous hit Kent  next hit Island, in the upper waters of the Chesapeake Bay. William Claiborne, a native of previous hit Kent  next hit who had been driven from previous hit Kent  next hit Island by Lord Baltimore, was a prominent resident of the previous hit New  next hit previous hit Kent  next hit area about 1654 when the previous hit county  next hit was formed from York previous hit County  next hit. Part of James City previous hit County  next hit was added in 1767. The previous hit county  next hit seat is previous hit New  next hit previous hit Kent  next hit.

Scope and Content

previous hit New  next hit previous hit Kent  next hit previous hit County  next hit (Va.) School Board Minutes, 1922-1983, record meetings of the previous hit New  next hit previous hit Kent  next hit previous hit County  next hit School Board.

Index Terms

    Corporate Names:

  • previous hit New  next hit previous hit Kent  next hit previous hit County  next hit (Va.). School Board.

    • Subjects:

  • Financial records -- Virginia -- previous hit New  next hit previous hit Kent  next hit previous hit County  next hit.
  • Government aid to education -- Virginia -- previous hit New  next hit previous hit Kent  next hit previous hit County  next hit.
  • School reports -- Virginia -- previous hit New  next hit previous hit Kent  next hit previous hit County  next hit.
  • Schools -- Virginia -- previous hit New  next hit previous hit Kent  next hit previous hit County  next hit.
  • Teachers -- Virginia -- previous hit New  next hit previous hit Kent  next hit previous hit County  next hit.

    • Geographical Names:

  • previous hit New  next hit previous hit Kent  next hit previous hit County  next hit (Va.) -- History.

    • Genre and Form Terms:

  • Local government records -- Virginia -- previous hit New  next hit previous hit Kent  next hit previous hit County  next hit.
  • Minutes -- Virginia -- previous hit New  next hit previous hit Kent  next hit previous hit County  next hit.
  • School records -- Virginia -- previous hit New  next hit previous hit Kent  next hit previous hit County  next hit.

Significant Places Associated With the Collection

  • New Kent County (Va.) -- History.
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