Local History

School Records

See also Yearbooks

Relating to Public, Private and Other School Systems:

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Archive: Susan Cook Russo.  A collection of newspaper articles, and the legal decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals- Second Circuit Court: Federal Reporter Vol. 469 Mrs. Susan Cook Russo vs. Central School District No. 1, Towns of Rush and Henrietta. Compiled by John Funt. 

LH r371.1 O45
Teacher’s contract between S. Willard Oley and UnionSchool District No. 5.  Unpublished, 1879.
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LH r371.2 H346
Mary A. Slade’s Teacher’s Certificate. Unpublished, 1838.

LH r371.206 T244
Taylor, Oliver.  Monroe Academy tuition payment cash receipt made out to Robert Slade.  Unpublished, 1837.

LH r371.8976 S399s 1916
The SeniorTower.  Edited by Arthur D. Schwarz.  Published by the East High School graduating class of 1916.  Rochester, NY: East High School, 1916.

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Archive: James A. Harris.  A collection of professional correspondences, teacher evaluations, and school building evaluations addressed to or written by James A. Harris, School Commissioner to the New York State Department of Education.  Unpublished, 1903-1906, 1921.

LH r372.89 E54g
Rush-Henrietta Central School District-Emma Sherman Elementary School.  Fourth-Grade Local History Projects.  Unpublished, 1985-1993.

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Rush-Henrietta Central School District- Monica Leary Elementary School.  Project: PineHillCemetery 175th Anniversary Celebration of the Founding of the Township of Rush.  Henrietta, NY: Rush-Henrietta Central School District, 1993.  VHS.

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James, Robbie.  Project: How Does the Rush Reservoir Serve You?  Henrietta, NY: Rush-Henrietta Central School District, 1988.  VHS.

LH r372.9 G379
Graham, Robert R.  Emma B. Sherman Silver Anniversary: Twenty-Five Years of Change.  Brockport, NY: SUNY Brockport, unpublished thesis, 1991. 

LH r373 R444
Rush-Henrietta Class of 1971 20th Year Reunion: Collected Biographies.  Unpublished, 1991.

LH r373.11 R952
Rush-Henrietta Central School District.  Rush-HenriettaSenior High School Restructuring Plan Draft.  Henrietta, NY: Rush-Henrietta Central School District, 1995.

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Rush-Henrietta School District.  Rush-HenriettaJunior High School Student Handbook, 1985-1986.  Henrietta, NY: Rush-Henrietta Central School District, 1985.

LH r373 R952j 
Rush-Henrietta School District.  Rush-HenriettaJunior High School Student Handbook, 1990-1991.  Henrietta, NY: Rush-Henrietta Central School District, 1990.

LH r374.013 H721b
Hake, George Wilson.  Blazing New Trails: The Biography of a Pioneer in Education.  Rochester, NY: Rochester Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute, 1937.

LH r379.11 T865
Trustees of Henrietta, NY School District No. 1.  Trustees’ Financial Account Ledger for Henrietta School District No. 1, 1895-1930.  Unpublished, 1930.

LH r379.11 T873
Webster, Elijah et al.  Financial reports detailing tax monies and individuals prepared for the School District No. 1, 1825-1826.  Unpublished, 1826. 

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Trustees of Henrietta, NY School District No. 4.  Financial Records of Henrietta, NY School District No. 4 from 1929 to its annexation November 23, 1954.  Unpublished, 1954.

LH r727 R952
A set of black and white photographs of Rush-Henrietta School District classroom building exteriors captioned with a brief history of the person for whom the building was named.  Unpublished, 1980-1982[?].

LH r808.88 A141
Rush-Henrietta Central School District.  The Recent Historian: Oral Histories from Rush-Henrietta Teachers and Staff.  Henrietta, NY: Rush-Henrietta Central School District, 1997.

LH r811 K64o
The Olive Tree: Charles H. Roth Literary Magazine.  Henrietta, NY: Rush-Henrietta Central School District, 1982.

LH r811 M649t
Tides of Imagination: Poems and Drawings from Mr. Richard Guido’s Ninth Grade Honors Class.  Henrietta, NY: Rush-Henrietta Central School District, 1991. 

Relating to Schools of Higher Education:

LH r353.03 C323
Collection of newspaper articles covering former U.S. President Jimmy Carter’s visit to the Rochester Institute of Technology in May, 1991.  Compiled by John Funt.

LH r383.23 E37
Commemorative Ceremony Program: Twenty-fifth Anniversary of the National Technical Institute for the Deaf, Rochester Institute of Technology. 

LH r625.4 F982
Archive: Sam Dordoni.  Collection of photographs, newspaper articles, letters, and promotional materials pertaining to Sam Dordoni’s GravTran Mass Transit System.  Compiled by John Funt.

LH r708.1 R676v
Rochester Institute of Technology.  Visions: Art Collections and Architecture at Rochester Institute of Technology.  Rochester, NY: Rochester Institute of Technology, 1979.

LH r720.92 M171
Archive: Robert J. Macon.   Biography, newspaper clippings, and photographs.  Compiled by John Funt.

LH r749.213 C353
Archive: Wendell Castle.  Biography, newspaper clippings, and internet-based information.  Compiled by John Funt.

LH r749.213 G512
Giovanni, Joseph, et al.  Furniture by Wendell Castle.  Detroit: Founders Society of Detroit Institute, 1989.

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Miller, Audrey Lightkep and Carol Miller Reed.  Commitment to the Community: Celebrating the Heritage and Legacy of Frank Ritter Shumway and Hettie Beaman Larkin Shumway.  Rochester, NY: Rochester Institute of Technology, 1994.