The District Clerk's Records of St. Francois County School District No. 4 contain district maps, minutes of annual school meetings and director's meetings, teacher contracts and reports, lists of textbooks, annual enumerations, lists of property owners in the district, amount of funds available, clerk's reports, and district rules and regulations.
These records not only document in great detail how the school system was run in St. Francois County, but also provide a picture of the whole community. They would be of value to anyone studying the history of education or the county during the 1870s and 1880s.
The Missouri, St. Francois County, School District No. 4, District Clerks Records were transferred from the State Historical Society to the Manuscript Collection on 14 October 1971 (SHS Accession No. 888).
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