Guide to The Packer Collegiate Institute records 2014.019

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Container List

Container 1	Container 2	Title	Date
Series 7: Financial records and Annual Reports, 1845-2014. 3.5 Cubic Feet Arrangement note The series is organized into three sub-series: Sub-series 7.1: Annual Reports Sub-series 7.2: Financial records Sub-series 7.3: Pension Fund Committee Scope and Contents The series contains financial records, annual reports, and the records of the Pension Fund Committee, dating from 1845 to 2014. The 1847 Annual Report and Treasurer's Report of the Brooklyn Female Academy is filed with it's Act of Incorporation in *Series 1: Charters and By-laws*.
Sub-series 7.1: Annual Reports, 1849-1850, 1938-2014. 1.1 Cubic Feet in nine boxes Arrangement Arranged chronologically. Scope and Contents This sub-series contains Packer Collegiate Institute annual reports, dating from 1938 to 2014. The reports include a variety of information in addition to financial matters, such as additions to the pre-existing curriculum and field trips intended to prepare students for the SAT exam (1950-1951), which was introduced in 1949 by the College Exam Board. A report from 1938-1968 includes information regarding male admissions, added courses, extracurricular activities, and the damages from the 1964 fire. The series includes two annual reports of the Brooklyn Female Academy (1849 and 1850).
Box: 84	Folder : 5	Annual Report of Brooklyn Female Academy	1849
Box: 566	Folder : 10	Proceedings of Stockholders and Annual Report of the Brooklyn Female Academy	1850
Box: 16	Folder : 5	Reports of the President to the Trustees	1938-1939
Box: 506	Folder : 15	Report of the President to the Board of Trustees	1938-1968
Box: 476	Folder : 5	Financial Statements and Reports to Board of Trustees	1938-1975
Box: 16	Folder : 6	Reports of the President to the Trustees	1939-1945
Box: 506	Folder : 16	Report of the President to the Board of Trustees	1945-1946
Box: 16	Folder : 7	Reports of the President to the Trustees	1945-1954
Box: 34	Folder : -	Report of the President to the Board of Trustees	1954-1955
Box: 506	Folder : 17	Report of the President to the Board of Trustees	1954-1955
Box: 16	Folder : 8	Report of the President to the Trustees	1955-1961
Box: 17	Folder : 1	Report of the President to the Trustees	1961-1965
Box: 17	Folder : 2	Report of the President to the Trustees	1965-1966
Box: 17	Folder : 3	Report of the President to the Trustees	1966-1967
Box: 17	Folder : 4	Report of the President to the Trustees	1938-1968
Box: 17	Folder : 5	Report of the President to the Trustees	1968-1969
Box: 17	Folder : 6	Report of the President to the Trustees	1969-1970
Box: 17	Folder : 7	Report of the President to the Trustees	1970-1971
Box: 17	Folder : 8	Report of the President to the Trustees	1971-1972
Box: 17	Folder : 9	Report of the President to the Trustees	1972-1973
Box: 476	Folder : 10	Packer Magazine with 1990-1991 Annual Report inside	1990-1991
Box: 476	Folder : 11	Annual Reports	1991-1996
Box: 103	Folder : 9	Annual Reports	1993-1996
Box: 476	Folder : 13	Annual Reports	1996-1998
Box: 476	Folder : 14	Annual Reports	1998-2001
Box: 477	Folder : 1	Annual Reports	2001-2003
Box: 477	Folder : 2	Annual Reports	2003-2006
Box: 477	Folder : 3	Annual Reports	2011-2014
Sub-series 7.2: Financial records, 1845-1994. 2.25 Cubic Feet in eight boxes Arrangement Arranged chronologically. Scope and Contents The sub-series contains assorted financial records, dating from 1845 to 1994. It contains fundraising and administrative budget materials, including ledgers for the Mrs. Packer Memorial Window Fund, 1906-1909; Treasurer's Reports, 1912-22; and the Administrative Budget, 1922-1934. It includes typewritten and bound minutes of Packer's Committee on Finance, 1951-1968; and an itemized valuation of the Institute's stock holdings as of February 2, 1955, which summarizes the division of the school's $938,761.00 market investment, the bulk of which was committed to government bonds, public utilities, and chemical stocks. Other materials include a cash ledger, 1892-1904; the ledger for the Memorial Window fund, 1905-1906; the Backus Memorial Fund account book, 1908-1909; a plea for funds letter signed collectively by the board of trustees, 1917; Packer alumni pledge cards, 1917; an Endowment fund ledger, 1917-1921; check stubs, 1926-1932; and Centennial Fund documents, 1945-1961. The series also contains student tuition bills, 1866-1916. Related records can be found in *Series 12: Development Office, Fund Raising, and Alumni records*.
Container 1	Container 2	Title	Date
Box: 475	Folder : 7	Stock payment receipts General note Brooklyn Female Academy Receipts of Payment for Stockholders (April 1845 to 17 July 1845)	1845
Box: 475	Folder : 8	Stock certificates General note Brooklyn Female Academy Stock Certificates (1 September 1845 to 15 January 1853)	1845-1853
Box: 475	Folder : 9	Stock Dividend Payment Receipts General note Dividend Payment Receipts (8 December 1845 to 3 February 1854)	1845-1854
Box: 475	Folder : 10	Miscellaneous Financial Documents General note Payment to Teachers (February & April 1852) / Receipt for Coal / Bonds	1849-1853
Box: 475	Folder : 11	Brooklyn Female Academy mortgage	1849
Box: 475	Folder : 12	Stockholders who gave shares of Brooklyn Female Academy General note List of Brooklyn Citizens Who Gave Shares to Brooklyn Collegiate and Polytechnic Institute	circa 1840s-1850s
Box: 475	Folder : 13	Stock Transfer documents General note Stock Transfer Lists	1850-1855
Box: 475	Folder : 14	Stock Transfer Receipts General note Brooklyn Female Academy Stock Receipts of Transfer (5 May 1851 to 18 January 1853)	1851-1853
Box: 475	Folder : 15	Gifts to the Packer Collegiate Institute	1853-1972
Box: 475	Folder : 16	Minard LaFever (architect) bills General note A specimen of the handwriting of Minard Lafever, the successful architect of the new school building (a receipt for architect's fees). Note that it is by mistake made out to Mr. John H. Packer instead of Mr. John H. Prentice as it should have been.	1853-1854
Box: 475	Folder : 17	Stock Shareholders General note Brooklyn Female Academy Shareholders	1854
Box: 475	Folder : 18	Architectural and maintenance bills	1854
Box: 475	Folder : 19	Bills for furniture General note Handwritten bills from 1850s with writing over them by Dr. Crittenden / Note explaining content of bills for furniture / with photos and map of area before Packer	1854
Box: 475	Folder : 22	List of gifts from Bryan H. Smith	circa 1870s
Box: 475	Folder : 20	Tuition checks for Jane C. Hagadorn and related correspondence General note Five tuition checks from Frank Hagadorn for his daughter Jane C. Hagadorn.	1871-1876, 1944
Box: 554	Folder : 11	Tuition bill for Miss Cora General Removed from frame	1866
Box: 475	Folder : 21	Tuition bills	1871-1916
Box: 84	Folder : 6	Receipt for tuition of Miss Ellen L. Robbins, 1875 April 14	1875
Box: 475	Folder : 23	Building bills	1883-1893
Box: 475	Folder : 24	Board of Trustees financial correspondence	1886
Box: 475	Folder : 25	Property Tax bill (Block 70 - Lot 16)	1888
Box: 476	Folder : 1	Special pledges / donations ledger	1890-1960
Box: 84	Folder : 7	Cash ledger	1892-1904
Box: 476	Folder : 2	Memoranda for the Treasurer, regarding janitorial salary	1893
Box: 85	Folder : 1	Ledger for Memorial Window Fund	1905-1906
Box: 83	Folder : 8	The Mrs. Packer Memorial Window Fund ledger book	1906-1909
Box: 85	Folder : 2	Backus Memorial Fund account book	1908-1909
Box: 476	Folder : 3	Alumnae Room leaded glass bill and acknowledgment (Mrs. James H. Post)	1911
Box: 83	Folder : 9	Treasurer's Reports ledger book	1912-1922
Box: 85	Folder : 3	Letter to Miss Mary Woodward from Frank Babbott, President of Trustees, March 2	1917
Box: 85	Folder : 4	Plea for funds letter from trustees	1917
Box: 85	Folder : 5	Two index card boxes of Packer alumni pledge cards	1917
Box: 476	Folder : 4	Endowment Funds	1917-1918
Box: 85	Folder : 6	Endowment fund ledger	1917-1921
Box: 84	Folder : 1	Administrative Budget ledger book	1922-1929
Box: 86	Folder : 1	Check stubs	1926-1932
Box: 84	Folder : 2	Administrative Budget ledger book	1930-1934
Box: 86	Folder : 2	Letter to Mr. Roth, National City Bank, from Packer Collegiate Institute President [No Name or Signature], April 7	1938
Box: 537	Folder : 1	Centennial Fund financial ledger, correspondence, and notes	1944-1945
Box: 537	Folder : 2	Centennial Fund ledger	1944-1947
Box: 86	Folder : 5	Centennial Fund Documents I	1944-1950
Box: 87	Folder : 1	Centennial Fund Documents II	1945-1951
Box: 86	Folder : 3	Centennial Fund contribution cards, I	1945-1961
Box: 86	Folder : 4	Centennial Fund contribution cards, II	1945-1961
Box: 476	Folder : 6	Budget report and other financial records	1947-1950
Box: 476	Folder : 7	Gretchen (Ober) Johnson (Class of 1955) Financial receipts	1948-1954
Box: 84	Folder : 3	Committee on Finance Minutes	1951-1968
Box: 84	Folder : 4	Stock valuation	1955
Box: 476	Folder : 8	Special pledges / donations ledger	1956-1968
Box: 476	Folder : 9	125th Anniversary Fund Ledger	1970
Box: 476	Folder : 12	Financial Statements and Auditor's Report	1994
Sub-series 7.3: Pension Fund Committee, 1912-1969. 0.4 Cubic Feet in seven folders Scope and Contents This sub-series is composed of material regarding the Emery Pension Fund, created by Mary M. Emery in memory of Adeline L. Jones in 1945 with a $50,000 gift in bonds to be used for the payment of pensions to retired teachers of Packer. Included is correspondence regarding wording and modification of the fund, and copies of resolutions passed the Board of Trustees. The series also contains correspondence and meeting minutes regarding pensions 1928-1943; Pension Committee meeting documents, 1912-1969; and a retirement plan proposal, 1940.
Container 1	Container 2	Title	Date
Box: 83	Folder : 1	Emery Pension Fund	1914-1924
Box: 83	Folder : 2	Pension Committee	1912-1927
Box: 83	Folder : 3	Pension Committee	1930
Box: 83	Folder : 4	Pension Committee	1928-1943
Box: 83	Folder : 5	Pension Committee, I	1940-1969
Box: 83	Folder : 6	Pension Committee, II	1940-1969
Box: 83	Folder : 7	Retirement Plan Proposal	1940
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Series 7: Financial records and Annual Reports, 1845-2014. 3.5 Cubic Feet

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Sub-series 7.1: Annual Reports, 1849-1850, 1938-2014. 1.1 Cubic Feet in nine boxes

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Sub-series 7.3: Pension Fund Committee, 1912-1969. 0.4 Cubic Feet in seven folders

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