Scope and Contents
The Packer Collegiate Institute records contain administrative records, financial records, architectural records, correspondence, student and faculty records, publications, photographs, audiovisual media, and memorabilia, dating from circa 1780 to 2016.
The records relate to the administrative and business activities of the Institute, including meeting minutes held between the Board of Trustees and other committees, annual reports from the President of Packer to the Board of Trustees, funding raising, and alumni affairs.
Student activities are well represented in the collection. Files relating to students include student publications, yearbooks, theatrical programs, scrapbooks, student notebooks, numerous photographs, and audiovisual recordings.
Overall, the records document the history of women's education in Brooklyn, New York, and the community's rich cultural heritage.
Arrangement note
The records are organized into twenty-four series:
Series 1: Charters and By-laws
Series 2: Board of Trustees records
Series 3: Student administrative records
Series 4: Circulars, catalogues, and curriculum guides
Series 5: Faculty records and papers
Series 6: Administrative committees and reports
Series 7: Financial records and Annual Reports
Series 8: Student Life
Series 9: School Events
Series 10: Presidents, Headmasters, and Heads of School
Series 11: Office of Public Relations
Series 12: Development Office, Fund Raising, and Alumni records
Series 13: Yearbooks
Series 14: Architectural records
Series 15: Packer History
Series 16: Music
Series 17: Photographs
Series 18: Audio, film, and video recordings
Series 19: Instructional materials
Series 20: Junior College
Series 21: Memorabilia
Series 22: Packer family
Series 23: Miscellaneous
Series 24: Upper School History Club COVID-19 oral histories