Records relating to the board secretary, 1837-1848.

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Records relating to the board secretary, 1837-1848.

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From 1837 to 1919 the Board of Education had general supervision of public schools and normal schools (teachers colleges) in Massachusetts. Horace Mann served as board secretary from 1837 to 1848. Series includes board minutes (in draft--for record minutes see: Massachusetts. Dept. of Education. Board minutes ((M-Ar)1504)) recording appointment and resignation of Mann as secretary, and letters from Mann to board members and others relating to his work.

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives

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Mann, Horace, 1796-1859

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Horace Mann was an educator and a statesman who greatly advanced the cause of universal, free, non-sectarian public schools. Mann also advocated temperance, abolition, hospitals for the mentally ill, and women's rights. From the description of Horace Mann Letter, 1858. (University of the Pacific). WorldCat record id: 213372958 Horace Mann, "Father of our Public Schools," was born in Franklin, Massachusetts on May 4, 1796. His family was poor and his father di...

Massachusetts. Board of Education

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Created 1837; abolished in 1919 and reorganized as Massachusetts Dept. of Education; a Board of Education was reestablished later to establish set policy for the Dept. of Education and first mentioned in a Dept. of Education report 1961/1962. From the description of Register of visitors, 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, Massachusetts Educational Exhibit. (State Library of Massachusetts). WorldCat record id: 70967720 Massachusetts Board of Education created 1837; abolished ...