This collection consists of class roll sheets and grade books documenting student attendance at the Salt Lake Collegiate Institute from 1878-1920. The information is generally separated by instructor's name (e.g., W.G. Caskey) while in other cases, the instructor is not named. Overall, the collection provides the following three types of information for each academic year: student names, students' absences, and occasionally the students' religious affiliations. The instructors did not include notes relating to particular students, special instructions, or any other notations. One of the best examples of a well-documented record is the records of the instructor, Grace Stone Zorbaugh (1898-1900). She included the names of students and any absences, as well as a typed compilation containing the names of her students, their ages, the type of student (day, board, etc.), years the student attended, religious affiliation, any notes, and a page number referencing the location of information on the student within the roll books. The 1900 records (instructor Mabelle La Valle Morgan) are pages removed from a book and contain the same roll information for the 1900/01 school year. Students are considered "day pupils" and separated into the categories of "girls" and "boys." Included with the records is a listing of the pupils' religious affiliation. Also included is a register of boarding pupils (students living at the school). While the contents of the 1901 records (instructor Mabelle La Valle Morgan) are similar to those in the earlier records, they also contain quarterly reports at the end of the book. The reports include the number of days in attendance and numbers of scholars (enrolled, average, new). There are also statistics for "church members" and individuals "added to church." The 1902 records are similar to the 1900 records. The instructor is not named, but are very similar to those kept by Mabelle La Valle Morgan. The 1903-1904 are also created by Morgan and are in the same format as her earlier records. The 1904-1905 roll book was created by the instructor Ruth H. Paule and is organized alphabetically by student name and then chronologically by school year. The 1888-1920 roll book mirrors the information contained in the other books. The only exception is that it designates pupils who are assumed to be enrolled in Westminster College with a stamp or other similar notation; these pupils are mixed in with the Collegiate Institute pupils, keeping consistent with the established form of organization.
