Edwin Washington Project

6.  Students, Academic Records, Attendance, Scholarships and Awards

Included are records showing how many children attended a school during its active service, by sex and age in some cases, hours of instruction, distance to talk to school and other data that explore a day in the life of an average student, as well as topics like truancy and meals.

While the documents in this section, especially Registers and Term Reports, focus on the students and their academic experience, some will also offer clues on the physical condition of the schools.  This is especially true in the files related to Douglass schools.  When trying to understand that aspect, researchers are advised to compare the information in these files with those in Section 9 (Maps and Property), Section 11 (Insurance) and 12 (Transportation), as well as 2 (Petitions).

• 6.1  Registers, Census, Student Lists and Enrollment Records
• 6.3.1  Term Reports and Enrollment Cards, Hours of Instruction
• 6.3.2 Virginia Teacher Term Reports
• 6.3.3 Colored Term Reports.  These cover schools for Blacks.  In addition to term reports, some folders contain other useful information.  See above essay on Registers and Terms Reports which compares such reports for Black and White students.
• 6.3.4  Teacher Term Reports and other Academic Records on White Schools
• 6.4 Commencement, Promotion and Transfer Files
• 6.5  Birth Certificates
• 6.6  NDEA General Lists (being reviewed)
• 6.7  Graduates
• 6.8  Student Cooperatives
• 6.9  Scholarships and Awards
• 6.10 Poverty and Wards of the State
• 6.11  Truancy and Mandatory Attendance Laws
• 6.11.1  Visiting Teachers and Role on Attendance
• 6.12  Tuition
• 6.13  Meals and Hot Lunches