Subseries I. Special, 1959-1966.

Containers:

Box 87-105

Extent:

6.3 cu. ft. (18 boxes)

Scope and content:

This subseries contains the applications the Pupil Placement Board referred to as "Special," these applications belonged to the students whose parents desired their children to receive a desegregated and equal public education and were not willing to wait for the state to voluntarily integrate schools. The special applications often contain a hand written note stating whether the transfer was approved, denied, or not considered. Depending upon location applications were also accompanied by a copy of an administrative transfer, or there were included lists of all transfers with students name, school where student was previously enrolled and location of current enrollment. There are also multiple application for the same student, usually from different years indicating the parent continued to petition for a transfer. A large number of applications contain the phrase "I do not wish my child to attend a racially segregated school," so something similar.

Arrangement:

This subseries is arranged alphabetically by location. The folder for each location is then arranged alphabetically by student's last name, thereunder by first name. Applications are not chronological, except if there is more than one for a single student.

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