Guide to the Oakdale School Board Records 1893-1956, MSS 1162
- Repository
- Heinz History Center
- Title
- Oakdale School Board Records
- Creator
- Oakdale School Board
- Collection Number
- MSS 1162
- Extent
- .5 linear feet linear feet (1 box)
- Date
- 1893-1956
- Abstract
- Oakdale School was built in 1894 on Hastings Street to serve the growing industrial community of Oakdale Borough, Pa., in Allegheny County. The school offered grades 1 through 8. A high school was built in the community in 1926. In 1949, Oakdale Schools merged with North Fayette Township Schools to form what is presently known as West Allegheny School District. The Oakdale School Board Records contain minutes in two volumes documenting board meetings held between May 8, 1934 and December 6, 1943 and January 4, 1944 and September 4, 1956. The collection also includes an accounts ledger dating between 1893 and 1898 which is believed to be associated with the school's early history.
- Language
- The material in this collection is in English.
- Publisher
- Heinz History Center
- Address
- 1212 Smallman St.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222
library@heinzhistorycenter.org
URL: https://www.heinzhistorycenter.org
History
Oakdale, Pa. is borough situated southwest of the city of Pittsburgh in Allegheny County. The borough was incorporated in 1892. Oakdale School, the borough's first multi-room school, was built in 1894 on 33 Hastings Street, replacing a one-room grammar school built several decades earlier. The school offered classes in grades 1 through 8 to the children of the borough's approximately 1200 inhabitants. A high school serving the community was built on Highland Avenue in 1926 and later demolished. Following Oakdale Schools' merger with North Fayette Township Schools in 1949 to create the West Allegheny School District, the Hastings Street school was used as a district elementary school. The building closed in 1972 and was sold into private ownership.
Scope and Content Notes
The Oakdale School Board Records contain board minutes in two volumes dating to May 8, 1934 through December 6, 1943, and January 4, 1944 through September 4, 1956. The minutes primarily record appointments, disbursements for faculty and staff salaries and school purchases, including textbooks. Also included in the collection is an accounts ledger of unknown provenance that is believed to have been maintained with the ledgers. The accounts ledger (1893-1898) records both sums owed and expenses paid to various local individuals, businesses, and organizations, including Oakdale Schools. The ledger dates to shortly after the borough's incorporation in 1892.
Conditions Governing Access
None
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Florence E. Mehalic on January 7, 2018.
Preferred Citation
Oakdale School Board Records, 1893-1956, MSS 1162, Thomas and Katherine Detre Library and Archives, Senator John Heinz History Center
Processing Information
This collection was processed by Carly Lough in April 2018.
Conditions Governing Use
Property rights reside with the Senator John Heinz History Center. Literary rights are retained by the creators of the records and their heirs. For permission to reproduce or publish, please contact the Thomas and Katherine Detre Library and Archives of the Senator John Heinz History Center.
Separated Materials
A published school report of Allegheny County, 1951-1952, from this donation has been transferred to the library.
Subjects
- Oakdale Public Schools.
- West Allegheny School District.
- Oakdale (Pa.)
- Public schools--Employees.
- School boards--Pennsylvania--Allegheny County.
- School elections--Pennsylvania--Allegheny County.