Oregon Historical County Records Guide
Sherman County Records Inventory
School District Records
1898-1977
Series reports the general and financial statistics of each school district located in the county. Information includes school district number and clerk's name; number of individuals within the district between ages four and twenty; number of teachers employed; number of school houses (owned by the district); number of legal voters; number of libraries and books within each; number of private schools; cash on hand at last report; district tax received from county; state schools funds received; general value of school grounds and furnishings; property values; enrollment; number of students enrolled from outlying districts; school census; and board minutes. Series may also contain school attendance and grade reports and data on students and parents. Records may be titled School District Clerk Annual Report, District Clerk's Book of Records, District Clerk Record Book, or Oregon School Register and Record Book, which is the most comprehensive record of school district activities. School district records have been inventoried through 1965. Access to student records may be restricted by state or federal law.
Records at the Sherman County Courthouse, Basement Vault:
Annual Reports Clerks High School [District],
1933-1942 (1 volume);
[Budget Estimate-includes county and school districts],
1924 (1 volume);
Budgets [School], 1927-1964 (1.20 cu.ft.);
Census Records [District Clerk's Annual], 1907-1912 (.30
cu.ft.);
Clerk's Annual Reports, 1907-1961 (.40 cu.ft.);
District Clerks' Annual Reports [includes all districts],
1902-1921 (1 volume);
Final Record of Standings [Kent High School], 1927-1936 (1
volume);
Maps School Dist. & Road Dist. [District-includes other
maps], 1926-1933 (ca.15 maps);
Non-High School District Annual Report [includes other
reports], 1936-1956 (1 volume);
Sherman County [School Records-includes budgets, school superintendents'
reports, eighth grade examination records, teachers' reports, boundary board
proceedings,
school census, and other documents-trifolded], 1904-1928 (6 cu.ft.);
Teachers Annual Reports [includes monthly and quarterly
reports], 1927-1963 (.50 cu.ft.).
Records at the Sherman County Courthouse, Clerk's Vault:
School District Budget Reports,
1944-1958 (.35 cu.ft.).
Records at the Sherman County Historical Museum, Exhibit Case:
Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No.
15-Gordon Ridge], ca.1900 (1 volume).
Records at the Sherman County Historical Museum, Second Floor Storage Room:
[District Clerk's Record Book-District No. 1-Biglow], 1932-1955 (1 volume);
Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 19-Monkland], 1926-1931
(1 volume);
Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 24], 1902-1906 (1
volume);
Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 25-Liberty], 1913-1919
(1 volume);
Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 44-Rufus], 1912-1923
(1 volume).
Records at the Sherman County Historical Museum, Second Floor Office File Cabinet:
All Districts Records Budgets [School], 1954-1957 (.05 cu.ft.);
Biglow Dist. #1 School Records Budget, 1953-1956 (.05 cu.ft.);
Emigrant Springs Dist. #4 School Records Budget, 1953-1956 (.05 cu.ft.);
Grass Valley Dist. #23 School Records Budget, 1943-1957 (.10 cu.ft.);
Kent Dist. #9 School Records Budget, 1943-1956 (.10 cu.ft.);
Moro Dist. #17 School Records Budget, 1942-1955 (.10 cu.ft.);
Rufus Dist. #3 School Records Budget, 1942-1957 (.10 cu.ft.);
Rural School District [District Clerk's Record Book], 1948-1949
(.05 cu.ft.);
Sherman Union High School Dist. #1 School Records Budget, 1955-1956 (.05
cu.ft.);
Wasco Dist. #7 School Records Budget, 1942-1957 (.10 cu.ft.).
Records at the Sherman County School District Administration Building, School Superintendent's
Office:
Annual Reports [School District-includes various districts], 1950-1965
(.20 cu.ft.);
[Census-District Clerk's Annual Census Report-includes various districts],
1914-1977 (1.60 cu.ft.);
District Clerk's Book of Records [District No. 31], 1898-1903 (1 volume);
District Clerk's Record Book [District No. 31], 1922-1928 (1 volume).
Records at the Sherman Junior/Senior High School Office, Vault:
[High School Record-Student Record Cards-includes some cumulative record
cards-title varies], ca.1918-present (4.50 cu.ft.);
[Oregon Elementary Cumulative Record Card], ca.1927-ca.1963 (1.20 cu.ft.);
[Student/Family Index Cards], 1907-1920 (.30 cu.ft.).
Records at the South Sherman Elementary School, Records Storage Room:
[Budget Estimate-District No. 7-Wasco], 1923-1926 (1 volume);
[Budget-School District No. 7-Wasco], 1944-1963 (.15 cu.ft.);
[District Clerk's Record Book-District No. 7-Wasco], 1939-1940 (.05 cu.ft.);
1954-1955 (1 volume);
Handy Class Record [Teacher Mildred Cummins-includes class and student information],
1930-1931 (1 volume);
Journal [School District No. 7-Wasco-includes mostly financial information],
1902-1927 (1 volume);
Office Records [District No. 7-Wasco Public Schools-includes class and student
information], 1930-1934 (1 volume);
Rural School District [Records-includes school board minutes and budgets],
1955-1959 (1 volume);
[School Census-Clerk's Annual Census Report-District No. 7-Wasco-includes
related records], 1952-1964 (.10 cu.ft.);
The Teacher's Improved Class Book [Teacher Maggie Tripplitt-Grade 7], n.d.
(1 volume).