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Collection Overview

Title: Christian School Papers Collection, 1882-[Ongoing]

ID: COLL/481

Extent: 189.0 Boxes

Arrangement: Folder level description

Abstract

The collection includes minutes (restricted), reports, yearbooks, anniversary booklets, clippings, newsletters, programs, tracts, guides, handbooks, manuals, photographs, pamphlets, courses of study, educational material, and publications detailing some of the Christian schools, regional organizations, associations, and conferences affiliated with National Union of Christian Schools (NUCS) and Christian Schools International (CSI). [See also the Campus Titles Database.]

Box and Folder Listing

Series 90: Grand Rapids, MI - Oakdale --- 1892-2010

(Built additional building on Sylvan property, 1944; Oakdale and Sylvan became separate schools, 1956; combines with Baxter Christian under the United Christian School Society, Mar,1963; Baxter building classroom use discontinued 1969 and United Christian name returned to just Oakdale Christian School, 1970; and Oakdale closes and transfers to new Grand Rapids Christian Elementary School, 2010)

Box Vault

Item 65: Grand Rapids, MI - Oakdale: Board minutes, 3 reels --- 12 Mar 1908 - 14 Dec 1970: Acquisition Information: RESTRICTED

Box 154

Item 1: Grand Rapids, MI - Oakdale: Board minutes, 3 volumes --- 1908-1925: Acquisition Information: RESTRICTED
Item 2: Grand Rapids, MI - Oakdale: Board minutes, 1 volume --- 1926-Mar 1937: Acquisition Information: RESTRICTED

Box 155

Folder 1-6: Grand Rapids, MI - Oakdale: Board minutes (merged with Baxter to become United Christian, Jun 196) --- Mar 1937-1964: Acquisition Information: RESTRICTED

Box 156

Folder 1-14: Grand Rapids, MI - Oakdale: Board minutes --- 1965-1982: Acquisition Information: RESTRICTED

Box 157

Folder 1-3: Grand Rapids, MI - Oakdale: Board minutes --- 1983-1990: Acquisition Information: RESTRICTED
Folder 4: Grand Rapids, MI - Oakdale: Board minutes --- 1991, 1993 (1992 missing): Acquisition Information: RESTRICTED
Folder 5: Grand Rapids, MI - Oakdale: Board minutes --- 1994, Jan-Aug 1995, Aug-Oct 1996: Acquisition Information: RESTRICTED
Folder 6: Grand Rapids, MI - Oakdale: Minutes of annual meetings, 1 volume --- 1911-1940
Folder 7: Grand Rapids, MI - Oakdale: Minutes of annual meetings, 1 volume --- 1941-1977, 1962, 1963, 1982
Folder 8: Grand Rapids, MI - Oakdale: Annual reports of the secretary --- 1892, 1902, 1909, 1917, 1920-1935
Folder 9: Grand Rapids, MI - Oakdale: Annual reports of the Oakdale Christian School Society --- 1920-1933, 1942, 1943, 1948, 1957-1962
Folder 10: Grand Rapids, MI - Oakdale: Annual reports, United Christian School --- 1963, 1968-1970
Folder 11: Grand Rapids, MI - Oakdale: Annual reports, Oakdale Christian School --- 1971, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1983, 1984

Box 26

Folder 1: Grand Rapids, MI - Oakdale: Minutes and material of Building Committee for Sylvan Branch --- 1945
Folder 2-3: Grand Rapids, MI - Oakdale: Building and Grounds Committee minutes [incomplete] --- 1961-1969, 1985-1995
Folder 4-6: Grand Rapids, MI - Oakdale: Education Committee minutes [incomplete] --- 1962-1977, 1985-1994
Folder 7: Grand Rapids, MI - Oakdale: Executive Committee minutes [a few prior and after those dates] --- 1985-1989
Folder 8-9: Grand Rapids, MI - Oakdale: Finance Committee minutes --- 1905-1916, 1946-1948
Folder 10: Grand Rapids, MI - Oakdale: Propaganda Committee minutes --- 1937-1945
Folder 11: Grand Rapids, MI - Oakdale: United Christian School Society Financial Statement --- 1963, 1964-1967

Box 27

Folder 1: Grand Rapids, MI - Oakdale: Oakdale Cooperative Club (PTA) minutes --- 1960-1965
Folder 2: Grand Rapids, MI - Oakdale: United Christian School PTA board and meeting minutes --- May 1967 - May 1970
Folder 3-6: Grand Rapids, MI - Oakdale: Oakdale PTA board a d meeting mintues, --- Sept 1970 - Jun 1983, May 1984 - May 1985, Apr 1986 - Jun 1988
Folder 7: Grand Rapids, MI - Oakdale: Constitution for Oakdale Cooperative Club (PTA), undated; constitution and bylaws, United Christian School PTA, undated; yearbooks of Oakdale Cooperative Club --- 1951-1952; 1952-1953
Folder 8: Grand Rapids, MI - Oakdale: Alumni Association Committee (graduates of 1916-1922) minutes --- 1939
Folder 9: Grand Rapids, MI - Oakdale: Board correspondence --- 1927-1936
Folder 10: Grand Rapids, MI - Oakdale: Building Committee contracts and reports --- 1923, 1930, 1944-1947
Folder 11: Grand Rapids, MI - Oakdale: Architect's specifications for Sylvan --- 1945-1946
Folder 12: Grand Rapids, MI - Oakdale: Articles of Association, deeds, tax receipts of lots --- 1923, 1946
Folder 13: Grand Rapids, MI - Oakdale: Clippings

Box 28

Folder 1: Grand Rapids, MI - Oakdale: Constitution --- 1919, 1920, 1943, undated
Folder 2: Grand Rapids, MI - Oakdale: Dedication --- 1924
Folder 3: Grand Rapids, MI - Oakdale: Early history accounts, timeline fact sheet --- 1892-1968
Folder 4: Grand Rapids, MI - Oakdale: 40th and 50th anniversary --- 1932, 1942
Folder 5: Grand Rapids, MI - Oakdale: 75th anniversary of Oakdale --- 1892-1967
Folder 6: Grand Rapids, MI - Oakdale: Index of 75th Anniversary of Oakdale Christian School, compiled by Pamela Lucas [print and CD] --- 1892-1967
Folder 7: Grand Rapids, MI - Oakdale: 90th anniversary program; 100th anniversary program, centennial book; building addition dedication; rededication of renovation --- 1892; 1892-1992, Sep 1987, 1983
Folder 8: Grand Rapids, MI - Oakdale: 100th anniversary, committee minutes, summary notes, speeches --- 1990-1992
Folder 9: Grand Rapids, MI - Oakdale: 115th anniversary --- 2007
Folder 10: Grand Rapids, MI - Oakdale: School closing (transfers to Grand Rapids Christian Elementary) --- 2010
Folder 11: Grand Rapids, MI - Oakdale: Proposal to separate Oakdale and Sylvan into separate school societies; study committee report --- 1956-1957
Folder 12: Grand Rapids, MI - Oakdale: Oakdale-Baxter proposal for unification, legal documents --- 1963
Folder 13: Grand Rapids, MI - Oakdale: "A Distinctive Difference: Oakdale Christian School Planning Guide" --- 1987-1990, 1990-1993
Folder 14-15: Grand Rapids, MI - Oakdale: Concert, play programs [incomplete] --- 1922, 1927, 1949-1990

Box 158

Folder 1: Grand Rapids, MI - Oakdale: Oakdale advertising material and elementary grades curricululm; expansion and fundraising material --- 1945, 1950, 1955, 1961 undated: Accruals: 1961
Folder 2: Grand Rapids, MI - Oakdale: Oakdale building survey and population study --- 1950
Folder 3: Grand Rapids, MI - Oakdale: "Report of the University of Michigan Bureau of School Services Survey Team re: Their Study of the Christian Schools of Grand Rapids, MI" --- 1973
Folder 4: Grand Rapids, MI - Oakdale: "Oakdale Christian School: A self-study;" material generated in response to U of M report suggesting the closing of Oakdale --- 1973; 1973-1974
Folder 5: Grand Rapids, MI - Oakdale: Oakdale Christian School Study Committee, minutes, report to GRCSA Building and Planning Committee --- 1979-1980
Folder 6: Grand Rapids, MI - Oakdale: Report of the Oakdale Christian School Building Study Committee --- May-80
Folder 7: Grand Rapids, MI - Oakdale: Oakdale Building Planning Committee minutes, mandate, building proposal --- 1980-1981
Folder 8: Grand Rapids, MI - Oakdale: Oakdale Human Resource Development Center, material re: formation, mission, principles of operation, etc.; "Parents Together Adult Mentor Program" training manual --- 1989-1991; 1990
Folder 9: Grand Rapids, MI - Oakdale: Oakdale Christian Middle School, An evaluation report --- 1992
Item 1: Grand Rapids, MI - Oakdale: VHS tape, Oakdale Christian School Centennial Pageant, Apr 1992; and "Beauty and the Beast," eighth grade play, Mar 1994

Box 159

Folder 1-13: Grand Rapids, MI - Oakdale: Principals' reports --- 1923-1936, 1957-1975

Box 160

Folder 1-4: Grand Rapids, MI - Oakdale: Principals' reports [incomplete] --- 1976-1980, 1986-1991, 1993-1995
Folder 5-7: Grand Rapids, MI - Oakdale: Oakdale graduate lists --- 1905-2003
Folder 8: Grand Rapids, MI - Oakdale: Graduation bulletins --- 1948-1985 [missing 1950, 1951]
Folder 9-10: Grand Rapids, MI - Oakdale: Oakdale PTA yearbooks (directories) --- 1954-1956, 1957-1963; 1964-1967; 1962-1963, 1966-1967
Folder 11-12: Grand Rapids, MI - Oakdale: United Christian School Directory; Oakdale Directory --- 1967-1968, 1969-1970; 1970-1971, 1972-1973, 1978-1981, 1994-1995

Box 161

Folder 1: Grand Rapids, MI - Oakdale: Teacher handbook, undated; board member handbook --- undated
Folder 2: Grand Rapids, MI - Oakdale: Parent and student handbooks --- 1976-1977, 1980-1981, 1985-1986
Folder 3-5: Grand Rapids, MI - Oakdale: Yearbook, Oakdale Mirror --- 1944-1951, 1954-1956, 1958-1959, 1960, 1961, 1971, 1972, 1975, 1977, 1978
Folder 6-10: Grand Rapids, MI - Oakdale: Student publication, Oakleaves --- 1934, 1936-1938, 1964, 1965, 1967-1971
Folder 11: Grand Rapids, MI - Oakdale: Student publications, Chronicle and Oakdale Post; Literary Reviews; Crusader Chronicle --- 1960's; 1968; 1969, 1981

Box 165

Folder 1: Grand Rapids, MI - Oakdale: Photographs, faculty --- 1914, [1928], [1932], undated
Folder 2: Grand Rapids, MI - Oakdale: Photograph, Oakdale Christian Junior High, [folded] (MD 5 has same photo with picture of Oakdale school on the side) --- 1927
Folder 3: Grand Rapids, MI - Oakdale: Photographs, boys, girls basketball teams; team photographs, undated; basketball action shots, undated --- 1939, 1943-1944; undated
Folder 4: Grand Rapids, MI - Oakdale: Photographs, school board, propaganda committee, Mothers' Club board --- 1942
Folder 5: Grand Rapids, MI - Oakdale: Photographs, Flag Day celebration; used Bible drive, undated; paper drive for war effort --- 1941; 1940s
Folder 6-10: Grand Rapids, MI - Oakdale: Photographs, graduating classes [copies and names can be found in 75th and 100th anniversary books]
Folder 11: Grand Rapids, MI - Oakdale: Photographs, band, orchestra, choir --- 1949-1954
Folder 12: Grand Rapids, MI - Oakdale: Photographs, band, orchestra candids --- undated
Folder 13: Grand Rapids, MI - Oakdale: Photographs, random class pictures, undated (on DVD) --- 1960s, 1970; 2007 and 2008
Folder 14: Grand Rapids, MI - Oakdale: Photographs, school life, undated; aerial view, and dedication, undated; site plan drawings --- undated

Box OS 9

Item 1: Grand Rapids, MI - Oakdale: Photographs, graduating class --- 1912

Box 152

Folder 6

Item 1: Grand Rapids, MI - Oakdale: Photographs, graduating classes --- 1915, 1916
Item 2: Grand Rapids, MI - Oakdale: Photographs, graduating class --- 1964

Box MD

Folder 5

Item 2: Grand Rapids, MI - Oakdale: MD 5 Photograph, Oakdale Christian School student body [map drawer] --- 1922