Series 7: Financial records and Annual Reports, 1845-2014, inclusive
Extent
Scope and Contents
The series contains financial records, annual reports, and the records of the Pension Fund Committee, dating from 1845 to 2014.
The 1847 Annual Report and Treasurer's Report of the Brooklyn Female Academy is filed with it's Act of Incorporation in Series 1: Charters and By-laws.
Arrangement note
The series is organized into three sub-series:
Sub-series 7.1: Annual Reports
Sub-series 7.2: Financial records
Sub-series 7.3: Pension Fund Committee
Sub-series 7.1: Annual Reports, 1849-1850, 1938-2014, inclusive
Extent
Scope and Contents
This sub-series contains Packer Collegiate Institute annual reports, dating from 1938 to 2014.
The reports include a variety of information in addition to financial matters, such as additions to the pre-existing curriculum and field trips intended to prepare students for the SAT exam (1950-1951), which was introduced in 1949 by the College Exam Board. A report from 1938-1968 includes information regarding male admissions, added courses, extracurricular activities, and the damages from the 1964 fire.
The series includes two annual reports of the Brooklyn Female Academy (1849 and 1850).
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Annual Report of Brooklyn Female Academy, 1849, inclusive
Proceedings of Stockholders and Annual Report of the Brooklyn Female Academy, 1850, inclusive
Reports of the President to the Trustees, 1938-1939, inclusive
Report of the President to the Board of Trustees, 1938-1968, inclusive
Financial Statements and Reports to Board of Trustees, 1938-1975, inclusive
Reports of the President to the Trustees, 1939-1945, inclusive
Report of the President to the Board of Trustees, 1945-1946, inclusive
Reports of the President to the Trustees, 1945-1954, inclusive
Report of the President to the Board of Trustees, 1954-1955, inclusive
Report of the President to the Board of Trustees, 1954-1955, inclusive
Report of the President to the Trustees, 1955-1961, inclusive
Report of the President to the Trustees, 1961-1965, inclusive
Report of the President to the Trustees, 1965-1966, inclusive
Report of the President to the Trustees, 1966-1967, inclusive
Report of the President to the Trustees, 1938-1968, inclusive
Report of the President to the Trustees, 1968-1969, inclusive
Report of the President to the Trustees, 1969-1970, inclusive
Report of the President to the Trustees, 1970-1971, inclusive
Report of the President to the Trustees, 1971-1972, inclusive
Report of the President to the Trustees, 1972-1973, inclusive
Packer Magazine with 1990-1991 Annual Report inside, 1990-1991, inclusive
Annual Reports, 1991-1996, inclusive
Annual Reports, 1993-1996, inclusive
Annual Reports, 1996-1998, inclusive
Annual Reports, 1998-2001, inclusive
Annual Reports, 2001-2003, inclusive
Annual Reports, 2003-2006, inclusive
Annual Reports, 2011-2014, inclusive
Sub-series 7.2: Financial records, 1845-1994, inclusive
Extent
Scope and Contents
The sub-series contains assorted financial records, dating from 1845 to 1994. It contains fundraising and administrative budget materials, including ledgers for the Mrs. Packer Memorial Window Fund, 1906-1909; Treasurer's Reports, 1912-22; and the Administrative Budget, 1922-1934. It includes typewritten and bound minutes of Packer's Committee on Finance, 1951-1968; and an itemized valuation of the Institute's stock holdings as of February 2, 1955, which summarizes the division of the school's $938,761.00 market investment, the bulk of which was committed to government bonds, public utilities, and chemical stocks. Other materials include a cash ledger, 1892-1904; the ledger for the Memorial Window fund, 1905-1906; the Backus Memorial Fund account book, 1908-1909; a plea for funds letter signed collectively by the board of trustees, 1917; Packer alumni pledge cards, 1917; an Endowment fund ledger, 1917-1921; check stubs, 1926-1932; and Centennial Fund documents, 1945-1961. The series also contains student tuition bills, 1866-1916.
Related records can be found in Series 12: Development Office, Fund Raising, and Alumni records.
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Stock payment receipts, 1845, inclusive
General note
Brooklyn Female Academy Receipts of Payment for Stockholders (April 1845 to 17 July 1845)
Stock certificates, 1845-1853, inclusive
General note
Brooklyn Female Academy Stock Certificates (1 September 1845 to 15 January 1853)
Stock Dividend Payment Receipts, 1845-1854, inclusive
General note
Dividend Payment Receipts (8 December 1845 to 3 February 1854)
Miscellaneous Financial Documents, 1849-1853, inclusive
General note
Payment to Teachers (February & April 1852) / Receipt for Coal / Bonds
Brooklyn Female Academy mortgage, 1849, inclusive
Stockholders who gave shares of Brooklyn Female Academy, circa 1840s-1850s, inclusive
General note
List of Brooklyn Citizens Who Gave Shares to Brooklyn Collegiate and Polytechnic Institute
Stock Transfer documents, 1850-1855, inclusive
General note
Stock Transfer Lists
Stock Transfer Receipts, 1851-1853, inclusive
General note
Brooklyn Female Academy Stock Receipts of Transfer (5 May 1851 to 18 January 1853)
Gifts to the Packer Collegiate Institute, 1853-1972, inclusive
Minard LaFever (architect) bills, 1853-1854, inclusive
General note
A specimen of the handwriting of Minard Lafever, the successful architect of the new school building (a receipt for architect's fees). Note that it is by mistake made out to Mr. John H. Packer instead of Mr. John H. Prentice as it should have been.
Stock Shareholders, 1854, inclusive
General note
Brooklyn Female Academy Shareholders
Architectural and maintenance bills, 1854, inclusive
Bills for furniture, 1854, inclusive
General note
Handwritten bills from 1850s with writing over them by Dr. Crittenden / Note explaining content of bills for furniture / with photos and map of area before Packer
List of gifts from Bryan H. Smith, circa 1870s, inclusive
Tuition checks for Jane C. Hagadorn and related correspondence, 1871-1876, 1944, inclusive
General note
Five tuition checks from Frank Hagadorn for his daughter Jane C. Hagadorn.
Tuition bill for Miss Cora, 1866, inclusive
General
Removed from frame
Tuition bills, 1871-1916, inclusive
Receipt for tuition of Miss Ellen L. Robbins, 1875 April 14, 1875, inclusive
Building bills, 1883-1893, inclusive
Board of Trustees financial correspondence, 1886, inclusive
Property Tax bill (Block 70 - Lot 16), 1888, inclusive
Special pledges / donations ledger, 1890-1960, inclusive
Cash ledger, 1892-1904, inclusive
Memoranda for the Treasurer, regarding janitorial salary, 1893, inclusive
Ledger for Memorial Window Fund, 1905-1906, inclusive
The Mrs. Packer Memorial Window Fund ledger book, 1906-1909, inclusive
Backus Memorial Fund account book, 1908-1909, inclusive
Alumnae Room leaded glass bill and acknowledgment (Mrs. James H. Post), 1911, inclusive
Treasurer's Reports ledger book, 1912-1922, inclusive
Letter to Miss Mary Woodward from Frank Babbott, President of Trustees, March 2, 1917, inclusive
Plea for funds letter from trustees, 1917, inclusive
Two index card boxes of Packer alumni pledge cards, 1917, inclusive
Endowment Funds, 1917-1918, inclusive
Endowment fund ledger, 1917-1921, inclusive
Administrative Budget ledger book, 1922-1929, inclusive
Check stubs, 1926-1932, inclusive
Administrative Budget ledger book, 1930-1934, inclusive
Letter to Mr. Roth, National City Bank, from Packer Collegiate Institute President [No Name or Signature], April 7, 1938, inclusive
Centennial Fund financial ledger, correspondence, and notes, 1944-1945, inclusive
Centennial Fund ledger, 1944-1947, inclusive
Centennial Fund Documents I, 1944-1950, inclusive
Centennial Fund Documents II, 1945-1951, inclusive
Centennial Fund contribution cards, I, 1945-1961, inclusive
Centennial Fund contribution cards, II, 1945-1961, inclusive
Budget report and other financial records, 1947-1950, inclusive
Gretchen (Ober) Johnson (Class of 1955) Financial receipts, 1948-1954, inclusive
Committee on Finance Minutes, 1951-1968, inclusive
Stock valuation, 1955, inclusive
Special pledges / donations ledger, 1956-1968, inclusive
125th Anniversary Fund Ledger, 1970, inclusive
Financial Statements and Auditor's Report, 1994, inclusive
Sub-series 7.3: Pension Fund Committee, 1912-1969, inclusive
Extent
Scope and Contents
This sub-series is composed of material regarding the Emery Pension Fund, created by Mary M. Emery in memory of Adeline L. Jones in 1945 with a $50,000 gift in bonds to be used for the payment of pensions to retired teachers of Packer. Included is correspondence regarding wording and modification of the fund, and copies of resolutions passed the Board of Trustees. The series also contains correspondence and meeting minutes regarding pensions 1928-1943; Pension Committee meeting documents, 1912-1969; and a retirement plan proposal, 1940.
