Series 15: Packer History, circa 1875-1996, inclusive
Extent
2.5 Cubic Feet in eight boxes
Scope and Contents
The series contains an assortment of files relating to the history of Packer, dating from circa 1875 to 1996. It includes files relating to the official history of Packer, titled A Long Way Forward (1945), as well as its unpublished sequel, Still Forward.
Memorabilia relating to the history of Packer and the Brooklyn Female Academy are found in Sub-series 21.4: Exhibition items.
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Letter – History of Packer Collegiate Institute, circa 1875-1880s, inclusive
Box: 157, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Text)
The Packer Chapel Through the Years by Mabel Gordon Parker, circa 1893, inclusive
Box: 389, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Text)
History of Packer 1853–1928 (23 booklets), 1928, inclusive
Box: 33, Folder: - (Material Type: Text)
History of Packer 1853–1928 booklets (3 folders), 1928, inclusive
Box: 117, Folder: 1-3 (Material Type: Text)
History of Packer Collegiate Institute, 1935-1936, inclusive
Box: 156, Folder: 27 (Material Type: Text)
The P.C.I: One Hundred Years Ago, 1942, inclusive
Box: 389, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Text)
Our First Hundred Years: A History of the Packer Collegiate Institute by Marjorie L. Nickerson typescript (2 folders), 1944, inclusive
Box: 389, Folder: 3-4 (Material Type: Text)
A Long Way Forward: The First Hundred Years at Packer Collegiate Institute by Marjorie L. Nickerson (2 copies of the published volume), 1945, inclusive
Box: 389, Folder: 5-6 (Material Type: Text)
A Long Way Forward pamphlet, 1945, inclusive
Box: 34, Folder: - (Material Type: Text)
A Long Way Forward photographic reproductions, 1945, inclusive
Box: 544, Folder: - (Material Type: Text)
General note
Oversize
Two (2) Rubber Stamps with Handles, One in Broken Condition. Remnants of an envelope stating "Illustrations used in Vol. 1 of Packer's History", circa 1945, inclusive
Box: 362, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Realia)
Highlights in Packer's History, circa 1960, inclusive
Box: 389, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Text)
Still Forward: Beginning the Second Century of the Packer Collegiate Institute by Greta Louise Osborne (complete typescript with images) (1 of 2), 1974, inclusive
Box: 389, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Text)
Still Forward: Beginning the Second Century of the Packer Collegiate Institute by Greta Louise Osborne (complete typescript with images) (2 of 2), 1974, inclusive
Box: 390, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Text)
Still Forward: Beginning the Second Century of the Packer Collegiate Institute by Greta Louise Osborne (complete typescript with images) (2 folders), 1974, inclusive
Box: 390, Folder: 2-3 (Material Type: Text)
Still Forward - Old intro and Chapter VII (unused), circa 1971, inclusive
Box: 390, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Text)
Still Forward - Typescript III, 1972, inclusive
Box: 390, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Text)
Still Forward - Typescript III supplement, 1972, inclusive
Box: 390, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Text)
Still Forward - Illustrations and negatives, circa 1972, inclusive
Box: 390, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Text)
Inventory of archives and old books, 1979, inclusive
Box: 390, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Text)
Packer through the decades - Sesquicentennial celebration, 1996, inclusive
Box: 390, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Text)
