Series 1: Administration, bulk: 1919 - 1972

Arranged alphabetically by subject, and chronologically there under.

Includes all documents created by the administrative functions of the school. Contains advertisements, an admissions application from 1927-1928, general brochures of the school program, recognition certificates presented to the school, correspondence from the administration and other agencies, student and teacher handbooks, records from the Office of the Superintendent detailing student achievement awards for scholarship, military ability, and leadership, and various special orders and memos. Also contains rosters and dorm assignments, stationary and forms, press releases and news clippings about the history of the school and school mascots. Contains 2 copies of Encinita Hall architectural drawings, n.d. and building plans for adding a fire alarm system, 1957.

Major Nichols’ portfolio of the meeting minutes of the Administrative Executive Committee, 1962-1972 documents the meetings and decisions of the chief governing body of the Academy as they decided issues of staffing, finances, facilities, cadet behavior, enrollment, campus wide events, and cadet participation in civic events. Of particular interest are the discussions that led to de-emphasis of the military program in the face of declining enrollment in the late 1960’s. Also includes Colonel Kelly’s scrapbook of “Bulletins”, which contains various memos to parents and cadets about school policies and announcements, including the summer programs in Palo Alto and at Camp Eldorado. Of interest are the “daily calls and duty” which indicates the daily military call and duty schedule by hour, a quarantine notice for a cadet who was hospitalized with polio ca. 1945, and a 1944 P.A.M.A. World War II era poster to promote the purchase of savings bonds.