Name/Title
Register of Attendance in St. Mary's County's African American Schools--Drayden SchoolEntry/Object ID
2003.002.0010Scope and Content
1 register ; 13 3/4"h x 8 1/2"w
The brown cover of this register identifies it as belonging to Drayden School, number 2 in the 2nd district. There are three pages of directions for entering data in the book. Page 4 is a full page, entitled "Record of Attendance" with space for the school number, district number, and name of the county. Forty-five spaces are available for listing students by name, birthdate, age, and date of first attendance. The continuing pages are 12 5/8"h x 4 1/2"w, each covering an entire month's worth of attendance data for the months September to June. Then there is another full-size page with space for final attendance data for the first year on one side and the pupil roll in the new school year on the verso. After the second set of small monthly attendance pages there is another full page for year end attendance figures. The register usually had an envelope pasted in the back in which a heavy card where year-end data for each year could be entered. Presumably this was submitted to the central administration.
In this register, the cover identifies this as the Drayden School, no. 2, district 2, colored, county St. Mary's, grades 1-7, teacher Luther H. Stuckey. Thirty-six students are entered in the first roll, with birth date, age, and the date of his/her admission to school. Most children entered on October 5, 1937 and the week following. The teacher is listed as Luther H. Stuckey. Attendance data was kept until June 2, 1938. Mr. Stuckey entered an overall indication of pupil quality and the grade a student should be in for the following year. Carrie Tilghman was the teacher for the following year, and the second enrollment sheet lists thirty-four students arriving on October 3, 1938 with attendance data until June 1, 1939. Miss Tilghman also entered an overall indication of pupil quality and the grade a student should be in for the following year. She also checked off the many home visits she made. The envelope on the inside back cover is present, but the card is not.Collection
St. Mary's County African American School RecordsArchive Items Details
Date(s) of Creation
1937 - 1939Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Stuckey, Luther H.Person or Organization
Tilghman, Carrie