Office of the Head of School Collection
Dates
- 2018 July
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research use but due to the nature of the collection restricted items may be found through it. Because of this archivists are required to review requested documents and remove restricted items before the collection can be used by researchers.
Conditions Governing Use
Single photocopies and digital photographs may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from the Archivist. Researchers are responsible for determining any other copyright questions.
Biographical / Historical
The Office of the Head of School is responsible for overseeing the entire Lawrenceville School. Originaly known as the Office of the Headmaster, it was changed in 2020 to the Office of the Head of School. The Head of School and their assistants work closely with the Senior Staff and the Board of Trustees to fulfill Lawrenceville’s mission. The office in its current state began in 1883 when the school when through a transformation from a small school owned and ran by the headmaster to a larger school governed by a headmaster and a board of trustees. The Head of School is responsible for creating and working towards a strategic vison for the school. They are also responsible for overseeing the senior staff, creating and overseeing committees, helping with strategic campaigns, planning major events, giving speeches, and helping to build and keep relationships within the community.
Extent
47 Linear Feet (105 full boxes; 14 half boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
The Office of the Head of School Collection is arranged into 11 series: Series 1: Committees, Series 2: Campaigns, Series 3: Ceremonies, Series 4: Correspondence, Series 5: Events, Series 6: Headmasters Installatin, Series 7: Reports, Series 8: Legal, Series 9: Speeches, Addresses, and Remarks, Series 10: Senior Staff, Series 11: Subject Files
Appraisal
Appraisal has been conducted in accordance with The Lawrenceville School Stephan Archives guidelines.
Processing Information
This collection was processed by Stephanie Eder and Rebecca Driscoll in 2018 July.
- Bunting, Josiah, III
- Cary, Michael S.
- Commencement ceremonies Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Committees Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Head of School Subject Source: Local sources
- Headmasters Subject Source: Local sources
- Heely, Allan Vanderhoef
- Lawrenceville School. Office of the Headmaster
- Senior Staff Subject Source: Local sources
- correspondence Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Title
- Office of the Head of School Collection
- Status
- In Progress
- Author
- Stephanie Eder
- Date
- 2018 June
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the The Lawrenceville School Stephan Archives Repository
