WILLIAM HORTON PEACE JENKINS PAPERS. 2,417 items and 10 volumes
Predominately, collection of public school records for Granville County, North Carolina
where Jenkins was Superintendent of Public Instruction from 1881 through 1895. Records
provide a wealth of information on conditions in the schools. Teacher and pupil lists,
attendance records, teacher salaries, average length of school term, and number of
school-aged children broken down by race and gender are some of the data included. There are
also written reports and memos by black teachers and superintendents.
