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Is your record at the Boston City Archives?
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High School Records
High School Records
| School Name | Years of Operation | Who do I contact? |
|---|---|---|
| Academy of Public Service | 2003-2009 | Boston Public School records management |
| Boston Adult Technical Academy | 1999-2009 | Boston Public School records management |
| Boston Arts Academy | 1998-present | Boston Arts Academy. (617-635-6470) |
| Boston Business School | 1915-1989 | City of Boston Archives |
| Boston Clerical School | 1915-1970 | City of Boston Archives |
| Boston Community Leadership Academy/McCormack | 2002-present | Boston Community Leadership Academy (617-635-8937) |
| Boston Day & Evening Academy | 1995-present | Boston Day and Evening Academy (617-635-6789) |
| Boston Girls' Trade Dental Program | 1909-1973 | City of Boston Archives |
| Boston High School | 1970-2002 | Boston Public School records management |
| Boston International High School | 2003-2009 | Boston Public School records management |
| Boston Latin Academy | 1877-present | Boston Latin Academy (617-635-9957) |
| Boston Latin School | 1635-present | Boston Latin School (617-635-8895) |
| Boston Technical High School | 1944-1992 | Records prior to 1952 are at City of Boston Archives. Records after 1952 are at John D. O'Bryant School (617-635-9932). |
| Boston Trade School for Boys | 1917-1982 | Boston Public School records management |
| Boston Trade School for Girls | 1909-1973 | City of Boston Archives |
| Boston Vocational & Technical Institute | 1960-1980 | City of Boston Archives |
| Brandeis Vocational High | 1939-1953 | City of Boston Archives |
| Brighton High School | 1841-present | Brighton High School (617-635-9873) |
| Brook Farm Business and Service Career Academy | 2005-2011 | Boston Public School records management |
| Charlestown High School | 1847-present | Charlestown High School (617-635-9914) |
| Jeremiah E. Burke High School | 1934-present | Boston Public School records management |
| High School of Commerce | 1908-1954 | City of Boston Archives |
| Community Academy | 1994- 2015 | Boston Public School records management |
| Community Academy of Science and Health | 2005-present | Boston Public Schools records management |
| Copley Square High School | 1966-1988 | Boston Public Schools records management |
| Dorchester Academy | 2009-2019 | Boston Public Schools records management |
| Dorchester Education Complex | 2003-present | Dorchester Education Complex (617-635-8904) |
| Dorchester High School | 1852-2003 | Records from 1912-1946 are at City of Boston Archives. Records from 1951-2003 are in the custody of Boston Public Schools records management. |
| East Boston High School | 1878-present | East Boston High School (617-635-9896) |
| The Engineering School | 2005-2011 | Boston Public School records management |
| English High School | 1821-present | English High School (617-635-8979) |
| Excel High School | 2001-present | Excel High School (617-635-9870) |
| Fenway High School | 1983-present | Fenway High School (617-635-9911) |
| Girls High School | 1852-1974 | City of Boston Archives |
| Girls Latin School | 1877-1972 | City of Boston Archives |
| Greater Egleston Community High School | 1992-present | Greater Egleston Community High (617-635-6429) |
| Hyde Park High School | 1886?-2011 | Boston Public Schools records management |
| Jackson/Mann School | 1975-2022 | Boston Public Schools records management |
| Jamaica Plain High School | 1923 -1979 | Boston Public School records management |
| Jefferson (Occupational Resource Center) | 1904-1980 | Boston Public Schools records management |
| Joseph Lee School/Academy | Merged 2011 | Lee Academy (617-635-6619) |
| Madison Park Technical Vocational High School | 1975-present | Madison Park Technical Vocational High School (617-635-8970) |
| Mechanic Arts High School | 1893-1944 | City of Boston Archives |
| Media Communications Technology High School | 2003-2011 | Boston Public Schools records management |
| Monument High School | 2001-2011 | South Boston Education Complex (617-635-9711) |
| New Mission High ( Previously named Multicultural Middle College School) | 1996-present | New Mission High School (617-635-6437) |
| Edward G. Business Academy | 2003-2009 | Dorchester Education Complex. (617-635-8904) |
| John D. O’Bryant School | 1992-present | John D. O'Bryant School (617-635-9932) |
| Odyssey High School | 2001-2011 | Boston Public School records management |
| Parkway Academy of Technology and Health | 2005-2011 | Boston Public Schools records management |
| Practical Arts High School | 1907-1953 | City of Boston Archives |
| Roland Hayes School of Music | ? | Madison Park Complex (617-635-8973) |
| Roslindale High School | 1925-1979 | Boston Public Schools records management |
| Roxbury High School (New) | 1974-1981 | City of Boston Archives |
| Roxbury High School (Old) | 1852-1926 | City of Boston Archives |
| Roxbury Memorial High School for Boys | 1929-1960 | City of Boston Archives |
| Roxbury Memorial High School for Girls | 1926-1960 | City of Boston Archives |
| Snowden International School at Copley | 1988-present | Snowden International School at Copley (617-635-9989) |
| Social Justice Academy | 2005-2011 | Boston Public Schools records management |
| South Boston High School | 1901-2003 | Boston Public School records management |
| TechBoston Academy | 2002-present | TechBoston Academy (617-635-1615) |
| Umana/Harbor Technical High School | 1980-1989 | Boston Public School records management |
| Urban Science Academy | 2003-2019 | Boston Public School records management |
| Vocational Technical Institute | 1960-1980 | City of Boston Archives |
| West Roxbury Academy | 2005-2015 | Boston Public Schools records management |
| West Roxbury Education Complex | 2005-2019 | Boston Public Schools records management |
| West Roxbury High School | 1980-2005 | Boston Public Schools records management |
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Grammar, Primary, and Middle School Records
Grammar, Primary, and Middle School Records
| School Name | Years of Operation | Who Do I Contact? |
|---|---|---|
| Abrahams, Henry | 1929-1981 | Boston Public School records management |
| Adams Street | 1861-1912 | City of Boston Archives |
| Adams, Samuel | 1717-present | For records prior to 1898, contact City of Boston Archives. For records between 1911-1961, contact Boston Public Schools records management |
| Agassiz, Louis | 1849-2011 | Boston Public School records management |
| Alcott, Louisa May | 1846-1961 | City of Boston Archives |
| Alger, Cyrus | 1880-1945 | Boston Public School records management |
| Allston, Washington School & Annex | 1879-1976 | Boston Public School records management |
| Andrew, John A. | 1876-1976 | City of Boston Archives |
| Appleton Street (also known as George Bancroft School) | 1870-1979 | Boston Public School records management |
| Atherton | 1872-1972 | City of Boston Archives |
| Auburn | 1856-1930 | Boston Public School records management |
| Audubon | 1919-1977 | City of Boston Archives |
| Bacon, William | 1897-1975 | City of Boston Archives |
| Bailey Street | 1880-1924 | Boston Public School records management |
| Baldwin School | 1864-1925 | City of Boston Archives |
| Bancroft, George | 1870-1979 | Boston Public School records management |
| Barnes, Joseph | 1901-1991 | Umana/Barnes School (617-635-8481) |
| Barrett, David L. | 1933-1981 | Boston Public School records management |
| Barry, Commodore | 1911-1961 | Boston Public School records management |
| Bates, Phineas Bates | 1896-present | City of Boston Archives |
| Beethoven, Ludwig van | 1925-2009 | Boston Public School records management |
| Boston Teachers Union (Pilot) | 1886-1932 | Boston Public School records management |
| Bennett Grammar | 1874-1945 | Boston Public School records management |
| Bigelow (Middle) | 1901-1981 | Boston Public School records management |
| Bigelow, John P. (Elementary) | 1849-1899 | Boston Public School records management |
| BLACKINTON, JAMES F. | 1892-1948 | Boston Public School records management |
| Boardman, W.L.P. | 1900 -1976 | City of Boston Archives |
| Bowditch, Nathaniel I | 1892-1981 | Boston Public School records management |
| Bradford, William | 1912-1976 | City of Boston Archives |
| Bradford, William Annex | 1970s- 1981 | City of Boston Archives |
| Brewster, William | 1895-1939 | City of Boston Archives |
| Brock, Mary L. | 1915-1930 | Boston Public School records management |
| Brooks, Phillips | 1900-1981 | Boston Public School records management |
| Bryant, William Cullen | 1861-1949 | City of Boston Archives |
| Bulfinch, Charles | 1911-1978 | For records prior to 1971, contact City of Boston Archives. For other records, contact Boston Public School records management. |
| Bunker Hill | 1866-1981 | For records prior to 1972, contact City of Boston Archives. For other records, contact Boston Public School records management. |
| Burnham, Choate | 1894-1975 | City of Boston Archives |
| Campbell, Patrick T. | 1937-1968 | City of Boston Archives |
| Champlain, Samuel de (Middle) | 1925-1980 | City of Boston Archives |
| Chapin, Nahum | 1847-1946 | For records prior to 1932, contact City of Boston Archives. For records after 1932, contact Boston Public School records management. |
| Chapman, Jonathan | 1901-1978 | City of Boston Archives |
| Chestnut Ave | 1872- 1944 | City of Boston Archives |
| Cheverus, John | 1909-1985 | Boston Public School records management |
| Chittick, James J. | 1931-present | City of Boston Archives |
| Clap, Roger | 1896-present | Innovation School, 617-635-8652 |
| Cleveland, Grover | 1925-2008 | Boston Public School records management |
| Columbus, Christopher | 1905-1946 | City of Boston Archives |
| Comins | 1856-1946 | Boston Public School records management |
| Community Transition School | 2004-closed | For records from 2002-2005, contact Boston Public Schools records management. |
| Copley, John Singleton | 1904-1961 | City of Boston Archives |
| Crocker, Lucretia | 1884-1950 | Boston Public School records management |
| Curran, Simon F. | 1936-1953 | Boston Public School records management |
| Cushing, Benjamin | 1897-1973 | City of Boston Archives |
| Daniels, Charles E. | 1847-1913 | City of Boston Archives |
| Davis, Aaron | 1870-1968 | City of Boston Archives |
| Dean, Benjamin | 1899-1975 | Boston Public School records management |
| Dearborn Elementary | 1852-1981 | City of Boston Archives |
| Dearborn, Henry | 1870-1981 Ambrose St; 1981-present Greenville St. | Boston Public School records management |
| Dexter, Samuel | 1848-1945 | City of Boston Archives |
| Dillaway | 1882-1976 | City of Boston Archives |
| Drake | 1869-1945 | Lawrence |
| Dudley | 1874-1975 | City of Boston Archives |
| Dwight (Old) | 1857-1962 | Dwight |
| Dwight (Old) Thomas | 1867-1955 | Boston Public School records management |
| East Zone Early Learning Center | ??-2011 | Boston Public School records management |
| Edison, Thomas A. | 1932-present | Boston Public School records management |
| Edwards, Clarence R. | 1932-2021 | For records prior to 1981, contact City of Boston Archives. For records from 1981-2021, contact Boston Public School records management |
| Emerson (Frederick) | 1861-1912 | Boston City Archives |
| Emerson, George B. | 1865-1954 | Boston City Archives |
| Emerson, Ralph Waldo | 1924-2011 | Boston Public School records management |
| Boston Teachers Union (Pilot) | 1906-2003 | Boston Public School records management |
| Eustis, William | 1861-1937 | Boston Public School records management |
| Everett, Edward | 1855-present | For records from 1925-1970, contact Boston Public School records management. For records from 1970-1989, contact City of Boston Archives. For records after 1989, contact the Everett School (617-635-8778). |
| Fairmount | 1871-1981 | City of Boston Archives |
| Faneuil, Peter | 1910-1985 | City of Boston Archives |
| Farragut, David G. | 1904-2011 | Boston Public School records management |
| Faxon | Boston Public School records management | |
| Fenwick, Benedict | 1912-1981 | Boston Public School records management |
| Fifield, Emily A. | 1918-2011 | Boston Public School records management |
| Foss, Jacob | 1900-1930s | City of Boston Archives |
| Franklin | 1785-1959 | Boston Public School records management |
| Frothingham, Richard | 1874-1959 | For records from 1912-1932, contact City of Boston Archives, for other records, contact Boston Public School records management. |
| Fuller, Margaret | 1892-2003 | Boston Public School records management |
| Gardner, Thomas | 1906-present | For records prior to 1975, contact Boston Public School records management. For records after 1975, contact the Gardner School (617-635-8365). |
| Garfield, James A. | 1925-2009 | Boston Public School records management |
| Garrison, William Lloyd | 1910-1976 | City of Boston Archives |
| Gaston, William | 1872-1972 | For records from 1898-1910, contact City of Boston Archives. For other records, contact Boston Public School records management. |
| Genessee St (West End) | ?-1972 | City of Boston Archives |
| Germantown | 1863-1946 | Boston Public School records management |
| Gibson, Christopher | 1857-1975 | City of Boston Archives |
| Godvin, M. Gertrude | 1942-1963 | City of Boston Archives |
| Grant, Moses | 1852-1934 | City of Boston Archives |
| Gray, Asa | 1877-1968 | For records prior to 1966, contact City of Boston Archives. For other records, contact Boston Public School records management. |
| Greenwood, Elihu | 1887-2015 | For records prior to 1996, contact City of Boston Archives. For other records, contact Boston Public School records management. |
| Greenwood, Sarah K-8 | 1919-present | For records prior to 1999, contact Boston Public School records management. |
| Guild, Curtis | 1921-present | For records prior to 1984, contact Boston Public School records management. |
| Hale, Nathan | 1909-present | For records prior to 1970, contact City of Boston Archives. For other records, contact the school (617-635-8205). |
| Hamilton, Alexander | 1924-2009 | Boston Public School records management |
| Hancock School | 1822-1946 | City of Boston Archives |
| Harris School (See also Little Em'ly) | 1861-1932 | Boston Public School records management |
| Hart, Thomas M. | 1882-1975 | For records prior to 1915, contact City of Boston Archives. For other records, contact Boston Public School records management. |
| Harvard/Kent (Harvard 1871- 1972) | 1871-1972; 1972-present | City of Boston Archives |
| Hawthorne, Nathaniel | 1906-1975 | Boston Public School records management |
| Heath Street | 1857-1916 | City of Boston Archives |
| Hemenway, Mary | 1895-1973 | Boston Public School records management |
| Hennigan, James W. | 1972-present | For records prior to 2003, contact Boston Public School records management. For other records, contact the school (617-635-8264). |
| Higginson, Henry L, Merged with Lewis, | 1922-2009 | Boston Public School records management |
| Hoar, George Frisbie | 1914-1975 | City of Boston Archives |
| Hobart Street | 1884-1954 | Boston Public School records management |
| Holden, Oliver | 1910-1978 | City of Boston Archives |
| Holland, John P. | 1972-present | Renamed UP Academy Holland. For records prior to 2004, contact Boston Public School records management. For other records, contact the school (617-635-8832). |
| Howard Avenue | 1882-1943 | Boston Public School records management |
| Howe, Julia Ward | 1868-1975 | Boston Public School records management |
| Howe, Samuel G. | 1874-1942 | Boston Public School records management |
| Hull School | 1875-1937 | Boston Public School records management |
| Humphreys, Richard C. | 1876-1946 | Boston Public School records management |
| Irving, Washington | 1924-2022 | Boston Public School records management |
| Jones, Paul | 1904-1944 | Boston Public School records management |
| Kennedy, Patrick J. | 1933-present | For records prior to 1999, contact City of Boston Archives |
| Kent, William H. | 1895-1972 | For records prior to 1940, contact City of Boston Archives. For other records, contact Boston Public School records management. |
| King, Thomas Starr | 1845-1931 | City of Boston Archives |
| Leen, Thomas Francis | 1923-1985 | Boston Public School records management |
| Lincoln, Abraham | 1911-19? | City of Boston Archives |
| Lincoln, Frederick | 1859-1954 | Boston Public School records management |
| Longfellow, Henry W. | 1897-1989 | City of Boston Archives |
| Lowell | 1874-1963 | City of Boston Archives |
| Lyceum Hall | 1891-1953 | City of Boston Archives |
| Lyndon, Patrick K-8 | 1928-1985 | Boston Public School records management |
| Lyon, Mary K-8 | 1914-1985; 1987-2009 | Boston Public School records management |
| Mackey, Charles A. | 1959-closed | For records prior to 1980, contact City of Boston Archives. For other records, contact Boston Public School records management. |
| Marshall, John | 1903-2012 | For records prior to 1995, contact City of Boston Archives. For other records, contact Boston Public School records management. |
| Martin | 1885-1959 | Boston Public School records management |
| Mason, Lowell | 1922-1977 | City of Boston Archives |
| May, Abby W. | 1893-1911; 1965 -1968 | City of Boston Archives |
| Mayhew | 1897-1959; 1802-1876? | City of Boston Archives |
| Mead, Robert N. | ?-1981 | Boston Public School records management |
| MEAD-STREET (see Charles E. Daniels) | 1847-1913 | City of Boston Archives |
| Michelangelo | 1919-1985 | City of Boston Archives |
| Middle School Academy | ?- 2015 | Boston Public School records management |
| Milmore, Martin | 1929-1981 | City of Boston Archives |
| Minot | 1887-1973 | Boston Public School records management |
| Morris, Randall G. | 1927-1981 | Boston Public School records management |
| Motley, John L | 1911-1981 | For records after 1970, contact City of Boston Archives. For other records, contact Boston Public School records management. |
| Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | 1898-present | For records before 1990, contact City of Boston Archives. For other records, contact the school (617-635-8082). |
| Nightingale Street | 1862-1961 | Boston Public School records management |
| Nightingale, Florence | 1914-1975 | City of Boston Archives |
| Noble School & Annex | 1874-1946 | City of Boston Archives |
| Norcross, Otis | 1868-1965 | City of Boston Archives |
| Oak Square | 1894-1981 | Boston Public School records management |
| O'Brien, Hugh | 1887-1960 | Boston Public School records management |
| O’Hearn, Patrick | 1957-2009 | For records before 1995, contact City of Boston Archives. For other records, contact Boston Public School records management. |
| Olney, Richard | 1892-1968 | Boston Public School records management |
| O'Reilly, John Boyle | 1905-1981 | City of Boston Archives |
| Pain, Robert Treat | 1925-1977 | City of Boston Archives |
| Palmer, Albert | 1895-1975 | Boston Public School records management |
| Parker, Theodore | 1924-1982 | City of Boston Archives |
| Parkman, Francis | 1842-1987 | For records prior to 1970, contact City of Boston Archives. For other records, contact Boston Public School records management. |
| Perkins, Charles C. | 1891-1974 | City of Boston Archives |
| Phillips, Wendell | 1862-1946 | City of Boston Archives |
| Pierce, Henry L. | 1891-1973 | Boston Public School records management |
| Plummer, George H. | 1891-1950 | Boston Public School records management |
| Prang, Louis | 1846-1969 | City of Boston Archives |
| Prendergast Preventorium | City of Boston Archives | |
| Prince, Frederick O. | 1875-1981 | Boston Public School records management |
| Quincy Street | 1882-1953 | City of Boston Archives |
| Quincy, Josiah | 1847-1975 | City of Boston Archives |
| Rice, Alexander H. | 1869-1953; | Boston Public School records management |
| Richards, Ellen H. | 1913-1981 | Boston Public School records management |
| Ripley, Sophia | 1932-1981 | Boston Public School records management |
| Rochambeau, Comte de | 1918-1981 | City of Boston Archives |
| Rogers, William Barton | 1928-2015 | Boston Public School records management |
| Roosevelt, Franklin D. | 1957-present | City of Boston Archives |
| Savin Hill | 1884-1953 | City of Boston Archives |
| Seaver, Edwin D. | 1924-1981 | City of Boston Archives |
| Sharp, Daniel | 1824-1937 | City of Boston Archives |
| Shaw, Pauline Agassiz. | 1919-2009 | City of Boston Archives |
| Shaw, Robert Gould | 1892-2003 | Boston Public School records management |
| Sheridan, Philip H. | 1914-1981 | City of Boston Archives |
| Skinner (Otis A.) | 1870-1948 | City of Boston Archives |
| Social Justice Academy | 2005-2011 | Boston Public School records management |
| Southworth, Edward (Old Mather) | 1872-1974 | City of Boston Archives |
| Standish, Miles | 1874-1925 | City of Boston Archives |
| Stone, Lucy | 1923-2009 | For records before 1995, contact City of Boston Archives. For other records, contact Boston Public School records management. |
| Storrow, James J. | 1926-1979 | For records from 1976-1977, contact City of Boston Archives. For other records, contact Boston Public School records management. |
| Stoughton | 1856-1932 | City of Boston Archives |
| Stuart, Gilbert | 1896-1975 | Boston Public School records management |
| Sumner, Charles | 1877-present | For records prior to 1974, contact Boston Public School records management. For other records, contact the school (617-635-8131). |
| Swan, Robert | 1875-1954 | City of Boston Archives |
| Taft, Wm Howard | 1895-2003 | Boston Public School records management |
| Tappan | 1846-1943 | City of Boston Archives |
| Taylor, Charles H. | 1931-present | For records prior to 1980 contact City of Boston Archives. For other records, contact the school (617-635-8731) |
| Thompson, Frank V. | 1922-2003 | For records prior to 1970, contact Boston City Archives. For other records, contact Boston Public School records management. |
| Thornton Street (old bldg) | 1847-1944 | City of Boston Archives |
| Tileston, Edmund P. | 1868-1989 | City of Boston Archives |
| Trescott | 1901-? | City of Boston Archives |
| Tuckerman, Joseph | 1850-1981 | City of Boston Archives |
| Tyler Street | 1855-1930 | City of Boston Archives |
| Tynan, Joseph P. | 1972-present | City of Boston Archives |
| Warren, Joseph | 1840-1961 | City of Boston Archives |
| Warren, William W. | 1892-1953 | Boston Public School records management |
| Washington (West End) | 1904-1936 | City of Boston Archives |
| Washington Street (old) | 1870-1933 | City of Boston Archives |
| Webster, Amos | 1895-1970 | City of Boston Archives |
| Webster, Daniel | 1922-1961 | Boston Public School records management |
| Weld | 1895-1980 | City of Boston Archives |
| Weld, Stephen M. | 1895-1953 | Boston Public School records management |
| Wells, Charles | 1833-1947 | City of Boston Archives |
| Wheatley, Phyllis J.l | 1932-2003 | For records from 1974-1988, contact City of Boston Archives. For other records, contact Boston Public School records management. |
| Whittier, John Greenleaf | 1905-1976 | Boston Public School records management |
| Willard, Frances E. (see Rutlan-Street School) | 1913-1946 | Boston Public School records management |
| Williams, John J. | 1913-1974 | Boston Public School records management |
| Wilson, Woodrow | 1932-2015 | Boston Public School records management |
| Winchell, James M. | 1845-1961 | Boston Public School records management |
| Winship, F. Lyman | 1901-present | For records prior to 1995, contact City of Boston Archives. For other records, contact Boston Public School records management. |
| Winthrop, John | 1855-present | School (617-635-8379) |
| Wolcott, Roger | 1901-1975 | City of Boston Archives |
| Wyman | 1892-1975 | Boston Public School records management |
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Need to Know:attend a Parochial (Catholic) School?We don't have those records. If the school you attended is still open, contact the school. If the school is closed, contact the Catholic Schools Office at 617-746-5737.
attend a private school?We also don't have records of private schools. If the school you went to is still open, contact the school. If the school is closed, contact the Massachusetts Department of Education for help at 781-338-3000.
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Contact:
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201 Rivermoor Street
West Roxbury, MA 02132
