Burt High School Yearbooks (Digital Scans)

Collection

Identifier: 2020.019

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This collection contains the digital scans of two Burt High School Yearbooks spanning from 1965 to 1966.

Dates

1965
1966

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research use.

Conditions Governing Use

Some material may be copyrighted or restricted. It is the patron's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright or other case restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in the collections.

Biographical / Historical

Burt High School was an African American school that had classes for students ranging from the seventh to twelfth grades. It was located in Montgomery County, however because of segregation, African American students from Erin, Tennessee and Guthrie, Kentucky would travel to attend the school. The school's doors were open from 1923 to 1970. The yearbooks contained in this collection display the rich student life that the school offered as well the faculty and staff that made the school possible.

Extent

1.4 Gigabytes

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Digital copies of two Burt High School Yearbooks from 1965 and 1966.

Custodial History

These yearbooks belong to Yolanda Long who loaned these items to the Montgomery County Archives to scan as digital copies. The originals are now back with their owner.

Processing Information

The yearbooks were scanned using a overhead scanner. The digitial copies of the pages were then organized and numbered. The scans were then published to be used for future research.