Christ Child School for Exceptional Children Records
Christ Child School for Exceptional Children Records
History:
The Christ Child School for Exceptional Children was founded by Sister Anna Marie Meyers. Sr. Anna Marie was injured in an automobile accident as an adult and was confined to a wheelchair for the remainder of her life. But, she was determined that her injuries would not prevent her from serving others.
In 1939, she began to tutoring "brain-damaged" children from her room in the nurse's building of St. Joseph's Hospital. Word of her work spread and she quickly needed more room for her school.
In 1948, the school moved into two rooms at the Christ Child Community Center on the near east side of St. Paul. Richard C. Lilly, a board member of the school, helped to obtain a house on Summit Avenue across from the College of St. Thomas in 1950 which could be converted to a "real" school. Initially known as the Merrick House school, it was soon officially named the Christ Child School for Exceptional Children.
By 1954, enrollment had reached 70 children, severely crowding the house. That same year Mr. I. A. O'Shaughnessy donated two lots east of the home and by October 1955, the students were housed in a new building especially designed and constructed for their needs.
With the advent of special education classes in public schools in the 1970's enrollment declined at Christ Child. The school was closed in 1976, with the property reverting back to the Archdiocese of St. Paul.
Scope/Content:
The collection contains Board of Trustees minutes, correspondence, by-laws, financials, and information on benefactors to the school. The majority of the material is from the 1969 - 1976 period however there is some information from 1952 forward.
Processed: March 16, 1978
INVENTORY:
Series I. Board of Trustees
A. Minutes of Board Meetings and related documents
2/19 (Notebook) Minutes and misc. Board correspondence; and material on the Building Fund, equipment, staff and salaries;class lists, 1970-73
2/20 (Notebook) Minutes and lists of Board members Articles and By-Laws of Christ Child Service, Inc., budgets, and material on transportation and work training, 1970-75
1/21 Minutes, 1971 and 1973
1/17 Minutes, 1972 and 1974
1/4 Minutes and Board correspondence. with the Occupational Training Center of St.Paul; the CCS Women's Auxiliary, and the Browndale Program for Youth (Toronto), 1974-75
1/6 Minutes and misc. Board correspondence
B. Correspondence
1/15 Incoming and outgoing correspondence sent by Neil MacDonald as Pres. of the Board, 1974
1/8 Correspondence. with and lists of Board members, 1974-75
C. Other Board Documents
1/20 By-Laws of CCS Inc., lists of Board Members, short history of CCS, ca. 1972.
1/11 Rosters of Board members, memos to Board members, 1974.
1/18 "Progress Report" to the Board from H.M. Arbes, Director of CCS, 8/13/74
3/13 Resolution adopted by the Board 5/4/76 retiring CCS and endowments to Archdiocese. of St.Paul - Minneapolis
Series II. Correspondence between Directors of the School and Foundations or Benefactors (includes documents related to correspondence)
1/67 Archdiocese of St. Paul-Minneapolis, 1/10/73
1/33 John M. Baker, 1971
1/32 Bergland Foundation grant, 1975
1/31 F.R. Bigelow Foundation (Brown & Bigelow and the St. Paul Companies, Inc.), 1971-74
1/34 Otto Bremer Foundation, 1971-75
1/35 Bush Foundation, 1969-73
1/36 Butler Foundation, 1970-71
1/60 Catholic Education Center Grant, 1960, 1972-75
1/68 Control Data, 1972
1/37 Vreamette Company, 1970-72
1/41 H.B. Fuller Company, 1969
1/43 Betty Hidding, 1971
1/26 Hill Family Foundation, 1970-73
1/42 Conrad Hilton Foundation, 1971
1/44 Hubbard Foundation, 1973
1/45 Howard Hughes, 1972
1/46 Kathleen W. Jackson estate, 1974
2/13 Rachel C. Lilly Memorial 1953
2/14 Rachel C. Lilly Memorial, 1955-57
2/12 Rachel C. Lilly Memorial, 1957 and 1959
1/47 McKnight Foundation, 1970-72
1/48 Elwood E. Mears (Buckbee-Mears Company), 1973
1/49 Minneapolis Foundation, 1973
1/50 Blanche Nolan Estate, 1970-74
1/55 Albert T. O'Neill, 1971
1/53 I.A. O'Shaughnessy, 1953, 1970-71
1/52 Peter Calmenson and Company, 1972
1/54 John Quigley, 1970-73
1/56 Quinlan Foundation, 1970
3/18 Rev. Carl Renz estate, 1969-70
3/17 Rev. Carl Renz estate, 1970-72
3/15 Rev. Carl Renz estate, 1971-72
2/18 Margaret River Fund, 1970
2/16 St. Paul Foundation, 1972
1/51 St. Paul Optimist Club, 1972
1/39 Donor lists, 1966-72
2/15 Scholarship Fund, 1974
1/10 Miscellaneous foundation correspondence, 1974-75
Series III. Financial Material
A. Financial Statements:
2/30 7/1/51 - 6/30/52
2/31 7/1/52 - 6/30/53
2/32 7/1/53 - 6/30/54
2/33 7/1/54 - 6/30/55
2/34 7/1/55 - 6/30/56
2/35 7/1/56 - 6/30/57
2/36 7/1/57 - 6/30/58
2/37 1/1/72 - 6/30/72 (?) and 7/1/72 - 12/31/72 (?) 2 copies
2/38 7/1/73 - 6/30/74
2/39 7/1/74 - 6/30/75
B. Accounting Records
2/29 "Financial Reports", 7/1/51-4/30/52 & 5/1/52-4/30/53
3/3 Untitled Accounting record (?) 7/1/70-1/31/71(?)
2/40 Accounting Records March-May 1971
2/41 Accounting Records March, 1971-June, 1973
2/42 Accounting Records 7/1/71- 6/30/72
2/43 Accounting Records 7/1/72- 12/30/72
2/44 Accounting Records7/1/72- 6/30/73
C. Multi-Purpose or Multi-Account Financial Ledgers
OVERSIZE 1 Ledger, 1969-70
OVERSIZE 3 Ledger, 1969-73
OVERSIZE 2 Ledger, 1973
D. Multi-Purpose or Multi-Account Financial Notebooks
2/22 1970
2/21 1971-72
3/9 1974-75
E. 1st National Bank of St. Paul
2/8 Correspondence, duplicate safety deposit box key, "replacement notes", 1970 and '74
2/7 Correspondence and documents relating to a savings account, 1971, 1973 and 1976
F. 1st Trust Company of St. Paul
2/17 Correspondence, receipts, 1953
1/40 Correspondence and statements, 1970-72
G. Budget Material
1/65 "Budget Report" 1969-1970
1/66 Budget background material, 1970-72
1/64 Budget background material, (?) 1971-72 (?)
1/12 Budgets and "Work Activity Programs," 1972-75
H. Miscellaneous Financial Correspondence
3/16 Between Sr. Anna Maria and Arthur Anderson and Company regarding accounting procedures, 1957
1/1 Miscellaneous correspondence, 1976-77
I. Cancelled Checks, Receipts, and Other Retrospective bank documents
3/20 Cancelled savings deposit books-Midwest Federal and 1st Federal of St.Paul, entries 1971-72
3/23 Healy Contractors & Home Oil Company Contractors, receipts, 1972-74
3/22 Lists of checks issued by CCSI and monthly cash sheets, 1974-76
3/19 Receipts for gasoline purchased, 1974-76
3/26 Receipt book for cash received, 1974-76
3/25 Bank deposit record, 1st Nat. Bank, 1975-76
3/21 Cancelled checks, 1st Grand Ave. State Bank and 1st Nat. Bank of St. Paul, 1975-76
3/27 Check stub notebook.,1st Nat Bank of St. Paul '74-77
J. Balance Sheets
3/4 List of contributors to "Flanagin's Memorial Fund", statements of cash receipts and disbursements balance sheets, 1950-52
3/5 Balance sheets, statements of income and expenses, 1969-70
3/14 Balance sheets for various months, related documents, 1974-75
K. Miscellaneous Financial Material
4/3 Payroll registers, 1969 and 1970
3/2 Workmen's Compensation payroll audit, Feb. 1972 (?). Data 7/1/70-6/30/72 (?)
1/13 Legal agreements, mortgages and related correspondence and documents, 1970 and 1972
1/27 CPA report on Hill Foundation grant, 1971-72
3/6 "Summary of Cash Receipts and Expenditures for the addition to Christ Child School for Exceptional Children as of 12-31-72 and Contributions Restricted by Donors for use in Construction of Building Addition."
1/58 Archdiocesan Pension Plan correspondence and related documents, 1973-76
1/19 Funding raising, March-April, 1974
1/7 2080 Grand Avenue (dwelling), 1974-1975
2/2 Copies of Monthly financial reports to the Board of Directors, 1975-1976
Series IV. Taxes
A. Tax-exempt status for Christ Child School
2/6 Applications for state and federal certificates of Tax Exemption, correspondence and related documents.
1/62 Applications for Federal Certificate of Tax Exemption, 1970-1975
1/9 I.R.S. Exemption and a Corporate Borrowing resolution passed by the Board, 1974-75
B. Quarterly reports on Employee Income
2/10 1972-73
2/24 1975-76
4/2 1975-76
4/1 1976
C. Miscellaneous Tax Material
1/30 Correspondence with the I.R.S., 1970-72
1/63 Federal and State Income Tax, correspondence and related documents, 1970 and 1973
4/6 Federal and State Income Tax, correspondence and related documents, 1971
3/24 Annual (?) Emp. Tax,payroll,summary sheets,1972
4/5 Annual (?) Emp. Tax,payroll,summary sheets, 1971
2/1 Fed. Income Tax material, 1974
1/68 "W-2"info.,individual emp. payroll forms,1974-75
4/4 "W-2"info.,individual emp. payroll forms 1976
Series V. Documents about the Christ Child School
A. "Christ Child Evaluation Design," submitted by Dr. H. Burns, 3/12/75:
1/3 Draft Form
3/1 Final booklet form
B. "Christ Child School for Exceptional Children,"
2/25 pamphlet (5 copies), n.d.
C. "Goals of the Christ Child School,"
2/28 2 copies, n.d.
Series VI. Building Fund(s) and Physical Plant
2/26 "Specifications for the Addition of C.C. School for Exceptional Children." Cerny Associates, 9/9/69
2/11 Donations to the Building Fund, 1969-70, correspondence
1/22 Building Fund. Lists of items needed for CCS and invoices for certain of the same, 1970-71
3/7 "Appraisal" of CCS by Robert.J.Fitzgerald, engineer, 3/26/74
Series VII. Correspondence with Other School Systems
A. Ind. School District. 625
1/61 regarding possible cooperative ventures, 1974
B. St. Paul Public School:
1/5 1975
1/2 Regarding leasing CCS to the Public School System, 1975-76
Series VIII. Insurance
1/28 Correspondence, premium notices, statements, 1951-75
1/29 Blueprints, claim forms, correspondence, statements, 1957-1976
3/12 Multi-coverage policy ins. program designed for CCS by Alexander and Alexander Inc. of St.Paul, 1975-76
Series IX. Non-Public School Receipts and Certificates
4/6 "Crawley-O'Brien," 1972-74
4/7 "Moare-Woeste," 1972-74
2/3 1973
Series X. Medical Subjects
3/11 Misc. documents regarding administering medication to students, 1972
3/10 Mantoux test list, CCS personnel & students, 1973-75
Series XI. Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis
1/57 Correspondence., school survey questionnaire forms,1957-74
1/59 Correspondence., statistics on non-public schools, 1962-73
Series XII. Buses and Busing
1/24 State Bus Inspection Sheets, 1972-76
1/23 Busing contracts, various school districts, 10/74
2/4 Special school districts, statements of payment for bus services, nd.
Series XIII. Miscellaneous Christ Child School Records
2/23 Baptismal certificate transfers, dated 1952-57, for baptisms before that time.
2/27 ESP Programmed Mathematics Series, 4 booklets, 1970
2/9 1974 fight to keep CCS open. Clippings, correspondence brochures
1/14 Program and Admission Committees, 1974
1/16 Women's Auxiliary, correspondence, by-laws, notes, 1974-75
3/8 State of Minnesota license issued to CCSI by the Dept. of Public Welfare, 5/1/75-76
1/25 Monthly fire drill reports, 1975-76
