| 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:
Box/Folder
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
IX. Non-Public School Receipts and Certificates
4/6 "Crawley-O'Brien,"
1972-74
4/7 "Moare-Woeste," 1972-74
2/3 1973
X. Medical Subjects
3/11 Misc. documents regarding
administering medication to students, 1972
3/10 Mantoux test list, CCS personnel
& students, 1973-75
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
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, Dates?
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
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