General , A-T, 1909 - 1979

While inclusive dates for this sub-series cover the years 1909-79, the majority of the materials do not date back further than the 1960s, and thus it is an incomplete record of the operation of the Institute. However, there is some documentation of a number the more important recent administrative programs and events: the formation of the Board of Trustees and some of their business; several detailed evaluations conducted in the 1950s and 1960s; the establishment of the Pond Creek Volunteer Fire Department in the early 1970s; outreach programs and other social ministries, 1945-79; and the formation in 1979 of Jackson County Ministries, now the governing body of the organization. Other material in this sub-series, such as the statements of philosophy and purpose, the staff meeting minutes and the handbooks, serve to articulate the philosophy, policy and standards of the Institute in regard to education, religion, personnel, and student life.

Some documentation of the routine workings of the school is provided by the files on accreditation, admission, registration, school programs and events, and by the files on the physical plant. The personnel files contain a complete record of the names of academic, administrative and clerical staff from the first through the last year of the school’s operation, as well as a listing of job titles for most years.