Guide to the Jack C. Gallalee Papers

Biography

Jack Gallalee served as president of the Mobile County School Board from 1961-1965. His personal files for the period of his term include correspondence, publications, and school board meeting minutes. Subjects range from federal educational mandates regarding integration to problems relating to fraternities and sororities in the Mobile County school system.

Box Inventories

Box 1 - Mobile School Board

1. An Abbreviated Five-Year Budget, 1961
2. Budget, 1960-1961
3. Budget Related Documents, 1961-1962
4. Budget, 1962-1963
5. Budget, 1963-1964
6. Budget, 1964-1965
7. Budget, 1965-1966
8. Building Projects - Documents & Corres., 1962-1964
9. Building Projects - Documents & Corres., 1965-1966
10. Comparison of the Mobile Schools, 1961-1962
11. Computer Purchase Related Documents, 1963
12. Correspondence, 1961
13. Correspondence from Gallalee, 1961
14-15. Correspondence, 1962
16. Correspondence from Gallalee, 1962
17. Correspondence, 1963
18. Correspondence from Gallalee, 1963
19. Correspondence, 1964
20-21. Correspondence, 1965
22. Correspondence from Gallalee, 1965
23. Correspondence with State Representatives, 1965
24. Correspondence, 1966
25. Corres., Articles, and Gallalee's Farewell Address, 1966
26. Election of 1962 - Letters of Congratulation, Articles
27. Finance - Warrant Issue, 1962
28. Finance Related Correspondence, 1962-1966
29. Financial Analysis and Statistics, 1954-1964
30-32. Fraternities, 1963-1965
33. Head Start - Correspondence, 1965 (Integration Dispute)
34. Insurance Documents, 1961
35. Insurance Report, 1961
36. Insurance Specs, 1962
37-40. Insurance Documents, 1962
41. Insurance Specs, 1963
42. Insurance Documents, 1963
43. Insurance Summary, 1964
44-48. Land Leases - University Center, 1962-1964
49-50. Legis. Matters (federal & state) - Corres., 1962-1963
51. Public School Financing Reports, 1963
52. Publications - School Rpts, 1960-1961; Newsletters, 1961
53. Publications - Newsletters, Teacher Questionnaire, 1966
54. School Lunch - Cafeteria, 1962-1963
55. School Progress Reports, 1962-1966

Box 2

Mobile School Board

1. Segregation - Pamphlets, Studies & Court Documents, 1962
2-7. Segregation - Correspondence, 1962-1963
8. Speech Notes - Semmes Women's Club, 1965
9. Surplus Equipment (Brookley) Used in Mobile Schls, 1964
10. Teachers' Salaries - Reports, 1959-1962

Supplementary Educational Materials Not Directly Related with the Mobile School Board

11. Alabama Educational Television Network
12. Citizens' Advisory Committee Report on High School Fraternities and Sororities, 1964
13. Report and Related Documents on Organization, Activities, and Objectives of Fraternities and Sororities, 1964
14. Report on Delta Fraternity Riot on Dauphin Island, 1966
15. Report on Sororities and Fraternities, by the National Education Association, 1953
16. Report on Textbooks Used in Alabama Public Schools, by the Alabama Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, 1962-1964

*See also, The Cooperative Study of the Mobile Public Schools, vols. I-V, published by the Bureau of Educational Research, College of Education, 1949

Box 3 - Mobile School Board Minutes

1. August-December 1961
2-3. 1962
4-8. 1963
9-12. 1964
13-16. 1965
17-21. 1966
22. "By-Laws Rules and Regulations of the Board of School Commissioners for the Public Schools of Mobile County, Alabama"