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JHS 82 (Macombs Junior High School) records

Information, Description, and Finding Aid

Collection Information

Reference: MS-JHS82

Dates: 1931–2000

Extent: 1.25 linear ft. across 1 archival box

Finding Aid Information

Creator(s): Steven Payne, Ph.D., Librarian and Archivist

Date created/updated: July 14, 2020

Organizational History

J.H.S. 82, better known as Macombs Junior High School, opened in 1925 at 176th Street and Macombs Road in The Bronx. Throughout the school’s existence, it gained a reputation for rigorous scholarship, and its annual journal, Scholarship, extensively showcased student writing and regularly won awards, 1931–1963. After 1963, the journal was rebranded Explorer, and less student writings were featured. Macomb’s, along with other formerly high-performing schools in The Bronx, suffered greatly from city budget cuts to education and after-school programming in the 1970s. The school never recovered. During this period, Macombs became Macombs Community Junior High School 82. This lasted until the late 1990s, when Macombs was replaced with multiple smaller schools, as happened with other larger public schools in The Bronx during this point in time. As of June 2020, I.S. 232, C.I.S. 303, and The Academy for Language and Technology occupy the building at 1700 Macombs Road that formerly housed J.H.S. 82.

Description/Scope and Content

The collection is organized into the three following series:

1) Scholarship (yearbook), 1931–1963;

2) Explorer (yearbook), 1964–1998;

3) Unity in Motion (yearbook), 2000

Provenance

The J.H.S. 82 Records were donated to the Society on September 4, 2003 by Gloria Amoun(?) on behalf of J.H.S. 82.

Preferred Citation

[Item name or description,] JHS 82 (Macombs Junior High School) records, box _, folder _, The Bronx County Archives at The Bronx County Historical Society Research Library.

Points of Access

  • Macombs Annual Journals -- Explorer -- Scholarship - Unity In Motion
  • Schools -- Macombs Community Junior High School -- J.H.S. 82 (Macombs Junior High School) -- I.S. 232 -- C.I.S. 303 -- The Academy for Language and Technology
  • Streets and Avenues -- 1700 Macombs Road -- 176th Street -- Macombs Road

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Series

Series Title Box Folders/Items
1 Scholarship (yearbook), 1931–1963 1 1-26
2 Explorer (yearbook), 1964–1998 1 27–53
3 Unity in Motion (yearbook), 2000 1 54

Container List

Series 1: Scholarship (yearbook)

Box

Folder

Contents

Date
1 1 Scholarship June 1931
1 2 Scholarship, cover only January 1932
1 3 Scholarship June 1933
1 4 Scholarship January 1934
1 5 Scholarship June 1935
1 6 Scholarship January 1936
1 7 Scholarship June 1937
1 8 Scholarship January 1938
1 9 Scholarship June 1938
1 10 Scholarship January 1939
1 11 Scholarship 1940–1943
1 12 Scholarship January 1944
1 13 Scholarship June 1944
1 14 Scholarship June 1950
1 15 Scholarship June 1951
1 16 Scholarship June 1952
1 17 Scholarship June 1953
1 18 Scholarship June 1954
1 19 Scholarship June 1955
1 20 Scholarship June 1956
1 21 Scholarship June 1958
1 22 Scholarship June 1959
1 23 Scholarship June 1959
1 24 Scholarship June 1960
1 25 Scholarship June 1962
1 26 Scholarship June 1963

Series 2: Explorer (yearbook)

Box

Folder

Contents

Date
1 27 Explorer 1964
1 28 Explorer 1965
1 29 Explorer 1966
1 30 Explorer 1967
1 31 Explorer 1968
1 32 Explorer 1969
1 33 Explorer 1971
1 34 Explorer 1974
1 35 Explorer 1975
1 36 Explorer 1976
1 37 Explorer 1977
1 38 Explorer 1978
1 39 Explorer 1979
1 40 Explorer 1980
1 41 Explorer 1981
1 42 Explorer 1982
1 43 Explorer 1983
1 44 Explorer 1985
1 45 Explorer 1986
1 46 Explorer 1987
1 47 Explorer 1988
1 48 Explorer 1989
1 49 Explorer 1990
1 50 Explorer 1991
1 51 Explorer 1992
1 52 Explorer 1994
1 53 Explorer 1998

Series 3: Unity in Motion (yearbook)

Box

Folder

Contents

Date

1

54

Unity in Motion

2000