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Baker High School Annuals Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MC 141

Scope and Contents

A scattered run of annuals from Baker High School in Columbus, Georgia.

1945, 1946, 1949, 1951-1954, 1957, 1962, 1964, 1968, 1971, 1977, 1980, 1983-1985, 1989, 1990

Dates

  • Creation: 1945 - 1990

Biographical / Historical

Baker High School was built in 1943 primarily to serve the military families in South Columbus, as well as other Columbus, Georgia students. It was named for Newton Diehl Baker, the Secretary of War in World War I. The first graduating class was in 1945 and the last class graduated on June 6, 1991. The school was demolished after standing empty for several years. An historical marker was placed at the site of the former school on May 18, 2013.

Extent

14 Volumes

Language of Materials

English

Custodial History

These volumes were donated to the Archives by Bobbie Richardson in 1998

Related Materials

See also:

The Baker High School website has a link to the scanned annuals at this link:

http://www.bakerlionspride.com/class_gallery.cfm?gallery_link_id=15114

Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Columbus State University Archives and Special Collections Repository

Contact:
4225 University Ave
Columbus Georgia 31907 United States