Lexington's school system dates back to the city charter of 1831, and it first school opened in 1834. From a single building in 1834 with about 100 students, today the Fayette County Public School system has over 40,000 students and 68 schools and programs. Lexington and Fayette County combined districts in 1968, shortly before the city/county government merger in 1974.
The digital archive collection contains:
1890-91 Sayre Female Institute catalog
1891-92 Hamilton Female College catalog
1893-94 Hamilton Female College catalog
1895-96 Hamilton Female College catalog
Nov. 1903 Hamiltonian magazine of Hamilton College, vol. 1, no. 1
1910 Mortonian, Morton High School yearbook
1912 Mortonian, Morton High School yearbook
1914 Mortonian magazine, Morton High School, vol. 1, no. 4 May 1914
Feb. 1920 Hi Times, Lexington High School, vol. 8, no. 5
1921 Fayette County schools commencement program
Aug. 1921 Book of Views Hamilton College bulletin, vol. XII, no. 2
June 1928 Book of Views Hamilton College bulletin, vol. XVIV, no. 1
1930 Junior Mortonian, Morton Junior High School yearbook
1932 Dunbar Echo, Dunbar High School student newsletter, vol. II, no. 1
1934 Dunbar Echo, Dunbar High School student newsletter, vol. I, no. 7
1935 Flashlight, Lexington Junior High School yearbook
1937 Auratum, Henry Clay High School yearbook
1937 Handbook of Lexington Junior High School, Morton Junior High School, and Henry Clay Senior High School
1938-40 Henry Clay High School 40 year reunion program, 1979
1945 Lafayette High School 30 year reunion program, 1975
1946 University High School Yearbook
1947 Lafayette High School program for The Sunbonnet Girl
1947 issue of Henry Clay High's Hi Times newspaper with graduate photos
1948 Paul Laurence Dunbar High School composite class picture
1953-54 Picadome School PTA program and yearbook
1959-60 Henry Clay High School student directory
1961-62 Yates Elementary PTA yearbook
1961 Morton Junior High Spring Concert program
1965 Lafayette High School commencement program
20 Sept 1966 Lafayette Times high school newspaper
1967 Bryan Station High School commencement program
16 Jan 1968 Lafayette Times high school newspaper
14 May 1968 Lafayette Times high school newspaper
1968 Tates Creek Junior High Classbook yearbook
1969 Tates Creek Junior High Classbook yearbook
1969 Tates Creek High School commencement program
1970 Lafayette High School composite class picture
1971 The Heritage of Henry Clay High School student history
