Nicholas Bauer letter

Collection — Folder: 1

Identifier: 2393

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This collection is comprised of a single letter from Nicholas Bauer, Superintendent of Orleans Parish School Board, to "James E. Weathers and Petitioners" dated 6 August 1930. The letter reads: "Dear Sirs: The Orleans Parish School Board has considered your petition to establish a colored evening high school or in lieu of that, a continuation of the eight grade opportunities in night school work and has decided that at this time, because of financial reasons, it can not [sic] grant your request. Yours truly, Nicholas Bauer, Superintendent."

Dates

Created: 1930 August 6
Other: Date acquired: 02/15/1997

Creator

Bauer, Nicholas, 1877-1946 (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open to research.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright to these papers has not been assigned to the Amistad Research Center. It is the responsibility of an author to secure permission for publication from the holder of the copyright to any material contained in this collection.

Biographical Note

Nicholas Bauer served as the Superintendent of the Orleans Parish Public Schools from 1923 to 1942.

Nicholas Bauer worked as a young boy in the grocery owned by his widowed mother in New Orleans, Louisiana, prior to attending McDonogh No. 17 School and the Boy's High School. He was valedictorian of his high school and attended Tulane University on a scholarship. He graduated with honors from Tulane and served as an assistant professor of chemistry at Tulane prior to teaching at his former high school in 1900.

Bauer became the assistant superintendent of schools at the age of 23, a position he held for seventeen years. He served as secretary of the Orleans Parish School Board and became superintendent in 1923. He retired in 1942. Bauer was an active member of the New Orleans community. He first married Ethel Chamberlain, with whom he had one child, Ethel. Mrs. Bauer passed away in 1918 and Bauer remarried to Edna Kane. Nicholas Bauer passed away, himself, on March 4, 1946.

Extent

1.00 items

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Source of Acquisition

Lela Butler

Method of Acquisition

Gift

Related Materials

The Amistad Research Center holds numerous collections related to public education in New Orleans. In addition, the records of the Orleans Parish School Board are held at the University of New Orleans.