This series contains correspondence from Paraíba's Public Education Board of Directors (Diretoria de Instrução Pública da Paraíba) to the Presidency of the Province (Presidência da Província) between 1864 and 1865, recorded according to the powers and duties of the director and other Public Education officials. Documents were mostly issued by the President of the Province, Sinval Odorico de Moura, and signed by Public Education directors, João Florentino Meira de Vasconcellos, and João Leite Ferreira. It includes: appointment for posts as primary school teachers; duties of the commissariat and public inspector; removal from posts in the public education system; evaluation of textbook and other teaching material to be used in the Province; among others.
Created by the Public Education Board of Directors.
Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 94 folios, in addition to front and back cover. Manuscript book with original cover. Damaged by insects and iron gall ink. Folios are yellowing. Numerated through folio 94.
Creator (Author): Diretores da Instrução Pública, João Florentino Meira de Vasconcellos, João Leite Ferreira.
