The Center for the History of Rural Iowa Education and Culture (CHRIEC), of the University of Northern Iowa's Museums (currently administered by Rod Library), is dedicated to the preservation, protection, and dissemination of unique and rare materials documenting America's rural school system and culture with particular emphasis on Iowa and the Mid-West
View more information at the Rural School Collections website: http://museum.library.uni.edu/ruralschool.
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| 2801 | 2017-3-1 | Book | Book titled The Nineteenth Century and After: A History Year by Year from 1800 to the Present Time by Edward Emerson and Marion Mills Miller. Contents are divided by years beginning with 1861 and ending with 1906. "W.L. Vealch" written on the first page. |
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| 2802 | 2017-3-2 | Book | Book titled The Old-World Beginnings of America by Mary G. Kelty. Contents include four units: "How a New Civilization took Form during the Middle Ages," "How People Lived during the Middle Ages," "Why Men from the West wanted to Reach the East," and "How the Nations tried to get Wealth from the New World." Book is 379 pages including the index. A stamp that says, "Property of Cedar Falls Public Schools Room 306" stamped on both the front and back interior covers. |
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| 2803 | 2017-3-3 | Book | Book titled Our Beginnings in the Past by Daniel C. Knowlton and Armad J. Gerson. Contents include four parts and eighteen chapters. Book is 242 pages including the index. "Ernest Allen," "Thomas Gordon Sage," and "4th Grade" are written on the first page. |
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| 2804 | 2017-3-4 | Book | Book titled The Story of the Roman People by Eva March Tappan. Contents include three sections and eighteen chapters. The sections are: "The First Period: Rome as a Kingdom," "The Second Period: Rome as a Republic," and "The Third Period: Rome as an Empire." Book is 251 pages including the index. A stamp the says, "Property of Cedar Falls Public Schools Cedar Falls, Iowa" is stamped on the first page. |
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| 2805 | 2017-3-5 | Book | Book titled Second Course in the New Mathematics by Edaward I. Edgeton and Perry A. Carpenter. Contents include two parts and twelve chapters. The two parts include: "Saving Time by the New Mathematics" and "Applying the New Mathematics to the Business World." Book is 375 pages including the index. |
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| 2806 | 2017-3-6 | Book | Book titled The Story of the Greek by Eva March Tappan. Contents include twenty chapters beginning with "In the Days of Myths" and ending with "Alexander the Great." Book is 257 pages including the index. A stamp that says, "Property of Cedar Falls Public Schools Cedar Falls, Iowa" is stamped on the first page. |
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| 2807 | 2017-3-7 | Book | Book titled The Boy Settlers by Noah Brooks. Contents include twenty chapters beginning with "The Settlers and Whence They Came" and ending with "Stranded Near Home." "Bennington Dist. No. 5 Permanent Library Vol. XIV" is written twice on the first two pages. |
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| 2808 | 2017-3-8 | Book | Book titled The Cathedral History of the United States prepared and arranged by the Franciscan Sisters of the Perpetual Adoration. Contents include six sections and forty-four chapters. The six sections include: "Period of Earliest Inhabitants," "Period of Colonizations," "Period of the Revolution and the Confederation," "Period of the Development of the States to the Civil War," "Period of the Civil War," and "Period of Reconstrution and Expansion." Notes are written throughout the pages. Book is 542 pages. |
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| 2809 | 2017-3-9 | Book | Book titled Ancient History by Hutton Webster. Contents include nineteen chapters beginning with "The Age before History" and ending with "The Art of Greece and Rome." Book is 665 pages including the index. |
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| 2810 | 2017-3-10 | Book | Book titled American Beginnings in Europe by Wilbur Fisk Gordy. Contents include twenty-nine chapters and seven sections including: "The Greeks, the Enlighteners, and What We Have Learned from Them," "The Romans, The Lawgivers, and What We Have Learned from Them," "The Middle Ages Migrations of New Peoples in Western Europe and What These People Have Taught Us," "How the People Lived in England and Europe During the Feudal Times," "How the Crusades became a Great Turning Point in History and How They Marked the End of Feudalism, The Beginning of World-Wide Commerce, and a New Birth of Learning," How the Western World came to be Discovered," and "Rival Powers in Western Europe Struggle for Leadership." Book is 377 pages including the index. |
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| 2811 | 2017-3-11 | Book | Book titled The Hoosier Schoolmaster by Edward Eggleston. Contents include thirty-four chapters beginning with "A Private Lesson from a Bulldog" and ending with "How it Came Out." Book is 281 pages. A note onthe first page says, "A Merry Xmas from your pupils --1912--" The name "Eva L. McKee" is written on the interior front cover. |
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| 2812 | 2017-3-12 | Book | Book titled Adventures in Literature Book Nine edited by J.M. Ross and H.C. Schweikert. Contents include: short stories, biography and autobiography, letters, essays, old English ballads, ballads and tales, long narrative poes, lyrics from the past, lyrics from the poets of today, loyalty and patriotism, humorous poetry, and plays. Book is 744 pages. |
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| 2813 | 2017-3-13 | Book | Book titled Arithmetic for Everyday Life Book Three by Robert F. Anderson and Shelton Phelps. Contents include nine chapters beginning with "Integers, Fractions, and Decimals" and ending with "Ration and Proportion." Book is 344 pages. |
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| 2814 | 2017-3-14 | Book | Book titled Select Verse for Home and School by Carleton E. Knox. Contents include various poems and verses. Book is thirty-six pages. |
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| 2815 | 2017-3-15 | Book | Book titled The Causes and Meaning of the Great War by Wilbur F. Gordy. Contents include eleven chapters beginning with "Nationalism in the Nineteenth Century" and ending with "A New World." Book is 154 pages. A note on the firs page says, "Property of Bennington No. 4." |
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| 2816 | 2017-3-16 | Book | Book titled New Stone-Millis Arithmetic: Advanced by John C. Stone and James F. Millis. Contents include two parts, Seventh and Eighth Year, and a total of thirteen chapters beginning and ending with a general review. Book is 317 pages. A note on the first page says, "Margaret Bornong Gilberville, Iowa St. Mary's School." |
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| 2817 | 2017-3-17 | Book | Book titled A General History of Europe by James Harvey Robinson and James Henry Breasted. Contents include ten books and forty-eight chapters. Book is 670 pages excluding the bibliography and index. |
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| 2818 | 2017-3-18 | Book | Book titled Mace's School History of the United States by William H. Mace. Contents include six sections including: "The Period of Discovery and Exploration (1492-1607)"; "The Period of Colonization (1607-1760)"; "The Period of the Revolution (1760-1789)"; "The Period of National Growth (1789-1860)"; "The Period of Sectional Dispute and War (1830-1865)"; and "The Period of Consolidation and Expansion (1865-1904)." Book is 465 pages not including the appendix. Notes are made throughout the book. |
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| 2819 | 2017-3-19 | Book | Book titled Plane Trigonometry and Tables by George Wentworth and David Eugene Smith. Contents include twelve chapters beginning with "Trigonometric Functions of Acute Angles" and ending with "Applications of Trigonometry to Algebra." Note on the first page regarding square roots. |
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| 2820 | 2017-4-1 | Book | Bound copies of St. Nicholas magazines. Volume 30, November 1902-April 1903. |
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| 2821 | 2017-4-2 | Book | Bound copies of St. Nicholas magazines. Volume 29, May-October 1902. |
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| 2822 | 2017-4-3 | Book | Bound copies of St. Nicholas magazines. Volume 29, November 1901-April 1902. |
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| 2823 | 2017-4-4 | Book | Bound copies of St. Nicholas magazines. Volume 29, May-October 1902. |
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| 2824 | 2017-4-5 | Book | Bound copies of St. Nicholas magazines. Volume 27, November 1898-April 1900. |
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| 2825 | 2017-4-6 | Book | Bound copies of St. Nicholas magazines. Volume 27, May-October 1900. |
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| 2826 | 2017-4-7 | Book | Bound copies of St. Nicholas magazines. Volume 26, November 1898-April 1899. |
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| 2827 | 2017-4-8 | Book | Bound copies of St. Nicholas magazines. Volume 26, May-October 1899. |
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| 2828 | 2017-4-9 | Book | Bound copies of St. Nicholas magazines. Volume 25, May-October 1898. |
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| 2829 | 2017-4-10 | Book | Bound copies of St. Nicholas magazines. Volume 21, May-October 1894. |
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| 2830 | 2017-4-11 | Book | Bound copies of St. Nicholas magazines. Volume 25, November 1897-April 1898. |
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| 2831 | 2017-4-12 | Book | Bound copies of St. Nicholas magazines. Volume 20, May-October 1893. |
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| 2832 | 2017-4-13 | Book | Bound copies of St. Nicholas magazines. Volume 21 November 1893-April 1894. |
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| 2833 | 2017-4-14 | Book | Bound copies of St. Nicholas magazines. Volume 50, May-October 1923. |
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| 2834 | 2017-4-15 | Book | Bound copies of St. Nicholas magazines. Volume 51, November 1923-April 1924. |
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| 2835 | 2017-4-16 | Book | Bound copies of St. Nicholas magazines. Volume49, May-October 1922. |
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| 2836 | 2017-4-17 | Book | Bound copies of St. Nicholas magazines. Volume 50, November 1922-April 1923. |
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| 2837 | 2017-4-18 | Book | Bound copies of St. Nicholas magazines. Volume 48, May-October 1921. |
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| 2838 | 2017-4-19 | Book | Bound copies of St. Nicholas magazines. Volume 49, November 1921-April 1922. |
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| 2839 | 2017-4-20 | Book | Bound copies of St. Nicholas magazines. Volume 47, May-October 1920. |
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| 2840 | 2017-4-21 | Book | Bound copies of St. Nicholas magazines. Volume 48, November 1920-April 1921. |
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| 2841 | 2017-4-22 | Book | Bound copies of St. Nicholas magazines. Volume 46, May-October 1919. |
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| 2842 | 2017-4-23 | Book | Bound copies of St. Nicholas magazines. Volume 47, November 1919-April 1920. |
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| 2843 | 2017-4-24 | Book | Bound copies of St. Nicholas magazines. Volume 46, November 1918-April 1919. |
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| 2844 | 2017-4-25 | Book | Bound copies of St. Nicholas magazines. Volume 45, May-October 1918. |
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| 2845 | 2017-4-26 | Book | Bound copies of St. Nicholas magazines. Volume 45, November 1917-April 1918. |
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| 2846 | 2017-4-27 | Book | Bound copies of St. Nicholas magazines. Volume 44, May-October 1917. |
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| 2847 | 2017-4-28 | Book | Bound copies of St. Nicholas magazines. Volume 44, November 1916-April 1917. |
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| 2848 | 2017-4-29 | Book | Bound copies of St. Nicholas magazines. Volume 36, November 1908-April 1909. |
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| 2849 | 2017-4-30 | Book | Bound copies of St. Nicholas magazines. Volume 36, May-October 1909. |
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| 2850 | 2017-4-31 | Book | Bound copies of St. Nicholas magazines. Volume 37, November 1909-April 1910. |
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| 2851 | 2017-4-32 | Book | Bound copies of St. Nicholas magazines. Volume 37, May-October 1910. |
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| 2852 | 2017-4-33 | Book | Bound copies of St. Nicholas magazines. Volume 38, November 1910-April 1911. |
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| 2853 | 2017-4-34 | Book | Bound copies of St. Nicholas magazines. Volume 38, May-October 1911. |
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| 2854 | 2017-4-35 | Book | Bound copies of St. Nicholas magazines. Volume 39, November 1911-April 1912. |
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| 2855 | 2017-4-36 | Book | Bound copies of St. Nicholas magazines. Volume 39, May-October 1912. |
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| 2856 | 2017-4-37 | Book | Bound copies of St. Nicholas magazines. Volume 40, November 1912-April 1913. |
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| 2857 | 2017-4-38 | Book | Bound copies of St. Nicholas magazines. Volume 40, May-October 1913. |
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| 2858 | 2017-4-39 | Book | Bound copies of St. Nicholas magazines. Volume 41, November 1913-April 1914. |
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| 2859 | 2017-4-40 | Book | Bound copies of St. Nicholas magazines. Volume 42, November 1914-April 1915. |
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| 2860 | 2017-4-41 | Book | Bound copies of St. Nicholas magazines. Volume 41, May-October 1914. |
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| 2861 | 2017-4-42 | Book | Bound copies of St. Nicholas magazines. Volume 43, May-October 1916. |
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| 2862 | 2017-4-43 | Book | Bound copies of St. Nicholas magazines. Volume 42, May-October 1915. |
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| 2863 | 2017-4-44 | Book | Bound copies of St. Nicholas magazines. Volume 51, May-October 1924. |
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| 2864 | 2017-4-45 | Book | Bound copies of St. Nicholas magazines. Volume 59, May-October 1932. |
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| 2865 | 2017-4-46 | Book | Bound copies of St. Nicholas magazines. Volume 55, May-October 1928. |
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| 2866 | 2017-4-47 | Book | Bound copies of St. Nicholas magazines. Volume 55, November 1927-April 1928. |
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| 2867 | 2017-4-48 | Book | Bound copies of St. Nicholas magazines. Volume 52, November 1924-April 1925. |
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| 2868 | 2017-4-49 | Book | Bound copies of St. Nicholas magazines. Volume 52, May-October 1925. |
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| 2869 | 2017-4-50 | Book | Bound copies of St. Nicholas magazines. Volume 53, November 1925-April 1926. |
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| 2870 | 2017-4-51 | Book | Bound copies of St. Nicholas magazines. Volume 57, June-October 1930. |
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| 2871 | 2017-4-52 | Book | Bound copies of St. Nicholas magazines. Volume 56, May-October 1926. |
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| 2872 | 2017-4-53 | Book | Bound copies of St. Nicholas magazines. Volume 54, May-October 1927. |
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| 2873 | 2017-4-54 | Book | Bound copies of St. Nicholas magazines. Volume 54, November 1926-April 1927. |
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| 2874 | 2017-4-55 | Book | Bound copies of St. Nicholas magazines. Volume 55, May-October 1926. |
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| 2875 | 2017-4-56 | Book | Bound copies of St. Nicholas magazines. Volume 56, November 1928-April 1929. |
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| 2876 | 2017-4-57 | Book | Bound copies of St. Nicholas magazines. Volume 58, May-October 1931. |
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| 2877 | 2017-4-58 | Book | Bound copies of St. Nicholas magazines. Volume 57, November 1929-May 1930. |
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| 2878 | 2017-4-59 | Book | Bound copies of St. Nicholas magazines. Volume 43, November 1915-April 1916. |
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| 2879 | 2017-4-60 | Book | Bound copies of St. Nicholas magazines. Volume 58, November 1930-April 1931. |
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| 2880 | 2017-4-61 | Book | Bound copies of St. Nicholas magazines. Volume 60, May-October 1933. |
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| 2881 | 2017-4-62 | Book | Bound copies of St. Nicholas magazines. Volume 60, November 1932-April 1933. |
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| 2882 | 2017-4-63 | Book | Bound copies of St. Nicholas magazines. Volume 62, May-October 1935. |
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| 2883 | 2017-4-64 | Book | Bound copies of St. Nicholas magazines. Volume 62, November 1934-April 1935. |
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| 2884 | 2017-4-65 | Book | Bound copies of St. Nicholas magazines. Volume 64, November 1936-April 1937. |
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| 2885 | 2017-4-66 | Book | Bound copies of St. Nicholas magazines. Volume 64, May-October 1937. |
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| 2886 | 2017-4-67 | Book | Bound copies of St. Nicholas magazines. Volume 59, November 1931-April 1932. |
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| 2887 | 2017-4-68 | Book | Bound copies of St. Nicholas magazines. Volume 61, May-October 1934. |
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| 2888 | 2017-4-69 | Book | Bound copies of St. Nicholas magazines. Volume 61, November 1933-April 1934. |
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| 2889 | 2017-4-70 | Book | Bound copies of St. Nicholas magazines. Volume 63, May-October 1936. |
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| 2890 | 2017-4-71 | Book | Bound copies of St. Nicholas magazines. Volume 63, November 1935-April 1936. |
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| 2891 | 2017-4-72 | Book | Bound copies of St. Nicholas magazines. Volume 65, May-October 1938. |
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| 2892 | 2017-4-73 | Book | Bound copies of St. Nicholas magazines. Volume 65, November 1937-April 1938. |
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| 2893 | 2017-6-1 | Book | Book entitled, “A Ragged Beggar Sleeping” authored and signed by Laurence L. Long. This book was printed by The Shopper in Maquoketa, IA in 1986 (39 Pages) |
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| 2894 | 2017-16-1 | Report | “Final Report to the Board of Education of the Geneseo Consolidated School for 1940-1941,” by W. Harold Hartman. The typewritten report covers a wide variety of material, ranging from academics to school finances. Records include athletics, students awarded honor roll, faculty recommendations, and a detailed record of expenses for the activity fund. |
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| 2895 | 2017-16-2A | Report | “The Final Report to the Board of Education of the Geneseo Consolidated School for 1941-1942,” by W. Harold Hartman, superintendent. The typewritten report covers a wide variety of material, ranging from academics to school finances. Records include athletics, students awarded honor roll, academic scores on the Iowa Every-Pupil Test of Basic Skills, and a detailed record of expenses for the activity fund. |
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| 2896 | 2017-16-2B | Report | “The Final Report to the Board of Education of Geneseo Consolidated School for 1938-1939,” by W. Harold Hartman, superintendent. The typewritten report covers a wide variety of material, including a list of honors students, a brief accounting of the activity fund, and recommendations from teachers about necessary changes. |
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| 2897 | 2017-16-2C | Report | “The Final Report to the Board of Education of the Geneseo Consolidated School for 1939-1940,” by W. Harold Hartman, superintendent. The report covers a wide variety of material, ranging from athletics to the finances of the school activity fund. |
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| 2898 | 2017-16-2D | Letter | A typewritten sheet labeled “Geneseo Cons. School Bills Due July 1, 1942”. Expenses listed include coal, lumber, music, erasers, paper towels, duplicating fluid, and propane, among others. |
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| 2899 | 2017-16-3 | Booklet | A booklet of preprinted “Iowa Legal School Blanks,” to be used by a school district. The cover is brown, with black text. “For 1918” is written on the cover in pencil. On the cover is a list of forms inside, the amount of forms, and how they are to be used in compliance with Iowa education law. The forms listed are: 5 Notices of Meetings, 3 Nominations of School Directors, 3 Certificates of Election of Officers, 1 Certificate of Appointment, 1 Secretary’s Bond, 1 Treasurer’s Bond, 1 School Depository Bond, 3 Secretary’s Reports of Teachers Employed, 6 Teacher’s Contracts, 1 School Census Report, 3 Teacher’s Term Reports, 3 Secretary’s Financial Reports, 3 Information Blanks. Of these forms, 5 Notices of Meeting, 3 Certificates of Election of Officers, 1 Certificate of Tax Voted, 4 Teacher’s Contracts, and 3 Secretary’s Financial Reports have been torn out. Note: 1 Certificate of Tax Voted and 1 Secretary’s Financial Report are clipped to the booklet, having been torn out and left blank. |
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| 2900 | 2017-16-4 | Book | "Supplementary List of Library Books for the School Districts of Iowa," 1917 edition. Plain brown cover. 54 pages. A booklet of newly approved books for Iowa schools, with short descriptions and prices. |
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