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
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| 3201 | 2017-32-3EE | Checks | Farmers State Savings Bank Check, from Tullock School District Treasurer James Callahan, paid $15.00 to Wayne Abel, dated July, 1950 |
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| 3202 | 2017-32-3F | Notice | Notice from the treasurer of Buchanan County Iowa to President of the Independent Tullock #24 School District, on Tax Revenue payable to the district, dated January 16th, 1950. |
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| 3203 | 2017-32-3FF | Checks | Farmers State Savings Bank Check, from Tullock School District Treasurer James Callahan, paid $1046.07 to Lamont Consolidated School for tuition and transport, dated January 22, 1951 |
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| 3204 | 2017-32-3G | Bank Deposit Slip | Bank Deposit Slip for Fremont School District, dated Aug. 15, 1950. |
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| 3205 | 2017-32-3GG | Statement | Account Statement from Farmers State Savings Bank, Independence Iowa for Tullock School Dist. #3 Fremont Township, James Calllahan Treas. covering transactions from June 11, 1948 to October 24, 1949. |
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| 3206 | 2017-32-3H | Bank Deposit Slip | Bank Deposit Slip for Fremont School District, dated Dec. 26, 1950. |
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| 3207 | 2017-32-3HH | Checks | Farmers State Savings Bank Check, from Tullock School District Treasurer James Callahan, for $626.50 to be paid Lamont Consolidated School, for Tuition and Transport, rejected for lack of funds, dated June 29, 1946. |
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| 3208 | 2017-32-3I | Bank Deposit Slip | Bank Deposit Slip for Tullock School District, dated May 27, 1950. |
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| 3209 | 2017-32-3II | Checks | Farmers State Savings Bank Check, from Tullock School District Treasurer James Callahan, Paid $561.26 to Lamont Consolidated School, for Tuition and Transport, dated February 28, 1949 |
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| 3210 | 2017-32-3J | Bank Deposit Slip | Bank Deposit Slip for Tullock School District, dated May 14, 1951. |
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| 3211 | 2017-32-3JJ | Checks | Farmers State Savings Bank Check, from Tullock School District Treasurer James Callahan, Paid $278.54 to Winthrop Consolidated School, for Tuition and Transport, dated February 28, 1949 |
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| 3212 | 2017-32-3K | Bank Deposit Slip | Bank Deposit Slip for Tullock School District, dated January 20, 1951. |
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| 3213 | 2017-32-3KK | Checks | Farmers State Savings Bank Check, from Tullock School District Treasurer James Callahan, Paid $569.10 to Lamont Consolidated School, for Tuition and Transport, dated June 4, 1949 |
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| 3214 | 2017-32-3L | Bank Deposit Slip | Bank Deposit Slip for Tullock School District, dated November 8, 1950. |
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| 3215 | 2017-32-3LL | Checks | Farmers State Savings Bank Check, from Tullock School District Treasurer James Callahan, Paid $11.25 to (Unintelligible), dated July 3, 1948 |
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| 3216 | 2017-32-3M | Bank Deposit Slip | Bank Deposit Slip for Tullock School District, dated May 25, 1950. |
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| 3217 | 2017-32-3MM | Checks | Farmers State Savings Bank Check, from Tullock School District Treasurer James Callahan, Paid $1078.95 to Lamont Consolidated School for Transport and Tuition, dated June 7, 1948 |
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| 3218 | 2017-32-3N | Bank Deposit Slip | Bank Deposit Slip for Tullock School District, dated February 11, 1950 |
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| 3219 | 2017-32-3O | Bank Deposit Slip | Bank Deposit Slip for Tullock School District, dated March 15th, 1951. |
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| 3220 | 2017-32-3P | School Warrant | School Warrant for Fremont #3 School District of Buchanan County's payment to Wayne Abel District Secretary, dated Feb. 8, 1950 |
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| 3221 | 2017-32-3Q | School Warrant | School Warrant for Tullock #3 School District of Buchanan County's payment to Wayne Abel District Secretary, dated July 7, 1950 |
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| 3222 | 2017-32-3R | School Warrant | School Warrant for Fremont #3 School District of Buchanan County's payment to Lamont Consolidated Schools, dated Feb. 8, 1950 |
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| 3223 | 2017-32-3S | School Warrant | School Warrant for Fremont #3 School District of Buchanan County's payment to Lamont Consolidated Schools, dated Jan. 17, 1951 |
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| 3224 | 2017-32-3T | School Warrant | School Warrant for payment to Winthrop Consolidated Schools, dated June 23, 1950 |
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| 3225 | 2017-32-3U | School Warrant | School Warrant for Fremont #3 School District of Buchanan County's payment to Lamont Consolidated Schools, dated June 2, 1950 |
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| 3226 | 2017-32-3V | School Warrant | School Warrant for Fremont #3 School District of Buchanan County's payment to Wayne Abel District Secretary, dated July 2, 1951 |
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| 3227 | 2017-32-3W | Statement | Account Statement from Farmers State Savings Bank, Independence Iowa for Tullock School Dist. #3 Fremont Township, James Calllahan Treas. covering transactions from July 25, 1949 to June 30, 1950. |
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| 3228 | 2017-32-3X | Checks | Farmers State Savings Bank Check, from Tullock School District Treasurer James Callahan, paid $978.44 to Lamont Consolidated School, for Tuition and Transport, dated June 2. 1950 |
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| 3229 | 2017-32-3Y | Checks | Farmers State Savings Bank Check, from Tullock School District Treasurer James Callahan, paid $1.25 to unintelligable dated Nov. 29 (year not given) |
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| 3230 | 2017-32-3Z | Checks | Farmers State Savings Bank Check, from Tullock School District Treasurer James Callahan, paid $831.96 to Lamont Consolidated Schools for Tuition dated Feb. 21, 1950 |
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| 3231 | 2017-37-1 | Photograph, Panoramic | Panoramic photograph taken of the Roland, IA Consolidated School on October 12, 1920. Photograph was taken by the Hepard-Showers Company from Des Moines and lists Karl Hanson as the superintendent. |
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| 3232 | 2018-1-1 | Book | Whites First Book of Arithmetic, The New Century Edition printed in 1902 (Second Edition). This book is signed by Roy Hansmeir in Waukon, Iowa on February 3, 1908. |
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| 3233 | 2018-4-1 | Certificate | "Women's Christian Temperance Union of Iowa" Life Patron award given to Mrs. Robert Mitchell by the Waterloo W.C.T.M group. |
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| 3234 | 2018-4-3 | Pencil Box | Blue and gold school pencil box with “Transportation” at the top and six prints of different modes of transportation printed along the top opening of the box. |
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| 3235 | 2018-4-4 | Pencil Box | Green and Red “Robinson Crusoe” pencil pouch with metal clasp. |
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| 3236 | 2018-4-5 | Pencil Box | Wooden pencil box with farming scene printed on a sticker on the top with “Made in Germany” in the bottom, proper left corner. |
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| 3237 | 2018-10-1 | Book | "Latin Grammar" rural school textbook written by Charles E. Bennett. 280 Pages. Signed on the inside cover "Katherine Lewis F.H.S. '20' and "Lois Tennell F.H.S." Copyright 1895 and 1908, last reised March 1915. |
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| 3238 | 2018-10-2 | Book | "The Wonderworld of Science, Book Six" written by Warren Knox, George Stone, Morris Meister, and Dorothy Wheatley. 288 pages. |
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| 3239 | 2018-10-3 | Book | "McGuffey's First Reader" written by Van Antwerp Bragg and Co. 78 pages. |
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| 3240 | 2018-10-4 | Book | "Second Reader" written by Harriette T. Treadwell and Margaret Free. 191 pages. |
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| 3241 | 2018-10-5 | Book | "Correct English Introductory Course," Written by William Tanner. 562 pages. |
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| 3242 | 2018-10-6 | Book | "Reading and Literature Book One: New Edition," written by Melvin Haggerty and Dora Smith. 632 pages. |
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| 3243 | 2018-10-7 | Book | "Reading and Literature Book Two: New Edition," written by Melvin Haggerty and Dora Smith. 632 pages. |
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| 3244 | 2018-10-8 | Book | "Nicodemus and Little Black Pig", written by Inez Hogan. |
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| 3245 | 2018-10-9 | Book | "Nicodemus and His Gran'pappy", written by Inez Hogan. |
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| 3246 | 2018-10-10 | Book | "Reading with Phonics," written by Julie Hay and Charles E. Wingo. 128 pages. |
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| 3247 | 2018-10-11 | Book | "The Quins' Book" primer written by Jean Ayer un 1937 and published by Thomas Nelson and Sons. 114 pages. |
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| 3248 | 2018-10-12 | Book | "The New Round About" primer printed by Alice and Jerry Books in 1948. 208 pages. |
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| 3249 | 2018-10-13 | Book | "We Live on a Farm" primer written by Ernest Horn in 1940 and published by Ginn and Co. 144 pages. |
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| 3250 | 2018-10-14 | Book | "On Four Feet" primer written by Macmillan and published by Gates, Huber, and Salisbury. 159 pages. |
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| 3251 | 2018-10-15 | Book | "The Painted Calf" primer by Macmillan Co. and published by Gates, Hubert, and Salisbury. 49 pages. |
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| 3252 | 2018-10-16 | Book | "The Surprise Box" primer by the Macmillan Co. and published by Gates, Huber, and Salisbury. 49 pages. |
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| 3253 | 2018-10-17 | Book | "Joyful Stories" primer by Clarence R. Stone and published by Webster Publishing Co. 154 pages. |
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| 3254 | 2018-10-18 | Book | "The Easy Road to Reading" first primer by Carrie J. Smith and published by Lyons and Carnahan. 144 pages. |
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| 3255 | 2018-10-19 | Book | "The Riverside Readers" primer by James H. Van Sickle and published by Houghton Mifflin Co. 128 pages. |
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| 3256 | 2018-10-20 | Book | "The New Fun with Dick and Jane" primer by William S. Gray, A Sterl Artley, May Hill Arbuthnot and published by Scott, Foresman, and Co. 160 pages. |
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| 3257 | 2018-10-21 | Book | "Fuzzy Tail", Our Animal Books primer written by Arensa Sondergaard. 134 pages. |
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| 3258 | 2018-10-22 | Book | "Get Ready to Read" written by William H. Burton, Clara Belle Baker, and Grace K. Kemp. 48 pages. |
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| 3259 | 2018-10-23 | Book | "Get Ready to Read" written by William H. Burton, Clara Belle Baker, and Grace K. Kemp. 48 pages. Blue Cover. |
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| 3260 | 2018-10-24 | Book | "Billy and His Family", A Social Studies Readiness Book, written by Alta McGuire. 35 pages. |
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| 3261 | 2018-10-24 | Book | "Billy and His Family", A Social Studies Readiness Book, written by Alta McGuire. 35 pages. |
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| 3262 | 2018-10-25 | Book | "See and Do: written by Paul Witty and KAte Kelly. 48 pages. |
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| 3263 | 2018-10-26 | Book | "Ride Away" written by Emmett A. Betts and Carolyn Welch. 48 pages. |
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| 3264 | 2018-10-27 | Book | "Fall is Here," written by Bertha Morris Parker and Mabel O'Donnell. 36 pages. |
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| 3265 | 2018-10-28 | Book | "Here We Go," written by Bertha Morris Parker and Mabel O'Donnell. 48 pages. |
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| 3266 | 2018-10-29 | Book | "My New Friends" written by Donald Durrell and Helen Blair Sullivan. 62 pages. |
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| 3267 | 2018-10-30 | Book | "Winter is Here" the Basic Education Series, written by Bertha Morris Parker. 35 pages. |
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| 3268 | 2018-10-31 | Book | "My Little Green Story Book" primer by the Ginn Basic Readers. 64 pages. |
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| 3269 | 2018-10-32 | Book | "My Little Red Story Book" primer by the Ginn Basic Readers. 52 pages. |
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| 3270 | 2018-10-33 | Book | "My Little Blue Story Book" primer by the Ginn Basic Readers. 72 pages. |
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| 3271 | 2018-10-34 | Book | "Play with Jimmy" primer by Follett Publishing Co. 24 pages. |
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| 3272 | 2018-10-35 | Book | "Laugh with Larry" primer by Follett Publishing Co. 48 pages. |
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| 3273 | 2018-10-36 | Book | "Good Times with Our Friends" primer by Scott, Foresman, and Co. 128 pages. |
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| 3274 | 2018-10-37 | Book | "My Little Green Story Book" primer by Ginn and Co. 64 pages. |
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| 3275 | 2018-10-38 | Book | "High on a Hill" primer by Row, Peterson and Co. 48 pages. |
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| 3276 | 2018-10-39 | Book | "Skip Along" primer by Row, Peterson and Co. 48 pages. |
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| 3277 | 2018-10-40 | Book | "Happy Days with Our Friends" primer by Scott, Foresman, and Co. 95 pages. |
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| 3278 | 2018-10-41 | Book | "Jim and Judy" primer by the MacMillan Co. 154 pages. |
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| 3279 | 2018-20-1 | Book | Open Highways Reader Book 5 guidebook, by Marion Monroe, Helen M. Robinson, A. Sterl Artley, William A. Jenkins, Ira E. Aaron, and Samuel Weintraub. Published in 1966. 480 pages. |
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| 3280 | 2018-20-2 | Book | The Open Highway Reader, Book 4 guidebook, written by Marion Monroe, Helen M. Robinson, A. Sterl Artley, William A. Jenkins, and Ira E. Aaron. Published in 1965. Has 'Ruth Goodman, 1968' written in red pencil on inside cover. 479 pages. |
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| 3281 | 2018-20-3 | Book | Wide Horizons Reader, book 3, by Marion Monroe, Helen M. Robinson, A. Sterl Artley, Charlotte S. Huck, William A. Jenkins, and Ira E. Aaron. Published in 1965. 496 pages. |
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| 3282 | 2018-20-4 | Book | Wide Horizons Reader, book 2, by Marion Monroe, Helen M. Robinson, A. Sterl Artley, Charlotte S. Huck, William A. Jenkins, and Ira E. Aaron. Published in 1965. Has 'Hoover School' stamped on the inner cover in black ink. 320 pages. |
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| 3283 | 2018-20-5A | Book | The New Basic Readers, book 5. Also titled More Days and Deeds. Written by William S. Gray, Marion Monroe, A. Sterl Artley, and May Hill Arbathnot. Published in 1955. 'Property of the Cedar Rapids Public Schools' stamped on inner cover in black ink. 320 pages. |
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| 3284 | 2018-20-5B | Book | Basic Readers - More Days and Deeds 5. Written by William S. Gray and May Hill Arbathnot. Published in 1943. |
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| 3285 | 2018-20-6 | Book | The New Basic Readers, Book 8. Also titled Panoramas. Written by William S. Gray, Marion Monroe, A. Sterl Artley, and May Hill Arbathnot. Published in 1957. 256 pages. |
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| 3286 | 2018-20-7 | Book | The New Basic Readers, book 6 guidebook. Also titled Cavalcades. Written by Marion Monroe, Helen M. Robinson, A. Sterl Artley, William A. Jenkins, Ira E. Aaron, and Samuel Weintraub. 'Marge H Goodman' written on inner cover page in black ink. 512 pages. |
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| 3287 | 2018-20-8 | Book | The New Basic Readers, Book 5 guidebook. Also titled Vistas. Written by Helen M. Robinson, Marion Monroe, A. Sterl Artley, Charlotte S. Huck, Ira E. Aaron, and Samuel Weintraub. Published in 1965. Has 'Marge Goodman' written on the inside cover page in black ink. 512 pages. |
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| 3288 | 2018-20-9 | Book | The New Basic Readers, Book 3 part 1 guidebook. Also titled Roads to Follow. Written by Helen M. Robinson, Marion Monroe, A. Sterl Artley, and Charlotte S. Huck. Published in 1965. 'Property of Marge Goodman' written on inner cover page in black ink. 256 pages. |
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| 3289 | 2018-20-10 | Book | The New Basic Readers, Book 2 Part 1. Also titled Friends Old and New. Written by Helen M. Robinson, Marion Monroe, and A. Sterl Artley. Published in 1963. 'Property of Independent School District of Waterloo' on inner cover page in black ink. 230 pages. |
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| 3290 | 2018-20-11 | Book | The New Basic Readers, Book One. Also titled More Fun With Friends. Written by Helen M. Robinson, Marion Monroe, A. Sterl Artley, Charlotte S. Huck, and William A. Jenkins. Published in 1965. 'Property of Cedar Rapids Community School District' stamped on inner front cover in black ink. 192 pages. |
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| 3291 | 2018-20-12 | Book | The Palmer Method of Business Writing by A.N. Palmer, 1928. Inner cover has 'Robert Nelson, 7th Grade, Washington School' written in pencil. 95 pages. |
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| 3292 | 2018-20-13 | Book | Story of Iowa, written by W.L. Wallace, 1931. Iowan history book, written to conform with 'the laws of the 44th General Assembly.' A library sticker on the inner front cover states that this book was bought in 1938 for $0.45 by a Library Fund in Iowa County for Marge H. Goodman. Unknown if it was a library fund for a specific district or the County Board of Education. 82 pages. |
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| 3293 | 2018-20-14 | Book | Teachers' Handbook of Methods in Penmanship Instruction by Pearle I. Mallory, 1929. Teaches the 'Palmer Method' of handwriting. 64 pages. |
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| 3294 | 2018-20-15 | Book | World Geography: A Complete Outline Study, by Ruth E. Nelson and Mabel B. Nelson. Published by Klipto Loose Leaf Company. Undated, but most likely published in late 1938 or early 1939 based on text that references the 1938 Munich Accord but does not mention the 1939 invasion of Poland. The book has 'Miss Marjorie Hall' written on the cover in blue ink. 100 pages. |
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| 3295 | 2018-20-16 | Book | Gantvoort's Music Reader for Rural and Village Schools, by A.J. Gantvoort. Published in 1897. 216 pages. |
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| 3296 | 2018-20-17 | Book | Eighth Grade Question Book, by Oscar Warp, eleventh edition. Contains questions on agriculture, arithmetic, bookkeeping, civil government, drawing, English composition, geography, grammar, history, mental arithmetic, music, orthography, penmanship, physiology, and reading. Undated, but based on history questions relating to Czechslovakia and World War One, likely 1918 to early 1920s. Inner cover has, "Miss Hollis Jeanette Steele, Eleroy, Ill." written in black ink. |
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| 3297 | 2018-20-18 | Card | A folded card titled "A Remembrance at Close of School," with an image of several school children leaving a schoolhouse in an idyllic setting. A red ribbon is glued on the cover. Printed for Tucker School (Greene #4), Greene Township, Iowa County. Dated May 3, 1946. The teacher was Marjorie L. Hall. It also features school board officers, twelve students, and a black and white photo of twelve students with their teacher posed in front of a schoolhouse. A note taped to the back reads, "This given to my students at Tucker School, 2nd & 3rd year of teaching, 1944-1946." |
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| 3298 | 2018-20-19 | Book | Little Plays for Christmas, written by Ada Clark, Margaret Kibbe, Rebecca Rice, Alice Whitson Norton, and Anna Williams Arnett. Published 1928. Has "Marjorie L. Hall, 1945-1946" written on the cover in blue pen. Likely used at Tucker School / District No. 4 in Greene Township. |
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| 3299 | 2018-20-20 | Book | Worth-while Dialogues and Plays for Christmas, by various authors, 1940. Has the name "Marjorie Hall" written on the cover in pen and pencil. |
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| 3300 | 2018-20-21 | Book | Nations Overseas, written by Wallace W. Atwood and Helen Goss Thomas, 1946. Geography textbook. 392 pages. |
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