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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| 3701 | 2020-FIC-39 | Magazine | The Grade Teacher Magazine. Volume Fifty-nine, Number 4- December 1941.Cover shows Raphael's Madonna Della Tenda. The Professional Magazine for classroom teachers of all grades. |
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| 3702 | 2020-FIC-40 | Magazine | The Grade Teacher Magazine. Volume fifty-nine, Number 6-February 1942. Cover shows H. Willard's Ortlip's painting Washington at Fort Lee. The Professional Magazine for Classroom teacher of all grades. |
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| 3703 | 2020-FIC-41 | Magazine | The Grade Teacher Magazine.Volume fifty-nine, number 7-March 1942.Cover shows Daniel Ridgway Knight's Hailing the Ferry. The Professional Magazine for Classroom Teachers of all grades. |
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| 3704 | 2020-FIC-42 | Magazine | The Grade Teacher Magazine. Volume Fifty-nine, Number 8- April 1942.Cover shows Henry Mosler's The Rainy Day. The Professional Magazine for classroom teachers of all grades. |
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| 3705 | 2020-FIC-43 | Magazine | The Grade Teacher Magazine. Volume Sixty, Number 9-May 1942. The Cover shows Sir Joshua Reynolds's painting Lady Smith. The Professional Magazine for classroom Teachers of all grades. |
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| 3706 | 2020-FIC-44 | Magazine | The Grade Teacher Magazine. Volume sixty-one, Number 5-January 1944.Cover shows J.L. G. Ferris's painting Franklin's Bookshop, 1745. The Professional Magazine for classroom teachers of all grades. |
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| 3707 | 2020-FIC-45 | Magazine | The Grade Teacher Magazine. Volume Sixty-one, Number 6- February 1944. Cover shows J.L.G. Ferris's painting Painter and President. The Professional magazine for classroom teachers of all grades. |
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| 3708 | 2020-FIC-46 | Magazine | The Grade Teacher Magazine. Volume sixty-one,Number 6- March 1944. Cover shows J.L.G. Ferris's painting The Bell's First note, 1753. The Professional magazine for classroom teachers of all grades. |
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| 3709 | 2020-FIC-47 | Magazine | The Grade Teacher Magazine. Volume Sixty-one, Number 7- April 1944. Cover shows J.L.G. Ferris's painting Betsy Ross, 1777. The Professional magazine for teachers of all grades. |
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| 3710 | 2020-FIC-48 | Magazine | The Grade Teacher Magazine. Volume sixty-five, Number 4- December 1947. Cover shows Painting Christmas by Harry Stoner. The Professional magazine for classroom teachers of all grades. |
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| 3711 | 2020-FIC-49 | Magazine | The Grade Teacher Magazine. Volume Sixty-six, Number 7- March 1949. No cover. The Professional Magazine for teachers of all grades. |
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| 3712 | 2020-FIC-50 | Magazine | The Instructor Magazine. May 1933. No cover. Schoolroom activities for Elementary teachers. |
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| 3713 | 2020-FIC-51 | Magazine | The Instructor Magazine. April 1940. Cover shows George Caleb Bingham's painting Daniel Boone escorting a band of pioneers. |
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| 3714 | 2020-FIC-52 | Magazine | The Instructor Magazine. May 1940. Cover shows Vermeer's Lady with a Lute. Schoolroom Activities for elementary teachers. |
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| 3715 | 2020-FIC-53 | Magazine | The Instructor Magazine. November 1942. No cover. |
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| 3716 | 2020-FIC-54 | Magazine | The Instructor Magazine. Volume 53, Number 10: Many ideas for Teaching Conservation, Play Safe-Prevent Waste- October 1944. Cover shows Van Gogh's Cornfields in Provence. Your Magazine of Helpful Classroom Material. |
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| 3717 | 2020-FIC-55 | Magazine | The Instructor Magazine. Volume 54, Number 3: Begin the New Year Right- January 1945. Cover shows Chase's painting Self Portrait. Your Magazine of helpful Classroom Material. |
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| 3718 | 2020-FIC-56 | Magazine | The Instructor Magazine. Volume 54, Number 6- April 1945. No Cover. |
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| 3719 | 2020-FIC-57 | Magazine | The Instructor Magazine. Volume 54, Number 7: To Help you celebrate the special days of May- May 1945. Cover shows Chirico's painting Wild Horses. Your Magazine of Helpful Classroom Material. |
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| 3720 | 2020-FIC-58 | Magazine | The Instructor Magazine. Volume 54, Number 10-October 1946. Cover shows Benjamin West's painting Penn's Treaty with the Indians. Daily Aid for Every Grade. Indian and Halloween Material, Arithmetic Comes Alive an article, A Choral reading about Columbus, Day by Day Suggestions for Acitivities by Grades. |
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| 3721 | 2020-FIC-59 | Magazine | The Instructor Magazine. Volume 56, Number 10-October 1947.Cover shows Candido Portinari's painting the Coffee Bearers. Daily Aid for every Grade. |
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| 3722 | 2020-FIC-60 | Magazine | The Instructor Magazine. Volume 57, December 1947: Christmas Material for Every Teacher. Cover shows Fra Angelico's Painting the Annuciation. Daily Aid for Every Grade. |
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| 3723 | 2020-FIC-61 | Magazine | The Instructor Magazine. Volume 58, Number 9-September 1949. Cover shows Thomas Hart Burton's painting Louisiana Rice Threshing. Daily Aid for Every Grade. Teacher of the Month a New Feature, Seatwork to develop Reading Readiness, Marcus Whitman first in a picture biography series, Four Pages of Stories for Pupils of all ages. |
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| 3724 | 2020-FIC-62 | Magazine | The Instructor Magazine. Volume 60, Number 6-April 1951. The Cover Shows Margaret Tarrant's Sprign Breezes. A Leader in Education for Sixty Years. |
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| 3725 | 2020-FIC-63 | Magazine | The Instructor Magazine. Volume 62, Number 9-May 1953. Cover shows Muriel Dawson's Painting the Blue Butterfly. |
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| 3726 | 2020-FIC-64 | Magazine | The Instructor Magazine. Volume 63, Number 6- February 1954. Cover shows an image of a little boy and girl holding hands with a cupid in the background and a pair of doves in the foreground. |
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| 3727 | 2020-FIC-65 | Magazine | The Instructor Magazine. Volume 41, Number 5- March 1932. Cover shows Frantz Charlet's Playdays in Holland. |
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| 3728 | 2020-FIC-67A | Envelope | Envelope from the University of the State of New York. Dated March 3, 1954. |
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| 3729 | 2020-FIC-67B | Certificate | Certificate from the New York State Education Department to a Miss Pauline Lousie Sauer for the Kindergarten and common branch substitution. Dated September 1, 1953. |
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| 3730 | 2020-FIC-72 | Certificate | Teachers' First Class Certificate for Grace D. Soheite. Boone County, September 4, 1893. |
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| 3731 | 2020-FIC-79 | Ballot | Voting ballot for building a school on the southwest corner of section 8, Genesco Township, Tama County, Iowa. "Shall the old schoolhouse and other school property of the corporation situated on the southwest corner of Section 8, in Genesco Township, Tama County, Iowa, be sold and the proceeds applied to the teacher's fund? Vote "yes" or "No!" in the space below. |
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| 3732 | 2020-FIC-80 | Ballot | Voting ballot for building a school on the southwest corner of section 8, Genesco Township, Tama County, Iowa. "Shall the Board of Directors of the school district issue school-building bonds of the district not in excess of $2.800.00 to erect and equip a schoolhouse? Write the word "yes" or "no" in the square opposite to indicate your vote." |
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| 3733 | 2020-FIC-88 | Report | Grade sheet for the uniform county examinations, unknown county, blank. |
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| 3734 | 2020-FIC-89 | Report | Grade sheet for the high school normal training course in the 1910s, unknown county, blank. |
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| 3735 | 2020-FIC-90 | Report | Teacher's annual report to the county superintendent and secretary of students' grades, information of themselves, and that of the school, unknown county, blank. |
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| 3736 | 2020-FIC-91 | Application | Application for supplimental aid from the county, Des Moines Iowa, for the school year July 1, 1946 to June 30, 1947, blank. |
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| 3737 | 2020-FIC-92 | Report | Complete high school student accounting record of classes and personal information, blank. |
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| 3738 | 2020-FIC-93 | Application | Substitute teacher application for Dallas County, blank. |
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| 3739 | 2020-FIC-94 | Report | Suggestions to the secretary of the school board, with typing overlapping. |
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| 3740 | 2020-FIC-95 | Report | Weekly school schedule that would be reported to the county superintendent, blank. |
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| 3741 | 2020-FIC-106 | Kit | Equipment Examination Set for Experiences in Science - Light and Shadow. Created by the Webster Division of McGraw-Hill Book Company. Kit includes a heavy duty battery, light bulp in holder, plast battery holder, plastic women, wire nuts (4) and a black paper bag. |
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| 3742 | 2020-FIC-107 | Pamplet | Uniform County Certificates for the State of Iowa in 1937. This was issued by the Board of Educational Examiners and explains regulations governing the uniform county teachers' certificates. |
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| 3743 | 2020-FIC-108 | Pamplet | Informational pamphlet on Area V Title II of the Elementary-Secondary Education Act of 1965. This pamphlet explains how Webster, Calhoun, Sac, Pocahontas, Buena Vista, Carroll, Greene, Hamilton, Wright, and Humbolt counties obtained 16 mm films, specialized books, and materials for the partially sighted students in their school districts. This pamphlet came from the Webster County Superintendent of Schools' Office in Fort Dodge, Iowa. Reprinted from Fort Dodge Messenger, Saturday, December 9, 1967. |
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| 3744 | 2020-FIC-109 | Card | A card for students that asks, "Am I ready for school today? Ask the looking glass," with a list of activities to do to ensure good hygiene (i.e. washing hands, shining shoes, keeping a handkerchief, etc.). Published by the Cleanliness Insitute, New York. |
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| 3745 | 2020-FIC-110 | Paper | A list of book titles that students need to purchase, accompanied with the prices of the books. Double accessioned. This is also 2016-27-49a |
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| 3746 | 2020-FIC-112 | Booklet | "The Owen Year Book for the 1924-1925 School Year." This book was used by teachers to plan lessons for the year. 64 pages. White covers, bound with two staples. Also accessioned as item 1986.4.369, part of the Aletha Jacobs Hutchison Collection and likely used while Aletha taught at Hummelstown High School in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. |
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| 3747 | 2020-FIC-113 | Pamphlet | The 1929 informational pamphlet on Venereal Diseases, issued by the Iowa State Department of Health in Des Moines, IA under commissioner Henry Albert, M. D. |
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| 3748 | 2020-FIC-114 | Pamphlet | A chart of communicable diseases issued by the Iowa State Department of Health in Des Moines, IA under commissioner Henry Albert, M. D. Undated. Includes information on diphtheria, meningitis, scarlet fever, smallpox, chicken pox, German measles, mumps, whooping cough, impetigo (scab), pediculosis (lice), pink eye, ring worm, and Vincent's Angina (Trench Mouth). Explains the symptoms of each disease and an estimate of when an infected child could return to school. Printed between 1926-1930 based on the commissioner, Henry Albert's career. |
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| 3749 | 2020-FIC-115 | Book | "Crossroads on the Cedar" by Clarence W. Baldwin, 1975. Softback, red and white covers, bound by three staples, 84 pages. Includes two extra papers inside the back cover: One shows "original tree cover, Indian trails shown on plat, Indian trails not shown on plats, early settler market trails, and pioneer homes" from New Hampton, IA to La Porte, IA. The other is titled "YWCA Tour of Historical Sights in Black Hawk County. Guide -- Clarence Baldwin" and has a map of the tour on the back. |
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| 3750 | 2020-FIC-117 | Book | A Cartoon History of Iowa by Herb Hake |
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| 3751 | 2020-FIC-118 | Contract | Teachers contract for Luella Blosser to teach in the Independent School District of Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa for the 1925 and 1926 school year. This contract states she will be paid $1980.00 for the entire year or $165 per month. Signed by Milton Daily, President and Luella Blosser, Teacher |
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| 3752 | 2020-FIC-119 | Record | Vinyl record of "The National Education Assocation presents "Education, Top Priority" This is a two sided large vinyl record of the interview with Dr. Wm. G Carr, NEA and Mrs. Newton P Leonard, National Congress of Parents and Teachers on one side and "Search for A Citizen" on the other. This record is still in the original carboard shipping material and was listed to be used during American Education Week, Novemeber 9-15. |
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| 3753 | 2020-FIC-119A | Exam | Examination of Central Grammer School, February 2d, 3d and 4th, 1880. Page 1 of 2 |
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| 3754 | 2020-FIC-119B | Exam | Examination of Central Grammer School, February 2d, 3d and 4th, 1880. Page 2 of 2 |
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| 3755 | 2020-FIC-120 | Photograph | Greene Valley Students in Union County, Iowa. Attached by tape is a notecard detailing the names of the children in the photo: Front- Dick Miller, Lyle Long, Mickey Berry. Last Row: Mildred Moffit, Gerald Hudson, Maxine Hudson, Patsy Netser Hudson, Jimmy Morrison, Bob Miller, Mervin Netser. |
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| 3756 | 2020-FIC-122 | Photograph | Lincoln School Township, Hilton Sec. 35, Iowa County, Iowa. |
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| 3757 | 2020-FIC-123 | Photograph | Boyle Number 3, Holbrook, Iowa County, Iowa. The school in the picture has a sign attached stating, "Prarie Bell School 1875-1914". |
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| 3758 | 2020-FIC-124 | Photograph | Tucker school North of Champion Hill Church in Greene Township, Iowa County, Iowa. |
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| 3759 | 2020-FIC-125 | Photograph | N. Pilot School, Pilot Township section 3, Iowa County, Iowa. |
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| 3760 | 2020-FIC-126 | Photograph | Westburg #7, two miles West of Independece, Iowa in Buchanan County. |
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| 3761 | 2020-FIC-127 | Photograph | A church on the grounds of Westburg #7, two miles West of Independece, Iowa in Buchanan County. |
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| 3762 | 2020-FIC-128 | Photograph | Triump School near Hazelton, Iowa in Buchanan County. |
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| 3763 | 2020-FIC-129 | Photograph | Prarie Grove, near Jesup, Iowa in Buchanan County. |
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| 3764 | 2020-FIC-130 | Photograph | Oak Grove or Hickory Grove school in Buchanan County. |
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| 3765 | 2020-FIC-131 | Photograph | Wapsi Valley #5 in Buchanan County. |
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| 3766 | 2020-FIC-132 | Photograph | Wapsie Valley #3 in Buchanan County. |
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| 3767 | 2020-FIC-133 | Photograph | Wapsie Valley #1 in Buchanan County. |
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| 3768 | 2020-FIC-134 | Photograph | Wapsie Valley #2 in Buchanan County. |
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| 3769 | 2020-FIC-135 | Photograph | Hazelton County School, now a museum in Buchanan County. |
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| 3770 | 2020-FIC-136 | Photograph | Hilltop View, east of Hazelton, Iowa, in Buchanan County. |
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| 3771 | 2020-FIC-137 | Photograph | Summitt, Rowley, Iowa, in Buchanan County. There is a sign at the top numbered 1869. |
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| 3772 | 2020-FIC-138 | Photograph | Little Red Schoolhouse in Independence, Iowa, Buchanan County. |
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| 3773 | 2020-FIC-139 | Photograph | Bennington #5, Near Waterloo #218, Black Hawk County. |
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| 3774 | 2020-FIC-140 | Photograph | Troy consolidated school 1915 horse-drawn carriage that school children took to school in Davis County. |
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| 3775 | 2020-FIC-141 | Photograph | Little Red Schoolhouse 4 miles North of Manchester, IA, Delaware County. |
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| 3776 | 2020-FIC-142 | Photograph | Copperhead School S. of Manchester IA, Delaware County. |
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| 3777 | 2020-FIC-143 | Photograph | Humke School in the Ham House Museum Complex in Dubuque County. |
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| 3778 | 2020-FIC-144 | Photograph | Image of Buckeye School 1936-1937, with the inscription of Mafine Carder teacher on the back, Hardin County. |
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| 3779 | 2020-FIC-145 | Photograph | Image of Buckeye School, Hardin County. |
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| 3780 | 2020-FIC-146 | Photograph | Image of Lovell #1, Henry County. |
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| 3781 | 2020-FIC-147 | Photograph | Image of Lovell #7, Henry County. |
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| 3782 | 2020-FIC-148 | Photograph | Image of Rome #3, Henry County. |
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| 3783 | 2020-FIC-149 | Photograph | Image of North Pilot school, Iowa County. |
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| 3784 | 2020-FIC-150 | Photograph | Oak Ridge School, formerly near Donnellson, Iowa, now on Old Thresher Reunion grounds in Mt Pleasant, Iowa. This school was originally in Lee county but is now located in Henry County. Pictured is Marjorie Lillian (Hall) Goodman. |
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| 3785 | 2020-FIC-151 | Postcard | Postcard of the Jackson County Welcome Center, once a rural school, now located at the intersection of Highway 64 and the Great River Road, just west of Sabula, Iowa's only island city. |
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| 3786 | 2020-FIC-152 | Photograph | Image of the sign for the Stone Academy in Solon, Iowa, Johnson County. The sign reads, "Preserving Iowa History, Stone Academy 1842, Solon Iowa". |
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| 3787 | 2020-FIC-153 | Photograph | Heritage Museum Brick School of 1876 in Coralville, Iowa. Johnson County. |
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| 3788 | 2020-FIC-154 | Photograph | Castle Grove #6, Jones County, Iowa. |
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| 3789 | 2020-FIC-155 | Photograph | Castle Grove #8, Jones County, Iowa. |
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| 3790 | 2020-FIC-156 | Photograph | Pleasant Valley, Jones County, Iowa. |
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| 3791 | 2020-FIC-157 | Photograph | Hale #6, Jones County, Iowa. |
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| 3792 | 2020-FIC-158 | Photograph | Scotch Grove #5, Jones County, Iowa. |
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| 3793 | 2020-FIC-159 | Photograph | Scotch Grove #3, Jones County, Iowa. |
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| 3794 | 2020-FIC-160 | Photograph | Madison, Maple Grove, Jones County, Iowa. |
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| 3795 | 2020-FIC-161 | Photograph | Rocky Ridge, Jones County, Iowa. |
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| 3796 | 2020-FIC-162 | Photograph | Fairview #4, Jones County, Iowa. |
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| 3797 | 2020-FIC-163 | Photograph | Scotch Grove #4 students, the name Nellie Straesslin written at the bottom of the photograph along with the school's location as Scotch Grove #4, Jones County, Iowa. |
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| 3798 | 2020-FIC-164 | Photograph | Cass Township school near Anamosa, Jones County, Iowa. |
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| 3799 | 2020-FIC-165 | Photograph | Fairview school in Fairview, Jones County, Iowa. |
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| 3800 | 2020-FIC-166 | Photograph | The Sutton school, Clay #5, Jones County, Iowa. |
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