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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| 4501 | 2022-FIC-100 | Booklet | Excellent Edition of Popular Plays "Three Hats" by Arthur Shirley. Price 15 Cents Published by School Publishing Company, Darrowville, Ohio. |
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| 4502 | 2022-FIC-101 | Booklet | "Doctor Dobbin" Price 15 Cents, Published by School Publishing Company, Darrowville, Ohio. |
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| 4503 | 2022-FIC-102 | Booklet | "Closing Entertainment No.1" by Mrs. H.W. Howe. Price 10 Cents Published by School Publishing Company, Darrowville, Ohio. |
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| 4504 | 2022-FIC-103 | Booklet | "New Year's Exercises No. 2" Price 15 Cents, Published by School Publishing Company, Darrowville, Ohio. |
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| 4505 | 2022-FIC-104 | Booklet | "The Spinsters Forthnightly Club or Old Maids Rejuvenated" by Mrs. H.W. Howe. Price 15 Cents Published by School Publishing Company, Darrowville, Ohio 1899. |
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| 4506 | 2022-FIC-105 | Booklet | "Friday Afternoon Entertainment, Number 3" Price 10 Cents, Published by School Publishing Company, Darrowville, Ohio. |
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| 4507 | 2022-FIC-106 | Booklet | Excellent Edition of Popular Plays "The Huckleberry Railroad" by Willis N. Bugbee. Published by School Publishing Company, Darrowville, Ohio 1921. |
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| 4508 | 2022-FIC-107 | Booklet | "A Brief Manual of Gymnastics" Price 15 Cents, Published by School Publishing Company, Darrowville, Ohio. |
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| 4509 | 2022-FIC-108 | Booklet | Excellent Edition of Popular Plays "The S.E.O.M" by May E. Countryman. Published by School Publishing Company, Darrowville, Ohio 1915. |
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| 4510 | 2022-FIC-109 | Booklet | "Economical Writing Speller" The Property of [?} School, St. Paris, Copyright 1887 by Van Antwerp Bragg. Cincinatti, New York, Boston. |
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| 4511 | 2022-FIC-110 | Booklet | Excellent Edition of Popular Plays "Miram's Crime" by H.T. Graven. Published by School Publishing Company, Darrowville, Ohio. |
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| 4512 | 2022-FIC-111 | Booklet | Sherwood's Thirty-Six Page. Nickel Writing Speller and Copybook. Written by Emma Schnell. Chicago Geo. Sherwood & Co. |
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| 4513 | 2022-FIC-112 | Booklet | Excellent Edition of Popular Plays "A Scrap of Paper" by I. Palgrave Simpson. Published by School Publishing Company, Darrowville, Ohio. |
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| 4514 | 2022-FIC-113 | Magazine | Our Young Folk, An Illustrated Magazine, No. 27, March 1867. Cover Depicts Columbia with a Shield styled to look like the American Flag and a Sword her hands atop a pedestal, Surrounded by smaller images depicting children playing various games. |
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| 4515 | 2022-FIC-114 | Magazine | Vol. XII., March 1889, No. 3 Picture Gallery for Young Folk. The Picture Gallery Publihing Co., Chicago, Illinois. |
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| 4516 | 2022-FIC-115 | Magazine | The School (Registered), Vol XIV., Toronto, June 1926. No. 10. |
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| 4517 | 2022-FIC-116 | Magazine | The Huttlesonian Vol .4, Spring Issue 1927, No.2. Published by the Students of Fairhaven High School. |
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| 4518 | 2022-FIC-117 | Magazine | The Huttlesonian Vol .5, Fall Issue, No.1. Published by the Students of Fairhaven High School. |
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| 4519 | 2022-FIC-118 | Magazine | The Huttlesonian. Vol .7, Fall Issue 1929, No.1. Published by the Students of Fairhaven High School. |
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| 4520 | 2022-FIC-119 | Magazine | The Huttlesonian. Vol .9, Senior Issue 1932, No.2. Published by the Students of Fairhaven High School, Fairhaven Massachusetts. |
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| 4521 | 2022-FIC-120 | Book | "Hand Writing Aid for Primary Teachers". By Frank N. Freeman, Ph.D. and The Zaner-Bloser Co., Columbus 8, Ohio, 1948. |
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| 4522 | 2022-FIC-121 | Book | "We Grow Up Compendium 4" by Frank N. freeman, Ph.D. Correlated Handwriting Series, the Zaner-Bloser Company, Columbu 8, Ohio, 1948. |
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| 4523 | 2022-FIC-122 | Book | "On We Move Compendium 2" by Frank N. freeman, Ph.D. Correlated Handwriting Series, the Zaner-Bloser Company, Columbu 8, Ohio, 1948. (1954 Edition |
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| 4524 | 2023-3-1 | Book | Titled "The Problem and Practice Arithmetics, Third Book," by Smith Luse Morss, published in 1930 by Ginn and Company. Handwriting on the first page reads "Gordon L. Sorensen, Norman Eugene Sorensen." The back page and inner back cover have notes from math problems. This book was used in the Sunnyside #6 school, Black Hawk Township, Black Hawk County, Iowa, by Gordon Sorensen (born 1922) and Norman Sorensen (born 1926). Hardback, red cover and spine, bound with fabric and thread, 525 pages. |
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| 4525 | 2023-3-2 | Book | Titled "Aldine First Language Book," by Bryce and Spaulding, published in 1924 by Newson and Company. Handwriting on the first page reads "Leo Chrisman." Features full-color illustrations. This book was used in the Otter Creek #4 school, Linn County, Iowa, by Leo Chrisman (born 1922). Hardback, red cover and spine, bound with fabric and thread, 317 pages. |
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| 4526 | 2023-3-3 | Book | Titled "Essentials of Geography (Iowa Edition): Second Book," by Brigham and McFarlane, published in 1916 by the American Book Company. Handwriting on the first page reads "Merth Chrisman, Dec. 30, 1920. Beulah Chrisman. 42 parallel of latitude, 93 meridian of longitude Iowa." This book was used in the Otter Creek #4 school, Otter Creek Township, Linn County, Iowa, by Merth Chrisman (born 1907) and Beulah Chrisman (born 1917). Hardback, brown cover and spine, bound with fabric and thread, 461 pages. |
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| 4527 | 2023-4-1 | Photograph | Black and white photograph of a group of children in hats and coats standing in front of a schoolhouse. Handwriting on the back reads, "To Mrs. H. J. Hershiser. Sand Hill School, Cedar Township, Black Hawk County, Iowa. Edward Beal, teacher. Jan. 5th, 1899." It is mounted on white cardboard. |
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| 4528 | 2023-4-2 | Certificate | Certificate of Award for Leda Mattingly of the Maple Grove School, Black Hawk Township, Black Hawk County, Iowa. Awarded for four months of perfect attendance. Given at Waterloo on April 18th, 1903. Signed by the county superintendent, C. E. Moore. Features an illustration of a woman with a torch, wreath, feather, and scroll behind her in the top left corner. |
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| 4529 | 2023-4-3 | Scrapbook | 1903 booklet from the Sand Hill School, Cedar Township, Black Hawk County, Iowa. The teacher was Edward H. Beal. A black and white photo of children in hats and coats in front of the schoolhouse is on the cover. Includes four handwritten pieces of student's homework for arithmetic and health sciences (narcotics). Bound with three colored ribbons. |
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| 4530 | 2023-6 | Book | "Stories of Iowa For Boys and Girls" by Bruce E. Mahan and Ruth A. Gallaher. Published by Macmillan Company, 1929. A Brown Cover with Black title and image of an ox driven wagon. On the inside cover has been written " |
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| 4531 | 2023-7-2 | Book | Class Register for school district #7, Lincoln County, Minnesota, 1915-1919. Hardback, black covers, red spine, bound with thread. Includes 1923 teacher's certificate. |
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| 4532 | 2023-9-1 | Book | 1930 book titled "Course of Study in Health and Safety, Kindergarten through Seventh Grade," from the Orleans Parish School Board in New Orleans. Malcom E. Mussen is signed on the cover. Includes objects, activities, and references for teaching children health and safety concepts. Softback, grey cover, fabric spine, bound with two staples, 310 pages. |
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| 4533 | 2023-14-1 | Book | "Language for Meaning: Let's Talk," by Paul McKee and M. Lucile Harrison. Copyright 1947 by Houghton Mifflin Company. 153 pages. "Language for Meaning" at the top of the cover, depiction of a girl and boy in red sitting in the grass below that. "Let's talk" below that, and author names at bottom. Black markings inside the cover. |
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| 4534 | 2023-14-2 | Book | "Growth in Arithmetic Grade Three" by John C. Clark, Charlotte W. Junge, and Harold E. Moser. Illustrated by Janet Smalley. Copyright 1952. Published by World Book Company. 314 pp. Cover is orange and features "GROWTH IN ARITHMETIC" printed in black capital letters across the top. A white "3" on a square black background is in the upper right corner. Bottom half features an illustration of various boys and girls at different ages walking in a line across the cover. A white outline of a rectangle is behind each of these figures, with the exception of the third boy from the left, whose rectangle is a solid white to indicate that it is the third book in the series. |
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| 4535 | 2023-14-3 | Book | "Art Stories Book Two" by William G. Whitford, Edna B. Liek, and William S. Gray. Part of the Curriculum Foundation Series. Copyright 1935. Published by Scott, Foresman, and Company. Cover is blue with a vertical design featuring a young girl printed in darker blue with a yellow border down the length of the cover. "ART STORIES: BOOK TWO" is printed in dark blue across the top. "CURRICULUM FOUNDATION SERIES" is printed in dark blue across the bottom. Inside cover has "PROPERTY OF SCHOOL / DIST. NO. 9 LEAVE IN LIBRARY" stamped on the right side in purple ink. "9" is handwritten in black ink. Inside front page has "Fremont / No. 9" written in cursive with black ink in the upper left corner. Title page has "PROPERTY OF SCHOOL / DIST. NO. 9 LEAVE IN LIBRARY" stamped in purple ink on right side of page. "9" is handwritten in black ink. |
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| 4536 | 2023-14-4 | Book | "Daily Life Language Series: Introductory Book (Complimentary Professional Copy)," by R. L. Lyman, Roy Ivan Johnson, Frances Ross Dearborn. Copyright 1934 by Ginn and Company. 248 pages. The top of the cover shows a green elf reading a book next to a flower inside a yellow circle. The title is in black below that, with "Complimentary Professional Copy" in gold lettering. Three black lines form a border around all cover objects. |
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| 4537 | 2023-14-5 | Book | "Daily Life Language Series: Book Three," by R. L. Lyman, Roy Ivan Johnson, and A. Laura McGregor. Ginn and Company publisher. Copyright 1934. 537 pages. Depiction of an orange archer in a blue circle at the top. Border of three black lines and black reinforcements on the bottom corners. "Nellie 1936-37" inside back cover. |
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| 4538 | 2023-14-6 | Book | "Intermediate Language Lessons," by Emma Serl. Published by American Book Company in 1914 (book's original copyright page was removed). 324 pages. Depiction of two squirrels in black at the top of the cover inside a black border. Title and author name below that, and publisher at the bottom. All cover objects surrounded by a border of two black lines. |
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| 4539 | 2023-14-7 | Book | "Animal Friends" by Emma Miller Bolenius. Part of the Bolenius Readers series. Cover is blue with an illustration of various farm animals in orange and black on the bottom. Above the illustration are the titles "THE BOLENIUS READERS" and "ANIMAL FRIENDS". Book has inscription written in blue ink located on the inside page. Inscription reads "To Ruth Roffens / Whome the Hill loves / Emma Miller Bolenius / (Otherwise Jean Whitney)" in cursive. Copyright 1930. Published by The Riverside Press Cambridge in Massachusetts. 122 pages. |
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| 4540 | 2023-14-8 | Book | "A Journey to Health Land," by J. Mace Andress and Annie Turner Andress. Copyright 1924, Ginn and Company publisher. Depiction of two girls and one boy at the top, with two dwarves playing trumpets over the children. 194 pages. |
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| 4541 | 2023-14-9 | Book | "Boys and Girls of Wake-Up Town (the Story Series in Health - Book Two)," by J. Mace Andress. Copyright 1924 by Ginn and Company. 218 pages. Cover depicts a boy and girl in black with megaphones over a town including multiple houses, a bridge, and a church steeple. Pen markings inside the cover. |
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| 4542 | 2023-14-10 | Book | "Health Stories: Book One," by Anna B. Towse and William S. Gray. Part of the Curriculum Foundation Series. Copyright 1933 by Scott, Foresman, and Company. 144 pages. Depiction of a girl on a tree swing wearing a blue dress with blue birds flying over trees in the background. Picture surrounded by blue border, blue border around title at the top, and blue border around "Curriculum Foundation Series" at the bottom. |
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| 4543 | 2023-14-11 | Book | "In Town and Country," by Horace Mann Buckley, Margaret L. White, Alice B. Adams, Leslie R. Silvernale. Copyright 1938 by American Book Company. 216 pages. Cover depicts four blue children sledding down a hill with a blue wintry bush near them, making white tracks with their sleds. The title "In Town and Country" is curved concavely near the top of the cover. Authors' names are at the bottom. All cover writing is in blue ink. Stamp on the inside cover says "J 59cents 2/$1.00". |
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| 4544 | 2023-14-12 | Book | "Gaining Health," by C.E. Turner, Juanita McDougald Melchior, and Grace Voris Curl. Depiction of two children cooking over a fire outlined in red and blue on the cover. Cover is green, red, and blue. Name inside front cover. Copyright 1941. Published by D. C. Heath and Company of Boston. Inside cover has "Janet Robison" written in cursive using pencil in the top left corner. 246 pages. |
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| 4545 | 2023-14-13 | Book | "Keeping Safe and Well" by C. E. Turner, Frances W. Clough, and Grace Voris Curl. Part of the "Health, Safety, Growth" series. Copyright 1941. Published by D. C. Heath and Company. Cover is green with a center illustration of a boy and girl standing at a curb waiting for a traffic light to change. Illustration is printed in blue and red. "Keeping Safe and Well" is printed across the top in blue ink. "Health Safety Growth" is printed in blue ink (with red stars on either side of the word "Safety") across the bottom. "Janet Robison" is written in cursive with blue ink on the inside cover. "C8/72" penciled in upper right corner. Faint scribbles are across both sides of the inside cover. |
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| 4546 | 2023-14-14 | Book | "Following New Trails," by Ernest Horn, Ruth M. Moscrip, Isabelle MacDonald Porter. Copyright 1940 by Ginn and Company. 382 pages. The title is in blue cursive at the top of the cover. Below is a depiction of an orange wagon and Wagoneer moving along a path toward blue and green mountains, surrounded by blue and green trees. |
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| 4547 | 2023-14-15 | Book | "Easy Growth in Reading: Today and Tomorrow," by Gertrude Hildreth, Allie Lou Felton, Alice Meighen, Marjorie Pratt. Copyright 1943, John C. Winston Co. 378 pages. Cover depicts a blue airplane flying through the sky with two white cumulus clouds. The title is in blue and white above the airplane and the series title is in blue below. |
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| 4548 | 2023-14-16 | Book | "Easy Growth in Reading: Looking Forward," by Gertrude Hildreth (Teachers College - Columbia University), Allie Lou Felton, Alice Meighen, and Marjorie Pratt. Copyright 1944, John C. Winston Company. 441 pages. Title is in white on the cover. Depiction of a blue helicopter flying in a sky with white cumulus clouds over a blue cityscape in the distance. Three white lines below the picture with "Easy Growth in Reading" in blue ink at the bottom. |
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| 4549 | 2023-14-17 | Book | "Easy Growth in Reading: Moving Ahead," by Gertrude Hildreth, Allie Lou Felton, Alice Meighen, and Marjorie Pratt. Illustrated by Corinne Malvern and Mary Highsmith. Copyright 1949. Printed by the California State Printing Office. 3rd printing from 1955. Cover is green with illustrations of a passenger train and a zeppelin in brown and white in the center. "Moving Ahead" is printed in white at the top. "EASY GROWTH IN READING" is printed in brown across the bottom. "DISCARD" is stamped in the upper right corner in incredibly faint black ink. Inside cover features a nameplate that reads "This is a California / STATE TEXTBOOK / It is the duty of pupils to assist the State by guarding and using this book with care, so that it may yield good service. / Only one book can be given to a pupil. / He should cover it with paper or other protective material, and should he lose, damage, or destroy the book he should replace it at his own expense. / It is the duty of teachers to encourage and enforce these provisions. / Book no. 118 / Hudson School District / in L.A. County / Date of issue 5 1959". "118", "Hudson", "L.A." and "59" were handwritten into the book with blue ink. "DISCARD" is stamped in black over the nameplate. |
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| 4550 | 2023-14-18 | Book | "Easy Growth in Reading Primer: At Play," by Gertrude Hildreth, Elsie Roy, Allie Lou Felton, Mabel J. Henderson, Alice Meighen. Copyright 1946, John C. Winston Co. 121 pages. Cover depicts two children and a cat in orange and blue playing in the center, with the book title above and series title below. Both titles are in blue lettering in front of a white block with blue lines above and below. |
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| 4551 | 2023-14-19 | Book | "Easy Growth in Reading Primer - Level Two: Fun in Story," by Gertrude Hildreth, Allie Lou Felton, Mabel J. Henderson, Alice Meighen. Copyright 1940, John C. Winston Co. 121 pages. Cover depicts a red and blue elephant wrestling a coconut from a coconut tree. The book title is above the depiction and the series title is below. Both titles are in blue lettering in front of a white block with blue lines above and below. Small pencil markings in the top right corner of the inside page. |
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| 4552 | 2023-14-20 | Book | "Easy Growth in Reading - First Reader Level One: I Know a Secret," by Gertrude Hildreth, Allie Lou Felton, Mabel J. Henderson, Alice Meighen. Copyright 1940, John C. Winston Co. 151 pages. Cover depicts two children and a dog in orange and blue around a snowman with a hat. The book title is above the depiction and the series title is below. Both titles are in blue lettering in front of a white block with blue lines above and below. Inside front cover has a stamp saying, "Property of Bremerton Public Schools. Number H-42-1. Name of Pupil; Condition Book." (Note: "Number H-42-1" is handwritten.) Inside back cover has stamp saying, "Property of Bremerton Public Schools. Name of Pupil; Condition Book." |
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| 4553 | 2023-14-21 | Book | "Good Stories: Easy Growth in Reading 1st Reader Level 2" by Gertrude Hildreth, Allie Lou Felton, Mabel J. Henderson, and Alice Meighen. Illustrated by Erick Berry and Frederick T. Chapman. Cover is has an image of a fairy surrounded by a goose, a rooster, a frog, and a rabbit printed in the center in red, blue, and white. "GOOD STORIES" is printed across the top in blue text on a white background. "EASY GROWTH IN READING" is printed in blue text on a white background. "RLG" stamped in black ink inside front page. |
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| 4554 | 2023-14-22 | Book | "The Story Road": Easy Growth in Reading Second Reader Level Two" by Gertrude Hildreth, Allie Lou Felton, Mabel J. Henderson, and Alice Meighen. Illustrated by Jacob Bates Abbott. Copyright 1940. Published by the John C. Winston Company. 140 pp. Cover is orange and features an illustration of two rabbits in the center in white and blue. "THE STORY ROAD" is printed in blue ink on a white background across the top. "EASY GROWTH IN READING" is printed in blue ink on a white background across the bottom. Inside front cover has "Y47/112" written in pencil in the upper right corner. |
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| 4555 | 2023-14-23 | Book | "Easy Growth in Reading - Third Reader Level One: Faraway Ports" by Gertrude Hildreth, Allie Lou Felton, Mabel J. Henderson, and Alice Meighen. Illustrated by Armstrong Sperry. Copyright 1940. Published by W. C. Austin for the state of Kansas. Publish date 1944. 248 pages. Cover is red with black sailing ship on white background in the center. "FARAWAY PORTS" in blue text on white background is printed across the top. "EASY GROWTH IN READING" in blue text on white background is printed across the bottom. |
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| 4556 | 2023-14-24 | Book | "Bobby and Betty at Home" by Katharine Elizabeth Dopp. Cover is tan and features a young girl reading and a young boy playing with a toy lamb printed in orange and black. Copyright date 1917, 1926. Published by Rand McNally & Company. 164 pages. |
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| 4557 | 2023-14-25 | Book | "Bobby and Betty with the Workers," by Katharine Elizabeth Dopp. Depiction of two children and a cat outside a market on the cover. Cover is tan, orange, and black. Copyright 1923. 1927 edition. Published by Rand McNally & Company. 199 pages. Small markings on the title page in black ink. Address and phone number on back page; inscription reads, "Peggy Gill / 1444 So Allison St. / West Phila, Pa. / Phone Bel 6387." |
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| 4558 | 2023-14-26 | Book | "Bobby and Betty in the Country" by Katharine Elizabeth Dopp. Cover is tan, orange, blue, and black. Cover features a young girl and a young boy with a sheep and lamb in a pen with an open field behind them. Copyright date 1926. 1928 edition. Published by Rand McNally & Company. 224 pages. |
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| 4559 | 2023-14-27 | Book | "Bobby and Betty on the Farm," by Katharine Elizabeth Dopp. Depiction of two children holding baskets alongside a cat on a farm on the cover. Cover is tan, orange, and black. Copyright 1930. Published by Rand McNally & Company. 222 pages. |
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| 4560 | 2023-18-1 | Scrapbook | Illustrates the life of Alice Ruter from attending Shiloh #6 rural school (Grundy County) through her teaching history. 1920s through the 1990s. Includes many photos and loose-leaf pieces. Softback, blue cover (detached) but with a black and gold image pasted on top of it, cardboard back cover, metal spiral binding, 108 pages. |
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| 4561 | 2023-20-1 | Scrapbook | Book of assorted black and white photos and notes from the Washington #1 school in Webster County, 1944-1948. The covers are gold with handwritten titles and are tied together with a brown ribbon. Inside are photos of the teacher, Helen Woolsey, various students, and different school activities. Most students have a cut-out picture of them beside their name and a short anecdote about life in a rural school. The last photo shows commencement was held in Fort Dodge in 1948 and the school had one graduate. |
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| 4562 | 2023-20-2 | Photograph | Square black and white photo of ten children from the Washington #1 school in Webster County, dated early 1950s. They are standing and looking at the camera, most are wearing denim pants and plaid shirts. Behind them are decorations for Christmas: a train, mistletoe made out of cups, angels, streamers, and some tinsel. Judy Juhl Ellerman is in the plaid shirt on the left-hand side. |
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| 4563 | 2023-20-3 | Photograph | Square black and white photo of a young boy standing outside of the Washington #1 school in Webster County in the late 1940s. He is dressed in a plaid coat and dark pants. Behind him is a yard with some snow and a large, bare tree. |
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| 4564 | 2023-20-4 | Photograph | Square black and white photo of four children from the Washington #1 school in Webster County. They are standing in line in front of a chalkboard with the cursive alphabet at the top and are dressed in Halloween costumes complete with masks. The caption on the back says, "Halloween 1952." |
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| 4565 | 2023-20-5 | Photograph | Square black and white photo of two students from the Washington #1 school in Webster County, 1950s. They are sitting outside, huddled together, dressed in hats and coats, in an empty yard covered in snow. |
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| 4566 | 2023-20-6 | Photograph | Square black and white photo of two older students from the Washington #1 school in Webster County, early 1950s. They are dressed in hats, coats, and gloves, sitting with one knee each on the ground, in an empty field covered in snow. |
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| 4567 | 2023-20-7 | Photograph | Square black and white photo of four students from the Washington #1 school in Webster County, early 1950s. They're posed with two younger children sitting in front, two older children standing in back. The boy in front is holding a cane. Behind them are Christmas decorations, photos, and a sheet draped from a doorway. The caption at the bottom reads, "Christmas Proposel." Judy Juhl Ellerman is on the bottom right-hand side. |
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| 4568 | 2023-20-8 | Photograph | Square black and white photo of two students from the Washington #1 school in Webster County, early 1950s. They're standing outside, hugging, smiling at the camera, and wearing hats, gloves, and boots. There is snow on the otherwise bare ground. Four students can be seen in the background near the fence on the right-hand side. |
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| 4569 | 2023-20-9 | Photograph | Rectangle black and white photo of a student preforming in the Washington #1 school in Webster County, mid-1950s. In the photo, one boy is standing in front of an audience of children and adults. Behind him is a fireplace with a candelabra, white sheets hung up to act as stage curtains, and Christmas decorations. |
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| 4570 | 2023-20-10 | Photograph | Rectangular black and white photo of six students with their teacher, Mrs. Woolsey, from the Washington #1 school in Webster County, early 1950s. The children are dressed primarily in dresses or Christmas-themed sweaters. Behind them is a white sheet hung on the wall acting as a stage curtain, a banner with evergreen trees running across the top of the photo, and a fireplace with a candelabra. |
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| 4571 | 2023-20-11 | Photograph | Rectangle black and white photo of ten students preforming in the Washington #1 school in Webster County, circa 1953. The students are either dressed in sweater or dresses and appear to be singing. Behind them are white sheets hung to act as stage curtains, a banner of evergreen trees above the center sheet, a fireplace and candelabra, and Christmas decorations. The audiences consist of children and adults. The teacher at the time was Mrs. Woolsey. |
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| 4572 | 2023-20-12 | Photograph | Rectangle black and white photo of three students in front of the Washington #1 school in Webster County, late 1940s. They're smiling at the camera, wearing jackets and dresses (one may be in patched pants), and are sitting on grass in the yard just outside of the school. In the background is the school's door and either a shed or a house. Lynda is on the left-hand side and Judy Juhl Ellerman is on the right wearing braided pigtails. |
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| 4573 | 2023-20-13 | Photograph | Rectangle black and white photo of eight students just outside of the Washington #1 school in Webster County, late 1940s. The group (three girls, five boys) are standing on the cement stoop of the school and are smiling at the camera. Most are wearing jackets and either denim pants or knee-length dresses. Judy Juhl Ellerman is in the back center wearing braided pigtails. |
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| 4574 | 2023-20-14 | Photograph | Rectangle black and white photo of twelve students from the Washington #1 school in Webster County, late 1940s. They are posed in two lines in front of a fence, all but three dressed in Halloween costumes that include a mask. |
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| 4575 | 2023-20-15 | Photograph | Square black and white photo of ten students from the Washington #1 school in Webster County, early 1950s. They are posed in a group, smiling at the camera, with seven sitting on the lawn (one holding a ball), one kneeling, and two standing. Most are wearing short sleeves and denim pants. Behind them is a grassy lawn, one large tree, and an outbuilding. |
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| 4576 | 2023-20-16 | Photograph | Square black and white photo often students sitting inside the Washington #1 school in Webster County, circa 1954. Each student is sitting in their desk, smiling at the camera. Behind them is a bookshelf with a plant on top and a white cupboard with a globe on top. |
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| 4577 | 2023-20-17 | Photograph | Square black and white photo of eleven students in the yard outside of the Washington #1 school in Webster County, early 1950s. Seven of the younger children are sitting on the ground, one with a basketball, and four are standing, one holding a football as if he's throwing it. To the left of them is the school building and an empty grass yard surrounds them. Judy Juhl Ellerman is on the bottom left-hand side, wearing a plaid shirt and braided pigtails. |
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| 4578 | 2023-20-18 | Photograph | Square black and white photo of six students from the Washington #1 school in Webster County, early to mid 1950s. Two students are sitting on the floor playing with blocks and four are sitting on a piano bench reading. Behind them is a piano topped with a plant and an owl, a window, and several photos and pieces of student work. |
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| 4579 | 2023-20-19 | Photograph | Square black and white photo of ten students from the Washington #1 school in Webster County, early 1950s. The students are posed in a cluster in front of a chalkboard, smiling at the camera. They're wearing an assortment of patterned clothing, denim pants, overalls, and skirts. Above them is a banner with the cursive alphabet, a photo of George Washington, and two art pieces. |
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| 4580 | 2023-20-20 | Photograph | Rectangular black and white photo of five students from the Washington #1 school in Webster County, late 1940s. They're sitting (one standing) outside, wearing hats and coats, and squinting at the camera. Behind them is snow-covered grass, a fence, and a small herd of cattle. A person's shadow can be seen on the left-hand side of the frame. |
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| 4581 | 2023-FIC-2 | Teaching Aid | Stand Up! Sound Off! Self-teaching picture word phonic cards. (Flash Cards) & (Keys to Learning). 210 cards with informational booklet inside of box. These cards are used to develop good reading skills that a child needs to develop visual, auditory, and speech discrimination. Stand Up! Sound Off! was invented by Nelle R. Orebaugh, sight conservationist. It was copyrighted in 1955 and patented in 1956. Sticker on the outside of the box indicates that it was originally purchased from Arena Book Shop in Columbus, Ohio. |
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| 4582 | 2023-FIC-3 | Teaching Aid | Addition and Subtraction Flashcards. 25 cards and informational booklet inside of box. Learning can be fun with FLASH (Keys to Learning). These cards were devised to help a child visualize groups and combinations of groups as well as to find out how many are left. FLASH was invented by Nelle R. Orebaugh, sight conservationist, and copyrighted in 1957. Sticker on the box indicates that it was purchased from Arena Book Shop in Columbus, Ohio. |
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| 4583 | 2023-FIC-4 | Blackboard | Plastic two-sided desk use chalkboard with one side with graph lines and the other open. The edge is trimmed in a thin green plastic frame. Text on one edge reads, "Utilisez Un Crayon Tendre, Blanc, Courant." which translates to "Use a soft, white, common pencil." Text on the other edge reads " L'Abeille BTE S.G.D.G.," referring to the company name and the type of patent. Made in France. |
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| 4584 | 2023-FIC-5 | Scroll | Large, rolled home education scroll teaching basic methods of writing, language, phonetics, music notation, geography, biology, math, agriculture, and business. Top of the scroll reads "The Home Education." Rolled on two wooden rods. This scroll was most likely used in a fold-out desk or drawing board, where it could be put into a mechanism that allowed the student to turn a knob to roll to different parts of the scroll. These scroll desks were popular during the first several decades of the twentieth century. |
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| 4585 | 2023-FIC-7 | Book | Children's book entitled Sally, Dick, and Jane, a New Basic Reader. It is intended to provide an easy transition from reading pictures to language, focusing on teaching reading as thoughtful interpretation. The front cover features the title and an illustration of three children laughing against a green backdrop. Inside the book are a series of illustrations of the children that tell short stories. The back cover has an explanation of the book's function and a vocabulary list. |
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| 4586 | 2023-FIC-8 | Book | Latta's Book for Teachers, Eighth Edition. This book contains teaching materials for primary and rural school teachers, including drawings, cutting designs, sewing card patterns, stories, health and safety information, and lessons in a variety of subjects. The front cover features the title, a subtitle that reads "J.S. Latta, Inc. Mailing Price, $2.00," and a black-and-white illustration of a teacher and students in a classroom. This book was originally purchased from J.S. Latta & Son in Cedar Falls, Iowa. Handwriting on the top of the front cover reads "Miss Hildegarde Gruis," who was a rural schoolteacher in Iowa's Wright and Franklin counties in the early 1940s. |
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| 4587 | 2023-FIC-9 | Varsity Letter | Varsity letter from Zwingle High School in Otter Creek township, Jackson County, Iowa. Letter is in the shape of a 'Z' and made out of chenille fabric. It is yellow with a purple border, four horizontal purple stripes in the center, a purple circular design at the bottom, and a red fabric backing. Zwingle High School was active until the 1960s, when it was absorbed into the nearby Maquoketa school district. The Zwingle school colors were purple and gold, and their mascot was the Zippers. |
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| 4588 | 2023-FIC-10 | Chalkboard | Double-sided folding chalkboard. Each slate has a wood and red-fabric border. The two slates are attached with four fabric strips. On one slate, "ABCDEF123" is written in white chalk. |
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| 4589 | 2023-FIC-11 | Teaching Aid | Kenworthy's Silent Teacher Addition Facts Below 10, published by Kenworthy Educational Service in Buffalo, New York. This is a set of self-checking cards meant for children to practice their math skills. There are twelve sheets of cards, an instructional sheet, and two envelopes inside of the folder. The front of the folder has "Addition Facts" in light blue writing, and there is an illustration of a child writing while sitting at a desk with a light blue background. |
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| 4590 | 2023-FIC-12 | Teaching Aid | Kenworthy's Silent Teacher, Subtraction: Learning of 126 Combinations, published by Kenworthy Educational Service in Buffalo, New York. This is a set of self-checking cards meant for children to practice their math skills. There are twelve sheets of cards, an instructional sheet, and four envelopes inside of the folder. The front of the folder has "Subtraction" in light blue writing, and there is an illustration of a child writing while sitting at a desk with a light blue background. |
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| 4591 | 2023-FIC-13 | Teaching Aid | This booklet was used to teach students pronunciation using the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). Each page of the booklet features a different consonant letter with several syllables and short words that start with that particular letter or rhyme with the other syllables and words given. Most pages also feature a drawing of a word that is being taught. Later in the booklet, there are full sentences written in IPA for students to test their pronunciation skills in context. Booklet is bound with string. This was donated by Mrs. S.C. Ball to Professor Robert B. Sutton in 1960. Beginning in the 1950s, Ohio State University professor Dr. Robert Sutton started amassing an incomparable collection of papers and artifacts documenting the history of rural education from the Midwest to the Atlantic coast. The collection, consisting of over 2000 items, spans from the late 18th century to the mid twentieth century and contains rare examples of attendance and grade books, lecture notes, teaching materials, yearbooks, awards, manuscripts, student artwork, textbooks, photographs, slides, examinations, student clubs and organizations, manuals, booklets, pamphlets, certificates, etc. In 2013 a nation-wide search was conducted by the University of South Carolina – then the collection’s temporary home – to find a more suitable and permanent repository for Dr. Sutton’s material. The collection was donated to the University of Northern Iowa to continue and compliment the school’s tradition and commitment to the history and future of education. |
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| 4592 | 2023-FIC-14 | Medal | Silver dux medal from Mauchline School in Mauchline, Scotland. Medal was won by James Love and presented by Marcus Bain, the executive chairman of the Mauchline School Board and the owner of Ballochmyle quarries in Mauchline. Dux medals in Scotland were awarded to the highest-achieving student in the school each year. The medal is oval in shape with decorative embossing around the edges and lettering on both sides . A red and gray ribbon is attached to the top of the medal. An insignia on the medal indicates that it was made by William Aitken, a silversmith in Birmingham, England who was active during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. |
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| 4593 | 2023-FIC-17 | Medal | Silver medal presented to Nancy P. Walton for superior scholarship, 1840, from Benjamin Whittemore, Nicholas Noyes, and Otis A. Skinner of the Sub-Committee of the Hawes School. The medal is octagonal in shape with writing etched on both sides and a purple ribbon attached to the top. The Hawes School was one of the first public schools founded in Boston, Massachusetts in 1830. Both boys and girls attended the school until a separate school was created for the girls in 1848. Among other reasons, the Hawes School is notable as being one of the first public schools in the United States to introduce music education programs to its students in the late 1830s. |
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| 4594 | 2023-FIC-18 | Medal | First class medal in Classics from Rugby Academy. Rugby Academy was a military preparatory high school school for boys in New Orleans, Louisiana that operated from 1884 to 1970. Medal is in the shape of a cross with writing etched on both sides and a metal ring affixed to the top. |
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| 4595 | 2023-FIC-19 | Medal | Medal awarded for merit in English and French to Mary M. Meigs. Medal is in the shape of a cross and has writing etched on both sides. |
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| 4596 | 2023-FIC-20 | Medal | First prize medal awarded to Mary M. Meigs, middle department. Medal is in the shape of a star and has writing etched on both sides. |
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| 4597 | 2023-FIC-21 | Medal | Medal awarded for merit in Reading, no name or school given. Medal is in the shape of a shield with writing etched on one side and small decorative etching around the border. There is a metal ring affixed to the top. |
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| 4598 | 2023-FIC-22 | Medal | Medal awarded for merit in Spelling, no name or school given. Medal is in the shape of a heart with writing etched on one side and small decorative etching around the border. There is a metal ring affixed to the top. |
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| 4599 | 2023-FIC-23 | Medal | Medal awarded for merit in Arithmetic, no name or school given. Medal is in the shape of a vase with writing etched on one side and small decorative etching on both sides. There is a metal ring affixed to the top. |
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| 4600 | 2023-FIC-29 | Tablet | Measuring Standard Tablet Seventh and Eighth Grade. A writing tablet for General se with a Scale for Measuring Quality of Handwriting. The Dobson-Evans Company. Copyrighted 1918, 1919, 1921. |
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