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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| 8401 | RSC-LI-6 | Photography | Color photo of the Abbe Creek brick schoolhouse in Mount Vernon, Linn County, Iowa. In the photo, the schoolhouse's windows (2 per side) are covered with white wood. It sits directly beside an old cemetery, whose gravestones are in the foreground of the photo - the most visible dating from 1870. The photo was taken by William Huebener for the Iowa State Fair circa 2006. |
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| 8402 | RSC-LO-1 | Membership Roll | Membership list for the 1921 Junior Red Cross for Mt. Hope school, Grandview Township #9, Louisa County. The pledge on the page reads, "We will seek in all ways to live up to the ideals of the Junior Red Cross and devote ourselves to its service. We will strive never to bring discredit to this, our country, by any unworthy act. We will revere and obey our country's laws and do our best to inspire a like reverence and obedience in those about us. We will endeavor in all these ways, as good citizens, to transmit America greater, better, and more beautiful than she was transmitted to us." Fifteen students signed their names: Harvey Brauns, Gace Brauns, Frances Brauns, Paulene Brauns, Helen Brauns, Katharine Cadagan, Albert [too faded to read], Homer Hunt, Helen Hunt, Irene McCulley, Hugh McCulley, Homer {too faded] and the last two names are too faded to read. It's signed by the teach, Christena Brauns with the school's name, Mt. Hope. The document is decorated with an ornate yellow border featuring the Red Cross's iconic "+" sign and "1921" as well as four drawn images of children, each with a title: #1- top center, "America All", picture of two kids with an adult with a cloak draped over their head and body. #2- bottom left, "Team-Work Wins", picture of 7 boys forming a human pyramid. #3- bottom center, "The First American", pictures of a little girl with shoulder length hair. #4- bottom right, "Neighbors Over There", picture of two kids, one barefoot and wearing a head scarf, holding the other child's arm. |
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| 8403 | RSC-LO-2 | Book | Louisa County High School Normal Training Record, 1901-1929. Hardback, black cover, red leather spine and corners, bound with thread and fabric. Volume 1. |
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| 8404 | RSC-LO-6 | Book | Louisa County School Officer Record, 1921-1928. Includes tabbed sections for each school district/township. Hardback, red leather cover and spine, bound with fabric and thread. Volume 5. |
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| 8405 | RSC-LO-7 | Book | Louisa County Teachers' Reading Circle Record, 1910-1943, Hardback, black cover, red leather spine and corners, bound with fabric and thread. Volume 6. |
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| 8406 | RSC-LU-6 | Book | Lucas County Township Board of Education Minutes and Financial Records, Pleasant Township, 1932-1945. Hardback, black cover, red leather spine and corners, bound with fabric and thread. Volume 6. |
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| 8407 | RSC-LU-105 | Book | Lucas County District Board of Education Minutes and Financial Records, Lincoln Township #6 Stanley, 1872-1887. Hardback, black cover, brown leather spine (now gone), bound with thread. Volume 105. |
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| 8408 | RSC-LU-106 | Book | Lucas County District Board of Education Minutes and Financial Records, Lincoln Township #6 Stanley, 1888-1929. Hardback, brown cover, no spine, bound with fabric and thread. Volume 106. |
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| 8409 | RSC-LY-1 | Booklet | "Kelso School, Grant No. 4, Lyon County, 1882-1961." It lists each teacher that taught in the school, a roster of family names, who served in World War I, professions of graduated from the school, a chronological review, and an article on the school's history. The cover has a black and white image of the schoolhouse. Green softback booklet, bound by two staples. |
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| 8410 | RSC-LY-2 | Book | Lyon County Board of Education Minutes, 1921-1948. Hardback, blue cover, red spine, bound with thread. Volume 1. |
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| 8411 | RSC-LY-2 | Book | Lyon County Board of Education Minutes, 1948-1955. Hardback, black covers and spine, bound with a metal binder. Volume 2. |
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| 8412 | RSC-LY-4 | Book | Lyon County Board of Education Minutes, 1956-1963. Hardback, black covers and spine, bound with a metal binder. Volume 3. |
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| 8413 | RSC-LY-5 | Book | Lyon County Plat Map, 1962. Softback, red covers, spiral metal binding. Volume 4. |
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| 8414 | RSC-LY-6 | Book | Lyon County High School Normal Training Record, 1920-1937. Hardback, black covers, red spine and corners. Volume 5. |
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| 8415 | RSC-LY-7 | Book | Lyon County High School Normal Training Record, 1896-1924. Hardback, brown leather covers and spine, bound with thread and fabric. Volume 6. |
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| 8416 | RSC-LY-8 | Book | Lyon County Teachers' Examination Records, 1906-1934. Hardback red leather covers, brown leather spine, bound with thread and fabric. Volume 7. |
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| 8417 | RSC-LY-9 | Book | Lyon County Record of Teachers' Certificates, 1907-1929. Hardback, red leather cover and spine, bound with thread and fabric. Volume 8. |
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| 8418 | RSC-LY-10 | Book | Lyon County Record of Teachers' Certificates, 1911-1936. Hardback, red leather covers and spine, bound with thread and fabric. Volume 9. |
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| 8419 | RSC-LY-11 | Book | Lyon County Record of Schools Taught, 1903-1929. Hardback, green covers, red leather spine and corners, bound by fabric and thread. Volume 10. |
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| 8420 | RSC-LY-12 | Book | Lyon County High School Grades and Credits, 1910-1911. Hardback, grey covers and spine, red corners, bound with thread, 200 pages. Volume 11. |
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| 8421 | RSC-LY-13 | Book | Lyon County Census Record, Cleveland Township, 1898-1910. Hardback, black covers, red spine and corners, bound with fabric. Volume 12. |
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| 8422 | RSC-LY-14 | Book | Lyon County Township Board of Education Minutes, Cleveland Township, 1886-1900. Hardback, brown covers, red leather spine and corners, bound with thread. Volume 13. |
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| 8423 | RSC-LY-15 | Book | Lyon County Township Board of Education Minuets & Financial Records, Grant Township, 1878-1890. Hardback, black covers, brown leather spine and corners, bound with thread. Volume 14. |
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| 8424 | RSC-LY-16 | Book | Lyon County Township Board of Education Minutes and Financial Records, Grant Township, 1891-1899. Hardback, black covers, red leather spine and covers, bound with thread and fabric. Volume 15. |
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| 8425 | RSC-LY-17 | Book | Lyon County Township Board of Education Minuets, Grant Township, 1905-1911. Hardback, black covers, red spine and corners, bound by thread, red page edges. Volume 16. |
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| 8426 | RSC-LY-18 | Book | Lyon County Township Board of Education Minutes, Grant Township, 1912-1917. Hardback, blue covers, red leather spine, bound by fabric and thread. Volume 17. |
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| 8427 | RSC-LY-19 | Book | Lyon County Township Board of Education Minutes and Financial Records, Grant Township, 1917-1932. Hardback, brown covers, black spine, bound with thread. Volume 18. |
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| 8428 | RSC-LY-20 | Book | Lyon County Township Board of Education Minutes and Financial Records, Grant Township, 1932-1936. Hardback, black covers, red spine and corners, bound with thread and fabric, green pages edges. 152 pages. Inside a patterned, black and white box-style book sleeve. Volume 19. |
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| 8429 | RSC-LY-21 | Book | Lyon County Township Board of Education Minutes and Financial Records, Grant Township, 1936-1940. Hardback, brown cover, red spine, bound with twine. Includes tabbed sections for minutes, receipts, warrants, insurance, bonds, tuition, and reports. Volume 20. |
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| 8430 | RSC-LY-22 | Book | Lyon County Township Board of Education Minutes and Financial Records, Grant Township, 1940-1946. Hardback, brown covers, red spine, bound with twine and thread. Includes tabbed sections for minutes, recipes, warrants, bonds, insurance, records, and tuition. Volume 21. |
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| 8431 | RSC-LY-23 | Book | Lyon County Township Board of Education Minutes and Financial Records, Grant Township, 1949-1954. Hardback, brown covers and spine, bound with thread. Includes tabbed sections for minutes, receipts, warrants, insurance, bonds, tuition, and records. Volume 22. |
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| 8432 | RSC-LY-24 | Book | Lyon County Township Board of Education Minutes and Financial Records, Grant Township, 1955-1959. Hardback, green covers, red plastic comb binding. Includes tabbed sections for minutes, receipts, warrants, insurance, bonds, tuition, and reports. Volume 23. |
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| 8433 | RSC-LY-25 | Book | Lyon County Township Board of Education Minutes, Lyon Township, 1903-1915. Hardback, black covers, red spine, bound with thread. Volume 24. |
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| 8434 | RSC-LY-26 | Book | Lyon County Township Board of Education Financial Records, Rock Township, 1917-1935. Hardback, grey covers, black spine, bound with thread and fabric. Volume 25. |
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| 8435 | RSC-LY-27 | Book | Lyon County Township Board of Education Financial Records, Rock Township, 1952-1959. Hardback, tan covers and spine, yellow paper, bound with thread and fabric. Includes tabbed sections for receipts, disbursements, Int. Bearing Warrants, bond purchases, and reports. Volume 26. |
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| 8436 | RSC-LY-28 | Book | Lyon County Library Record of Books Borrowed and Returned, Logan Township, #2, 1901-1916. Hardback, green covers and spine, bound with four staples and fabric. Includes library secretary's record. Volume 27. |
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| 8437 | RSC-LY-29 | Book | Lyon County Daily Attendance Registers, Grant Township #2, 1907-1922. Hardback, black covers, red spine and corners, bound with thread and fabric. Volume 28. |
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| 8438 | RSC-LY-30 | Book | Lyon County Daily Attendance Register, Grant Township #2, 1923-1933. Hardback, green covers and spine, bound with thread. Volume 29. |
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| 8439 | RSC-LY-31 | Book | Lyon County Daily Attendance Register, Grant Township #2, 1933-1936. Hardback, brown patterned covers, red spine and corners, bound with thread. A packet inside the back cover includes a student's 1931 certificate for State Rural School Choir, a list of student's heights and weights, a communicable diseases chart, a perfect attendance award, and a 1935 invoice from the Metropolitan Supply Company in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, for 200 folding chairs. Volume 30. |
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| 8440 | RSC-LY-32 | Book | Lyon County Daily Attendance Register, Grant Township #4, 1934-1939. Hardback, green covers, bound with thread and fabric. Volume 31. |
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| 8441 | RSC-LY-33 | Book | Lyon County Daily Attendance Register, Grant Township #4, 1939-1944. Softback, brown covers, black plastic comb binding. Volume 32. |
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| 8442 | RSC-LY-34 | Book | Lyon County Daily Attendance Register, Grant Township #4, 1944-1948. Softback, brown/orange covers, black plastic comb binding. Volume 33. |
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| 8443 | RSC-LY-35 | Book | Lyon County Daily Attendance Register, Grant Township #4, 1953-1956. Softback, red covers, black plastic comb binding. Volume 34. |
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| 8444 | RSC-LY-36 | Book | Lyon County Daily Attendance Register, Grant Township #5, 1890-1900. Hardback, green covers, brown spine, bound with six staples. Volume 35. |
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| 8445 | RSC-LY-37 | Book | Lyon County Daily Attendance Register, Grant Township #5, 1900-1906. Hardback, grey covers, black spine, bound by thread. Volume 36. |
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| 8446 | RSC-LY-38 | Book | Lyon County Daily Attendance Register, Grant Township #5, 1900-1902. Hardback, red patterned covers, black spine, bound with four staples and fabric. Volume 37. |
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| 8447 | RSC-LY-39 | Book | Lyon County Daily Attendance Register, Grant Township #5, 1906-1911. Hardback, green covers, red spine and corners, bound by four staples and fabric. Volume 38. |
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| 8448 | RSC-LY-40 | Book | Lyon County Daily Attendance Register, Lyon Township #4, 1912-1916. Hardback, green covers, red spine and corners, bound by four staples. Volume 39. |
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| 8449 | RSC-LY-41 | Book | Lyon County Daily Attendance Register, Lyon Township #4, 1916-1923. Hardback, green covers, red spine and corners, bound by thread. Volume 40. |
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| 8450 | RSC-MA-4 | Book | Marion County High School Normal Training Record, 1917-1936. Hardback, black cover, red spine and corners, bound with thread. Volume 4. |
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| 8451 | RSC-MA-5 | Book | Marion County Teachers' Examination Record, 1870-1885. Hardback, brown leather cover and spine, bound with fabric and thread. Volume 5. |
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| 8452 | RSC-MA-6 | Book | Marion County Teachers' Examination Record, 1888-1906. Hardback, brown leather cover and spine (now gone), bound with thread and fabric. Volume 6. |
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| 8453 | RSC-MA-8 | Book | Marion Record of Teachers' Certificates, 1916-1926. Hardback, black cover, red leather spine (gone now) and corners, bound with thread and fabric. Volume 8. |
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| 8454 | RSC-MA-10 | Book | Marion County School Officer and Teacher Record, 1867-1936. Hardback, brown patterned cover, black spine and corners. Volume 10. |
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| 8455 | RSC-MA-11 | Book | Marion County School Officer and teacher Record, 1890-1900. Hardback, black cover, brown leather spine (now gone) and corners, bound with thread. Volume 11. |
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| 8456 | RSC-MA-15 | Book | Marion County Record of Teachers' Service, 1898-1902. Hardback, brown cover, brown leather spine (now gone) and corners, bound with fabric and thread. Volume 15. |
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| 8457 | RSC-MA-16 | Book | Marion County Record of Teachers' Service, 1911-1923. Hardback, grey cover, red leather spine (now gone) corners, and cover boarders, bound with fabric and thread. Volume 16. |
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| 8458 | RSC-MA-17 | Book | Marion County Teachers' Reading Circle, 1913-1922. Hardback, blue cover, red leather spine and corners, bound with fabric and thread. Volume 17. |
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| 8459 | RSC-MA-18 | Book | Marion County Eighth Grade Examination Records, 1902-1922. Hardback brown and red leather cover and spine (now gone), bound with fabric and thread. Volume 18. |
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| 8460 | RSC-MA-19 | Book | Marion County Eighth Grade Examination Records, 1922-1936. Hardback, red cover, red leather spine and corners, bound with thread. Volume 19. |
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| 8461 | RSC-MA-24 | Book | Marion County Township Board of Education Minutes and Financial Records, Knoxville Township, 1865-1869. Hardback, brown cover, black spine (now gone) and corners, bound with thread. Volume 24. |
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| 8462 | RSC-MA-25 | Book | Marion County Knoxville Township Board of Education Minutes and Financial Records, 1870-1874. Hardback, black cover, brown leather spine (now gone) and corners, bound with fabric and thread. Volume 25. |
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| 8463 | RSC-MA-26 | Book | Marion County Complete District Record, Polk Township, River Ridge Independant school, 1878-1889. Hardback, black cover, red leather spine and corners, bound with thread. Volume 26. |
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| 8464 | RSC-MA-28 | Book | Marion County Teachers' Reading Circle Record, 1894-1895. Hardback, brown cover, brown leather corners, bound with thread. Volume 28. |
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| 8465 | RSC-MA-29 | Book | Marion County Daily Attendance Register, Perry Township #3 or Swan Township #2, 1923-1935. Hardback, green cover, red spine (now gone) and corners, bound with fabric and thread. Volume 29. |
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| 8466 | RSC-Maryland-1 | Certificate | Certificate given by the National Education Association of the United States, Washington, D.C. to Adolphus Gustavus Williams designating him an active member for life. Issued on June 23, 1930. No. 3688. |
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| 8467 | RSC-Massachusetts-1 | Diploma | Diploma awarded to Annie Gertrude Tyler on her completion of Abington Grammer School (Abington, Massachusetts) in 1900. |
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| 8468 | RSC-Massachusetts-2 | Diploma | Diploma awarded to Annie Gertrude Tyler on her completion of Abington High School (Abington, Massachusetts) in 1904. |
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| 8469 | RSC-Massachusetts-3 | Certificate | Certificate awarded to Lillian L. Pepin for acquired excellence in practical business writing by study and practice from The Zaner Method of Arm Movement Writing from the Swan Jr. Hight School in Medrod Massachusetts in 1924. |
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| 8470 | RSC-Massachusetts-4 | Diploma | Grammar School Diploma. "This certifies that Rosie Archambault having honorably completed the Course of Study as prescribed for the St. Francis Parochial School and merited approval for Diligence, Excellence in Scholarship and Deportment, is entitled to this diploma. In Witness Whereof, we have hereunto subscribed our signatures at South Fitchburg, Mass., this twenty third day of June 1911." Signed by Teacher Sister Francis Marie and Superintendent L.Z. Langlois, Pastor. |
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| 8471 | RSC-Massachusetts-5 | Diploma | City of Boston. "This is to Certifiy that Patrick DiNatle has honorably completed the regular course of instruction in the Eliot(?) Elementrary school In testimony whereof, this Diploma is awarded to him by authority of the school Committee. Boston, June A.D. 1908." Signed by Principal and Chairman of the School Committee. |
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| 8472 | RSC-Massachusetts-6 | Booklet | The Huttlestonian, Vol 6, No. 1., published in 1927 by the Fairhaven High School in Fairhaven, Massachusetts. The cover has an illustration of two red sailboats on a lake. Softback, bound with three staples. It features several ads from local businesses, editorials by students, jokes, and current events in the school. |
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| 8473 | RSC-Massachusetts-7 | Booklet | The Huttlestonian, Vol 10, No. 2., senior issue published in 1933 by the Fairhaven High School in Fairhaven, Massachusetts. The cover has an embossed "FHS." Written on the cover is "Property of Isobel S. Tuell, Romm 3 - Yew Bldg." Softback, bound with three staples. It features the senior class roster with photos, senior activities with photos, and several ads from local businesses. |
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| 8474 | RSC-MC-1 | Books | Two poll books from a special election on consolidating two school districts, 1973. Election held on January 24, 1973 to determine whether to consolidate the Lowden Consolidated School District and the Clarence Community School District. One book from each community: Lowden in Cedar County and Clarence in Jones County. The books contain voting results, what was on the ballot, a list of all voters, and who oversaw the election. |
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| 8475 | RSC-MD-1 | Map | Madison County, Iowa School Districts, 1968. School districts marked out in red ink. |
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| 8476 | RSC-MD-2 | Book | Madison County Plat Book, 1901. Hardback, red covers and spine, bound by six staples. Volume 1. |
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| 8477 | RSC-MD-3 | Book | Madison County Record of Teachers' Certificates, 1907-1916. Hardback, red leather covers and spine, bound by thread and fabric, patterned page edges, 245 pages. Volume 2. |
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| 8478 | RSC-MD-4 | Book | Madison County Record of Teachers' Certificates, 1915-1925. Hardback, black covers, red leather spine and corners, bound by fabric and thread. Volume 3. |
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| 8479 | RSC-MD-5 | Book | Madison County Record of Teachers' Certificates, 1925-1948. Hardback, brown covers, red leather corners, bound with a metal post-style binder. Volume 4. |
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| 8480 | RSC-MD-6 | Book | Madison County Record of Teachers' Certificates, 1949-1974. Hardback, black covers, bound with a metal post-style binder. Volume 5. |
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| 8481 | RSC-MD-7 | Book | Madison County Eighth Grade Examination Records, 1924-1936. Hardback, black covers, red leather spine and corner, bound by thread and fabric. Volume 6. |
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| 8482 | RSC-MD-8 | Book | Madison County Daily Attendance Register, Jefferson Township #7, 1944-1948. Hardback, grey covers, red spine, bound with thread. Volume 7. |
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| 8483 | RSC-MD-9 | Book | Madison County Daily Attendance Register, Lee Township #7, 1940-1941. Softback, orange covers, black plastic comb binding. Volume 8. |
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| 8484 | RSC-MD-10 | Book | Madison County Daily Attendance Register, Monroe Township #3, 1920-1923. Hardback, black covers and spine, bound with thread. Volume 9. |
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| 8485 | RSC-MD-11 | Book | Madison County Daily Attendance Register, Ohio Township, Oak Run, 1941-1943. Hardback, green covers and spine, bound with thread. Volume 10. |
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| 8486 | RSC-MH-1 | Map | Map of Mahaska County, Iowa from 1939. Scale is 1 mile=3/4 inch. |
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| 8487 | RSC-MH-2 | Map | Mahaska County Schools Districts as of July 1, 1961. Different districts have been marked out with pen, and colored in with color pencil. |
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| 8488 | RSC-MH-3 | Map | Official Map of Mahaska County, Iowa. Scale-1 Inch, 2 Miles. Copy righted 1936. School Districts shown in red. |
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| 8489 | RSC-MH-4 | Map | Mahaska County School Districts as of July 1, 1961. School districts outlined in red. |
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| 8490 | RSC-MH-5 | Map | Mahaska County School Districts as of July 1, 1972. School districts outlined in red. |
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| 8491 | RSC-MH-6 | Map | Mahaska County School Districts as of July 1, 1965. School districts outlined in red. |
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| 8492 | RSC-MH-7 | Map | Mahaska County School Districts as of July 1, 1965. School districts outlined in red. |
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| 8493 | RSC-MH-8 | Map | Map of Existing School Districts Mahaska County, Jan. 1, 1956. Hand-drawn showing all school districts in Mahaska County. |
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| 8494 | RSC-MH-9 | Map | Mahaska County School Districts as of April 1, 1965. School districts outlined in red. |
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| 8495 | RSC-MH-10 | Map | Existing School Districts Mahaska County, Jan. 1, 1956. Handwritten showing all distircts in Mahaska County in 1956, some areas outlined in red ink. |
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| 8496 | RSC-MH-11 | Map | Existing School Districts Mahaska County, Jan. 1, 1956. |
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| 8497 | RSC-MH-12A | Map | Existing School Districts Mahaska County, Jan. 1, 1956. Handwritten showing all school districts in Mahaska County, some areas outlined in red ink. |
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| 8498 | RSC-MH-12B | Map | Existing School Districts Mahaska County, Jan. 1, 1956. Handwritten showing all school districts in Mahaska County, some areas outlined in red ink. |
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| 8499 | RSC-MH-13 | Map | Existing School Districts Mahaska County, Jan. 1, 1956. Handwritten showing all school districts in Mahaska County, some areas outlined in red ink. |
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| 8500 | RSC-MH-14 | Map | Existing School Districts Mahaska County, Jan. 1, 1956. Handwritten showing all school districts in Mahaska County, some areas outlined in red ink. |
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