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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| 9001 | RSC-WO-6 | Book | Woodbury County Board of Education Records, 1954. Hardback, grey covers, red leather corners, bound with two metal binder posts. |
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| 9002 | RSC-WO-7 | Book | Woodbury County Board of Education Records, 1955. Hardback, green covers, black leather corners, bound with two metal binder posts. |
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| 9003 | RSC-WO-8 | Book | Woodbury County Board of Education Records, 1956. Hardback, green covers, black leather corners, bound with two metal binder posts. |
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| 9004 | RSC-WO-9 | Book | Woodbury County Board of Education Records, 1958-1959. Hardback, green covers, black leather corners, bound with two metal binder posts. |
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| 9005 | RSC-WO-10 | Book | Woodbury County Board of Education Records, 1960. Hardback, green covers, black leather corners, bound with two metal binder posts. |
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| 9006 | RSC-WO-12 | Book | Woodbury County Board of Education Records, 1964-1965. Hardback, green covers, black leather corners, bound by two metal binder posts. |
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| 9007 | RSC-WO-13 | Book | Woodbury County Board of Education Records, 1966-1967. Hardback, green covers, black leather corners, bound by two metal binder posts. |
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| 9008 | RSC-WO-14 | Book | Woodbury County Board of Education Records, 1968-1970. Hardback, green covers, black leather corners, bound by two metal binder posts. |
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| 9009 | RSC-WP-1 | Photograph | Class photograph of Clem Grove (?) school of Wapello County, Iowa, from 1936. Teacher is Miss Catherine Fuhs. Ernest Fuhs is thought to be in the photograph as well. |
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| 9010 | RSC-WP-2 | Photograph | Photograph of the Wapello County rural school grades taken front of the U.S. Courthouse in 1939. Ernest Fuhs is thought to be in the photograph. |
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| 9011 | RSC-WP-3 | Program | Photocopy of a Rural Eighth Grade Graduation program from Wapello County, Iowa at Washington School, Ottumwa, Iowa, June 10, 1939. Ernest Fuhs is listed as graduating from Richland Township. |
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| 9012 | RSC-WR-1 | Invitation | An Invitation shaped like an Airplane for a Dows High School event, dated May 26, 1922. From the Aletha Jacobs Collection |
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| 9013 | RSC-WR-2 | Booklet | 1921 commencement invitation for the Dows Hugh School, Wright County, Iowa. It was held Friday, June 3rd, 1921, 8pm, at the Methodist church. The superintendent was Joseph Boman. The booklet lists the class roll (nineteen students), motto, flower, colors, and commencement calendar. The cover has 1921 embossed in gold and is bound by a grey leather chord. A small insert says " Fern E. Capellen, one of the graduated. The matching envelope reads "former pupil." From the Aletha Jacobs Hutchison collection. |
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| 9014 | RSC-WS-5 | Book | Winneshiek County Board of Education Meeting Minutes, 1964-1967. Softback, red cover and spine, bound with two metal paper fasteners. Volume 5. |
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| 9015 | RSC-WS-7 | Book | Winneshiek County Teachers' Teaching Record, 1921-1938. Hardback tan corduroy cover, red leather spine and corners, bound with a metal binder. Volume 7. |
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| 9016 | RSC-WS-8 | Book | Winneshiek County Eighth Grade Examination Records, 1921-1926. Hardback, green cover, red leather spine and corners, bound with fabric and thread. Volume 8. |
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| 9017 | RSC-WS-11 | Book | Winneshiek County Township Board of Education Meeting Minuets, Orleans Township, 1874-1884. Hardback, black cover, brown leather spine and corners, bound with thread. Volume 11. |
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| 9018 | RSC-WS-12 | Book | Winneshiek County Township Board of Education meeting Minutes, Orleans Township, 1880-1902. Hardback, black cover, red leather spine and corners, bound with fabric and thread. Volume 12. |
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| 9019 | RSC-WS-37 | Book | Winneshiek County Daily Attendance Register, Calmar Township, #1, 1929-1933. Hardback, green cover, red spine, bound with thread. Volume 37. |
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| 9020 | RSC-WS-45 | Book | Winneshiek County Daily Attendance Register, Decorah Township, #9 Vista, 1917-1923. Hardback, green cover, red spine, bound with thread. Volume 45. |
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| 9021 | RSC_-Illinois-48 | Book | 1947-1948 teacher's class record book for grade 6 (semester 1), high school building, Moultrie County, Ill. Likely from the Bethany Community Consolidated Grade School. Teacher was Rachael Richardson. Titled "The Extra Space Class Record," published by The J. F. Riggs Publishing Co., Des Moines, IA. Softback, brown cover, metal comb binding. Teacher Rachael G. Richardson graduated from Eastern Illinois University, majoring in social sciences and journalism. She taught at several schools (primarily grades 5-8) in the 1940s, 1950s, and 60s, most of which were in Moultrie County, Illinois. This list includes Forest Hill/District 40, Bolin/District 16, Union/District 51, Bethany Community Consolidated Grade School, Lowe High School, and Sullivan High School. Richardson had also attended the Lowe and Sullivan schools growing up. |
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