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	Catalog #	Name	Description
1	2002.16.1	Notebook	A black, hardback, binder-style notebook. The inside covers are yellow, and the pages are held together by 2 gold binder buttons. Includes: lecture notes for primary teachers, note cards for teachers, papers such as "The child observed." These were created when Johanna (shortened to Hannah in this book) Knudsen attended ISNS from 1904-06.
2	2002.16.3	Notebook	Composition book containing notes that Johanna Knudsen Miller took while she attended Iowa State Normal School. Cover is black and "Composition" is debossed into it. The edges of the pages are red.
3	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.
4	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.
5	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."
6	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.
7	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.
8	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.
9	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.
10	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.
11	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.
12	RSC-Connecticut-7	Book	"Records & Accompts of the 10th School District in Latisbury Connecticut. Began - 1799." Book is handwritten with ink, covers are suede leather with one line of clamshell-style border decoration.
13	RSC-FIC-2	Book	Book of a student's math & business notes and exercises. On the inside front cover is "Catharine Adamson's Book, May 25th 181_" (the last number is scratched out). The back pages were used as a day book noting purchases such as rice and currants from as far back as May 1783. A small light blue ribbon marked "The Pickaway County Agricultural Society 2nd Annual Fair 1853 Committeemen" is tucked between two pages near the end of the book.
14	RSC-New York-15	Book	"The Indestructible One Syllable Primer. For Home and School Use. One Hundred Illustrations. New York:-McLoughlin Bros. Copyright 1819 by McLoughlin Bros." A cloth book, handstitched together, featuring short stories, letter tracing exercises, vocabulary lessons, and an alphabet with icons next to each letter depicting 1-2 items that begin with that letter. The first page includes a handwritten note: "To Royal Wallingford - from Grandpa!"
15	RSC-Pennsylvania-1	Book	"Miscellaneous Extracts from Different Authory. Whole by I. Sharplefs. West Chester Academy. The 22nd of the 1st Month 1816. Isaac Sharplefs's Property. Downing Town Chester County Pennsylvania." A handwritten book of a series of works from different authors transcribed by a student from West Chester Academy.
16	RSC-Virginia-1	Book	"John Trimbles book. Began February the 1st A.D. 1797. Numeration Tables Copybook." Handwritten book of lecture notes and exercises bound with thread. Pages toward the end include personal financial notes from the 1850s, written in blue ink. The names John, Thomas, and William Trimble are all written on the inside cover and first page.