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| 1 | 1975.4.123 | Letter | To Miss Jacobs, Stout, Iowa from D. R. Earl, County Superintendent of Schools, Grundy Center, Iowa, pertaining to postponement of Study Center scheduled for November 22, 1919 until January 24, 1920. Postmarked November 18, 1919. Handwrittern on back side of envelope are first names of students in a class. a. Letter. b. Envelope. Color: BK,WH |
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| 2 | 1975.4.135 | Certificate, attendance | Certificate of Attendance at County Teachers' Institute. Certifies that Aletha Jacobs of Stout was in attendance at the Grundy County Teachers' Institute held at Grundy Center on October 13-14, 1919. Dated and signed by the county super intendent on October 28, 1919. Color: BK,WH |
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| 3 | 1975.4.137 | Certificate, attendance | For Teachers' Institute. Certifies that Aletha Jacobs attended Institute for 2 days, September 21-22, 1916. Signed by the county superintendent. |
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| 4 | 1975.4.138 | Certificate | Study Center Certificate. Certifies that Aletha Jacobs attended the study center held at Grundy Center, Grundy County, Iowa on January 27, 1917. Signed by the county superintendent. Color: BK,WH |
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| 5 | 1975.4.139 | Certificate | Certifies that Aletha Jacobs attended the study center held at Grundy Center, Iowa on October 21, 1916. Signed by the county superintendent. Color: BK,WH |
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| 6 | 1975.4.140 | Certificate | Certifies that Aletha Jacobs attended the study center held at Grundy Center, Grundy County, Iowa on November 25, 1916. Signed by the county superintendent. |
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| 7 | 1975.4.141 | Postcard | Card sent to Aletha Jacobs, Grundy Center, Iowa. From the office of County Superintendent, Grundy Center, Iowa. Notification that a study center will be held on November 24, 1916, at Grundy Center. It also lists other local study centers. |
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| 8 | 1975.4.143 | Notebook | Institute Notebook. Grundy County, Iowa, 1919-20. Used by Aletha Jacobs Hutchison who lived in Stout, IA. Notebook given out for use during institute. Notes are kept from each session. |
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| 9 | 1975.4.86 | Photograph | Black and white mounted photo. The caption on the back reads "Mr. Ben. Gruis, Meservey, IA. Mrs. Stroh's husband. She boarded with Mrs. Stroh in Stout, Iowa." From the Aletha Jacobs Hutchison collection; she taught in Grundy County 1916-1920. |
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| 10 | 1975.4.96 | Letter | To Miss Jacobs from D. R. Earl, County Superintendent, Grundy Center, Iowa. Letter is response to letter written by Miss Jacobs requesting construction paper, and welcoming her to the school system. Written and postmarked April 27, 1918. a. Letter. b. Envelope. |
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| 11 | 1986.4.132 | Photograph | Miss Aletha Jacobs and Eighth Grade graduates from Beaver Township No. 2, Grundy County. Taken in Parkersburg, Butler County, Iowa, 1917. Vera Fitzpatrick, Evelyn Fitzpatrick and Violet Allen. This was taken while Aletha Jacobs Hutchison was teaching in Grundy County. |
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| 12 | 1986.4.26 | Photograph | Black and white photo of Aletha Jacobs Hutchison inside a cardboard photograph folder. The caption reads "Aletha Jacobs 1919." She was teaching in Grundy County at the time. Taken by E. Willard Spurr in Waterloo, IA. Duplicate of 1986.4.27. |
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| 13 | 1986.4.27 | Photograph | Black and white photo of Aletha Jacobs Hutchison inside a cardboard photograph folder. The caption reads "Miss Aletha G. Jacobs 1919." She was teaching in Grundy County at the time. Taken by E. Willard Spurr in Waterloo, IA. Duplicate of 1986.4.26. |
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| 14 | 1986.4.287 | Certificate | Paper titled "Esco: Proof of Successful Teaching Experience" that states Aletha Jacobs Hutchison taught in Stout, Grundy County, Iowa, for four years, from Sept. 1916 - June 1920. Signed in Grundy Center by D. R. Earl, the county superintendent for Grundy County. The paired envelope is addressed to Mrs. Aletha Hutchison, Mechanicsburg, PA., and is postmarked from Grundy Center, Oct 25th, 1922. Aletha Hutchison Jacobs, born in Buchannan County, Iowa, was a teacher for rural schools in Benton County (1900-1902), Buchanan County (1902-1910), Black Hawk County (1912-1916), Grundy County (1916-1920), Wright County (1920-1921), and Webster County (1922). In 1922 she moved to Pennsylvania with her husband, Elmer. There she taught at Hummelstown High School in Dauphin County (1922-1924) and Reamstown School in East Cocalico Township, Lancaster County (1926-1960). |
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| 15 | 1986.4.294 | Booklet | Institute Notebook, Presented by the American Book Company, New York City. Owned by Aletha Jacobs-Hutchison in 1918, while she was teaching in Grundy County, IA. It includes several music pieces, responsive reading selections from the Bible, and blank pages for notes. The last page of notes lists information about the Black Hawk Count Superintendent, H. C. Moeller. |
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| 16 | 1986.4.327 | Notebook | Institute Notebook. Handwritten notes about teaching. Used by Aletha Jacobs Hutchison, likely around the time she lived in Parkersburg, IA, and taught in Grundy County due to addresses listed throughout the booklet. Circa 1917. |
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| 17 | 1986.4.329 | Notebook | Grundy County Institute Notebook, 1917. Used by Aletha Jacobs (Hutchison), who lived in Parkersburg. Contains lecture notes from the teacher's institute, a newspaper clipping about World War One, and several handwritten poems. |
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| 18 | 1986.4.330 | Notebook | Handwritten teaching notebook used by Aletha Jacobs Hutchison. It contains various notes depicting her life as a teacher. One of the last pages mentions that the teacher's institute was Feb. 1919 in Grundy Center. Color: BK,WH |
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| 19 | 1986.4.519 | Plan, lesson | Script from "Geography Class," possibly from a skit, with student's name filled in with pencil. Likely from Grundy County due to towns listed. From the Aletha Jacobs Hutchison collection, who taught in the area 1916-1920. |
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| 20 | 1986.4.520 | Essay | Essay assignment titled "Democracy Today." It explains various speeches made by presidents from 1907 through 1918. The back page is titled "The Meaning of America's Entrance into the War" by David Lloyd George. It explains the authors view of the U.S. entering WWI and what it means for democracy. Handwritten in pencil on unlined paper, 3 pages. Color: BK,WH From the Aletha Jacobs Hutchison collection. She taught in Grundy County 1916-1920. |
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| 21 | 1986.4.592 | Letter | A Letter from Mrs. Earl [?] to Miss Jacobs Mar. 27-1918, Grundy County public Schools, D.R. Earl Superintendent, Grundy Center, Iowa. about rewards, certificates, and thrift stamps. |
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| 22 | 1986.4.593 | Letter | Typed letter from the Office of County Superintendent to teachers addressing eighth grade examinations. It covers where each township in Grundy County will have the examinations, who the conductors will be, how the conductors will get the supplies and questions, and how the conductor should go about testing. |
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| 23 | 1990.49.5 | Book | Farm plat book of Grundy County Iowa. Titled "Stacy's Farm Plat Book," published by Stacy Map Publishers, Rockford, Ill. Includes ads and icons for schools and churches. Soft back, blue cover, bound with two staples. Undated, but circa 1960 based on businesses listed. |
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| 24 | 2009.4.10 | Report, teacher's | a. 1933 Teacher's Report b. 1934 Teacher's Report c. envelope. Cream colored cardboard reports with pink and black type. Black ink hand-penned on front and back of both reports. Back of fall report tan in color, 1/4" on top and 1" on bottom of spring report tanned, and back of report slightly tanned. "Phonics 1" column marked over with 5 ink marks on spring report. Tan envelope (paper) with "Teacher's Report" type in left corner, black ink and graphite hand-penned. Color: TN, CR, BK, PK |
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| 25 | 2009.4.5 | Teacher Report | Cream colored paper labeled Teacher's Report with hand-penned black ink writing on front and back. Color: CR, BL, TN |
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| 26 | RSC-GR-120 | Post Card | Grundy County Rural School Records, A Post Card depicting the outside of the High and Grade School Building, dated 1916, references the Teacher's Inspirational Institute |
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| 27 | RSC-GR-122 | Contract | Teacher's contract between Alice Ruter and Grundy County to teach at Palermo #4. She agrees to a term length of 16 weeks, $60 a month, and to follow the outlined teaching laws of Iowa. |
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| 28 | RSC-GR-123 | Letter | Letter to rural school teacher of Grundy County from the Office of County Superintendent. They are asking the teachers to go to the courthouse on November 10th at 3:15pm to receive instructions from a representative of the County Rationing Board in regards to upcoming gasoline rationing. The teachers are also told that they might receive the supplies necessary to carry out the work of registration at their local school. Dated November 4, 1942. |
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| 29 | RSC-GR-124 | Certificate | A second grade teachers certificate addressed to Alice Ruter that certifies that she had met all the requirements for a second grade certificate and is authorized to teach at any of the public schools in Iowa for a period of two years. One the bottom of the certificate it includes the results of the teachers examination along with the signature of the president educational board of examiners. Application from Grundy County. Certificate has a decorative boarder and the Iowa States seal in the middle. Dated November 2, 1931 |
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| 30 | RSC-GR-125 | Photo | Photo of Alice Ruter standing at the font of her classroom at Colfax #2 and her 13 students sitting at their desks. The names of the student line the outside of the photo. |
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| 31 | RSC-GR-126 | Record | Record of attendance with students names, dates and if they were there in the morning and/or the afternoon. One the back is a record of vistors with the date, name and reason for visit. |
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| 32 | RSC-GR-127 | Letter | The front side is a hand written letter from Alice Ruter to the Tire Rationing Board in Grundy Center dated April 5, 1943. It says that an application for a spare tire was brought to the tire rationing office but she has not heard back. She says that she is driving a 1936 Ford without one and feels as if she needs one. At the bottom of the letter she notes that her husband, John E. Ruter is serving in the armed forces. The Tire Rationing Board has a typed responds on the back of the letter. This response states that they have issued a certificate for a tire and it was to mailed to John Ruter on March 27, 1943 and she should have received it on April 1, 1943. They state that if she does not come into possession of the certificate in a reasonable length of time they will take further action. Signed the War Price Control & Rationing Board. |
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| 33 | RSC-HE-100 | Book | Henry County Rural School Records, Daily Attendance Register, Canaan TWP, #8 Colfax, 1918-1923 |
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| 34 | RSC-HE-101 | Book | Henry County Rural School Records, Daily Attendance Register, Canaan TWP, #8 Colfax, 1923-1934 |
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| 35 | RSC-HE-102 | Book | Henry County Rural School Records, Daily Attendance Register, Canaan TWP, #8 Colfax, 1936-1946 |
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| 36 | RSC-HE-103 | Book | Henry County Rural School Records, Daily Attendance Register, Center TWP, #6 Liberty, 1889-1908 |
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| 37 | RSC-HE-104 | Book | Henry County Rural School Records, Daily Attendance Register, Center TWP, #6 Liberty, 1913-1917 |
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| 38 | RSC-HE-105 | Book | Henry County Rural School Records, Daily Attendance Register, Center TWP, #6 Liberty, 1911-1915 |
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| 39 | RSC-HE-106 | Book | Henry County Rural School Records, Daily Attendance Register, Center TWP, #6 Liberty, 1896-1901 |
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| 40 | RSC-HE-107 | Book | Henry County Rural School Records, Daily Attendance Register, Center TWP, #6 Liberty, 1915-1920 |
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| 41 | RSC-HE-108 | Book | Henry County Rural School Records, Daily Attendance Register, Center TWP, #6 Liberty, 1917-1922 |
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| 42 | RSC-HE-109 | Book | Henry County Rural School Records, Daily Attendance Register, Center TWP, #6 Liberty, 1920-1926 |
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| 43 | RSC-HE-110 | Book | Henry County Rural School Records, Daily Attendance Register, Center TWP, #6 Liberty, 1927-1936 |
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| 44 | RSC-HE-111 | Book | Henry County Rural School Records, Daily Attendance Register, Center TWP, #6 Liberty, 1936-1944 |
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| 45 | RSC-HE-112 | Book | Henry County Rural School Records, Daily Attendance Register, Center TWP, #6 Liberty, 1944-1950 |
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| 46 | RSC-HE-113 | Book | Henry County Rural School Records, Daily Attendance Register, Center TWP, #8 East Highland, 1907-1910 |
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| 47 | RSC-HE-114 | Book | Henry County Rural School Records, Daily Attendance Register, Center TWP, #8 East Highland, 1910-1914 |
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| 48 | RSC-HE-115 | Book | Henry County Rural School Records, Daily Attendance Register, Center TWP, #8 East Highland, 1904-1911 |
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| 49 | RSC-HE-116 | Book | Henry County Rural School Records, Daily Attendance Register, Center TWP, #8 East Highland, 1915-1920 |
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| 50 | RSC-HE-117 | Book | Henry County Rural School Records, Daily Attendance Register, Center TWP, #8 East Highland, 1920-1926 |
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