Tama County Box 4 Folder 1 | UNI Museum @ Rod Library

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	Catalog #	Name	Description
1	2017-16-102	Letter	A letter to Frank Lockard, Buckingham, Iowa, from Adolph Gethmann, Gladbrook, Iowa, dated May 28, 1914. Written on preprinted stationary. The preprinted letterhead is for Enterprise Construction Co. In the letter the construction company offers to build a schoolhouse for $2587.00, with the caveat that the community haul materials, excavate the site, and have a place available to rent nearby the site where the company’s workers can stay.
2	2017-16-32A	Envelope	Addressed in black ink to Mr. C.T. Mitchell, Secretary, Buckingham, Iowa. A preprinted white envelope. The preprinted return address reads “Return after 5 days to Joe Seda, Manufacturer of Cement Blocks, Masonry, Brick Laying, and Cement Work, Traer, Iowa.”
3	2017-16-32B	Letter	A letter from Joeseph Seda to C.T. Mitchell, dated July 24, 1914. Joseph Seda offers a bid to build a schoolhouse for $2780.00
4	2017-16-34A	Envelope	Addressed to C.T Mitchell, Buckingham, Iowa, in blue pen. A preprinted white envelope with no stamp. The preprinted return label reads “Return in Five Days to A. M. Glaze, Contractor and Builder, Traer, Iowa.” A.M. Glaze has been crossed out in blue pen, with “B.T. Bond,” written next to it.
5	2017-16-34B	Letter	A letter from B.T. Bond to the building committee of Geneseo Independent School District, offering a bid to build a schoolhouse that matched their proposed plans for the cost of $2825.00
6	2017-16-35A	Envelope	Addressed in pencil to C.T. Mitchell, Buckingham, Iowa. The preprinted return address reads, “After 5 days return to Glosser & Jordan, Contractors & Builders, Traer, Iowa.”
7	2017-16-35B	Letter	A letter to C.T. Mitchell from Glosser & Jordan, on preprinted letterhead. Glosser & Jordan offer a bid to build a schoolhouse “per plans and specifications” for $2676.30
8	2017-16-36A	Envelope	Addressed in black ink to Independent School District No 6, Geneseo Township, Tama Co., Iowa. A preprinted white envelope. The preprinted return address reads, “Return after five days to William Scharfenburg, Contractor and Builder, Traer, Iowa.”
9	2017-16-36B	Letter	A letter to Geneseo Independent School District No 6 from William Scharfenberg, offering a bid of $2575 to build a schoolhouse. The letterhead is preprinted.
10	2017-16-40A	Envelope	Addressed in blue typewritten ink to “Mr. C.T. Mitchell. Esq. City.” A preprinted envelope without a stamp. The preprinted return address reads, “After 5 days return to Glosser & Jordan, Contractors & Builders, Traer, Iowa.”
11	2017-16-40B	Letter	A letter to C.T. Mitchell, Buckingham, Iowa, from Glosser & Jordan, General Contractors and Builders. A preprinted letterhead that reads, “Glosser & Jordan, General Contractors and Builders, Estimates Furnished on All Classes of Work, Traer, Iowa.” Body of letter typed in blue ink. The letter is about the builder’s bid to build a schoolhouse for $2543.20, though “the patrons of the district are to do all the halling [sic] of all material of all kinds.”
12	2017-16-40C	Letter	A letter to C.T. Mitchell, Buckingham, Iowa, from Glosser & Jordan, General Contractors and Builders, dated March 30, 1914. A preprinted letterhead that reads, “Glosser & Jordan, General Contractors and Builders, Estimates Furnished on All Classes of Work, Traer, Iowa.” Body of letter typed in blue ink. The body of the letter is about the builder’s revised bid for a schoolhouse, totaling $2439.90. This cost factors in “that the board is to donate two days with two teams in the work of digging the cellar,” to reduce the price.
13	2017-16-40D	Letter	A letter to unknown from Joe Seda, Contractor, dated March 30, 1914. A preprinted letterhead that reads, “Joe Seda, Contractor, and General Mason Work, Manufacturer of Cement Blocks, Cement Brick, and Fence Posts,” with the body of the letter in handwritten black ink. The letter is a bid for building a schoolhouse for “Geneseo Township school house No. 6” for $2505.00.
14	2020-FIC-79	Ballot	Voting ballot for building a school on the southwest corner of section 8, Genesco Township, Tama County, Iowa. "Shall the old schoolhouse and other school property of the corporation situated on the southwest corner of Section 8, in Genesco Township, Tama County, Iowa, be sold and the proceeds applied to the teacher's fund? Vote "yes" or "No!" in the space below.
15	2020-FIC-80	Ballot	Voting ballot for building a school on the southwest corner of section 8, Genesco Township, Tama County, Iowa. "Shall the Board of Directors of the school district issue school-building bonds of the district not in excess of $2.800.00 to erect and equip a schoolhouse? Write the word "yes" or "no" in the square opposite to indicate your vote."