Scope and Contents The Ella Jacobs school notebook contains handwritten notes and writings presumably from Jacobs’ coursework at the Iowa State Normal School. Subjects include arithmetic, grammar, geography, physiology, penmanship, didactics, teaching, history, and more. Jacobs additionally took notes from Professor Gilchrist’s lectures.Also included throughout the notebook are handwritten recipes for a variety of foods and cleaning supplies. Examples include puddings, lemon pie, cakes, a brass...