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With records obtained during the donor's time at the Iowa State Teachers College and as a practicing teacher, the Agnes Horn Collection, 1918-1950, provides a glimpse into the life of an Iowa rural school teacher.

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The Aletha Hutchison (Jacobs) Collection is composed of materials documenting Hutchison's experiences both as a student and as a teacher in the rural school systems of Iowa and Pennsylvania.  The collection includes official school records and Hutchison's personal papers providing insight into many facets of rural school life from 1898-1960.

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The August Meester Collection is comprised of records dating from 1927-1955. The records were kept by the donor from his time as the District Board of Education Secretary for Grundy County, Pleasant Valley Township, #6.

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Donated by an avid collector of rural school records, the Clark Van Hauen Collection contains records associated with the Iowa State Teachers College. The records range in date from 1913-1949.

Scope and Contents Dorothy E. Mason (Perrin) collected a wide range of textbooks used during her time as a student and teacher in Butler County, Iowa. Born on October 32, 1906, to Fred A. Perrin and Elizebeth Schreurs, Dorothy and her sister Esther M. Becker (Perrin) attended Albion Township, #7 Swanton. In 1920, Dorothy graduated and went on to attend New Hartford High School. Following graduation, she enrolled at the Iowa State Teachers College for the 1924-1925 school year. She went on to teach in the New...

Scope and Contents Fred W. Cover spent his life in the rural schools of Iowa - as student, then teacher, and, finally, administrator. He attended the Keokuk County Normal Institute, graduating in 1901. Mr. Cover taught in or served as principal of schools in Keokuk, Butler, Iowa, Mahaska, Black Hawk, and Benton Counties. The Fred W. Cover Papers document the professional life of an Iowa rural school teacher from 1898 through 1946. The Papers include photographs, essays written by Cover as a student as well as...

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The Funnemark Family Collection contains educational publications and student records dating from 1912-1947. Student records include certificates, awards, and workbooks covering the following subjects: civics, arithmetic, geography, and history. Various issues of The Instructor and Children's Activities compose the educational publication collection.

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As the District Board of Education Secretary for Black Hawk County, Cedar Falls Township, #6 Eddy School, Harry Barck amassed a collection of rural school records that shed light on the duties of a school board officer. In addition to Mr. Barck's secretarial records, The Harry Barck Collection contains materials from Mrs. Pauline L. Barck (Hekel), a rural school teacher, and the student records of the couple's two children, Frances A. Brunskill (Barck), and Philip H. Barck.

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The Helen Marine Collection, dating from 1943-1986, chronicles the donor's time as a teacher in Iowa and Washington Counties. Ms. Marine's teaching records provide insight into the transformation rural communities faced during the reorganization and consolidation process.

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The Jane Fauser Collection is comprised of Black Hawk County, Iowa rural school student and teacher records from Black Hawk County, Iowa. Dating from 1902-1989, the majority of the records are from the donor's mother, Muriel Alice Parker, who attended Dunkerton Consolidated School or Mt. Vernon Township where the donor's father, George Knapp, attended. Jane Fauser is a sister of Nancy Brochers, who also has a collection at CHRIEC (see RSC/HEC/018).