RSC/HEC. History of Education Collections

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.

The Jerry and JoAnn Kramer Collection is composed of records dating from 1883-2006 that concern the history of education in Bennington Township, Black Hawk County, Iowa; primarily Bennington Township, #4. Divided into two series, "Series 1: Bennington #4 Renovation Project" and "Series 2: Rural School Records", the collection provides insight into the past and present uses of rural schools.

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.

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.

The Lorraine Turnipseed Collection is composed of records dating from 1950-1995. Donated by Lorraine Turnipseed, a former Johnson County teacher, the collection contains teacher contracts, teachers' certificates, a graduation program, newspaper articles, photograph albums, and color slides.

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.

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).

The Susan Hightshoe Collection consists of manuscript and printed teaching materials used by the donor's aunts - Helen Marine, Martha Schemmel, and Lorraine Turnipseed - during their careers in education. The records include plays, dialogues, poems, recitations, school program line-ups, and sheet music. The material dates from 1923-1942, although a majority of the items date from circa 1930s.

The William L. Sherman Collection contains a variety of records pertaining to rural schools and rural school reenactment programs including rural school photographs, reproductions schoolbooks, brochures, and programs. Mr. Sherman continues to conduct research and to add to this collection.

The S. Elouise Walters Collection consists of notes, essays, and lesson plans. These records were compiled and utilized by Ms. Walters in the course of earning her High School Normal Training Certificate from New Hampton High School in Chickasaw County.