RSC/HEC. History of Education Collections
Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:
Agnes Horn Collection
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.
Aletha Hutchison (Jacobs) Collection
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.
August Meester Collection
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.
Fred W. Cover Papers
Harry Barck Collection
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.
Helen Marine Collection
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.
Jane Fauser Collection
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).
Lorraine Turnipseed 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.
Nancy Brochers Collection
The Nancy Brochers Collection contains Black Hawk County, Iowa rural school student records dating from 1905-1941. A majority of the collection originated in Mt. Vernon Township where the donor's father, George Knapp, attended. However, the collection also contains records from the donor's mother, Muriel Alice Parker, who attended Dunkerton Consolidated School. Nancy Brochers is a sister of Jane Fauser, who also has a collection at CHRIEC (see RSC/HEC/009).
Paul McCulley Collection
Belonging to a family of educators from Benton County, the donor was inspired to collect educational records dating from 1872-1893, which are now a part of the Paul McCulley Collection.