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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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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.

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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.

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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).

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 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.

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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.

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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.

Scope and Contents A passionate advocate of Iowa’s rural schools, Dr. William H. Dreier devoted much of his life toward the betterment of education in the state and throughout the nation. He was an integral part of the Iowa State Teachers College, now University of Northern Iowa, where he taught from 1949-1985 and served as a Professor of Education, Emeritus. As a part of numerous University and professional organizations committed to rural education, he was able to advocate for the preservation of rural...

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...