RSC/RSR. Rural School Records
Record Group Term
Identifier: RSC/RSR
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Des Moines County Rural School Records
Collection
Identifier: RSC-RSR-029
Scope and Contents
This collection contains documents from the rural school system of Des Moines County, Iowa dating from 1882-1980. The records cover a majority of the rural schools’ histories, but they are not comprehensive: some records were lost before their transfer to the Center for the History of Rural Iowa Education and Culture.
The collection material is arranged into four series: “State of Iowa Department of Public Instruction, 1926-1963”, “County Board of Education, 1919-1969”, “Office of the...
Dates:
Created: 1865-1980; Other: Majority of material found in 1910-1970; Other: Date acquired: 06/13/2007
Lyon County Rural School Records
Collection
Identifier: RSC-RSR-060
Scope and Contents
This collection contains documents from the rural school system of Lyon County, Iowa dating from 1878-1981. The records cover a majority of the rural schools’ histories, but they are not comprehensive: some records were lost before their transfer to the Center for the History of Rural Iowa Education and Culture.
The collection material is arranged into four series -- “County Board of Education, 1883-1975”, “Office of the Superintendent, 1881-1981”, “Township, 1878-1960”, and “District and...
Dates:
Created: 1881-1975; Other: Majority of material found in 1920-1960; Other: Date acquired: 06/25/2008
Multiple-County Rural School and Area Education Agency (AEA) Records
Collection
Identifier: RSC-RSR-100
Scope and Contents
These are collections of records which document the activities of multiple counties. Many of these collections were created at Area Education Agencies (AEAs) as they filed records recieved from their constituent counties together rather than separately.
Dates:
Other: Dummy Date
State of Iowa Department of Public Instruction Forms and Publications
Collection
Identifier: RSC-RSR-101
Scope and Contents
This collection is composed of rural school related publications and forms diseminated by the Iowa State Office of Public Instruction from. This includes a near-complete run of the State Educational Directory, volumes 17 through 40 of the Educational Bulletin, and two volumes of the Dispatch as well as blank teacher contracts and school census forms.
Dates:
Created: 1934-1973