Clay County Rural School Records 2
Scope and Contents
This collection contains documents from the rural school system of Clay County, Iowa dating from 1886-1968. 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, 1921-1958", "Office of the Superintendent, 1930-1959", "Township, 1936-1945", and "District and School Records, 1886-1968".
Series 1. "County Board of Education, 1921-1958" contains records created by the County Board of Education. This series includes Reorganization and Consolidation Records.
Series 2. "Office of the Superintendent, 1930-1959" contains records and microfilmed copies of records created by or utilized by the Office of the Superintendent. This series consists of Pupils' Permanent Records and Photographs.
Series 3. "Township, 1936-1945" consists of records and microfilmed copies of records created by or utilized by the Township Board of Education. This series contains Township Board of Education Minutes and Teachers' Salary Records.
Series 4. "District and School, 1886-1968" is composed of records and microfilmed copies of records pertaining to individual school districts. It contains District Board of Education Meeting Minutes, District Board of Education Financial Records, Teachers' Reports to the Superintendent, and Preliminary Classification Reports.
Dates
- 1886-1968
- Majority of material found in 1890-1963
- Date acquired: 00/00/2007
Language of Materials
English
Language of Materials
English
Extent
1.00 Linear Feet
3 boxes other_unmapped
Technical Access Requirements
This collection contains materials on microfilm that will require the use of a microfilm reader.
Source of Acquisition
Prairie Lakes Area Education Agency (AEA #8)
Method of Acquisition
Donation
Processing Information
Materials classified as Items are located on microfilm. The first number indicates the reel, the second indicates the location of the record on that reel. Items are not necessarly individual records; a change in Item number may indicate a change in record type, date, township, or district. These item numbers have been applied for reference purposes by the archives staff and are not present on the film itself.
- Clay County (Iowa)--History.
- Consolidation of Schools.
- Documents on microfilm.
- Education--Iowa--Clay County.
- Education--Iowa--History.
- Education--Iowa--Planning.
- Personnel records in education.
- Rural schools--Iowa--History--20th century.
- Rural schools--Iowa.
- School Reports.
- Schools--Centralization--Iowa--Clay--Finance.
- Schools--Centralization--Iowa--Clay--Planning.
- Schools--Centralization--Iowa--Clay--Public Opinion.
- Schools--Centralization--Iowa.
- Student Records--Iowa.
- Title
- Archon Finding Aid Title RSC.RSR.998 RSC.RSR.998
- Author
- Brian Jesteadt
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- eng
Repository Details
Part of the UNI Museum Collections Repository
1227 W 27th Street
University of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls IA 50614 US
nathan.arndt@uni.edu