Fremont County Rural School Records
Scope and Contents
This collection contains documents from the rural school system of Fremont County, Iowa dating from 1890-1975. 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 three series: “County Board of Education, 1919-1975”, “Office of the Superintendent, 1890-1975” and “District and School, 1925-1966”. Series 1. "County Board of Education, 1919-1975" contains records materials produced by the County Board of Education. This series consists of County Board of Education Meeting Minutes. Series 2. "Office of the Superintendent, 1890-1975" is composed of records Office of the Superintendent. This series contains Teachers' Examination Records, Record of Teachers' Certificates, School Officer and Teacher Records, Teachers' Teaching Records, School Census Records, and Eighth Grade Examination Records. Series 3. "District and School, 1925-1966" contains records documenting individual districts or schools. This series includes Teachers' Reports to the Superintendent, Daily Attendance Registers, and Missionary Bible College (High School) Records.
Dates
- Created: 1890-1975
- Other: Majority of material found in 1915-1975
- Other: Date acquired: 10/26/2007
Extent
0.50 Linear Feet
1 box other_unmapped
Language of Materials
English
Technical Access Requirements
This collection contains materials on microfilm and microfiche that will require the use of appropriate readers.
Source of Acquisition
Loess Hills Area Education Agency (AEA #13)
Method of Acquisition
Donation
Accruals and Additions
Volume 1, Daily Attendance Register for Madison Township, #7 Hendricks, 1931-1934, was donated by Linda Atkins in June of 2014.
- Title
- Archon Finding Aid Title
- Author
- Steven Pals and Dustin Witsman
- 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