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Johnson County Rural School Records

 Collection
Identifier: RSC-RSR-052

Scope and Contents

This collection contains documents from the rural school system of Johnson County, Iowa dating from 1873-1978. 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 two series: “Office of the Superintendent, 1888-1978” and “District and School, 1873-1966”. ... class="bold emph">Series 1. “Office of the Superintendent, 1888-1978” contains microfilmed copies of records created or utilized by the Office of the Superintendent.  It includes High School Normal Training Records, Teachers' Examination Records, Record of Teachers' Certificates, Employment Recods, and Eighth Grade Examination Records. Series 2. “District and School, 1873-1966” contains microfilmed copies of records pertaining to individual schools and districts. It contains District Board of Education Meeting Minutes, District Board of Education Financial Records, Room Registers, Teachers' Reports to the Superintendent, Daily Attendance Registers, and Daily Programs.

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Dates

  • created: 1873-1978
  • Other: Majority of material found in 1910-1966
  • Other: Date acquired: 10/05/2007

Extent

0.50 Linear Feet

1 box (15 reels) other_unmapped

Language of Materials

English

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Technical Access Requirements

This collection contains materials on microfilm that will require the use of a microfilm reader.

Source of Acquisition

Grant Wood Area Education Agency (AEA #10)

Method of Acquisition

Donation

Related Materials

See [url=https://archon.library.uni.edu/?p=collections/findingaid&id=117&q=]RSC/HEC/011 Helen Marine Collection, 1943-1986[/url]. See [url=https://archon.library.uni.edu/?p=collections/findingaid&id=124&q=]RSC/HEC/014 Lorraine Turnipseed Collection, 1950-1995[/url]. See [url=https://archon.library.uni.edu/?p=collections/findingaid&id=132&q=]RSC/HEC/021 Susan Hightshoe Collection, 1923-1942[/url]. The State Historical Society of Iowa houses a number of rural school records from Area Education Agency 10 (Grant Wood). They can be contacted at 402 Iowa Ave., Iowa City, IA 52240-1806 or (319) 335-3916.

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.

Title
Archon Finding Aid Title
Author
RaeAnn Swanson
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

Contact:
1227 W 27th Street
University of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls IA 50614 US