Scope and Contents This collection contains documents from the rural school system of Butler County, Iowa dating from 1866-1976. 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, 1873-1970”, “Office of the Superintendent, 1872-1976”, “Township, 1902-1906”, and “District and...

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...

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...