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Grundy County (Iowa)--History.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Aletha Hutchison (Jacobs) Collection

 Collection
Identifier: RSC-HEC-002
Scope and Contents

The Aletha Hutchison (Jacobs) Collection is composed of materials documenting Hutchison's experiences both as a student and as a teacher in the rural school systems of Iowa and Pennsylvania.  The collection includes official school records and Hutchison's personal papers providing insight into many facets of rural school life from 1898-1960.

Dates: Created: 1898-1960; Other: Majority of material found in 1902-1950

August Meester Collection

 Collection
Identifier: RSC-HEC-007
Scope and Contents

The August Meester Collection is comprised of records dating from 1927-1955. The records were kept by the donor from his time as the District Board of Education Secretary for Grundy County, Pleasant Valley Township, #6.

Dates: Created: 1927-1955

Grundy County Rural School Records

 Collection
Identifier: RSC-RSR-038
Scope and Contents This collection contains documents from the rural school system of Grundy County, Iowa dating from 1886-1967. 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, 1956-1967”, “Office of the Superintendent, 1895-1976”, and “District and School,...
Dates: Created: 1886-1976; Other: Majority of material found in 1905-1965; Other: Date acquired: 05/01/2009