Education--Iowa--Benton County.
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 4 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:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1898-1960; Other: Majority of material found in 1902-1950
Found in:
UNI Museum Collections
Benton County Rural School Records
Collection
Identifier: RSC-RSR-006
Scope and Contents
This collection contains documents from the rural school system of Benton County, Iowa dating from 1858-1972. 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: “Office of the Superintendent, 1877-1972”, “Township Records, 1858-1892”, and “District and School Records,...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1877-1973; Other: Majority of material found in 1885-1965; Other: Date acquired: 10/15/2007
Found in:
UNI Museum Collections
Fred W. Cover Papers
Collection
Identifier: RSC-HEC-006
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...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1898-1946
Found in:
UNI Museum Collections
Paul McCulley Collection
Collection
Identifier: RSC-HEC-016
Scope and Contents
Belonging to a family of educators from Benton County, the donor was inspired to collect educational records dating from 1872-1893, which are now a part of the Paul McCulley Collection.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1872-1893; Other: Majority of material found in 1885-1890
Found in:
UNI Museum Collections