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Education--Iowa--Mahaska County.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

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: Created: 1898-1946

Mahaska County Rural School Records

 Collection
Identifier: RSC-RSR-062
Scope and Contents This collection contains documents from the rural school system of Mahaska County, Iowa dating from 1850-1975. 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 four series: “County Board of Education, 1933-1970”, “Office of the Superintendent, 1909-1968”, “Township, 1943-1963”, and “District and...
Dates: Created: 1850-1975; Other: Majority of material found in 1890-1960; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/2007