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Ledgers of sub-districts of the Adair County School District for 1866-1881, as well as a compilation of district attendance statistics for 1880-1976 (incomplete).

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Poems and plays for children, and articles about children and classroom teachers written by Berenice Beggs, a lifelong educator. This collection contains some of her work from her time as a rural school teacher through her time on the faculty of what is now Truman State University. These papers also contain items from her mother's scrapbook and a few pieces of personal correspondence.

Scope and Contents Ledgers; correspondence; business, legal, and financial records; institutional histories of Central Wesleyan College and Orphan Asylum and merging institutions, Mt. Pleasant German College and Ozark Wesleyan College; student organizations' records; and college publications. Some of the documents as well as some records of the St. Louis German Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church. Many of the documents are in German. Early materials, before 1910, are sparse. The collection contains few...

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Personal and business correspondence; correspondence with and publications of the National Education Association and other professional and civic organizations with which Greenwood was affiliated; Greenwood's writings, research and speaking notes on various educational topics; items related to the Kansas City School System and to school administration in general; and publications on educational topics.

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A small collection with a wide variety of materials which include the Kirksville High School and Kirksville Junior High School. There are a few items from the city's elementary schools, which included Greenwood School, Washington School, Willard School and more. Items include curriculum documents, school and commencement programs, sports tickets, and reunion materials.

Scope and Contents A photo album containing 125 black and white photographs (most from the 1910-1920s; although some are later) of Margaret Lee Hoffman's (later Rhea) family, school friends from the Normal School, vacations and early teaching assignments in North Dakota. Most of the photos are captioned, but the individuals in them are not always identified. Some of the family members not named in the captions were identified by Peggy's cousin, Ruth (Hoffman) Smiser, at the time the album was donated to...

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Documents, correspondence and articles covering Marie Turner Harvey's work at Porter Rural School in Adair County, Missouri. Porter School was an internationally recognized "model" of the best in rural education. The collection also includes records from the Porter School.

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The County Superintendent's Report to the State Superintendent of Schools providing enrollment, personnel and financial data and statistics.

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One bound volume of school sub-district meeting records and reports for Sullivan County, Missouri, including teacher contracts.

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Papers, speeches, and publications written by William Torrey Harris on the topics of education and philosophy, as well as correspondence to Harris from educator James Mickelborough Greenwood; Joseph Baldwin, whom he was influential in getting to come to Kirksville to set up the teachers college; Ira Divoll, former state superintendent of schools and city superintendent of schools in St. Louis; and O.P. Davis.