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Dist. #42, Country School Legacy: Humanities On The Frontier

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Information on District #42, 4-5 mi. northwest of Callaway in Custer County, Nebraska.

Dederman - Dist. #24, Country School Legacy: Humanities On The Frontier

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Information on the Dederman School.

Christian Day School, Country School Legacy: Humanities On The Frontier

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Information on the Christian Day School run by St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran and located 6 miles north of Falls City in Richardson County, Nebraska. Includes a history of the school, a history of the church, and correspondence with Ernest Grundy.

Knight School - Dist. #91, Country School Legacy: Humanities On The Frontier

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Information on Knight School, located 1 1/2 miles west and 1 mile south of the Valley and Custer County line.

Potter - Dist. #32, Country School Legacy: Humanities On The Frontier

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Information on the Potter School, 5 miles south and 2 miles east of Gothenburg in Dawson County, Nebraska.

Dist. #17, Country School Legacy Administrative Staff

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Information on District 17, located on the grounds of the Polk County Historical Society in Osceola, Nebraska.

Sunny Hillside - Dist. #11, Country School Legacy: Humanities On The Frontier

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Information on Sunny Hillside School, originally 4 miles southeast of Cambridge in Furnas County, Nebraska.

Turkey Roost, Country School Legacy: Humanities On The Frontier

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Information on Turkey Roost, located 10 miles south and east of Arcadia in Sherman County, Nebraska.

Dist. #10, Country School Legacy: Humanities On The Frontier

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Information on District #10 in Jefferson County, Nebraska. This is a scan of a booklet called "School by the Trail", written by Ella Mae Hurburt.

Mount Hope - Dist. #27, Country School Legacy: Humanities On The Frontier

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Information on Mount Hope School, located 4 miles south and 1/2 mile west of Meadow Grove in Madison County, NE.

Harmony School - Dist. #53, Country School Legacy: Humanities On The Frontier

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Information on Harmony School, located 8 miles south and 1 mile west of Nebraska City in Otoe County, Nebraska. Detailed information on the history.

Stone School - Dist. #36, Country School Legacy: Humanities On The Frontier

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Information on Stone School, 2 miles east and 1 mile south of Kearney in Buffalo County, Nebraska. Includes photos of both the old and the new school buildings.

Redbird - Dist. #3, Country School Legacy: Humanities On The Frontier

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Information on Redbird School, located 6 miles south of Lynch in Holt County, Nebraska. Note that there are two site forms.

Center School - Dist. #28, Country School Legacy: Humanities On The Frontier

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Information on Center, District 28, located about 5 miles east and 2 miles north of Kearney in Buffalo County, Nebraska.

Branch School - Dist. #14, Country School Legacy: Humanities On The Frontier

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Information on Branch School, west of Hartington in Cedar County, Nebraska. While the form calls it the Branch School, other documents call it the Branch Oak School.

Brief mention of the Blizzard of 1888 in the Narrative Information section.

Carter School - Dist. #35, Country School Legacy: Humanities On The Frontier

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Information on what was originally the Carter School. At the time of the historic site survey, it was named (or part of?) the John Fletcher Christian College and Academy. The school was originally located near Oxford but had been moved south of Highway 6, between Axtell and Funk, in Harlan County, Nebraska. Includes a number of news articles on the Carter School, including a booklet on the Carter Centennial.

Camp Creek - Dist. #54, Country School Legacy: Humanities On The Frontier

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Information on Camp Creek School, located in Otoe County, Nebraska. Includes several letters to Ernest Grundy regarding the school as well as a news clipping titled "Schoolhouse Keeps Flavor of Pioneers".

Hawk School - Dist. #4, Country School Legacy: Humanities On The Frontier

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Information on Hawk School, 3 1/2 miles south of Loup City, in Sherman County, Nebraska.

Glenwood - Dist. #14, Country School Legacy: Humanities On The Frontier

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Information on Glenwood School, 4 miles north of Kearney on Highway 10 in Buffalo County, Nebraska. Includes images of both old and new (~1980) building.

Pleasant Hill - Dist. #16, Country School Legacy: Humanities On The Frontier

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Information on Pleasant Hill School, located 7 miles north of Kearney, in Buffalo County, Nebraska. Image is of the modern school and probably not the building described in the site form.

Includes a copy of a 1958 Kearney Hub article titled "Schoolboy on Horse Fast Fading Scene", additional information from after the school was moved to the Stuhr Museum, including an inventory of the school, and a note titled "Current Use of the Gibbon Rural School in the Museum's Cultural Heritage Program". The latter two documents refer to the school as being part of District #25.

Buffalo Creek - Dist. #34, Country School Legacy: Humanities On The Frontier

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Information on Buffalo Creek School, located 7 miles south and 1 1/2 miles east of Tilden in Madison County, Nebraska. Includes a history of the district, written by Sharyl Linda Roewert as an 8th grade assignment in 1967.

Gleason School - Dist. # 43, Country School Legacy: Humanities On The Frontier

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Information on the Gleason School, District #43. It is located near Oakland in Burt County, Nebraska. At the time the form was filled out in ~1980, the school was still in use.

St. Deroin School - Dist. #56, Country School Legacy: Humanities On The Frontier

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Information on St. Deroin School, located 14 miles southeast of Brownville in Nemaha County, Nebraska. Note that there are two site forms for this location, both including the brochure from Nebraska Game and Parks.

Additional correspondence between Ernest Grundy and Homestead National Monument is included.

Freeman - Dist. #21, Country School Legacy: Humanities On The Frontier

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Information on Freeman School, located 3-4 miles northwest of Beatrice in Gage County, Nebraska. It is part of the Beatrice Homestead National Monument.

Eich - Dist. #57, Country School Legacy: Humanities On The Frontier

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Information on Eich School, also called White Temple School. The school was located about 1 1/2 mi. northwest of Strang in Fillmore County, NE. Includes a quote from The Fillmore County Story and a letter from Mrs. William Eich, the owner of the school.

Linden School - Dist. #21, Country School Legacy: Humanities On The Frontier

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Information on Linden School, located 2 miles north and 4 miles west of Auburn, Nebraska. Includes a letter from Ernest Grundy to Ms. Maxine Chatelain, asking for her help gathering information on the school.

Dist. #3, Country School Legacy: Humanities On The Frontier

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Information on District #3 in Madison County, Nebraska. Includes several histories of the district, written by current students attending the school.

Cottier - Dist. #21, Country School Legacy: Humanities On The Frontier

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Information on the Cottier School, located 15 miles northeast of Falls City in Richardson County, Nebraska.

Hickory Grove - Dist. #27, Country School Legacy: Humanities On The Frontier

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Information on Hickory Grove School, located 4 miles west and 2 miles south of Auburn in Nemaha County, Nebraska. The school began as district #3.

Note that there are two site forms for Hickory Grove School. Both include a History of School District 27.

The New England Primer Improved, Unknown

Albert A. Howard Book History Collection

Full title: The New England primer improved, for the more easy attaining the true reading of English. To which is added the Assembly of Divines, and Mr. Cotton's catechism. Boston, Printed by E. Draper and sold by J. Boyle, 1777

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