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Press Bulletin, Vol. V, No. 10, 1942, Kaz Oka

Japanese American WWII Incarceration Camp newspapers

Poston newspaper covers Coronation Ball, outside work employment, Poston county fair events, contraband inspection, county fair art exhibit, items donated to community, new express offices, job meetings, construction in Poston III, school clubs and meetings, building inspections, Harvest Ball, teaching vacancies, Diphtheria tests, social club meetings and events, sports matches and results.

Press Bulletin, Vol. V, No. 5, 1942, Kaz Oka

Japanese American WWII Incarceration Camp newspapers

Poston newspaper covers fair practice employment procedure, government meetings and elections, accounting books for community, industrial enterprises, presidential message from President Roosevelt, odd jobs ads, social events, community meetings, leased transportation, birth notices, departures and transfers, package deliveries, county fair events, American Red Cross safety training, softball results, magazine section, fables, grooming tips, comics and queen contest.

Press Bulletin, Vol. V, No. 3, 1942, Isao Fukuba

Japanese American WWII Incarceration Camp newspapers

Poston Relocation Center newspaper. Covers basic policy for Poston relocation center, teachers attending monthly sessions, the Press looking for delivery kids, Dr. Kita elected head delegate, education, new Caucasian teachers, book donations, book loan, temporary renovations, The Value of Art, Red Cross safety courses, recreational and social activities, home grown vegetables, Red Cross Inauguration, library attendance, shoe repair shop, softball results, and information on Queen contest.

Enrollment And Attendance, Flat Creek School District 7

Arkansas schools

This form describes the enrollment and attendance of school children at the Flat Creek rural school in Lawrence County for February of 1939 as prepared by teacher or principal Ruth Price.

Teacher Retirement Card, Mrs. J.E. Purdy

Arkansas schools

This notecard is folded and printed on both sides to track the retirement fund for school teacher Vesta Mae Wyatt Purdy.

Teacher's Contract, Jewel Verkler

Arkansas schools

This is a contract for first-grade teacher Jewel Verkler to teach for six months in Lynn, Arkansas.

First School Bus Piney Grove

Arkansas schools

This was the first school bus at Piney Grove, located in Hempstead County.

Spring Hill School Group

Arkansas schools

This is a photograph of female students from the Spring Hill School District sitting in front of City Hall in Hope, Arkansas.

Ua3/1/2/1 Letter From Nettie Depp To Henry Cherry, Nettie Depp

WKU Archives Records

Letter from Nettie Depp to Henry Cherry written April 13, 1914 when Depp was Superintendent of Barren County Schools. She was the first woman elected to any office in Barren County, seven years before woman's suffrage in the United States. She was also the first WKU alum to be elected superintendent of schools. Transcription of letter:

[Note at top] Look on alumni list and change address.

Pres. H.H. Cherry, Bowling Green, Ky.

My dear Mr. Cherry;

Your letter sent to Scottsville has reached me. My prospects for the following year are possibly not as flattering as you would like, but …

Graded Course Of Study For Rural Schools

Arkansas schools

This is a guidebook designed for use by teachers in rural, one-room schools where they would be teaching first through seventh grade. The book offers guidance for how to schedule all of the lessons for the seven groups of students each day, how to successfully conduct classes, and what skills and knowledge to expect of each grade. The back of the book has space for recording the progress of each student over time. This guidebook in particular was utilized between 1909 and 1911, in central Arkansas County, Arkansas.

Students At Center Point School

Arkansas schools

Photographic negative of students at Center Point School, Howard County.

Ua3/1/2/1 Letter Nettie Depp To Henry Cherry, Nettie Depp

WKU Archives Records

Letter from Nettie Depp to Henry Cherry from Glasgow, Kentucky, August 20, 1910. Transcript of letter:

Pres. H.H. Cherry, Bowling Green, Ky.

My dear Mr. Cherry,

I have been wating [sic] to know for certain just what I was to do. I go to Scottsville next week. I have charge of the 7th and 8th grades and two higher classes at $65.00 per month. This is not the work I wanted to do nor is it the price I wanted to work for, still I think it the best I can do this year and I shall go and do …

Ua3/1/2/1 Letter Nettie Depp To Henry Cherry, Nettie Depp

WKU Archives Records

Letter from Nettie Depp to Henry Cherry dated July 28, 1910 from Glasgow, Ky. Transcript of letter:

Pres. H.H. Cherry, Bowling Green, Ky.

My dear sir:

Your letter to hand and I have made the application for the school. I sincerely thank you for all you have done for me and only hope that I may be able in some way to repay you.

I have not been at home long enough to visit any schools but hope to do so soon.

Yours for success

Nettie B. Depp

Faculty At Maddox Female Seminary

Women's history in Arkansas

Cabinet card photograph of the faculty of Maddox Female Seminary in 1903.

Catholic Benedictine Sisters And Students In Wynne

Women's history in Arkansas

This is a black and white photograph of Benedictine nuns and their students at St. Anselm's Catholic School in Wynne.

Court Case, School District Number 5 V H.B. Morris And B.N. Dawson

Arkansas schools

This is a court case between school district number five and the school district directors, H.B. Morris and B.N. Dawson, for hiring a teacher who was allegedly not licensed to teach in that area.

Hattie Elizabeth Guy Hines

Women's history in Arkansas

Black and white photographic negative of Hattie Elizabeth Guy Hines. Hattie Guy Hines was born in Ohio, and attended Wilberforce College. While there, she met her future husband, George Guy. They were both teachers, eventually settling in Sweet Home, Arkansas, and teaching at the Sweet Home Colored School. The Hines raised their eight children in Sweet Home: two sons, Guy and Milton; and six daughters, Hattie M., Maude, Emma, Florence, Ida Mae, and Virgie.

Contract, Cedar Creek Subscription School

Arkansas schools

This is a contract for Green Woods, a teacher, to run a subscription school out of the Cedar Creek School House in Lawrence County and includes a list of the subscribers.