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

School Buildings

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

School Buildings

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

School Buildings

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

School Buildings

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

School Buildings

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

School Buildings

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.

Commencement Program, Maine State College Of Agriculture And Mechanic Arts, August 7, 1872, Maine State College

General University of Maine Publications

The printed program for the first Commencement exercises held for Maine State College in Orono, Maine August 7, 1872.

Within the Annual Report for 1872, President Allen noted, "The day which had so long been looked forward to, as the great event in the history of student life, and which had been the occasion of so much solicitude to the friends of the institution, dawned bright and beautiful. The graduation of the first class marks an epoch in the history of the college which will be remembered with satisfaction as a successful manifestation of what can be accomplished in giving …

Gorham Seminary Commencement Program 1872, Gorham Seminary

Commencement Programs

The Order of Exercises for Commencement Day at Gorham Seminary. Held at the Congregational Church in Gorham Maine, Thursday, July 25, 1872.

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

School Buildings

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

School Buildings

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

School Buildings

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

School Buildings

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.

1871-1872 Catalogue Of Marshall College State Normal School, Marshall University

Marshall University Catalogs 1871-1879

Catalogue of Marshall College State Normal School, located in Huntington, Cabell County, West Virginia for the 1871-1872 academic year.

Mendelssohn Quintette Club Concert Programme, Maine State College

General University of Maine Publications

The program for a concert by the Mendelssohn Quintette Club of Boston held on the evening of the first Commencement ceremony of Maine State College, August 7, 1872.

Commencement Concert Flyer, 1872, Maine State College

General University of Maine Publications

A flyer announcing a concert to be held on the evening of the first Commencement for Maine State College, Orono, August 7, 1872.

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

School Buildings

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.

Exhibition Of The Junior And Sophomore Classes, Maine State College Of Agriculture And The Mechanical Arts

General University of Maine Publications

A printed program that provides the order of exercises for an Exhibition of Declamations (original speeches and readings) by the members of the junior and sophomore classes at Maine State College in 1871.

Gorham Seminary Commencement Program 1870, Gorham Seminary

Commencement Programs

The Programme of Anniversary Exercised at Gorham Seminary, July 14th, 1870.

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

School Buildings

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

The Normal Offering, No. 1, Jan. 1870, Bridgewater State Normal School

The Normal Offering

No abstract provided.

Catalogue Of The Officers And Students Of The State College Of Agriculture And The Mechanic Arts, January, 1870, University Of Maine, Office Of Student Records

General University of Maine Publications

This catalog for the Maine State College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts, later known as the University of Maine, includes a list of the Board of Trustees, faculty members, students in the first two classes to ever enter the college -- listing them as being among the sophomore and freshman class -- and provides information about the design of the institution, conditions of admission, describes the classes to be taken in a two year course of study, describes the labor requirement, location, farm and buildings, expenses and means for defraying them, a general statement on the need for strict …

Catalogue Of The Officers And Students Of The State College Of Agriculture And The Mechanic Arts, 1869, University Of Maine, Office Of Student Records

General University of Maine Publications

This catalog for the Maine State College of Agriculture, later known as the University of Maine, includes sections on the design of the institution, conditions of admission, courses to be taken during a two year course of study, labor requirement for students, information about the location of campus, the farm and buildings, equipment, library, reading room, chemical laboratory's mineralogical cabinet, a student-organized Literary Society, and the requirement for public worship and attending daily prayers.

Kentucky State Colored Educational Convention, Kentucky Library Research Collections

Research Collections

No abstract provided.

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

School Buildings

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

Architect's Report To The Board Of Trustees Of The College Of Agriculture, And The Mechanic Arts, Of The State Of Maine, Frederick Law Olmsted

General University of Maine Publications

The report of Frederick Law Olmsted on design considerations for the Land Grant College for the state of Maine presented in 1867.

Olmsted's report begins on page 15 of the Annual Report of the State College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts as it appeared in Documents of the Legislature of the State of Maine, 46th Legislature, House Document no. 57. The entire document was scanned.

Olmsted discusses what he views as important and unique design considerations given the goal of the college, to provide a liberal education to those who are to remain members of the industrial classes. He …

Testimony Of Colonel J. M. Chivington April 26, 1865, United States Government

John Evans Study: Supporting Materials

Testimony of Colonel J. M. Chivington April 26, 1865

Congressional Testimony Of Mr. John S. Smith Washington, March 14, 1865, United States Government

John Evans Study: Supporting Materials

Congressional Testimony of Mr. John S. Smith Washington, March 14, 1865

Letter From L. S. Joynes To W. H. S. Taylor, 1864 December 15, L. S. (Levin Smith) Joynes

Sanger Historical Files (1859-1865), Excerpts

Copy of a letter from L.S. Joynes to W.H.S. Taylor, 2nd Auditor of the Confederate States Treasury, concerning the effects of deceased soldiers .

John Evans To General Connor, October 24, 1864, John Evans

John Evans Study: Supporting Materials

Letter from John Evans to General Connor, 10/24/1864

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

School Buildings

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.