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

School Buildings

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.

A Profile Of The Bed Of The Ohio River, Portsmouth Daily Times

Indian Head Rock Project

An Article in the Portsmouth Daily Times on the Indian Head Rock from September 12, 1874.

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.

Collin's Historical Sketches Of Kentucky: History Of Kentucky, Richard H. Collins, Lewis Collins

Indian Head Rock Project

Entry in Richard H. Collins' History of Kentucky on the Indian Head Rock from September 14, 1854.

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.

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".

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

River News, Portsmouth Times

Indian Head Rock Project

An article in the Portsmouth Times mentioning the Indian Head Rock from August 26, 1871.

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.

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.

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.

A Singular Stone, Gallipolis Journal

Indian Head Rock Project

An article published in the Gallipolis Journal on an artifact found near the Indian Head Rock from November 26, 1868.

Paoletti Impronte Volume 2: Musei Diversi, Pietro Paoletti, Luigi Saulini, Antonio Canova, Bertel Thorvaldsen, John Gibson, Emil Wolf, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Art History

2 volumes ; in 2 cases. "Plaster cameos reproducing works of classical and contemporary sculpture, produced by the firm of Paoletti, at Rome, circa 1865. The cameos are organized and mounted in trays housed within 8 faux book bindings, with a tray of cameos underneath both the front and back cover of each volume. Each cameo is numbered in pen and ink, and in turn identified in manuscript on the inside covers of each volume. All volumes bound in quarter vellum, with green boards. The title ""Paoletti impronte"" is gilt-stamped on a red morocco title label at the head of …

Paoletti Impronte Volume 1: Uomini Illustri, Pietro Paoletti, Luigi Saulini, Antonio Canova, Bertel Thorvaldsen, John Gibson, Emil Wolf, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Art History

2 volumes ; in 2 cases. Plaster cameos reproducing works of classical and contemporary sculpture, produced by the firm of Paoletti, at Rome, circa 1865. The cameos are organized and mounted in trays housed within 8 faux book bindings, with a tray of cameos underneath both the front and back cover of each volume. Each cameo is numbered in pen and ink, and in turn identified in manuscript on the inside covers of each volume. All volumes bound in quarter vellum, with green boards. The title "Paoletti impronte" is gilt-stamped on a red morocco title label at the head of …

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.

The Abe – Iad, F. Bartenstein, J. R. Mcrebel

ALLM: Civil War Sheet Music Collection

No abstract provided.

Königsbuch Der Alten Ägypter, C. Richard Lepsius

Dr. Kent R. Weeks Book Collection

Book in German about the ancient Egyptians.

Old River Men Say..., Portsmouth Daily Evening Tribune

Indian Head Rock Project

An article in the Portsmouth Daily Evening Tribune from September 5, 1854 describing the Indian Head Rock and the low river levels from 1839 to 1854.

The River Is Now Within Three Inches If The Indian Head, Portsmouth Inquirer

Indian Head Rock Project

An article published in the Portsmouth Inquirer on the Indian Head Rock from September 26, 1851.

Hanging Or Hieroglyphical Rock; Colossal Bust At Low Water Mark, Used As A Metre By The Aborigines, John J. Egan

Indian Head Rock Project

Scene three from the Panorama of the Monumental Grandeur of the Mississippi Valley painted by John J. Egan circa 1850. The original is owned by the Saint Louis Art Museum.

Hanging Or Hieroglyphical Rock; Colossal Bust At Low Water Mark, Used As A Metre By The Aborigines (Close Up Of Indian Head Rock), James J. Egan

Indian Head Rock Project

Close up of Indian Head Rock from scene three from the Panorama of the Monumental Grandeur of the Mississippi Valleypainted by John J. Egan circa 1850. The original is owned by the Saint Louis Art Museum.

Ancient Monuments Of The Mississippi Valley, Pages 299-300, E. G. Squier, E. H. Davis

Indian Head Rock Project

Pages 299 and 300 of E. G. Squire's and E. H. Davis' book Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley, published in 1848.

Portsmouth Works: At The Mouth Of The Scioto River, E. G. Squier

Indian Head Rock Project

Map of the Portsmouth, Ohio earthworks as drawn by E. G. Squier on December 31, 1845. Found in the book Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley.

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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