One-room schools
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: One-room schools were commonplace throughout rural portions of various countries including the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Ireland and Spain in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In most rural (country) and small town schools, all of the students met in a single room. There, a single teacher taught academic basics to several grade levels of elementary-age boys and girls.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Geddes Town Hall School records
Collection
Identifier: 015.GTHS
Abstract
The Geddes Town Hall Schoolhouse records contain materials from both the Town Hall School, as well as materials documenting the donation, move and use of the structure in 1987. The earliest records generated by the one-room school include correspondence, school district inspections, fiduciary documents, teacher contracts, and student exercises. Later records are comprised primarily of administrative files including meeting minutes and proposals, newspaper...
Dates:
1832 - 2010; Majority of material found within 1986 - 1992