Education
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 130 Collections and/or Records:
Samuel Fulton Covington papers
Collection — Folder S301
Identifier: S0301
Scope and Contents
This collection includes typewritten pages and photocopied, typed pages from Samuel Fulton Covington and others in Indianapolis, Indiana around 1858 regarding family life and early education in Rising Sun, Indiana.
Dates:
1858
Sara Ellis biography
Collection — Folder S1800
Identifier: S1800
Scope and Contents
The main item in this collection is a three-page biography of Sara Catherine Deborah Ellis, the postmistress of Loco, Indiana. The first part of this biography was written by Sara’s sister, Martha Ellis Hopkins; and the second part was written by her nephew, Ellis A. Hopkins. Also included are two envelopes sent by J.B. Ellis.
Dates:
1896-1978
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Sara Ellis biography
School merit certificate
Collection — Folder S1529
Identifier: S1529
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a "20 Merits" pre-printed certificate (circa 1850-1900) with space for the pupil's and teacher's names and this printed inscription:
Would you excel--you must labor.
Would you be beloved--you must love.
Would you be respected--respect yourself.
Would you have others' smiles--impart your own.
Look up, and press onward!
Would you excel--you must labor.
Would you be beloved--you must love.
Would you be respected--respect yourself.
Would you have others' smiles--impart your own.
Look up, and press onward!
Dates:
circa 1850-1900
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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School merit certificate
School Reorganization Commission collection
Collection
Identifier: L591
Scope and Contents
This collection includes the records of the State Commission for the Reorganization of School Corporations from 1956 to 1967 regarding the consolidation of school corporations around the state of Indiana. The first series includes announcements, data sheets, maps, notes, agendas, and minutes of commission meetings. Hearing schedules, progress reports, maps, studies, lawsuits, legislative materials, and a variety of supplemental material, including rulings of the Indiana Supreme...
Dates:
1955-1967
Sherman Minton and Austin A. Cole letter and photograph
Collection — Folder S0983
Identifier: S0983
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a May 29, 1954 letter written by United States Supreme Court Justice Sherman Minton and sent to Dr. Austin A. Cole, principal of New Albany High School in New Albany, Indiana. In the letter, Minton thanks Cole for inviting him to the school's centennial celebration and states that it was "one of the happiest experience of my life." The collection also includes a photograph of Minton and Cole holding a portrait of Minton that was presented to the school by the school's...
Dates:
1954/05
Shields, Rector, and Nigh family photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: P072
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photographs and photograph albums from Hazel Shields Rector and Leanor Rector Nigh in Indiana ranging from circa 1900 to 1962 regarding the Shields, Rector, and Nigh families, as well as Nigh's friends, activities, and education. There are also 2 report cards: a 6th grade report cart for Leanor Rector (1928-1929) and an 11th grade report card for Wade Nigh (1927); and an oversize folder containing 2 group photographs including Wade Nigh from 1925 and 1931 and a...
Dates:
circa 1900-1962
Terre Haute School Society papers
Collection — Folder S2778
Identifier: S2778
Scope and Contents
This collection includes subscriber lists, receipts for construction of school houses, meeting minutes, and papers from the Terre Haute School Society in Terre Haute, Indiana, ranging from 1821 to 1834, regarding the organization and schools in Vigo County, Indiana.
Dates:
1821-1834
"The Academy Girls," Franklin, Indiana scrapbook
Collection — Volume V037
Identifier: V037
Scope and Contents
This collection comprises a scrapbook from "The Academy Girls" (later the Old Academy Girls' Association) in Franklin, Indiana ranging from 1905 to 1923 regarding alumnae from "The Old Academy." The scrapbook was created by Martha Coleman Johnson, first secretary and treasurer of the organization, and subsequent secretary, Lena Sauer.
Dates:
1905-1923
The Mentor and The Burr McIntosh Monthly periodicals collection
Collection
Identifier: L257
Scope and Contents
This collection includes publications ranging from 1908 to 1932, including The Mentor magazine from The Mentor Association in New York City, New York (1907, 1918); Burr McIntosh Monthly from New York City (1908), and the printed guide to the George Washington Masonic Memorial in Alexandria, Virginia (1932), regarding photography, popular culture, theatre, films, and numerous educational disciplines, such as science, the arts,...
Dates:
1908-1932
Thomas Carr Howe High School mock election booklet
Collection — Folder S2016
Identifier: S2016
Scope and Contents
This collection contains an unbound copy of the Thomas Carr Howe High School Social Studies Department mock election booklet from 1963. Following the Preface, Table of Contents, and Introduction, the booklet is organized into the following sections: General Introduction to Howe Election, Voting Qualifications, Registration Details, Political Parties, Precinct Committeemen, Party Organization, Primary Elections, Declarations of Candidacy, Convention Method of Nomination, Election Boards, Voting...
Dates:
1963 March
