Public schools -- Indiana

Scope and Contents This collection contains material ranging from 1963 to 1967 and undated that was received by Indiana State Librarian Robert McClarren while he served on the resource committee for the Knapp School Libraries Project at Allisonville School in Washington Township, Marion County, Indiana. The material includes correspondence, programs, meeting minutes, reports, blank assessment sheets and other items related to the library project. The collection also includes publications and promotional materials...

Scope and Contents This collection includes a typewritten copy of "Brief History of the Citizens School Committee of Indianapolis, Indiana." Compiled by Fred Bates Johnson and Edgar H. Evans on February 9, 1944, the history is four pages long and covers the time from its founding in 1921 through the 1942 elections. The history lists both the officers of the committee and the candidates supported in each election, and also mentions the influence of the Ku Klux Klan on the school board from 1926 to 1930.

Scope and Contents This collection includes two typewritten copies of "History of the Decatur Township School System," a paper read by Edwin S. Mills, chairman of the Decatur Township Advisory Board, on the occasion of the laying of the cornerstone of Decatur Central School on November 25, 1931. A copy of the history was placed in the cornerstone along with other mementos as part of the ceremony.

Scope and Contents This collection includes organization and school histories, staff biographies, pamphlets, periodicals, reports, clippings, and photographs from Indianapolis Public Schools in Indianapolis, Indiana, ranging from 1870 to 2008, undated, regarding the school system, local public schools, teachers and staff, students, school buses, and education.

Scope and Contents This collection includes a November 17, 1992 letter written by Norma Griebel and sent to "Delores and Barney" [Barnhart] with a reprint of a 1931 picture of students of the Madden Grade School that was located on Bryie Road, Eel River Township, Allen County, Indiana. In the letter she lists the names of the students in each row as remembered by herself and her sister Phyllis. The collection also includes a clipping of the same photograph that was published in the July 25, 1985 ...

Scope and Contents This collection includes correspondence, speeches, periodicals, pamphlets, other publications, reports, photographs, clippings, and other papers from Robert H. Wyatt in Indianapolis, Indiana ranging from 1869 to 1972 (bulk 1948-1972) and undated regarding his career in education and work with professional organizations such as the Indiana State Teachers Association (ISTA), the National Education Association (NEA), and Future Teachers of America. There is also information about teachers' strikes...

Scope and Contents This collection contains several items collected by Robert "Bob" Printy related to the Lagro, Indiana public schools, including a program from the May 1896 high school commencement, an invitation for the 1913 high school commencement, a circa 1935 booklet listing the graduates of the high school from 1883 to 1935, and a copy of First Annual Catalogue, Public Schools of Lagro, Indiana, 1885-86. The catalogue includes a prospectus for 1886-1887 and lists...

Scope and Contents This collection includes "Items Found in the Attic of the St. Paul School, St. Paul, IN," an eight page inventory of school and township records found in the school attic and recorded in July and August 1978. School records inventoried include class record books from Adams (1916-1917, 1927-1940), Chapel (1915-1917), St. Omer (1923-1925), and St. Paul (1913-1952); bus driver contracts (1920-1923); educational directories (1939-1942); high school transcripts (1919-1929); specifications...

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.

Scope and Contents This collection contains several documents ranging from 1939 to 1945 regarding the Union Township school of Tippecanoe County, Indiana. The documents include bids for bus routes by Clarence Keizer and Lex Brissey, an insurnace policy for Keizer, school aid bonds, and estimate of funds forms. The collection also has a document with a list of itemized costs for tuition and transportation of high school students from Union Township to Wea Township.