McHenry County, Schiller Township Records, 1904-1955, 1990

Collection Overview

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Administrative Information

Box and Folder Listing

Series 1: Correspondence, 1905-1955

The first series contains correspondence by county officials, Roosevelt School District #38 legal and employment correspondence, miscellaneous correspondence, and Workman's Compensation correspondence. The series dates from 1905 through 1955. The county officials' correspondence is arranged alphabetically by office and chronologically within each office. The rest of the correspondence is in alphabetical order by subject. Materials are in chronological order within each file.

Box 1

Folder 1: County Auditor, E. W. Olson, 1938-1940

Folder 2: County Clerk, Roosevelt School District #38 Clerk, Thomas Rieder, 1933

Folder 3: County Superintendent, Dalton McDonald, 1905

Folder 4: County Superintendent, A. C. Berg, 1915-1920

Folder 5: County Superintendent, Erma Smith, 1921-1928

Folder 6: County Superintendent, Lillian Parmenter, 1929-1931

Folder 7: County Superintendent, Merle Kidder, 1934-1948

Folder 8: County Superintendent, Elsie M. Kramer, 1952-1955

Folder 9: County Treasurer, Rufus Tree, July 2, 1918

Folder 10: County Treasurer, Edward Gilbertson, July 23, 1928

Folder 11: County Treasurer, Fred Julian, December 15, 1939

Folder 12: Employment, Bus Drivers, 1919-1955

Folder 13: Employment, Hauling Coal, 1925-1939

Folder 14: Employment, Janitors, 1933-1934

Folder 15: Employment, Painting, 1932-1936

Folder 16: Employment, Superintendents, 1920

Folder 17: Employment, Teachers, 1916-1929

Folder 18: Employment, Teachers, 1930-1954

Folder 19: Legal, 1924-1951

Folder 20: Miscellaneous, 1916-1930

Folder 21: Miscellaneous, 1931-1954

Folder 22: Workman's compensation, 1924-1941

Series 2: Financial Records, 1904-1954

This series contains billing statements, bonds, certificates of indebtedness, clerk's records, clerk's reports, contracts, and the deeds to Roosevelt schoolhouses #1 and #2, miscellaneous financial materials, receipts, the records of the sale of Roosevelt schoolhouses #1 and #2, a statement of the school district budget and tax levy statements of tuition fee, correspondence on the township tax levy, school treasurers' reports, and books of receipts called warrants. The materials are arranged alphabetically by subject and chronologically within each file.

Box 1

Folder 23: Billing Statements, 1906-1924

Folder 24: Billing Statements, 1925-1930

Folder 25: Billing Statements, 1931-1954

Folder 26: Bonds, Roosevelt School District #38, 1921-1938

Folder 27: Certificates of Indebtedness, Roosevelt School District #38, 1935-1938

Folder 28: Clerk's Record, Roosevelt School District # 38, 1904-1906

Folder 29: Clerk's Reports, 1905-1932

Folder 30: Contracts, Bus Drivers, 1938-1948

Folder 31: Contracts, Janitors, 1935-1941

Folder 32: Contracts, Teachers, 1916-1941

Folder 33: Deed, Roosevelt Schoolhouse #1, 11/1918

Folder 34: Deed, Roosevelt Schoolhouse #2, 12/1927

Folder 35: Miscellaneous, Financial, 1921-1940

Folder 36: Receipts, 1913-1953

Folder 37: Receipts, Coal Purchases, 10/1942-9/1946

Folder 38: Sale of Roosevelt Schoolhouses #1 and #2, 1919-1929

Folder 39: School District Budget and Tax Levy, 1929

Folder 40: Statements of Tuition Fee, 1926-1939

Folder 41: Township Tax Levy, 1923

Folder 42: Treasurer's Reports, Roosevelt School District #38, 1905-1948

Folder 43: Warrants, 11/1911-7/1914

Folder 44: Warrants, 7/1914-2/1916

Folder 45: Warrants, 2/1916-7/1917

Box 2

Folder 1: Warrants, 12/1917-5/1923

Folder 2: Warrants, 1/1925-5/1927

Folder 3: Warrants, 7/1927-8/1930

Folder 4: Warrants, 1/1931-7/1932

Folder 5: Warrants, 7/1933-5/1937

Folder 6: Warrants, 5/1937-8/1939

Folder 7: Warrants, 7/1941-3/1937

Folder 8: Warrants, 1/1950-1/1954

Folder 9: Warrants, 1/1954-5/1954

Series 3: Political Materials, 1904-1954

Series 3 contains applications for absent voters ballots, certification of officers bonded, general election poll books, notices of elections, official bonds of township officers, official oaths of township officers, miscellaneous political materials, and warrants of appointment. The series dates from 1911 through 1954. The materials are in alphabetical order by subject and chronological order within each file.

Box 2

Folder 10: Applications for Absent Voters Ballot, 1936

Folder 11: Certification of Officers Bonded with State Bonding Department

Folder 12: General Election Poll Books, 1934-1936

Folder 13: Notices of Elections, 1904-1937

Folder 14: Official Bond, Township Officers, 1921-1931

Folder 15: Official Oath, Township Officers, 1921-1938

Folder 16: Miscellaneous, 1932-1954

Series 4: Miscellaneous, 1911-1953, 1990

This series contains affidavits of publication, assessments of teachers' salaries, burial/removal permits, certificates of attendance at meetings of school officers, miscellaneous materials, newspaper clippings, reports of the state rural school inspector, sanitary facility studies, school censuses, school inventories, teacher evaluations, teacher's insurance and retirement fund statements, and teacher's reports. These materials date from 1911 through 1953. Also included in the series is a newspaper clipping about the collection donor, Wilmer Stolt, dated May 29, 1990. The materials are arranged in alphabetical order by subject and chronological order within each file.

Box 2

Folder 17: Warrants of Appointment, 1924

Folder 18: Affidavits of Publication, 1918-1930

Folder 19: Assessments of Teachers' Salaries, 1933-1945

Folder 20: Burial/Removal Permits, 1929-1942

Folder 21: Certificates of Attendance at Meetings of School Officers, 1922-1931

Folder 22: Miscellaneous, 1911-1951

Folder 23: Newspaper Clippings, 1947-1950

Folder 24: Newspaper Clippings, Wilmer Stolt, donor, May 29, 1990

Folder 25: Reports of State Rural School Inspector, 1922-1931

Folder 26: Sanitary Facility Studies, undated

Folder 27: School Census, 1915-1931

Folder 28: School Inventory, 1953

Folder 29: Teacher Evaluations, 1924-1942

Folder 30: Teacher's Insurance and Retirement Fund Statements, 1925-1942

Folder 31: Teacher's Reports, 1916-1952

Photographs :

Separated and placed in the Photograph File Cabinets.

Photograph 1: Roosevelt Schoolhouse #1, 1936

Photograph 2: Students at Roosevelt Schoolhouse #1, 1941

Photograph 3: Roosevelt Schoolhouse #2, 1948

Oversize Folder 1: Blueprints from Roosevelt Schoolhouses #1 and #2, 1918

Separated and placed in the Oversize File Cabinets.