Country School Legacy Project Records, 1980-1997

Collection Overview

Abstract

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Administrative Information

Box and Folder Listing

Series 1: Remembrances

This series contains taped interviews with teachers who taught in rural schools in North Dakota. Each interview discusses the biographical information of the teacher, the geographic locations of the schools and the curriculum of the schools.  Also included are questionnaires sent by Warren Henke of the Country School Legacy Project. Some of the responses include correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings and scrapbooks, in addition to the questionnaire.

Box 1

Folder 1: Charlotte Orthmeyer - Hazelton

Folder 2: Louis Huchinson - Grand Forks, ND

Folder 3: Iva Sunderland Hanson - Grand Forks, ND

Folder 4: Sister Annuciata - Sister Mary Lucy

Folder 5: Alberta Maria Reger Humsted

Folder 6: Mrs. Florence Mead Van Hyfte

Folder 7: Blanche Shortridge - Langdon, ND

Folder 8: Lillian and Vivian Soderstrom - Langdon, ND

Folder 9: Alida M. Goodman - Grafton, ND

Folder 10: Jean E. Dahl - Grafton, ND

Folder 11: Kenneth E. Johnson - Grafton, ND

Folder 12: Nora Skadeland

Folder 13: Frida Brainerd

Folder 14: Unidentified

Folder 15: Agnes Brenden Haugen

Folder 16: Marilyn F. Warner - Devils Lake, ND

Folder 17: David Shearer

Tape currently at CILT (19 Jan 2016) for duplication

Folder 18: a) Amanda Zastoupil b) O.B. Harding

Folder 19: O.B. Harding (cont.)

Folder 20: Clara Brown

Box 2

Folder 1: Tape Index

Folder 2: Interview #21 a) Vivian Nordby b) Vivian Nordby

Folder 3: Interview #22 a) Etha Lawson b) Etha Lawson

Folder 4: Interview #23 a) Emil and Rimond Pulkrabek b) Thelma Wilkens

Folder 5: Interview #24 a) Agnes Downing b) Agnes Downing

Folder 6: Interview #25 a) Dorothy Pearson b) Vernon Pederson

Folder 7: Interview #26 Suzette Bieri - November 22, 1980

Folder 8: Interview #27 Maude Carlson - November 18, 1980

Folder 9: Interview #28 Vernon Carlson - February 15, 1981

Folder 10: Interview #29 Lola Dokken - November 29, 1980

Folder 11: Interview #30 Winifred Erdman - November 18, 1980

Folder 12: Interview #31 Leila Ewen - November 21, 1980

Folder 13: Interview #32 Elmer Halvorson - January 14, 1981

Folder 14: Interview #33 Helen Jacobson - January 21, 1981

Folder 15: Interview #34 Louise Jevne - November 9, 1980

Folder 16: Interview #35 Mamie Johnson - February 3, 1981

Folder 17: Interview #36 Olivene Koppang - January 19, 1981

Folder 18: Interview #37 Anne Lassey - January 13. 1981

Box 3

Folder 1: Interview #38 Thea Lo - January 11, 1981

Folder 2: Interview #39 Oscar Oium - January 6, 1981

Folder 3: Interview #40 Laura Phillips - November 29, 1980

Folder 4: Interview #41 Julie Rindel - January 19, 1981

Folder 5: Interview #42 Ida Romsos - January 19, 1981

Folder 6: Interview #43 Thorbjorn Rue

Folder 7: Interview #44 Alida Siverson - January 14, 1981

Folder 8: Interview #45 Bernard Solberg - December 3, 1980

Folder 9: Interview #46 Irving and Irene Strand - January 13, 1981

Folder 10: Interview #47 Gladys and Delrey Webster - January 15, 1981

Folder 11: Interview #48 Dennis Stromme - January 20, 1981

Folder 12: Interview #49 Faye Zurcher - November 9, 1980

Box 12

Folder 1: Interview: Johanna Wolt, Crystal Springs, ND, May 27, 1981

Folder 2: Interview: Julia Ann Hurinenko, Manning, ND, February 28, 1981

Folder 3: Interview: Agnes Palanuk, Dickinson, ND, February 28, 1981

Folder 4: Interview: Rita Mae Rene, Bismarck, ND, February 23, 1981

Folder 5: Interview: Ethel Atkinson, Rhame, ND, December 29, 1980

Folder 6: Interview: James Randall

Folder 9: Reminiscence of Johanna Thordardson, Cavalier, ND, who taught McKenzie County, ND

Folder 19: Aasmundt, Palmer

Folder 20: Adamson, Vera

Folder 21: Ahlberg, Myrtle

Folder 22: Aljets, Esther

Folder 23: Amundson, Grace C.

Folder 24: Anderson, Betty J.

Folder 25: Armstrong, Frances

Folder 26: Aune, Thelma

Folder 27: Baranko, Mike

Folder 28: Barlow, Arden

Folder 29: Berg, Gertrude

Folder 30: Bergerud, LaVerne

Folder 31: Bergman, Elsie

Folder 32: Bernard, Henry

Folder 33: Berntsen, Elsie

Folder 34: Beatler, Sophie M.

Folder 35: Biel, Mrs. Ernest

Folder 36: Bloom, Francis

Folder 37: Blum Hagen, O. Emma

Folder 38: Aanend, Stella

Folder 39: Bobzien, Leroy

Folder 40: Bohrer, Rosemary

Folder 41: Bollinger, Vera

Folder 42: Boraas, Nette

Folder 43: Borsstad, Lillian

Folder 44: Brady, Alpha

Folder 45: Brager, Gladys

Folder 46: Brandvick, Margaret

Folder 47: Branning, Roger W.

Folder 48: Brash, Gladys

Folder 49: Brittner, Grace

Folder 50: Broberg, Vivian

Folder 51: Brown, Bernice

Folder 52: Brown, Clara

Folder 53: Bryant, Reece

Folder 54: Buchmiller, Ruth Dahl

Folder 55: Bucholz, Berneice M.

Folder 56: Buck, Leroy

Folder 57: Burdick, Eleanor

Folder 58: Burgadd, Rodney

Folder 59: Burns, Hazel

Folder 60: Burns, Ruby Sybella

Folder 61: Buttke, Dorothy

Folder 62: Byzewski, Marie J.

Folder 63: Carlson, Gladys

Folder 64: Carlson, Helga

Folder 65: Carpenter, Alma

Folder 66: Cole, Emma Julie

Folder 67: Conitz, Alice

Folder 68: Conitz, Evelyn

Folder 69: Cox, Leonard B.

Folder 70: Christensen, Betty

Folder 71: Christianson, Agnes

Folder 72: Dawson, Irene

Folder 73: Desart, Ruth Marie

Folder 74: Desmond, Cillian

Folder 75: Dinwoodie, Lillian

Folder 76: Dockter, Pearl

Folder 77: Dohrman, Mrs. Clarence

Folder 78: Downing, Agnes

Folder 79: Droen, Lillian

Folder 80: Duerre, Edna

Folder 81: Duffy, Ferne

Folder 82: Dulmage, Helen

Folder 83: Dunn, Vivian

Folder 84: Ellis, Glenna

Folder 85: Ellsworth, Verna

Folder 86: Erickson, Lillian

Folder 87: Ehrmantrout, Jean

Folder 88: Fagerlund, Ragnhild

Folder 89: Fagerlund, Theo B.

Folder 90: Fedje, Elizabeth

Folder 91: Ferguson, Alice K.

Folder 92: Fenstad, Mabel

Folder 93: Fiechtner, Magdalene

Folder 94: Fish, Esther

Folder 95: Fisher, Sheldon

Folder 96: Dokken, Lola

Folder 97: Fitzgerald, Catherine

Folder 98: Flynn, Merritt

Folder 99: Fogderude, Sylvia

Folder 100: Forrest, Mary Brown

Folder 101: Forrest, Sister Patricia

Folder 102: Fox, Vera

Folder 103: Franklin, Karen

Folder 104: Frasch, Naomi

Folder 105: Frieboes, Irene

Folder 106: Fritz, Mertis

Folder 107: Gabbert, Verna

Folder 108: Gallagher, Anna

Folder 109: Ganser, Gladys

Folder 110: George, Phyllis

Folder 111: Giedt, Arthur

Folder 112: Goetz, Eltrieda

Folder 113: Goheen, Erma

Folder 114: Gohrick, Mary

Folder 115: Goldsberry, Margaret

Folder 116: Goolsbey, Mary D.

Folder 117: Grafsgaard, Laura

Folder 118: Grossman, Edwin

Folder 119: Grubb, Clara O.

Folder 120: Guidinger, Muriel

Folder 121: Guenther, Ella

Folder 122: Gunn, Delphina

Folder 123: Haakenstad, Clara

Folder 124: Hagen, Agnes

Folder 125: Hagness, Thea

Folder 126: Hahn, Emma

Folder 127: Haldemann, Bessie Collins

Folder 128: Haldi, Laura O.

Folder 129: Halvorson, Agnes M.

Folder 130: Hammerstad, Julia

Folder 131: Hansen, Inez

Folder 132: Hassebrock, Nina

Folder 133: Hassler, Harley

Folder 134: Haverland, Edna Frisk

Folder 135: Hauf, Walter

Box 14

Folder 1: Hazard, Thelma

Folder 2: Healy, Alma

Folder 3: Hedlund, Gladys Kieffer

Folder 4: Heffeltinger, Robert

Folder 5: Heidt, Caroline

Folder 6: Helling, Annie

Folder 7: Hendrickson, Atonia

Folder 8: Herbel, Betty J.

Folder 9: Hertel, Lillian

Folder 10: Herwick, Edwin

Folder 11: Heupel, Cordavee

Folder 12: Hill, Lottie

Folder 13: Hinton, May E.

Folder 14: Hoffman, Martha

Folder 15: Hoffner, Nila

Folder 16: Holbach, Bertha M.

Folder 17: Hoover, Bessie

Folder 18: Holler, Martha

Folder 19: Holm, Alfred B.

Folder 20: Holm, Elsie

Folder 21: Hornor, Agnes

Folder 22: Hovey, Melissa

Folder 23: Hughart, Freda

Folder 24: Hughes, Shirley

Folder 25: Hurinenko, Julia

Folder 26: Hynes, George

Folder 27: Iszler, Edwin

Folder 28: Jackson, Thomas

Folder 29: Jacobson, Doris

Folder 30: Jacobson, Edna

Folder 31: Jacobsen, Hilda Wall

Folder 32: Jakle, Martha

Folder 33: Jacobson, Irene

Folder 34: Jarvis, Eunice

Folder 35: Jensen, Hazel

Folder 36: Jenson, Edna

Folder 37: Jenson, Theta

Folder 38: Johnson, Alta

Folder 39: Johnson, Eleanor

Folder 40: Johnson, Evelyn

Folder 41: Johnson, Louis B.

Folder 42: Johnson, Otella

Folder 43: Johnson, Margaret C.

Folder 44: Johnson, Mayme

Folder 45: Jost, Helen

Folder 46: Jung, Clara

Folder 47: Kirchmeier, Emil

Folder 48: Kraft, Constance

Folder 49: Latimer, Lowell F.

Folder 50: Lardy, Elizabeth J.

Folder 51: Larson, Bernice

Folder 52: Larson, Elenora

Folder 53: Larson, Ornie E.

Folder 54: Lawrence, Marie

Folder 55: Lawson, Helen

Folder 56: Leach, Mollie

Folder 57: Lee, Charlotte

Folder 58: Lee, Florence

Folder 59: Lee, Ina

Folder 60: Lee, Ethel

Folder 61: Lill, Irene

Folder 62: Lippert, Bernice

Folder 63: Little, Blanche Brooks

Folder 64: Long, Clara

Folder 65: Loomer, Walter

Folder 66: Lubbers, Clara

Folder 67: Lumley, Alma

Folder 68: Lynn, Anne B.

Folder 69: Mack, Eileen

Folder 70: Madsen, Nellie

Folder 71: Mandt, Blanche

Folder 72: Mann, Myrtle

Folder 73: Marek, Harriet

Folder 74: Markovic, Selma

Folder 75: McKay, Hazel

Folder 76: Mehus, Grace M.

Folder 77: Meidinger, Mrs. Aaron

Folder 78: Meier, William M.

Folder 79: Meinecke, Reuben

Folder 80: Mergel, Thelma

Folder 81: Miller, Maurine

Folder 82: Miller, Marion

Folder 83: Moen, Ingeborg

Folder 84: Mohs, Cecilia

Folder 85: Mlcoch, Ellen

Folder 86: Morrow, Freda A.

Folder 87: Movius, Helen

Folder 88: Moxley, Hazel A.

Folder 89: Myhr, Evelyn

Folder 90: Myhre, Jeanette

Folder 91: McCombs, Marion

Folder 92: McDaniel, Mary

Folder 93: McGauvran, Blanche

Folder 94: McGowan, Grace

Folder 95: Nash, Hazel, Krogness

Folder 96: Nellermoe, Ruth E.

Folder 97: Nelson, Marjorie

Folder 98: Nicholson, Elyse

Folder 99: Nordin, Hildur

Folder 100: Nordrum, Garfield

Folder 101: Nordstag, Magna

Folder 102: Norem, Ruth

Folder 103: Nuss, Inez

Folder 104: Nye, Marinda

Folder 105: Obnigewitch, Lena

Folder 106: Oien, Jennie

Folder 107: Oberg, Zoie

Folder 108: Olafson, Alma

Folder 109: Oleson, Ruth

Folder 110: Olson, Agnes

Folder 111: Olson, Clara

Folder 112: Olson, Fern

Folder 113: Olson, Hazel F.

Folder 114: Ozanne, Helen

Folder 115: Olson, Julia O.

Folder 116: Olson, Luverne

Folder 117: Parks, O.A. and Clara

Folder 118: Peterson, Emma

Folder 119: Peterson, Harriet

Folder 120: Pfiefer, Myrtle

Folder 121: Pidde, Violet

Folder 122: Peterson, Margaret

Folder 123: Pommier, Irene

Folder 124: Price, John

Folder 125: Privratsky, Hilma

Folder 126: Rahn, Mertle

Folder 127: Rebenitsch, Ann

Folder 128: Rebenitsch, Lucy

Folder 129: Richardson, Vida

Folder 130: Rene, Rita

Folder 131: Renz, Irene

Folder 132: Riedemann, Kenneth

Folder 133: Rindt, Doris E.

Folder 134: Robertson, Frances

Folder 135: Rodacker, Alvina

Folder 136: Rogness, Avis

Folder 137: Romsos, Ida

Folder 138: Rottrich, F. C.

Folder 139: Ronnie, Lillian

Folder 140: Ronning, Alma

Folder 141: Rousseau, Esther Olafson

Folder 142: Rud, Rocelia B.

Folder 143: Salveson, Jennie

Folder 144: Sandness, Grace

Folder 145: Sasse, Minda

Folder 146: Sausker, Henry

Folder 147: Schaaf, Margie

Folder 148: Schhade, Jessie

Folder 149: Schaller, Laura

Folder 150: Schatz, Elton

Folder 151: Schieb, Myrtle

Folder 152: Schauer, Linda

Folder 153: Schempp, Lois

Folder 154: Schildberger, Amelia

Folder 155: Schlangen, Hazel

Folder 156: Schlect, Lillian

Folder 157: Schmidt, Hazel

Folder 158: Schoeder, Maude

Folder 159: Schultz, Agnes

Folder 160: Schumacher, Loraine

Folder 161: Scott, Florence

Folder 162: Selland, Cynthia

Folder 163: Sellheim, William

Folder 164: Sellie, Mildred

Folder 165: Severson, Beatrice

Folder 166: Severson, Hazel

Folder 167: Sibley, Cora

Folder 168: Silha, Verna E.

Folder 169: Skaar, Bertha

Folder 170: Skor, Pearl

Folder 171: Sletto, Verona

Folder 172: Smette, Kathryn

Folder 173: Soehren, Rose Mae

Folder 174: Sondrol, Lola

Folder 175: Sosalla, Volborg

Folder 176: Stahl, Vera

Folder 177: Starkey, Lillian

Folder 178: Stein, Etta M.

Folder 179: Stern, Loretta

Folder 180: Stevens, B. F.

Folder 181: Stewart, Jack

Folder 182: Stiles, Esther

Folder 183: Strand, Serina

Folder 184: Strandberg, Merrill

Folder 185: Stromme, Cora

Folder 186: Stubson, Ruth

Folder 187: Sturlaugson, Margaret S.

Folder 188: Stutrud, Melvin

Folder 189: Sukumlyn, Edward

Folder 190: Sullivan, James

Folder 191: Susag, Verneita

Folder 192: Syverson, Palmer

Folder 193: Tangedahl, Margaret

Folder 194: Thordarson, Johanna

Folder 195: Thorfinnson, Snorri

Folder 196: Thurmann, Alice

Folder 197: Tiedmann, Virgal

Folder 198: Tibor, Stella

Folder 199: Tofellson, Geneva

Folder 200: Togstad, Ann

Folder 201: Trautmann, Margaret

Folder 202: Traynor, Iris

Folder 203: Twist, Eleanor

Folder 204: Vaagen, Esther

Folder 205: Voigt, Madalene

Folder 206: Vollmer, Verna

Folder 207: Walstad, Alice

Folder 208: Warner, Avis M.

Folder 209: Warner, Rosella

Folder 210: Watland, Mabel

Folder 211: Weber, Anna

Folder 212: Weber, Bernice

Folder 213: Webster, Gladys

Folder 214: Wehner, Winnifred

Folder 215: Weinbergen, Eva

Folder 216: Weishaar, Bernice

Folder 217: Weisz, Robert

Folder 218: Welder, Paul

Folder 219: Wenstrom, Mabel

Box 15

Folder 1: Werner, Isabel

Folder 2: Wetzel, Belle

Folder 3: Wick, Pearl

Folder 4: Wiese, Lyall Ella

Folder 5: Wilson, Lillian

Folder 6: Williams, Martha L.

Folder 7: Winkler, Myrtle

Folder 8: Wittich, Arla

Folder 9: Wocht, Johanna M.

Folder 10: Wold, Frances

Folder 11: Wolf, Adele

Folder 12: Woods, Leila

Folder 13: Ydstie, Signe

Folder 14: Young, Shirley

Folder 15: Zeller, Marjorie

Folder 16: Zeller, Nelda

Folder 17: Avg. Monthly Salary of Teachers 1894-1952

Folder 18: Bibliography

Folder 19: Correspondence Letters

Folder 20: Correspondence NDEA Convention Program/Devils Lake Chautauqua

Folder 21: Expenses

Folder 22: Interviews

Folder 23: List of Questionnaire Materials

Folder 24: Misc. Genealogical

Folder 25: Misc. Teacher Contracts

Folder 26: N.D. Centennial Legacies Book Shelf Grant Program

Folder 27: News Releases

Folder 28: Responses from REC Article

Folder 29: TV/Radio Station List

Folder 30: YCL Manual

Folder 31: Mini-biography of Johanna (Knudsen) Miller by Vito Perrone

Series 2: Correspondence

Box 4

Folder 1: Correspondence Concerning Interviews; "Country School Legacy: Humanities on the Frontier" booklet

Folder 2: Correspondence Concerning Interviews; Questionnaire

Folder 3: Correspondence - "School Legacy Records"

Folder 4: Correspondence - From Andrew Gulliford, Project Director

Folder 5: Correspondence - to Andrew Gulliford

Folder 6: Correspondence - from Randal Teeuwen

Folder 7: Correspondence - from Berkley Lobanov

Folder 8: Correspondence - from Joseph R. Edelen

Folder 9: Correspondence - Miscellaneous

Folder 10: Correspondence - County Superintendent

Folder 11: Correspondence - Superintendent of Public Instruction

Folder 12: Correspondence - Superintendent of Public Instruction

Folder 13: Correspondence - Superintendent of Public Instruction

Folder 14: Correspondence - Superintendent of Public Instruction

Folder 15: Correspondence - Superintendent of Public Instruction

Folder 16: Oral History - blank forms

Folder 17: Research Contract - Blank

Folder 18: Legacy and Invention Document technique

Folder 19: Publicity - Letters

Folder 20: Library form letters

Folder 21: Contribution Record Forms

Folder 22: Historic Site Forms

Box 12

Folder 7: Correspondence with Warren Henke regarding rural schools

Series 3: Rural School Histories

This series contains histories of North Dakota rural schools. The histories were written by teachers and/or students in one-room schools.

Box 4

Folder 23: Bibliography of sources on the one-room school house.

Folder 24: Articles - Minot Schools

Folder 25: History of Herr School

Folder 26: History of Miller School

Folder 27: History of Goldberry School

Folder 28: History of Elm School

Folder 29: History of Valley City School

Folder 30: Miscellaneous articles on North Dakota one-room school houses.

Folder 31: Essay: I attended a Country School, by Ben Walsh

Folder 32: a.) Thesis: A Daily Program for the One-Room School of North Dakota, by Andrew C. Berg; b.) Essay: Remember When, by Stella Olson Jacobs

Box 12

Folder 11: Rural school examinations produced by the Department of Public Instruction

Folder 12: Miscellaneous historic site forms

Folder 17: History of Lohnes School

Folder 15: Family units that attended Lohnes School, 1919-1954

Series 4: Teacher Contracts

This series contains individual teacher contracts of North Dakota teachers who taught in country schools.

Box 4

Folder 33: Teacher Contracts - Griggs County

Folder 34: Teacher Contracts - Barnes County

Folder 35: Teacher Contracts - LaMoure County

Folder 36: Teacher Contracts - Benson County

Folder 37: Teacher Contracts - Hettinger County

Folder 38: Teacher Contracts - Towner County

Folder 39: Teacher Contracts - Grant County

Folder 40: Teacher Contracts - Bottineau County

Series 5: Historic Site Forms and Photographs

This series contains completed Historic Site forms which contain information about a school. Many of the forms include photographs.

Box 5

Folder 1: Mt. Pleasant School [Nearest Township of this name is in South Dakota. Possible mistake, instead of Pleasant Township in Cass County, North Dakota]

Folder 2: Sharon Township, Steele County

Folder 3: Harvey School #1 (Mrs. John Seeley)

Folder 4: Lallie Township Hall, Benson County (Earl Graham)

Folder 5: Adler Township, Nelson County (Norbert E. Meyer)

Folder 6: Nesheim Township Hall, Nelson County (Jacob Quanbeck)

Folder 7: Bartley Township Hall, Griggs County (Mrs. Herbert Sonju)

Folder 8: Cass County - Walden School; Griggs County - Greenfield School, Romness #2 Dahl School, Washburn #2; Steele County - Hugo #4, Broadlawn #4

Folder 9: Benson County - Rock Township Hall, Mr. Stanley Krueger [Rock Township History book cataloged separately]

Folder 10: Willow Township - Griggs County - Arthur Smogard

Folder 11: Clearfield Township Hall - Griggs County - Mrs. Don Knapp

Folder 12: Divide Township Hall - Dickey County - Mr. Avender

Folder 13: Maza School - Towner County - Mr. Strand

Folder 14: Sverdrup Township Hall - Griggs County - Mr. and Mrs. H. Loge

Folder 15: Golden Township Hall - Walsh County - Wallace Lien

Folder 16: Clearfield #2 - Griggs County - Marjorie Larson

Folder 17: Albert Township Hall - Benson County - Mr. Freeman Westrum

Folder 18: Pearl Lake Township Hall - LaMoure County - George Johnson

Folder 19: Osago Township [no school present]

Folder 20: Thompson School, Griggs County (Mrs. Gilbert F. Johnson)

Folder 21: Thompson School, Griggs County (Mrs. Gilbert F. Johnson)

Folder 22: Tiber Township Hall, Walsh County (Denis Monson)

Folder 23: Williams Township Hall, Nelson County (Mrs. Marvin Hanson)

Folder 24: Herberg School, Traill County (Cheryl Hemberger)

Folder 25: Melrose Township - Steele County (Frances Houkom)

Folder 26: Clement Township Hall - Dickey County (George Adams)

Folder 27: Hilldale Township Hall - Eddy County (Norris Yestaas)

Folder 28: Greenville Township Hall (Jack Ragen)

Folder 29: Michigan School - Grand Forks County (Darwin Pusco)

Folder 30: Colgate Township - Steele County (Eva Johnson)

Folder 31: Bale Township - Ransom County

Folder 32: Fertile Township Hall - Walsh County (Wallace Thompson)

Folder 33: Minnewaukan Hall - Ramsey County (Edwin Peterson)

Folder 34: Hamlin Township - Nelson County (Harold Anderson)

Folder 35: Sauter Township Hall - Walsh County (Eugene Kubat)

Folder 36: Elkmount Township Hall - Grand Forks County (Ralph Whaley)

Folder 37: Saratoga Township Hall - LaMoure County (Gerald R. Danuser)

Folder 38: Tuller School (Helen Hieggelke)

Folder 39: Roosevelt #1 and #2 (Wilmer Stolt)

Folder 40: DeGroat Township Hall - Ramsey County (Curtis Thorpe)

Folder 41: Acton School - District #15 - Walsh County (Alfred Hoenke)

Folder 42: Grace Township Hall - Grand Forks County (Bernice Johnson)

Folder 43: Pierce Township Hall - Barnes County (W. Derward Koll)

Folder 44: Elm River Township Hall - Traill County (Marvin Martinson)

Folder 45: Graham Island Township Hall - Benson County (Mrs. Wilson Howard)

Folder 46: Litchville Township Hall - LaMoure County (Selmer Rockswold)

Folder 47: Elson Hall - Benson County (Alexander Backstrom)

Folder 48: Green Community Center - Barnes County (Ruby Hansen)

Folder 49: Paradise Township Hall - Eddy County (Marlin Erickson)

Folder 50: Minnie Lake Township Hall - Barnes County (Ben Sundstrom)

Folder 51: Baldwin Township Hall - Barnes County (Mrs. Warren Becker)

Folder 52: Gingham Township Hall (Jim Haugstad)

Folder 53: Dundee Township Hall - Walsh County (Joel Lindell)

Folder 54: Hard Wheat School - Towner County (Frank E. Westland)

Folder 55: F. U. Hall - Pierce County (Miss Healy)

Folder 56: Coolin Township Hall - Towner County (Bernice Noyes Sexhus)

Folder 57: Morris Township Hall - Ramsey County (Dennis Windjue)

Folder 58: Bentru Township Hall - Grand Forks County (James Olson)

Folder 59: McClellan Township Hall - Benson County (Harold Friestad)

Folder 60: Mertz Township - Sheridan County (Leota Mertz Denhoff)

Folder 61: Gladstone School - LaMoure County (Glenn Moore)

Folder 62: Union 101 (Mrs. Kenneth Lykken)

Folder 63: Union Township - Grand Forks County (Rose M. Beine)

Folder 64: Hvard School (Anna Weber)

Folder 65: Glenila School (Louis Peterson)

Folder 66: Grafton (Mrs. Jean Dahl)

Folder 67: #120 Dows - Dows Township (Marilyn Bjerke)

Folder 68: Liberty School #2 - Emmons County (Mr. and Mrs. Frank Orthmeyer)

Folder 69: Bethel Township Hall - Towner County (Mrs. Mitchell Garst)

Folder 70: Eddy Township Hall - Eddy County (Ralph Krebsbach)

Folder 71: Heimdal District School - Wells County (Miss Arden Georgeson)

Folder 72: Galesburg School District #3 - Traill County (Minnie Olstad)

Folder 73: Martin Township Hall - Walsh County (William Freeman)

Folder 74: Anderson Township Hall - Barnes County (Felix Gerntholz)

Folder 75: Isabel Township Hall - Benson County (Erling Karlsbraaten)

Folder 76: Edendale Township Hall - Steele County (Henning Anderson)

Folder 77: Inkster Township Hall - Grand Forks County (Mrs. Oscar Seilstad)

Folder 78: Lind School District #99 - Grand Forks County (Robert Olson)

Folder 79: Sherbrooke Township Hall - Steele County (Elmer Jacobson)

Folder 80: Perth Township Hall - Walsh County (Arnold Lillehaugen)

Folder 81: Gladstone Community Hall - LaMoure County (Mrs. Cliff Haro)

Folder 82: Beaver School #3-Benson County (Mrs. Ralph Pierson)

Folder 83: Hemen Township Hall - Barnes County (DuWayne Sauer)

Folder 84: Cranberry Valley School - Benson County (Doreen Brenno)

Folder 85: Odessa Township - Ramsey County (Orrin Cox)

Folder 86: Marsh Township Hall (Evelyn Gartland)

Folder 87: Brimer Township Hall - Barnes County

Folder 88: Berlin Township Hall - Cass County

Folder 89: Sharlow Township School #2, Stutsman County (Mrs. Richard Brown)

Folder 90: Roseville School - Traill County, documents (Ellen Kaldor)

Folder 91: Roseville School - Traill County, photographs (Ellen Kaldor)

Folder 92: Enger Township Hall - Steele County (Allan Kville)

Folder 93: Dodds Township Hall - Nelson County (Allen Johnson)

Folder 94: Norway Lake Township Hall - Wells County (Harris Sundet)

Folder 95: Westfield Township Hall - Steele County (Harold Ramstad)

Folder 96: Reed Township Hall - Cass County (R. D. Tettren)

Folder 97: Grace Township Schools (Bernice Johnson)

Folder 98: Shelly School District #6 - Dickey County (Marlys Kunz)

Folder 99: Willow Lake School - Steele County

Folder 100: Magnus Olson School #3 - Dwight School District (Mrs. Earl Wold)

Folder 101: Hugo Township - Steele County (Mrs. Neil Hashbarger)

Folder 102: Melvin Township Hall - Nelson County (G. E. Kjorsvik)

Folder 103: Pamona View Township Hall - LaMoure County (Bruce Lackman)

Folder 104: Moraine Township Hall - Grand Forks County

Folder 105: Atkins Township Hall - Towner County

Folder 106: Clearfield Township Hall - Griggs County (William Phelps)

Folder 107: Romness Township School #1 - Griggs County (Mrs. Garfield Olson)

Folder 108: School District #23 - Walsh County

Folder 109: Clifton District #50 - Cass County (Mrs. Lawrence Dimmer)

Folder 110: Embden School District #4 - Cass County

Folder 111: Twin Tree Township Hall - Benson County (Edith Houkom)

Folder 112: Golden Lake Township - Steele County (Joe Hanson)

Folder 113: Whitestone School #1 - Dickey County

Folder 114: Helendale Township Hall - Richland County

Folder 115: Roloff Township Hall - McIntosh County

Folder 116: South Dresden School #3 (Emma Hahn)

Folder 117: Griggs County  (Superintendent of schools)

Folder 118: Gilber #1 - Ransom County (Mrs. Wesley Alinder)

Folder 119: Ellendale (Winnie Norton)

Folder 120: Dunbar School - Shuman #1 - Sargent County

Folder 121: Campbell #4 - Rollins Prairie Township

Folder 122: Easton Township - Steele County (Mildred Gilbertson)

Folder 123: Bale Township - Ransom County - Gilbert School #1

Folder 124: Sverdrup #1 (Mrs. Arthur Beattie

Folder 125: Old School Materials (A. Berggren)

Folder 126: Broadlawn Township - Steele County (Gilmore Jondahl)

Folder 127: Griggs - Steele County (Mrs. J. Josephine)

Folder 128: Shuman #2

Folder 129: Ransom County

Folder 130: Potterville #3 – Steele/Griggs County

Folder 131: Willow #2

Folder 132: Buffalo

Folder 133: Osnabrock

Folder 134: Ayr

Folder 135: Mabel Township

Folder 136: Comstock , MN

Folder 137: Bridge School

Folder 138: Bryon Township School

Folder 139: Emmons County

Folder 140: Mountain School

Folder 141: Unidentified Photograph

Folder 142: Unidentified Photograph

Folder 143: Amenia School

Folder 144: Gallatin School

Folder 145: Wayzea School District – Griggs/Steele County

Folder 146: Unidentified Photograph

Folder 147: Franklin Township - Steele County

Folder 148: Osnabrock

Folder 149: Unidentified Photograph

Folder 150: Milton

Folder 151: Veseleyville

Folder 152: Fertile Valley Township - Divide County

Folder 153: Gallatin School - Sheyenne Valley

Folder 154: Carrington

Folder 155: Morris Township (Galdys Brash)

Folder 156: Pleasant View Hall - Grand Forks (R. Mandt)

Folder 157: Xeroxed Copies of Photographs

Folder 158: Correspondence: Bowman County (Superintendent of School)

Folder 159: School Photographs: Emmons, Grand Forks, Grant, and McHenry Counties

Folder 160: “Rural School Days, 1914-1921, A Personal Reminiscence” Essay by Ross Bloomquist on Birtsell Township, Foster County, School District #3

Folder 161: Emmons County (Glanavon School)

Folder 162: Fairfield Township - Billings County

Folder 163: Rollis Township - Marshall County

Folder 164: Adams County

Folder 165: McHenry County

Folder 166: McIntosh County

Folder 167: Stark County

Folder 168: Ward County

Folder 169: Williams County

Folder 170: Lamoure County, unidentified photograph

Folder 171: Unanswered Correspondence

Folder 172: List of Vocational Education Instructors

Folder 173: Xeroxed Copies of photographs (Berkeley Lobanor, Head of photographs for the grant)

Folder 174: Morton County, photographs

Folder 175: Picton Township Hall - Towner County (Olivia Gailfus)

Folder 176: Coburn Township Hall - Ransom County (Glen Anderson)

Folder 177: Rye School #25 - Grand Forks County (Frank Dubuque)

Folder 178: Loam Township, Austin School; Waterloo Township School, Elgin School (Lois Peterson)

Folder 179: Birtsell Township School, Foster County, six photographs

Box 6

Folder 1: Unanswered Correspondence (Mary Carlson)

Folder 2: Answered Correspondence (Mary Carlson)

Folder 3: Betty Ann Jordan's Word

Folder 4: Bergsguard - Quarve - District #41 - Benson County

Folder 5: Aanderud - Quarve - District #41 - Benson County

Folder 6: Thrums - District #19 - School #4 - Bottineau County

Folder 7: Pleasant Valley School - Bottineau County

Folder 8: Anderson - Hawkeye School #2 - Divide County

Folder 9: Lexington School - Divide County

Folder 10: Twin Butte - Divide County

Folder 11: Roseville - District #50 - School #1 - Divide County

Folder 12: Blufton - District #15 - School #3 - Divide County

Folder 13: Hawkeye Consolidated #14 - Divide County

Folder 14: Iota - District #18 - School #1 - Dunn County

Folder 15: North Prairie - District #1 - McHenry County

Folder 16: Red Cross School - District #10 - School #1 - McHenry County

Folder 17: Wintering School - District #3 - School #2 - McHenry County

Folder 18: Salin School - District #3 - School #3 - McHenry County

Folder 19: Rose Hill - District #36.- School #2 - McHenry County

Folder 20: Thomas - Egg Creek - District #35 - School #4 - McHenry County

Folder 21: White Rock - Riga School - District #21 - School #2 - McHenry County

Folder 22: Horegum School - District #23 - School #1 - McHenry County

Folder 23: Willowcreek School - District #6 - McHenry County

Folder 24: Balfour School - District #16 - McHenry County

Folder 25: Hubell School

Folder 26: Medicine Lodge - District #8 - McHenry County

Folder 27: Kottke Valley - District #32 - School #2 - McHenry County

Folder 28: Horse Creek - District #32 - McKenzie County

Folder 29: Sheep Butte - Earl School District - McKenzie County

Folder 30: Sunat School - Mountrail County

Folder 31: Dymond School - Mountrail County

Folder 32: Liberty - District #2 - Mountrail County

Folder 33: Model Township Hall - Mountrail County

Folder 34: Curkuff - Springdale - Mountrail County

Folder 35: Sweetwater - District #32 - Mountrail County

Folder 36: Juniata - District #2 - School #1 - Pierce County

Folder 37: Meyer - District #11 - School #2 - Pierce County

Folder 38: Copeland - Van Buren - District #22 - School #1 - Bottineau County

Folder 39: Meyer - District #1 - School #4 - Pierce County

Folder 40: Meyer - District #1 - School #1 - Pierce County

Folder 41: Lincoln - District #28 - School #1 - Pierce County

Folder 42: Plain 281 - District #1 - Renville County

Folder 43: White Ash - District #19 - Renville County

Folder 44: South Prosperity - Renville County

Folder 45: Cauahan - Renville County

Folder 46: Brandon Township Hall - Renville County

Folder 47: Barney Google - District #3 - Renville County

Folder 48: Rockford - District #5 - School #2 - Renville County

Folder 49: Sande - Hutchinson - District #22 - Rolette County

Folder 50: Schiller - District #19 - Sheridan County

Folder 51: New German Town - District #6 - Sheridan County

Folder 52: John's Lake - District #22 - School #2 - Sheridan County

Folder 53: Lincoln - District #10 - Sheridan County

Folder 54: Pichard - District #20 - Sheridan County

Folder 55: Whittaker - District #23 - School #2 - Sheridan County

Folder 56: Lamont - District #18 - Sheridan County

Folder 57: Berlin - Sheridan County

Folder 58: Denmark - District #3 - Ward County

Folder 59: Kottke Valley - District #32 - School #4 - Ward County

Folder 60: Graham – St. Mary's - District #17 - School #1 - Ward County

Folder 61: McKinley - District #36 - School #2 - Ward County

Folder 62: Freedom - South Prairie - School #1 - Ward County

Folder 63: Schwartz - Spencer - District #46 - Ward County

Folder 64: Rolling Green - District #1 - Ward County

Folder 65: Rushville - Sunnyslope - District #53 - Ward County

Folder 66: Vang - District #106 - Ward County

Folder 67: Harrison - District #2 - Ward County

Folder 68: Carter - District #1 - Ward County

Folder 69: Berge - Freeman - District #29 - School #3 - Williams County

Folder 70: Haustveit - Grinnell - District #4 - School #3 - Williams County

Folder 71: Truax - District #79 - School #3 - Williams County

Folder 72: Twinlake - District #66 - Williams County

Folder 73: Highcliff - Formosa - District #39 - School #2 - Williams County

Folder 74: Hagbo - Scandinavia - District #43 - School #1 - Williams County

Folder 75: Nelson - Blacktail - District #72 - School #1 - Williams County

Folder 76: Blacktail - District #72 - School #1 - Williams County

Folder 77: Braaten - Westbank - District #86 - School #2 - Williams County

Folder 78: Baker - Pleasant Valley - District #16 - School #3 Williams County

Folder 79: South Missouri Ridge - District #7 - School #3- Williams County

Folder 80: Stevens - Marshall - District #82 - School #1 - Williams County

Folder 81: Spring Coulee - Tyrone - District #77 - Williams County

Folder 82: Thorstad - Williams County

Folder 83: Frederick - Pherrin - District #30 - School #3 - Williams County

Folder 84: Bonetrail - District #2 - Williams County

Folder 85: Eureka - District #36 - School #1 - Wills County

Folder 86: Manfred Township - Wills County

Series 6: Photographs

This series contains photographs of teachers and their students who attended rural schools.

Box 6

Folder 87: M.T. Fenstad

Folder 88: Clara Haakenstad

Folder 89: Clara Corubb

Folder 90: Ida Romsos - Crosby, ND

Folder 91: Alma Lumley

Folder 92: Nellie Madsen

Folder 93: Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bernard

Folder 94: Alice Thurman

Folder 95: Loretta Stern

Folder 96: Ruby Burns

Folder 97: Gladys (Hayden) Ganser

Folder 98: Bertha Skaar - Stanley, ND

Folder 99: Elfrieda Guetz – Hazen, ND

Folder 100: Elsie Bernsten - Ray, ND

Folder 101: Ruth Stubson - Warwick, ND

Folder 102: Margaret Brandvik - Killdeer, ND

Folder 103: Lillian Erickson - Hampden, ND

Folder 104: Alpha Brady - Fargo, ND

Folder 105: Betty Christenson - Beach, ND

Folder 106: Alice Conitz - New Salem, ND

Folder 107: Myrle Winkler - Stanton, ND

Folder 108: Harriet Peterson - Horace, ND

Folder 109: Mrs. Grace Sandness - LaMoure, ND

Folder 110: Ann Rebenitsch - Mandan, ND

Folder 111: Kathryn R. Smette - Upham, ND

Folder 112: Mrs. H. Brager - Finley, ND

Folder 113: Annie Kelland Helling - Walcott, ND

Folder 114: Irenemae Jacobson - Butte, ND

Folder 115: Mrs. Pearl Skor - Hamilton, MT

Folder 116: Mrs. R. A. Wenstrom - Carrington, ND

Folder 117: Verna E. Silha - Bowman, ND

Folder 118: Gladys Brash - Devils Lake, ND

Folder 119: Mrs. E. S. Burdick - Grand Forks, ND

Folder 120: F. L. Duffey - Bismarck , ND

Folder 121: Mrs. B. Tiedman - Hebron, ND

Folder 122: Vera Fox - Vebien, SD

Folder 123: Mrs. Clara Long - Nome, ND

Folder 124: Mr. and Mrs. S.H. Gottrick - Tacoma, ND

Folder 125: Lillian Desmond - Bozeman, MT

Folder 126: Mrs. Clifford Hagness - Fordville, ND

Folder 127: Marion McCombs - Bantry, ND

Folder 128: Verna C. Ellsworth - Mandan, ND

Folder 129: Clara Haakenstad - Souris, ND

Folder 130: Edwin M. Isler - Streeter, ND

Folder 131: Mrs. R.B. Frasch - Menno, SD

Folder 132: Margaret S. Sturlaugson - Backoo, ND

Folder 133: Mrs. H. Privratsky - Dickinson, ND

Folder 134: Irene Frieboes - Mott, ND

Folder 135: Mrs. Antonia Hendrickson - Adams, ND

Folder 136: Mrs. Leslie Duerrc - Kenmare, ND

Folder 137: J. Fitzgerald - Wing, ND

Folder 138: Bessie L. Hoover - Morton, ND

Folder 139: Nettie Borass - Minot, ND

Folder 140: Marie Lawrence - Rolla, ND

Folder 141: Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Grafsgaard - Medora, ND

Folder 142: Martha Holler - Dodge, ND

Folder 143: Mabel Watland - Maddock, ND

Series 7: Scrapbooks and Memorabilia

This series contains scrapbooks and memorabilia. The scrapbooks contain photographs of teachers and students who attended rural schools.  The scrapbooks in Box 13 were created by the pupils of Mrs. Lillian Dinwoodie, a teacher in McKenzie County, North Dakota. The first three scrapbooks were created by students at Bronston School, from 1950 to 1951. Scrapbooks four and five were created by students at Reservation School during the years 1952 until 1956.

Box 7

Folder 1: Contact prints and Identification Records - #6326

Folder 2: Contact prints and Identification Records - #6300

Folder 3: Contact prints and Identification Records - #6353

Folder 4: Contact prints and Identification Records - #6354 - 6356

Folder 5: Deepriver School - McHenry - Photograph

Folder 6: Bernice (Hanson) Weber - Scrapbook

Folder 7: Gladys Webster - Gladstone, ND. - Scrapbook

Folder 8: Florence Cololough - Lee - Marshall, ND. - Scrapbook

Folder 9: Ingeborg Moen - Norwich, ND. - Scrapbook

Box 13

Folder 1: Scrapbook: Bronston School–Friendly descriptions of students written by students; programs given by students; original stories and poems

Folder 2: Scrapbook: Bronston School–Stories about dogs, with illustrations

Folder 3: Scrapbook: Bronston School–Stories about cats, with illustrations

Folder 4: Scrapbook: Reservation School–Guide to McKenzie County

Folder 5: Scrapbook: Reservation School - Brief biographies and hand drawn illustrations about extraordinary residents of North Dakota.

Those included: Sitting Bull, Fingal Enger, Carl Ben Eielson, Leila Ewen, James Foley, Paul Fjelde, Charles Hall, Charles Hoffman, Crazy Horse, Edwin Ladd, Peggy Lee, Colonel Lounsberry, Alexander McKenzie, Marquis de Mores, Minnie J. Nielsen, Einar Olstad, Erling Rolfsrud, Theodore Roosevelt, Sacacwea [Sakakawea or Sacajawea], Charles Talbott, Tommy Tessier, T.W. Thordarson, Zdena Trinka, Verendrye, Lawrence Welk and Oscar Will

Series 8: Supporting Books and Documents from Rural School Teachers

This series contains supporting books and curriculum material used by teachers in rural schools.

Box 8

Folder 1: Math tests (undated)

Folder 2: Miscellaneous school texts

Folder 3: North Dakota Teacher - October 1963

Folder 4: Choral Reading - Stanley, ND

Folder 5: Grade Teacher - September and December 1944

Folder 6: Augsburg Sunday - School Teacher - February and March 1895

Folder 7: Young Citizen - December 1951 and 1957

Folder 8: Teachers' Institute - March and April 1897

Folder 9: Common School - October and December 1897, January 1898

Folder 10: School Journal - January 1897, March 1913

Folder 11: Primary Education - March, April, and October 1897

Folder 12: Normal Instructor - 1804

Folder 13: Normal Instructor - 1895

Folder 14: Normal Instructor - 1896

Folder 15: Normal Instructor - 1897

Folder 16: Selection from books used in rural school houses

Folder 17: Selection from books used in rural school houses

Series 9: Accounting Records

This series contains incomplete accounting records of rural schools compiled by clerks of the individual schools.

Box 9

Folder 1: School District Clerks' Records - Billings - Cavalier County

Folder 2: School District Clerks' Records - Rosehill

Series 10: Miscellaneous

Box 10

Folder 1: Dakota Family - Magazine

Folder 2: Mountrail County School Bulletin - December 1957

Folder 3: Irene Holt - State Secretary - Photograph

Folder 4: Vivian Knutson - Dunn County Delegate - Photograph

Box 11

Folder 1: Posters used to advertise the Country School Legacy Records

Box 12

Folder 8: Copies of newspaper ads circulated by Warren Henke regarding rural schools

Folder 10: Script of the film Country School Legacy

Folder 13: Application forms and correspondence requesting a program on the Country School Legacy

Folder 14: Material on the Young Citizens League in McKenzie County, 1950s

Folder 16: Statements and Interviews, 1981

Folder 18: Postcard publicizing The Legacy of North Dakota’s Country Schools, 1997