Romness Township School District #9, Griggs County Records, 1886-1931
Collection Overview
Title: Romness Township School District #9, Griggs County Records, 1886-1931
ID: OGLMC1252
Primary Creator: Romness School District (1886-1957)
Extent: 1.5 Linear Feet
Date Acquired: 05/05/1992
Subjects: Education, Griggs County, North Dakota
Languages: English
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Collection Historical Note
Romness Township was settled in 1880 by Peter Mathison, a government surveyor, and John Hogenson. Mathison named the township after his wife's birthplace of Romness, Norway. Romness Township contains the second highest point in the county, Mount Franklin, and has the Sheyenne River crossing it diagonally.
The Romness School District was created May 26, 1886, at a meeting in Cooperstown. Romness had one ungraded school which taught 45 days with 17 pupils enrolled, ranging in age from 6 to 32. The first teacher was J.H. Thomas, whose salary was thirty-five dollars a month. The Romness School District had three schoolhouses with the first being built in 1883, the second in 1900, and the last in 1903. The rural school closed in 1957.
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository: Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections
Access Restrictions: Open for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections.
Acquisition Source: Eddie Vig, Romness Township Supervisor
Acquisition Method: Donation; 92-1821
Preferred Citation: (Description of Item). Romness Township School District #9, Griggs County Records. OGLMC 1252, Box #, Folder #. Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections, Chester Fritz Library, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks.
Finding Aid Revision History: Finding aid added to Archon in July 2014.
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Box:
[Box 1],
[Box 2],
[All]
- Box 1
- Folder 1: Poll Book, Tally List, and Official Returns of Election, 1887-1928
- Folder 2: Poll Book, Special School Election, 1886
- Folder 3: Notice of Election and Official Oath, with certifications of election, 1887-1928
- Folder 4: Letters to the School Board
- Folder 5: School District Clerk's Record, 1912-1915
- Folder 6: School District Clerk's Record, 1915-1917
- Folder 7: School District Clerk's Record, 1917-1920
- Folder 8: School Districts Clerk's Record, 1921-1924
- Folder 9: School Districts Clerk's Record, 1924-1926
- Folder 10: School Districts Clerk's Record, 1925-1928
- Folder 11: School Districts Clerk's Record, 1929-1931
- Folder 12: Treasurer's Cash Book, 1886-1903
- Folder 13: School District Treasurer's Record, 1903-1909
- Folder 14: School District Treasurer's Record, 1909-1913
- Folder 15: School District Treasurer's Record, 1913-1916
- Folder 16: School District Treasurer's Record, 1916-1917
- Folder 17: School District Treasurer's Record, 1930-1931
- Folder 18: Treasurer's Report, 1887-1927
- Folder 19: Receipt for school treasurer's vouchers
- Folder 20: Clerk's Reports, 1887-1927
- Folder 21: School District Bonds
- Folder 22: Statement of Tuition Fees
- Folder 23: Notice of Apportionment of Tuition funds, 1924-1929
- Folder 24: Notice of Tax Levy, 1921-1927
- Folder 25: Paid Warrants
- Folder 26: Romness School Order
- Folder 27: Miscellaneous financial records (Receipts), 1886-1902
- Folder 28: Miscellaneous financial records (Receipts), 1918-1928
- Folder 29: School District Financial Documents
- Folder 30: School Census, 1891-1926
- Folder 31: Teacher's Contracts, 1892-1927
- Folder 32: Teacher's Reports, 1887-1928
- Folder 33: Attendance Reports, 1906-1911
- Folder 34: Assessment of Teacher's Salaries Statements, 1914-1928
- Folder 35: Teacher's Register, 1892-1895
- Folder 36: School Township Record, 1886-1912
- Folder 1: Poll Book, Tally List, and Official Returns of Election, 1887-1928
- Box 2
- Folder 1: North Dakota Workmen's Compensation Bureau Papers
- Folder 2: Letters to John Hogenson, Clerk of Romness School District
- Folder 3: Letters to Sealer Simpkins, Clerk of Romness School District
- Folder 4: Miscellaneous School Contracts
- Folder 5: Miscellaneous School documents
- Folder 6: Metcalf's Elementary English (school book)
- Folder 7: Elements of Arithmetic (school book)
- Folder 8: Health for Little Folks (school book)
- Folder 9: How the World Lives and Works (school book)
- Folder 10: American History (school book)
- Folder 11: Photographs
- Two exterior photographs of the school, undated (taken sometime after the school had closed)
- Folder 1: North Dakota Workmen's Compensation Bureau Papers
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