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Romness Township School District #9, Griggs County Records
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.
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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
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- 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)
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