Someone on another list I belong to, mentioned a restored one room school house. I emailed her for more information and she sent me the message below and gave...
I'm sending this to everyone I know. Most of you have probably heard that there is a new worm that is set to be released at midnight EST on infected...
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Robert Goodman
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Feb 5, 2006 12:14 am
This inter-grade teaching is actually still going on. Homeschoolers across the country have truly, in many cases, revived the educational soundness of the...
America's Country Schools by Andrew Gulliford - University Press of Colorado Ringing the Children: Texas Country Schools by Thad Sitton and Milam C. Rowold ...
Wayne Fuller's THE OLD COUNTRY SCHOOL, University of Chicago Press, 1982. More recent books have been written, but I think this is still the best. Lucy...
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Langs
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Feb 22, 2006 2:35 am
Guilliford, Andrew, America's Country Schools, Preservation Press, 1991. (I have an extra copy if someone wants it.) Fuller, Wayne E., One-Room Schools of the...
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Langs
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Feb 22, 2006 2:42 am
Anyone know a good source for reenactment clothing for school teachers for a 1913 country school?...
I would highly recommend Iowa's Country Schools-Landmarks of Learning...edited by William L. Sherman, a longtime advocate in preserving these landmarks in our...
Two other books that I failed to include in my earlier email: Going to School in 1876 by John J. Loeper, 1984 ,pub. by ATHENEUM, Macmillan Pub. Co., 866 Third...
I come from a children's literature perspective, so I recommend reading good children's fiction (and nonfiction too) set in one-room schools. You can find a...
... From: Sharon Cook To: oneroom@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 8:43 AM Subject: Re: [oneroom] Books I would highly recommend Iowa's...
Yes, I do! Westendorf Costume Emporium @ 204 East Broadway St. In Keota, Iowa 52248 is a treasure trove of period dress-Owner Janey Westendorf and her ...
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Langs
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Feb 22, 2006 4:17 pm
Here's a fun read about a country school teacher in North Dakota in 1917--- Spencer, LaVyrle, Years, Jove Books, 1986...
Yes, I do! Westendorf Costumes @ 204 Broadway Street in Keota, Iowa 52248, is treasure trove of re-enactment clothing. Owner Jane Westendorf and daughter...
An interesting, adult fiction book that I would recommend is Miss Willie by Janice Holt Giles. It is a well-researched story, based on fact, about an...
"The One-Room Schoolhouse. A Tribute to a Beloved National Icon" - Paul Rocheleau - Universe Publishing, 2003 Great photographs!...
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Langs
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Feb 24, 2006 2:56 am
Help!! Which McGuffey Readers should I get for our 1913 country school reenactment? The Mott books or the John Wiley books? Looks like I can get the Mott sets...
The Mott Media readers are from 1836. By 1913, McGuffeys were becoming rarer. In 1920 when Henry Ford wanted to revive the use of McGuffeys in his school...
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Langs
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Feb 24, 2006 10:56 pm
Sarah, Thank-you for the information. Unfortunately I couldn't pull up your list of text reproductions. Julie ... From: "Robain sue farm"...
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Langs
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Feb 24, 2006 11:06 pm
The University of Northern Iowa has an excellent list of recommended country school books (with descriptions): www.uni.edu/museum/school_iowa.html...
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PMcMillion@...
Feb 24, 2006 11:09 pm
Have any of you on the list ever been involved in getting an old school book reprinted? How does one get permission from some of these old companies which...
... Since I write and publish books, I have studied copyright laws to some extent. I'm not a copyright attorney but you must observe not only the copyright...
I know that the Washburn-Norlands living history site had reproductions of Salem Town's first, second, and third readers done, and sold them in their gift shop...
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PMcMillion@...
Feb 25, 2006 3:52 am
Thanks, I'll check out the site. Wouldn't it be great if a history site could get permission to reprint some of these old school texts. Pat McMillion Burritt...
I know you are probably looking for a simple go here type answer, but I'm going to try a wider tack at it. I would like to share some thoughts and then I'm...
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Ellen Moore
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Feb 26, 2006 11:31 pm
The Adair County (Iowa) Historical Society’s annual meeting April 1 will be a celebration of the restoration of their country school, Harrison No. 8 and...
Sarah: First let me commend you for broadly addressing the question of costuming in living history presentations such as recreating one room schools. I very...
I appreciate your advice Mark and would like to help those of you authenticators who wish to employ a professional clothing research and replication team. ...
