Hello Folks, Thanks for taking the time to read this post. I live in Three Oaks, Michigan,where we are fortunate to still have 2 one room schoolhouses still...
Bill Sherman asked me to forward on the following message. Sarah Uthoff From: Alice Johnson <alaskaalice@...> Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2008 19:12:45 -0500 To:...
So sorry, I forgot to paste in the list. Also, I will consider them yours on a first come basis. The New National Second Reader, Charles J. Barnes, American...
The following school books are available for the cost of shipping them to you. Please let me know which ones you would be interested in, along with your...
Hi, Dear Friends: I live in Westford, Massachusetts, in a unique historical home that was considered to be the first schoolhouse in the area, circa 1757. We...
We recently received a question of what makes a one room school a "Standard School"? This question is from Sally Johnson, Bowne Township Historical Society,...
A school claiming to be longest operating one-room, public school in the country is facing closure in budget fight after a school district didn't get the...
Hi All---Just wanted to ask you to hold all emails....I will be moving Friday morning, Aug.1st into my 'new' home & I dont really know when I will be hooked up...
As some of you know I've started to collect teaching manuals. It's very interesting and they contain lots of information on what the experts thought should be...
Dear Country School Friends: As you all probably know, country schools sometimes had several names, depending on the farmer who donated or sold the land, a...
Richard Lewis shared this e-mail with me and I thought the part where he mentions the CSAA website might be of general interest to the group. I'm sorry my last...
Just an update from your friendly neighborhood listmistress. For those of you who haven't visited the list homepage lately we're up to 109 members. Each new...
One responder e-mailed me: In the "old days" when food was not as readily available as it is today, an apple was a cherished item. Giving a precious apple to...
Many of you might have received this previously as a message from the board, but I thought I should pass it along on the list as well. Sarah S. Uthoff ...
Richard Lewis came up with a shorter URL to get directly to the green shades, Here it is. http://www.justblinds.com/dynamic/product.cfm?productID=84 It's good...
I sent this out to Itstheoz, but I'm reposting in case others missed it. The link is long so I hope it comes through. I found one website that has green...
does any one know were i can buy the old green window shades i have been just about every where and no one has green especially the old 1800s color green...
Thank you for the Spencerian Q&A. May I copy it for use in our site manual? Also, thanks for the specifics for the cards. I will see what I can turn up with...
This might be what you are looking for. Whether they would ever be available on EBay or elsewhere, it helps to know the correct description for what you are...
This should be of value to schoolmarms and docents who get questions from visitors. It also has valuable information about children and the teaching of...
I went to Goodsearch.com, and found many sites of Spencerian script, including some examples. For those of you who do not use Goodsearch.com, it is a...
I am looking to develop the classroom application of Spencerian writing from the 1870's. I understand the students had small cards which were on their desks...
Hey everyone! How are you all? I don't know if you saw this on the H-LIST? I'm presenting on the Newberry Library in Chicago on Saturday. I am hoping to see...
What one-room school stories do you have about April Fools Jokes? My great-grandfather always talked about one where they dipped onions in chocolate and passed...
