I have a program set up that automatically scans for news stories with the phrase one-room school. Most aren't worth passing on, but this one caught my eye. I...
The Iowa One-Room School Workshop got a nice write up in the Des Moines paper. You shouldn't have to register to access it, but you may have to copy and paste...
A school long billed as Florida's last one-room school is in danger of closing. I didn't have to sign in to access the article. Sarah Uthoff In a class of its...
You are cordially invited to participate in the 6th Annual Conference on Country Schools, June 19-21, 2006 at Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois....
There were several members of the list at the One-Room School Conference in Perry, Iowa. It was very enjoyable and Perry definitely showed itself off as a...
I was going through a handout from the One-Room School workshop at Perry put together by Susan Fineman and I really liked this website. It was put together for...
As of this week, we are up to 52 members. Some of you have been with us since last March, but we've never done introductions. So I'm putting out a call please...
To respond to my own message, my interest in one-room schools really started in high school when I got a grant to put together an educational program for the...
My interest is sort of hereditary. My first eight grades were in a one-room school, Woodland School in the Town of Rock Falls, Lincoln County, Wis. My first...
My interest in one-room schools really began when I was quite young and reading lots of historical novels that featured one-room schools. I am a retired...
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PMcMillion@...
Nov 2, 2005 2:57 am
I am a history interpreter at Burritt on the Mountain - A Living History Museum in Huntsville, Alabama. We have plans to build a reproduction Rosenwald ...
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David Lininger
tss003@...
Nov 2, 2005 4:11 pm
... I've been interested in one-room schools for many years, ever since I was asked to be the teacher in one. I declined the offer, but that got me thinking...
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KB Smith
smilnk@...
Nov 2, 2005 8:07 pm
I attended rural school in the late 40's-early 50's and have many good memories of the Eureka School, Marion County, Iowa school days. Probably my experiences...
Hello all! I became interested in one-room schools because I knew that my parents went to one and that my grandmother (and several aunts) taught in them in...
My interest in one-schools began several years ago, when I docented at a local historic part. I was the 1883 school marm. To know my persona better, I...
My interest in one-rooms schools began in connection with my Laura Ingalls Wilder research. I spent several years researching the history of education in...
My interest is slightly different from most on this list as I am immersed in an earlier century but I enjoy lurking here as much of what is discussed can also...
I, too, am a different century. We moved an 1872 one-room school to our living history museum in September 2003 and restored it. We have a Pioneer School...
My interest in one room schoolhouses began with an internship at the Washburn-Norland living history site in Maine. There I got to see (and help present) the...
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Langs
lang@...
Nov 4, 2005 3:59 am
Thanks to Sarah for organizing this group! I'm starting the grant process (pain...) to renovate our historical society's country school back to it's original...
In a message dated 11/3/2005 10:59:21 PM Eastern Standard Time, lang@... writes: I'm trying to decide if we should take the school back to just...
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Langs
lang@...
Nov 5, 2005 2:41 am
Thanks Maureen, I really appreciate your advice. Julie ... From: Mocdel1049@... To: oneroom@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, November 04, 2005 9:22 AM ...
Hello! My interest in one-room schools stems from my interest in Joseph Lancaster (1778-1838) and his monitorial system, or system of mutual instruction. And...
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dhavran@...
Nov 6, 2005 10:05 pm
Some of the other introductions involve a great deal of literary and research interest. I began school in a one room school and an older sister taught in a...
Hello, You seem to have found a wonderful topic for research and I hope you plan to present your work, as well as your examples, at one of two possible...
How can I buy a copy of your book on plain sewing? Lucy ... Hello! My interest in one-room schools stems from my interest in Joseph Lancaster (1778-1838) and...
... I'm not going to argue a side, but I wanted to mention a couple of thoughts on both sides. For programming, I think a broader span of years provides a lot...
On a request I'm making for a friend, I'm looking for one-room school oral history projects in the state of Iowa. Please let me know of any you are aware of. ...
Susan, Did your friend want to DO the oral histories or collect ones that were already done? I have about 8 interviews of all my living relatives (Winnebago...
