UA 122 - Educational Memorabilia Center: Little Red Schoolhouse Collection, 1876-1940, 1969-2004

Title	UA 122 - Educational Memorabilia Center: Little Red Schoolhouse Collection, 1876-1940, 1969-2004
Introduction	The Educational Memorabilia Center - Little Red Schoolhouse Collection honors Bowling Green State University’s beginnings as a state normal college or teacher training school. It features an original one-room school house, a collection of educational artifacts and period books, as well as documentation regarding the creation and operation of the Educational Memorabilia Center itself. Duplication of materials in this collection is permitted for the purposes of preservation and research. No restrictions exist on the use of this collection. As described in the Visiting Researcher Application Form, researchers using this collection assume full responsibility for conforming to the laws of libel, privacy, and copyright.
Agency History	According to a brief 1996 history appearing in the program for the 20th anniversary of the Educational Memorabilia Center (EMC), President Dr. William T. Jerome and Dr. David G. Elsass, then associate dean of the College of Education and Allied Professions, proposed in 1969, to obtain and move a one-room schoolhouse to the BGSU campus to house the College of Education’s large collection of educational artifacts: maps, globes, textbooks and the like. An Advisory Committee was established to help oversee the project. Once District #6 Schoolhouse near Norwalk, Ohio, was donated to the university by the Linder family, faculty member Daniel Heisler and his sons, Dan, Barry, and Terry (all BGSU students) volunteered to dismantle and move the building to BGSU. The schoolhouse, in operation in Huron County from 1875 until the late 1930’s, was reassembled brick by brick just south of the Education Building, by Rudolph Libbe and dedicated in the fall of 1976. Fundraising efforts were initiated for the schoolhouse project. Efforts to promote the project to the community included a traveling model of the school, built by graduate art student Glen Felch. Approximately $15,000 was raised through the campaign but fell short of the projected $65,000 total. Ohio Representative, Toledoan, Arthur Wilkowski, heard about the need and authored a resolution allocating $50,000 to the university’s Little Red Schoolhouse project. This funding came from proceeds of the Ohio Lottery. The schoolhouse is operated by the College of Education and Human Development as the “Educational Memorabilia Center.” The building is a popular site for visitors and includes guided tours and meeting space for school groups, seniors, civic and educational organizations, and BGSU students and their families. In 1991, the University Board of Trustees named the EMC collection for Dr. Elsass, who directed the center since its inception. Subsequently the position has been filled by a professor emeritus from the College of Education. Most recently Dr. Malcolm Campbell served as director until his death in 2008. Since 1969 an Advisory Committee assisted with the planning, fundraising, promotion, and enhancement of the EMC.
Scope and Content	This collection is comprised of two parts, the first from 1969-2004 and which contains minutes, correspondence, files, literary productions, articles, news clippings, and photographs documenting the development of a one-room schoolhouse museum and education center on the campus of Bowling Green State University. Documentation features information about the schoolhouse’s use, tours, classes, fundraising, donations, and future development. Basic research materials about one-room school houses in Wood County, Northwest Ohio, and other parts of the state are also included. The second part of the collection contains educational artifacts including penmanship booklets, textbooks, reference works, grade cards, teaching certificates, diplomas, slates, inkwells, bells, lunch pails, and various period teaching instruments, many of which were in use from 1876-1940, the approximate years the university’s Little Red Schoolhouse operated as District School # 6, Norwalk, Ohio. It also includes over 3,000 representative volumes spanning both the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The documents pertinent to the history and establishment of the Educational Memorabilia Center are available to researchers upon request at the Center for Archival Collections. Use of all artifactual materials and historic volumes requires advanced notice (at least two business days). Contact the Center for Archival Collections for more information (including a listing of available artifacts) or to schedule use of these materials. Collection size: 15 letter-sized manuscript boxes, 3 records cartons, and 3 oversized boxes (various dimensions) (approximately 10 cubic feet total).
Inventory	Box 1 Folders Proposal to establish “A Center for Educational Memorabilia in Northwestern Ohio”, 1969-1979 Minutes – Advisory Committee, 1969-1970 Minutes – Advisory Committee, 1971-1976 Minutes – Advisory Committee and Planning Council Fundraising drive, folder 1-A, 1971-March, 1972 Minutes – Advisory Committee and Planning Council Fundraising drive, folder 1-B, May-December, 1972 Minutes – Advisory Committee and Planning Council Fundraising drive, folder 2, 1972-1975 Minutes – Advisory Committee, 1996 Minutes – Advisory Committee, 1997 Minutes – Advisory Committee- Executive Council Meeting, 2-28-98 Minutes – Advisory Committee, 1998-2000 Minutes – Advisory Committee, 2001-2003 Minutes – Advisory Committee, 2003-2004 By-laws – Advisory Committee, 2001 Minutes- One-Room Schoolhouse Enthusiasts Group, 2001-2002 Annual Reports-Little Red Schoolhouse, 2000-2002 Box 2 Folders Correspondence, 1968-1971 Correspondence – Search for schoolhouse to move to BGSU, 1969-1970 Correspondence – Glenn Felch, 1969-1972 Correspondence – Robert F. Skelton, 1970 Correspondence, 1972-1975 Correspondence, 1976-1989 Correspondence, 1990-1999 Correspondence, 2000-2004 Correspondence – Form letters for fundraising and acquisition of Memorabilia, 1972 Correspondence – Thank you letters to donors, 1969-1975 Correspondence – Thank you letters to donors, 1976-1977 Correspondence – Thank you letters to donors, 1977-1983, nd Correspondence – Thank you letters to donors, 1986-2003, nd Correspondence – Letters received from elementary student visitors, 1990 Box 3 Folders File – Brandville School, Oregon, Ohio, 2001 File – Collins School, Xenia, Ohio, 1985-1997 File – Collins School, 1986 File – Little Red Schoolhouse #7, Hancock County Museum, Findlay, Ohio, 1973, 1995, nd File – Little Red Schoolhouse, Norwalk, Ohio, 1976, 1994 File – McGuffey Museum, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, 1997 File – Oak Grove Schoolhouse, Wildwood Metro Park, Toledo, Ohio, 1998 File – Schoolhouse replica, District 16, Sauder Village, Archbold, Ohio, 1979, 1996 File – Zimmerman School, Wood County Park District,Bowling Green, Ohio, 1990-1998 File – Zimmerman School, program planning handbook, 1994 File – One-room schools in Ohio, 1986-1997 File – Society for the Preservation of Ohio One-Room Schools 1993, nd File – Schoolhouses at universities in the USA, 1988-2003 File – Rules for school teachers 1979, nd File – Bibliographies - one-room schoolhouse, books used for instruction, nd File – Ilo Dolbee, last teacher at Huron Co. District #6 School (BGSU Little Red Schoolhouse - LRSH), 1996-1997 File – Listing of former students of Huron Co. District #6 School, 1972-1988 File – Dedication program for BGSU LRSH, 1976 File –Conference proposal, 2002 File – Fundraising, donations, and promotions for BGSU LRSH, 1970’s, 2002-2003 File – Grant proposal, “A Day at the Schoolhouse”, 1997 File – Presentation, “Schooling 100 Years Ago: The Little Red Schoolhouse”, 1998 File – Renaming paperwork and plaque designs, 1991-1994 File – BGSU LRSH tour guides, 2001-2004 File – BGSU LRSH tour schedule, 2003 File – Twentieth anniversary celebration, 1996 File – Volunteer teachers’ biographical forms, nd Box 4 Folders File – Deed of gift agreements, 1978 File – Deed of gift agreements, no addresses, 1978 File - Deed of gift agreements, 1978-1982 File – Deed of gift agreements, 2001-2002 File – Donations of player piano and pump organ, 2002 File – Donation – Eve Dauer, 2003 File – Donation – Muriel J. Strebe, 2001 File – Donation – Ronald D. Waugh, 2003 File – Long term loans, 1978-1984 File – Contributors/donor lists, 1970-1985, nd File – Miscellaneous donation cards, 2001 File – Glenn Felch research – Summary of data collected from survey of one-room schoolhouses in Wood County Ohio, 1972 File – Questionnaire for Wood County one-room schoolhouse survey, nd File – Questionnaire for Wood County, Freedom Township school, nd File – Questionnaire for Wood County, Perrysburg Township school, 1972 File – Data sheets for Wood County, Bloom Township schools, nd File – Data sheets for Wood County, Center Township schools, nd File – Data sheets for Wood County, Freedom Township schools, nd File – Data sheets for Wood County, Henry Township schools, nd File – Data sheets for Wood County, Jackson Township schools, nd File – Data sheets for Wood County, Lake Township schools, nd File – Data sheets for Wood County, Liberty Township schools, nd File – Data sheets for Wood County, Milton Township schools, nd File – Data sheets for Wood County, Middleton Township schools, nd File – Data sheets for Wood County, Montgomery Township schools, nd File – Data sheets for Wood County, Northwood Township schools, nd File – Data sheets for Wood County, Perry Township schools, nd File – Data sheets for Wood County, Perrysburg Township schools, nd File – Data sheets for Wood County, Plain Township schools, nd File – Data sheets for Wood County, Portage Township schools, nd File – Data sheets for Wood County, Troy Township schools, nd File – Data sheets for Wood County, Washington Township schools, nd File – Data sheets for Wood County, Webster Township schools, nd File – Data sheets for Wood County, Weston Township (Grand Rapids) Schools, nd File – Data sheets for Ohio schools – Miscellaneous – Stone, nd File – Data sheets for Ohio schools – Miscellaneous – Log or frame, nd File – Data sheets for Ohio schools – Miscellaneous – Brick, nd File – WPA – Huron County schools, 1937 File – WPA – Wood County schools, 1936 File – Excerpts from Wood County, Plain Township, Board of Education minutes, 1865-1881 scatt. File – Data from reports of the Wood County Board of Education Sent to the Wood County Auditor, 1867-1869 scatt. Box 5 Folders History of the Little Red Schoolhouse Project by Dean D.G. Elsass, 1972 History of the Little Red Schoolhouse by Kevin Weller and Dean Elsass, 1982 History of the Little Red Schoolhouse by Adrienne Mather, 1987 History of the Little Red School house and the Center for Educational Memorabilia by Sarah Heck, 1995 History of the Little Red Schoolhouse and the Educational Memorabilia Center, nd Poem “Our Little Red Brick Schoolhouse” by Lois R. Austin, 1988 Report regarding the establishment of the Educational Memorabilia Center and Sue Finkel’s report by Randall Buchman, 1978 Little Red Schoolhouse position paper – status and future by Malcolm Campbell, 2002 Educational Memorabilia Collection book policy and inventory 2003, nd Educational Memorabilia Collection processing guidelines, c.1982 Little Red Schoolhouse tour instructions, c.1980, 1982 Educational Memorabilia Center guide manual, 1980 Student workbooks c.1998, 2000 Teacher guidelines c.1970’s Teacher manual and planning information, Spring 1999 Teacher manual and planning information, Fall 1999 Teacher manual and planning information, Spring 2000? Teacher manual and planning information, Dec. 2000 Teacher manual and planning information, Spring 2001 Teacher manual and planning information, Dec. 2001 Teacher manual and planning information, Spring 2002 Teacher manual and planning information, Fall 2002 Teacher manual and planning information, Spring, Fall 2003 Teacher manual and planning information, Spring 2004 Visitor register - Educational Memorabilia Center, 1993-1997 Visitor register – Educational Memorabilia Center, 1998-2003 Box 6 Folders History of BGSU student teaching (fifty years) - questionnaire and Responses, 1965 History of BGSU student teaching by Dr. James Overman, 1965-1969 History of BGSU student teaching – “The Bowling Green Plan for Student Teaching”, 1932-1958 History of BGSU student teaching- Course of study in reading for Third grades – Alice Roth, 1934-1935 History of BGSU student teaching – City of Bowling Green language Curriculum GradeThree and English course of study Grade Four – Alice Roth, nd History of BGSU student teaching – Alice Roth notes, 1946-1950 History of BGSU Student Teaching (989.03.01) – Harriet L. Cunningham, Vera Somers, Lorrene L. Ort, et al. 1962, nd Beyond the Book by Ferd W. Gross, 1972 “Education in Ohio” by Newton, nd “The Country Schools of Ohio” by A.B. Graham, 1912 “Early Schools of Ohio” by Burns, nd Northwest Ohio Historical Resource Guide (mentions EMC), 2002 “Education in Ohio, 1780-1903 – Ohio Memory Project”, 2003 The Way it Was – Bicentennial Memories of Ohio Retired Teachers (ORTA), 1976 A Selection of One-Room Schoolhouses in Ohio by Elaine J. Pickerel, 1998 Country School Legacy – Humanities on the Frontier, Forward by Andrew Gulliford, 1981 Script – One-room school house slide presentation with some Mention of northwest Ohio schools, nd Variety in Unity: The One-Room Schoolhouse – A survey of Architectural Styles Before 1900, nd Architectural plans of one-room schoolhouses – Historic American Buildings Survey, nd “Miss Adams, Country Teacher” by Treva Adams Strait, 1991 Box 7 Folders Promotional brochures – Educational Memorabilia Center, 1971-2002, nd Bookmarks - Educational Memorabilia Center, 1998-2000 Postcards – Educational Memorabilia Center, 1979-1983 Print by Glenn Felch of the Little Red Schoolhouse and another design, 1980 BGSU holiday cards featuring designs of the Little Red Schoolhouse, 1991 Educational Memorabilia Center display cards, nd Stationery and forms for the Education Memorabilia Center, nd Printed materials for other one-room schools, nd Brochure for the Northwestern Ohio Educational Research Council, Inc., 1996-1997 Clippings and press releases for the Educational Memorabilia Center, 1971-1979 Clippings and press released for the Educational Memorabilia Center, 1980-1989 Clippings, 1990-2004 Clippings – Dr. David Elsass, 1978-1992 Clippings – Other one-room schools, 1970, 1984 Photo – Dr. Elsass and donors with large school bell, 1970 Photos – Dismantling and reassembling the Little Red Schoolhouse, 1971-1974, 1989 Photos – Dr. Elsass, interior of Little Red Schoolhouse, and artifact Displays, 1980’s Photos – Pupils and teachers at the Little Red Schoolhouse when it Was still operating and after it was moved to BGSU, c.1920, 1980-1990 Photos – Little Red Schoolhouse, 1972-1992, nd Photos – Bowling Green schools and aerial of BGSU campus looking West, c. 1970 Box 8 Folders Blueprints – the Little Red Schoolhouse at BGSU and site, 1979, nd Photos – One-room school classes – 995.15.01 Medina Rd. School 1931-1932 361 unidentified photo, c. 1900 Photos – One-room school classes, unidentified, nd Photos –One-room schools – Ohio and Michigan, nd Photos – One-room schools – Northwest Ohio, most unidentified, nd Photo – Cortland basketball team, 1994-1995 Photos – Miscellaneous, nd Slides – Marathon Oil Company slides of the Little Red Schoolhouse Interior, 1984 Slides – Glenn Felch images of area one-room schools – 1 to 80, 1969-1972 Slides – Glenn Felch images of area one-room schools – 81 to 191, 1969-1972 Slides – Glenn Felch images of area one-room schools – 192 to 270, 1969-1972 Slides – Glenn Felch images of area one-room schools – 271 to 311, 1969-1972 Photo album – Education Clinic at BGSU, c.1950 Box 9 Folders Microfilm/cd – Educational Memorabilia donor cards, c.1970-2000 Microfilm – MMS-175 Ida Raynes Thrall Building Book Early, 1900’s Microfilm – Holmes County German Township School District 7 teacher/pupil register, 1853-1866 Box 10 Folders Audio tapes (4) Interviews “School Days” by Sue Spitzer with Mrs. Ortha Welsh Bradley, Mrs Stafford (Perrysburg), Mrs. Edna Wallace (Henry County), Mrs. Belnor(sp?) Perrysburg Township, Mary Bell Cantville (sp?) Van Wert County, 1973 Audio tapes (4) Interviews by Sue Spitzer with former pupils of The Little Red Schoolhouse (some Wood County) includes Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kilmer (Haskins), School teacher (Haskins), 1970’s Audio tapes (4) Interviews by Sue Spitzer with John Kurfess, Ernest Ferrell, Charles Manley, Seymour Holloway, John Walbolt, and Harold Robinson 1973, nd Audio tape – Interview by Marilyn Bratz with Ilo Dolbee, last teacher at the Little Red Schoolhouse #6 when it closed, 1996 Audio tape – Interview with Nellie Goodsite Hill (Bellevue), 1999 VHS tape with booklet – A Selection of One-Room Schoolhouses in Ohio by Elaine Pickerel, 1998 Compact disc - Video interview with Dr. David G. Elsass on the history of the Little Red Schoolhouse, circa 2010 Box 11: Donated or purchased artifacts Folders Penmanship booklets: Zaner Method, Palmer Method, Letter syles, 1878-1928 scatt. Palmer Penmanship Pointers,1922 Manuscript alphabets, 1878-1978 Penmanship practice booklets, c.1856 Penmanship practice booklets, 1890-1900, nd Practice account book, 1866-1869 Samples of standardized testing?, 1920-1960 scatt. and Ohio Teachers’ examinations and answers (samples), 1905-1906 Math drill card, reading or spelling aid, nd Grade cards, 1884-1909 scatt. Grade cards, 1911-1930 scatt. Grade cards and misc. certificates from “School Days Past and Present” display at the Educational Memorabilia Center in 1985, 1894-1929 Certificates – Rosalie C. Hohler, 1903-1926 Grade cards – Wayne S. Dilts, 1907-1912 Grade cards and school memories of Suzanne Friedly in 1986, 1911-1917 Grade cards and test – Kathyrn Florence Meyers, Bowling Green State Normal College 1917, 1926-1927 Grade book/school record, 1869? Teaching certificates, 1864-1969 scatt. Box 12: Donated or purchased artifacts Folders Autograph album, 1882-1885 Scrapbook/photo album made by Bowling Green Normal School Student Hazel Babione, 1917-1918 Graduation invitations and programs, 1890-1925 and annual reunion invitation for Bucyrus High School, 1878-1886 Diplomas and certificates, 1913-1952 Accordion paged book of folded and punched paper art (997.07.02), nd, c.1890 Accordion paged book of punched paper and stitchery art (997.07.03), nd, c.1890 Waite Advocate (newsletter), Toledo, Ohio 1906 Bronze medal commemorating the inauguration of William T. Jerome as sixth president of Bowling Green State University (984.42.01), 1964 Falcon Club Medallion honoring Dave Wottle, seven-time All-American and Olympic gold medalist, 1973 Miniature books (2), undated Box 13: Donated or purchased artifacts - Illustrated Instructional cards Folders Italian art: Childe Harold (21 cards), Marble Faun (2 cards), and Romola (34 cards) Literature: Dickens (14 cards), Homer (2 cards), and Shakespeare (34 cards) Raphael's Bible (40 cards) Box 14: Donated or purchased artifacts - BGSNC textbooks Folders General Methods of Teaching in Elementary Schools by Samuel Chester Paker, 1919 Acquiring Skill in Teaching by James R. Grant, 1922 Introduction to the Use of Standard Tests by Sidney L. and Luella Cole Pressey, 1923 William's Choice Literature: Book 2 Grammar Grades by Sherman Williams, 1898 Teaching Children to Read by Paul Klapper, 1922 Industrial Education in the Elementary School by Percival R. Cole, 1914 The Four Wonders: Cotton, Wool, Linen, Silk by Elnora E. Shillig, 1913 Box 15 106 stereoscopic view cards produced by the Keystone View Company, donated by Crim Elementary School (no accession number noted) OVERSIZED 1: Donated or purchased artifacts Folders Notebook of correspondence, clippings and pertinent documents in “A Documental History of the Educational Memorabilia Center Little Red Schoolhouse Project at Bowling Green State University”, 1969-1976 Notebook of photos of Bowling Green downtown buildings and private dwellings of historic interest. Photos from the Montgomery Ward fire are included (988.16.01)., nd Notebook of photos of area school scenes and students. These include Longfellow School, BGSU, and Warren School in Toledo., c.1880-1962 Notebook of photos of Thompson Township schools taken by Ernest Roush when he was a superintendent in Sandusky and Seneca Counties between 1905 and 1909, 1905-1909 Notebook of grade cards, postcards, clippings, graduation keepsakes and the like for various northwest Ohio schools, 1886-1936 OVERSIZED 2: Donated or purchased artifacts Folders Chart by Glenn Felch of comparative data on one-room school houses in Wood County, 1972 Diplomas (mostly Ohio), 1905-1928 Proposal-floor plans for a one-room school house museum at BGSU, nd Eighth grade examination – Ottawa County, Ohio, 1915 Photos – Pupils of the Little Red School House #6 before it closed and was moved to BGSU, 1928-1934 scatt Photos – Pupils at the Longfellow School, Toledo, 1957-1965 scatt Photos – Bowling Green State Normal College graduate Cecelia Riester, 1915-1917 Photos – Inside the Educational Memorabilia Center Little Red School House at BGSU, c.1980 Photos - Photos of Ridge Street School and 2nd Bowling Green High School. Photo of Portage school and unidentified one-room school houses, nd Photos – Unidentified one-room school houses, nd Photos – President Franklin D. Roosevelt, nd Record book of donations to the Educational Memorabilia Center #1-#981.15.23, nd Miscellaneous teacher report forms and instructions, 1934-1938, nd Map showing the locations of the District #6 school house before it was moved to BGSU, nd OVERSIZED 3: Schoolhouse Artifact Box Folders Slate Slate Writing stylus Writing stylus Pen handle Pencil box Blue glass inkwell Blue-Green glass inkwell Hand bell McGuffey’s New Third Eclectic Reader OVERSIZED 4 Attendance or Scholarship Record for District # 6 school house, 1925-1938 (last years of its operation)