As part of the Country School Legacy project, information was collected on country schoolhouses across Nebraska. Site forms give details of the building, with many also including the names of former teachers and students. Photos are also included, where they were taken.
All originals are available in the UNK Archives and Special Collections.
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Branch School - Dist. #14
Country School Legacy: Humanities on the Frontier
Information on Branch School, west of Hartington in Cedar County, Nebraska. While the form calls it the Branch School, other documents call it the Branch Oak School.
Brief mention of the Blizzard of 1888 in the Narrative Information section.
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Center School - Dist. #28
Country School Legacy: Humanities on the Frontier
Information on Center, District 28, located about 5 miles east and 2 miles north of Kearney in Buffalo County, Nebraska.
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Camp Creek - Dist. #54
Country School Legacy: Humanities on the Frontier
Information on Camp Creek School, located in Otoe County, Nebraska. Includes several letters to Ernest Grundy regarding the school as well as a news clipping titled "Schoolhouse Keeps Flavor of Pioneers".
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Carter School - Dist. #35
Country School Legacy: Humanities on the Frontier
Information on what was originally the Carter School. At the time of the historic site survey, it was named (or part of?) the John Fletcher Christian College and Academy. The school was originally located near Oxford but had been moved south of Highway 6, between Axtell and Funk, in Harlan County, Nebraska. Includes a number of news articles on the Carter School, including a booklet on the Carter Centennial.
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Hawk School - Dist. #4
Country School Legacy: Humanities on the Frontier
Information on Hawk School, 3 1/2 miles south of Loup City, in Sherman County, Nebraska.
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Buffalo Creek - Dist. #34
Country School Legacy: Humanities on the Frontier
Information on Buffalo Creek School, located 7 miles south and 1 1/2 miles east of Tilden in Madison County, Nebraska. Includes a history of the district, written by Sharyl Linda Roewert as an 8th grade assignment in 1967.
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Glenwood - Dist. #14
Country School Legacy: Humanities on the Frontier
Information on Glenwood School, 4 miles north of Kearney on Highway 10 in Buffalo County, Nebraska. Includes images of both old and new (~1980) building.
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Pleasant Hill - Dist. #16
Country School Legacy: Humanities on the Frontier
Information on Pleasant Hill School, located 7 miles north of Kearney, in Buffalo County, Nebraska. Image is of the modern school and probably not the building described in the site form.
Includes a copy of a 1958 Kearney Hub article titled "Schoolboy on Horse Fast Fading Scene", additional information from after the school was moved to the Stuhr Museum, including an inventory of the school, and a note titled "Current Use of the Gibbon Rural School in the Museum's Cultural Heritage Program". The latter two documents refer to the school as being part of District #25.
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Eich - Dist. #57
Country School Legacy: Humanities on the Frontier
Information on Eich School, also called White Temple School. The school was located about 1 1/2 mi. northwest of Strang in Fillmore County, NE. Includes a quote from The Fillmore County Story and a letter from Mrs. William Eich, the owner of the school.
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Freeman - Dist. #21
Country School Legacy: Humanities on the Frontier
Information on Freeman School, located 3-4 miles northwest of Beatrice in Gage County, Nebraska. It is part of the Beatrice Homestead National Monument.
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Gleason School - Dist. # 43
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Information on the Gleason School, District #43. It is located near Oakland in Burt County, Nebraska. At the time the form was filled out in ~1980, the school was still in use.
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St. Deroin School - Dist. #56
Country School Legacy: Humanities on the Frontier
Information on St. Deroin School, located 14 miles southeast of Brownville in Nemaha County, Nebraska. Note that there are two site forms for this location, both including the brochure from Nebraska Game and Parks.
Additional correspondence between Ernest Grundy and Homestead National Monument is included.
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Linden School - Dist. #21
Country School Legacy: Humanities on the Frontier
Information on Linden School, located 2 miles north and 4 miles west of Auburn, Nebraska. Includes a letter from Ernest Grundy to Ms. Maxine Chatelain, asking for her help gathering information on the school.
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Dist. #3
Country School Legacy: Humanities on the Frontier
Information on District #3 in Madison County, Nebraska. Includes several histories of the district, written by current students attending the school.
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Cottier - Dist. #21
Country School Legacy: Humanities on the Frontier
Information on the Cottier School, located 15 miles northeast of Falls City in Richardson County, Nebraska.
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Hickory Grove - Dist. #27
Country School Legacy: Humanities on the Frontier
Information on Hickory Grove School, located 4 miles west and 2 miles south of Auburn in Nemaha County, Nebraska. The school began as district #3.
Note that there are two site forms for Hickory Grove School. Both include a History of School District 27.