ELWYN B. ROBINSON DEPARTMENT OF SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
CHESTER FRITZ LIBRARY
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA
GRAND FORKS, NORTH DAKOTA 58202

WARD COUNTY TEACHERS REGISTERS

COLLECTION: OGL #1372

DATES: 1920 - 1926

SIZE: 1.25 linear feet

INTRODUCTION

ACQUISITION: The Ward County Teachers Register were deposited in the Orin G. Libby Manuscript Collection by Robert Brooks, Grand Forks, North Dakota, on February 12, 1997 (Acc. #98-2226).

ACCESS: Available for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Department of Special Collections.

HISTORICAL SKETCH

Ward County began educating its students in 1883, when Joseph L. Colton of Burlington constructed the first school house. Sadie Weber became the county's first Superintendent of Schools in 1890

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

The Ward County Teachers Register is comprised of two books that are both from Anna township. The first dates from October 25, 1920 - June 10, 1921. The second book dates from September 25, 1922 - May 15, 1926. In the books there are a set of guidelines for teachers to follow. Many of the guidelines were state regulations at the time. Also in the book are spaces for students' names, date of birth, days present, days absent, days of non-membership, which was the equivalent of an excused absence, tardies, the name of the text book being used at the time, the grade in school a particular student was in, class statistics for the teacher to figure out at the end of the year, a record of library books, and a record of visitors. There are also a few certificates of perfect attendance in the collection.

Source: A History of Ward County by Brynhild Haugland

BOX AND FOLDER INVENTORY

Box 1
Folder

  1. Register, October 25, 1920 - June 10, 1921
  2. Register, September 25, 1922 - May 15, 1926
  3. Certificates of attendance
  4. School Souvenir

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