Valley school : history of a country school southeast of Pella, Iowa, Lake Prairie Township, Marion County : featuring photographs and biographies of 50 teachers & schoolday memories of students from 1915-1961.
Valley School photographs -- A little history and current photographs -- Deeds, 1869 & 1965 -- Area maps, 1879, 1901 ,1909, 1917, 1937, 1946 -- Grant Wood's famous country school painting -- School group photos, 1905, 1919, 1920, 1922 -- Pupils of Valley School, 1933-1961 -- Valley School statistics -- The standard school -- Remembering school days at Valley: School group photos, 1935, 1937; School and school group photos, 18956, 1957; Programs, 1956, 1957; Photos, 1954, 1957 -- Marie Wander's certificates in spelling, attendance -- Marion County, 8th grade graduation program, 1926 -- Dale Van Donselaar's country school memories -- Lena (Van Donselaar) Ver Meer, oldest living Valley student -- List of Valley School teachers: Cynthia Fisk, Leona Gillespie & Valley article from Pella School history book; Marian Earp, George Lacy; Mary Belle Liter; John P. De Cook; George W. Kimmell; Samuel F. Coal; Mary Hamilton & list of Pella High graduates who taught at Valley; Alice Van Der Zyl; Jennie Rietveld; Maggie Cooper; Anna Vander Ploeg; Garrett Bos, including Pella High class of 1897 photo; Cornelia Lubberden, including pupil list of 1896/1897; Gertrude Vroom; Kate Ver Heul; Mae Fisk; Leona Reuvers; Bert Kersbergen; Caroline Gezel; Dena Verhey; Anna Hospers; Mrs. Mamie Smith, including School group photo, 1909; Govert L. Hacker; Mrs. Edith Burggraaf; Nellie Bennenk, including school group photos, 1914/1915 and 2 Pella High class of 1914 photos; Joe Van Den Berg; Helen Neyenesch; Ethel Roovaart; Helen Brooks, including Sara Bakker obituary & group photo 1929; Lois Brooks; Cornelia Gosselink, including school group photo, 1929-1920; Sara Klyn; Eva Mae Van Wyngaarden, including Pella High class of 1932 photo; Almira Klein, including school group photos, 1938; Edna De Jong; Mrs. Beulah Roorda; Edgar Van Arkel, including photos of Eureka, Valley, Red Rock, Union, Pleasant Ridge schools; Effie Heemstra, including school photo, 1944, & Pella High class, 1944; Esther Kooi; Mrs. Thelma Van Hemert, including school photos, 1954/1955, 1956; Mrs. Ruth Verhoef, including school photos, 1958, and teacher's contract, 1958; Mrs. Alice Van Der Zyl; Mrs. Naomi Koob -- Valley School's new house and it's sad end -- Country School reorganization and closings -- School photos, 1939/1940, 1930, 1955 -- When Flint Ridge School attended Valley -- Marion County school districts, 1929 -- Mahaska County school districts, 1929 -- Pledge of Allegiance -- Marion/Mahaska map, 1925.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)192139683
Locations:
E7OX522 -- State Historical Society of Iowa Library (Des Moines)
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.