In 1892,Whittier School was erected to serve the children residing in the Fifth Ward of Oskaloosa. This is a photograph taken of the school in 1896, at which time the building served as a temporary home for high school students while the new high…
In 1876,Webster School was erected to serve the children residing in the Fourth Ward of Oskaloosa. This is a photograph taken of the school in 1896, at which time the building principal was A.L. Comstock. Teachers serving the school at this time…
In 1882,Webster School was erected to serve the children residing in the Third Ward of Oskaloosa. This is a photograph taken of the school in 1896, at which time the building principal was Charles A. Kent. Teachers at Webster School included;…
In 1869, Jefferson School was erected to serve the children residing in the Second Ward of Oskaloosa. This is a photograph taken of the school in 1896, at which time the building administator was Milo Hunt. Teachers on staff included: Floy…
In 1876, Lincoln school was erected to serve the children residing in the First Ward of Oskaloosa. This is a photograph taken of the school in 1896, at which time P.L. Kindig served as the building's principal. Teachers on staff included Alcina…
This is a still photograph taken of Manoah Hedge, who is credited with writing the first contemporary history of Mahaska County Iowa. His book entitled, Past and Present of Mahaska County, Iowa includes detailed, biographical accounts of citizens who…
This is a photograph taken of Samira Ann Hobbs Phillips, the first school teacher in Mahaska County, Iowa, in 1844. The first schoolhouse in Mahaska County was located approximately two miles east of Oskaloosa. Fighting the elements, heavy…
The film depicts the art of bookbinding in leather with gold inlay. Fred James demonstrates the steps taken in binding a book in leather. L.E. Hertzberg then shows the process of gold tooling. The presentation was a display put on in the Library in…
A man in a suit presents an agricultural education lecture for a class of adult men, 1966. The class sits on folding chairs at folding tables, with bags of corn kernels or soybeans in front of them as examples. The lecturer stands behind a lectern…
A 1923 horse-drawn float from the Education Department. Two horses are pulling a flatbed wagon with a tiered platform with the words ""health,"" ""citizenship,"" ""life work,"" ""use of leisure,"" and ""citizens in making."" Girls sit in chair on…
