THE MICHIGAN ONE ROOM SCHOOLHOUSE ASSOCIATION
Michigan SCHOOLHOUSE Museum Directory
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MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS
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Michigan One-Room Schoolhouses, Ann Arbor University of Michigan Press
Keithan, Mary, 1951, c. 2008. 96 pages, Illus. ISBN 0-472-03218-6. In print
Frontier Schools and Schoolteachers (The Library of the Westward Expansion)
Randolph, Ryan P., New York: PowerKids Press. c. 2003. 24 pages, Illus. ISBN 0-8239-6295-4
School Days: Priceless memories of those dear old golden rule days
Greendale, Wisc. Reminisce Books. c. 2000 162 pages, Illus. ISBN 0-89821-287-1
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One teacher One-Room: A Memoir
Life Write Services 2009, Hansen-Swanson, Marilyn
86 pages, Color Illus, 4 libraries own this, Available
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Changes in classroom teaching were made during 1937-1939 in One-Room room Schools in the area of the Michigan Community Health Project
As reported by 193 classroom teachers and compiled
by Hen J. Otto Battle Creek the W.K. Kellogg Foundation 1940
209 pages, Diagrams, 2 Michigan libraries own this, Available
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The Hearld by the Edison Institute. Published by the students at the Edison Institute at Greenfield Village
Dearborn, MI, 12 issues, 1 Michigan library owns this, Unavailable
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Factors Affecting turnover of teachers of the One-Room Rural Schools of Michigan
by Henry Aaron Tape NY, teachers Columbia College 1939, 85 pages
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Historic notes from the past: One-Room Schools
Cheryl Martin, Author 48 pages, Photographs, ISBN: 978-1794135024
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A lumberman’s daughter comes of age in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula: A memoir
Author, McMartin Patricia Schaut, LuLu Publishing Services 2019
183 pages, Illus, 4 libraries own this, Available
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Up the road: A One-Room Schoolhouse memoir
written and illustrated by Heather VanDyke Pletcher, Author
Niles, MI 2017, unpaged, 1 library owns this, Unavailable
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Postcard/Picture File of Sturgis, Michigan
1 Michigan library owns this, Unavailable
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One-Room Schools: Vanishing One-Room Schools
Published by CreateSpace 2016, Vatcher-Martin, Cheryl, B & W Photographs
ISBN: 978-1532759284, 32 pages, 1 Michigan library owns this, Available
Vanishing One-room Schools look at a school that has recently disappeared from the landscape. This historic country school unfortunately could not be saved, even though the building was in decent shape. The preservation of the school did not happen, but the author made certain that some recent photographs of the historic One-room school were taken and put into this book, along with some other schools to highlight this part of American history
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Growing up in the 30’s and 40’s
Bordine, Betty (Lee), Alphen Sarge Publications, 2014, 94 pages
Illus, ISBN 978-1603072755, 1 Michigan library owns this, Available
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Hess, G. T., photographer, Andrews University Digital Library
Center for Adventist Research Digital Library, Photographs
"The history of Seventh-day Adventist Christian Education is featured in this restored schoolhouse that served as a public school until 1949. The building was donated in 1997, by the Historical Society of Battle Creek, Michigan, to Historic Adventist Village where it is now open for visitors."
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AHM 199- published 20150321 CAR fair use
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Legacy of schools
by Myrna J. Grove, 2000, 142 pages
Emphasis is on Ohio, but covers other Midwestern states such as
Michigan, Indiana, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Illinois
Includes "Activities for visiting a school" for teachers
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Swing that pail: School days
by Louisa M. Burger, illustrations by Matt Beebe, 1992, 67 pages
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An autobiography of a schoolteacher: Scotch Settlement School of Henry Ford's Greenfield Village
by E. Lucile Webster, 1902- Dearborn, Michigan 1978, 195 pages, Ford, Henry, 1863-1947
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One teacher One-room: A Memoir
Marilyn Hansen-Swanson, 2009, 86 pages, color illustrations
"Take a delightful journey down memory lane with a school student who shares her memories of being a student,
then a teacher in rural Michigan during the mid-1900's, when schools dotted the landscape"
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They all became one. Part #1. A pictorial history of the Kingston School, 1863-1957
Part #2. The One-room schools of Kingston, Koylton, Dayton and Wells Townships
Compiled by Richard and Jan Peter, 2014, 354 pages, illustrations
Pictorial history of the Kingston School, 1863-1957
One-room schools of Kingston, Koylton, Dayton and Wells Townships
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Michigan Voices: Our state's history in the words of the People who Lived it
compiled by Joe Grimm, Wayne State Press, 1987, 208 pages, 0-8143-19688 ISBN
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Memories of East Grand Rapids 1834-1982
William L. Bennett, Contents: Covers East Grand Rapids & includes over 25 photos, 1983
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Bloomfield Blossoms
Kay Smith, Township Bicentennial Commission
Photos, Sketches, & Illustration, 159 pages
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A history of Amasa, Michigan (1891-1966)
Author: Peryam, Doris, A history of Amasa, Michigan (1891-1966) by Doris Peryam
136 p. illus., maps, ports. 24 cm, Hahn Printing, Inc., Eagle River, Wisconsin 2003, Catalog # 977.4 His
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Rural Schools of Eaton County, Michigan / The Eaton County Historical Commission
Sunfield, MI: Sunfield Sentinel, 2015, 352 pages, DVD
The three Rs, 'reading,’ 'ritin' and 'rithmetic, were taught in Eaton County’s country schools from the 1850s to the 1960s, along with geography, civics, hygiene, and the Palmer Method of handwriting. This book contains the stories of those Eaton County schools and the rural people who placed the education of their children as a high priority by building a school within walking distance. Ring the school bell, play a game of tag, join the school board at their meetings and help us to honor a special era in the education of American scholars for over a century
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The early history of Elm Valley School, District No. 8, Weesaw Township, Berrien County, MI / John L. Wirth
40 pages ill., maps, fascism, 1 CD (4 3/4 in)
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One-room, many stories: schoolhouse memories
[videorecording], producer, director, writer, Sonya Chrisman, WNMU-TV, c2002
One videodisc (40 min.) std color with b&w sequences
Videographer, Mike Lakenen, camera, Denny McDougal narrator, Matt Surrell, voice of Dorothy Simonson, Evelyn Massaro
The beginning-1981, Using Dorothy Peterman Simonson’s, the diary of an Isle Royale school teacher as a framework,
tells the story of schools in the western part of Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
Archival photos and recreations show what it was like to attend these schools,
and teachers and students recall their experiences in teaching and learning
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One-room, many stories: schoolhouse memories, teaching & learning in schools in the U.P.
produced by WNMU-TV, Northerners," by Dorothy Peterman Simonson.
Hear stories from those who taught and learned in schoolhouses in the Upper Peninsula.
Also witness never seen 20-year-old film footage of teachers telling tales of their schoolhouses dated as far back as 1918
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Out of the wilderness: the schoolhouses of Macomb County, MI
Washington, MI: Tanya Urcavich, [between 1990 and 1999]
One videocassette (30 min.) sound, color/black and white
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A clean slate: the story of Michigan's One-room schools
Sturgis, Mich.: Equity Studios, Inc., c1997
One videodisc (26 min., 46 sec.) std., color/b&w