THE MICHIGAN ONE ROOM SCHOOLHOUSE ASSOCIATION
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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, Illustrations ISBN 0-472-03218-6. In print
Frontier Schools and Schoolteachers
(The Library of the Westward Expansion)
Randolph, Ryan P., New York: Power Kids Press. c. 2003. 24 pages, Illustrations 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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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 Herald 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, Illustrations, 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
Illustrations, 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 One-room Schools
by Myrna J. Grove, 2000, 142 pages
Masthof Press 220 Mill Rd, Morgantown, PA 19543, ISBN: 1-883294-92-4
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, & Illustrations, 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 pages, Illustrations, Maps, Ports. 24 cm, Hahn Printing, Inc., Eagle River, Wisconsin 2003, Catalog # 977.4
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Education in the wilderness (A History of education in Michigan)​
by Floyd Russell Dain, Publisher : Michigan Historical Commission, 1968, 345 pages
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Our Public Schools Yesterday and Today
Michigan History Magazine, J. H. Rockwell, 1930
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A History of Education in Michigan: Education in the wilderness
by Wynand Wichers, Wayne State University Press, 1968, 345 pages
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The One-Room Schoolhouse : Stories About the Boys​
by Jim Heynen, 240 pages, Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1994​
ISBN-13: 9780679747697
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GROWING UP WITH DICK AND JANE: Learning and Living the American Dream
by Carole Kismaric, Marvin Heiferman, Collins Publishers, 1996, 112 pages
ISBN: 0006492460
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One-Room Country Schools: History and Recollections from Wisconsin
by Jerry Apps (Author), Publisher: Amherst Press, 2004, 240 pages
ISBN-13 : 978-0942495539
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The secretary of the interior's standards for the treatment of historic properties
Kay D. Weeks, 196 pages, Publisher: United States Govt Printing Office, 1995
ISBN-13 : 978-0160480614
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Under One Roof: A Traveler's Guide to America's One-Room Schoolhouse Museums
by Grace S. Schoerner & William Schoerner, Publisher: Pine-Strawberry Archeological & Historical Society, 2000, 200 pages
ISBN-13 : 978-0970350305
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Iowa's Country Schools: Landmarks of Learning
William Sherman, Publisher: Mid-Prairie Books, 1998, 256 pages
ISBN-13 : 978-0931209734
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Americas Country Schools
by Andrew Gulliford, Publisher: Univ Pr of Colorado, 1996, 294 pages
ISBN-13 : 978-0870814228
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Down the Myrtle Path: The History and Memories of Town Hall School
Wright, Hannah Geddes, Publisher: Parma, Mich. : H.G. Wright, 1996, 114 pages, Illustrations
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School women of the Prairies and Plains
Mary Hurlbut Cordier, Publisher: Univ of New Mexico Pr, 1992, 352 pages
ISBN-13 : 978-0826313843
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Haiku for You: With Some One Room School House History
by Cheryl Vatcher-Martin, Publisher: Author house, 2009, 92 pages
ISBN-13 : 978-1438945828
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Frogpond: A Farmboy's Upper Peninsula Memoirs
by Clifton Nixon, Publisher: Davisual Media, 2021, 254 pages
ISBN-13 : 978-1736872604
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School Funds and School Laws of Michigan: With Notes and Forms :
to which are Added Elements of School Architecture, &c., with Lists of Text Books and Library Books
Gregory, John M., Published: Hosmer & Kerr, Lansing 1859, 448 pages
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School Grounds and School Architecture for the School Officers of Michigan 1908
by Michigan Dept. Of Public Instruction, Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018, 33 pages
ISBN-13 : 978-1334508967
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Cherished Hopes and Honorable Ambition: A Centennial History of The Loomis Chaffee School
Karen Parsons, John Ratté, Publisher: Loomis Institute, 2014, 245 pages
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Building Our Memories Brick by Brick: History and Memories of West Brick School
by Catherine Dawson Green, Author and Publisher, 2012, 120 pages, Illustrations
​ISBN-13 : 978-0615586403
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The History of Carl School: From the Beginning in 1859 to the End In 1964
Robert L. Tusch & Arthur E. Tusch, Self Published, 2016
ISBN-13 : 9780997769005
Available for purchase at the General Store in Ada, Michigan. The General Store was originally the Carl School in Ada, Kent County
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Course Of Study / And / Daily Programme / For / Country Schools /
With Explanatory Notes And Suggestions / For The Use Of Teachers And School Officers
No Author/Publisher, 1883
Island Schoolmarm: Memories of One-Room Schools on the St. Mary's River
by Kabatek, Anna B., Marquette, MI 1996
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McGuffey's Second Eclectic Reader For the Younger Classes in Schools ADC
McGuffey, William H., Published by Mott Media, Milford, Michigan 1982, 242 pages, Illustrations
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Trails from Shingle Diggin's
by Mabel Branch Stark, Publisher: G. Kosbau, 1977, 264 pages, 1st Ed., Illustrations
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Eastpointe's Last One Room Schoolhouse 1872-1921
by John Gardiner, 188 pages
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Michigan History Directory of
Historical Societies, Museums, Archives, Historic Sites, Agencies and Commissions
by Paul Trap & Larry Wagenaar, Publisher: The Historical Society of Michigan, 2008, 128 pages
ISBN: 978-1880311080
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School Directory
State of New York Education Department 1910-1911
First Commissioner District of Monroe County, New York
by Elizabeth Bailey, Publisher: Mail Printing House, Fairport, New York, 80 pages
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Michigan One-Room School Database: From the records of Bess Briton of Decatur, Michigan
(She donated her collection and artifacts to the Webster Memorial Library in (Decatur, Michigan)
To make correction of question please contact lochist@vanblong.ord or call 269-0423-4771
Additional information provided by Dana Kenneth Johnson
Available for purchase from author (Possibly on Amazon and other sites)
Dana Kenneth Johnson
11163 W. Colby Rd, Gowen, MI 49326
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Consolidated Schools: A study of the consolidation of rural schools in Michigan
Michigan Department of Public Instruction
Reprinted from University of Michigan book
Illus, 66 pages, maps (no date)
Available from Hathi trust archive of connections.
Most information on these districts; Grosse Ile, Berrien County School System,
Iron County (Stembaugh Township), (Crystal Falls Township), (Mastodon Township), and Iron River
Library service for the one and two room schools​
Lansing: Published by Loleta D, Fyan, State Librarian, 1945, Michigan Documents E G326 13: 2L69/058
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Rural schoolhouses: building, plans, requirements, suggestions
Lansing: Supt of Public Instruction, 1918, Michigan Documents LB1567 .R8 1918
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Rural teachers' salaries in Michigan
Prepared by the Committee on Salaries, C.H. Griffey, Clifford Woody, Chairman
Lansing: Michigan State Teacher's Association, 1925
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Working with children in one and two teacher schools​
Lansing: Eugene B. Elliot, Superintendent of Public Instruction, 1942
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Michigan Shadow Towns; a study of vanishing and vibrant villages
by Gene Scott, September 2005
Michigan Humanities Council Development Grant.
Maps, Illustrations, 258 pages, index. bibliography