Box 1
CORRESPONDENCE (1 folder)
Superintendents
Bliss, Elvira, 1939-1971
Incoming
Cecil
n.d. (2 items)
County Auditor, Esther Girard 1969, Dec. 23 (2 items)
Collins, E.E., 1895-1898
Incoming
Bridgman, L.B.
1895, Mar. 8
Tilton, H.G.
1895, Dec. 21
Outgoing
Hart, Mr. and Mrs. McMunigal
1906, Aug. 13
Teacher
1905, Sept. 7
Young, William
1906, July 19
Cope, Alice
Outgoing
School Officer
1926, Aug. 30
1933, May 31
Kahl, Charles N.,1888-1895
Incoming
Byrensen (?), Ole
1893, Dec. 16
Gill, Matthew
1893, Feb. 25
Hundley (?), J.A.
1894, Feb. 10
Johnson, John O.
1891
Pinkham, G.L.
1918, Feb. 8
Slattery, William
1893, July 24
Vinton, H.H. (4 items)
1893-1894
Outgoing
Vinton, H.H.
n.d.
Other
From Dye, Eugene A. to County Superintendents 1888, Jan.24
From Miller, Robert to School Administrators 1971, Mar. 17
From Pinkham, Gilbert L. to County Superintendents 1890, Aug. 20
From Salmon, Cortez (?) to County Superintendents 1898, July17
From Watson, William to County Superintendent of Schools 1894, Dec. 31
Box 1 cont.
LEDGER BOOKS (3 folders)
Description of School Districts, 1862
Minutes of Clay County Teachers Association Meeting, 1896-1916
Superintendent Book, 1872-1876
MANUSCRIPTS (5 folders)
Barkley, Orville Meckling, SD
Complete List of School Lands
Games Notebook (2 folders)
Sale Book of 1891 School Lands
PHOTOGRAPHS (4 folders)
8th Grade Graduations, 1896-1969 (30 photos)
Activity Pictures, 1900-1955
Children in front of School House circa 1900
Clay County Activities, 1939-1942 (14 photos)
Float Pictures, 1954-1955 (6 photos)
Ireland District 5, n.d.
School Room, n.d. (3 photos)
YCL Pictures
Candle Lighting Service
Newdale District 43, 1945-1946
Spring Hill District 2, 1948
Clay County Convention, 1950
Lincoln District 12, 1953
Frog Creek District 34, 1957
District 54, 1958
District 18, 1959
Unidentified, n.d. (2 photos)
Clay County Courthouse, ca. 1935-1945 (includes pencil sketch of courthouse)
State Convention
10th Annual Convention
12th Annual Convention, 1938
20th Annual Convention, 1949
1954
Undated Convention
PRINTED MATERIALS
Booklets
Crist, Raymond F., Student’s Textbook
The Goal of May Day A Year-round Program
The Gross Income Tax Law of South Dakota issues by Division of Taxation
How to Organize and Conduct a Chapter of The Young Citizens League
Building Contracts, 1924, Dist. # 3, Norway, 2 copies
Census, District #21, Elmwood, 1931
Box 1, cont.
PRINTED MATERIALS, cont.
Certificates
Clay County Public Schools Diploma Blanks (2 copies)
Laura Ingalls Wilder Memorial Group, 1958, June 20
Save the Children Federation, 1959, Jan.
Save the Children Federation Award, 1953, Mar. and n.d.
Teachers Certificate Clay County South Dakota Blank
United States Treasury Award, 1957, Jan. 25
United States Treasury Department, 1946, Jan. 16
Circulars
1885-1891
Financial Records, Dist. #21, Elmwood
Legal Papers, Abandoned School Site, 1934-1935, Dist. No. 3, Norway
Miscellaneous (2 folders)
Collins, E.E., “An Open Letter”
Indihar, Betty. The Pioneer Princess, “Musicplay adaptation from ‘Courage Leads the Way,’ by Doris Gates”
Pickeler, Hon. J.A., Speech of Hon. J.A. Pickeler of South Dakota, 1890, Feb. 18
Our Times An American Education Publication v.31 no.22 1967, Mar. 8
South Dakota Educational Association Annual Session Program, 1889, Dec. 26-28
“The Story of the Christmas Seal” from the National Tuberculosis Association
Young Citizens League Convention program, 1969, Apr. 18
Tuition statement, Independent School District No. 5, 21 January 1939
Newspaper Clippings
Howel, Ira B., “The Great Seal of the United States”, 1956, July
Thomas, Warren G. “Education Bill Attacked,” 1968, Oct. 12, Sioux Falls Argus Leader
“First County Rural Graduates”, n.d.
“First Officers in Present Court House”, n.d. (features Alice Cope, County Supt. Of Schools)
“Rural Schools Float”
“School Measure Analyzed,” n.d.
“Some Reminiscences of the Life and Adventures of John Bruyer, Pioneer Resident of Clay County” The Dakota Republican, 1937, Mar. 4
“South Dakota Beauty Acclaimed”, n.d.
“State Can’t Afford Inefficiency”
“Teachers and Students of Bon Homme School Speak Out for ‘Country Schools’,” 1969
Pamphlets
Guhin, M.M., The Young Citizens League
Constitution and By-Laws of the Young Citizens League (2 copies)
United States Bureau of Education an office in the Interior Department, 1867-1888
Young Citizens League of America
Box 1, cont.
PRINTED MATERIALS, cont.
Posters
Nathan, George Jean “Bad Officials are Elected by Good Citizens who do not Vote”
“A Child’s Bill of Rights”
“Young Citizens League Code of Ethics” (3 items)
Publications regarding the Blind
Buddy’s Bulletin v. 3 no. 1 1937, Mar.
Christian Record Benevolent Association
Christian Record v. 8 no. 6 1937
Dogs Against Darkness
The Seeing Eye Guide v.2 no. 3 1936, Oct
To Set this Man Free
School Census, 1911-1912, District #3, Norway
School Insurance Policies
Teacher’s Contracts, 1931, Dist. #21, Elmwood
Teacher’s Register, 1900-1903, Dist. #21, Elmwood
Teacher’s Reports, 1879-1900, Dist. #3, Norway
Teacher’s Reports, 1901-1920, Dist. #3, Norway
Teacher’s Salary, 1943-1945, Dist. # 3, Norway
Teacher’s Term Reports, 1921-1927, 1942, Dist. #21, Elmwood
Textbook Inventory Lists, Dist. # 21, Elmwood
Textbook Inventory, 1944-1946, Dist. # 3, Norway
TYPESCRIPTS (3 folders)
Clay County Field Meets, 1938-1970
Clay County Spelling Contest, 1962-1970
Clerk’s Minutes, Dist. # 3, Norway
Miscellaneous
Be the Best of Whatever you are
Clay County Teachers, 1948-1949
Keep South Dakota Green Contest, 1954
My County by Laurence Cayce District no. 25
Our County by Carla Sorensen Busy Bend School District no. 9
Report of County Superintendent of Schools, n.d.
Walt Disney, Showman and educator, remembers Daisy
Winners of Scrapbook contest, n.d.
YCL
EPHEMERA (1 folder and 2 items)
Card from Bloomingdale School
Cartoon Drawing
Clay County School Ribbons, 1970 (7 items)
Embossing Stamp of Clay County Schools
“I Teach School”
Picture of Old Log School House Monument, copper etching letterpress printing block
“The Prayer of a Humorist”
Box 2
OVERSIZE
Ledger Books
Account Ledgers, Riverside District # 36, 1957-1959
Account Ledgers, Riverside District #36, 1950-1960
Account Ledgers, Riverside District #36, 1961-1963
Account Ledgers, Riverside District #36, 1965-1967
Record of 8th Grade Graduates, 1936-1970
Record of School Officers, Teachers and School Terms, 1898-1970
School Clerk’s Record Book, Norway District #3, 1887-1894
School Clerk’s Record Book, Norway District #3, 1898-1926
School Clerk’s Record Book, Norway District #3, 1934-1936
School Clerk’s Record Book, Norway District #3, 1940-1945
School Clerk’s Record Book, Norway District #3, 1945-1948
School Clerk’s Record Book, Riverside District #36, 1955-1957
Box 3
OVERSIZE
Photographs
8th Grade Graduation (7 photos)
1908
1911
1912
1913
1914
1930
1947
Group of People at the Capital Building in Pierre
Summer School and Institute Yankton College, 1912, June
Ledger Books
Record of School Officers, Teachers and School Terms, 1898-1970
Annual Report of the County Superintendent Clay County, South Dakota, 1910-1931 (20 items)
No Box
OVERSIZE ITEMS WRAPPED SEPARATELY
Ledger Books
Clay County Superintendents of Schools, volume 1
Clay County Superintendents of Schools, volume II
Meeting Minutes Rural Schools, 1943-1970
Clay County Institute, 1909-1943
Clay County Normal Institute Programs, 1907-1959