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An Oral History of Hilda Steinert Schober, A One-Room Schoolteacher
Kurt Edward Goldenstien
A transcript of an interview with Hilda Steinert Schober, a one-room school teacher.
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Interview with Mary Drew
Tod P. Gordon and Mary Evelyn Drew
An interview with Mary Drew regarding her experiences in a one-room school house.
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An Oral History of Louise (Frusher) Stairrett, One-Room School Teacher
Bill Hatfield and Bill Keeley
A transcript of an interview with Louise Stairrett, a one-room schoolhouse teacher.
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An Oral History of Alice Walters
Julie Hughes and Carol Walters
A transcript of an interview with Alice Walters regarding her time as a one-room schoolhouse teacher.
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Interview with Louise Dooley
Bertha Johnson and Louise Elizabeth Hyde Dooley
An interview with Louise Hyde Dooley regarding her experiences in a one-room school house.
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Interview with Mary Glick
Tom Long and Maria Christina Fink Glick
An interview with Marie Glick regarding her experiences in a one-room school house.
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Interview with Thelma Mitch
Julie Mason, Joyce Lauber, and Thelma Mitch
An interview with Thelma Mitch regarding her experiences in a one-room school house.
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Interview with Bessie McCormick
Bessie McCormick
An interview with Bessie McCormick regarding her experiences in a one-room school house.
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Interview with Audrey Rufenacht
Mary Ann Mellies and Audrey Rufenacht
An interview with Audrey Rufenacht regarding her experiences in a one-room school house.
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An Oral History of Helen Martin Hulse, A One0Room Schoolteacher
Carol Parker
A transcript of an interview with Helen Martin Hulse, a one-room schoolteacher.
This collection features oral history interviews focusing on one-room schoolhouses in rural Kansas. The last one-room schoolhouse teacher in Kansas, Selola Lewis, is included in this collection. She taught at the Dermot School in Morton county until the final one-room school closed in 1992. Students from the Fort Hays State University College of Education conducted the interviews of former students and teachers who attended and taught in one-room schoolhouses. Interviews were conducted as part of an effort to develop a significant collection of oral resources that would supplement other primary and secondary local history materials residing in the Plymouth Schoolhouse Archival Collection in Forsyth Library and the Plymouth Schoolhouse building located on the FHSU Campus. Interviews were originally recorded on cassette tapes and then transferred to digital media. The files have been edited to improve the user experience through enhanced sound quality and time management. No voice content has been removed or altered. Raw files of the original interviews along with supplemental materials like teacher biographies and district histories are available upon request.
The primary source materials contained in the Fort Hays State University Special Collections
and Archives have been placed there for research purposes, preservation of the historical
record, and as reflections of a past belonging to all members of society. Because this material
reflects the expressions of an ongoing culture, some items in the collections may be sensitive in
nature and may not represent the attitudes, beliefs, or ideas of their creators, persons named in
the collections, or the position of Fort Hays State University.
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