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Interview with Rita Rupp
Mark Schenk and Rita Rupp
An interview with Rita Rupp regarding her experiences in a one-room school house.
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Interview with Florence Campbell Kloxin
Norma L. Waggoner and Florence Campbell Kloxin
An interview with former teacher Florence Campbell Kloxin regarding her experiences in a one-room school house.
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An Oral History Report: Ms. Bea Boos
Trish Wichman
Transcript of oral history report of Ms. Bea Boos.
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Interview with Helen Tilton
Shirley Williams and Helen Tilton
An interview with Helen Tilton regarding her experiences in a one-room school house.
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Interview with Florence Wilson
Patty Ansley and Florence Wilson
Interview with Florence Wilson regarding her experiences in a one-room school house.
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Interview with Claude & Margaret Summers
Pat Call, Claude Summers, and Margaret Summers
An interview with Claude and Margaret Summers regarding their experiences in a one-room school house.
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Interview with Esther Freeborn
William J. Freeborn and Esther Freeborn
An interview with Esther Freeborn regarding her experiences in a one-room school house
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Interview with Bertha Morain
Kenneth Ray Harshberger and Bertha Morain
An interview with Bertha Morain regarding her experiences in a one-room school house.
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Interview with Viola Depperschmidt
David Legleiter and Viola Depperschmidt
An interview with Viola Depperschmidt regarding her experiences in a one-room school house.
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Interview with Charlotte Fluharty
Patricia A. Petz and Charlotte Fluharty
An interview with Charlotte Fluharty regarding her experiences in a one-room school house.
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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