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Educators

• Superintendents, Board of Education & other county-wide school officials

• County Superintendent's School Notes - 1872 (teachers, misc. twps) New! Sept. 2022

• Teacher Applicant Records, 1893

• Allamakee Normal training, Teachers Institute & Teachers Ass'n New content added 9/19/22 (1885)

• Early country school teachers - Clear Creek, English Bench, French Creek & Wheatland

• Linton Township No. 4 School Teachers 1906-1958 (see also rural teachers by year)

• Hanson school No. 4 (Makee twp.) School Teachers 1908-1968 (see also rural teachers by year)

• Postville teachers & staff - misc years

• Franklin, Ludlow & Post twp. administration, staff & teachers - misc years (see also rural teachers by year)

• Waukon public school administration, staff & teachers - misc years & data

• Waterville HS teachers, 1923-1960

• Rural schools & teachers, 1935

• Rural schools & teachers, 1938

• Rural schools & teachers, 1939

• Rural schools & teachers, 1951 (misc. schools)

• Rural schools & teachers, 1952

• Rural schools & teachers, 1963

• Charles A. Palmer & Cora Henderson Palmer - 1968 letter & occupational biographies

• Misc. teachers:
  Brayer Amble * Margaret Bishop * Bess Goodykoontz * Barbara Leppert * Jane Meyer * Mary Monk * Sara Smerud * Cecil May Tench * Gary Thomas * Merle Welper * Ethel Smith * Lizzie Spaulding * Lillian Stockton * Emma Townsend
  
  

Harpers Ferry

• Misc. rosters & graduating classes
• Harpers Ferry girls basket ball teams, 1936 & 1944
• See also Spelling Bee!
  
  

Lansing

• Lansing Old Stone School
• Lansing Public school children 1934
• Lansing High Class of 1945
• Kee High School Class Reunions 1955 & 1961
• Kee High School Class of 1962 & reunion photo
• Lansing Graduation & other Class rosters - misc. years
• Misc. Lansing school items
  -Includes sports teams, teacher photos & bios & other miscellaneous
  
  
• Immaculate Conception Catholic school
• See also Spelling Bee!
• See also Tid-bits
  

New Albin

• Early New Albin school records, 1875-1890
  -Includes school district bonds, teacher contracts, receipts for tuition & an 1882 class roster
• New Albin school history & school children photos early 1900's
• New Albin Sports Teams, photos, articles, misc yrs.
• 1917 New Albin Graduating Class
• New Albin class plays, 1928 & 1929
• New Albin HS, 1929
• New Albin HS Graduation, 1935
• New Albin HS Reunions & reunion photos
• New Albin HS, Freshman initiation, 1945
• New Albin Class rosters & photos - misc. years
• Misc. New Albin school items
• See also Spelling Bee!
• See also Tid-bits

Postville

• Postville schools - photos, history, staff & teachers
• Graduates 1885-1933
• Class rosters & graduates - misc. years
• PHS Class of 1914 commencement program
• PHS class photos, 1920's
• PHS Class of 1920 commencement program
• PHS Students, group photo, 1922
• PHS Classmates Spangy & Topel, 1922
• PHS Class of 1924 commencement program
• PHS Class of 1928 commencement program
• PHS Class of 1933 photo
• PHS Class of 1934 commencement program
• PHS Classes of 1934 & 1935 (50th Class Reunion photos)
• PHS Class of 1947 commencement invitation & class roll
• PHS Class of 1952 "Class Night" program & class roll
• PHS & JR High Sports teams - misc. years
• Misc. Postville school items
• See also Spelling Bee!
• See also Tid-bits
  
  

Rossville - see below in Jefferson twp. school records
Volney - see below in Franklin twp. school records
Waterville - see below in Paint Creek twp. school records

Waukon

• Waukon school administration, staff & teachers - misc years & data
• Waukon High School Graduates 1879 - 1933
• School building photos - misc years
• Waukon school, class pictures - misc years
• Waukon High & Junior High team photos
• 1912 HS seniors, photo (likely the Class of 1913)
• 1918 HS graduates, photos & class roll
• 1918/1919 Gertrude Hansmeier textbook
• 1923 WHS graduates, news article
• 1929 WHS junior class photos
• 1929 school orchestra photo
• 1929 Normal Training Dept. photo
• 1933 Athletes Receiving School Letters
• 1936, WHS graduates & their 40th reunion
• 1940's WHS - misc. items & photos
• 1950's WHS - misc. items
• 1960's WHS - graduates & other misc. info.
• St. Patrick Catholic HS Class of 1948
• St. Patrick Catholic HS Class of 1950
• St. Patrick Catholic school photo & misc. other info.
• Waukon Junior College
• See also Spelling Bee!
• See also Tid-bits
  
  

Miscellaneous country school records & photos - Be sure to check these files as they usually have info. from more than one school!

• Spelling Bee Contests Was your ancestor a champion speller? A contestant in a Spelling Bee?
• School news, odds & ends from various county schools & years
• County Superintendent's School Notes - 1872 (Franklin & Linton twp., Rossville) New! Sept. 2022
• Rural school notes, graduates & misc. other, 1923 New! Sept 2022 (1923 8th grade grads)
• Rural school notes, teachers & other misc. info., 1932
• Rural school notes, graduates & misc. other, 1933
• Rural school notes, graduates & misc. other, 1934
• Rural schools & teachers, 1935
• Rural school graduates, 1936 (partial list)
• Rural school graduates, 1937 (partial list)
• Rural school graduates, 1938 (south-west twp. schools)
• Rural schools & teachers, 1939
• Rural schools 8th Grade Graduates, 1940's
• Franklin, Ludlow & Post twp teachers - misc years
• Rural school graduates & essay winners, 1950
• Rural schools & teachers, 1951 (misc. schools)
• Rural schools & teachers, 1952
• Rural schools & teachers, 1963
• One-Room Country School -Trying to keep the past from fading from memory - 2008 news article
• Misc. county school photos & school children - These photos are known to be of Allamakee co. schools and/or schoolchildren - can you help to ID them?
  
  

• Center No. 1, Ferring school, Section 1 northern boundry just south of Lansing twp., there is another school labeled No. 1 in Section 3 (1886 & 1917 Anderson plat) that school isn't shown on the 1917 Waukon Standard plat
• Center No. 2, possibly called Three Corners school (needs verification), on boundry of Sections 7 & 8 (1886 & subsequent plat maps)
• Center No. 3, Shogren school, NW portion of Section 20 (1886 & subsequent plat maps)
• Center No. 4, Bakkum school, east of Elon, approx. 1¼ mi., over the section line of Section 31, in Section 32 (1886 & subsequent plat maps)
• Center No. 5, Drake school, Section 15, SE corner (1886 plat), Section 23 NW corner (1917 plats)
• Center No. 6, Elon school, Section 33, slightly SW of Elon on the Waukon-Elon Rd. (1886 & subsequent plat maps)
• Center No. 7, Dalby school, Section 36, NW corner (1886 plat) and Section 25 a bit north of where it was shown in 1886
• Center No. 8, Faegre school, SE part of Section 9 (1886 & subsequent plats)
  

• Ion school - Section 24, village of Ion, across from the public square (1886 Warner-Foote Plat) - misc. school notes
• Fairview No. 1 - location needed
• Fairview No. 2 - Section 15, SW corner (1886 Warner-Foote Plat)
• Fairview No. 3 - Section 33, along Yellow River, abt 1 mi. S of school in Section 18 (1903 Waukon Standard Plat, 1917 Anderson Plat)
• Fairview No. 4 - Section 15, SW of village of Johnsons Port (1903 Waukon Standard Plat)
• Fairview No. 5, Section 18, east side on bountry with Section 17 (1886 Warner-Foote Plat & 1917 Anderson Plat)
• Fairview No. ?, Section 28, along Yellow River, abt 1 mi. N of school #3 (1903 Waukon Standard Plat)
• Fairview No. 7 - location needed
• Fairview No. 8 Irish Ridge school, Section 25 not far south of Ion and just north of boundry with Sect. 36 (1886 Warner-Foote Plat, 1903 Waukon Standard Plat & 1917 Anderson Plat). The school was 9 mi. east of Monona, Clayton co. - misc. school notes

Important note! The locations & school number of Franklin twp. country schools should be independently verified as not all of the plat maps ID the school by number.

• County Superintendent's School Notes - 1872 - includes several Franklin twp. schools
• Franklin No. 1, just south of the section line of Section 36 (1886 plat map) this school does not appear on subsequent plat maps
• Franklin No. 2, Section 8, aka Forest Mills school, does not appear on the 1886 plat map, is shown on the 1917 Anderson Plat) - photo
• Franklin No. 3, Section 15, aka Red School - photos & some history
• Franklin No. 4, SW part of Section 21 - misc. school notes
• Franklin No. 5, Volney school, Section 13, village of Volney
• Franklin No. 6, Section 24, a short distance south of Smithfield (1886 plat map) - misc. info.
• Franklin No. 7, Cherry Valley, Section 19 - photos of school & schoolchildren and other info.
• Franklin No. 8, Section 5, NW corner (1886 plat map & 1917 Anderson Plat) - photo/info. needed
• Franklin No. 9, Bear Hollow school, Section 12, near the center of the section (1886 plat map & 1917 Waukon Standard plat map) - photo/info. needed
• Franklin No. 10, Section 33 - misc school notes
• Franklin No. 11, Section 2 (1917 plat map: may be the same school as shown as No. 9 on the 1886 plat map) - misc. info.

• Early country schools & teachers - Clear Creek, English Bench, French Creek & Wheatland
• French Creek schools - unknown district number or local names of these schools, help us ID them!
• French Creek No. 1 - Section 16, just north of the boundry with section 21 (1886 plat map)
• French Creek No. 2 - Section 2 (1886 plat map)
• French Creek No. 3 - Section 29 (1886 plat map)
• French Creek No. 4 - Section 23 (1886 plat map)
• French Creek No. 5 - Section 33 (1886 plat map)
• French Creek No. 6 - Section 17 (1886 plat map)
  
  

• Hanover No. 1, Section 9 (1886 plat map) and Section 10 (1903 plat map) - misc. info.
• Hanover No. 2, Section 29 - Photos & misc. data
• Hanover No. 3, Section 23 (1886 & 1903 plat maps) and Section 14 (1917 plat map) - photo/info. needed
• Hanover No. 4, Section 26 - Photo of school children ca1930/1931
• Iowa River School, Section 5 (not on 1886 plat map, appears on 1903 & 1917 plat maps) - photo/info. needed
• Vosse Vagen School - Section 6 (1886 plat map) - photo/info. needed
  
  

• Sand Cove school - Iowa twp. No. 3 - Photos of school & schoolchildren
• Sandbank or Morgan school - Iowa twp. No. 4 - Photos & a bit of history
  
  

• County Superintendent's School Notes - 1872 - includes Rossville school notes
• Jefferson twp. No. 1, Section 12 (1886 Warner & Foote plat)
• Jefferson twp. No. 2, east side of Section 8 (1886 Warner & Foote plat, 1917 Anderson plat)
• Jefferson twp. No. 3, Section 18 (1886 Warner & Foote plat, 1917 Anderson plat) - Constructed c1880's, undated photo
• Jefferson twp. No. 4, at the 4-corner intersection of Sections 15, 16, 21 & 22 (1886 Warner & Foote plat, no number assigned to this school on the 1917 Anderson plat)
  Jefferson twp. No. 4, Section 23 (1886 Warner & Foote plat - 2 schools noted to be No. 4 on the 1886 plat; noted to be #4 on the 1917 Anderson plat)
• Rossville school, Jefferson twp. No. 7, west side Section 26 (1886 Warner & Foote plat; 1917 Anderson plat) - 1935 schoolchildren photo & school house photos
• Jefferson twp. No. 8, east side Section 29 (1886 Warner & Foote plat, 1917 Anderson plat)
  

• Russell school, LaFayette No. 5 - attendence bookmark
• Village Creek school, Lafayette twp - Photos & other info.
• Wexford schoolchildren - Photo - c1900
  
  

• Lansing twp. No. 2 - Shown on the 1875 Andreas Atlas and 1886 Warner-Foote plat in Section 20
• Calhoun school, Lansing twp. No. 3 / Church (Churchtown) school - 1875 Andreas Atlas in Section 30 & 1886 Warner-Foote plat in Section 32 - 1905 report card * Photo of schoolmates, ca 1915
  
• Lansing twp. No. 4 - Shown on the 1875 Andreas Atlas and 1886 Warner-Foote plat in Section 26
• Lansing twp. No. 5 - Shown on the 1886 Warner-Foote plat & 1903 Waukon Standard map in Section 15
• Van Coulee / Van Cooley school Lansing twp. Section 12 - Photo & Carrie Reed 1891 report card
• Lansing twp. No. 7 - Section 28 on the 1903 Waukon Standard map
  
  

• County Superintendent's School Notes - 1872 - includes several Linton twp. schools
• Egan school, Linton twp. No. 1 - in the south of Section 2 (1886 plat map) - photo/info. needed
• Big Foot school, Linton twp. No. 2 - NE corner Section 7 (1886 plat & 1917 Anderson Publishing Plat)
• Figgie school, Linton twp. No. 3 - SE corner Section 29 -1886 plat & 1917 Anderson Publishing Plat - pupil photo (ca 1932-1935) Added 9/1/22
• Sixteen school, Linton twp. No. 4 - Section 16; Photos * Teachers 1906-1958 * Students 1930-1958 * misc. items
• Suttle Creek school, Linton twp. No 5 - Section 19 along Suttle Creek (1886 plat & 1917 Anderson Publishing Plat) - photo/info. needed
• Linton twp. No. 6 - Section 26 (1886 plat map), Section 27 (1917 Anderson Publishing Plat) - misc. info.
• Linton twp. No. 7 - Section 13 (1917 Anderson Publishing Plat)
• Linton twp. No. 8 - Section 25, on the southern border with Section 26 (1886 plat map) - photo/info. needed
  
  

• Ludlow No. 1, SW corner of Section 1 (1886 & 1917 plat maps) - misc. info.
• Ludlow No. 2, SE corner of Section 4 (1886 & 1917 plat maps) - misc. info.
• Ludlow No. 3, Krumme school, Section 6 - photo & misc. info.
• Ludlow No. 4, SE corner of Section 18 (1886 & 1917 plat maps) - misc info.
• Ludlow No. 5, NE corner of Section 21 (1886 & 1917 plat maps) - misc. info.
• Ludlow No. 6, NE corner of Section 23 (1886 & 1917 plat maps) - misc. info.
• Ludlow No. 7, SE corner of Section 26 (1886 & 1917 plat maps) - misc. info.
• Ludlow No. 8, SW corner of Section 27 (1886 & 1917 plat maps) - misc. info.
• Ludlow No. 9, NE part of Section 31 (1886 & 1917 plat maps)
• German Presbyterian Parochial School, north central Section 9 (1886 plat map) - photo/info. needed
  
  

• Elk school, SW corner of Section 27, at the intersection of Sections 27, 28, 33 & 34
• Fan school, SE corner of Section 26, at the intersection of Sections 25, 26, 35 & 36 - photos & history
• Hanson school #4, Section 22, north central area - photos & misc. data
• Howard school, Section 8, center of the section
• Lycurgus school, Section 2, northwestern part, on the Church road - history & photos of school / school children
• Makee school, Section 18, not far north of the section 19 boundry
• Paulk school, intersection of Sections 20, 21, 28 & 29 on Village Creek
  
  

• Cherry Mound school, Section 33 (1886 Warner & Foote plat map, 1917 Anderson plat)
• Cross Roads school, Section 29 (1886 Warner & Foote plat map, 1917 Anderson plat) - may be aka Big Foot school
• Dahl school, Section 13 (1886 Warner & Foote plat map, 1917 Anderson plat)
• Grimsgaard school, Section 15 (1886 Warner & Foote plat map, not on 1917 Anderson plat)
• Ness school, Section 9 (1886 Warner & Foote plat map, 1917 Anderson plat)
• Northwest school, Section 6 (1886 Warner & Foote plat map, 1917 Anderson plat)
• Paint Creek school, Section 25 boundry with Section 36 (1886 Warner & Foote plat map, 1917 Anderson plat)
• School, Section 18 (1917 Anderson plat), no other identification given for this school
• Storla school, Section 11 (1886 Warner & Foote plat map, 1917 Anderson plat)
• Waterville school:
  Waterville High School 1923-1960 - history, graduates, teachers, superintendents, principals, board, janitors, cooks Waterville HS Class of 1956 - roster & photos of the class
  Waterville undergraduates: kindergarten - junior class, 1960
  Waterville school records & photos - misc. years
  
  

• Unknown country school - Postville area - 1906 photo, might be the Minert school
• Empire school, in SE corner of the NE corner of Section 31, 1 mi. NW of Postville (1886 plat map)
• Evergreen school, Section 2 - photo & misc. items
• Hardin school, village of Hardin, Section 36 (1886 plat map)
• Highland school, Section 8 - misc. data
• Minert school, Section 21 - Photos, school, school children and more
• Myron school, Section 3 - misc. info.
• South Grove school, Section 35 (1886 plat map) - misc. info.
• West Grove school, Section 23 - history & misc. other records
• Woodland school, Section 20 (1886 plat map)
  
  

• Climax school, center of Section 17 (1886 & 1917 plat maps) * Picnic at Climax school, 1910 * Records, misc. yrs.
• Excelsior school, SW corner, Section 5 (1882 & 1917 plat maps)
• Mound school, SE corner, Section 3 (1886 & 1917 plat maps)
• Paint Rock / Paint Creek school, NW corner Section 32 (1886 & 1917 plat maps); two miles west of Harpers Ferry
• Spring Brook school, aka Oil Spring school, Section 7 (1917 plat map) - photos, students & misc. other data
• St. Joseph school, SE corner Section 21 (1886 & 1917 plat maps)
• Waukon Junction school, southern tier Section 3 in the village of Waukon Junction (1886 plat map, shown on the inset of Waukon Junction); about 4 miles south of Harpers Ferry
  

• Early country schools & teachers - Clear Creek, English Bench, French Creek & Wheatland
• English Bench school, Union City twp - Photos
• Harmony school, Union City twp. - Photo, ca 1910
• Wheatland school, Union City twp. - School roster - ca1915
  
  

• Stone School, Union Prairie No. 2, aka Rock School - SW corner Section 10, where Sections 9, 10, 15 & 16 intersect (1886 Plat & 1964 Title Atlas Co. Plat where it is called the Rock School) - Photos & brief history
  
• Eells School - NE section 27, approx. ¼ mile west of Mt. Olivet cemetery (1886 Plat map) - Photos & brief history
  
• Emmett School - SW section 21, where Sections 20, 21, 28 & 29 intersect (1886 Plat map & 1964 Title Atlas Co. Plat) - photo of the school
  
• Helming School - Section 34, north-central just south of the border with section 27 (1886 Plat map & 1964 Title Atlas Co. Plat) - photo & misc. items
  
• Pleasant Ridge School, aka P-ridge/Pea Ridge/Patterson Creek school - Located west bountry of Section 12 - Daily Registers 1901-1905, photo of the school & photos of school children from various years
  
• Southwest School, aka Southwestern Bell school - SW corner of Section 29 at intersection of sections 29, 30, 31 & 32 (1886 Plat map & 1964 Title Atlas Co. Plat) - photo & misc. items
  
• Union Prairie No. 5 - NW corner Section 17, where Sections 7, 8, 17 & 18 intersect (1886 Plat map)
  Union Prairie No. 6 - Section 8 (1917 Plat map)
  No. 5 & No. 6 are the same school. Photos & misc. history
  
• Union Prairie No. 8 - NW corner of Section 5, on the border of Section 6 (1886 Plat map)
  
  

• Dorchester area schools - Photos of pupils & misc. other data
  
  

• Waukon Junior College
  
  
• Eells Business college, Waukon - Class photo 1891 & misc. news articles
  
  
• Cornell College Students 1853-1916, Students giving an Allamakee co. address
  
  
• Luther College Students 1861-1921, Students & other non-student persons with an Allamakee co. address
  
  
• International Correspondence Schools 1891-1908, Allamakee co. people who purchased courses of study
  
  
• Iowa State College Alumni 1872-1917, Alumni giving an Allamakee co. address as of 1914
  
  
• Northwestern University - Allamakee co. students