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Finding aid created by Ute Schechter, 2009 Description is in English 2013-11-21 Converted to schema conforming EAD by dtd2schema.vh.xsl. Inventory of the Rupert School No. 4, South Bend District (Armstrong County, Pa.) Record Book, 1879-1889 A Collection in theSpecial Collections Research Center Mss. Acc. 2009.600

Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary 2012 Special Collections Staff. Special Collections, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary Overview of the Collection Special Collections Research Center Rupert School No. 4, South Bend District (Armstrong County, Pa.) Record Book 1879-1889 01/Mss. Acc. 2009.600 The records are in: English Rupert School No. 4, South Bend District (Armstrong County, Pa.) arrangement Administrative Information Conditions Governing Access

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Rupert School No. 4, South Bend District (Armstrong County, Pa.) Record Book, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

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The materials were acquired by Special Collections Research Center on 12/17/2009.

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Accessioned and processed in December 2009 by Ute Schechter, Warren E. Burger Archivist.

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 Scope and Contents

Monthly report book for the Rupert School No. 4, South Bend District (Armstrong County, Pa.) for the years 1879-1889. On the front cover the school is also referred to as "Clayton or Girty."  it appears to have been a one-room school with roughly 50 students between the ages of 5 and 15. Recorded are student names, attendance, books used, teacher salary payments, visitors and misc. statistics.An undated exhibit label, glued into the volume (see page for Nov. 1884) states: “This book shows the succession of names and attendance of the pupils who attended Girty (or Clayton) school…It was a one-room school, heated by a coal or wood stove and lacked inside plumbing…The school term was short so that the children could help with the planting and harvesting of crops…Transportation in those days was a problem…The school marm or school master lived for varying lengths of time with the families of their pupils…families considered it a privilege to have the teacher in their homes…It was noted from these records that the set salary for all of these teachers was $30.00 month.”

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Genre/Form of Material: School records Topical Term: Education, Rural--Pennsylvania--History--19th century--Sources. Rural schools--Pennsylvania. Teachers--Salaries, etc.--Pennsylvania--19th century.