Media

Country School; One Room * One Nation. The Life, Death & Rebirth of an American Icon. Fourth Wall Films. c. 2011. 72 minutes DVD.

 

Simonson, Dorothy Peterman. Diary of an Isle Royale school teacher

40 minutes. Based on book same title and author c. 2002 40 minutes

WNMU-TV  8 libraries own this. VHS

 

 

Books

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Keithan, Mary. 1951-  Michigan One-Room Schoolhouses.  Ann Arbor;  University of Michigan Press, c. 2008. 96 pages, Illus.  ISBN 0-472-03218-6. In print.

Randolph, Ryan P.  Frontier Schools and Schoolteachers.  (The Library of the Westward Expansion). New York: PowerKids Press. c. 2003. 24 pages, Illus. ISBN 0-8239-6295-4

School Days; Priceless memories of those dear old golden rule days. Greendale, Wisc. Reminisce Books. c. 2000 162 pages, Illus.  ISBN 0-89821-287-1


Raphael, Evelyn Huber. A History of the Haslett-Lake Lansing Area, Meridian Township, Ingham County, Michigan. Mason, MI: INCO Graphic. 3rd ed. c. 1992. 120 pages, Illus. pages 19-25 on The School. 

Ford, Stevans Ceasar. Bicentennial History of Ingham County, Michigan. Bicentennial project. c. 1976. 422 pages, Illus. Chapter 20 pages 347-359,  Readin' - 'Ritin' - 'Rithmatic. (Information on Ingham County One-Room Schools) 

Raphael, Evelyn Huber.  History of the Haslett-Lake Lansing Area Meridian Township, Ingham County, Michigan. C. 1958, Rev. & Enlarged c. 1975. 122 pages, illus. Chapter III The School p. 19-24. (Information on Meridian Township One-Room Schools)

Summers, Wayne: One-Room Schools: A Brief History of the Rural Schools of Clinton County Michigan

Clinton County Historical Society: List of Clinton County One-Room Schools (List is available at dewittlibrary.org)

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Thirteen One-Room Schools in Berrien Township and North Niles Township including Fairland. Sharing

Memories: Rural One-Room Schools. Compiled by Rural One-Room Schools Committee.

Published 2002-03. 160 p. Illus, Maps. 5 copies, Available

 

Electric Light, Fairland, Hand, Hatfield, Liberty, Long Lake, Maple Grove, National Oak Grove, Pucker Street, Rangeline, St Joe Valley #4 & #5, Teachers

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ALLEGAN County

Thompson, David. One-room County Schools of Allegan County. David Thompson and Keith Behm

Allen County Historical Society published 2019. 104-pages, B&W photos. 4 libraries own this, Available

 

ARENAC County

 Bauer, Marie, and Friends of Arenac County Historical Society. Arenac County Historical Society, 1992. 4 vols. Illus, Maps. Contents: Adams, Mason, Arenac, Turner & Moffat Townships v.2, Clay Township v.3, Deep Rive, Lincoln and Standish Townships v.4, Sims and Whitney Townships. 3 libraries own this, Available

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CLINTON County

Summers, Wayne C. One-Room School: A brief history of the rural schools of Clinton, MI. St. Johns, MI. Genealogist of the Clinton County Historical Society, 2005. 125 pages, Maps, B&W photos. Contents: Brief history of every school district known to have operated in Clinton County. 7 libraries own this, Available

 

KENT County

 Buege, Larry, Growing up in Sparta and other adventures: An autobiography. Gastrapod publishers 2022. 221 pages, Photos, 1 library owns, Available

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OAKLAND County

Davis, Marjorie J., Editor. Ward F. Rohn, Lesler J. Smith. 100+ years of One-Room Schools in Springfield Township 2007. pages?   3 libraries own this, Available

  

LEELANAU County

Bufka, Norber. 2019. 208 pages, Photographs, 3 libraries own this, Available

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EATON County

Rural Schools of Eaton County, Michigan. Charlotte, MI Eaton County Historical Commission 2015, 352 pages, Illus, Maps and 1 DVD 3 libraries own this, Available

 

TUSCOLA County

Peter, Richard. They all became one---Part I. A pictorial history of the Kingston School 1863-1957. Part 2. The One-Room Schools of Kingston. Publisher Richard & Jan Peter 2014. 354 pages, Illus, 1 library owns this, UNAVAILABLE

 

KALAMAZOO County

Crosby, Janet. Comstock District No. 9: A memoir of a One-Room School 1945-1953. Kalamazoo, MI  2014 16 pages, Illus,            1 library owns this, UNAVAILABLE

 

OTSEGO County

Granlund, William. Early times of Otsego County, Michigan. Otsego County Historical Society 2014. 211 pages, Photos, Maps.     2 libraries own this, Available

 

HURON County

Stein, Janis. Schools of Yesteryear, Vol I. Purdyville Publishing 2008, 211 pages, Illus, Ports, Maps

Sand Beach Township and Sherman Township. 1ST Ed. 8 libraries own this, Available

 

OTTAWA County

Tallmadge Township. One-Room Country Schools legends of the past, 2013? Map, Portraits, 1 library owns this, UNAVAILABLE

 

ST. JOSEPH County

School District Record, 1949-1954, Corey Lake School, District #6. 54 pages, 1 library owns this, UNAVAILABLE

 

HOUGHTON County

Houghton Lake One-Room School featured in the newspaper. Lake Union Herald 1974, v.66, Feb 5, pages 11-23                       7TH Day Adventist.1 library owns this, UNAVAILABLE

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MEDIA

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Upper Peninsula

One-Room, many stories, Schoolhouse memories, teaching & learning in One-Room Schools in the UP. Produced BY WNMU 2002 Video Cassette 40 minutes, 8 libraries have this, Available

 

BERRIAN County

Craw, Kay (Wile) compiler. Buchanan One-Room Schoolhouses, 2012. 83 pages, UNAVAILABLE

 

Porter Township One-Room Schoolhouses. 44 page, 2009 UNAVAILABLE

 

Craw, Kay and Holmes, Don. Buchanan Michigan One-Room Schoolhouses 25th reunion Committee. 109 pages, UNAVAILABLE

 

Hall, Carolyn. One-Room School years and more 49 pages, 2013 UNAVAILABLE

 

DAW, Catherine. Building our memories, brick by brick: History and memories of West Brick School.120 pages, 2 Available

 

ALLEGAN County

Pearson, Alan L. History of Base Line School, District No 3f, Cheshire Township, Allegan County. 39 pages, 1948?, UNAVAILABLE

 

ST. JOSEPH County

 School district records, 1877-1920. Cupp School District #4, Nottaway Township. 91 pages, 1920?, UNAVAILABLE

 

School district records, 1899-1917, Cupp School, District #4 Nottaway Township. 111 pages, 1917?, UNAVAILABLE

 

School district records, 18901896 Buys School (aka Rice School) District #5. 87 pages, 1896?, UNAVAILABLE

 

  

BOOK

 

CHIPPEWA County

Kabatek, Anna B. 1919: Island schoolmarm, memories of the One-Room Schools on the St. Mary’s River. Illus, 1996                       4 Libraries own this, Available

 

KALAMAZOO County

Roberts, Millard. Memories of Gourdneck Prairie/Webber School. Vicksburg Historical Society 198. 15 pages, Illus,                        1 Michigan library owns this, UNAVAILABLE

 

LENAWEE County

 Klinger, Mildred (Chair) Early Adrian. Adrian, Michigan Chapter of the American Association of University Women. 2nd Rev. ed. 1999, 116 pages, Illus, Photos, 1 library owns this, Available

 

BARRY County

Michigan One-Room Schoolhouse: Survey II. Barry County Association of Retired School personnel, 1998 1 library owns this, UNAVAILABLE

 

Hartman, Kenneth, compiler. Cass County One-Room Schools. Dowagiac, MI 2000, 3 ring binder, Contents: Calvi, Howard, Jefferson, LaGrange, Marcellus, Mason, Milton, Newberg, Ontwa, Penn, Pokagon, Porter, S.C., Volinia, Wayne County.                 1 Michigan library owns this, UNAVAILABLE

 

CASS County

 School records: Fabius School, District #3f, Newberg Township, Cass County, Michigan 1842-1903. Decatur MI 2002 unpaged,    1 library owns this UNAVAILABLE

 

School records: James School, District No 7, Calvin Township, Cass County, Michigan 1919-1923. Decatur MI 2001 unpaged, UNAVAILABLE

 

School records: Warner School, District #6, Volinia Township, Cass County, MI  1867-1906. Decatur MI 2001 unpaged,                  1 library owns this, UNAVAILABLE

 

LIVINGSTON County

 Fleming School Collection, 1986-On-going. History of the Fleming One-Room School in Livingston County that started circa 1880. 1 library owns this, UNAVAILABLE

 

CASS County

School District record, 1933-1960. School District #1, Fabius Township, St. Joseph County, 1960? 225 pages, 1 library owns this UNAVAILABLE

 

LENAWEE County

Lenawee Schools 1976. Material provided by the Lenawee Intermediate District. Sequel to the Little Red School House Foundation of Lenawee County. 2 libraries own copies, UNAVAILABLE

 

HANCOCK Township

Make, Wilbert B. History of the Hancock Public Schools: Where futures are formed: Echoes of a One-Room School. 40 pages, Illus, 2 libraries own copies, UNAVAILABLE

 

LIVINGSTON County

Combined 1976 Howell bicentennial history. 3 vol 1. 1995 update, 1 library has a copy, UNAVAILABLE

 

LENAWEE County

Pathways to Knowledge: The foundation and growth of Adrian Public Schools 1882-1988, pages168, Illus, Photos, Appendices, Bibliography, 1991. 1 library owns this item, AVAILABLE

 

Westbrook, Jack R., and Sherry S. Sonseller. Yesterday’s School kids of Isabella County: A photographic history of rural One-Room Schools in Isabella County. ORSB Publishing 2009

238 pages, Maps, Photographs. 1 library own this title, Available

 

Teacher’s daily register West Valley School, District #3f, Decatur Township, Van Buren County and Volinia Township, Cass County Published Decatur, MI Library has 1890-1894 Photocopied from original record book. 1 library, Not Available

 

School and Township records: 1856-1923, Covert. Deerfield Township, Van Buren, County. Published Decatur MI  2004 unpaged, 1 library owns this, Not Requestable

 

School records: Gliddenburg School District #8. Paw Paw Township, Van Buren County, MI 1930-1955 Published Decatur MI       63 pages 2001, 1 library owns this, Not Requestable

 

District record:
Bell School, District #8 Hamilton Township. Van Buren County Michigan 1893-1902 Published Decatur 2002, unp. 1 library owns this, Not Available

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Cash Disbursements Shaw Schook, District 31, Decatur Township, Van Buren County, MI 1829-1946 Decatur MI 2002 unpaged,    1 library owns this, Not Available

 

Treasurer’s Book Celery Center School, District #9, Hamilton Township, Van Buren County. Decatur MI 2002 unpaged, 1 library owns this, Not Available

 

One-Room Country Schools of Newaygo County: History and recollections. Newaygo County Society of History & Genealogy 2012, 228 pages, Illus, ISBN 978-1480027961

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Vik I ISBN 978-1480027961, 7 libraries own this item, Available

Vol II ISBN  987-490381336, 5 libraries, Available

Vil III ISBN 978-149428066, 5 libraries, Available

 

School District records, 1877-1920 Cupp School District #4, Nottawa Township, St. Joseph County published St. Joseph 1920?

pages 91, 1 library owns this, Not Available

 

Teacher’s daily register, 1895-1904 Cupp School District #4, Nottawa Township, St. Joseph County St. Joseph 1904? 55 pages,    1 library owns this, Not Available

 

School District records, 1865-1894 Cupp School District #4, Nottawa Township, St. Joseph County St. Joseph 1894? 42 pages,    1 library owns this, Not Available

 

School District Record, 1899-1917. Cupp School District #4, Nottawa Township, St. Joseph County 111 pages,                           No copies available

 

 

Genoa School #6 ledgers, 1867-1930 Genoa School #6, Livingston County, No copies currently available

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Fleming School collection 1986-Ongoing

No copies currently available

 

Hale School Collection, 1900-1957 Hale School, Howell, Michigan, No copies currently available

 

Buchanan Michigan One-Room Schoolhouses, Kay Craw 25th reunion committee. 109 pages, No copies currently available

 

The History of L’Anse Township by The American History Class of L’Anse High School. 192 pages, Available

 

One-Room Schools of Tallmade Township, Ottawa County, Michigan 1842-1900 Loekie Boersma, Author. Published Marne, MI 2012, 220 pages, No copies available, 1 Michigan library owns this

 

Carbondale One-Room School, 1884-1954 Carbondale Class Reunion, August 2, 2008 Menominee, MI 2008, Looseleaf Binder, unpaged, 1 Photo CD, 1 library owns this, Available

 

The early history of Em Valley School, District No.8, Weesaw Township, Berrian County, John l. Wirth, Author. Albuquerque, NM  40 pages, Illus, Maps, 1 Michigan library, Unavailable

 

District & grade record: West Valley School District #3f, Decatur Township, Van Buren County and Volinia Township, Cass County 1880-1898 Published Decatur 2003 unp. 1 Michigan library owns this, Unavailable

 

A lumberman’s daughter comes of age in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula: A memoir Author, McMartin Patricia Schaut, LuLu Publishing Services 2019, 183 pages, Illus, 4 libraries own this, Available

 

Up the road: A One-Room Schoolhouse memoir. Written and Illustrated by Heather VanDyke Pletcherer, Author

Niles, MI  2017, unpaged, 1 library owns this, UNAVAILABLE

 

Vatcher-Martin, Cheryl. One-Room Schools: Vanishing One-Room Schools. Published by CreateSpace 2016, 2 pages,               B&W Photographs. ISBN: 978-1532759284, 1 Michigan library owns this, Available

 

Bordine, Betty (Lee) Growing up in the 30’s and 40’s Alphen Sarge Publications, 2014, 94 pages, Illus, ISBN 978-1603072755,      1 Michigan library owns this, AVAILABLE

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Thiele Hal, Carolyn. One-Room School years. St. Simons Island Georgia, 49 pages, Illus, Portraits, Maps, Paperback. 1 Michigan library owns this, UNAVAILABLE

Colon, St. Joseph County, Eberhard Schook, Colon Township

 

MEDIA

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A Clean State (video recording) the story of Michigan’s One-Room Schools. Sturgis, Equity Studios 1997 26 minutes.              Color and B&W 1 Michigan library, Available

 

Postcard/Picture File of Sturgis, Michigan. 1 Michigan library owns this, Unavailable

 

A follow up study of rural K-8 One-Room School graduates within the Huron Intermediate School District. Micklash, Kenneth J. Author,1986. 50 pages, Illus, 1 Library owns this, UNAVAILABLE

 

Out of the wilderness (video recording) the One-Room Schoolhouse of Macomb County Published Washing, MI Tanya Ravitch between 1990-1999. 1 video cassette 30 min Color & B&W

Vicksburg Community School yearbook 1900-2000 Vicksburg, MI  2000, 3 Michigan libraries own this, Not Available

 

One-Room, many stories (video recording) Schoolhouse memories. Production & Directors, Writers: Sonya Chrisman.       Marquette, MI WNUM  2002

1 video 40 min color with B&W sequences 1 library owns this, Available

 

Genoa School #6 Ledgers, 1867-1900, Livingston County, 1 Michigan library owns this, UNAVAILABLE

 

Bial, Raymond. One-Room School. Boston, Houghton Mifflin 1999 48 pages, Illus

 

Ryan, Randolph Frontier Schools and Schoolteachers. NY Power Kids Press 2003

 

Howarth School Preservation Project Upland? (Video DVD) Published Gaylord, MI  2007, 1 Michigan library has this, Available

 

Keithan, Mar. Michigan One-Room Schoolhouses Ann Arbor: UM 2008

 

Hansen-Swanson, Marilyn One teacher One-Room: A Memoir. Life Write Services 2009, 86 pages, Color Illus, 4 libraries own this, Available

 

Changes in classroom teaching were made during 1937-1939 in One-Room room Schools in the area of the Michigan Community Health Project. As report by 193 classroom teachers and 

compiled by Hen J. Otto Battle Creek the W.K. Kellogg Foundation 1940, 209 pages, Diagraphs, 2 Michigan libraries own this, AVAILABLE

 

History of Allegan County, Michigan by Henry F. Thomas 2023 HB & PB

 

Thomas, Henry Franklin. A 20th Century History of Allegan County, Michigan 2022

 

History of Allegan and Barry County, MI

Crisfield Johnson

History of Watson Township, Allegan County Michigan

 

Lane, Kit. History of Eastern Allegan County 1988

 

Portrait and Biographical record of Kalamazoo, Allegan and Van Buren Counties, MI published by Chapman Brothers, 2022

 

History of Allegan and Barry County Michigan, Crisfield Johnson

 

History of Allegan and Barry Counties, Michigan 1880

Casco Township, History of Casco Township, Allegan County Michigan, pages 144, 

Jeanne Hallgren, 1996

 

 

The Hearld by the Edison Institute. Published by the students at the Edison Institute at Greenfield Village, Dearborn, 12 issues, 1 Michigan library owns this, UNAVAILABLE

 

Sharing Memories:  Rural One-Room Schools. 2002-2003, 160 pages, Illus, Maps, 1 library owns this, Not Available

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Factors Affecting turnover of teachers of the One-Room Rural Schools of Michigan by

Henry Aaron Tape NY, teachers Columbia College 1939,

85 pages

 

Historic notes from the past: One-Room Schools Cheryl Martin, Author 48 pages, Photographs, ISBN: 978-1794135024

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