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America's country schools /

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Washington, D.C. : Preservation Press, 1984Description: 291 pages : illustrations ; 27 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0891331123
Subject(s): Summary: From the back of the book - The little red schoolhouse is one of the most beloved images in American history. At the turn of the century 200,000 one-room schools were in operation. Today, fewer than 850 are used as schools. America's Country Schools recaptures these small, isolated schools - from their form and furnishings to their students and the teachers who taught the four Rs. One of the book's revelations is that most country schools were not, after all, red. Some 400 illustrations, inducing three portfolios of photographs, present a moving portrait of an exceptionally varied array of schools, from sod dugouts to Frank Lloyd Wright. In a revival of the pride that once built them, surviving schools are being saved and adapted for new uses - with may ideas provided in Americas Country schools. - [cont.]
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode
Reference Carleton University, AVRC Richardson Collection - Non CIrculating - Call No. Accompanied by Red Dot Open-stacks LB1567.G88 1984 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not for loan 16055001151

Includes index.

Bibliography: pages 277-286.

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