Cornell School (ArrowsmithTownship)
Collection



Table of Contents

Collection Information
Volume of Collection:
One box
Collection Dates:
1896-1939
Restrictions:
None
Reproduction Rights:
Permission to reproduce or publish material in this collection must be obtained in writing from the McLean County Museum of History.
Alternative Formats:
None.
Other Finding Aids: None.
Location: Archives.
Notes:
None.

Historical Sketch

  Cornell School (No. 113) was originally built in the 1860s. Its location was moved and a new building was erected in 1873 which was remodeled in 1920. An oil burner was installed in 1938. The school merged with the Arrowsmith Consolidated School in 1947. Cornell School was frequently called the Stout School after Ira A. Stout who lived north of the school.

 
Scope and Contents Note

This collection contains receipts, teachers' contracts, and a ledger book.

 

Box and Folder Inventory

Folder 1:
Board of Health
1.1
 Inspection Report from the State of Illinois Department of Public Health, 1939
1.2
 "Sanitary Pit Privy," pamphlet

 

Folder 2:
Teacher Contracts
2.1
 "Points on the New Pension Law," Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois, 1939
2.2
 Betty Lee Cunningham, Pension Deductions, 1939
2.3
 Teacher's Contract, for Mildred L. Scholl: 1937, $75 per month (2 copies); Ruth Hastings: 1932, $65 per month; Nellie Lovett: 1896, $80 per month

 

Folder 3:
Receipts & Expenditures
3.1
 Annual Report Blanks Explanation, 1912
3.2
 1938 Township Treasurer Statement
3.3
 1937-38 Township Treasurer Semi-Annual Statement
3.4
 1937 Township Treasurer Statement to Board of Directors
3.5
 1937-38 Directors' Annual Report

 

Folder 4:
 Coal & Maintenance
4.1
 Otto Scholl, roof work, 1937
4.2
 W.B. Read & Co, supplies, October 2, 1937
4.3
 Otto Scholl, supplies, 1926
4.4
 F. L. Warner, coal, 1914
4.5
 J. Burt Porterfield, coal, 1927
4.6
 Caldwell & Golden, supplies, handwritten
4.7
 New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad Co, freight bill for furnace, 1938
4.8
 W.B. Read & Co., supplies, 1938
4.9
 W. H. Muhl, supplies, 1937
4.10
 Department of Trade & Commerce, order to fix safety defects, 1926

 

Folder 5:
School Supplies
5.1
 W.B. Read & Co. 3 receipts for 1937, 1 for 1938
5.2
 Phillips Map Supply Co., 1938
5.3
 Library Reference Service, certificate from World Book Encyclopedia, 1935
5.4
 Hardacre Map Co., for McLean Co., Illinois, U.S., World, and Temperance Map, 1919
5.5
 6 miscellaneous bills and lists for school supplies

 

Folder 6:
 Taxes
6.1
 Levy $1,000, no date
6.2
 Directors' Tax Certificate 1902 & 1903

 

Folder 7:
Attendance Records
7.1
 Schedule of Common School, September 4, 1933 - October 3, 1933, teacher: Dorothy Webber
7.2
 Schedule of Common School, October 4, 1933 - November 3, 1933, teacher: Dorothy Webber
7.3
 Schedule of Common School, December 4, 1933 - January 3, 1934, teacher: Dorothy Webber
7.4
 Schedule of Common School, January 4, 1934 - February 9, 1934, teacher: Dorothy Webber
7.5
 Schedule of Common School, February 12, 1934 - March 9, 1934, teacher: Dorothy Webber
7.6
 Schedule of Common School, March 12, 1934 - April 11, 1934, teacher: Dorothy Webber
7.7
 Schedule of Common School, April 12, 1934 - May 11, 1934, teacher: Dorothy Webber

 

Loose Item
District Board Records Book; contains annual meeting minutes 1896- 1934; taxes levied 1922- 1933; money balance 1923-1937; Clerk's report of organization 1896-1913; Director's tax certificate 1896-1905; register of school officers; teachers contracts; register of orders 1869-1928; Township Treasurer's semiannual statement; enumeration; and Directors' annual report

 

 

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