Summary Information
Wood County Teachers College (Wis.): Records 1903-1965
- Wood County Teachers College (Wis.)
Wood Series 20
1.6 c.f. (4 archives boxes)
UW-Stevens Point Library / Stevens Point Area Research Ctr. (Map)
Minutes and proceedings of the boards of the county Teachers College and College of Agriculture and Domestic Science; and the correspondence and subject file of the secretary of the school boards. English
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Biography/History
The Wood County Board of Supervisors created the Wood County Training School in 1903 under provisions of chapter 373 of the Laws of Wisconsin of 1901. As provided by the law, a Board of three, consisting of the County Superintendent of Schools and two County Board-appointed members, governed the School. A combination of County and State funds supported school operations. The School's name changed to County Rural Normal School in 1923, County Normal School in 1927, and County Teachers College in 1955. The County Board, through resolutions dated April 21, 1964 and August 8, 1964, abolished the College and disposed of its property.
The County Teachers College and its predecessors prepared teachers for service in rural elementary schools. The office of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction exercised general supervision over the College educational program. The College gradually expanded from a staff of one until, during the 1920s and 1930s it employed three teachers and enrolled twenty to forty students and expended an annual budget of eight to ten thousand dollars. The school budget for 1964-1965 was approximately $80,000.
The Wood County Board created the County School of Agriculture and Domestic Science in 1914 to provide training to County residents in these subjects. The Agricultural School received County, State, and Federal funds with total budget and enrollment roughly similar to the Normal School. The Agriculture and Normal schools were very closely related. The same Board governed each school, they shared a common building, and, until 1924, they shared the same principal. Growing difficulties with the agricultural school program, including transportation of rural students and quality of instruction, forced its abandonment in the fall of 1942. The school system of the City of Wisconsin Rapids purchased much of the agricultural school equipment and leased its building space in 1942 for its own agricultural classes.
Scope and Content Note
Actions of the joint school boards are recorded in the brief minutes kept by the Secretary. They deal largely with employee contracts, building maintenance, and budget submissions to the County Board. More detailed documentation is found in the Secretary's subject and correspondence files, boxes 2-4. The annual and preliminary reports, and budgets in this file provide general information about school operations. The file “Lone Pine Elementary School Controversy, 1962-1963” documents the difficulties of the County Teachers College in supporting a laboratory school and in cooperating with the Wisconsin Rapids School District. This file, and the one titled “Discontinuance of Wood County College, 1964-1965,” deal with the problem of re-organizing higher education and teacher training in the region.
Related Material
Subject File of the College President, 1928-1965 (Wood Series 5); Subject File of the County Superintendent of Schools, 1922-1968 (Wood Series 6); and General Files of the County Superintendent of Schools, 1896-1964 (Wood Series 18).
Contents List
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Series: Board Minutes and Proceedings
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Box
1
Folder
1
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Volume 1: County Training School Board, Secretary's Record Book of Minutes and Proceedings, 1903-1923
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Box
1
Folder
2
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Volume 2: County Normal and Agricultural School Board, Secretary's Record Book, 1913-1943
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Box
1
Folder
3
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Papers removed from vol. 2, 1914-1942
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County Normal and Agricultural School Board, Minutes
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Box
1
Folder
4
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1944-1959
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Box
2
Folder
1
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1960-1965
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Series: Secretary of the Board, Correspondence and Subject Files
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Box
2
Folder
1A
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Agendas: College Board of Trustees Meetings, 1959-1965
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Box
2
Folder
2
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Annual Reports to County Board, 1944-1949
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Annual Reports to State Department
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Box
2
Folder
3
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1911-1927
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Box
2
Folder
4
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1928-1940
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Box
2
Folder
5
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1941-1965
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Box
2
Folder
6
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Appraisal Reports, 1937
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Box
2
Folder
7
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Appropriations, 1926-1946
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Box
2
Folder
8
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Audit Reports, 1940-1948
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Box
2
Folder
9
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Budgets, 1927-1965
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Box
2
Folder
10
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Budget and Finance Committee Minutes, 1959
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Box
2
Folder
10A
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Class Roll, 1919
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Box
2
Folder
11
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College Lands, 1949, 1957
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Box
2
Folder
12
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Contracts Other than Teachers Contracts, 1962
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Contracts - Teachers
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Box
2
Folder
13
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1939-1946
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Box
2
Folder
14
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1946-1954
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Box
2
Folder
15
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1954-1958
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Box
2
Folder
16
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1959-1965
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Correspondence
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Box
3
Folder
1
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1933, 1937, 1938, 1941-1954
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Box
3
Folder
2
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1955-1961
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Box
3
Folder
3
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1962
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Box
3
Folder
4
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, 1963 (and , undated)
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Box
3
Folder
5
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1964-1965
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Box
3
Folder
6
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Deeds, etc., 1906-1956
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Box
3
Folder
7
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Discontinuance of Wood County College, 1964-1965
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Box
3
Folder
8
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Financial Statements, 1945-1948
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Box
3
Folder
9
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Insurance, 1936-1941
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Box
3
Folder
10
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Land Use Agreement, 1958
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Box
3
Folder
11
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Legislation, 1962-1964
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Box
3
Folder
12
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Loan Fund, 1959
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Box
3
Folder
13
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Lone Pine Elementary school Controversy, 1962-1963
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Box
3
Folder
14
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Minutes, 1949, 1953-1963
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Box
3
Folder
15
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Miscellaneous, 1925-1964
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Box
3
Folder
16
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Preliminary Reports, 1961-1965
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Box
3
Folder
17
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Receipts, 1938-1946
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Box
3
Folder
18
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Remodeling, 1958-1959
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Box
3
Folder
19
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Rental, 1942-1946
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Box
4
Folder
1
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Resolutions, 1949-1964
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Box
4
Folder
2
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Old Salary Schedules, 1951-1958
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Box
4
Folder
3
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State Salary Schedules, 1957-1965
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Box
4
Folder
4
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School Annual Bulletin
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Box
4
Folder
5
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Sketches - Bldg., 1937
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Box
4
Folder
6
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Supervisory Reports, 1947-1955, 1963
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Box
4
Folder
7
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Transportation Contract, 1962-1963
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Tuition
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Box
4
Folder
8
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1922-1937
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Box
4
Folder
9
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1937-1946
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Box
4
Folder
10
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1959-1964
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