Title: Wood County Teachers College (Wis.): Records
Inclusive Dates: 1903-1965

Creator:

• Wood County Teachers College (Wis.)

Call Number: Wood Series 20

Quantity: 1.6 c.f. (4 archives boxes)

Repository:

Housed at the Nelis R. Kampenga University Archives & Area Research Center, Learning Resources Center, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

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Abstract:

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.

Language: English

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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.

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.

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).

	Series: Board Minutes and Proceedings
Box   1 Folder   1	Volume 1: County Training School Board, Secretary's Record Book of Minutes and Proceedings, 1903-1923
Box   1 Folder   2	Volume 2: County Normal and Agricultural School Board, Secretary's Record Book, 1913-1943
Box   1 Folder   3	Papers removed from vol. 2, 1914-1942
	County Normal and Agricultural School Board, Minutes
Box   1 Folder   4	1944-1959
Box   2 Folder   1	1960-1965
	Series: Secretary of the Board, Correspondence and Subject Files	⇧
Box   2 Folder   1A	Agendas: College Board of Trustees Meetings, 1959-1965
Box   2 Folder   2	Annual Reports to County Board, 1944-1949
	Annual Reports to State Department
Box   2 Folder   3	1911-1927
Box   2 Folder   4	1928-1940
Box   2 Folder   5	1941-1965
Box   2 Folder   6	Appraisal Reports, 1937
Box   2 Folder   7	Appropriations, 1926-1946
Box   2 Folder   8	Audit Reports, 1940-1948
Box   2 Folder   9	Budgets, 1927-1965
Box   2 Folder   10	Budget and Finance Committee Minutes, 1959
Box   2 Folder   10A	Class Roll, 1919
Box   2 Folder   11	College Lands, 1949, 1957
Box   2 Folder   12	Contracts Other than Teachers Contracts, 1962
	Contracts - Teachers
Box   2 Folder   13	1939-1946
Box   2 Folder   14	1946-1954
Box   2 Folder   15	1954-1958
Box   2 Folder   16	1959-1965
	Correspondence
Box   3 Folder   1	1933, 1937, 1938, 1941-1954
Box   3 Folder   2	1955-1961
Box   3 Folder   3	1962
Box   3 Folder   4	, 1963 (and , undated)
Box   3 Folder   5	1964-1965
Box   3 Folder   6	Deeds, etc., 1906-1956
Box   3 Folder   7	Discontinuance of Wood County College, 1964-1965
Box   3 Folder   8	Financial Statements, 1945-1948
Box   3 Folder   9	Insurance, 1936-1941
Box   3 Folder   10	Land Use Agreement, 1958
Box   3 Folder   11	Legislation, 1962-1964
Box   3 Folder   12	Loan Fund, 1959
Box   3 Folder   13	Lone Pine Elementary school Controversy, 1962-1963
Box   3 Folder   14	Minutes, 1949, 1953-1963
Box   3 Folder   15	Miscellaneous, 1925-1964
Box   3 Folder   16	Preliminary Reports, 1961-1965
Box   3 Folder   17	Receipts, 1938-1946
Box   3 Folder   18	Remodeling, 1958-1959
Box   3 Folder   19	Rental, 1942-1946
Box   4 Folder   1	Resolutions, 1949-1964
Box   4 Folder   2	Old Salary Schedules, 1951-1958
Box   4 Folder   3	State Salary Schedules, 1957-1965
Box   4 Folder   4	School Annual Bulletin
Box   4 Folder   5	Sketches - Bldg., 1937
Box   4 Folder   6	Supervisory Reports, 1947-1955, 1963
Box   4 Folder   7	Transportation Contract, 1962-1963
	Tuition
Box   4 Folder   8	1922-1937
Box   4 Folder   9	1937-1946
Box   4 Folder   10	1959-1964