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Preferred Citation

Rupert School No. 4, South Bend District (Armstrong County, Pa.) Record Book, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of a monthly report book for Rupert School No. 4, South Bend District (Armstrong County, Pa.) for the years 1879-1889. On the front cover, the school is also referred to as "Clayton or Girty." it appears to have been a one-room school with roughly 50 students between 5-15 years old. Recorded are student names, attendance, books used, teacher salary payments, visitors, and statistics. An undated exhibit label, glued into the volume (November 1884 page) states: "This book shows the succession of names and attendance of the pupils who attended Girty (or Clayton) school. It was a one-room school, heated by a coal or wood stove and lacked inside plumbing. The school term was short so that the children could help with the planting and harvesting of crops. Transportation in those days was a problem. The school marm or school master lived for varying lengths of time with the families of their pupils . . . families considered it a privilege to have the teacher in their homes. It was noted from these records that the set salary for all of these teachers was $30.00 month."

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Education, Rural--Pennsylvania--History--19th century
• Rural schools
• Teachers--Pennsylvania--19th century