Champaign County Illinois Schools. Papers, Records, 1877-93, 1921-41

Title: Champaign County Illinois Schools. Papers, Records, 1877-93, 1921-41

Primary Creator: Champaign County, Illinois, Schools

Extent: 8.8 cubic feet

Subjects: Champaign County (Ill.), Champaign County--Urbana (Ill.), Rural schools, School districts, Schools, Teaching, Urbana School District 116 (Urbana, Ill.)

Forms of Material: Organizational records

The collection contains exercise books, annual examinations, and graduation essays from Urbana schools as well as rural schools in Champaign County, 1877-93.  Representative work includes exercises in reading, spelling, grammar, history, geography, arithmetic, geometry, botany, physics, and drawing, done by students from primary grades through high school. The collection also includes diverse administrative records of the superintendent's office, 1921-41.