Elementary School

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Articles

Pages from our Past articles written by Bill Kemp

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Bloomington’s Oakland School a modernist architectural gem

The post-World War II era marked a dramatic evolution—if not revolution—in the design of school...

Article

Biographies

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Kessler, Frances

Frances Kessler had a passion for music and education. Music had always been an interest in her...

Biography

Blog

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Excelsior School -- Cheney’s Grove Township, 1938

Excelsior School, located two miles east of Saybrook, was one of more than 250 one-room schools...

Blog Post

T-H-A-N-K-S-G-I-V-I-N-G 1980 Towanda Grade School

Towanda Grade School kindergartners perform Thanksgiving themed poems and songs for their paren...

Blog Post

Finding Aids

Archival collection finding aids (full contents of collections available on site)

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Boysen-Presit, Gail

Gail Boysen-Presit and her family moved from Rochester, Minnesota, to Bloomington, Illinois, wh...

Finding Aid

Lincoln School

This collection consists of a series of albums and notebooks relating to Abraham Lincoln Elemen...

Finding Aid