Rural Schools and Schoolhouses of Douglas County Kansas by Daniels, Goldie Piper - 1975

Baldwin City, KS: Telegraphics; (no date). Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Fine in a very good dust jacket which has some soiling to the edges. Each school discussed has a line drawing of the schoolhouse and typically 2 - 3 pages of history on each one. 83 separate schools are covered in 193 pages.

Baldwin City, KS: Telegraphics (1st Edition, 1975). Hardcover with gold cloth boards, black titles,193 pages. Dust jacket is now protected by clear mylar cover, but shows edgewear, rubbing to the spine, erosion to spine extremities, and a couple of jagged, closed tears to the back flap and back cover (1-1/2" and 3" respectively) (the one on the back cover has been repaired on both sides with regular scotch tape). Book itself is in beautiful condition: clean and unmarked, with a square, tight binding.
ABOUT THE BOOK: An invaluable book that preserves some of the history and memories of an earlier era of education and way of life in our country. Each school discussed has a line drawing of the schoolhouse and typically 2 - 3 pages of history on each one. 83 separate schools are covered in 193 pages. Sketches by the author.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Goldenbelle "Goldie" Piper Daniels was born in 1890 on a farm on the old California Road in Douglas County, Kansas, where her parents settled in 1885.… Read More

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Baldwin City, KS: Telegraphics (1st Edition, 1975). Hardcover with gold cloth boards, black titles,193 pages. Dust jacket is lightly scuffed, with minor chipping at head of spine. Book itself is in beautiful condition: clean and unmarked, with a square, tight binding.
ABOUT THE BOOK: An invaluable book that preserves some of the history and memories of an earlier era of education and way of life in our country. Each school discussed has a line drawing of the schoolhouse and typically 2 - 3 pages of history on each one. 83 separate schools are covered in 193 pages. Sketches by the author.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Goldenbelle "Goldie" Piper Daniels was born in 1890 on a farm on the old California Road in Douglas County, Kansas, where her parents settled in 1885. She attended a one-room Douglas County rural school and lived in Douglas County her entire life. She began work on this book at age 78 and completed it in 1975. She died in 1980.