Reed Township School District #15 Records
Collection
Identifier: Mss 2508
Scope and Contents
The Reed Township School District # 15 records are split into two series; Teachers Registers, and Clerks Records.
The teachers registers consist of books that were used by the teacher of school district #15 for anything that dealt with the everyday functions of the school. In the registers attendance was taken along with the daily routine of the children and events that happened throughout the day.
The school district #15 clerk was responsible for accurately organizing, filing, and retrieving information regarding the schools records and accounts. The clerk ensures that records were kept in an organized manner and up to date on the schools changes. The clerk’s records contain the financial and administrative records. In the records there are board meeting minutes, receipts, and teacher salary summaries.
Dates
- 1884-1942.
Access
The collection is open under the rules and regulations of the NDSU Archives.
Copyrights
Copyrights to this collection are held by the NDSU Archives.
History
The township of Reed was named after an early landowner. On February 13, 1884, a number of area residents petitioned the Cass County Commissioners to become an organized township, which was approved on February 15, 1884. The first township meeting was held on March 4, 1884, at the Whitman School. Officers elected were J. Hannaher, A.B. Mauch and W.S. Oliver, Supervisors: A. Smedstad, Clerk; P. Stewart, Treasurer/ D.C. Taffts, Assessor; E. Snether and J. Carmine, Justices of the peace and T.B. Hannan and B. Spenser, Constables, Taxes Levied were $750. The Township was divided into three road districts with an overseer in charge of each district. Taxes were levied on owners of real and personal property by the township which the overseer collected or these taxes could be worked off by property
owners by doing on township roads or bridges. Poll taxes could also be paid by doing work for the township.
Reed School District #15 was organized March 14, 1878. Located three miles southeast of Harwood, ND, the school’s first teacher was Mrs. Nellie Daggett. The school was open from 1879-1948. In 1949 the 15th school district and 32nd combined. Following that year the schools were merged with the West Fargo District.
Extent
1.5 Linear Feet (1.5 linear ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Reed Township School District # 15 records are split into two series; Teachers Registers, and Clerks Records. The teachers registers consist of books that were used by the teacher of school district #15 for anything that dealt with the everyday functions of the school. In the registers attendance was taken along with the daily routine of the children and events that happened throughout the day. The school district #15 clerk was responsible for accurately organizing, filing, and retrieving information regarding the schools records and accounts. The clerk ensures that records were kept in an organized manner and up to date on the schools changes. The clerk’s records contain the financial and administrative records. In the records there are board meeting minutes, receipts, and teacher salary summaries.
Provenance
Donated by Darwin Eckland in 1998 (Acc. 2508).
Property rights
The NDSU Archives owns the property rights to this collection.
- Title
- Finding Aid to the Reed Township School District # 15 Records
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Institute for Regional Studies Repository
Contact:
West Building N
3551 7th Avenue North
Fargo North Dakota 58102 United States
ndsu.archives@ndsu.edu
West Building N
3551 7th Avenue North
Fargo North Dakota 58102 United States
ndsu.archives@ndsu.edu