Created by: Pickler Memorial Library Special Collections & University Archives
Last Updated: 2024-08-09
Collection Details
The Model Rural School photograph collection contains images from the Model Rural School located at the First District Normal School (now Truman State University) in Kirksville, MO. It was the brainchild of former Normal School president, John R. Kirk. He designed his notion of the ideal rural schoolhouse, advocated for its building in 1907, and implemented a new curriculum to provide a better education for county children so they could serve the unique needs of their communities. These images show various classroom activities and school furnishings. For more information about the Model Rural School, see the digital exhibition "Rural Education Innovations in Adair County, Missouri" at http://exhibits.truman.edu/modelschool/.
Six students' drawings attached to art display created approximately 1910-1912 at the Model Rural School on the campus of Missouri State Normal School of the First District in Kirksville, Missouri.
Subject:
First District Normal School (Kirksville, Mo.), Model Rural School--Photographs, and Rural schools--Missouri--Design and construction
Creator:
Unknown
Contributor:
Truman State University, Pickler Memorial Library Special Collections and Museums (Owner, Digitizing Technician)
Four boys present corncobs at the Model Rural School on the campus of Missouri State Normal School of the First District in Kirksville, Missouri, approximately 1910-1912.
Subject:
First District Normal School (Kirksville, Mo.), Model Rural School--Photographs, and Rural schools--Missouri--Design and construction
Creator:
Unknown
Contributor:
Truman State University, Pickler Memorial Library Special Collections and Museums (Owner, Digitizing Technician)
Mary Linder and Edna Foster at the chalkboard for a dictation lesson at the Model Rural School on the campus of Missouri State Normal School of the First District in Kirksville, Missouri, on February 16, 1912.
Subject:
First District Normal School (Kirksville, Mo.), Model Rural School--Photographs, and Rural schools--Missouri--Design and construction
Creator:
Unknown
Contributor:
Truman State University, Pickler Memorial Library Special Collections and Museums (Owner, Digitizing Technician)
Mary Linder and Edna Foster stand in front of the chalkboard and hug on February 16, 1912, at the Model Rural School on the campus of Missouri State Normal School of the First District in Kirksville, Missouri.
Subject:
First District Normal School (Kirksville, Mo.), Model Rural School--Photographs, and Rural schools--Missouri--Design and construction
Creator:
Unknown
Contributor:
Truman State University, Pickler Memorial Library Special Collections and Museums (Owner, Digitizing Technician)
Photograph of Model Rural School on the First District Normal School campus in Kirksville, MO. Students of various ages stand in front of the school with several adults and a horse-drawn carriage with a canvas top that says...
Subject:
First District Normal School (Kirksville, Mo.), Model Rural School--Photographs, and Rural schools--Missouri
Creator:
Unknown
Contributor:
Truman State University, Pickler Memorial Library Special Collections and Museums (Owner, Digitizing Technician)
