Name/Title
Oakwood School Memory BookletEntry/Object ID
2024.10.8Description
Oakwood School Memory Booklet. Material: paper. Size: 4" x 5". A vintage booklet from Oakwood Public School, featuring a decorative border with a laurel wreath and a ribbon design; inside the wreath a message from a teacher printed in an elegant font, reads: "In Memory of days spent together in the school-room, this token is presented with the compliments of . . . . . . . Your Teacher." A knotted cord on the left side ties the pages together. Inside information page notes: Oakwood Public School, District No. 24, located in Woodville and Otisco Townships, Waseca County, Minnesota. It lists the teacher, F.R. Comstock, and names of the pupils, including from the families of Abbe, Bahr, Denton, Eaton, Frahmann, Guelzow, Lewer, Minges, Prechel, Roeglin, Scholljegerdes, Kruger and Wood. Additionally, it mentions the school board members, namely H.F. Lewer as Clerk, Wm. Eaton as Director, and Treasurer George Scholljegerdes. Other pages include poems by Longfellow and Whittier.Use
Booklets like this were traditionally gifted to students of rural schools at the end of the school year by their teacher.Context
Student, Erma Wood would marry Robert Halle in 1914 and become the grandmother of the donor.Cataloged By
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Object Name
Booklet, SouvenirClass
Documentary ArtifactCategory
Communication ArtifactsCreate Date
October 31, 2025Update Date
May 20, 2026
