Processed by
Emily Castle
February 2006
Manuscript and Visual Collections Department
William Henry Smith Memorial Library
Indiana Historical Society
450 West Ohio Street
Indianapolis, IN 46202-3269
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VOLUME OF |
1 folder |
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COLLECTION |
16 Apr. 1853–15 April 1866 |
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PROVENANCE: |
Paul A. Carr, Vallonia, IN, April 2001 |
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RESTRICTIONS: |
None |
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COPYRIGHT: |
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REPRODUCTION |
Permission to reproduce or publish material in this collection must be obtained from the Indiana Historical Society. |
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RELATED |
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ACCESSION |
2001.0627 |
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NOTES: |
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Sunday schools were part of an informal network of free schools operated by various religious and philanthropic groups to provide rudimentary education to children of the poor. Depending on their sponsorship and frequency of meeting, these schools placed more or less emphasis on religious and moral instruction. They were created in England around the year 1780, and by the 1790s there were several in the United States.
The schools taught proper behavior, enforced cleanliness, provided Sunday clothing, and reprimanded children for lying, swearing, talking in an indecent manner, or other misbehavior. All emphasized religious instruction over reading and writing, although most taught the later subjects as a means of instilling the former.
Sources:
Hartman, Grover L. A school for God’s people: a history of the Sunday School movement in Indiana. Indianapolis: Central Pub., 1980. General Collection: BV1513 .A2 I65 1980
This collection is a log written by Edmund Hus, the clerk from a Sunday school in Perrysburg, Adams Township, Miami County, Indiana. The first entry in the log is of the organization of the school on 16 April 1853. People met at Coners School House where positions of Librarian, Superintendent, and Vice Superintendent were elected, and the next meeting was scheduled for the first Sunday in May at ten o’clock. Other information in the book includes the students in each class and who the teacher was. The majority of the ledger is entries about what was covered on Sundays and totals for the number of girls and boys in attendance. The book also contains information on soldiers from Miami County, who served in the Civil War.
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CONTENTS |
CONTAINER |
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Log book, 16 Apr. 1853–15 April 1866 |
Folder 1 |
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