Memorial Library of Nazareth & Vicinity - Millgrove Schoolhouse

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Millgrove School District operated out of a schoolhouse in Bushkill Township, Pennsylvania from about 1860 to 1956. The house was torn down in 1967. It was part of a collection of schoolhouses that served the different villages of Bushkill Township, until the township joined Nazareth School District in 1950. Millgrove was named after the nearby Aluta Mill, and was built on land donated by Paul Siegfried, Adam Heckman, and Daniel Schlabach. These documents, including recordings of district trustees meetings, daybooks of expenses from those who worked in relation to Millgrove, and some photographs and ephemera, covers the years 1848 to the last recorded reunion of Millgrove students and teachers in 1985.
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David Trein Day Book 1848
Rural schools--Administration, School boards, Account books
Day book belonging to David Trein. Book contains financial transactions relating to Millgrove School as it was being established, covering the period of 1848 to 1852. Book also contains personal notes and pasted-in clippings.
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Letter from Charles M. Barrows to Jennie Trein C. Trein regarding her daughter Marie
Teachers of the deaf, Letters
A letter from Charles M. Barrows, Principal and President of Barrows School of Hearing, Inc. to Jennie C. Trein, famed folk artist, regarding her daughter Marie's progress. Transcript of written portion of the letter is as follows: "Dear Mrs. Trein, What your letter has to say about Marie pleases me much, and I hope she will exhibit all the gains she has made and develop many others. But I cannot dwell upon this interesting, to me wonderful, acquirements, for my mind is full of a grave subject and I am busy writing answers to friends who are anxious to know about Miss Tierney. I am deeply troubled about her. She is in the Woman's Hospital, were the doctors (specialists) are watching the case which puzzles them. It is a far more critical case than they at first supposed. They will operate upon her tomorrow, I think. But she ahs become so weak that her nervous system may not indure the strain and the re-sult be fatal. Now, if you will pardon this neglect of the rest of your good long letter, I will close here and take up the next. Sincerely yours C.m. Barrows"
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Millgrove Grove 1936 Class Photograph
rural schools, Rural schools--Administration, School buildings, School photography
Black and white photograph of a class of elementary school children and their teacher, taken outside Millgrove School, Bushkill Township, PA in 1936. Photo is a copy of the original, enhanced and reprinted.
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Millgrove Schoolhouse Class Photograph
Rural schools, School buildings, School Photography, Rural schools--Administration
Black and white photograph on cardstock of an elementary aged class of students attending Millgrove School. Photograph was taken outside the schoolhouse. Photograph was taken and mounted by Broad Street Studio of Photography in Bethlehem, PA., which dates the images to the 1930s.
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Tax Assessment of Land for Millgrove School
Rural schools, School buildings, School lands, Land tenure, Tax auditing
An initial tax assessment of the land on which Millgrove School was to be built, containing ink and pencils scribblings of amounts of money in various stocks, banks, mortgages, etc.
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Thomas Achenbach February 2 1850 Daybook
Account books, Schools--Accounting, Rural Schools--Administration
A record book containing personal transactions and other notes by Thomas Achenbach. Some transactions relate to Millgrove Schoolhouse. Book is handwritten and contains a makeshift table of contents, showing the names of people with whom Achenbach made financial transactions with, and on what page they are listed.
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Trustees Book of Millgrove School District Commenced the 18th Day of November A. D. 1863
Rural schools--Administration, Land tenure, School boards, Schools--records and correspondence, Schools--Accounting
A record book containing transcripts of the founding documents of Millgrove School District, as well as records of trustees (school board) meetings from 1863 onward, later replaced by records of the annual Millgrove School District Reunion.
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