Nahma Township School records
Scope and Contents
This collection contains correspondence, reports, and other documents illustrating Nahma Township School operations in Nahma, Michigan during the Great Depression. The collection's materials span from 1924-1939. The bulk of the collection is concerned with the construction of an addition that would enable all pupils in the township to attend school in a single building. The one-room schools would then be closed. The addition was constructed during 1937-39 as a Works Progress Administration (WPA) project. Most of the project records, including reports and correspondence with elected officials, have survived.
Dates
- 1924-1939
Creator
- Nahma Township School (Nahma, Mich.) (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions. Open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
No restrictions. Permission to publish material from the records of the Nahma Township School records must be obtained from the University Archivist. The University Archivist may be reached by phone at 906-227-1225, or e-mail, archives@nmu.edu. The University Archivist may also be reached in Room 126 of the Learning Resource Center, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI.
Biographical/Historical note
The Nahma Township School records were donated as part of the Bay de Noquet Lumber Company/Oconto Company records. The school board met in the offices of the Bay de Noquet Lumber Company in Nahma, Michigan and stored their records there. Thus the records were preserved when the Bay de Noquet Lumber Company records were preserved. Today the Nahma Township Schools are part of the Big Bay de Noc School District.
Extent
0.5 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This collection is arranged by topic and within each file the materials are arranged chronologically. The collection is separated into six series of: Financial Records, Personnel Records, Correspondence, Nahma School Addition, Ledgerbook, and Blueprints.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The Nahma Township School records were donated as part of the Bay de Noquet Lumber Company/Oconto Company records, MSS-173.
Separated Materials
The Blueprints of the Nahma School Addition are stored separately from the bulk of the collection. The blueprints are stored in Map Drawer 6-10 LRC.
- Big Bay de Noc School District (Mich.)
- Correspondence. Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Education. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Great Depression (1929). Subject Source: Local sources
- Nahma (Mich.). Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Nahma Township School (Nahma, Mich.)
- Reports. Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Rural schools. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- School buildings. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- School management and organization. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- United States. Works Progress Administration
Source
- Oconto Company (Organization)
- Bay de Noquet Lumber Company (Organization)
- Title
- Nahma Township School records
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Steve Peters and Glenda K. Ward
- Date
- 10/8/2013
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Central Upper Peninsula and Northern Michigan University Archives Repository
Harden Learning Resources Center 126
1401 Presque Isle Ave
Marquette 49855 United States
906-227-1225
906-227-1333 (Fax)
archives@nmu.edu
