Schools of Allen County, Indiana

This is Not a comprehensive research list of Allen County schools. Some information is collected from photos posted and discussions appearing on social media which can disappear without warning. Eventually web sites, addresses and phone numbers will be added as time permits.

Schools

  1. Elementary Schools
  2. Middle Schools
  3. High Schools

Indiana’s Public Common and High Schools Multiple Property Documentation Form A project of the Indiana Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology beginning with Section E - Statement of Historic Contexts Context - Indiana’s Common and High Schools on page 6 has fourteen pages thru page 19 listing an extensive history of Indiana schools beginning with The Land Ordinance of 1785 while F. Associated Property Types starts with 1. The One-Room Schoolhouse thru page 32 of this 36 page document at the Division of Historic Preservation & Archaeology section of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources.

The Hoosier schoolmaster; a story of backwoods life in Indiana by Eggleston, Edward, 1837-1902, Publication date [c1899] on Archive.org.
The Hoosier Schoolmaster (novel) on Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia.
The Hoosier Schoolmaster - A Story of Backwoods Life in Indiana, Edward Eggleston, 1871 on Project Gutenberg.

December 10, 2023 post by the Indiana Historical Society on Facebook:

You may remember an “On this Day” from last month about the Egglestons. Edward Eggleston was born on December 10, 1827. A Vevay native, he was inspired to start writing by a high school teacher. Before he moved to New York, Edward worked as a minister and journalist around the Midwest. His first and one of his most well-known books was about his experiences in a one-room school in Indiana titled, “The Hoosier School-Master."

Pictured here is a portrait of Edward Eggleston.

May 29, 2023 post by The History Center on Facebook:

Community leaders have long been concerned with the education of the children of Allen County. Following the importuning of Miami Chief Jean Baptiste de Richardville, Reverend Isaac McCoy, Baptist minister and missionary, arrived with his family in the spring of 1820 with the purpose of beginning a school. Taking up residence in the recently decommissioned fort, Reverend McCoy opened Fort Wayne’s first school, exactly 203 years ago today, on May 29, 1820. Raised in Pennsylvania and Kentucky, McCoy became consumed with improving the condition of the Native Americans. When the school opened in 1820, the student population was comprised of ten English, eight Native Americans, six French, and one African-American. With the hiring of a permanent teacher, the number of students reached its peak of fifty. Though it was only in existence for two years, the McCoy School forever changed the educational landscape of Fort Wayne. Today we commemorate Fort Wayne’s first school and schoolteacher. #sociallyhistory

August 12, 2023 post by The History Center on Facebook:

As the school year begins for the children of Allen County, it is important to remember that public school were once the exception and not the normal in our communities. The progress for establishing free, public schools moved slowly in Allen County. Amos Richey, Sr. carried this silk banner when he was ten or twelve years old at the head of processions calling for the establishment of free, public “common schools” in Allen County, one of which was located at the home of Mr. A. M. Hulburd at the corner of West Wayne and Ewing Streets. Many years later, while on a visit to New York City, his old school master remembered Richey had carried the banner and gave it to him to bring back to Fort Wayne. The banner was originally double sided, with “Republicanism” and “Education” painted on the other side. The halves were separated for preservation and display. The common school movement finally succeeded by appealing to fears that church-related schools were not teaching children proper American values. The first permanent public school building, a three-story brick building known as the Clay School, opened on the corner of Washington and Clay Streets in 1857. With the opening of the first public school, Fort Wayne Community Schools was established, and for 166 years has built a heritage that is closely interwoven with the growth and development of Fort Wayne and surrounding areas. #sociallyhistory

May 11, 2014post by the Indiana Genealogical Society on Facebook:

TUESDAY TIDBIT: In 1890, the Indiana State Board of Health did a statewide survey of schools. They found that 71% were poorly ventilated, 30% had an unsafe water supply, and 10% had no outhouse or lavatory.

Source: Ninth annual report of the State Board of Health of Indiana, for the fiscal year ending October 31, 1890 (Indianapolis: William B. Burford, 1891).

The survey also found that many schoolyards had cows and pigs wandering in them, because no fences had been put up.

Ninth Annual Report of the State Board of Health of Indiana: For the Fiscal Year Ending October 31, 1890 (Classic Reprint) Paperback – August 24, 2018 at Amazon.com.

August 2, 2023 post by Indiana Album on Facebook:

Back to school - Children used to walk to school, uphill in snow both ways if we are to believe our grandparents. But horse-drawn school buses, then called hacks, made life a little easier for students. Some of the hacks were pretty primitive, being just a wagon with wooden benches and a canvas roof. Motorized buses became the norm and since the late 1930s standards have mandated that school buses be painted "national school bus glossy yellow” since the eye quickly registers the color yellow. Shout out to the bus drivers...the unsung heroes in our school system!

July 30, 2023 post by Smithsonian Magazine  on Facebook:

Why are school buses yellow?

The History of How School Buses Became Yellow Rural educator Frank Cyr had the vision and pull to force the nation to standardize the color of the ubiquitous vehicle, Bryan Greene, Contributing Writer, September 4, 2019

January 23, 2024 post by The History Center on Facebook:

Education of the county’s children has long been of utmost importance for our local leaders. The first schools in the county were established by the different religious communities present in Allen County. Since 1837, the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod has been one of the many communities to offer educational opportunities to our local children. January 21-27 is National Lutheran Schools Week. It “provides more than 1,800 preschools, elementary schools and high schools with the public opportunity to proclaim and celebrate God’s work among us in schools of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod.” In celebration of this week, today we share some items from our collection from our local Lutheran schools. #sociallyhistory

Fort Wayne Commmunity Schools - FWCS. Website: www.fwcs.k12.in.us/schools, Facebook: www.facebook.com/FWCommSchools/, Twitter: https://twitter.com/FWCommSchools/, YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/FWCommunitySchools.

Northwest Allen County Schools - NACS https://www.nacs.k12.in.us/, Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NACSEDUCATION/, Twitter: https://twitter.com/nwallenschoolfw, YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7Z2NVBm-j5u1C6JJG0CHkA.

August 13, 2019 post by The History Center on Facebook:

For most children in Allen County, mid-August can mean just one thing – the beginning of the school year! Every year thousands of local students head back to the numerous schools located in Allen County. The roots of our local schools began in 1853, as a result of a petition from a citizens’ committee to the Common Council. Education has taken place in multi-room brick buildings, down to humble one-room township schools. From the time the schools of Allen County began, they have grown to serve our communities and still faithfully shape the minds of our students. Today we wish all the students of Allen County a successful school year! #sociallyhistory

Were any of your ancestors Indian a teachers? If so, they may have passed down their teaching certificate. Read Research Tip: Indiana Teacher Licenses by Meredith Thompson posted August 31, 2016 on the Indiana Genenealogical Society blog.

The first Fort Wayne City Directory 1858-58 listed school buildings at the north-east corner of Washington and Clay (Clay School), and south-west corner of Griffith (now Fairfield) and Jefferson (Jefferson School).

The pictorial history of Fort Wayne, Indiana : a review of two centuries of occupation of the region about the head of the Maumee River Chapter XXXIV- 1853-1854 starting on page 418 by Griswold, B. J. (Bert Joseph), 1873-1927; Taylor, Samuel R., Mrs an Archive.orgoffers a look at the earliest schools of Fort Wayne from 1835 to 1854.

The School Department heading shows buildings were on the North-east corner of Washington and Clay, and south-west corner of Griffith and Jefferson on page 13 of Williams' Fort Wayne directory, city guide, and business mirror : volume 1, 1858-'59 by Williams, C. S. (Calvin S.), Publication date 1858 , an Archive.org

School Work: Finding & Using School Resources in Family History Published on October 26, 2018 by the Allen County Public Library on YouTube.
Presented by the Genealogy Center at the Allen County Public Library Education in the United States has been a fluid process from colonial days to the present. Discover what education-based resources you can utilize when finding your ancestors!

New Free Database - Indiana Schools & Colleges posted by: ACPL Genealogy Center Friday, May 25, 2018 discusses changes to their online databases. Some links are listed below and on our other school pages. 

Yearbooks

Allen County, Indiana Yearbooks database Index is at The Genealogy Center at the Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne, Indiana. You can Search for names in the Central Catholic High School, 1915-1972, and Central High School, 1914-1971, and North Side High School, 1929-2014, and South Side High School, 1923-1974, 1976-1994. The actual hardback books for most years of most local schools are on the shelves in The Genealogy Center at the Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Most are not found online for free, but some are available on subscription sites.

FamilySearch.org has many Fort Wayne area school yearbooks on their site but requires creating a Free user account. Many yearbooks were found on Facebook posts and linked on our Middle and High School pages. They disappeared in May 2018 and links will be removed eventually if those pages don't reappear.

Ancestry.com has a long list of yearbooks for Allen County, Indiana Schools.

LDS Genealogy also has many Allen County IN School Records

A Century of Portraits: A Visual Historical Record of American High School Yearbooks EECS at UC Berkeley. (n.d.). Retrieved August 2, 2022, from https://people.eecs.berkeley.edu/~shiry/publications/Ginosar15_Yearbooks.pdf Cutsinger, J., Herron, M., & Saracino, M. (1996). History worth repeating: A chronology of school yearbooks. Jostens, Inc.

Genealogy 101: School Yearbooks by August 22, 2017 on GenealogyBank.com.

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Early Schools

On December 15, 1871, the first edition of Edward Eggleston’s The Hoosier School-Master was published. The Hoosier School-Master was lauded by early 20th-century critics for its depiction of rural American life, written with a Hoosier sentimentality. See December 15, 2017 post by Indiana Historical Bureau on Facebook.

It was even made into a movie The Hoosier Schoolmaster by Lewis D. Collins Publication date 1935

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A history of education in Indiana by Boone, Richard Gause, 1849-1923 published in 1892.

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  1. In 1817, a new council house was built in Fort Wayne as a two-story log structure later used for a school house on page 238 and page 244 names Rev. and Mrs. Isaac McCoy founders of the first school May 29, 1820 in the settlement, page 258 around 1823 Hugh B. McKeen opened a school in the old fort, page 280 The County Seminary was the first brick schoolhouse in 1825 in Griswold's The pictorial history of Fort Wayne, Indiana.

    Historical Note — The schools of Ft. Wayne date back to 1825; it was not, however, until 1852 that the schools came under the school law of the state, putting into effect tlie present state school system. First trustees: Hon. Hugh McCulloch, Charles Case and Wm. Stewart. City had a population of 4,000 with many school children, a. tuition fund of $300, no school building and no funds witli which to erect one. They rented a house in the eastern part of the city of Alexander McJunkin, and one in the western part and employed Mr. Maliurin and Mrs. Hulburd as teachers; the McJunkin building was located on the w. side of Lrafayette between E. Wayne and E. Berry. First school buildings erected were the Clay and W. Jefferson. First superintendent, Rev. Geo. A. Irwin, followed by S. S. Green, James H. Smart, Dr. John S. Irwin and J. N. Study. Prior to 1852, schools were private and church schools. Among the first teachers were Rev. Isaac McCoy, John P. Hedges, Henry Cooper, Mr. Augliinbaugh, Mr. Beggs, Smallwood Noel, James Requa, M. F. Barbour and Miss Mann (later the wife of Hon. Hugh McCulloch). F'irst school house, built in 1825, stood at the rear of site of present county jail; was called the County Seminary.

    From page 70 in The Griswold-Phelps handbook and guide to Fort Wayne, Indiana, for 1913-1914 by Griswold, B. J. (Bert Joseph), 1873-1927, Publication date 1913 on Archive.org.

    Public Schools start on page 67, Parochial Schools on page 75, and Colleges on page 77.

  2. December 7, 1846 Caleb Mills authored the first of his anonymous letters to the Indiana General Assembly calling for the establishment of a public school system. He cited that only one in seven Hoosier adults could read. He also wrote that only 37% of Indiana children attended school and, of those, most attended only a few weeks a year. Mills would author six anonymous addresses to the General Assembly between 1846 and 1851, each spurring the body to take action for public education. Learn more about Caleb Mills' involvement with public schools in the ebook above or go to: Caleb Mills and the Indiana Free School Law in the Indiana Magazine of History journal in the archives at Indiana University Scholarworksposted December 7, 2018 by Indiana Historical Bureau on Facebook.
  3. In January 1849, the Indiana legislature passed a law establishing free common schools (where students didn't have to pay tuition to attend). To raise the funds, free white landowners were assessed a 0.1% property tax each year, plus a flat tax of 25 cents. This law came 6 months after a hotly-contested state referendum on free schools had passed with 56% of the vote. Source: General laws of the state of Indiana, passed at the thirty-third session of the General Assembly (Indianapolis: John D. Defrees, 1849). From FRIDAY FACT posted September 12, 2014 by the Indiana Genenealogical Societyon Facebook.
  4. Allen County, Catalog and Register of Fort Wayne Female College, 1851–1852 Jennifer A. Banning and Callie McCune at Indiana Historical Society.org.
  5. In 1853, somewhere in Fort Wayne, a procession was held celebrating the opening of the first free public school in the city. Read the rest of the story from 1853 silk banner has another side by Frank Gray published May 21, 2013 in The Journal Gazette newspaper.
  6. Page 346 First Public School Building in The pictorial history of Fort Wayne, Indiana : a review of two centuries of occupation of the region about the head of the Maumee River by Griswold, B. J. (Bert Joseph), 1873-1927; Taylor, Samuel R., Mrs, Publication date 1917, an Archive.org.

  7. 1853, September - the banner from the first day of public school in Fort Wayne displayed as a 200 @ 200 2016 Bicentennial items at The History Center.

    200 @ 200 published January 2, 2016 by WANE 15 News on YouTube.

  8. February 9, 2024 post by The History Center on Facebook:

    The education of the children of Fort Wayne has long been of utmost importance for our community. It is important to remember that public schools were once the exception and not the normal in our city. The first permanent public-school building, a three-story brick building known as the Clay School, opened on the corner of Washington and Clay Streets, exactly 167 years ago today, on February 9, 1857. The school originally had 11 rooms with seating for 495 students. It was later expanded with the addition of another classroom in 1866. Our first public school was destroyed by fire on February 22, 1894 and rebuilt in the same year at the same location. This second Clay School has 12 classrooms and was also later expanded with the addition of a gymnasium and auditorium in 1916. After serving the children of Fort Wayne for a combined 71 years, the Clay School was closed due to safety concerns by the school board at the conclusion of the 1927 – 1928 school year. #sociallyhistory

  9. 1857, February 9 - start of Fort Wayne Community Schools. 162 years old in 2019 with February 9, 2019 post on Facebook and February 9, 2019 Twitter Tweet and Record Number: 3052 at FWCS, Fort Wayne Community Schoolsabout the March 16, 2007 Fort Wayne Community Schools' 150th birthday at The History Center.
  10. May 15, 2014 post by Fort Wayne Community Schools on Facebook:

    Clay School - dedicated February 9, 1957, at the corner of Clay and Washington. Picture from "The Pictorial History of Fort Wayne, Indiana, by B.J. Griswold. #TBT.

    Local school system sprang from the Clay by Kevin Leininger published June 19, 1982 in the archives of The News-Sentinel newspaper.

    Photo of February 23, 1894 Clay School Fire on the northwest corner of Clay and East Washington posted by

    CBS WANE-TV NewsChannel 15.

    A comment to the May 15, 2014 Facebook post says the Clay School closed in 1928.

    Several photos and images include: Clay School, Fort Wayne, IN. photo similar to Pictoral History drawing on right and in the book below except trees have no leaves (shared April 25, 2022 on True Fort Wayne Indiana History on Facebook),  Clay School Fire. Northwest corner of Clay and East Washington. Date 02/23/1894., Clay School Fire. Northwest corner of Clay and East Washington. Date 02/23/1894., photo FORT WAYNE SCHOOLS CLAY SCHOOL 1898, drawing of 1898 FORT WAYNE SCHOOLS CLAY SCHOOL CLAY AT WASHINGTON, NW, FORT WAYNE SCHOOLS CLAY SCHOOL PLAYGROUND, 1927, and drawing FORT WAYNE SCHOOLS THE ORIGINAL CLAY SCHOOL BUILDING WAS LOCATED ON THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF CLAY AND WASHINGTON STREETS is from the Pictoral History book in the Allen County Public Library Digital Collections at the Allen County Public Library. Schooling, Teaching, and Change in Nineteenth-Century Fort Wayne, Indiana Kathleen A. Murphey, Indiana Magazine of History, Vol. 94, No. 1 (March 1998), pp. 1-28 (28 pages), Published By: Indiana University Press.

    The Original Clay School building on page 433 of The pictorial history of Fort Wayne, Indiana : a review of two centuries of occupation of the region about the head of the Maumee River by Griswold, B. J. (Bert Joseph), 1873-1927; Taylor, Samuel R., Mrs, Publication date 1917, an Archive.org. Same image shared May 15, 2014 by FWCS, Fort Wayne Community Schoolson Facebook.

  11. The Clay School was the first established in a city-owned building at the corner of Clay and Washington streets from page 421 in The pictorial history of Fort Wayne, Indiana : a review of two centuries of occupation of the region about the head of the Maumee River by Griswold, B. J. (Bert Joseph), 1873-1927; Taylor, Samuel R., Mrs, Publication date 1917, an Archive.org.

  12. Jefferson School located at Griffith (now Fairfield) and Jefferson, where McDonald's was located in 2017. R. Nelson Snider was the youngest principal of this school.
    Jefferson School location
    The photo from a July 6, 2017 Tweet by FWCS shows photos of the Jefferson School location in 1856, 1914, and 2015.
    BAKER257a is the same 1914 Jefferson school color postcard as FWCS, BAKER257b is the same location in 2017, other images include a photo FORT WAYNE SCHOOLS OLD JEFFERSON SCHOOL, FORT WAYNE, INDIANA, an Engraving of the original Jefferson School, Fort Wayne, IN by B. J. Griswold, a line drawing FORT WAYNE SCHOOLS THE OLD JEFFERSON SCHOOL WAS LOCATED ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF JEFFERSON AND FAIRFIELD STREETS, and a 20 page paper The Public Schools. by Geyer Ben F-03 Feb 1956-0001 and a 23 page Quest Club Papers Fort Wayne Community Schools: 150 Years of Service by Lee William C-27 Oct 2006-0001 all posted in the Allen County Public Library Digital Collections at the Allen County Public Library.

    January 7, 2016 post by Hoch Associates on Facebook:

    We LIKE this #TBT to the former Jefferson School located where McDonald's is now (corner of Jefferson and Fairfield) in Downtown Fort Wayne.

    Jefferson was actually the second public school constructed in Fort Wayne and one of the first downtown schools consolidated in the 1970's.

    Fort Wayne Community Schools The News-Sentinel The Journal Gazette Soft Rock 103.9 AroundFortWayne Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society Great Memories and History of Fort Wayne, Indiana Visit Fort Wayne Vintage Fort Wayne Urban Fort Wayne FortWayneScene.com A Better Fort Das Fort Fort Wayne Courtyard Downtown Grand Wayne Convention Center Hilton Fort Wayne at the Grand Wayne Convention Center Ash Brokerage Corporation Greater Fort Wayne Inc. Young Leaders of Northeast Indiana Northeast Indiana Regional Partnership Northeast Indiana Public Radio Allen County Genealogical Society of Indiana, Inc. West Central Neighborhood

  13. Both Clay and Jefferson schools were listed in the 1878 Fort Wayne City Directory below:
  14. Aboite Township School Enumeration, 1866-1895, Allen County, Indiana at The Genealogy Center.
  15. Aboite Township School Trustees Records, 1867-1893, Allen County, Indiana at The Genealogy Center.
  16. ABOITE TOWNSHIP ONE-ROOM SCHOOL REUNION by Jim Ellis published November 19, 2008 in The Waynedale News.com.
  17. When Eric Vanstrom came across what was once known as District School No. 4 in Aboite Township, it was in desperate need of repair. “When we got the schoolhouse you could see daylight through the roof. Most of the plaster had fallen down. The bell tower had caved in quite a bit,” Vanstrom explained. Over the course of several years, Vanstrom and his wife transformed the schoolhouse into a modern home, complete with amenities one would expect in the 21st century. The now-three thousand square foot home has materials repurposed from the original schoolhouse, such as the cherry wood floor. The Vanstroms also removed the plaster covering the walls and exposed the original brick. The main living area contains chalkboards found in the schoolhouse, with some original writing that could be over 80 years old. Where they couldn’t re-purpose materials originally found in the schoolhouse, Vanstrom gathered materials from reclaimed barns and other old buildings in northeast Indiana and throughout the Midwest. 21Country: Making a 140-year-old schoolhouse into a home Gabe Prough January 15, 2021 21AliveNews.com.
  18. 1888, April 26 newspaper item:
    Miss Bertha Evard, teacher in a country school 10 miles from Ft. Wayne, was burned to death Wednesday evening. The lady was sitting by the stove in her school room after the scholars had been sent home when her clothing caught fire. In an instant she was enveloped in flames, and ran down the road to a neighborhood house, fainting at the threshold. Her arms and limbs were frightfully burned. Death speedily came to her relief. The unfortunate girl was a graduate of Ft. Wayne College and was universally respected. Source: Crawfordsville Star newspaper, April 26, 1888 page 3, contributed August 22, 2017 by Karen Zach a fellow INGenWeb county co-ordinator.
    Our ACGSI Members Only page for E. Harper Funeral Home, in New Haven, indicates Bertha Celia Evard was only 17 years old, daughter of James Evard, and died April 18, 1888. Bertha Evard was probably at Milan Township School and buried in Bowers Cemetery where James Evard and Corrilla his wife are also buried. Our ACGSI Cemetery Record match date and age, while DAR cemetery photo date August 19, 1898 and age 23 years and Find A Grave same date age 23 years disagree? BTW - there is an Evard Road a mile or so northwest of the cemetery near Shoaff Park in St. Joseph Township.
  19. 1895 Splinter School in Zanesville on Allen Wells County line photo of named students posted June 26, 2016 on the original Great Memories and History of Fort Wayne, Indiana page on Facebook.
  20. 1897 Old Hoosier School on Lower Huntington Road photo with names posted June 26, 2016 on the original Great Memories and History of Fort Wayne, Indiana page on Facebook.
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  22. School register and grade book, 1888-1889 : Lake township, Allen County, Indiana with fading names in an Archive.org.
  23. September 17,1894 Fort Wayne News newspaper article about largest senior high school class 16 boys 24 girls from February 18, 2013 discussion on the original Great Memories and History of Fort Wayne, Indiana page on Facebook.
  24. A one-room school house built in 1897 on the corner of Tillman and Adams Center road then converted into a residental home around 1927 with only the third resident in 100 years posting photos discussed March 10, 2024 on True Fort Wayne Indiana History on Facebook. Is visible as 6308 East Tillman Road in an August 2011 Street View photo from Google Maps
  25. Allen County, Indiana school directory (1897) school personnel lists of names in an Archive.org
    An accumulation of annual school directories, typescript or photocopy of typescript. Titles vary: Allen County directory, 1897 ; Allen County teachers for ..., 1898/1899 ; Allen County teachers, 1899/1900-1900/1901 ; Allen County school directory, 1901/1902, 1904/1905-1907/1908, 1909/1910, 1913/1914 ; Allen County teacher's directory, 1902/1903-1903/1904, 1908/1909, 1915/1916-1920/1921 ; Allen County teacher's school directory, 1910/1911, 1914/1915 ; Directory of Allen County teachers, 1911/1912...
  26. Allen County, Indiana school directory (Volume 1897-1921)school personnel lists of names in an Archive.org. Differenet copy of same book above.
    An accumulation of annual school directories, typescript or photocopy of typescript. Titles vary: Allen County directory, 1897 ; Allen County teachers for ..., 1898/1899 ; Allen County teachers, 1899/1900-1900/1901 ; Allen County school directory, 1901/1902, 1904/1905-1907/1908, 1909/1910, 1913/1914 ; Allen County teacher's directory, 1902/1903-1903/1904, 1908/1909, 1915/1916-1920/1921 ; Allen County teacher's school directory, 1910/1911, 1914/1915 ; Directory of Allen County teachers, 1911/1912...
  27. The Early Schools of Indiana: From Papers of D. D. Banta—Fourth Instalment by D. D. Banta, published in 1906, from Indiana Magazine of History, Volume 2, Issue 4, pp 191-194. Posted December 15, 2017 by the Indiana Magazine of History on Facebook. They also have an audio version An “Old School” Holiday Tradition published December 24, 2012 on IndianaPublicMedia.org.
  28. Fort Wayne Normal School search results at The Genealogy Center
    1. Annual, 1917 by Fort Wayne Normal School; Fort Wayne Normal School. F.W.N.S. annual; Fort Wayne Normal School. Our yesterdays Publication date 1917
    2. Our yesterdays by Fort Wayne Normal School Publication date 1922, same as 1917 book?
  29. Fort Wayne Public Schools Directories at The Genealogy Center
    1. Directory of Fort Wayne Public Schools, 1929-1930
    2. Directory of Fort Wayne Public Schools, 1933-1934
    3. Directory of Fort Wayne Public Schools, 1950-1951
  30. Fourth annual common school commencement, Allen County Public Schools, Fort Wayne, Ind., June 12, 1909 Publication date 1909
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  31. Harmar School Dedication 1915
  32. 1916 book, Woodwork for Beginners by Griffith, Ira Samuel, 1874-1924, Publication date 1916 is on Archive.org with at least 18 more Griffith, Ira Samuel volumes related volumes on Woodworking.
  33. A search for 1927 schools finds over 100 images at the Allen County Public Library Digital Collections at the Allen County Public Library
  34. 1928 St. Marks Lutheran School students near Yoder
    1928 photo of St. Marks Lutheran School near Yoder with names posted February 6, 2024 on True Fort Wayne Indiana History on Facebook. St. Mark's Lutheran Church 2024 on Facebook.
  35. 1933-34 photo of 7-8th grade students at unknown school posted September 29, 2017 on the original Great Memories and History of Fort Wayne, Indiana page on Facebook.
  36. Questa Education Foundation was Established in 1937 by R. Nelson Snider, principal of South Side High School, and later incorporated as the Fort Wayne Educational Foundation, Questa Education Foundation continues the tradition of providing affordable student loans and generous scholarships to support students in northeast Indiana as they pursue their first associate or bachelor’s degree. Copied from Questa Education Foundation About page.
  37. In 1969, about half of all students walked or bicycled to school, but today less than 15 percent of all school trips are made by walking or biking. More than half of all children arrive at school by car, according to the Indiana Department of Transportation. Sidewalks to safely connect northeast schools by Sarah Janssen published May 28, 2013 in The Journal Gazette newspaper.
  38. Anthony Wayne Institute - Catalog, Anthony Wayne Institute : a different school founded upon modern methods, for teachers, former teachers and high school graduates ebook on Internet Archive.

  39. Hall's School District No. 2 in Milan Township photo discussion on page 74 of March 2017 Allen County Lines quarterly publication in the Membership section of the Allen County Genealogical Society of Indiana websiteVolume 41 Number 3.
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  40. Hanna School photo posted August 13, 2018 by The History Center on Facebook.

    December 14, 2022 post by Hofer and Davis, Inc. Land Surveyors on Facebook:

    For "Throwback Thursday" we share this article written for the PEOPLE SOUTHWEST through The Journal-Gazette by Tracy Warner on February 11, 1988. Tracy later became Journal-Gazette writer and Editorial Editor, and now works for Indiana and Michigan Power (AEP). We shared pictures before on the McCulloch House on Superior Street, when Tom and Kris Bireley had restored it and we surveyed for them. This article is on the flip side, and mentions one of our long-time clients Bud Hall. It also talks about the City Light property before it became Science Central. BTW....Hofer and Davis, Inc. provided the survey when Science Central took over!

    It shows an image of the PEOPLE SOUTHWEST a The Journal Gazette newspaper article by Tracy Warner on February 11, 1988 discussing six old buildings he wrote about four years earlier in 1983, four were vital to Fort Wayne heritage, that were wasting away. Two were still empty in 1988. They were the McCulloch House, the Centlivre Brewery site still standing in 1988 but later demolished, The Edsall House, the Baker Street Train Depot, the Hanna School built in 1905, closed in 1977, city bought in 1979, sold in 1984, bought again in 1986 then demolished in 1987 saving only the arched doorways, a gable, the cornerstone and balustrade; and City Light now Science Central. At the end he mentioned car phones a new technology in 1988!

  41. Huntertown Schools of last 100 years were shown in photos on an April 11, 2022 post by Huntertown Heritage Days on Facebook.
  42. Huntertown Elementary School, 15330 Lima Road, opened in 1922 as a K-12 school but has evolved over time as the town has grown and its educational needs changed. Today, the school is part of Northwest Allen County Schools and serves children from kindergarten through fifth grade. Copied from Huntertown celebrates its school's 100th birthday by Dave Gong posted December 11, 2022 in The Journal Gazette newspaper.
  43. Lakeside School photo posted August 13, 2018 by The History Center on Facebook. Lakeside School was completed in 1898 and held eight classrooms. It was demolished in 1961. Photos posted and discussed September 6, 2018 on You are positively from Fort Wayne, if you remember... Archived group only visible to existing members on Facebook
  44. Middletown school in Marion Township photo posted August 13, 2018 by The History Center on Facebook.
  45. July 28, 2023 post by ARCH, Inc. on Facebook:

    Taking the roads less traveled can reward you with brick-and-mortar history. Milan #7, Brush College School, on the corner of Brush College and Doty Roads, was built c.1902. Vacant now, the building was built in the Italianate style and designed by Fort Wayne architect Henry W. Meyer. The brick, one-room school building has oval arched windows in the front and an oval front doorway. Milan Township’s first school opened its doors in 1857. Over time, 10 school buildings were built, and by 1916 there were only eight teachers for the 10 schools in the district, earning a total of $3,583 for the school year for all eight together. Meyer designed many schools, churches, and the now-demolished Lutheran Hospital on Fairfield Avenue. ARCH is proud to present this edition of Throwback Thursday, part of its work as the historic preservation organization serving the greater Fort Wayne area, made possible by ARCH members and donors. Thank you.

  46. Mystery school photo posted June 11, 2019 on You are positively from Fort Wayne, if you remember... Archived group only visible to existing members on Facebook.
  47. Sacred Heart Academy (Fort Wayne, Ind.) 4 titles on Internet Archive.
  48. St. Paul's Catholic School girls 1890 photo posted January 27, 2023 on True Fort Wayne Indiana History on Facebook.
  49. Washington Township school student photo 1959-60 posted June 28, 2015 on the original Great Memories and History of Fort Wayne, Indiana page on Facebook
  50. 1199 South Thomas Road Street View photo from Google Maps. Wayne Township District No. 2 School built in 1889. 1890S SCHOOLHOUSE MOVED March 26, 2008 The Waynedale News.com Staff states: The two-room Italianate-style schoolhouse, built in 1892, was decommissioned in 1923. A nearly 128-year-old Wayne Township No. 2 School. In 2008 the school was moved from its original Illinois Road location to 1036 Thomas Road to make room for a shopping center. Since then a cigar club and hair salon have occupied it. After sitting empty for a few years, Ruggio is leasing it for Elevation, which has been open for a few days. Copied from Historic schoolhouse filled with peace Elevation Health Spa holding grand opening today. published July 29, 2017 in The News-Sentinel newspaper. Discussed February 19, 2024 on True Fort Wayne Indiana History on Facebook.
  51. Wayne Township School No. 8, built in 1917, photo posted May 24, 2018 by FWCS, Fort Wayne Community Schoolson Twitter.
  52. A celebration of the one hundred and twentieth anniversary of Fort Wayne, 1794-1914 : given at Lakeside Park, October 22, 1914 by Lakeside Normal School (Fort Wayne, Ind.) Publication date 1914
  53. Christmas carols for use in the Fort Wayne public schools by Fort Wayne Community Schools
  54. Pleasant School District #1

    June 1, 2023 post by ARCH, Inc. on Facebook:

    The red brick Meyer School building still stands just south of Fort Wayneon Winchester Road. It welcomed students starting in 1910 as Pleasant School District #1. This cross-gabled Queen Anne-style structure has an arched brick front entrance with brick trim under the gables. The original building had double doors at the front entrance, but it now has a single door. The windows all have the original stone sills and brick lintels. A bell tower once perched over the front entrance was removed, and today a small cupola with a weathervane gives a nod to the former tower. The school was in use until 1943. The structure now serves as a single-family home. ARCH is proud to present this edition of ThrowbackThursday, part of its work as the historic preservation organization serving the greater Fort Wayne area, made possible by ARCH members and donors. Thank you. (Older photo courtesy of the ACPL).

  55. Pleasant Township School No. 7, a brick school building was built in 1918 at Conners and Yoder roads, the last one-room schoolhouse built in Allen County and the only schoolhouse in the township without a name. 1918 newspapers published notices of solicited bids for the construction of the schoolhouse. Pleasant Township No. 7 continued to operate until 1931. A cornerstone is embedded in the basement floor of Pleasant Township No. 7, noting the details of the building's design and construction. Fort Wayne architects Mahurin and Mahurin designed the building, and Michael Kinder was the builder. The brick schoolhouse replaced a schoolhouse on the property that was deeded to an early settler, Samuel Cary, in 1836. [Kathy] Carrier said there were subsequent owners but no record of who might have sold or donated the property to the school district. Copied from School becomes a home Last one-room schoolhouse built in county marks 100 years by Janet Patterson published May 27, 2018 in The Journal Gazette newspaper. February 15, 2023 post on True Fort Wayne Indiana History on Facebook.
  56. Pleasant Township School No. 3, one-room school house at Smith & Ferguson Roads

    November 18, 2022 Facebook post of Pleasant Township School No. 3, Smith & Ferguson Roads: Interior photo dated 1905; exterior photo dated 1927. Sources: The Indiana Album and ACPL photos from the Allen County Public Library Digital Collections at the Allen County Public Libraryshared on True Fort Wayne Indiana History on Facebook.

    February 15, 2023 Facebook post with a 1990s photo saying it was also known as the Putt School for the owner of the land it was built on, but is no longer there in 2023 including the link: Allen County Township Schools - Pleasant Township at the The Genealogy Center at the Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne, Indianaon True Fort Wayne Indiana History on Facebook.

    Pleasant Township #3 Schoolhouse by Christopher Crawford: Documentary Photography

    This is the Pleasant Township #3 School on Smith Road, across the street from Fort Wayne International Airport, in rural Allen County. I discovered this place when I was in high school, and continued photographing it over the years until it was torn down. The old farmer who owned it took a look at my long hair and asked me if I was a boy or a girl when I asked him for permission to photograph it!

    I was never satisfied with most of the photographs I made of this place, because it is set so close to the road. This is one of the last photographs I made of it. It had deteriorated considerably since the day I first found it a decade earlier. There used to be a limestone medallion above the door arch that had the name of the school, the date of construction (1898), and the name of the township trustee. You can see it in this self-portrait that I did years earlier at the abandoned schoolhouse.

    September 15, 2020 post on Facebook shows Library of Congress drawing with interior photo and two others.

    The schoolhouse was torn down in early 2006. 12-28-2000 

    Pleasant Township School,Smith & Ferguson Roads,Fort Wayne,Allen County,IN,4 and
    Topdown image of Pleasant Township School,Smith & Ferguson Roads,Fort Wayne,Allen County,IN by OldPhotoBank on ebay.
    Description of Photograph
    This is an 8x12 inch Reproduction Photograph made from a high quality scan of the original. When evaluating the quality of the photo, please keep in mind that most photos in our collection were taken over 100 years ago.
    Title: Pleasant Township School, Smith & Ferguson Roads, Fort Wayne, Allen County, IN
    Creator(s): Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
    Date Created/Published: Documentation compiled after 1933
    Notes:
    Survey number: HABS IN-78
    Place:
    Indiana -- Allen County -- Fort Wayne
    Indiana -- Allen -- Pleasant Township
    Latitude/Longitude: 41.13056, -85.12889 ,
    Bookmark /in0138/

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Allen County One Room Schools

  1. One-Room School Records, 1858-1958 at Allen County Genealogical Society of Indiana. Compiled by Deborah Eidson, November 2009. Amended, Jan. 2020, with data with from eighth-grade graduate lists from Fort Wayne newspapers, 1890-1925. Record Description: The Allen County, Indiana One-Room School Records dated 1858-1958 were collected and compiled during the period of 2006-2009 by Deborah Eidson of Monroeville, Indiana. These records were transcribed "as is" from school directories, teachers' attendance records, 8th grade graduation programs, souvenir booklets, photographs, newspaper clippings, and trustees' ledgers.
  2. Allen County Common Schools Commencement, 1930 at The Genealogy Center
  3. Search Allen County Schools titles, mostly 1920s-1950s directories on Internet Archive
  4. Search Allen County Teachers Institute on Internet Archive
  5. Allen County, Indiana school directory Publication date 1897 on Internet Archive

The Deborah Eidson School Collection at the The Genealogy Center has links to pages, from her books listed below, with items like photos of old school books and schools in each township:

Aboite Township
Adams Township
Cedar Creek Township
Eel River Township
Jackson Township
Jefferson Township
Lafayette Township
Lake Township
Madison Township
Marion Township
Maumee Township
Milan Township
Monroe Township
Monroe Township Photographs
Perry Township
Pleasant Township
Scipio Township
Springfield Township
St. Joseph Township
Washington Township A photo of a school on Hillegas Road built between 1850 and 1860, razed in 1900 from the Allen County Community Album and 1910 Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel newspaper article Allen County District Schools and Some Pioneer Teachers.
Wayne Township

The Allen County Public Libraryhas her books in their online catalog Search for - Deborah Eidson school collection such as:

  1. One room school houses in Allen County Author: David L. Drury, 1967
  2. Deborah Eidson School Collection an online collection links are above from the books below at The Genealogy Center at the Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne, Indiana
  3. Books by Deborah Klinker Eidson at The Genealogy Center at the Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne, Indiana:
    1. Deborah Eidson school collection. Allen County township schools 1821-2010
    2. Deborah Eidson school collection 1866-2013
    3. Allen County, Indiana historical school collection, 1821-1936 has a list of schools on more info tab published 2018
    4. Allen County, Indiana, one-rom oschool records 1858-1958 2009
    5. Aboite Township one-room schools, Allen County, Indiana, 1837-1947 2011
    6. Adams Township one-room schools, Allen County, Indiana, 1829-1930 2012
    7. Cedar Creek Township one-room schools, Allen County, Indiana, 1837-1936 2012
    8. Eel River Township one-room schools, Allen County, Indiana, 1837-1936 2012
    9. Jackson Township one-room schools, Allen County, Indiana, 1854-1936 2012
    10. Lake Township one-room schools, Allen County, Indiana 1844-1928 2013
    11. Preserving the history of Monroe Township schools 2005
    12. Complete list of names and addresses for graduates of the classes of 1887 thru 1968 Monroeville High School 1994
    13. Perry Township one-room schools, Allen County, Indiana, 1835-1922 2012
    14. Souvenir booklets from Indiana schools 2005
  4. Book Hoagland High School, 1928-1968 : a rememberance [sic], Oct. 8, 1988 , "History of education in Indiana, Madison and Marion township," compiled by William Uffelman, 1988.
  5. Northwest Allen County schools, Eel River, Perry and Lake townships : northwest Allen County growth, 1900-2000 Author: Windmiller, Brett, 2004

Photo of an 1850s log cabin school house on the corner of Wallen and Fritz Roads was posted May 14, 2015 by the original Great Memories and History of Fort Wayne, Indiana page on Facebook.

EACS - East Allen County Schools - Dream It, Do It videos of alumni and more.

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Colleges

The Fort Wayne Americana Collection at Internet Archive may have over 10,000 local college yearbooks

Concordia College

Concordia College (Fort Wayne, Ind.) search over a dozen titles 

Fort Wayne Female College

Catalogue and register of the Fort Wayne Female College by Fort Wayne Female College Publication date 1854   - other Catalogues

Fort Wayne Art School

1926 yearbook 74 photos

International Business College

International Business College, Fort Wayne 1923

A February 19, 1923 yard-long photo of faculty and students was posted March 16, 2023 on True Fort Wayne Indiana History on Facebook

Indiana Tech

Indiana Technical College 1956 125 photos.

IPFW - Indiana Purdue Fort Wayne

Now separate Indiana University Fort Wayne and Purdue University Fort Wayne. See IPFW.

  1. From 1917 to 1964, the Indiana Extension Center in Fort Wayne provided opportunities for the Fort Wayne community to enroll in Indiana University extension classes in downtown Fort Wayne. October 18, 1961 IU and Purdue Universities broke ground for the new campus on 114 acres of land formerly known as the Old Oak Park Farm of the Fort Wayne State School just north-east of the Memorial Coliseum at the Fort Wayne city limit.
  2. November 23, 2022 a post on True Fort Wayne Indiana History on Facebook shared the November 23, 2016 post: Hey Hey Hey!!! It's Wall of Fame Wednesday Baby! This is the artist's sketch of Kettler Hall from the FORT WAYNE JOURNAL -GAZETTE on January 1, 1963. [newspaper headline: New Education Era: Indiana-Purdue U. Center] BTW... Hofer and Davis did the boundary surveying for the Foundation when they purchased the property at State Road 37 and Coliseum.... and the Fort Wayne (IPFW) Mastodons had their biggest basketball victory last night beating Indiana University (Ranked #3 in the country) in overtime at The War Memorial Coliseum! Congrats to the "Dons"! by Hofer and Davis, Inc. Land Surveyors on Facebook.
  3. Indiana-Purdue Regional Campus opened at Fort Wayne in 1964. Indiana University–Purdue University Fort Wayne on Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
  4. July 1, 2018 officially seperated into Purdue University Fort Wayne and Indiana University Fort Wayne. Copied from For more than a century, Indiana University has provided higher education opportunities for northeast Indiana in Fort Wayne on the History page of IUFW.edu. Indiana University Fort Wayne Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IUFortWayne
  5. Purdue Timeline at HISTORY THIS IS OUR STORY at Purdue University Fort Wayne pfw.edu. Purdue University Fort Wayne Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PurdueFortWayne
  6. IPFW’s 50th anniversary Years in city celebrated University lauds growth, opportunities by Vivian Sade published August 24, 2014 in The Journal Gazette newspaper.
  7. Digital Special 50 Years of IPFW by The News-Sentinel newspaper.
  8. IPFW Celebrates 50 Years in Higher Education video on IPFW on YouTube.
  9. Over 1,200 issues of The Communicator student newspaper back to 1969 are on Internet Archive and back to 1948 on The Communicator -- The Student Newspaper of IPFW on their History Center Digital Collection on the mDON mastodon Digital Object Network.
  10. Purdue Exponent newspaper is online.
  11. Why the Mastodon? - IPFW at IPFW - Indiana Purdue Fort Wayne. Purdue Exponent newspaper is online.
  12. Purdue University Fort Wayne Home For The Holidays Concert WFWA TV39 PBS Fort Wayne Season 2021 Episode 1 | 1h 37m 26s | Video has closed captioning. Celebrate the joy and beauty of the season with this concert, recorded live December 6, 2021 at the Auer Performance Hall at the Rhinehart Music Center on the campus of Purdue University Fort Wayne. Featured Performances: The School of Music Choral Ensembles and the University and Community Orchestra with Kevin McMahon and William Sauerland, conductors; Jonathan Young and Natalie Young, soloists. Aired: 12/07/21 Rating: NR.

University of Saint Francis

Website: http://www.sf.edu/; Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/universityofsaintfrancis/. A June 29, 2022 post on Facebook: The Lawson-Wiedman Native Prairie on campus is full of life this summer! Dedicated in 2017, the prairie is a great outdoor space used for senior research projects, dozens of courses, and even ecotherapy.  Facebook Event:: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2017 AT 2 PM Lawson-Wiedman prairie dedication Help kick off USF's Homecoming celebration on Saturday Sep 23rd at 2pm behind Achatz Hall of Science. At that time the University will be dedicating the native prairie area next to the Hurley-Tieben Woods as the Lawson-Wiedman Prairie. Dr. Larry Wiedman (Doc) is recently retired Professor Emeritus and brave Field Studies professor, taking students all over the U.S. and Bahamas for over 30+ years! Mr. Dave Lawson is Doc's father-in-law and has been on over 30 of those Field Studies classes. His financial generosity has helped fund many student scholarships for students in need to attend these amazing classes. Dave was also named an honorary alum of USF in 2004. Please join us for this special ceremony celebrating both of these wonderful, giving, special men who have both contributed so much to so many students over three decades at USF.

Additional Information

  1. INDIANA The Early Years Education 67 page pdf at IN.gov
  2. Indiana State Library Digital Collections has many items including an 1896 book Indiana Foot Ball featuring Fort Wayne (Central) H.S. football team posted May 16, 2019 on You are positively from Fort Wayne, if you remember... Archived group only visible to existing members on Facebook.
  3. Over 450 Comments July 23, 2017 on first school seniors 60 and over went to in Fort Wayne discussion on You are positively from Fort Wayne, if you remember... Archived group only visible to existing members on Facebook.
  4. Plants grown by School Children's Flower & Vegetable Association for school kids on Facebook since the early 1920s by the City of Fort WayneParks and Recreation School Children's Flower & Vegtable Association program discussed July 18, 2017 on You know you've lived in Fort Wayne too long when... Private Facebook group and again July 18, 2017 on You are positively from Fort Wayne, if you remember... Archived group only visible to existing members on Facebook.
  5. One room schoolhouse discussion August 9, 2015 on You know you've lived in Fort Wayne too long when... Private Facebook group.
  6. School restores name in new home story about St. Rose of Lima Catholic School in the former East Allen County Schools Monroeville Elementary School building by Ryan Schnurr was published February 17, 2014 on INFortWayne.com.
  7. Research Tip: Indiana Teacher Licenses by Meredith Thompson published August 31, 2016 on the Indiana Genealogical Society blog. Beginning in the mid-1800s, if someone wanted to be a teacher, they had to apply to get a teacher's license, which could be issued either by the county or the state. If it was issued by the county, the license could only be used for teaching in that particular county - a move to another county meant they would have to apply for another license. If it was issued by the state, however, the license was good for teaching in any county. Copied from the IGS blog.
  8. Tracking Down One-Room Schools was published March 23, 2009 in The News-Sentinel newspaper
  9. Yearbooks are also online at Old-Yearbooks.com
  10. Aboite Township School No. 5, Center & Homestead Roads, Fort Wayne, Allen County, IN from the Library of Congress Historic American Buildings Survey, Engineering Record, Landscapes Survey. Northwest corner of Aboite Center and Homestead Roads. Photos and discussion March 17, 2023 on True Fort Wayne Indiana History on Facebook.
  11. Pleasant Township School, Smith & Ferguson Roads, Fort Wayne, Allen County, IN 7 hand drawn images at the Library of Congress Historic American Buildings Survey, Engineering Record, Landscapes Survey site plan at LOC Prints & Photographs Online Catalog (PPOC).
  12. On August 12, 1889, Zerna Sharp, credited as the originator of the concept for Dick and Jane textbooks, was born in Hillisburg. Sharp taught elementary school in Indiana, before taking a job as a textbook consultant. She believed children were expected to learn too many new words at once, which discouraged their interest in reading. In response, she created the Dick and Jane illustrated primers, which followed the adventures of a brother and sister. Children she observed playing on the beach in Chicago inspired the dialogue and plot, making the tales realistic for her young readers. Schools used these book widely from the 1930s through the 1970s. Copied from August 12, 2018 post by Indiana Historical Bureau on Facebook.
  13. Subject Matters Diversity in Schools This special series takes an in-depth look at the changes, challenges, occasional tensions and opportunities that come with increasingly diverse student populations. Led by Reporter Ashley Sloboda, the project is supported with a grant from the Education Writers Association. At The Journal Gazette newspaper.
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School Books on Archive.org

Still need to sort and move these titles to the correct page.

  1. A celebration of the one hundred and twentieth anniversary of Fort Wayne, 1794-1914 : given at Lakeside Park, October 22, 1914, Lakeside Normal School (Fort Wayne, Ind.)
  2. Allen County Common Schools annual commencement (Volume yr. 1911)
  3. Allen County, Indiana school directory An accumulation of annual school directories, typescript or photocopy of typescript. Titles vary: Allen County directory, 1897 ; Allen County teachers for ..., 1898/1899 ; Allen County teachers, 1899/1900-1900/1901 ; Allen County school directory, 1901/1902, 1904/1905-1907/1908, 1909/1910, 1913/1914 ; Allen County teacher's directory, 1902/1903-1903/1904, 1908/1909, 1915/1916-1920/1921 ; Allen County teacher's school directory, 1910/1911, 1914/1915 ; Directory of Allen County teachers, 1911/1912...
  4. Allen County Teachers' Institute (Volume yr.1915)
  5. An investigation of certain phases of the reorganization movement in the grammar grades of Indiana public schools (1918) - Childs, Hubert Guy, 1871-
  6. Annual catalog and prospectus (Volume yr.1920) - Sacred Heart Academy (Fort Wayne, Ind.)
  7. Annual catalog and prospectus (Volume yr.1923) - Sacred Heart Academy (Fort Wayne, Ind.)
  8. The Caldron (Volume yr.1911) - Fort Wayne High and Manual Training School (Fort Wayne, Ind.)
  9. The Caldron (Volume yr.1914) - Fort Wayne High and Manual Training School (Fort Wayne, Ind.)
  10. The Caldron (Volume yr.1916) - Fort Wayne High and Manual Training School (Fort Wayne, Ind.)
  11. The Caldron (Volume yr.1917) - Fort Wayne High and Manual Training School (Fort Wayne, Ind.)
  12. The Caldron (Volume yr.1918) - Fort Wayne High and Manual Training School (Fort Wayne, Ind.)
  13. The Caldron (Volume yr.1919) - Fort Wayne High and Manual Training School (Fort Wayne, Ind.)
  14. The Caldron (Volume yr.1920) - Fort Wayne High and Manual Training School (Fort Wayne, Ind.)
  15. Catalog, Anthony Wayne Institute : a different school founded upon modern methods, for teachers, former teachers and high school graduates (1920) - Anthony Wayne Institute (Fort Wayne, Ind.), Includes partial list of former students
  16. Catalogue and register of the Fort Wayne Female College (Volume yr.1853-1854) - Fort Wayne Female College
  17. Catalogue and register of the Fort Wayne Female College and Fort Wayne Collegiate Institute for the year ending April 25, 1855 - Fort Wayne Female College, Catalogue for the year 1853 issued solely by the Female College
  18. Catalogue and register of the Fort Wayne College : Fort Wayne, Indiana (Volume yr.1889-1890) - Fort Wayne College (Fort Wayne, Ind.)
  19. Catalogue of Taylor University (Volume yr. 1891-92) - Taylor University (Fort Wayne, Ind.)
  20. The C.C.H.S. record : souvenir history of the Central Catholic High School, Fort Wayne, Indiana, 1909-1918
  21. Christmas carols for use in the Fort Wayne public schools - Fort Wayne Community Schools
  22. The Concordian (Volume yr.1916) - Concordia College (Fort Wayne, Ind.)
  23. The Concordian (Volume yr.1917) - Concordia College (Fort Wayne, Ind.)
  24. The Concordian (Volume yr.1918) - Concordia College (Fort Wayne, Ind.)
  25. The Concordian (Volume yr.1919) - Concordia College (Fort Wayne, Ind.) [Incorrectly labeled 1916]
  26. Dairying Part III...(1911) - Correspondence College of Agriculture , Fort Wayne, Ind , Edward Holyoke Farrington , Correspondence College of Agriculture
  27. Dedication of Harmar School on Friday, October Twenty-two, Nineteen Fifteen - Harmar School
  28. The echo (Volume yr.1915-1916) - Central Catholic High School (Fort Wayne, Ind.). Some issues lack numbering or date
  29. The echo (Volume yr. 1918-19) - Central Catholic High School (Fort Wayne, Ind.)
  30. The echo (Volume yr.1920-1921) - Central Catholic High School (Fort Wayne, Ind.)
  31. The Eniauton of .. (Volume yr.1897) - Fort Wayne High School (Fort Wayne, Ind.)
  32. The Eniauton of .. (Volume yr.1900) - Fort Wayne High School (Fort Wayne, Ind.).
  33. The Eniauton of .. (Volume yr.1901) - Fort Wayne High School (Fort Wayne, Ind.)
  34. The Eniauton of .. (Volume yr.1901) - Fort Wayne High School (Fort Wayne, Ind.). Former title: Vedette, 1896, 1898-99
  35. The Eniauton of .. (Volume yr.1902) - Fort Wayne High School (Fort Wayne, Ind.)
  36. Fourth annual common school commencement, Allen County Public Schools, Fort Wayne, Ind., June 12, 1909
  37. The Fort Wayne College index (Volume 1, no.5), description based on: v.1, no. 5 (August 1885)
  38. Fort Wayne College of Medicine ... annual announcement (Volume yr. 1885-86) - Fort Wayne College of Medicine
  39. Fort Wayne College of Medicine ... annual announcement (Volume yr.1887-1888) - Fort Wayne College of Medicine
  40. Fort Wayne College of Medicine ... annual announcement 1905 - Fort Wayne College of Medicine
  41. Laws of Indiana Relating to the Public School System (1917) - Indiana, Indiana Dept. of Public Instruction
  42. Fort Wayne public schools - Abbett, Merle J
  43. Instruction book with illustrations for Sewing and Fitting Course... to be used only as a guide and partial study in the expert course in dressmaking (1911) - Van Ame, Emma W. "Mrs. W. E. Van Ame." [from old catalog], printed for S. T. Taylor Schools Fort Wayne, Indiana
  44. The Nineteenth Century Club by Nineteenth Century Club (Fort Wayne, Ind.)
  45. The Pioneer (Volume yr.1915) - Concordia College (Fort Wayne, Ind.)
  46. Report of the public schools of Fort Wayne, Indiana, with announcements for ... and the rules and regulations, and the course of study (1907-1908)
  47. Ross College of Chiropractic (1921-1922) - Thirteenth Annual Annoucement, Ross College of Chiropractic of Fort Wayne, Indiana, Includes index : p. 32
  48. School laws enacted by the General assemblies of 1913 and 1915 - Indiana. Laws, statutes, etc
  49. School laws enacted by the General assembly of 1919: Special session of ... - Indiana, Benjamin J. Burris, Indiana. Dept. of Public Instruction
  50. School records of Lester [i.e. John] Berry, 1912-1919 - Berry, John. cn, page 12 is the 1917 graduating class of Allen County Common Schools
  51. The Symposium (Volume 1890-1891) - Taylor University (Fort Wayne, Ind.)
  52. Taps (Volume yr.1922) - Concordia College (Fort Wayne, Ind.)
  53. Uniform course of study for the high schools of Indiana - Indiana. Dept. of Public Instruction
  54. Vedette (Fort Wayne, Ind.) (Volume yr.1898) - Fort Wayne High School (Fort Wayne, Ind.), description based on: 1896
  55. Yearbook 1921 - Lutheran Hospital of Fort Wayne, Inc. School of Nursing

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