Items

• 710 Abstract Salem Sec 26 Liberty School Turnock WKCHS

  Copies of official abstract beginning in 1840 thru 1945 for the property to the east and north of Hwy C and Route 83. Some names included herein are: Benham, Benedict, Robbins, Munson, Pinkerton, Thompson, Van Alstine, Bundy, Graves, Yaw, Wormer, Curtiss, Buff, Pingree, Head, Pomeroy, Barnum, Brandee, Quarles, Bolton, Fish, Buff, Shotliff, Jacobson, Turnock, Clausen, Saul, Mueller, Christenson, Garland.
• 187 PTA Kenosha Council 1972-1974

  Pages: 0-30 Kenosha County Council PTA 1972-1973 General Information, Bristol, Paris, Salem and Trevor; 31-55 1972-1973 Paris Consolidated; 56-89 1972-1973 Salem Grade and Student Handbook; 90-95 Trevor Grade information; 96-130 Kenosha County Council PTA 1973-74 General Information; 131-143 Bristol Grade; 144-191 Salem Grade; 192-203 Trevor Grade The booklet is filled with names and dates, activities and events, newsclips and flyers. The material was given to WKCHS by the Trevor-Wilmot School Board prior to the new Trevor School addition being built as part of a cleanup effort. We are glad for the information.
• 135 Miner Dis 2 school, Brighton Stockwell 1940 Wilmot HS County Rolls UM Madison Whitley WKCHS

  135- Miner School, District # 2 Brighton, Stockwell papers, Wilmot High School 1940 Commencement, County Honor Class Rolls, University of Wisconsin Madison Class booklet, Whitley School Pages 1-101 Miner School District 2 Brighton Report Card, Norman Stockwell papers, Wilmot Union High School 1940 Commencement, County Honor Class Rolls, University of Wisconsin Madison Class Booklet; Pages 102-138 Whitley School information, Teacher Contract of Avis Foxwell, Student paper regarding the school history by Reck and Hapner, Class and Teacher records of the school.
• 052 Clips History Hall Schoolhouse Mystery Contests WKCHS

  This booklet includes those newspaper articles and items that relate to the Society, the Hall and the Schoolhouse. There is a brief history included. Refer also to booklets about the Trevor Social Club and booklets pertaining the official business of the Society. From the WKCHS Western Kenosha County Historical Society Collection.
• 373 Brighton School History Club 1950s-1009s FWB

  1950apx 27 pages Elementary Education Class Notes; 1977-78 36 pages History Club notes including minutes, names, rosters; 1979 12 pages History Club notes; 2009 18 pages Farm Family Album about life on the farm. Included are at least these names: Artac; Fell; Karch; Nau; Shane; Becker; Gilbert; Korth; Noble; Shimkus; Becker; Gimse; Kotz; Reed; Schwin; Bushing; Grant; Maier; Scheun; Sndstrum; Caskey; Hahn; Marzahl; Schmidt; Sonnenb; Curt; Hood; Meyer; Schultz erg; DeBell; Hood; Meyers; Schulz; Sorenson; Dixon; Johnson; Meyers; Shamaio; Spease; Dorn; Ketterhag; Molly Stevens; Eineke; Murdock; Shane; Tuttle; Veck; Vondra; Weidners; Wierz.
• 344A Brighton School Class Rosters 1962-1992 FWB

  Contents of 344A: 1962 4 Architects plan flyer for the school addition; 1978 28 Prenumbered booklet without autographs - images; 1978 28 Prenumbered booklet with autographs and signatures - images specific to Mr Arthur Bushing by each student; 1979-80 9 Enrollment listing of students at the school; 1981 21 Class of 1981; 1983 1 0 Class of 1983; 1986 6 Menu for the school; 1988 24 Class of 1 988; Contents of 344B: 1988-89 6 Listing of Student Contacts; 1989-90 38 Class Booklet; 1989-90 7 Directory of students; 1992 53 Class Booklet.
• 190 Floeter School Collections 1953-1974

  This document is filled with names and dates and locations. Residences of teachers and board members will help genealogists detect the area of their voting and newspaper coverage as well as areas where they may have attended church. This is a wonderful document for researchers. Pages: 0-16 Collections from the Dennis Floater/Earl Floater (DEF) collections pertaining to schools in the county. This includes Pleasant Prairie - miscellaneous images. Many of the images were also scanned. Please refer to the Valentine Digital Archive using keyword code DEF; 17-34 Wheatland Center School Dedication, map, images 1953; 35-42 Randall Consolidated program 1959; 43-57 Kenosha County Teacher and School Board directory 1961-1962; 58--67 Kenosha County Teachers and Scholl Board directory 1962-1963; 68-98 Kenosha County Teacher and School Board Directory 1968-1968; 99-115 Kenosha County Teacher and School Board Directory 1969-1970; 116-161 Kenosha County Teachers and Scholl Board Directory 1974-1975.
• 886 misc school materials and history

  Schools: Ludwig School Miner Whitley Lincoln Jr High School 1951 Class Roll and School names Kenosha County 1945 1946 Kenosha County Teachers and School Board Directory; 1890 Letter of Mr Richard Owen to Mr Roberts Salem Methodist - Fox River Depot; Mrs Sears/Gears Valentine Notes on the Paddock Story by May Paddock Davenport; Steffens, Kaddatz, Schmidt of Powers Lake; Temperance Salem 1878 Salem Opera House; Bushing Writings; News Clips Miscellaneous; Wilmot Story and location map; Brighton School History Club; Donna Barhyte memorial from people who knew her.
• 053 Wheatland Joint Dis 1 1903-19 38 and 1951-1954 school 312 WKCHS

  Copies from ORIGINAL documents regarding the School Census (which includes parent's names, chronological student names, location of residence, date of birth of student and notation if the student attended public and/or parochial). Most of these records are very legible and are excellent for genealogists. Researchers should check for interfiled years and NOT assume that the pages are all in strict chronological order. Includes also AUDIT report of 1951- 54, Daily reports, teacher's contracts, union contracts.
• 888 WKCHS School Calendars 1993-2012

  Miscellaneous rural school information; Doris Magwitz School location map; Replacement data slips for the calendars that usurp the original verson; Index of Students surnames to calendar issue; Index of Students first names to calendar issue; Index of Teachers to calendar issue; Index of Schools to calendar issue; Index of Advertisers and Contributors to calendar issue; Reference sheets for 2012 Where We Live Calendar images; Reference sheets for 2013 Where We Live Calendar images; Copies of the WKCHS published calendars for each year for the schools located in Western Kenosha County; The first years of publications were compiled by John Davidson and the last years by Linda Valentine. All years were printed by Insty Prints in Kenosha and the Society thanks them for their service and professionalism.
• 399 Brighton School District 3 1864 1990

  Annual reports, school census, school programs, school board orders for issuance of checks, stubs and checks, relatively clear writing reflecting names of many involved with the school and a few ledger sheets with names of students. There are no student classroom records with grades or attendance. There is information regarding Paris and Brighton Towns and school boards pertaining to Joint efforts. The pages are in order by year and month. There are a few which are in the 1900s but the year not clear. Check these to names on receipts. The listing below is of keywords that were detected on each of the pages in this booklet as a means to help the researcher. Entry is an indicator that the name has occurred at least once and could well exist many times throughout the document. Bennett Brothers; Cromley; Fonk Teacher; 1893 Map; Bertke Teacher; Crow; Bounty; Fonk Wheatland; 1940 Grad Class; Bird Teacher; Cull School Teacher; Racine; Kenosha; Biswell; Culverts; Fox; Rural Normal School; Bjerregaard; Daniels; Gall Teacher; DeBell; Gallagher teacher; 1941 Grad Class; Blevien Teacher; Dedrick; Gere; Bohr; Deiderich; Gerten;;Boldt Department of Gertins School; Boudin Public Instruction; Gertzenburg; 1942 Alumni; Brais; Devlin teacher; Gitzenburg; Dexter; Gravenow; Dexter Teacher; Fire and Lightning; Dixon; Griebel; Bulletin Insurance; Dog License; Griffith; Man; 1982 Brighton Brighton Town DOVER town Haddicam Class Program ; Browne Teacher; Dublin Teacher; 1990 Brighton Bullemore Eau Ciaire; Steel Hanson; Hanson Elementary Bungard Co Harper and School and Burgess Eau Ciaire book Brothers Kenosha County Burlington Road and Stationery textbooks Council Brighton School EauCiaire Hartnell Teacher Agreement Bushing Teacher Company Hase Amborn Canaby Eckhert Hatchwell Anderson Cap City Culver Eisenberg Haven Appleton Carol I Emmett Hempel Arnold Carr Evans Hintz Bark River Bridge Carroll Fettes Hiram and Barton Cigarettes Fish or Sheldon Iron Baysinger Liberty Cocroft Teacher TichTeacher Hackney Corners School Conoly Fish Teacher Hoffman Teacher; Cook Teacher; Flanagan; Hotz; Beachel Teacher; Cox Teacher; Flanagan; Bejone; Crane; Foley teacher; Jackie; Jackley; Loomis; Parker teacher; Thom Teacher; Janes; Loseman; Pauper; Tich; or Jansen; Ludwig; Peck; Joint County Maidens; Penneyfeather; Travis; Fox; River; Malone Teacher; Peters; Union Grove High; Jones; Marin; Petrie Teacher; Jones; Martin; Pettes; Van Ells Teacher; Jordan teacher; Marvin; Pelts; Vanderzee; Fox; Jung; Marzahl; Price; River School; Kalsoming; McCarthy; Price Teacher; Kansasville; ;Pufs; Vanderzee; South Lumber and Coal; McDonald; Puhl; Bristol School; Kansasville; McDonels; Lumber Fuel; Rafferty; Verhalen; McKune; Rafferty Teacher; Verndt; Oakdale; Karpen; Meller; Reiter; Kautsky teacher; McManus; Rhodes; Volkering; Kernen; Wheatland; Rieley; Voltz; Kenosha High School Teacher; Riggs; Wadsworth School; Meredith; Roberts; Wagner; Keohler; Merrin; Rogers Teacher; Waller; Kerion; Kerwin; Mich; Rosenberg; ward teacher; Middlecanp; Peterson; Warner; Kerwin; Middlechamp;Warren Brothers; Ketcham; Miergstinger; Rowbottom ;Weber; Ketterhagen; Miller; Rudolph; Weid; Koehler; Mish; Runfel; Weidman; Koehler; Mitchell; Welker; Kohler; Molitor; Sandberg; Welton; Kohler; Ditch Fund; Mooney; Schenning; Weyraugh; Karpen; Moran; Schmalfeldt; Bassett school; Kortendick; Morin Teacher; Kresken ; Morrell; Schrock; Whitter; kreuscher; Murphy; Schultz; Wilber; Kruckman and Co; Mutter; Scott; Foresman ; Wilford; Kruckman; Neely; Nicby; Wilson; Glaser Hardware; Nelson; Seitz; Wilson Teacher; Nelson; Sheer; Winston; Leach; Nevrin; Siehn; Wisconsin Sales and Supply; Leityenburg; Newell; Smallen; Leitzenberg teacher; Smith; Wishmore; Lerner; Newell Teacher; Zeihen Limen Niedecken Co Education Society Zeihn teacher Lischka; Nisen and Sons; Steward teacher; Ziehn Street Teacher; Ozaime; Orzarme; Stewart; Zimmerman; Little Sisters of Paris; Parker; Swantz; Longan; Parker; Doctor Swantz.
• 345B Kenosha County Teachers and Boards FWB

  Contents of 345A: Kenosha County teacher board directories. 1945-46; 1957-58; 1958-59; 1959-60; 1961-60; 1961-62; 1962-63; 1963-64; 1964-65; 1965-66. Contents of 345B: Kenosha County teacher board directories. 1966-67; 1970; 1977; 1991-92.
• 343 Racine Kenosha Normal School 1939-1991 FWB

  1939 4 pages Rural Normal School Bulletin; 1941 39 pages Silver Anniversary Racine Kenosha Rural Normal School History issue 1916-1941; 1942 4 pages School Bulletin; 1959 14 pages Wildcats Cry Newsletter; 1967 21 pages 501h Year Racine Kenosha County Teachers College; 1970 4 pages 53rd year commencement of College; 1977 9 pages 1917-1971 history; 1991 23 pages reunion listing.
• 167 Westosha Schools Trevor Times WKCHS

  Pages: 01-24 Miscellaneous School information local and general pertaining to rural schools; 25-44 Scrapbook from Trevor Wilmot Board Files 1953-1954 for Kenosha County Council; 45-60 1938 Trevor Times, a mimeographed student newspaper from the Louis Pepper Collection with student advertising and events; 61-90 Trevor Times 1938 Vol 1 Ed 111 a mimeographed student newspaper from the Louis Pepper Collection with student advertising and events: Special interest info of 1938: Hazel Dell Baseball 52, Twin Oaks 53, Harry Dexter Gas and Oil 66, Salem Hall Sunday Night for entertainment 69, Fred Forster horseshoeing General Repair and Model T dealer 70, US Savings Bonds via Dora S Pepper Post Mistress Trevor 72, Edward Yopp Hauling Needs 76, Dutchman's Tavern, A J Baethke, 78, Trevor Sales Barn Thurs Cattle Pigs and Horses 80, Gever's Tavern 82, ReElect L K McVicar Town Assessor 84, Dahl's Monarch Finer Foods 85, Trevor Tavern, Matt F Wade Manager 86-87, Shantytown Howard Waters Prop 90;
• 112 Schools in General PTA Silver Lake Bank WKCHS

  "Active Games for Schoolroom and Playground by Lincoln P Goodhue 1923" Newlon Hanna Textbook Notebook Speller Grade 3 Workbook 1937 Excerpt pg 56; Palmer Method of Business Writing 1906 Excerpt pg 65; PTA ledger including various names pg 79; Information on Wisconsin Schools 1937 pg 113; Handwritten listing of churches in area pg 123; Silver Lake State Bank Deposit slip pg 126.
• 087 Schools Bristol Districts Magwitz to WKCHS

  School Information in General and Chronology of Bristol Districts including maps, and changes over the years from rural schools to larger graded schools. From the Magwitz Family Collection.
• 075 Student Histories WKCHS 2 of 2

  Index of histories and notations about buildings and people written by students living in the area of Wilmot High School District between 1975 and 1986. Some of these were written in pencil. Copy quality may not be as good a quality as we would have liked. *The originals were in the Western Kenosha County Historical Society Collection and have since been returned to the students or their immediate families.
• 074 Student Histories WKCHS 1 of 2

  Index of histories and notations about buildings and people written by students living in the area of Wilmot High School District between 1975 and 1986. Some of these were written in pencil. Copy quality may not be as good a quality as we would have liked. *The originals were in the Western Kenosha County Historical Society Collection and have since been returned to the students or their immediate families.
• 469 Randall Consolidated Register 1958-1959 WKCHS

  The original pages are not all full sized pages. The originals were created so that the teacher can write the student name and then flip fractional pages throughout the year and the name will still be visible. The pages have been numbers in series so that the researcher can match the pages to the student listing. The original book was been disassembled for scanning direct from the original and to remove damaged content. In addition to student attendance, grades and comment, there may be visitor notations and correspondence by the teacher and superintendents. These are not in paper booklet form. The originals will be at the WKCHS Twin Oaks Schoolhouse Library. Some of the items may be scanned and may exist in JPG form. Pages 1-2 8/1958-1959 Mrs J Barker Kindergarten; 3-5 9/1958-5/1959 Harriett A Eckert 3-4th grades; 6-8 9/1957-1958 Mrs Milton Patrick 5th grade; 9-16 9/1958 - 5/1959 Rosanna Gaulitz likely 2nd grade; 17-19 9-2-1957-5/1958 Theresa Fraher Grade 5 and 6; 20-26 9-2-1958 to 5-29-1959 Miss Barnhorst Grade 6; 27-30 9/1958-5/1959 Mrs Thelma Grant Grade 7-8; 31-32 8/1958 to 5/1959 Mrs Lenore E Whistler Grade 1.
• 471 Randall Oak Knoll Misc 1956 1957 WKCHS

  These are not in paper booklet form. The originals may be at the WKCHS Twin Oaks Schoolhouse Library. Some of the items may be scanned and may exist in JPG form. The original was disassembled to get scans and to dispose of damaged pages.
• 474 Salem Brighton Joint Dis 4 Treasurry Records 1851-1915 WKCHS

  This book has been totally handwritten and likely in a fountain pen. local names are throughout including payments to business and teacher and individual for services. Reference on page 94 of moving the school house at a cost of $12.00 in 1893. Reference on page 96 for building another schoolhouse to H F Orvis in a partial payment $400.00. On page 127, 1907 there is an entry that $150 was borrowed from Julia A Smith. Also noted are some names of individuals in elected positions and references to businesses they owned and services they rendered. Note to researchers: If your family member was in this area between the above noted years, it will be worth your while to review page by page looking for reference to your person. Some names: Becker, Bloodgood, Boar, Bolden, Bolder, Boulden, Brandes, Brown, Button, Burch, Burgess, Carpenter, Choak, Clark, Cogswell, Cornwell, Cronk, Cull, Dalrympe, Dalton, DeBell, Dixon, Dodge , Duffy, Dunning, Epping, Fischer, Fosta, Gaines, Gallagher, Gardiner, Geherke, Gillmore, Griffith, Gynch, Hahn, Haigh, Halliday, Harms, Harpers, Hartnell, Hartruk, Hilgren, Hillger, Hooker, Hotz, Jackson, Jensen, Jordan, Kanis, Kerwin, Kipler, Kroll, Kruckman, Loftus, ludwig, McGowen, McKesson, Minnis, Monaghan, Morgan, Myers, Newberg, Orvis, Patterson, Pease, Putnam Mathews,Quarles Smith, Raferty, Rafferty, Reynolds, Roberts, Runkel, Salenburg, Salvin, Sanborn, Schenning, Schultz, Seber, Sherwood, Sibley, Silvernail, Stockwell, Truesdal, Van Wie, Wagner, Weaver, Weimer, Weinke, Wilbur, Winefski, Winkie. The original book was been disassembled for scanning direct from the original and to remove damaged content. These are not in paper booklet form. The originals will be at the WKCHS Twin Oaks Schoolhouse library. Some of the items may be scanned and may exist in JPG form.
• 470 Randall Dis 4 Randale Checking Acct 1956 WKCHS

  Beginning balance: $1189.98 ending $4739.59 and closed 10-24-1956 These are not in paper booklet form. The originals may be at the WKCHS Twin Oaks Schoolhouse Library. Some of the items may be scanned and may exist in JPG form.
• 625A Oak Knoll dis 3 1933-1953 School Board Ledger WKCHS

  Includes Teachers Contracts, Annual Meeting Minutes, Signatures of board members, Expense listing with names and amounts and dates between 1933 and 1953 . Blank Pages have been removed. 0-106 apx pages the ledger 1951 -1957; 625A District Ledger 0-106; 625B Loose pages (22) in and Copies of Check stubs. Pages begin at 1 thru 80+
• 476 Randale Board Misc 1949-1959 WKCHS

  Randale check Stubs , Check Register page, and Treasurer notes. There are some invoices that may be of interest to those researching early businesses of this era. Some of this material has been scanned or photographed as well.
• 677 Wheatland Salem Wilmot School Consolidations WKCHS

  This is a package of consolidation material that was published to help the changes in the area from District schools to Consolidated schools. Primarily, the Wheatland School district, is featured but other school material is included. There are some general documents as well. Consolidation meant larger schools, a singular school board where there might be 5 vs perhaps 21 over the smaller one room schools and several teachers in one building as opposed to one teacher/one building.