Research Guides: Wisconsin Agriculture and Rural Life Bibliography

Rural Sociology - Education

Serials

The Agric.  La Crosse, Wis. : La Crosse County School of Agriculture and Domestic Economy, 1912- .
(Student yearbook.) (The school closed in the spring of 1925.) (WHS has 1912-1919.) MADCAT

"The Booster" for Trempealeau County Schools.  Independence, Wis. : Trempealeau County Superintendent of Schools.  (WHS has Jan., 1910-Mar. 1917.) MADCAT

Brodhead Free Public Library (Brodhead, Wis.) Annual Report of the Free Public Library, Brodhead, Wis.  Brodhead, Wis. : Free Public Library, 1907- . (Covers preceding year.) (WHS has 1906). MADCAT

Bulletin of the Marathon County School of Agriculture and Domestic Economy.  Wausau, Wis. :  Marathon County School of Agriculture and Domestic Economy, 1903- . (SML has scattered issues 1903-1914.) MADCAT

The Dodger.  Dodgeville, Wis. : Dodgeville High School, 1903- . (WHS has 1903.) MADCAT

Dunn County School of Agriculture and Domestic Economy. Annual Catalogue.  Menomonie, Wis. : Dunn County School of Agriculture and Domestic Economy, [1902?-  ] ("First county school of agriculture and domestic economy in the United States".) (SML has 1912, 1924/1925, 1927/1928.) MADCAT

Dunn County School of Agriculture and Domestic Economy. Bulletin.  Menomonie, Wis. : Dunn County School of Agriculture and Domestic Economy, [1902?- ] (WHS and SML have partial holdings.) MADCAT

Education in Rural Wisconsin. Madison, Wis. : Extension Service, College of Agriculture, University of Wisconsin, 1945-1946. (3 nos.) MADCAT

Finding List of the Superior Public Library.  Superior, Wis. : Superior Public Library, 1892- . (WHS has 1892-1896.) MADCAT

List of Books for Township Libraries of the State of Wisconsin.  Madison, Wis. : Democrat Printing Co., State Printer, [1898?]- . (SML has 1898, 1904. 1906/1907-1908/1909.) MADCAT

Marathon County School of Agriculture and Domestic Economy. Bulletin. Wausau, Wis. : Marathon County School of Agriculture and Domestic Economy, 1903- . (SML has scattered issues 1903-1914.) MADCAT

The Rural School Messenger.  Lake Mills, Wis. : [Wisconsin] Rural Schools Association, 1944-1957. WHS MADCAT

Stephenson Training and Agricultural School. Bulletin.  Marinette, Wis. : Stephenson Training and Agricultural School, 1911- . (SML has scattered issues.) MADCAT

Western Dane County School Annual : Report, Statistics, School Directory and Other Useful Information of Educational Interest.  Madison, Wis. : Blied Printing Co., [1916?] - . (SML has 1916/1917.) MADCAT

Winnebago County School of Agriculture and Domestic Economy. Quarterly Bulletin.  Winneconne, Wis. : Winnebago County School of Agriculture and Domestic Economy, 1907- . (SML has scattered issues, 1907-1913.) MADCAT

Monographs

*Adams, James G. History of Education in Sawyer County, Wisconsin.  McIntire, Iowa : M. E. Granger, 1902. 328 p. WHS USAIN MADCAT

Advance Sheets of Report of the Commission upon the Plans for the Extension of Industrial and Agricultural Training, Submitted to the Governor January 10, 1911.  Madison, Wis. : Democrat Printing Company, State Printer, 1911. 135 p.

Agricultural Outline For Graded Schools.  Madison, Wis. : Wisconsin Dept. of Public Instruction, 1913. 22 p. WHS MADCAT

Annett, Thomas. Teaching Music in the Rural School.  La Crosse, Wis. : T. Annett, 1935. 114 p. MADCAT

Baldwin, Robert Dodge. Financing Rural Education : A Critical Study of Provisions and Practices in the Several States : A Text Book of State School Finance.  Stevens Point, Wis. : Rural Service Press, [c1927] (Rural Sducation Series.) 210 p. MADCAT

Better Rural Schools Means a Better Wisconsin.  Madison, Wis. : Wisconsin State Board of Public Affairs, 1913. WHS

Bradford, Mary Davison. Memoirs of Mary D. Bradford : Autobiographical and Historical Reminiscences of Education in Wisconsin, through Progressive Service from Rural School Teaching to City Superintendent.  [Evansville, Wis. : The Antes Press, 1932] 542 p. WHS MADCAT

Bureau of Municipal Research and Training School for Public Service. Preliminary Report on Conditions and Needs of Rural Schools in Wisconsin : Results of Field Study Reported to the Wisconsin State Board of Public Affairs.  New York : Bureau of Municipal Research and Training School for Public Service, 1912. 92 p. WHS MADCAT

*Callahan, John. Wisconsin Rural School Survey : Report of Finance Survey Committee.  Madison, Wis. : Wisconsin Teachers Association, [1926]  (Bulletin of Wisconsin Teachers Association, v. June 1926.) 37 p. WHS USAIN MADCAT

Catalogue of Books in the School Library of the Evansville High School, Evansville, Wis.  Evansville, Wis. : Enterprise Steam Print.,  [19--?] 24 p. WHS MADCAT

Catalogue of High School Library, Jefferson, Wis.  [Jefferson, Wis. : Journal Print., 19--?] 27 p. WHS MADCAT

Catalogue of the Beaver Dam Public Library, Beaver Dam, Wisconsin.  Beaver Dam, Wis. : [Beaver Dam Public Library], 1889. 80 p. WHS MADCAT

Catalogue of the La Crosse Public Library, La Crosse Wisconsin.  [La Crosse, Wis.] : Boycott, 1896. 214 p. WHS MADCAT

Catalogue of the Library of the Baptist Sunday School, Clinton, Wisconsin.  Janesville, Wis. : Veeder & St. John, 1868. 24 p.

Catalogue of the Monroe Public Library, Monroe, Wis.  Monroe, Wis. : Monroe Public Library, 1891. 52 p. WHS MADCAT

Catalogue of the Public Library of the City of Janesville, Wisconsin.  Janesville, Wis.: Recorder Publishing Co., 1875-1890. 3 v. MADCAT

Challman, Samuel Andrew. The Rural School Plant for Rural Teachers and School Boards, Normal Schools, Teachers Training Classes, Rural Extension Bureaus.  Milwaukee, Wis. : The Bruce Publishing Company, [c1917] 256 p. MADCAT

Classified List of Books in the Public School Library.  Elkhorn, Wis. : [Elkhorn Public Library], 1892. 8 p. WHS MADCAT

Dedicatory exercises, Friday, February 21, 1898, Elisha D. Smith Free Public Library, Menasha, Wisconsin.  Menasha, Wis. : Breeze Print. Co., 1898. 39 p. WHS MADCAT

Department of Agriculture, State Normal School, Platteville, Wisconsin ...  [Platteville, Wis.?] : State Normal School,  Platteville, 1917. (Bulletin, v. 13 no. 3.) 36 p.

The Development of Vocational Agricultural Education in Wisconsin.  Madison : Wisconsin State Board of  Vocational Education, [1925?] 87 p. (Wisconsin State Board of Vocational Education. Agricultural Series, Bulletin, no. 4.) MADCAT

Early History of Amherst, Wisconsin, and Its Schools.  [Amherst, Wis.] : Red and White School Association, 1912. 36 p.

Early History of Amherst, Wisconsin, and Its Schools : Interesting Historical Papers Read at Former Reunions of Association.  Rev. ed. [Amherst, Wis.] : The Red and White School Association, 1922. 56 p.

F.H.S., 1915-16.  Balsam Lake, Wis. : Printed by the Ledger, [1916] (Frederic High School, Frederic, Wis.). 72 p. WHS MADCAT

*Fifty Years of Rural Leadership in Wisconsin County Normal Schools.  [Wisconsin]: Principals' Association, County Normal Schools, [1945] 48 p. WHS USAIN MADCAT

Finding List of the Fond du Lac Public Library.  Fond du Lac, Wis. : Fond du Lac Public Library,  1897. 157 p. WHS MADCAT

Finding List of the Vaughn Public Library, Together With the Laws, Official Roster, and By-Laws and Rules.  Ashland, Wis. : [Vaughn Public Library], 1895. 72 p. WHS MADCAT

Forward Movements in Wisconsin Country Schools.  Oshkosh, Wis. : Castle-Pierce Print. Co., [1917] 14 p. WHS MADCAT

*Free Traveling Libraries in Wisconsin : The Story of Their Growth, Purposes, and Development, With Accounts of a Few Kindred Movements.  Madison : Wisconsin Free Library Commission, 1897. 39 p. WHS USAIN MADCAT

Goddard, Henry N. Agriculture in the High School : A Manual for the High Schools of Wisconsin.  Madison, Wis. : Wisconsin Dept. of Public Instruction, 1917. 191 p. SML WHS MADCAT

Harvey, Lorenzo Dow. Instruction in Agriculture and Domestic Economy in Rural Communities in Wisconsin.  Transportation of Rural School Pupils at Public Expense.  Madison, Wis. : Democrat Printing Co., 1900. 36 p. (Bulletin of Information, no. 5.) MADCAT

*Harvey, Lorenzo Dow. Report of the Commissioner, Appointed by the Legislature in 1899, to Investigate and Report Upon the Methods of Procedure in This and Other States and Countries in Giving Instruction in Manual Training, and in the Theory and Art of Agriculture in the Public Schools.  Madison, Wis. : Democrat Printing Co., State Printer, 1901. 83 p. WHS USAIN MADCAT

Harvey, Lorenzo Dow. Report of the Commissioner Appointed by the Legislature in 1901 to Prepare Courses of Study in the Elements of Agriculture, Adapted to the Needs of the District Schools of the State.  Madison, Wis. : Democrat Printing Co.,  1913. 45 p. WHS MADCAT

Hatch, Kirk Lester. The High School Course in Agriculture.  Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin, 1911. (Bulletin of the University of Wisconsin,  no. 441.) 40 p.

Hatch, Kirk Lester. Suggestions for School and Home Projects in Agriculture.  Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin, 1911. (Bulletin of the University of Wisconsin, no. 757.) 30 p.

Heald, F. E. Course of Study in Elementary Agriculture for the Wisconsin Rural Schools.   Madison, Wis. : Wisconsin Dept. of Public Instruction, 1915. 122 p. WHS MADCAT

A History of the Richland Center Schools.  [Richland Center? : s.n., 1895?] 13 p. WHS MADCAT

*Hoard, William Dempster. Teaching the Elements of Agriculture in the Common School : Address before the Southern Wisconsin Teachers' Association of Racine, April 7th, 1900.  [S.l. : s.n., 1900?] [4] p. WHS USAIN MADCAT

Legler, Henry Eduard. Books for the People.  Milwaukee : [s.n.], 1908. MADCAT

Manitowoc County Teachers' Association (Wis.). Annual Meeting of the Manitowoc County Teachers' Association : Friday and Saturday, October 14 and 15, 1910.  [Manitowoc, Wis. : Manitowoc County Teachers' Association, 1910] 20 p. WHS MADCAT

Matscheck, Walter. The Milwaukee County School of Agriculture and Domestic Economy : Report of a Survey Made for the Milwaukee Taxpayers' League.Madison, Wis. : [s.n.], 1916. 73 p. WHS MADCAT

Monroe City High School : Course of Study, Rules and Regulations, and Catalogue of Books in the District Library.  Monroe, Wis. : Monroe Sentinel Print, 1882. 27 p. WHS MADCAT

*Our Small Enrollment Rural Schools.  Madison, Wis. : Wisconsin Teachers Association, [1935] 48 p. WHS USAIN MADCAT

A Pamphlet Containing Suggestive Work in Spelling, Nature Study, Parliamentary Practice, Orthoepy and Arithmetic.  [Manitowoc]: Manitowoc County Teachers' Association, [1906] 40 p. WHS MADCAT

*Reynolds, Annie. The Training of Teachers for the Country Schools of Wisconsin. Madison, Wis. : [Wisconsin Dept. of Public Instruction?], 1917. 72 p. WHS USAIN MADCAT

Public Library Catalogue, Berlin, Wisconsin.  [Berlin, Wis. : Berlin Public Library], 1896. 29 p. WHS MADCAT

Recent Developments and Activities of the Department of Agriculture. Platteville, Wis. : Dept. of Agriculture, State Normal School, Platteville, 1930. 37 p. (Bulletin, v. 29 no. 4.)

Rules, Regulations and Catalogue of the Public Library of the Town of Marinette.  Marinette, Wis. : [Marinette Public Library Board], 1878. 20 p. WHS MADCAT

St. Croix County Teachers' Institute . Review and Outline of the Work of the St. Croix County Teachers' Institute : Held at New Richmond, Wisconsin for Two Weeks, Beginning Monday, August 8th, 1898.  New Richmond : Voice Power Print, [1898] 24 p. WHS MADCAT

Schmeeckle, F. J. Elementary Agriculture : Study and Application Lessons for Smith Hughes, State Graded, and Rural Schools : A Text and Work Book. 2nd ed.  Stevens Point, Wis. : Schmeeckle Publishing Co., 1936. 2 v.

School of Educational Agriculture at River Falls, Wis.  Madison, Wis.: Board of Regents of Normal Schools, 1913. 36 p. (Bulletin of the Wisconsin Normal Schools,  v.1, no.4.)

Sims, John F. The Normal Schools and Rural Education.  [Madison, Wis.]: Board of Regents of Normal Schools,  1912. 14 p. (Bulletin of the Normal Schools of Wisconsin, v. 1, no. 1.)

*Stearns, Lutie Eugenia. Traveling Libraries in Wisconsin, with Directory of Stations.  Madison :  [Wisconsin Free Library Commission], 1910. 41 p. (Wisconsin Free Library Commission Circular of Information, no. 7). WHS USAIN MADCAT

Sterling, Goldene. First Year in Rural Music.Berlin, Wis. : [s.n.], 1930. 31 p.

Stone, James Asahel. Some Sauk County Teachers I Have Known : A Paper Read Before the Meeting of the Sauk County Historical Society.[Baraboo?, Wis. : Sauk County Historical Society, 1935] [10] p. WHS MADCAT

A Suggestive Outline for the Study of Agricultural or Rural Economics and Rural Sociology, Prepared Especially for the Use of Classes in which Teachers Are Being Trained for County School Work.  Madison, Wis. : Wisconsin Dept. of Public Instruction (Democrat Printing Co., State Printer), 1913. 31 p. WHS MADCAT

Ullrich, Fred T. Teaching of Corn and Corn Culture in Elementary Agriculture.  Platteville, Wis. : State Normal School, Platteville, 1919. 36 p. (Bulletin, v. 17 no. 1.)

University of Wisconsin. Libraries. Agriculture : A Selected List of Some of the Best Books For Wisconsin Farmers.  [Madison, Wis.] : University of Wisconsin Libraries, 1923.  [15] p.

Use the Traveling Library.  [Madison, Wis. : Wisconsin Free Library Commission, 19--?] 16 p. WHS MADCAT

Wisconsin. Commission on Education. Report of the Commission upon the Plans for the Extension of Industrial and Agricultural Training, Submitted to the Governor Jan. 10, 1911.  Madison, Wis. : State of Wisconsin, 1911. 135 p. MILWPUB

Wisconsin. Dept. of Public Instruction. Circular on the Grading System for the Country Schools of Wisconsin.  Madison, Wis. : D. Atwood, state printer, 1880. 36 p. MADCAT

Wisconsin. Dept. of Public Instruction. Consolidation of School Districts : Report of a Subcommittee of the Committee of Fifteen .. to Investigate Conditions in the Rural Schools of Wisconsin.  Madison, Wis. : Wisconsin Dept. of Public Instruction, 1912. 93 p. (Bulletin, no. 17.) MADCAT

*Wisconsin. Dept. of Public Instruction. Field Problems of Wisconsin Rural Teachers.  Madison, Wis. : 1929. 74 p. MEM WHS USAIN MADCAT

Wisconsin. Dept. of Public Instruction. Helps in Planning Conservation Learning Experiences.  [Madison] : J. Callahan, State Superintendent, [1943]. (Curriculum bulletins, v. 1, no. 3, July, 1943.) 57 p. MADCAT

Wisconsin.  Dept. of Public Instruction. Lessons on the Use of the School Library for Rural Schools, State Graded Schools, Village and City Grades; Also for Use in High Schools in the Giving of Such Library Instruction Outlined as Has Not Been Given in the Grades.  Madison, Wis. : Wisconsin Dept. of Public Instruction, 1915. 135 p. MADCAT

Wisconsin. Dept. of Public Instruction. Suggestions and Requirements for Teaching of Agriculture, Manual Training, Cooking and Sewing in the State Graded Schools.  Madison, Wis. : Wisconsin Dept. of Public Instruction, 1914. 48 p. MILWPUB

Wisconsin. Dept. of Public Instruction. Suggestions for Revising the Instructional Program of the Rural Elementary Schools of Wisconsin.  [Madison] : Wisconsin Dept. of Public Instruction, 1938. 51 p. (Curriculum Bulletins, v. 2 no. 2.) MEM MADCAT

Wisconsin. Dept. of Public Instruction. Wisconsin First-Class Rural Schools, Requirements for Special State Aid.  [Madison], 1917. 14 p. WHS MADCAT

Wisconsin. Dept. of Public Instruction. Wisconsin First-Class Rural Schools, Requirements for Special State Aid.  [Madison? : Wisconsin Dept. of Public Instruction], 1920. 14 p. MADCAT

Wisconsin. Dept. of Public Instruction. Wisconsin Rural School Standards. Madison, Wis.: [Democrat Printing Co.], 1925. 27 p. MADCAT

Wisconsin. Dept. of Public Instruction. Committee of Fifteen. Preliminary Report of the Committee of Fifteen Appointed by the State Superintendent of Schools to Investigate Educational Needs and Conditions in Wisconsin.  [Madison?, Wis. : s.n., 1912?]  30 p. MADCAT

Wisconsin. Dept. of Public Instruction. Committee of Fifteen. Social and Civic Work in Country Communities ... Report of a Subcommittee of the Committee of Fifteen Appointed by the State Superintendent of Schools to Investigate Conditions in the Rural Schools of Wisconsin.  Madison, Wis. : Democrat Printing Co., 1913. 30 p. ([Wisconsin. Dept. of Education] Bulletin, no. 18.) MADCAT

Wisconsin.  Dept. of Public Instruction. Survey Committee. A School Building Survey of Algoma, Wisconsin.  Madison, Wis. : Wisconsin Dept. of Public Instruction, 1933. [34] p. WHS MADCAT

Wisconsin. Dept. of Public Instruction. Survey Committee. School Building Survey of the City of Antigo.  Madison, Wis. : Wisconsin Dept. of Public Instruction, 1923. 46 p. WHS MADCAT

Wisconsin. Dept. of Public Instruction. Survey Committee. School Building Survey of the City of Rice Lake, Wisconsin.  Madison, Wis. : Wisconsin Dept. of Public Instruction, 1925. [71] p. WHS MADCAT

Wisconsin. Dept. of Public Instruction. Survey Committee. A School Building Survey of Watertown, Wisconsin.  Madison, Wis. : Wisconsin Dept. of Public Instruction, 1934. [37] p. WHS MADCAT

Wisconsin. Dept. of Public Instruction. Survey Committee. School Building Survey of Waupaca, Wisconsin.  Madison, Wis. : Wisconsin Dept. of Public Instruction, 1930. 47 p. WHS MADCAT

Wisconsin. Dept. of Public Instruction. Survey Commitee. School Survey of Ashland, Wisconsin.  Madison, Wis. : Wisconsin Dept. of Public Instruction, 1928. WHS MADCAT

Wisconsin. Superintendent of Public Instruction. Courses of Study for the State Graded Schools and Grades Below High Schools.  Madison, Wis.: [Wisconsin Dept. of Public Instruction], 1929. 319 p. MADCAT

Theses & Dissertations (in chronological order)

Shillander, Arthur Alexis. A Study of the Rural School Situation in Wisconsin with Reference to a Minimum Salary Law. Thesis (Ph. B.), University of Wisconsin, 1910. 90 p. MADCAT

Kline, Aaron. The Organization and Reorganization of the Township High School.  Thesis (M.A.), University of Wisconsin, 1912. 61 p. MADCAT

Daane, Adrian. Itinerant Instruction in Agriculture. Thesis (M.S.), University of Wisconsin, 1914. 70 p. MADCAT

Gehrand, Gustav William. Opportunities for the Preparation of Teachers of Agriculture in Agricultural Colleges. Thesis (M.S.), University of Wisconsin, 1915  53 p. MADCAT

Glyer, George Arthur. A Report of the Condition of the Rural Schools of Douglas County, Wisconsin. Thesis (M.A.), University of Wisconsin, 1915. 44 p. MADCAT

Hotz, Henry Gustave. The County Training Schools of Wisconsin, Educational Status and Cost of Maintenance. Thesis (M.A.), University of Wisconsin, 1915. 93 p. MADCAT

Hubbard, Ira Odell. A Study of the North Central High Schools of Wisconsin. Thesis (Ph.M.), University of Wisconsin, 1915. 35 p. MADCAT

Kruse, Samuel Andrew. The Work of the Agricultural Colleges in Training Teachers of Agriculture for Secondary Schools.  Thesis (M.A.), University of Wisconsin, 1915. 108 p. MADCAT

Schmidt, Gustavus Adolphus. The Teaching of Agriculture in One Hundred City High Schools.  Thesis (M.S.), University of Wisconsin, 1915. 164 p. MADCAT

Beath, John William. A Study of the Curricula of the North Central High Schools of Wisconsin .  Thesis (M.A.), University of Wisconsin, 1916. 33 p. MADCAT

Lockhart, William Otto. The Value of Education to the Farmers. Thesis (M.S.), University of Wisconsin, 1916. 18 p. MADCAT

Matthew, Ernest Bertram. Possibilities of the Managerial Method in Agricultural Instruction. Thesis (M.A.), University of Wisconsin, 1916. 31 p. MADCAT

Brown, Harry Gilbert. Studies in Secondary Education Based upon Investigations in Sun Prairie High School, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. Thesis (M.A.), University of Wisconsin, 1920. 36 p. MADCAT

Tiffany, Erwin Milton. Training Teachers of Vocational Agriculture under the Smith-Hughes Law. Thesis (M.S.), University of Wisconsin, 1920. 48 p. MADCAT

Weinfurther, Irving Delwich. The History of the Long Course in Agriculture at the University of Wisconsin. Thesis (Bachelor's), University of Wisconsin, 1920. MADCAT

Pallett, Earl Manley. Agriculture in the Normal Schools.  Thesis (M.S.), University of Wisconsin, 1922. 59 p. MADCAT

McConnell, Robert Ervie. Rural Education in Polk County. Thesis (M.S.), University of Wisconsin, 1923. MADCAT

Webster, Philip Jenkins. A Study of Rural Education in Iowa County, Wisconsin.  Thesis (M.S.), University of Wisconsin, 1923. MADCAT

Black, Allen J. Instructional Cost per Pupil Clock-Hour in Sixty Seven Wisconsin High Schools Having from One to Five Teachers. Thesis (Master's), University of Wisconsin, 1924. MADCAT

Vanderbie, Chauncey Learen. An Administrative and Supervisory Study of the Watertown, Wisconsin, High School. Thesis (M.A.), University of Wisconsin, 1924. 166 p. MADCAT

Aker, Howard Marshall. The County Superintendent and Rural Education in Wisconsin. Thesis (Ph.M.), University of Wisconsin, 1925. 64 p. MADCAT

Jackson, Lyman Edson. Education of Farm Boys and Girls (West District of Dane County). Thesis (M.S.), University of Wisconsin, 1925. 59 p. MADCAT

Murphy, Harold Edward. A Study of Rural and Urban Education in Walworth County, Wisconsin. Thesis (M.S.), University of Wisconsin, 1925. 52 p. MADCAT

Hrudka, Ladimir Milos. Education of Farm Boys and Girls (Manitowoc County). Thesis (M.S.), University of Wisconsin, 1926. 65 p. MADCAT

Oleson, Grunow Otto. Suggested Curricula for Students Majoring in Agricultural Journalism. Thesis (M.S.), University of Wisconsin, 1926. 38 p. MADCAT

Reiter, Benjamin Merrel. Probability of First Semester Freshmen Graduating in the College of Agriculture. Thesis (M.S.), University of Wisconsin, 1926. 45 p. MADCAT

Jungck, Frederick William. Possibilities of Bulletins as an Agency of Rural School Supervision. Thesis (Ph.M.), University of Wisconsin, 1927. MADCAT

Silva, Iva Lorene. Organization of Rural School Supervision. Thesis (M.A.), University of Wisconsin, 1927. 27 p. MADCAT

Hrudka, Ladimir Milos. Education of Farm Boys and Girls in Wisconsin, as Determined by a Study of Four Counties: La Fayette, Manitowoc, Polk, West Dane. Thesis (Ph.D), University of Wisconsin, 1928.  130 p. MADCAT

Kivlin, Vincent Earl. The Qualities which Make for Success in the Teacher of Agriculture. Thesis (M.S.), University of Wisconsin, 1928. 107 p. MADCAT

Miller, Evalyn Willard. The Use of Demonstration Teaching as an Agency of Supervision in Rural Schools. Thesis (M.A.), University of Wisconsin, 1928. 108 p. MADCAT

Brockert, Clarence Adams. The Development of Schools in Grant County, Wisconsin.  Thesis (Ph.M.), University of Wisconsin, 1930. 55 p. MADCAT

Dornbush, Herman Carl. The Improvement f the Curricular Content and Teaching Technique of Rural School Agriculture. Thesis (Ph.M.), University of Wisconsin, 1930. 98 p. MADCAT

Wipperman, Arno Arthur. A Study of the Reorganization of the Educational System in the Markesan Community, Green Lake County. Thesis (M.S.), University of Wisconsin, 1930. 71 p. MADCAT

Kreunen, Warren Christopher. A Survey of the Courses of Study Offered in the Smaller Wisconsin High Schools.  Thesis (Ph.M.), University of Wisconsin, 1931. 76 p. MADCAT

Mathison, Alfon Dahl. Vocational Interest as a Factor in Predicting Agricultural Success of Freshmen. Thesis (M.S.), University of Wisconsin, 1931. 40 p. MADCAT

Berger, Walter Jesse. A Plan for School Consolidation in Sheboygan County. Thesis (M.A.), University of Wisconsin, 1932. 66 p. MADCAT

Shepherd, James William. Reorganizing Rural and Village School Procedures in Keeping with Modern Education Trends. Thesis (Ph.D), University of Wisconsin, 1932. 378 p. MADCAT

Dondlinger, Ray Nicholas. Secondary School Guidance in Wisconsin Communities of 10000 or Less. Thesis (M.S.), University of Wisconsin, 1933. 97 p. MADCAT

Helms, Harold H. The Effect of Equalization of Elementary School Support in Waupaca County.  Thesis (Master's), University of Minnesota, 1933.

Jorstad, Mabel. A Study to Discover Professional Curriculum Needs of Wisconsin Rural Teachers in Terms of Their Teaching Problems in Reading, Language and Social Studies. Thesis (M.A.), University of Minnesota, 1935.

Wiesner, Valerian Charles. A Study of Child Accounting in One Hundred Twenty-Three Wisconsin High Schools Having Less than Ten Teachers.  Thesis (Ph.M.), University of Wisconsin, 1935. 52 p. MADCAT

Harker, Forrest L. Guidance in Smaller Wisconsin Schools. Thesis (Ph.M.), University of Wisconsin, 1936. 76 p. MADCAT

Cook, Robert Thomas. Physical Education as an Area in the Small High Schools of the State of Wisconsin. Thesis (M.S.), University of Wisconsin, 1938.  97 p. MADCAT

Matzke, Walter J. The Economic Security of Rural Village Public School Teachers in Wisconsin.  Thesis (Master's), Marquette University, 1938.

Putnam, Robert Marshall. An Analysis of the Social and Economic Background of the Students of the Wisconsin Farm Short Course During 1937-38. Thesis (M.S.), University of Wisconsin, 1938. 51 p. MADCAT

Bent, Leo Gerald. Reorganization of Local School Units in Northern Manitowoc County.  Thesis (Ph.M.), University of Wisconsin, 1939. MADCAT

Horvath, John. A Survey of Physical Education in the Four, Five and Six Teacher High Schools in the State of Wisconsin. Thesis (Master's), University of Wisconsin, 1939. MADCAT

Johnson, Norman Alvin. A Survey of Guidance Practices in the Agricultural Colleges of the Land-Grant Institutions. Thesis (M.S.), University of Wisconsin, 1939. 77 p. MADCAT

Kruse, Elizabeth Louise. A Hypothetical Plan of Art Instruction for Rural and Small Community Schools.  Thesis (M.S.), University of Wisconsin, 1939. 68 p. MADCAT

Nelson, Everett J. History of Education in the Sparta, Wisconsin, CCC District, 1933-1938.  Thesis (Master's), University of Iowa, 1939.

Price, Ferdinand T. An Investigation of Secondary Education of Rural Youth within Different Types of Administrative Units. Thesis (Master's), University of Wisconsin, 1939. MADCAT

Ryan, Margaret C. An Investigation of the Teacher Load of Commercial Teachers in the Small High Schools of Wisconsin. Thesis ([Master's?]), University of Iowa, 1939.

Wentland, Clarence Rhinold. A Comparative Study of Some Teacher Characteristics of Rural and Urban Teachers in the Elementary Grades in Wisconsin. Thesis (Ph.M.), University of Wisconsin, 1939.  119 p. MADCAT

Von Eschen, Clarence Raymond. An Evaluation of a Supervisory Program with Seventh and Eighth Grade Teachers in Rural Schools of the State of Wisconsin.  Thesis (Ph.D), University of Wisconsin, 1940. 402 p. MADCAT

Hoehn, Frank E. The Public Schools of Trempeauleau [Sic] County, Wisconsin : A Public Survey with Particular Emphasis on the Rural School Situation and Recommendations for Its Reorganization. Thesis (M.A.), University of Minnesota, 1941.

Ozanne, Robert Willard. A Survey of Adult Education in Neenah, Wisconsin.  Thesis (M.S.), University of Wisconsin, 1941. 105 p. MADCAT

Trione, Phyllis Anne. A Survey of the Speech Education in the Small High Schools of Wisconsin with Implications for Prospective Teachers of Speech. Thesis (M.A.), University of Wisconsin, 1941. 83 p. MADCAT

Wippermann, Edgar G. A Study of Certain Health Factors and Their Relationship to School Achievement. Thesis (Ph.D.), University of Wisconsin, 1941.  (Studies conditions in Columbus, Wis.) MADCAT

Carlson, Gustave E. Jr. The Study of the Characteristic Differences between Good and Poor Teachers. Thesis (Ph.D.), University of Wisconsin, 1942. 317 p. (Studies Dane and Columbia County rural schools.) MADCAT

Martindale, Frank Edward. Policies and Practices of Promotion and Graduation in the Small High Schools of Wisconsin. Thesis (Ph.M.), University of Wisconsin, 1942. 53 p. MADCAT

Gafbaw, Coleman Jerome. The Schools of Omro, Wisconsin: An Historical Study of the Development of Education in a Typical Wisconsin Community. Thesis (Master's), Lawrence University, 1943. MADCAT

Liddle, Clifford Stanley. The Development of the Common School District in the Towns of La Grange, Linn and Sugar Creek, Walworth County, Wisconsin. Thesis (Ph.D.), University of Wisconsin, 1943. 427 p. MADCAT

Locations

Materials included in the bibliography may be found at various locations:

Most of the materials are included in MadCat and are available through libraries on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. This includes titles beginning with an asterisk * which indicates it has been microfilmed. Microfilmed materials are located at UW Madison Memorial Library Microforms/Media Center and United States National Agricultural Library.

Some of the materials have been digitized and are available online from the University of Wisconsin Digital Collections - http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.USAIN.

Some of the materials are located elsewhere. The locations below are indicated at the end of the citations as applicable. There may also be other locations not included in this bibliography.

  • ARCHIVES - University of Wisconsin-Madison Archives and Records Management Service, 434 Steenbock Library, 550 Babcock Dr., Madison, WI 53706; 608-262-0428 
  • GEOL - University of Wisconsin-Madison Geology and Geophysics Library, 1215 W. Dayton St., Madison, WI 53706; 608-262-8956 
  • GIANNINI - Library, The Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics, University of California, Berkeley, 248 Giannini Hall #3310, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-3310; 510-642-7121 
  • MAXKADE - Max Kade Institute for German-American Studies, 901 University Bay Drive, Madison, WI 53705; 608-262-7546 
  • MEM - University of Wisconsin-Madison Memorial Library, 728 State St., Madison, WI 53706; 608-262-3193
  • MILWPUB - Milwaukee Public Library, 814 W. Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53233, 414-286-3000
  • PLANTPATH - University of Wisconsin-Madison Plant Pathology Library, 584 Russell Labs, 1630 Linden Dr., Madison, WI 53706; 608-262-8698 
  • SML - Steenbock Memorial Library, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 550 Babcock Dr., Madison, WI 53706; 608-262-9635
  • WHS - Wisconsin Historical Society Library, 816 State St., Madison, WI 53706; 608-264-6535