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The School Herald

 Collection — Box: A15
Identifier: KHC-62

Scope and Contents

One issue of The School Herald from April 1890, which describes itself as "a news manual for use in schools." Topics within include history, news from Washington D.C., news from abroad, lessons in history, and advertisements for encyclopedias, books, and other mostly education-related products and businesses.

Dates

  • Creation: April 1890

Biographical / Historical

The School Herald was a semi-monthly publication of the School Herald Publishing Company, which was founded in 1881 by W.I. Chase. The journal contained short news articles for pedagogical use in classrooms, as well as advertisements of products sold to educators. The publication also contained questions and quizzes about its news articles, and contained reviews of recent educational publications such as readers for school children.

Extent

1 Folders

Language of Materials

English

Title
The School Herald
Subtitle
A finding aid of the collection at the Kansas Heritage Center
Status
Completed
Author
John Mason
Date
March 31, 2023
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Kansas Heritage Center Repository

Contact:
Dodge City Public Library
1001 N 2nd Avenue
Dodge City Kansas 67801 United States