Public schools

Seated at a desk in the library is Carrie Wallace, first cousin of Bess Wallace and Librarian for Independence High School. From the album "Public Schools, Independence, Missouri, 1904." The album was loaned to the Harry S. Truman Library for copying by the Junior Service League and the Board of Education. The Board of Education has the original album.

This is a photograph of a schoolhouse near Ottumwa, Iowa. Original caption: "'Buzzard Roost' school house (Iowas-9 miles northeast of Ottumwa, attended by Ralph R. Will in early 1900's where his mother was one of the teachers."

Independence High School, Independence, Missouri, on the northwest corner of Pleasant Street and Maple Avenue. This building has since burned down. Taken from The Gleam, the Independence High School annual. From: Jackson County Historical Society.

Upper Hall of Independence High School, Independence, Missouri. Taken from "1909-10 Rules and Regulations, Independence, Missouri School System." From: Jackson County Historical Society.

Independence High School, Independence, Missouri. Taken from The Gleam, Independence High School annual.

Columbian School, Independence, Missouri. Taken from "1909-10 Rules and Regulations, Independence School System."

P.H. Grinter's map of Independence, Missouri, showing the Public School locations. From: Jackson County Historical Society.

Independence High School, Independence, Missouri, with a group of students standing out front. All are unidentified. From The Gleam, Independence High School annual.

Auditorium of the Independence High School, in Independence, Missouri. Written on the back of the photo is the following information: "Flags by Elizabeth Gossett, curtains by the Coates House Artists in water color, and painting by Ed Sherman." From: Rules and Regulations of the Independence Public Schools, Independence, Missouri (Mrs. W.L.C. Palmer)

The first Ott school in Jackson County, Missouri. A group of unidentified schoolchildren are in front of the building. From: Jackson County Historical Society.