Barbara Knisely Gaeddert papers

Collection – Multiple Containers

Identifier: MS-1009

Staff Only

Collection Overview

Abstract

The Barbara Knisely Gaeddert papers consist of schoolwork and written assignments from her elementary school career in the Sandusky, Ohio school system, as well as scattered issues of the My Weekly Reader and Sandusky Hi-Lites, other supplementary materials, and brochures and programs, ranging from 1948 to 1960.

Dates

Creation: 1948-1960

Extent

5.35 Cubic Feet (5 record cartons)

Scope and Contents

The Barbara Knisely Gaeddert papers offers a look into the curriculum of the Sandusky, Ohio local school system from 1948 to 1960, while Gaeddert was a student there. The bulk of the collection consist of her schoolwork and written assignments in various subjects including arithmetic, art, English, geography, history, home economics, reading, and writing. The collection also contains a few publications of World Week Magazine, Sandusky Hi-Lites (the school’s newspaper), Senior Scholastic Magazine, and My Weekly Reader.

Biographical / Historical

Barbara Knisely Gaeddert graduated from Sandusky (Ohio) High School in 1960 and received her bachelors degree from Oberlin College in 1964. She received a degree in library science from Case Western Reserve University in 1965 and worked in public, corporate, and university libraries before joining the catalog department at Kansas, from which she retired in 1999. She married William Gaddert in 1967 in Moline, Illinois.

The Sandusky City School District is a public school district serving students in the city of Sandusky, Ohio, United States. The school district enrolls 3,224 students as of 2019-2020 academic year. The school district has 1 preschool, 6 elementary schools, 1 middle school, and 1 high school.

Conditions Governing Access

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Conditions Governing Use

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