Weeping Water Academy (Weeping Water, Neb.)

RG3184.AM:  Weeping Water Academy (Weeping Water, Neb.)

Records:  1885-1910
Weeping Water, Cass County, Neb.:   Religious school
Size:  1 reel of microfilm

BACKGROUND NOTE

Weeping Water Academy was established in 1885 as a Congregational Church School in Weeping Water, Cass County, Nebraska. The Rev. George Hindley was instrumental in founding the institution, and was its first principal. The first graduating class of six students graduated from the Academy in 1888. Between 1885 and 1914, when the Academy closed its doors, 218 students graduated from the institution, and some 1,500 others had taken some course of work.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

This collection consists of the records of Weeping Water Academy arranged in two series on one reel microfilm: 1) Catalogues, 1885-1910 and 2) Class Record Book, 1885-1910. These materials relate to the operation and activities of the Weeping Water Academy during the period 1885-1910 and include information regarding students, faculty, and curriculum.

Note:  The Nebraska State Historical Society does not hold the original records. These records were loaned for microfilming by Doane College, Crete, Nebraska, in March of 1969.

DESCRIPTION

Reel 1
Series

1. Catalogs, 1885-1910
2. Class record book, 1885-1910

 

ADDED ENTRIES:

Academies -- Nebraska
Cass County (Neb.) -- History
Congregationalism in Nebraska
Education -- Nebraska -- Cass County
Weeping Water Academy (Weeping Water, Neb.)
Weeping Water (Neb.) -- History

 

Revised 07-23-2008   TMM

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