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An eight-page document listing the aim of the organization and the work they plan to complete. The document appears to have been written by Lula Martin McIver, field secretary of the organization.

Cover of the Women's Association for the Betterment of Public Schoolhouses handbook. Printed with black ink on thick yellow paper. Cover features a quote by Pestalozzi: "Every human being has a claim to a judicious development of his faculties by…

Photograph of classroom in Winnebago County. Image depicts classroom with several schoolchildren and their teacher. Children are sat on wooden benches at desks; books cover the tables. Four photos are hung on the wall behind the teacher.

A nine-page document outlining a brief history of the state association and the local Wake County association. Following this contextualizing information is the constitution of the local association for the betterment of public schoolhouses in Wake…

Photograph of the inside of Bobbitt Schoolhouse in Vance County. Photograph shows six young men and women sitting at several rows of desks. Some appear to be working. Two windows are visible and several framed photos can be seen in the background.

One-page section from The Youth's Companion periodical, dated July 24, 1902. The section of note is titled "Women and the Schools," which discusses the early work of the Women's Association for the Betterment of Public Schoolhouses.

Portrait of Sue Hollowell, president of the Women's Association for the Betterment of Public Schoolhouses. Printed in the Educational Edition of The Daily News and Observer.

Decorative letterhead for the periodical The Southern School and Home. Text is written in black script with sketches of schoolhouses in the background. H. E. Bennett is listed as the managing editor.

Photograph of a woman standing in front of a bookshelf in the library of Bobbitt's School in Vance County. A clock reading the time of 3:00PM and a portrait of George Washington sit on top of the bookshelf. A woman wearing a white dress is reading a…

These two documents come from reports written by the presidents of Warren County and Wake County associations. Of note is that both documents mention that "colored" schoolhouses had been positively impacted by the Women's Association for the…