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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…

Two-page letter written by Warren Manning to Lula Martin McIver. The letter is dated October 22, 1908. Manning, a landscape designer from Boston, Massachusetts, writes to McIver to share his suggestions for improving school grounds.

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…

Three-page report written by Viola Boddie, dated September 17, 1903. The report is addressed to Mrs. W. R. Hollowell in Goldsboro, North Carolina. In her report, Boddie discusses the work she completed during the summer of 1903.

Two-page letter written by Viola Boddie, a field worker. The letter is dated August 25, 1904 and is addressed to Mrs. W. R. Hollowell, the president of the association. The letter reviews the work Boddie had conducted during the summers of 1903 and…

This post card was sent to Lula Martin McIver in Greensboro, North Carolina, on September 15, 1908.

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.

Article by Andrew S. Draper on "Ideal Public Schools," originally published by The Youth's Companion periodical.

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.