Board of Regents of Normal Schools reports, 1858, 1859, 1894, 1915.

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Board of Regents of Normal Schools reports, 1858, 1859, 1894, 1915.

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Scattered reports including an 1894 report concerning returning $65,000 to the City of Superior after not carrying through a proposal to establish a normal school in Superior, and a 1915 report to the Legislature on the selection of a normal school site for northeastern Wisconsin.

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Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Wisconsin. Secretary of State.

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Wisconsin. Board of Regents of Normal Schools

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Legislation in 1857 first allocated money to establish normal schools in Wisconsin and called for appointment of a Board of Regents of Normal Schools. For several years, moneys were distributed to existing schools which offered a normal class, but after the Civil War steps were taken to actually site new schools devoted to teacher training. The first to become operational was opened at Platteville in 1866. Eventually nine schools were established, at Eau Claire, La Crosse, Milwaukee, Oshkosh, Ri...