Writings, 1905-1906.

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Writings, 1905-1906.

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A typewritten autobiography and two brief historical essays by educator Josiah Pickard. The autobiography concerns his youthful education in Massachusetts and Maine, graduation from Bowdoin College, teaching at the Platteville Academy in Wisconsin (1846-1859), membership in the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents, service as Wisconsin State Superintendent of Public Instruction (1860-1864), and experiences as the Chicago Superintendent of Schools (1864-1878) and as president of the State University of Iowa.

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Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Wisconsin. State Superintendent of Schools.

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