Incoming correspondence, 1883-1931.

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Incoming correspondence, 1883-1931.

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Correspondence primarily concerns requests for school law interpretations; county education statistical clarifications; or teacher certification inquiries. Other correspondence topics include parent complaints; teacher resumes; citizen requests for school law publications; and academic research inquiries about Illinois educational practices. The file also contains documents relating to educational affairs such as minors' employment certificates signed by county superintendents under the terms of the Child Labor Act; Illinois schoolhouse blueprints; student, classroom, school building exterior photographs; county teachers' manuals; reports; newsletters; magazines; radio addresses (e.g., education; children; Abraham Lincoln; Chicago police force); scholarly studies on education; and a Illinois State Fair report (1923).

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