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Researching School Records

School records come in a variety of forms. Newspaper articles and publications often give historical accounts of the school. Reminiscences are often printed in history books, memory books, school histories, and newspaper articles. Through the years, pictures have been taken of classmates, both while attending school and for class reunions. Many times these are printed in newspapers.

Achievements of schools and students are printed in newspapers. In the 19th century newspapers, lists of teachers certified, courses to be taught, lists of students attending school, and much more were published. Within family records, certificates, old grade cards, diplomas, and degrees are saved. These give insight not only to relatives and ancestors but also to the culture of school life during different time periods.

Yearbooks and alumni directories should not be excluded from the list of valuable resources used in genealogy research. Many researchers look for photos of ancestors. Yearbooks have many photos. Also, through yearbooks, researchers discover the activities of their ancestors and relatives. They may have been in sports, drama club, band, glee club, or they may have been known as having the prettiest eyes, most likely to succeed, most athletic, etc.

Alumni directories provide contact information for classmates. Married names, year of graduation, and occupations may be provided. Also, place of residence is given when known. Our department owns the Wooster High School Alumni Directories for 1998, 2003, and 2008. For the College of Wooster, we have the Alumni Directory for 1958.

Current school records are not available to the general public. However, historical school records occasionally surface. These can be a treasure trove of information. The student’s name, age, and parents’ names are often given.

One of the most often used resources in our department is the one-room school house files found with the lateral files. The information on the schoolhouses is organized by township, and each township has its own folder(s). On the front of each folder, the number with its corresponding school name is given.

The school files are incomplete. Some townships have more information than others. Some information includes (1) reunion minutes, notices, and/or photos; (2) class photos published in the newspaper; (3) newspaper articles; (4) map showing location of the schools; (5) school histories; (6) student and teacher records; and (7) photos of the school.

The department owns several other publications on the schools of Wayne County, Ohio. On the college level, in addition to the notebooks on OARDC and the College of Wooster, two books include (1) After 50 Years: Reminiscences of The College of Wooster and (2) Dedication of The University of Wooster and Inauguration of the President, September 7, 1870: Also Annual Report of the Board of Trustees.

Additional information on the College of Wooster can be found in the Special Collections at the library on the College of Wooster’s campus. Also, a listing of the College of Wooster annuals available in the department can be found on the website. High school and the few middle school annuals are listed on the website. All annuals are kept in the locked glass cases in the northeastern quadrant of the department.

High school annuals are not complete. Wooster High School is the most complete, with annuals dating back to the early 1900s. Our department continues to purchase missing annuals when they become available. Also, the department depends on donations to assist with acquiring the missing copies of historical annuals.

Sample Report Cards

Alta Myers
Report Card, Summer Term 1887

Publications

Notebooks

College of Wooster
A Partial History of the Dalton Area Schools to 1980
Wayne County Schools/Wooster City Schools
Wooster High School/Edgewood Middle School/Nick Amster Workshop & Ida Sue School

Digital Scrapbooks

Wooster Education Association Scrapbook

Yearbooks

Elementary School Yearbooks

Cornerstone (Wooster, Ohio): 2000
Millersburg (Holmes County, Ohio) : 2004
Franklin Township School (Wayne County): 1978-1979, 1983-1984
Lincoln Way (Wooster, Ohio) : 1996-2000, 2002, 2004-2008, 2010-2011, 2011-2012
Melrose School (Wooster, Ohio): 1990-1991
Shreve Elementary School (Wayne County): 1977-1978
Triway Elementary Schools (Wayne County) : 1982-1983
Wayne (Wooster, Ohio) : 2000

Middle School Yearbooks

Dalton Middle School: 2014-2015
Edgewood (Wooster): 1981–1982, 1988–1989, 2000–2002
Greene Middle School (Smithville): 1982–1983, 1983–1984
John R. Lea Middle School (Apple Creek, Southeast Local Schools): 2014-2015
Rittman Middle School: 2011 (8th grade), 2012, 2014, 2016
Northwestern Middle School: 2014-2015
Triway Jr. High: 1980

High School Yearbooks

Ashland High School: 1949
Boys Village: 1976–1977
Central Christian: 1965–2001, 2003–2013, 2015
Chester Township: 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949
Chippewa (Doylestown): 1943, 1968, 1970, 1985, 1987, 1993, 2010–2012, 2015, 2017
Creston High School (see also Norwayne): 1909, 1911, 1924–1925, 1929,; 1930, 1932, 1936, 1937, 1939, 1945
Congress High School: 1926, 1941, 1942, 1948
Dalton: 1903, 1946–1958,; 1960–1967, 1969, 1970–1984,; 1986–1987, 1991–2017
Highland (Holmes County): 1962, 1963, 1964, 1979
Holmesville (Holmes County): 1949
Killbuck (Holmes County): 1946
Lorain (Lorain County): 1926, 1928
Medina (Medina County): 1913–1915
Millersburg (Holmes County): 1951
Northwestern: 1951, 1959–1964, 1985–1994,; 2005, 2007–2017
Norwayne (see also Creston): 1955–1961, 1963–1967, 1974–1975,; 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988–2000,; 2004–2010, 2016–2017
Orrville: 1913–1941, 1944–1957,; 1961–1965, 1970–1973, 1975, 1977, 1978,; 1980–1990, 1992, 1994–1995,; 1997–2004, 2006–2008, 2010
Rittman: 1967–1969, 1972, 1975–1979, 1981–1983; 1986–2008, 2010–2015; 2017
Shreve (see also Triway): 1939–1943, 1945–1951, 1955–1957
Smithville: 1934–1935, 1945, 1947–1948, 1952; 1966–1999
Sterling: 1918
Triway: 1965–1968, 1975–1976, 1978–1980, 1983–1985, 1987–1988, 1991, 2010, 2015–2017
Wayne County Joint Vocational School (a.k.a. Wayne County Career Center): 1971, 1972, 1980, 1981, 1984,; 1986–1988, 1995–1997, 1999–2002
Waynedale: 1958, 1965, 1970–1973, 1985–2002,; 2004–2009, 2011–2013, 2015–2017
West Holmes: 1998
Wooster: 1901, 1905–2003; 2003, 2007, 2008, 2017
Wooster Alumni Directories: 1998, 2003, 2008, 2013
Wooster High School Reunion Booklets: 1925, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1943, 1953, 1955, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1971

Miscellaneous Yearbooks

Altoona (PA) High School: 1932

College Yearbooks

Ashland College: 1947, 1966
College of Wooster: 1889, 1899, 1910, 1916–1923,; 1925–1947, 1949–1955, 1957–1965,; 1967–1970, 1972, 1976–1979,; 1983, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2006
College of Wooster Alumni Directories: Alumni Catalogue 1870-1958; 1968, 1990, 2000
OSU, ATI: 1975

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 ; John R. Lea Middle School (Apple Creek, Southeast Local Schools)
 : 2014-2015
+; Rittman Middle School
+: 2011 (8th grade), 2012, 2014, 2016
 ; Northwestern Middle School
 : 2014-2015