Story County, Iowa
Chronological Biography
of Collins School

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Search or Browse Collins School Chronology

Chronological Biography of Collins School consists of a time-line history of the Collins school system. This history makes use of several sources including an extensive search for newspaper clippings. The authors are John Duesbury and Shirley Carver as well as other contributors.

The original PDF files for this nine part history are available at Collins School Life, The history of Collins, Iowa, 1882 – 1983 along with photographs and contact information.

The school history at this time covers the Fall of 1882 through Summer of 1983 which were published in nine parts totaling 1,023 pages. This online presentation retains the same section and pagination found in the original with trivial exceptions. Every effort was made to keep the same formatting as is found in the original documents. The names of all people mentioned in this school have been fully indexed. You may search by surname or browse the pages of the book.

The copyright notice applies to the presentation format only, not the content.

The surnames found in the book are included in the general surname search function on the Story County home page.

The following information is displayed in the search results:

• Given name. The results are presented in Given name order.
• Surname(s). Each person's regular surname as indicated in the book is always present. Many times the book gives the maiden name of married women. When the book shows the maiden name for a married woman, the maiden name is presented in parenthesis. Some women were married more than once with both surnames given in the book. When that is the case a second surname is present under Surname(s). As many as three surnames may be present in this field.
• Page. The page the name is found on are listed with clickable links to take you to that page.
• Section. The section of the book that the page is in.

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