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Nevada State Board of Education Teacher and Student Exams (MS-00036)

Abstract

The Nevada State Board of Education Teacher and Student Exams (1894, 1927-1931) consists of a 1894 testing booklet from the Nevada State Board of Education containing questions to test the knowledge of teachers. The test includes subjects such as physiology, reading, orthography, geography, and United States history. The collection also contains Nevada Elementary Examination sheets from 1927 to 1931, intended to test students on a variety of subjects including arithmetic, spelling, civics, penmanship, reading and grammar, and United States history.

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Date

1894
1927 to 1931

Extent

0.10 Cubic Feet (1 folder (1 shared box))
0.10 Linear Feet

Related People/Corporations

Scope and Contents Note

The Nevada State Board of Education Teacher and Student Exams (1894, 1927-1931) consists of a 1894 testing booklet from the Nevada State Board of Education containing questions to test the knowledge of teachers. The test includes subjects such as physiology, reading, orthography, geography, and United States history. The collection also contains Nevada Elementary Examination sheets from 1927 to 1931, intended to test students on a variety of subjects including arithmetic, spelling, civics, penmanship, reading and grammar, and United States history.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Publication Rights

This material is made available to facilitate private study, scholarship, or research. It may be protected by copyright, trademark, privacy, publicity rights, or other interests not owned by UNLV. Users are responsible for determining whether permissions are necessary from rights owners for any intended use and for obtaining all required permissions. Acknowledgement of the UNLV University Libraries is requested. For more information, please see the UNLV Special Collections policies on reproductions and use or contact us at special.collections@unlv.edu.

Arrangement

Materials remain in original order.

Preferred Citation

The Nevada State Board of Education Teacher and Student Exams, 1894-1931. MS-00036. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/f15k5d

Acquisition Note

Materials were purchased in 1974 from Shelly Stamp Company; accession number 74-297. Additional material was donated at an unknown time to UNLV Special Collections and Archives and added into the collection.

Processing Note

In 2016, as part of a legacy finding aid conversion project, Hana Gutierrez created the collection description and brought it into compliance with current professional standards. In 2025, Sarah Jones added the 1927-1931 student exams into the collection.

Resource Type

Collection

Collection Type

EAD ID

US::NVLN::MS00036

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