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Title	Aaron West manuscripts; diary
Subject	Education Teachers School principals
Place	Toledo (Ohio) Lucas County (Ohio) Sylvania (Ohio)
Description	Aaron West (1825-1896), a northwest Ohio teacher and school principal, records disciplinary actions, news of school board meetings, and other details of his profession in these diary entries. In these selections West discusses the school picnic, a meeting about slavery, and an incident of corporal punishment of Avery McCarty, a student. McCarty's parents objected, but the Board of Education supported West. The diary measures 7.24" x 8.4" (18.39 x 21.34 cm). These selections are part of a larger collection of materials relating to Aaron West and his wife Mary, including correspondence and pupil ledgers. A finding aid for the collection is available online at the link below. Aaron West served as a teacher and principal of the grammar school in Toledo from 1852 to 1861. In 1868, he accepted a position as superintendent of the Sylvania Public Schools in Lucas County, which he held for thirteen years. He died in 1896.
Creator	West, Aaron
Date of Original	1853; 1855
Collection	http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/library/cac/ms0210.html (for more information on Aaron West and family)
Source	Unpublished material (archives/manuscripts) MS 210
Submitting Institution	Center for Archival Collections--Bowling Green State University
Type	Text
Format	manuscripts

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Full Text	87 Toledo, Thursday June 16 Had a very fine shower between 1 & 2 P.M. to day. Weather still warm. Attended Teacher's meeting this P.M. at 5 o'clk Miss Graves & Mrs. Colby were absent. Subject the best method of teaching Geography and the necessary apparatus for teaching it. The general impression seemed to prevail that outline maps were a very important auxiliary in teaching that science. Went to the saw mill near by my Boarding place to inquire for lumber to make a table for the pic-nic of late Receipts & Expenditures Each 00 Toledo, June 17, Friday Received a call this P.M. from A. Smyth and Mr. Blanchard late teacher at Defiance. Drayman came to the school house about 1/2 past 4 and took a load of lumber to the grove. Returned from

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