About Kansas ORSH Project

About the Kansas One Room School House Project
An introduction to and history of the project...

The first Web sites built originally as part of Kansas Heritage include the Kansas State Historical Society, Kansas Pioneers List (KPL), One-Room School House (ORSH) project, Johnson County Genealogical Society, Sunflower Journeys (SJ), Early Kansas Imprint Scanners (EKIS), Historical Directory of Kansas Towns (HDKT), Abilene Community Network, and the Kansas Community Network (KCN).

The One-Room School House (ORSH) project was created before 1 Jul 1994 according to correspondence from Lynn Nelson.

An index contributed 5 Jul 1994 by Adell Carr Smith for "Rural Schools of Douglas County, Kansas" written by Goldie Piper Daniels was prepared for Web publication 11 Jul 1994.

A letter dated 12 Jul 1994 is from Vera Ellerman Rodecap regarding her book, "The Country Schoolteacher, A Kansas Legacy," published in November 1993.

29 Oct 1996 Gary Funk and Rich Bicker of the faculty of Southwestern College in Winfield, Kansas took over the ORSH project. Their site is the Heritage center for the development of studies and presentations on the One-Room School House.

Stephen Chinn had several relatives who were teachers at these one-room schools, and hence this was the primary reason for doing the project. The ORSH project was one of the first Kansas Heritage projects.