Corte Madera Collection

"The Red Schoolhouse - Potola Valley", pen & ink sketch of old schoolhouse that was NOT red originally

schoolhouse, Jean Groberg

"The Red Schoolhouse - Potola Valley", pen & ink sketch of old schoolhouse that was NOT red originally

schoolhouse, Jean Groberg

1909 Historic Marker

Close-up. readable sign outside school; architecture. early times. Little Red Schoolhouse. Valley Art Gallery. 1894 school. National Register of Historic Places

1909 Historic Marker

Close-up. readable sign outside school; architecture. early times. Little Red Schoolhouse. Valley Art Gallery. 1894 school. National Register of Historic Places

1909 red schoolhouse

front view with "since 1894"; schools, architecture

1909 red schoolhouse

front view with "since 1894"; schools, architecture

1909 school after WW2

40's cars, children in a line, front of bus, man walking;

1909 School House

BW image by Jean Groberg

1909 School House

BW image by Jean Groberg

1909 School House

BW image by Jean Groberg

1909 School House

negative of unknown original sketch; gift of artist

1909 School House

mounted on cardboard with transparent covering; a work in progress?

1909 School House

Colored print;gift of artist

1909 School House

Colored print of Art-039; gift of artist - related items: Art-039, Art-040, Art-041, Art-042

1909 School House

Print of Art-039; gift of artist - related items: Art-039, Art-040, Art-041, Art-042

1909 School House

sketch unrelated to other Groberg sketches of this scene;

1909 Schoolhouse

drawing by Jean Groberg;

1909 schoolhouse

front view, "Valley Art Gallery"; architecture. early times. Little Red Schoolhouse. Valley Art Gallery. Historic structures

1909 schoolhouse

front view, "Valley Art Gallery"; architecture. early times. Little Red Schoolhouse. Valley Art Gallery. Historic structures

1909 schoolhouse in original colors

close front view with fence and sign on left;

1909 schoolhouse porch

unfinished detail of repair; Little Red Schoolhouse. historic structures

1909 schoolhouse porch

unfinished detail of repair; Little Red Schoolhouse. historic structures

1909 schoolhouse porch

unfinished replacement of 1997 repair; Little Red Schoolhouse. historic structures

1909 schoolhouse porch

unfinished replacement of 1997 repair; Little Red Schoolhouse. historic structures

1909 schoolhouse porch

unfinished replacement of 1997 repair, taken from a different angle than #33; Little Red Schoolhouse. historic structures

1909 schoolhouse porch

unfinished replacement of 1997 repair, taken from a different angle than #33; Little Red Schoolhouse. historic structures

A New Landscape for School House

Plans for plantings and benches at the front entrance to make it more inviting.

A ZIP folder of Funding of 1990s Rehabilitation

Listing by category of townspeople who donated funds for the repair work, various documents; hard copies in general files

Accurate rehabilitation

Account of the historically accurate decisions about renovations ;

Angled view, front and side

Taken soon after rehabilitation; one of 3

Angled view, front and side

Taken soon after rehabilitation; one of 3

Bentley painting & Supt. Sanders

Michele Sanders standing by painting in district office;

Children and teacher playing in front of school

front view of school with 1950 school in background; architecture. early times. Little Red Schoolhouse. Valley Art Gallery. 1894 school

Children and teacher playing in front of school

front view of school with 1950 school in background; architecture. early times. Little Red Schoolhouse. Valley Art Gallery. 1894 school

Children and teacher playing in front of school

front view of school with 1950 school in background; redwood circle visible; side door open; architecture. early times. Little Red Schoolhouse. Valley Art Gallery. 1894 school

Children and teacher playing in front of school

front view of school with 1950 school in background; redwood circle visible; side door open; architecture. early times. Little Red Schoolhouse. Valley Art Gallery. 1894 school

Children playing beside school

side-view of school with door in side and addition inback; architecture. early times. Little Red Schoolhouse. Valley Art Gallery. 1894 school

Children playing beside school

side-view of school with door in side and addition inback; architecture. early times. Little Red Schoolhouse. Valley Art Gallery. 1894 school

Circular design of stylized tall tree

green and black modernistic design on white, mounted and encapsulated on illustration board; one of a series for Town Seal competition

Cover of Sesquicentennial Memories

Jean Groberg drawing with blue background; PVSD 150 souvenir book

Daily Schedule 1909

McDonnell class schedule; copy of original document

Daily Schedule 1915

scan of original teacher's plan; from original document

Docent manual articles

3 articles with comprehensive information about history of building and its rehabilitation; Schoolhouse docent program

Docent rehab

article on history of schoolhouse and its rehabilitation for docents; Schoolhouse docent program

Duzanica certificate

copy of original honoring long service on school board; Original donated by Dawna Duzanica 2011

Event at schoolhouse

Memo reporting on book pickup and Dengler print sale;

Former Students, teachers of PV School

brief listing of those people, very incomplete;

front porch and landscaping plans

rendering of plans for improvements to porch and landscaping;

Front view

Taken soon after rehabilitation; one of 3

Front view

Taken soon after rehabilitation; one of 3

Front view with side visible

Taken soon after rehabilitation; one of 3

Front view with side visible

Taken soon after rehabilitation; one of 3

Funding

A folder containing letters and lists of donors to the rehabilitation of the little red schoolhouse in 1996-97;

General Plan paragraph

proposed text of highlights of the schoolhouse;

HABS drawing

2 images of northwest elevation with white background; scanned from photo of drawing

HABS drawing, a copy from Library of Congress

Two front elevation drawings;

Historic Schoolhouse

School with little girls in front, trees all around;

Historic Schoolhouse

White version with vegetation all arouond; one of several

Historic Schoolhouse in red

seen from road with 3 cars and Since 1894 sign;

Historic Schoolhouse in red

seen from road with 3 cars and Since 1894 sign;

History facts

brief comments about the school's color;

Image of 1909 School in circular design

the schoolhouse with town name and date of incorporation on circle; one of a series for Town Seal competition

Jean Groberg drawing

front and side view with trees in color; permission granted for note paper, etc

Jean Groberg drawing

BW image front and side view with trees; same as 052d; permission granted for note paper, etc

Kindergarten building 1950s

Fruit pickers' shack converted to school purposes;

Librarian's Record Book

one page of many scanned from original;

LilRed questionnaire regarding funding of rehabilitation

Brief history of the building and reqest for community supporters;

Little Red Schoolhouse

School with sign and flowers and parking lot; architecture. early times. Little Red Schoolhouse. Valley Art Gallery. 1894 school

Little Red Schoolhouse

School with sign and flowers and parking lot; architecture. early times. Little Red Schoolhouse. Valley Art Gallery. 1894 school

Little Red Schoolhouse

angled view; side door visible; architecture. early times. Little Red Schoolhouse. Valley Art Gallery. 1894 school

Little Red Schoolhouse

angled view; side door visible; architecture. early times. Little Red Schoolhouse. Valley Art Gallery. 1894 school

Little Red Schoolhouse

front view. cars infront. hills inbackground; architecture. early times. Little Red Schoolhouse. Valley Art Gallery. 1894 school

Little Red Schoolhouse

front view. cars infront. hills inbackground; architecture. early times. Little Red Schoolhouse. Valley Art Gallery. 1894 school

Little Red Schoolhouse

front and side view. a structure behind; architecture. early times. Little Red Schoolhouse. Valley Art Gallery. 1894 school

Little Red Schoolhouse

front and side view. a structure behind; architecture. early times. Little Red Schoolhouse. Valley Art Gallery. 1894 school

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