Date Original
1896 August 3
Description
This collection contains one broadside, an apportionment of common school fund, prepared by Junius Jordan, Superintendent of Public Instruction, State Department of Education in Arkansas. It is dated August 3, 1896.
Biographical/Historical Note
Dr. Junius Jordan served as Superintendent of Public Instruction, State Department of Education in Arkansas from 1894 to 1898. He was born in Barbour County, Alabama. He attended Emory and Henry College and graduated from the Southern University Alabama in 1867. He taught school in Mississippi five years, then came to Arkadelphia in 1876 as a high school principal. He opened a private school in Pine Bluff and taught there eighteen years. He was elected State Superintendent of Public Instruction in 1894 and served four years. While State Superintendent, he secured appropriation for normal schools, also called teachers college or teacher-training college. In 1898, he became a professor of philosophy at the University of Arkansas. In 1900, he was elected president of the Southern Educational Association. A common school was a public school in the United States during the nineteenth century.
Physical Description
Document, 8.5" x 11"
Geographical Area
Arkansas
Language
English
Identifier
SMC.BS.002
Resource Type
Text
Collection
Common school fund apportionment, SMC.BS.002
Publisher
Arkansas State Archives
Contributing Entity
Arkansas State Archives
Recommended Citation
Common school fund apportionment, Arkansas State Archives, Little Rock, Arkansas.
Rights
Use and reproduction of images held by the Arkansas State Archives without prior written permission is prohibited. For information on reproducing images held by the Arkansas State Archives, please call 501-682-6900 or email at state.archives@arkansas.gov.
Disciplines
United States History
