Title	Teacher's Monthly School Report, May 1867
Record type	Report
Creator	Harrington, Marie M.
Date of creation	1867-05-xx
Series	Records of Superintendents of Education M1000
Description	Educational form no. 3. This document tabulates information for the Earnshaw School in Murfreesboro.
Additional notes	Series M1000, Reel 7, [Frames 580-581]
Excerpt from record	'No. 10 Murfreesboro II School (Form 3,–Ed.) REPORT OF SCHOOLS, (TEACHER’S.) F A L of the M.Ep. Ch State of …Tennessee.……… ….May… 1867. Forwarded, May 28, 1867 Received, BRT &AL, May 29th, 1867. TEACHER'S MONTHLY SCHOOL-REPORT. To Bureau R.F.& A.L., for the month of ….May, 1867,…. District, State of …Tennessee" [This page contains a tabulated reporting of information related to Earnshaw School located in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, which was supported by the Freedman’s Aid Society of the E.C. This is the first mentioning of E.C.? Of note, the word “forgotten” is written onto line 2 of the printed form. There is also a note that states “they pay incidental expenses” as an extension of the line “No. Schools sustained in part by freedmen.”] [In addition to the tabulated information, the following questionnaire is included:] 1. How many of above Schools are graded? "0." How many grades? "0." 2. How many Day or Night Schools, within your knowledge, not reported above? "1." Whole No. of pupils (estimated) in all such Schools? "300." No. Teachers in all, "8" White,”7” Colored, "1." 3. How many Sabbath-Schools within your knowledge, not reported above? "1." Whole No. of pupils (estimated) in all such Schools? "500." No. Teachers in all, "I have forgotten.", White “3” Colored, "forgotten." 4. How many Industrial Schools? “0.” Whole No. pupils in all? “0.” State the kind of work done “0.” 5. Whole amount of tuition paid by the Freedmen during the month, "0." 6. What amount of cost of transportation furnished by the Bureau for the month, "$12.00." 7. Grand total of expense per month for support of above schools by all parties, "$90." “Besides incidentals and furniture. 8. Whole No. of High or Normal schools, "1." How many pupils in all? "23." “Under the direction of the Penn FAS.” 9. Remarks. “I have a Normal class of 6 pupils. The school is not very well accommodated for desks, as we have only forty. Ms. Maris Harrington.”
Geographic location	Murfreesboro (Tenn.) Rutherford County (Tenn.)
Names that occur in the record	Earnshaw School Freedmen's Aid Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church Harrington, Marie M.
Subject (LC)	African Americans--Tennessee African Americans--Tennessee--Social conditions--19th century Freedmen’s schools and textbooks Murfreesboro (Tenn.) Race Relations Racism Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--Tennessee--Rutherford County. Rutherford County (Tenn.) United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands--Records and correspondence
Coverage	1860-1869
Contributing institution	National Archives and Records Administration
Medium	Microfilm
Bibliographic citation	[Document title, date]. Records of the Superintendent of Education for the State of Tennessee. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1870. Series M1000, [Reel number, Frame number/s]. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.
Copyright status	Public domain
Collection name	Freedmen's Bureau Records