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Voices from the One-room Schoolhouses of Appalachia

Two great films related to one-room schoolhouses can be found on the National Film Preservation's Website which are linked below. 

The Children Must Learn:  https://www.filmpreservation.org/sponsored-films/screening-room/the-children-must-learn-1940

And So They Live:  https://www.filmpreservation.org/preserved-films/screening-room/and-so-they-live-1940

Following is an interview with Ellis Hartford (UK History Professor and author of The Little White Schoolhouse) by EKU Emeritus Professor of History Bill Ellis (author of the History of EKU). Hartford is discussing how EKU President Robert Martin (Bob) and brought a one-room schoolhouse to the EKU campus.

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