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Experience the Past....
Step inside Nelson Carr School and experience a typical education and lifestyle of the early 1900's. Students are seated in desks according to size, with girls on one side of the room and boys on the other side. No one is allowed to speak unless called upon by the teacher. The schoolmarm leads scholars through the rigorous reading, writing, and arithmetic exercises, which are written on small slate boards. Penmanship lessons are conducted with pen and ink and scholars are invited to the recitation bench to recite their lessons. Occasionally there will be a cipering contest or even a spelling bee!	Students practicing reading with their teacher.
Want To Attend Nelson Carr School? Here's How....
Classes at Nelson Carr School are offered to area third- and fourth-grade students during the months of November and April. Classes are held Tuesday through Friday from 9:15 a.m. until 11:15 a.m. Reservations are availible on a first-come first-served basis. Please contact the museum to reserve a date to experience a one-room school house education. Teachers reserving a class time will receive a Teacher's Packet for in-class use before attending Nelson Carr School. For more information, please contact the museum at 338-4290 or by e-mail at history@cityofbartlesville.org.	Students entering the school with a schoolmarm.
Nelson F. Carr
Nelson Carr School recognizes one of the area's earliest pioneers, Nelson Franklin Carr. In addition to establishing one of the first industries in what is now Bartlesville, OK, Carr also established one of the first schools in what is now Washington County in 1877. He built the school beside his home and hired Mellie Smith of Kansas to teach the three Carr children as well as about 15 other neighborhood children. Miss Smith resided with the Carr family until her marriage in 1880. The Nelson Carr School is provided by the College High School Alumni Association and Scholarship Fund.	Nelson F. Carr