The collection amounts to .05 cubic feet and is composed of two items which include a teacher’s register book, 7 ¼” x 9” x ¼” and a sheet of paper 8” x 12”. The sheet of paper is a handwritten yearly statement signed by the three School Inspectors of Cooper Township on April 11, 1863 stating that Charlotte passed a satisfactory examination in a series of subjects, found to be of good moral character and licensed to teach in Cooper for one year. The writing is in brown ink and had been folded with the name “Miss C.R. DeLano” written at the top of one of the sides. The sheet is in fairly good condition although you can see where it had been folded and there are two holes at the top where it had been attached somewhere with a safety pin. The writing continues to be legible. The Teacher’s Register is 7 ¼” x 9” x ¼”. The binding is worn and as a result the front and back pages are loose. The title of the book is “School Register for Recording Attendance, Recitations and Deportment in Classes…” by N.C. Brooks. It said it was published in 1861 but the first written entries are May, 1857. In the front is printed in pencil, “Lottie R. DeLano Cooper, Michigan, May 5, 1857.”