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1930 Time Capsule Finding Aid

List describing items included in the 1930 time capsule in the cornerstone of the Maroa Community High School. This list was placed inside the time capsule. There were additional items found in the time capsule that are not on this list

154-page bound book. Specifications for a Community High School District, School District No. 151, Maroa, Illinois, 1930. Charles Harris, architect.

History of the Maroa Community High School, written by Wm. Dayton Keyes, Jr. 1930

Official Ballot of the Maroa Community High School District No. 151 for the new school construction 1930. Ballot includes approval of the site, voting on construction, and proposition to issue bonds.

1930 March 27 [Maroa] News-Times, 58th year, Number 24

(a front and back image of each coin are shown)

Blueprints from the 1930 construction of the Maroa Community High School. Blueprints were found in the time capsule which was located in the 1930 cornerstone of the high school building. The time capsule was recovered during demolition of the old…

A copy of the 1930 Maroa High School yearbook, the Maronois.

Inscription reads:
"This copy of the Maronois was given for depositing in the corner stone by Mrs. W. C. McGuire President of the High School Parent Teacher Association."