In this master’s thesis, I analysed archival material from the Slovenian School Museum pertaining to 19 elementary school in the region of former Carinthia, specifically in the Meža Valley and the area surrounding Dravograd, during the interwar period. I analysed the archival material from both a technical and a content-based perspective. In the content analysis, I focused on the network of elementary schools and on the conditions and distances of students’ daily commutes to school. I then analysed student enrolment and the teaching staff for the 1940/1941 school year, as this was the only year for which statistics were preserved in the archival materials of the Slovenian School Museum. Finally, based on available sources, I examined the physical condition of elementary schools. Here, I focused on the size of school building, the condition of school gardens, and the size of school libraries.
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