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Ferdinand C. Ewer papers on education in San Francisco

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Description: Reverend F.C. Ewer's papers regarding eduction in San Francisco during his time on the Board of Education, covering the years c.1855-1856. Items include correspondence to Ewer from teacher Lilly Clapp regarding eduction in San Francisco and disciplinary measures being taken against a teacher named Dunne; Ewer's oath upon appointment to the Board of Education (1855); and a letter of recommendation for C.J Flatt (1856). Also includes a variety of high school materials, including exam questions, a chart showing teachers by district and grade level, a chart showing teacher:student ratios, a list of books adopted by the Board of Education (1855), a list of teachers, a map showing houses in the 9th District, a schedule of classes, a list of subjects studied, and a list of teachers who received the Order of Excellence. Items were originally housed in a scrapbook kept by Ewer.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Call number: mssHM 74500-74518
Creator: Ewer, Ferdinand C (1826-1883)(Opens in new tab)

New Art Education

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Nine books entitled New Art Education, published by Prang Company Publishers, "A Division of The American Crayon Company, Sandusky, Ohio", copyright 1944, 1945 and 1947. The books are numbered, 1-9; laid into each is a second book, an accompanying teacher guide, entitled Teachers Reference and Course of Study, published in 1947. (One book is intended for the teacher and one for the student.) Accompanying these nine sets are three teacher reference guides titled Teachers Reference and Course of Study. The first is labeled "A", "to accompany New Art Education Books I, II, III"; the second is labeled B, and the third C, to accompany Books 4, 5, 6 and 7, 8, 9 respectively. These books contain ideas, instructions and projects for a wide variety of arts and crafts projects for schoolchildren. All nine sets, and the Teachers Reference and Course of Study vols. A-C, are illustrated typically in black and white. Each of the nine New Art Education books and each of the Teachers Reference books have "Mabel Spofford" written in ms., in ink, on the front cover, and some on the title page. Laid into Book I of New Art Education are two TLSs on Stover School Art Service (of Birmingham, Michigan) letterhead, which are promotional and advertising solicitations for art projects and supplies. One letter is dated Jan. 18, 1933, the other Sept. 24, 1935; each is addressed to Miss Mabel Spofford , Supv. of Drawing, Gloucester, Mass. Within each letter are a few sample art projects for examination.

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Ferdinand J. Dreer papers

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A collection of 274 items which contains personal and family papers of Ferdinand J. Dreer. Included are: a typescript biography of Dreer (approximately 1895), fifty letters and documents addressed to him (including a few letters from Benson John Lossing), letters addressed to Edwin Greble Dreer, grandson of Ferdinand J. Dreer, papers related to the Wichtermans, the family of his grandparents, miscellaneous tributes in verse written in memory of Dreer family members. Also included are family photographs, memorabilia, newspaper clippings, and ephemera. There are a few miscellaneous documents relating to Jonathan Dickinson, first President of Princeton, and genealogies of Dreer, Annin, Miller, and Dickinson families.

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San Francisco, California

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The collection consists of the personal, family and business papers of Cave Johnson Couts (1821-1874) and his son, Cave Johnson Couts, Jr. (1856-1943). There is personal and business correspondence, army papers of Cave J. Couts (1837-1855), accounts, land papers, legal papers, survey correspondence and field notes of Cave J. Couts, Jr., family papers, photographs, ephemera, and 250 maps.

mssCT 2598

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San Francisco Committee of Vigilance records

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The collection contains letters and documents related to individuals making charges or giving information about suspects or prisoners to the San Francisco Committee of Vigilance of 1856. It also contains completed applications for membership, lists of members and members of the executive committee, and financial documents. More specifically the collection contains material related to the murders of James King, the assault of Sterling Hopkins by Judge David S. Terry, abstracts from the files of the Recorders Court and Court of Sessions, showing the most important arrests by the city police, 1853 to 1856, and Report by the Grand Jury on county affairs for the term ending June 1, 1856

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The Massachusetts Teacher...Extra: Fifteenth Annual Report of the Secretary of the Board of Education

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One pamphlet, copyright 1852, entitled The Massachusetts Teacher...Extra: Fifteenth Annual Report of the Secretary of the Board of Education, by Barnas Sears, published by Samuel Coolidge, Boston. Printed at the head of the title is: "Educational Department ... No. 2." The pamphlet is 24 numbered pages in length and is not illustrated. In it Sears highlights "errors and mistakes [which are] highly injurious" to effective instruction and presents "appropriate remedies" and other suggestions. The two titled sections of the report are "The Primary School" and "The Grammar School." The report ends with a general summary of statistics "relating to the Public Schools of the Commonwealth." It is signed "Barnas Sears, Secretary of the Board of Education", and dated Boston, December 10, 1851.

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M.R. Williams education materials

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Collection of letters and report cards relating to M.R. Williams and education in Los Angeles County from 1888-1910. Includes a variety of letters of recommendation and letters of appointment for Williams to various posts in the Los Angeles County School District, including those to the Board of Education, as head of the El Lugo School District, and as principal of Compton Public Schools. The letters were written by representatives of the El Lugo School District, Office of the Board of Education, Monrovia Schools, Santa Monica Public Schools, and Pasadena Public Schools. Also included are six reports cards for Williams' son, Manley, from Compton and Monrovia (1901-1905), a report card for Jessie Williams (Monrovia, 1909-1910), and a letter from the Compton School Alumni Committee thanking Mr. and Mrs. Williams for their assistance in putting on a play.

mssHM 72970-72986

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