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Bernice Wood collection

 Collection
Identifier: WOOD-001-CaTurCSU

Scope and Contents

Bernice Wood (1887-1963), known as an innovator of immigrant education in Hughson and Modesto in the years 1920-1940, was a teacher, banker, real estate agent, Turlock Irrigation District (TID) employee, as well as an owner of a small farm. The collection includes letters received from immigrants she taught or assisted, scrapbooks, photographs, songbooks, and related documents. A biography and transcriptions of the Bernice Wood correspondence and scrapbooks can be found in three published volumes, compiled and edited by Bob Santos, available in the Special Collections: Bernice Wood: friend of the foreigner (LC3719 .S26 1999) and Bernice Wood: a collection of her memoirs and correspondence 2 vols. (LC3719 .W66 1999). 

Dates

  • Majority of material found within 1918-1940

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Extent

4 Boxes

1 File Folder (Photograph removed from box and placed in file folder due to curling. )

Language of Materials

English

Disclaimer

Materials are presented in their original format in observance of copyright and preservation of the integrity of archival materials. Content may include titles, imagery and/or text that is offensive and problematic.

Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the California State University Stanislaus Special Collections and University Archives Repository

Contact:
University Library
One University Circle
Turlock CA 95382 United States