Bernice Wood collection
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
- Wood, Bernice (1887-1963) (Person)
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.
Creator
- Wood, Bernice (1887-1963) (Person)
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the California State University Stanislaus Special Collections and University Archives Repository
University Library
One University Circle
Turlock CA 95382 United States
mweppler@csustan.edu