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Wood (Bernice) collection

WOOD.001.CaTurCSU

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Table of contents

box 1 of 4

Series 1 1918-1937

Physical Description: 1 BoxesOriginal box labeled "Box #63." Original inventory notes are quoted below: "(teacher/missionary): Venice High School graduation photo, 1919; California Legislator Assembly resolution of memorialization of Bernice Wood, Oct.28, 1963; scrapbooks entitled: 1918-37; First Thirty Years; Letters from the Small, the Doubtful, from Frauds, from Humble Folk;"

Correspondences and Photos (Wood, Bernice)

My Philosophy of Life, Modesto Junior College Assignment

My philosophy of life, a Modesto Community College project

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Newspaper Clippings

Resolution Relative to Memorializing Miss Bernice Wood, October 28, 1963

1918-1937, scrapbook

1918-1937 scrapbook: 1918-1937

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Bank clerks during the 1918 flu epidemic: 1918

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Bernice Wood in front of her first car: 1919

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First Thirty Years, scrapbook 1887-1918

First thirty years, scrapbook: 1887-1918

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Letters from the Small, the Doubtful, from Frauds, from Humble Folks, scrapbook

Venice High School Graduation Photo, 1919

box 2 of 4

Series 2 1934-1937

Physical Description: 1 BoxesOriginal box labeled "Box #63A." Inventory is listed below: "(teacher/missionary): scrapbooks entitled: Letters from the Great; World War II Cost Accounting; Un-Civil Service; (Files): 1934-37; Portuguese students; Mexican students #1, #2; Native American student-Lawrence Vallo; African-Americans; Chinese American students; Filipino students; Peruvian students; Natalio; Japanese friends & students; Misc. biography material; Donation/Stanislaus State; Candidacy for County Superintendent of Schools; Harry Johnson; Industrial Relations; League of Women Voters Chair, Jail Committee; Accountant position; Real Estate; Misc.; Daughters of the American Revolution (D. A. R.)"

1934-1937

Accountant Position

Bernice Wood, Talk

Biography Material (Miscellaneous)

Bradley, J.H.

Candidacy for County Superintendent of Schools 1938

Candidacy for County Superintendent of Schools: 1938

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Chinese American Students

Daughters of the American Revolution (D.A.R.)

Donation [to] Stanislaus State

Filipino Students

Industrial Relations

Japanese Friends and Students

Johnson, Harry

League of Women Voters Chair; Jail Committee

Mexican Students, files No. 1 and No. 2

Miscellaneous (Wood, Bernice)

Native American Student, Lawrence Vallo

Lawrence J. Vallo

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Peruvian Students

Portuguese Students

Real Estate

Ruelan, Natalio

Letters from the Great, scrapbook

Un-Civil Service, scrapbook 1928-1961

Un-Civil Service: 1928-1961

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Physical Description: 1 Volumes

World War II Cost Accounting, scrapbook

box 3 of 4

Series 3 1909-1943

Physical Description: 1 Boxes"Box #63B." Original container summary is quoted below: "(teacher/missionary): 6 books (Adult Immigrant Education Sharlip, & Owens, c1925; Basic English And Its Uses Richards, c1943; New Pocket-Dictionary of the English & Bohemian Languages Vana, c1920; Handy Italian-English and English-Italian Dictionary c1912; Oral Method of Teaching Languages Palmer, c1912; Toward a Literate World Laubach, c1938); songbooks (America for Me Van Dyke, c1909; Americanization Songs, c1920); HS yearbooks (The Ranger 1927 Hughson; The Gondolier 1919 Venice, CA); "

Adult Immigrant Education, monograph

America for Me, songbook

Americanization Songs, songbook

Basic English and its Uses, monograph

Handy Italian-English and English-Italian Dictionary, monograph

The Gondolier, yearbook

New Pocket-Dictionary of the English and Bohemian Languages, monograph

Oral Method of Teaching Languages, monograph

The Ranger, yearbook

Toward a Literate World, monograph

box 4 of 4

Series 4 1887-1963

Physical Description: 1 BoxesBox #63C. Container summary is quoted below: "(teacher/missionary) A copy each of: Bernice Wood: Friend of the Foreigner; Bernice Wood: a collection of her memoirs and correspondence."

Autobiographical Writings by Bernice Wood

Bernice Wood: Friend of the Foreigner

A Collection of Her Memoirs and Correspondence (2 copies)

Series 5: Transcriptions 1887-1937 1999

Creator: Wood, Bernice (1887-1963)

Creator: Santos, Robert LeRoy (1944-2017)

Physical Description: 2 Bound Volume

Scope and Contents

A collection of Bernice Wood's (1887-1963) correspondence and personal memoirs, transcribed by Robert LeRoy "Bob" Santos (1944-2017). Transcribed source materials are from series 1 and series 2 in this collection.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Correspondence

Wood, Bernice (1887-1963)

Immigrants -- Education -- California -- Hughson -- Case studies

Immigrants -- Education -- California -- Modesto -- Case studie

Azoreans -- California -- Stanislaus County -- History

Mexicans -- California -- Stanislaus County -- History

Filipinos -- California -- Stanislaus County -- History

Japanese -- California -- History

Chinese -- United States -- History

Modesto High School

Hughson High School (Calif.)

Bernice Wood: A Collection of Her Memoirs and Correspondence, Volume 1 1999

Bernice Wood: A Collection of Her Memoirs and Correspondence, Volume 1: 1999

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Physical Description: 1 Bound Volume

Bernice Wood: A Collection of Her Memoirs and Correspondence, Volume 2 1999

Bernice Wood: A Collection of Her Memoirs and Correspondence, Volume 2: 1999

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Physical Description: 1 Bound Volume

Collection Contents

Series 1

Series 2

Series 3

Series 4

Series 5: Transcriptions