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Title
Pierce Boasts 'Pretty good education
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Creator
Woods, Jon
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Date Created and/or Issued
1961
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Photograph was edited for publication purposes
Photograph article dated November 13, 1961 partially reads, "'They can call us farmers if they want. But, if so, they'll find a pretty good education down on the farm.' John B. Shepard, president of Pierce College, was explaining the transition of the Woodland Hills campus from a strictly agricultural school to a liberal arts institution with a broad curriculum."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00109879
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d007_f30_i30
CARL0005253856
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/45167
Subject
Los Angeles Pierce College
Los Angeles Pierce College--Presidents
Community colleges--California--Woodland Hills (Los Angeles)
Community colleges--California--Woodland Hills (Los Angeles)--Presidents
Men--California--Los Angeles
Woodland Hills (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Portrait photographs
Valley Times Collection photographs

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