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(SIDE 1) CURTIS, Lawrence C. 934 Hilmar Street, Santa Clara, 296-5095. Mr. Curtis was superintendent of Jefferson School District from 1932 until its assimilation into the Santa Clara Union School District in 1966. He then served as the new district superintendent until his retirement in 1970. August 12, 1974. Santa Clara elementary school systems (1932). The high school. The Jefferson School District: its origins, duties of the principal or superintendent, its curriculum, the teachers (N.B.: a loud aircraft noise blocks out Mr. Curtis’ statement that he was the only male on the Jefferson faculty when he came), similarities with the other area school districts, disciplinary problems, overage elementary students, teacher training and qualifications, teacher salaries, “bidding” for teacher jobs (circa Depression), teachers in the Depression, ethnic background of students and of teachers, attitudes of the parents towards education, harvest and the start of the school year, number of students who went on to high school, his job, free lunch program in the Depression, private funding for this program, tightening of the school funds (Thirties), the school board, public apathy concerning school board meetings (pre-Fifties), what if you held a school board election (and nobody voted)?. Social life(Thirties): recreation, clubs, the Greater Santa Clara Club, the Rotary Club. College town: effect of the university on local school districts, San Jose Normal School. The Portuguese fiesta. Local politics: “saloon politics”, change in city political balance (Fifties), popular interest in City Council. Effects of World War II: deportation of the Japanese, purchase of their land. The industrial park: its effects on the Jefferson School District. Growth of the district: its increase in students and schools (1932-1966), Assembly Bill 1 and annexation-affects school districts, bond issues. Small town atmosphere: Santa Clara’s distaste for outlying areas, the school unification election (1966), state election law’s effects, Santa Clara’s narrow margin of approval for unification . the new district: his selection as first superintendent, number of schools in district (1966), changes in the Jefferson School District (1932-1966), intermediate schools, government services for Jefferson District (Thirties, Forties), school’s role in fighting area fires. Length—52 minutes. (SIDE 2) BOTELLO, Mary. 1073 Alivso Street, Santa Clara. Miss Botello was born in Santa Clara and has lived here all her life, working until her retirement in the area’s canneries. She was interviewed with her sister, Vangie. August 14, 1974. Santa Clara (1900’s): children, nickelodeon, Portuguesetown. Education: Fremont School, part-time intermediate school, Notre Dame School, relationship between private and public school children. Portuguesetown: other names for the “town” (Nigger Hill), “Portagees”, the homes, backyard gardens, neighborhood cooperation on the gardens. Pratt-Low Cannery: introduction to machinery, employees, seasonal labor, walnut picking, unemployment in off-season. PM Mill. Prohibition. The Depression. Dark and white flour. The Portuguese fiesta: arranging for the parade, attendance. Other local festivals: St. Anthony’s, Fiesta de las Rosas, comparison with the Portuguese fiesta. The two SES’s: early fight, “old” and “new” SES’s. scheduling two separate fiestas. Mission fire and St. Claire’s (1926). College town. Old park. Shopping in the old district. How schools dealt with left-handed characteristics. Merchants: cooperation between them, the druggist Furnish. Volunteer firemen. The world wars. Old Turn Verein hall. Redevelopment. Elections. Housing patterns. Continuing control of the old housing area by the old (pre-1940) families. Length—58 minutes.
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sound
Format
Master 1/4 inch audio tape
Extent
1 Tape of 1
Identifier
C979.473 C18 Case Tape #12; 462462 cstcl_000011
Language
English
Subject
Education--California--Santa Clara County Oral histories Portuguese Americans--California--Social conditions Portuguese Americans--California--Social life and customs Santa Clara (Calif.)--History
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Santa Clara City Library California Revealed is supported 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.
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