Parents study recommended texts at West Valley Library
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Creator
Brich, George
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
Photograph caption dated January 7, 1962 reads, "Gloria Davis and Cora Melby, both Sun Valley, check controversial books." Fourteen social study textbooks are being condemned by the organization Parents for Better Education because the group claims the texts are inferior in quality and are inadequate in presenting factual historical accounts of American history.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Parents for Better Education Los Angeles Public Library.--West Valley Regional Branch Associations, institutions, etc.--California--Los Angeles Branch libraries--California--Reseda (Los Angeles) Regional libraries--California--Reseda (Los Angeles) Public libraries--California--Reseda (Los Angeles) Women--California--Los Angeles Textbooks--California--Los Angeles Books--California--Los Angeles Shelving for books--California--Los Angeles Library users--California--Los Angeles Tables--California--Los Angeles Chairs--California--Los Angeles Note-taking Signs and signboards--California--Los Angeles Interior lighting--California--Los Angeles Interiors--California--Reseda (Los Angeles) Lost architecture--California--Reseda (Los Angeles) Reseda (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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