California Adult Education Archives
Collection processed by Linda L. West; machine-readable finding aid created by Randi Knutson
Outreach and Technical Assistance Network
Sacramento County Office of Education
P.O. Box 269003
Sacramento, CA 95826-9003
Phone: (916) 228-2580
Fax: (916) 228-2563
Email: library@otan.us
URL: http://www.otan.us
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Collection Summary
Title: California Adult Education Archives
Date (inclusive): 1935-2014
Identifier/Call Number: OTAN FA 012
Creator:
Outreach and Technical Assistance Network
Physical Description:
2,055 cataloged items and 11 special collections
Repository:
Sacramento County Office of Education. Outreach and Technical Assistance Network.
P.O. Box 269003
Sacramento, CA 95826-9003
Abstract: The California Adult Education Archives includes over 2,000 cataloged items on 175 feet of shelf space and eleven special
collections in 57 boxes, dating from 1935 to the present. Resources include history, research, evaluation reports, curricula,
staff development and assessment materials, CDE handbooks, working notebooks of adult education leaders, sample products from
local education agencies, and newsletters. Formats include print, slides, sound cassettes, videocassettes, CDs, and DVDs.
An electronic catalog is available on the OTAN Web site. The finding aids for the special collections are posted on the Online
Archive of California (OAC) Web site. Tapes and transcripts of the twenty-nine oral histories are deposited in the California
State Archives. A significant component is the California Council for Adult Education (CCAE) collection. The California Adult
Education Archives provide a record of adult education in California and are a valuable resource for staff development at
both the state and national level.
Language of Material:
English
Physical Location: The materials of the California Adult Education Archives maintained by the Outreach and Technical Assistance Network at the
Sacramento County Office of Education. For current information on the location of the materials, please consult the OTAN
Web site at http://www.otan.us.
Access
The collection is open for research by appointment. Please call the Outreach and Technical Assistance Network.
Publication Rights
California Adult Education archival materials are publically funded and not subject to copyright restrictions. Publications
should properly reference the Archives and the specific collection that contains the quoted materials. See Preferred Citation.
Preferred Citation
Guide to the California Adult Education Archives. OTAN FA 012. Adult Education Archives, Outreach and Technical Assistance
Network, Sacramento County Office of Education, Sacramento, CA
Acquisition Information
The materials in the California Adult Education Archives were collected over a twenty-five year period beginning in 1990.
Donations were received from the California Department of Education, from federally funded California adult education leadership
projects, from professional organizations, and from individual adult educators.
Administrative History
Public adult education in California celebrated its sesquicentennial year in 2005. The memoirs of John Swett, California's
fourth Superintendent of Public Instruction, record that in 1856, he taught an evening class sponsored by the San Francisco
Board of Education in the basement of St. Mary's Cathedral. From that first classroom, a multiple-provider system grew to
meet the challenges and serve the needs of over two million adults every year. Early evening classes served the needs of immigrants
for citizenship and elementary subjects. Early years of the twentieth century saw dramatic growth in mandated continuation
education for minors and basic education classes for adults. In the 1920s, adult education progressed to meeting the educational
needs of all adults. During World War II, California workers were trained in defense classes. The 1950s saw the development
of modern adult education programs governed by Education Code provisions. In the 1960s the federal role in adult education
leadership expanded, and states received money to give educational opportunity to the disadvantaged. Also in the Sixties,
junior colleges were recognized as a third segment of postsecondary education with state colleges and universities. The Ed
Code gave school districts responsibility for "adult basic education," and gave colleges responsibility for post-secondary
courses. Governance issues continued into the twenty-first century. Events resulting in the growth of California adult education
in the last half of the twentieth century included the wave of Southeast Asian refugees needing educational services following
the end of the Vietnam War, the federal job training legislation, and the immigration reform (amnesty) legislation. California
continued to receive significant federal supplemental funding for communication systems, integration of technology into instruction,
distance learning, and student assessment. During the late nineties policymakers and the general public had concerns about
the quality and outcomes of educational programs. The interest in the comparison of programs and the return on public investment
continued.
Indexing Terms
Corporate Names
Adult Education Institute for Research and Planning (California)
Adult Literacy Instructors' Training Institute (California)
Association of California School Administrators
California Adult Literacy Professional Development Project
California. Dept. of Education. Adult Education
California Distance Learning Project
California Staff Development Institute
Competency-Based Adult Education Staff Development (California)
Comprehensive Adult Student Assessment System (Foundation for Educational Achievement)
Educational Telecommunications Network (Downey, California)
ESL Teacher Institute (California)
Intelligent Telecommunications (Firm)
Outreach and Technical Assistance Network (California)
Sacramento County Office of Education
San Diego Community College District
Personal Names
Brady-Herndon, Dianne
Corley, Mary Ann
Fleischman, John
Gaer, Susan
Knight-Mendelson, Marilyn
Miller, Cuba
Pedroza, Hugh
Polster, Joan Dailey
Porter, Dennis
Savage, K. Lynn
Stiles, Richard L.
Stocker, Charles F.
Taylor, Aryola
Tibbetts, John W
West, Linda L.
Zinner, Jane
Subject (ERIC Thesaurus)
Adult Basic Education
Adult Education
Adult Vocational Education
Citizenship Education
Community Colleges
Correctional Education
Distance Education
Educational Assessment
Educational Technology
English (Second Language)
Older Adults
Parent Education
Staff Development
Scope and Content of the Collection
The California Adult Education Archives contains a wealth of print and non-print materials. The materials date primarily from
the 1950s onward, and the focus is primarily the adult programs that are a part of the California public schools. There are
some materials related to non-credit adult programs in the California Community Colleges, to library literacy programs, and
to programs in correctional facilities and in community and faith-based organizations.
The California Adult Education Archives includes over 2,000 cataloged items and eleven special collections, dating from the
1940s to the present. Resources include history, research, evaluation reports, curricula, staff development and assessment
materials, CDE handbooks, working notebooks of adult education leaders, sample products from local education agencies, and
newsletters. Formats include print, slide-tapes, videos, CDs, DVDs, and oral histories. An electronic catalog is available
on the OTAN Web site.
Arrangement of the Collection
The cataloged materials are shelved in eighty-one categories alphabetically by topic. Within the topic, the items are arranged
by accession number.
Related Material
OTAN maintains a Web site devoted to California Adult Education History http://www.caadultedhistory.org It contains a database
of the start dates of California adult schools, a video history, a print history published by the CA Department of Education,
and transcripts and audio excerpts of 29 oral history interviews.
Separated Material
The finding aids for the special collections are posted on the Online Archive of California (OAC) Web site. Tapes and transcripts
of the twenty-nine oral histories are deposited in the California State Archives.
Box Category 1
Series 1
(By Title) A-A
1998-2001
Physical Description: 3 documents, 9 in.
Scope and Content Note
Miscellaneous documents titled A-A
Box Category 2
Series 2
(By Title) B-C
1973-2010
Physical Description: 15 documents, 18 in.
Scope and Content Note
Miscellaneous documents titled B-C
Box Category 3
Series 3
(By Title) D-E
1984-2002
Physical Description: 7 documents, 7 in.
Scope and Content Note
Miscellaneous documents titled D-E
Box Category 4
Series 4
(By Title) F-O
1948-2012
Physical Description: 14 documents, 20 in.
Scope and Content Note
Miscellaneous documents titled F-O
Box Category 5
Series 5
(By Title) P-S
1989-2007
Physical Description: 8 documents, 16 in.
Scope and Content Note
Miscellaneous documents titled P-S
Box Category 6
Series 6
(By Title) T-Z
1986-2003
Physical Description: 3 documents, 7 in.
Scope and Content Note
Miscellaneous documents titled T-Z
Box Category 7
Series 7
309 Projects
1974-1983
Physical Description: 13 documents and videocassettes, 11 in.
Scope and Content Note
Reports, student materials, teacher guides, staff development
Box Category 8
Series 8
310 Projects
1971-1987
Physical Description: 9 documents, 12 in.
Scope and Content Note
Federally funded products and reports of mini-grants
Box Category 9
Subgroup 9
Adult Ed 1950s
1949-1962
Physical Description: 11 items, 9 in.
Scope and Content Note
Reports and guides
Box Category 10
Series 10
Adult Ed 1960s
1960-1970
Physical Description: 21 documents, 14 in.
Scope and Content Note
Reports, guides, and a directory
Box Category 11
Series 11
Adult Ed 1970s
1970-1980
Physical Description: 22 documents, 17 in.
Scope and Content Note
Reports, manuals, position papers, manuals, newsletters, regulations
Box Category 12
Series 12
Adult Ed 1980s
1980-1994
Physical Description: 24 documents, 21 in.
Scope and Content Note
Reports, manuals, newsletters, directories, handbooks, recommendations
Box Category 13
Series 13
Adult Ed 1990s
1990-1999
Physical Description: 34 documents, 23 in.
Scope and Content Note
Reports, data, conference proceedings, compliance manuals, data, research
Box Category 14
Series 14
Adult Ed 2000s
1999-2012
Physical Description: 39 documents, 108 in.
Scope and Content Note
Reports, accreditation guides, compliance review guides, data, federal site review materials, strategic plans
Box Category 15
Series 15
Adult Ed Handbook
1949-2005
Physical Description: 16 documents, 5 in.
Scope and Content Note
Official California adult education handbooks
Box Category 16
Series 16
Adult Ed History
1948-2005
Physical Description: 10 documents, 1 videocassette, 1 DVD, 10 in.
Scope and Content Note
Print and video histories of adult education in California
Box Category 17
Series 17
Adult Ed Institute (By Title) A-H
1988-1991
Physical Description: 8 documents, 3 in.
Scope and Content Note
Research reports, strategic plans
Box Category 18
Subgroup 18
Adult Ed Institute (By Title) I-Z
1990-1995
Physical Description: 11 documents, 4 in.
Scope and Content Note
Reports, manuals, workplans, state plans
Box Category 19
Series 19
Adult Ed Institute Policy Options
1989-1992
Physical Description: 18 documents, 8 in.
Scope and Content Note
Policy option research papers
Box Category 20
Series 20
Adult Ed Statistics
1950-1998
Physical Description: 13 documents, 9 in.
Scope and Content Note
Statistical data
Box Category 21
Series 21
Adult English (Second Language)
1966-2007
Physical Description: 125 documents and videocassettes, 175 in.
Scope and Content Note
Handbooks, model standards, teacher guides, reports, workshop proceedings, student curriculum, staff development
Box Category 22
Series 22
Adult Leadership 1979
1975-1979
Physical Description: 10 documents, 5 in.
Scope and Content Note
Manuals describing adult education programs in California
Box Category 23
Series 23
Adult Literacy
1984-2009
Physical Description: 85 documents and videocassettes, 60 in.
Scope and Content Note
Reports, directories, model program standards, surveys, learner stories
Box Category 24
Series 24
Adult Performance Level
1975-1977
Physical Description: 6 documents, 5 in.
Scope and Content Note
Reports, guides, charts
Box Category 25
Series 25
Adult Schools
1963-2004
Physical Description: 11 documents, 6 in.
Scope and Content Note
Reports, histories, products
Box Category 26
Series 26
Adult Secondary Education
1952-2007
Physical Description: 22 documents, 24 in.
Scope and Content Note
Program standards, curriculum guides, reports, project descriptions
Box Category 27
Series 27
Amnesty/IRCA
1987-1996
Physical Description: 21 documents, 30 in.
Scope and Content Note
Guides, reports, regulations, curriculum
Box Category 28
Series 1
Assessment
1977-1989
Physical Description: 4 documents, 6 in.
Scope and Content Note
Guides, tests, training manual
Box Category 29
Series 29
CA State ABE Plans
1967-2011
Physical Description: 26 documents, 20 in.
Scope and Content Note
State plans and reports
Box Category 30
Series 30
CACE
1976-1980
Physical Description: 8 documents, 6 in.
Scope and Content Note
Reports, resource lists
Box Category 31
Series 31
CalWORKS
1998-2000
Physical Description: 4 documents, 5 in.
Scope and Content Note
Program descriptions, survey results
Box Category 32
Series 32
CASAS (By Title) A-B
1988-2004
Physical Description: 17 documents, 12 in.
Scope and Content Note
Reports, manuals, bibliographies
Box Category 33
Series 33
CASAS (By Title) C-C
1982-2009
Physical Description: 35 documents, 52 in.
Scope and Content Note
Handbooks, guides, manuals, newsletter
Box Category 34
Series 34
CASAS (By Title) D-Z
1984-2007
Physical Description: 51 items, 64 in.
Scope and Content Note
Manuals, guides, reports
Box Category 35
Series 35
CASAS Curric Index
1986-2004
Physical Description: 19 documents, 17 in.
Scope and Content Note
Curriculum indexes, instructional materials guides
Box Category 36
Series 36
CASAS Disabled Populations
1988
Physical Description: 3 items, 2 in.
Scope and Content Note
Adult life skills tests
Box Category 37
Series 37
CASAS Final Report
1981-1989
Physical Description: 13 documents, 29 in.
Scope and Content Note
Contractor reports
Box Category 38
Series 38
CASAS IRCA
1988-1997
Physical Description: 14 documents, 6 in.
Scope and Content Note
Reports, curriculum guides, bibliographies
Box Category 39
Series 39
CASAS Summer Institute
1980-2003
Physical Description: 24 documents, 36 in.
Scope and Content Note
Conference resource manuals
Box Category 40
Series 40
CBE Staff Development
1980-1989
Physical Description: 26 documents and videocassettes, 52 in.
Scope and Content Note
Reports, handbooks, staff development guides
Box Category 41
Series 41
CDE State and Federal Reports
1990-2013
Physical Description: 57 documents, 17 in.
Scope and Content Note
Reports
Box Category 42
Series 42
Citizenship
1997-2005
Physical Description: 58 documents, videocassettes, DVDs, 79 in.
Scope and Content Note
Lesson plans, student materials, teaching guides
Box Category 43
Series 43
CLASS Level 1
1978
Physical Description: 11 modules, 32 in.
Scope and Content Note
Adult competency education curriculum modules
Box Category 44
Series 44
CLASS Level 2
1978
Physical Description: 9 modules, 27 in.
Scope and Content Note
Adult competency education curriculum modules
Box Category 45
Series 45
Community Colleges
1960-2006
Physical Description: 16 documents, 14 in.
Scope and Content Note
Reports, guides, histories, plans, policy agendas
Box Category 46
Series 46
Competency Based Ed (A-K)
1977-1990
Physical Description: 21 documents, 21 in.
Scope and Content Note
Reports, program descriptions, curriculum, data
Box Category 47
Series 47
Competency Based Ed (L-Z)
1974-1987
Physical Description: 15 documents, 15 in.
Scope and Content Note
Reports, proceedings, curriculum guides, staff development modules
Box Category 48
Series 48
Correctional Education
1974-2008
Physical Description: 16 items, 11 in.
Scope and Content Note
Reports, program descriptions, program data, curriculum guides, plans
Box Category 49
Series 49
Crossroads Cafe
1994-1998
Physical Description: 33 documents and videocassettes, 36 in.
Scope and Content Note
Adult student instructional materials,video transcripts, workbooks, teacher resources, promotional materials
Box Category 50
Series 50
Culture
1966-1994
Physical Description: 7 documents, 12 in.
Scope and Content Note
Case studies, resource guides, handbooks, reports
Box Category 51
Series 51
Disabled Populations
1977-2001
Physical Description: 37 items, 16 in.
Scope and Content Note
Legislation, program statistics, reports, resource directories, curriculum guides, model program standards
Box Category 52
Series 52
Distance Learning
1954-2013
Physical Description: 35 items, 36 in.
Scope and Content Note
Reports, program descriptions, data, instructional materials, videocassetes
Box Category 53
Series 53
DNAE
1982-1988
Physical Description: 14 documents, 15 in.
Scope and Content Note
Reports, program catalogs, technical assistance notebook
Box Category 54
Series 54
English for All
2001-2002
Physical Description: 20 DVDs, CD-ROMs, videocassettes, mini-DVDs,14 in.
Scope and Content Note
Adult student instructional material
Box Category 55
Series 55
GAIN
1984-2000
Physical Description: 23 documents, 17 in.
Scope and Content Note
Program descriptions, reports, evaluations
Box Category 56
Series 56
LA CAPS Citizen
1979
Physical Description: 10 documents, 5 in.
Scope and Content Note
Adult learner manuals
Box Category 57
Series 57
LA CAPS Consumer
1979
Physical Description: 10 documents, 5 in.
Scope and Content Note
Adult learner manuals
Box Category 58
Series 58
LA CAPS Family
1979
Physical Description: 6 documents, 5 in.
Scope and Content Note
Adult learner manuals
Box Category 59
Series 59
LA CAPS Health
1979
Physical Description: 6 documents, 5 in.
Scope and Content Note
Adult learner manuals
Box Category 60
Series 60
LA CAPS Worker
1979
Physical Description: 8 documents, 5 in.
Scope and Content Note
Adult learner manuals
Box Category 61
Series 61
LAES
1998
Physical Description: 32 binders and documents, 16 in.
Scope and Content Note
Student instructional materials and report
Box Category 62
Series 62
Lifelines
2002
Physical Description: 11 videocassettes, 14 in.
Scope and Content Note
Adult student instructional material
Box Category 63
Series 63
Madison Heights
2002
Physical Description: 1 document and 10 videocassettes, 14 in.
Scope and Content Note
Adult student instructional material
Box Category 64
Series 64
NOMOS Projects
1978-1980
Physical Description: 13 documents, 7 in.
Scope and Content Note
Surveys, reports, workshop materials
Box Category 65
Series 65
Older Adults
1978-2008
Physical Description: 13 docmuents, 14 in.
Scope and Content Note
Handbooks, guides, proceedings, studies
Box Category 66
Series 66
On Common Ground
1999-2000
Physical Description: 20 documents and videocassettes, 22 in.
Scope and Content Note
Adult student instructional material, teacher resources, promotional material
Box Category 67
Series 67
One Stop Centers
1995-2003
Physical Description: 25 documents, 13 in.
Scope and Content Note
Plans, surveys, testimonies, applications, reports
Box Category 68
Series 68
Oral History
1992-2005
Physical Description: 56 sound cassette sets and transcripts, 72 in.
Scope and Content Note
Oral history interviews
Box Category 69
Series 69
OTAN
1989-2013
Physical Description: 124 documents, videocassettes, DVDs, CD-ROMs, 144 in.
Scope and Content Note
Reports, guides, manuals, surveys, workshop handouts, catalogs
Box Category 70
Series 70
Parent Education
1935-2006
Physical Description: 28 documents, 18 in.
Scope and Content Note
Handbooks, guides, manuals, standards, resource lists
Box Category 71
Series 71
School Effectiveness
1971-2002
Physical Description: 17 documents, 12 in.
Scope and Content Note
Plans, quality indicators, appraisal procedures, exemplary program descriptions
Box Category 72
Series 72
Slides
1973-1982
Physical Description: 15 carousel slide sets and sound cassettes, 36 in.
Scope and Content Note
Adult student instructional material and adult school program descriptions
Box Category 73
Series 73
Special Collections
1944-2014
Physical Description: 57 boxes, 72 ft.
Scope and Content Note
Eleven special collections
Box Category 74
Series 74
Staff Development
1985-2013
Physical Description: 186 documents and videocassettes, 234 in.
Scope and Content Note
Reports, adult education instructor workshop materials, workshop facilitator guides, newsletters, conference proceedings,
directories, assessment guides
Box Category 75
Series 75
Technology
1993-2002
Physical Description: 5 documents, 6 in.
Scope and Content Note
Reports, guides, plans
Box Category 76
Series 76
Videos
1983-2011
Physical Description: 77 videocassettes, 90 in.
Scope and Content Note
Adult program descriptions, adult student stories, adult leadership project descriptions
Box Category 77
Series 77
Vocational Ed
1940-2000
Physical Description: 20 documents, 8 in.
Scope and Content Note
Plans, reports, model program descriptions, histories, curriculum guides, trainer materials
Box Category 78
Series 78
Vocational ESL
1971-1999
Physical Description: 81 documents and videocassettes, 20 in.
Scope and Content Note
Adult learner instructional materials, guides, directories, program descriptions, instructor resources
Box Category 79
Series 79
Welfare Reform
1997-1998
Physical Description: 2 documents, 1 in.
Scope and Content Note
Information analysis, seminar presentation
Box Category 80
Series 80
Workforce Development
1982-2006
Physical Description: 23 documents, 17 in.
Scope and Content Note
Reports, plans, handbooks, statistical abstracts, policy summaries
Box Category 81
Series 81
Workplace Education
1987-2000
Physical Description: 10 documents, 17 in.
Scope and Content Note
Reports, manuals, guides, handbooks
Box Category 82
Series 82
Journals
1980-2013
Physical Description: 17 journals, 204 in.
Scope and Content Note
Indexed journals related to adult education and technology