Anne Weymouth Deirup Collection on the Desegregation of Berkeley Schools
Guide written by Jocelyn Saidenberg.
Funding for processing this collection was provided by National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
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Guide to the Anne Weymouth Deirup Collection on the Desegregation of Berkeley Schools
Collection number: BANC MSS 2002/214 c
The Bancroft Library
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California
Funding for processing this collection was provided by National Historical Publications and Records Commission
Contact Information:
- Processed by:
- Guide written by Jocelyn Saidenberg
- Date Completed:
- November 2005
- Encoded by:
- James Lake
© 2005 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Collection Summary
Collection Title: Anne Weymouth Deirup Collection on the Desegregation of Berkeley Schools,
Date (inclusive): 1954-1979
Collection Number: BANC MSS 2002/214 c
Creator:
Deirup, Anne Weymouth, 1918-2003
Extent:
Number of containers: 5 cartons
Linear feet: 6.25 linear feet
Repository: The Bancroft Library.
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Abstract: The Anne Weymouth Deirup Collection on Desegregation of Berkeley Schools, 1954-1979, consists of reports, newsletters, pamphlets
and materials relating to the integration of Berkeley public schools and the fight for racial justice and social change. The
collection includes Deirup's correspondence, notes, and statements made at public meetings regarding education, integration
of schools, and student rights. The collection includes publications from local community organizations, parent-teacher associations,
and the Berkeley Unified School District.
Languages Represented:
Collection materials are in English.
Physical Location: Many of the Bancroft Library collections are stored offsite and advance notice may be required for use. For current information
on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Information for Researchers
Restrictions
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to The Bancroft Library. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts
must be submitted in writing to the Head of Public Services. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Bancroft
Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which
must also be obtained by the reader.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Anne Weymouth Deirup Collection on the Desegregation of Berkeley Schools, BANC MSS 2002/214 c, The
Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
School integration--California--Berkeley.
Affirmative action programs--California--Berkeley.
Schools--California--Berkeley.
Juvenile justice, Administration of--California.
Students--Civil rights.
United States. Congress. House. Commiitee on Un-American Activities.
Parent-teacher relationships--California.
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
The Anne Weymouth Deirup Collection on Desegregation of Berkeley Schools was purchased by The Bancroft Library from Noyo Hill
House on August 18, 2001.
Processing Information
Preliminary processing by Lauren Lassleben in 2002 and final processing by Lucy Allen and Jocelyn Saidenberg in 2005.
Biography
Anne Weymouth Deirup (1918-2003), dedicated activist for social change, worked to improve public education in the Berkeley
Unified School District (BUSD) from the 1950s through the 1970s. She was an outspoken advocate for school integration, rights
of students, and racial justice. She was active in Berkeley politics promoting racial and social equality and represented
the rights of school children as an active member of the Parent Teacher Association and BUSD planning committees. In such
work, Deirup collected materials documenting these efforts; these materials now make up the Anne Weymouth Deirup Collection
on Desegregation of Berkeley Schools.
In 1960, she was called before the House Un-American Activities Committee, declined to answer any questions, and delivered
the following message:
"I consider the members of this committee to be dedicated people, and I would very much like to cooperate with this committee.
But...I'm even more convinced that you're dedicated to the destruction of the freedom of thought, the freedom to speak and
of assembly and of association. You are dedicated to the preservation of white supremacy and of segregation and of lynchings.
"I, too, am a dedicated, principled individual, dedicated to the preservation of democracy, freedom of thought and association,
equality and dignity, for all our people! I am dedicated to the promotion of better education for all of our children. And
for peace!"
Scope and Content of Collection
The Anne Weymouth Deirup Collection on Desegregation of Berkeley Schools, 1954-1979, consists of reports, newsletters, pamphlets
and materials relating to the integration of Berkeley public schools and the fight for racial justice and social change. The
collection includes Deirup's correspondence, notes, and statements made at public meetings regarding education, integration
of schools, and student rights. The collection includes publications from local community organizations, parent-teacher associations,
and the Berkeley Unified School District.
The materials are arranged alphabetically by subject.
carton 1, folder 1
Affirmative Action
1973-1978,
n.d.
carton 1, folder 2-4
African-American issues
1954-1978,
n.d.
carton 1, folder 5
American National Red Cross, Berkeley Chapter
1972-1974,
n.d.
carton 1, folder 6
At the Board Meeting
1972-1975
carton 1, folder 7-8
BABEL, Bay Area Bilingual Education League
1962,
1973-1974,
n.d.
carton 1, folder 9-10
Berkeley Citizens Action
1970-1979,
n.d.
carton 1, folder 11
Berkeley Day Nursery
1965-1966
carton 1, folder 12-15
Berkeley School Master Plan Committee
1962-1967,
n.d.
carton 1, folder 16
Berkeley School News
1969-1971
carton 2, folder 1-2
Berkeley School Reconstituted Master Plan Committee
1967-1974
carton 2, folder 3
Berkeley School Reports
1966-1973
carton 2, folder 4-5
Berkeley teachers' strike
1974-1976,
n.d.
carton 2, folder 6-12
Berkeley Unified School District (BUSD)
1955-1979,
n.d.
carton 2, folder 13
BUSD, building projects
1957,
1974-1975
carton 2, folder 14
BUSD, directories
1968-1974
carton 2, folder 15
BUSD, Emergency School Aid Act Proposal
1973-1976
carton 3, folder 1-2
BUSD, High Potential Program
1966-1977,
n.d.
carton 3, folder 3-4
BUSD, individual schools
1954-1974,
n.d.
carton 3, folder 5
BUSD, Office of Human Relations
1970-1974,
n.d.
carton 3, folder 6
BUSD, publications
1954-1978,
n.d.
carton 3, folder 7
BUSD, site concentrations
1971 Oct.-Nov.,
n.d.
carton 3, folder 8
Berkeley Young Women's Christian Association
1960-1964,
n.d.
carton 3, folder 9
Black Liberation-Communist Party of the USA
1966-1970,
n.d.
carton 3, folder 10
The Bud, BUSD publication
1968-1969
carton 3, folder 11
CARE (Community Against Racism in Education)
1976,
n.d.
carton 3, folder 12
Center for Open Learning and Teaching
n.d.
carton 3, folder 13
The Class Politics of Education
1978,
n.d.
carton 3, folder 14-15
The Communist Party of the USA
1968-1976,
n.d.
carton 3, folder 16
Community for New Politics
1967-1968
carton 3, folder 17
Community Task Force for Quality Education
1978,
n.d.
carton 3, folder 18
Educational models
1962-1970,
n.d.
carton 3, folder 19
Elementary and secondary education
1965 Nov.
carton 3, folder 20
Elementary structures
1965-1967,
n.d.
carton 3, folder 21-22
Elementary schools
1970-1976,
n.d.
carton 3, folder 23
Foreign language curriculum
1976-1977,
n.d.
carton 3, folder 24
Grassroots (Anne Weymouth Deirup's articles for publication)
1973-1975,
n.d.
carton 3, folder 25
House Un-Americans Activities Committee
1958-1968,
n.d.
carton 4, folder 1
Integration
1961-1977,
n.d.
carton 4, folder 2-4
Integration Education Projects (IEP)
1963-1969,
n.d.
carton 4, folder 5
IEP, dramatic presentation
1964-1965,
n.d.
carton 4, folder 6
IEP, Intercultural Exposition
1964
carton 4, folder 7-8
Juvenile justice
1968-1976,
n.d.
carton 4, folder 11
Multicultural issues
1978,
n.d.
carton 4, folder 13-14
Political campaigns
1973-1979
carton 4, folder 16-17
PTA, Berkeley-Albany Council of Parent-Teacher Associations (BACPTA)
1955-1978
carton 4, folder 18
PTA, BACPTA, directories
1963-1972
carton 4, folder 19
PTA, BACPTA, photographs of annual dinner
1976
carton 4, folder 20
PTA,
Berkeley PTA Council Newslette (sic)
1964-1976
carton 4, folder 21
PTA,
Berkeley PTA Tele-News, articles
1965-1971,
n.d.
carton 5, folder 1-3
PTA, California Congress of Parents and Teachers, Inc.
1964-1976,
n.d.
carton 5, folder 4
PTA, CCPTI, directories
1970-1975
carton 5, folder 5
PTA, CCPTI, photographs of fall convention
1976
carton 5, folder 6
PTA, CCPTI,
Tele-News
1970-1976
carton 5, folder 7
PTA, resolutions
1964-1974,
n.d.
carton 5, folder 8
Project S.E.E.D. (Special Elementary Education for the Disadvantaged)
1965-1968
carton 5, folder 9
Racial composition of faculty
1955-1961,
n.d.
carton 5, folder 10
San Francisco Unified School District
1965-1974
carton 5, folder 11
School vouchers
1970-1979,
n.d.
carton 5, folder 12
Special education
1964-1977,
n.d.
carton 5, folder 13-14
Students' rights/school discipline
1965-1976,
n.d.
carton 5, folder 19
Youth issues
1964-1976,
n.d.