Finding Aid for the Boynton Teachers' Agency Records, 1908-1929
Processed by Hilda Bohem and Kayla Siegel; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé
© 2003
The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Finding Aid for the Boynton Teachers' Agency Records, 1908-1929
Collection number: 535
UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
Manuscripts Division
Los Angeles, CA
- Processed by:
- Hilda Bohem and Kayla Siegel, May 1978
- Encoded by:
- Caroline Cubé
- Online finding aid edited by:
- Josh Fiala, February 2004
© 2003 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Boynton Teachers' Agency Records,
Date (inclusive): 1908-1929
Collection number: 535
Creator:
Boynton Teachers' Agency
Extent:
25 boxes (12.5 linear ft.)
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library.
Dept. of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library,
Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright,
are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of
the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the
copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC
Regents do not hold the copyright.
Restrictions on Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Boynton Teachers' Agency Records (Collection 535). Department of Special Collections, Charles E.
Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of letter books and client ledgers for the Boynton Teachers' Agency, annual directories for California
county and city schools through high school level, and a small group of directories for other Western states.
Organization and Arrangement
Arranged in the following series:
- California school directories (county) arranged chronologically (Boxes 1-7).
- Calif. school directories (city and county) arranged alphabetically (Boxes 8-13).
- Non-Calif. directories and financial reports (Box 14).
- Ephemera, scrapbooks (Boxes 15-16).
- Client applications and reference correspondence (Box 17).
- Letter books arranged chronologically (Boxes 18-24).
- Los Angeles County school directories (Box 25).
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Boynton Teachers' Agency--Archives.
Teacher placement agencies--California--Archival resources.
Directories.
Container List
California School Directories (County)
Scope and Content Note
Mounted in scrapbooks, arranged chronologically.
California School Directories (City and County) ca. 1928-1940
Scope and Content Note
Arranged alphabetically by place name; a few earlier directories are included.
Box 9
K - Orange (except Los Angeles).
Box 12
San Francisco - Santa Monica.
Box 13
Mimeographed directory lists A - Y.
Non-California Directories and Financial Reports
Box 14
Oregon, Washington, Arizona, Nevada, ca. 1905-1910.
Box 15
Miscellaneous ephemera including programs of the California Teachers' Association - Institutes, 1924-1935.
Box 16
Scrapbooks of newspaper clippings relating to California education.
Client Applications and Reference Correspondence
Box 17
Client applications and reference correspondence.
Letter Books
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Box 18
April 21, 1905-July 20, 1908.
Box 19
July 20, 1908-April 6, 1911.
Box 20
April 6, 1911-August 9, 1913.
Box 21
August 9, 1913-May 18, 1916.
Box 22
May 19, 1916-January 31, 1919.
Box 23
February 1, 1919-July 10, 1924.
Scope and Content Note
Also, 1 client ledger.
Box 24
July 11, 1924-January 31, 1929.
Scope and Content Note
Also, 4 client ledgers.
Los Angeles County School Directories
Box 25
Los Angeles County School Directories, including Los Angeles City schools, Long Beach, Santa Monica, Alhambra; Ventura County;
Riverside County; Orange County; High school directories, and miscellaneous ephemera.
