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Modern Day School records, 1958-1966.
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Title:
Modern Day School records, 1958-1966Creator/Contributor:
Modern Day School (Oakland, Calif.), creatorCreator/Contributor:
Western Jewish History Center, 213.Creator/Contributor:
Judah L. Magnes Museum, WJHC 1979.015.Creator/Contributor:
Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and LifeCreator/Contributor:
Online Archive of CaliforniaAbstract:
The collection consists of administrative materials from Oakland's Modern Day School dating from 1958 through 1966. Included
are correspondence, constitution and by-laws, brochures, a meeting minute book, and some lists of board members and staff.
Date:
1958 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caModern Day School (Oakland, Calif.) -- Archives
Jewish children -- Education (Elementary) -- California -- Oakland
Jewish religious education of children -- California -- Oakland
Jewish day schools -- California -- Oakland
Note:
Formerly: Western Jewish History Center Collection Number 213.
Formerly: Judah L. Magnes Museum Collection Number WJHC 1979.015.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
Modern Day School records, BANC MSS 2010/705, The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, The Bancroft Library, University
of California, Berkeley.
Oakland's Modern Day School was founded in 1957, an outgrowth of the Hebrew day school movement. Its purpose was to introduce
grade school children to a new curriculum that combined Jewish and secular education with an emphasis on the student's social
responsibility and on his/her Jewish heritage and religion.
Materials in English.
Type:
Administrative records-California-Oakland.School records-California-Oakland.
Physical Description:
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1 box (.4 linear feet)
Language:
English
Identifier:
2006585531
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.