Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- San Jose Day Nursery
- Abstract:
- Extent:
- 9.5 linear feet (17 boxes)
- Language:
- Preferred citation:
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San Jose Day Nursery Records. History San Jose Research Library
Background
- Scope and content:
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Records of the San Jose Day Nursery, including history of the organization, scrapbooks and photo albums, financial records, membership lists, roll books, employee attendance records, and Board of Directors minutes. The records document the history of the organization, as it struggled to fund itself through World War I and World War II, and grew from a small collective of women to a modern daycare facility.
- Biographical / historical:
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The San Jose Day Nursery was organized in June, 1916, by a small group of women to meet the daycare needs of working mothers. The charter directors were Mrs. C. R. Dodge, Mrs. Josephine Rogers, Mrs. A. T. Herrmann, Miss Alice Meyers, Miss Agnes Howe, Mrs. F. G. Rupert, Mrs. W. G. Alexander, Mrs. Nellie Thompson, Miss Sarah J. Chapman, Mrs. E. A. Franzen, Mrs. Della Gallahorn, Mrs. Laura Bacon Bailey, Mrs. Mildred Eddy, Mrs. E. K. Johnson, Mrs. Lucy McClintic, Miss Emma Wiesendanger, Mrs. William E. Keith, Mrs. M. W. Kapp, Mrs. Osgood and Mrs. James Beatty. The nursery originally occupied a vacant kindergarten building on North Second Street loaned by the City Board of Education, but eventually moved to 32 North Seventh Street in 1923, and expanded next door in 1926 to North Eighth Street. Groundbreaking for the current building at 33 North Eighth Street, designed by George Kocher, was held in May 1936.
- Acquisition information:
- The records were donated to History San Jose in 2017 by the San Jose Day Nursery
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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The records are available to the public for research by appointment with the Curator of Library & Archives
- Terms of access:
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Contact the Curator of Library & Archives for information on reproduction and publication.
- Preferred citation:
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San Jose Day Nursery Records. History San Jose Research Library
- Location of this collection:
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1661 Senter RoadSan Jose, CA 95112, US
- Contact:
- (408) 287-2290