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Title: Summit School Reunion Collection
Dates: 1890-2004
Collection Number: MS.2019.017
Creator/Collector:
Extent: 2 linear feet (2 document boxes)
Repository:
Mill Valley Public Library
Mill Valley, California 94941
Abstract: This collection consists of materials assembled in preparation for, and following, a reunion of Summit School Alumni in 1988.
It includes copies of class registers, photographs, teacher lists, clippings, ephemera and correspondence.
Language of Material: English
Collection is open for research. Original materials may be viewed with permission from staff. Digital copies of materials
may be available. Materials in this collection do not circulate.
[Identification of item]. Summit School Reunion Collection . Collection Number: MS.2019.017. Mill Valley Public Library
Biography/Administrative History
Summit School was the first public school in Mill Valley, and was also known as the Eastland School or the Mill Valley Grammar
School. It I was built in 1892 as a one room schoolhouse on the corner of Summit and Cornelia Avenues, on land donated by
the Tamalpais Land & Water Company. Summit School initially had 1 teacher and 35 pupils, in grades 1-8. In 1894 a second
classroom was added, and in 1900 the main floor was expanded and a second floor was added. When Tamalpais Park School opened
in 1939, the school was no longer needed; the building was demolished in 1941.
Scope and Content of Collection
This collection contains class lists, photographs, attendance records, board meeting minutes, teacher lists, school administrative
documents and ephemera from Summit School during its existence. There are some photographs of teachers at Tamalpais Park School
from 1940, after Summit School closed. There are also clippings and correspondence relating to a reunion of Summit School
Alumni in 1988. There is a large scrapbook and five class list binders; the rest of the collection is housed in folders.
Alumni
Reunions
Schools
School boards
School buildings
School children
Student registrations
Students
Teachers
Abraham, Belle
Hack, Les
Owen, Herb
Tamalpais Park School
Mill Valley (Calif.)