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Scrapbooks from the Berkeley Unified School District Department of Art, 1942-1959
1978.058.016
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Title: Scrapbooks from the Berkeley Unified School District Department of Art, 1942-1959
Dates: 1942-1959
Collection Number: 1978.058.016
Creator/Collector:
Extent: 2 v. in oversize box.
Repository:
Berkeley Historical Society
Berkeley, California 94704
Abstract: Scrapbooks contain letters re work of Myrtie Gifford and photographs of her students.
Language of Material: English
The collection is open for research.
Copyright has not been assigned to the Berkeley Historical Society. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts
must be submitted in writing to the archivist of the Society. Permission for publication is given as the owner of the physical
items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.
Scrapbooks from the Berkeley Unified School District Department of Art, 1942-1959. Berkeley Historical Society
Scope and Content of Collection
v.1 “Berkeley Unified School District. Department of Art. Myrtie Gifford, supervisor of art.” Contains clippings, photos of
exhibits, photos of art works by students many with student’s name, letters of praise for Gifford and her work for the war
effort (WWII), for community service, for conducting art institutes, etc. Some from high school students, some from elementary
school students.
v.2 Mainly photographs of elementary school students working on art projects, with some photos of finished projects. The first
photo in the volume shows Gifford with some students. No dates.
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