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Guide to the Oakland Unified School District Newsletter Collection
MS 199  
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Table of contents What's This?
  • Descriptive Summary
  • Access
  • Access Restrictions
  • Publication Rights
  • Preferred Citation
  • Acquisition Information
  • Processing Information
  • Scope and Content of Collection
  • Arrangement
  • Indexing Terms

  • Descriptive Summary

    Title: Oakland Unified School District newsletter collection
    Dates: 1966-1971
    Collection number: MS 199
    Creator: Oakland Unified School District (Calif.)
    Collection Size: 2 linear feet (1 oversized box)
    Repository: African American Museum & Library at Oakland (Oakland, Calif.)
    Oakland, CA 94612
    Abstract: The Oakland Unified School District Newsletter Collection consists of 19 issues of the New Directions (1966-1969) and Urban Education (1969-1971) newsletters. The newsletters were published by the Oakland Unified School District with federal funds from the Elementary Secondary Education Act (ESEA) and featured articles and photographs of ESEA programs, school integration and busing, curriculum, scholarships, administrative news, and free lunch, ESL, and head start programs.
    Languages: Languages represented in the collection: English

    Access

    No access restrictions. Collection is open to the public.

    Access Restrictions

    Materials are for use in-library only, non-circulating.

    Publication Rights

    Permission to publish from the Oakland Unified School District Newsletter Collection must be obtained from the African American Museum & Library at Oakland.

    Preferred Citation

    Oakland Unified School District newsletter collection, MS 199, African American Museum & Library at Oakland, Oakland Public Library. Oakland, California.

    Acquisition Information

    Newspapers were collected by the staff of the Oakland Public Library.

    Processing Information

    Processed by Sean Heyliger, September 10, 2016.

    Scope and Content of Collection

    The Oakland Unified School District Newsletter Collection consists of 19 issues of the New Directions (1966-1969) and Urban Education (1969-1971) newsletters. The newsletters were published by the Oakland Unified School District with federal funds from the Elementary Secondary Education Act (ESEA) and featured articles and photographs of ESEA programs, school integration and busing, curriculum, scholarships, administrative news, and free lunch, ESL, and head start programs. In 1969, the title of the newsletter changed to Urban Education and was published as a newspaper insert in the Oakland Post, The Montclarion, and the Oakland-Piedmont Spectator. The newsletter featured a column, “On the spot,” by assistant superintendent William Webster and includes photographs and news articles on Oakland Superintendent of Schools, Marcus Foster.

    Arrangement

    Series I. New Directions newsletter Series II. Urban Education newsletter

    Indexing Terms

    The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
    Oakland (Calif.)--Newspapers.
    Education--California--History.
    Foster, Marcus A., 1923-1973.