Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Roy E. Simpson papers
- Dates:
- 1945-1958
- Creators:
- Simpson, Roy E.
- Extent:
- 30 oversize boxes
- Language:
- Materials are in English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Roy E. Simpson Papers (Collection 842). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Collection consists of scrapbooks containing clippings from various California newspapers concerning public education in the state, and documenting the administration of Roy E. Simpson as state superintendent of instruction.
- Biographical / historical:
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Simpson was born on March 15, 1893 in Santa Rosa, California; attended Heald's Business College in San Francisco, Armstrong College in Berkeley, and UC Berkeley; AB, Pomona College, and MA, Claremont College, 1931; taught at Anderson Union High School, 1915-17, serving as principal there, 1919-27; principal of Emerson Junior High School in Pomona and Pomona Evening High School; served as district superintendent of Gilroy Union High School District and Gilroy Elementary School District (1933-37), city superintendent of schools at Santa Cruz (1937-39), and district superintendent of the South Pasadena-San Marino Union High School District and South Pasadena Elementary School District (1939-45); served as president of the Association of California Public School Superintendents (1944); served as head of the public school system of California, 1945-63; served as president of the national Council of Chief State School Officers (1953-54).
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Roy E. Simpson.
- Processing information:
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Collections are processed to a variety of levels depending on the work necessary to make them usable, their perceived user interest and research value, availability of staff and resources, and competing priorities. Library Special Collections provides a standard level of preservation and access for all collections and, when time and resources permit, conducts more intensive processing. These materials have been arranged and described according to national and local standards and best practices.
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- Physical location:
- Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Names:
- Simpson, Roy E.
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-08-12 15:51:40 -0700 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
- Terms of access:
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Property rights to the physical objects belong to the UCLA Library Special Collections. All other rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Roy E. Simpson Papers (Collection 842). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
- Location of this collection:
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A1713 Charles E. Young Research LibraryBox 951575Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
- Contact:
- (310) 825-4988