Dates:

1935; 1984

Scope and content:

The collection documents Margaret Neumann's classes at Isleton Union Grammar School, or Isleton Oriental School. It includes a 1935 scrapbook made for her by her students that features photos of the students and notes written by them; a 1935 commencement program; lists of her students from the 1920s and 1930s; and photos from a reunion of Isletonians in 1984.

Acquisition information:

Donated by the San Joaquin County Historical Society and Museum in 2010 (accession #2010/032)

Biographical / historical:

Margaret Neumann taught at Isleton Union Grammar School, or the Isleton Oriental School, in the 1920s and 1940s. The school was one of the last segregated schools in Sacramento County and taught children of Asian descent, mostly Chinese and Japanese.

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