Bernice Wood collectionWOOD.001.CaTurCSU
California State University Stanislaus Special Collections and University Archives
University Library
One University Circle
Turlock, CA 95382
mweppler@csustan.edu
Contributing Institution:
California State University Stanislaus Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Bernice Wood collection
Creator:
Wood, Bernice (1887-1963)
Identifier/Call Number: WOOD.001.CaTurCSU
Physical Description:
4 Boxes
Date (bulk): 1918-1940
Language of Material:
English
.
Scope and Contents
Bernice Wood (1887-1963), known as an innovator of immigrant education in Hughson and Modesto in the years 1920-1940, was
a teacher, banker, real estate agent, Turlock Irrigation District (TID) employee, as well as an owner of a small farm. The
collection includes letters received from immigrants she taught or assisted, scrapbooks, photographs, songbooks, and related
documents. A biography and transcriptions of the Bernice Wood correspondence and scrapbooks can be found in three published
volumes, compiled and edited by Bob Santos, available in the Special Collections: Bernice Wood: friend of the foreigner (LC3719
.S26 1999) and Bernice Wood: a collection of her memoirs and correspondence 2 vols. (LC3719 .W66 1999).
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Disclaimer
Materials are presented in their original format in observance of copyright and preservation of the integrity of archival
materials. Content may include titles, imagery and/or text that is offensive and problematic.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Education, Rural
Hughson High School (Calif.)
Immigrants--Education
Modesto High School
Turlock Irrigation District (Calif.)
Women--Education
Wood, Bernice (1887-1963)
box 1 of 4
Series 1
1918-1937
Physical Description: 1 BoxesOriginal box labeled "Box #63." Original inventory notes are quoted below:
"(teacher/missionary): Venice High School graduation photo, 1919; California Legislator Assembly resolution of memorialization
of Bernice Wood, Oct.28, 1963; scrapbooks entitled: 1918-37; First Thirty Years; Letters from the Small, the Doubtful, from
Frauds, from Humble Folk;"
Correspondences and Photos (Wood, Bernice)
My Philosophy of Life, Modesto Junior College Assignment
My philosophy of life, a Modesto Community College project
Resolution Relative to Memorializing Miss Bernice Wood, October 28, 1963
1918-1937, scrapbook
1918-1937 scrapbook: 1918-1937
Bank clerks during the 1918 flu epidemic: 1918
Bernice Wood in front of her first car: 1919
First Thirty Years, scrapbook
1887-1918
First thirty years, scrapbook: 1887-1918
Letters from the Small, the Doubtful, from Frauds, from Humble Folks, scrapbook
Venice High School Graduation Photo, 1919
box 2 of 4
Series 2
1934-1937
Physical Description: 1 BoxesOriginal box labeled "Box #63A." Inventory is listed below:
"(teacher/missionary): scrapbooks entitled: Letters from the Great; World War II Cost Accounting; Un-Civil Service; (Files):
1934-37; Portuguese students; Mexican students #1, #2; Native American student-Lawrence Vallo; African-Americans; Chinese
American students; Filipino students; Peruvian students; Natalio; Japanese friends & students; Misc. biography material;
Donation/Stanislaus State; Candidacy for County Superintendent of Schools; Harry Johnson; Industrial Relations; League of
Women Voters Chair, Jail Committee; Accountant position; Real Estate; Misc.; Daughters of the American Revolution (D. A. R.)"
Biography Material (Miscellaneous)
Candidacy for County Superintendent of Schools
1938
Candidacy for County Superintendent of Schools: 1938
Chinese American Students
Daughters of the American Revolution (D.A.R.)
Donation [to] Stanislaus State
Japanese Friends and Students
League of Women Voters Chair; Jail Committee
Mexican Students, files No. 1 and No. 2
Miscellaneous (Wood, Bernice)
Native American Student, Lawrence Vallo
Lawrence J. Vallo
Letters from the Great, scrapbook
Un-Civil Service, scrapbook
1928-1961
Un-Civil Service: 1928-1961
Physical Description: 1 Volumes
World War II Cost Accounting, scrapbook
box 3 of 4
Series 3
1909-1943
Physical Description: 1 Boxes"Box #63B." Original container summary is quoted below:
"(teacher/missionary): 6 books (Adult Immigrant Education Sharlip, & Owens, c1925; Basic English And Its Uses Richards,
c1943; New Pocket-Dictionary of the English & Bohemian Languages Vana, c1920; Handy Italian-English and English-Italian Dictionary
c1912; Oral Method of Teaching Languages Palmer, c1912; Toward a Literate World Laubach, c1938); songbooks (America for Me
Van Dyke, c1909; Americanization Songs, c1920); HS yearbooks (The Ranger 1927 Hughson; The Gondolier 1919 Venice, CA); "
Adult Immigrant Education, monograph
Americanization Songs, songbook
Basic English and its Uses, monograph
Handy Italian-English and English-Italian Dictionary, monograph
New Pocket-Dictionary of the English and Bohemian Languages, monograph
Oral Method of Teaching Languages, monograph
Toward a Literate World, monograph
box 4 of 4
Series 4
1887-1963
Physical Description: 1 BoxesBox #63C. Container summary is quoted below:
"(teacher/missionary) A copy each of: Bernice Wood: Friend of the Foreigner; Bernice Wood: a collection of her memoirs
and correspondence."
Autobiographical Writings by Bernice Wood
Bernice Wood: Friend of the Foreigner
A Collection of Her Memoirs and Correspondence (2 copies)
Series 5: Transcriptions
1887-1937
1999
Creator: Wood, Bernice (1887-1963)
Creator: Santos, Robert LeRoy (1944-2017)
Physical Description: 2 Bound Volume
Scope and Contents
A collection of Bernice Wood's (1887-1963) correspondence and personal memoirs, transcribed by Robert LeRoy "Bob" Santos (1944-2017).
Transcribed source materials are from series 1 and series 2 in this collection.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Correspondence
Wood, Bernice (1887-1963)
Immigrants -- Education -- California -- Hughson -- Case studies
Immigrants -- Education -- California -- Modesto -- Case studie
Azoreans -- California -- Stanislaus County -- History
Mexicans -- California -- Stanislaus County -- History
Filipinos -- California -- Stanislaus County -- History
Japanese -- California -- History
Chinese -- United States -- History
Modesto High School
Hughson High School (Calif.)
Bernice Wood: A Collection of Her Memoirs and Correspondence, Volume 1
1999
Bernice Wood: A Collection of Her Memoirs and Correspondence, Volume 1: 1999
Physical Description: 1 Bound Volume
Bernice Wood: A Collection of Her Memoirs and Correspondence, Volume 2
1999
Bernice Wood: A Collection of Her Memoirs and Correspondence, Volume 2: 1999
Physical Description: 1 Bound Volume
