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Trefts (Carolee Gardner) Pasadena School Board Collection
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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
California State University Dominguez Hills Archives and Special Collections
Title: Carolee Gardner Trefts Pasadena School Board Collection
creator:
Trefts, Carolee Gardner
Identifier/Call Number: SPC.2018.013
Physical Description:
3 linear feet
Physical Description:
9 boxes
Date (inclusive): 1963-1979, 1981, 1983, 1999, 2004
Date (bulk): 1970-1979
Abstract: This collection is comprised of various research items compiled by Carolee Gardner Trefts, including her own writings. It
mainly documents the history of the Pasadena, California School Board's controversy regarding desegregation and busing effecting
the minority students and the internal turmoil within the school board itself between members and school parents. The research
also includes a manuscript by Harry Tyler from the 1950s and 1960s, which provides background information for some of the
issues that are brought to the forefront in the 1970s. Additionally, there is material from the NAACP, school board members,
newspaper articles as well as many other pieces of information referencing civil rights issues in the Los Angeles area and
across the United States.
Carolee Gardner Trefts, the creator of this collection, was involved in many civil rights issues in Southern California during
the 1960s and 1970s. She was an employee of the Watts Labor Community Action Committee (WLCAC). She also garnered support
from the NAACP, parents and students in the Pasadena School District against the unjust actions towards the minority students
by some of the Pasadena School Board members.
The collection is comprised of a variety of pieces of writing, some of which were written specifically by Carolee Gardner
Trefts, including her correspondence, notes and research compiled from newspapers, city organization meetings and agenda minutes.
There is a typed manuscript from the 1950s and 1960s written by the head of the teachers'union, which provides historical
background into the issues of the school district. There are also court case papers from 1974-1975 regarding modifications
to the "Pasadena Plan". In 1970, the District Court, ordered the Board to submit a plan for desegregation of the Pasadena
schools. The "Pasadena Plan" was developed and implemented in 1971. Some teachers, parents and students wanted modifications
to the plan, which was the basis of these court case papers against the Pasadena City Board of Education. The newspaper articles
mainly cover the Pasadena School Board elections, meetings and the issues surrounding the court cases from the early to mid-1970s.
Arranged in 9 boxes.
There are no access restrctions on this collection.
[Title of item], Carolee Gardner Trefts Pasadena School Board Collection, Courtesy of the Department of Archives and Special
Collections. University Library. California State University, Dominguez Hills.
Collection processed by Louanne Heintz in November 2017.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Busing for school integration
Civil rights
Desegregation
Education, Secondary
School boards
Pasadena (Calif.)
Greater Los Angeles Community Action Agency
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Pasadena (Calif.). Board of Education
Pasadena Unified School District
Watts Labor Community Action Committee (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Young Women's Christian Association
Community Care and Development Services
Pasadena Education Association
Clark, Steve
Cortines, Ramon C.
Johnson, Charles B.
Johnson, Lionel
Lanterman, Frank
Lester, Herbert
Lester, Nora Jean
Robinson, Inez
Sheats, Samuel C.
Spangler, Nancy Anne
Smith, Pia
Smith, Shirlee
Tejeda, Judy
Tyler, Harry E.
Trefts, Carolee Gardner