Corinne Seeds papers, ca. 1945-1956

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Title: Corinne Seeds papers
Collection number: 838
Contributing Institution: UCLA Library Special Collections
Language of Material: English
Physical Description: 0.5 linear ft. (1 box)
Date: ca. 1945-1956
Abstract: Manuscript reports, correspondence, photographs, clippings, and related printed matter concerning the University Elementary School, University of California, Los Angeles.
Physical Location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.

Restrictions on Access

COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.

Restrictions on Use and Reproduction

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Provenance/Source of Acquisition

Gift of Corinne Aldine Seeds, August, 1962.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Corinne A. Seeds Papers (Collection 838). Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.

Biography/History

Seeds was born in 1889; in 1925, she became principal of the Training School of the the fledgling University of California, Southern Branch, located on North Vermont Ave. in Los Angeles; in 1929, Seeds and the Training School moved to its first Westwood location on Warner Ave., and the school was renamed the University Elementary School (UES); in the late 1940s the school moved to the UCLA campus, and the first permanent UES buildings opened in 1950; Seeds retired as principal of UES in 1957; she died in 1969; in 1982, the school was renamed the Corinne A. Seeds University Elementary School in her honor.

Related Material

The following oral history is available through the UCLA Library Center for Oral History Research:

Scope and Content

Collection consists of manuscript reports, correspondence, photographs, clippings, and printed material related to the career of Corinne A. Seeds and the University Elementary School at UCLA.

UCLA Catalog Record ID

UCLA Catalog Record ID: 2976816 

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Seeds, Corinne, 1889-1969--Archives.
Elementary school principals--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources.
University of California, Los Angeles. University Elementary School.

Box 1

Manuscript reports, correspondence, photographs, clippings, and related printed matter concerning the University Elementary School, University of California, Los Angeles.

Scope and Content

A transcript of a tape recorded interview with Corinne Aldine Seeds, UES; the history of the creative elementary school, 300/7, supplements the papers.

Note

Description derived from card files.