Guide to the Dr. Robert J. Williams California State Normal Schools Collection
Special Collections & Archives
University Library
California State University, Northridge
18111 Nordhoff Street
Northridge, CA 91330-8326
Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & Archives
Title: Dr. Robert J. Williams California State Normal Schools Collection
Creator:
Williams, Dr. Robert J.
Identifier/Call Number: URB.CSNS
Extent:
2.00 linear feet
Date (inclusive): 1881-1943
Abstract: When California State University,
Northridge was established in 1957 Dr. Williams came to the Northridge Campus as its first
Dean of Admissions, bringing the Normal School Collection with him. The origins of the
Normal School in California date back to 1857, when the City Normal School was established
in San Francisco. Their purpose was the education of future primary and secondary teachers
for the public school systems. The collection is composed of printed catalogs, bulletins,
announcements and reports on the State Normal Schools in California from
1881-1930.
Language of Material: English
Biographical Information:
California State University, Northridge was established in 1956 as a satellite of Los
Angeles State College, later becoming an independent campus known as San Fernando Valley
State College. Dr. Williams came to the Northridge Campus as its first Dean of Admissions,
bringing the Normal School Collection with him. From 1957 until his retirement in 1986, Dr.
Williams served as Dean of Admissions, Head of High School and Jr. College Relations.
Williams also served as a counselor in the Student Counseling Center.
Normal schools in California date back to 1857, with the establishment of San Francisco's
City Normal School. Sessions were held weekly on Monday evenings until the first State
Normal School opened its doors in July 1862, at San Jose. This was the fourteenth full-time
State Normal School established in the United States. In July 1862, only eight out of the
thirty-four states had normal schools. An Act of the California State Legislature on May 2,
1862 appropriated $3,000 for the establishment of State normal schools and support for five
months. The primary purpose of normal schools was to educate primary and secondary teachers
for public school systems.
The normal school system in California went through a series of name changes. They were
known as State Teachers Colleges from 1921 to 1935, when their name was shortened to State
Colleges. Several of the original normal school campuses joined the California State
University system in the early 1970s.
Scope and Contents
The
Dr. Robert J. Williams California State Normal Schools
Collection
is composed of printed catalogs, bulletins, announcements and reports on
the State Normal Schools in California from 1881-1930. Included in these materials are Board
of Trustee and Campus Presidents' Reports to the Governor, curriculum requirements, class
schedules, budgets, and special announcements concerning a variety of local campus subjects.
The collection also has printed material on the University of California, Berkeley, College
of Agriculture and Columbus High School, Columbus, Indiana. It has been divided into three
series:
California State University System Normal Schools Annual Reports
to the Governor
(1881-1910),
California State University Normal
Schools Catalogs, Circulars, and Announcements
(1885-1929), and
Non-CSU Normal Schools (1913-1930.)
Series I,
California State University System Normal Schools Annual
Reports to the Governor,
consists of two subseries:
Annual
Reports to the Governor of California
(1882-1888) and
Publications (1894-1896). Annual Reports to the Governor of California consists of
reports submitted by various boards of trustees in compliance with California State Law
requiring the Trustees and Presidents to give an annual report on the general physical and
financial condition of the State Normal Schools. Some of the reports are hard bound, while
the rest have paper covers. Publications consists of two publications written by Edward T.
Pierce, Ph.D., Principal of State Normal School, Los Angeles on teaching and the Normal
Schools.
Series II,
California State University Normal Schools, Catalogs,
Circulars, and Announcements,
consists of early publications and other documents
from seven state normal schools, each of which had been made a distinct subseries within the
collection: Fresno Normal School, Los Angeles Normal School, San Diego Normal School, San
Francisco Normal School, San Jose State Normal School, San Luis Obispo California
Polytechnic School, and the Santa Barbara State Normal School. Materials are filed
alphabetically.
Series III,
Non-CSU Normal Schools, consists of early
publications and other documents from the University of California, Berkeley's College of
Agriculture from 1913-1933 on such topics as the bee industry, and olive cultivation in
California, as well as early publications from Columbus Senior High School in Columbus
Indiana, especially the Honors program, Foreign Language curriculum, and other
materials.
Arrangement of Materials:
Series I: California State University System Normal Schools Annual Reports to the Governor,
1881-1888
Subseries A: Annual Reports to the Governor of California, 1882-1888
Subseries B: Publications, 1894-1896
Series II: California State University Normal Schools Catalogs, Circulars, and
Announcements, 1885-1943
Subseries A: Fresno State Normal School, 1916-1918
Subseries B: Los Angeles Normal School, 1885-1916
Subseries C: San Diego State Normal School, 1901-1910
Subseries D: San Francisco State Normal School, 1901-1943
Subseries E: San Jose State Normal School, 1886-1923
Subseries F: San Luis Obispo State Normal School, 1916-1917
Subseries G: Santa Barbara State Normal School, 1916-1930
Series III: Non-CSU Normal Schools, 1913-1930
Subseries A: College of Agriculture Circulars, University of California, Berkeley,
1913, 1933
Subseries B: Columbus Senior High School, Columbus, Indiana
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is open for research use.
Conditions Governing Use:
Copyright for unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of
this collection has not been transferred to California State University, Northridge.
Copyright status for other materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials
protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires
the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be
commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any
use rests exclusively with the user.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Dr. Robert J. Williams, 1957
Preferred Citation:
For information about citing items in this collection consult the appropriate style
manual, or see the
Citing Archival
Materials
guide.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Documents
Series I: California State University System Normal Schools Annual Reports to
the Governor, 1881-1910
Subseries A: Annual Reports to the Governor of California,
1882-1888
Box 1, Folder 1
Report of the Board of Trustees of the State Normal School, for the Year
ending June 30, 1882. Sacramento: J.D. Young, Supt. State Printing,
1882
Box 1, Folder 2
Report of the Board of Trustees of the State Normal School, for the Year
ending June 30, 1882. Sacramento: J.D. Young, Supt. State Printing,
1882
Box 1, Folder 3
Report of the Board of Trustees of the State Normal School, for the Year
ending June 30, 1883 and June 30, 1884. Sacramento: James J. Ayers, Supt. State
Printing,
1884
Box 1, Folder 4
Report of the Board of Trustees of the State Normal School, for the Year
ending June 30, 1885 and June 30, 1886. Sacramento: James J. Ayers, Supt. State
Printing,
1886
Box 1, Folder 5
Report of the Board of Trustees of the State Normal School, for the Year
ending June 30, 1887 and June 30, 1888. Sacramento: J.D. Young, Supt. State
Printing,
1888
Subseries B: Publications, 1894-1896
Box 1, Folder 6
The Teacher and the School; or School Economy by Edward T. Pierce, Pd.D.,
Sacramento: A. J. Johnston, Supt. State Printing,
1896
Box 1, Folder 7
The Teaching Force: Importance of Normal Schools as a Source of Supply,
Edward T. Pierce, Pd.D., California Teachers Association,
27 December 1894
Series II: California State University Normal Schools, Catalogs, Circulars, and
Announcements, 1885-1929
Subseries A: Fresno State Normal School, 1916-1918
Box 1, Folder 8
Announcements,
1916 January 10
Box 1, Folder 9
Circular of Information,
1917-1918
Subseries B: Los Angeles State Normal School,
1885-1916
Box 1, Folder 11
Bulletin and Announcements,
1915-1916
Box 1, Folder 12
Catalog and Circular,
1885-1886
Box 1, Folder 13
Catalog; Circular,
1891, 1891-1892
Box 1, Folder 14
Catalog; Circular,
1892, 1892-1893
Box 1, Folder 15
Catalog; Circular,
1893, 1893-1894
Box 1, Folder 16
Catalog; Circular,
1894, 1894-1895
Box 1, Folder 17
Catalog; Circular,
1896, 1896-1897
Box 2, Folder 1
Catalog; Circular,
1900, 1900-1901
Box 2, Folder 2
Catalog; Circular,
1904, 1904-1905
Box 2, Folder 3
Catalog; Circular,
1905, 1905-1906
Box 2, Folder 4
Catalog; Circular,
1906, 1906-1907
Box 2, Folder 5
Catalog; Circular,
1907, 1907-1908
Box 2, Folder 6
Catalog; Circular,
1908, 1908-1909
Box 2, Folder 8
Los Angeles State Normal School Magazine,
November 1915
Box 2, Folder 9
Los Angeles State Normal School Magazine,
January 1916
Box 2, Folder 10
President's Annual Report,
1913
Box 2, Folder 11
Report of Trustees of State Normal School, Los Angeles, for the Year ending
June 30, 1891. Sacramento: A. J. Johnston, Supt. State Printing,
1892
Box 2, Folder 12
Report of Trustees of State Normal School, Los Angeles, for the Two Years
ending June 30, 1894. Sacramento: A. J. Johnston, Supt. State Printing,
1894
Box 2, Folder 13
Report of Trustees of State Normal School, Los Angeles, for the Two Years
ending June 30, 1891. Sacramento: A. J. Johnston, Supt. State Printing,
1894
Box 2, Folder 14
Report of Trustees of State Normal School, Los Angeles, for the Two Years
ending June 30, 1896. Sacramento: A. J. Johnston, Supt. State Printing,
1896
Box 2, Folder 15
Report of Trustees of State Normal School, Los Angeles, for the Two Years
ending June 30, 1896. Sacramento: A. J. Johnston, Supt. State Printing,
1896
Box 2, Folder 16
Souvenir Program: Laying of Corner Stone Los Angeles Normal School;
November 15, 1913. Sacramento: Friend Wm. Richardson, Supt. State
Printing,
1913
Box 2, Folder 18
A Syllabus and Bibliography of Child Care: With Special Reference to
Applied Child Psychology, Charles W. Waddle and William T. Root, Jr., Los Angeles:
California State Printing Office,
1915
Subseries C: San Diego State Normal School,
1901-1910
Box 2, Folder 19
Catalog; Circular,
1902-1903, 1903-1904
Box 2, Folder 20
Catalog; Circular,
1903-1904, 1904-1905
Box 2, Folder 21
Catalog; Circular,
1904-1905, 1905-1906
Box 2, Folder 22
Catalog; Circular,
1906-1907, 1907-1908
Box 2, Folder 23
Catalog; Circular,
1907-1908, 1908-1909
Box 2, Folder 24
Circular and Announcements,
1901-1902
Box 2, Folder 25
Circular and Announcements,
1902-1903
Box 2, Folder 26
Circular and Announcements: Summer Session,
1910 July 5-August 12
Subseries D: San Francisco State Normal School,
1901-1943
Box 3, Folder 8
Circular: Concerning Admission,
1922
Box 3, Folder 9
Circular: Concerning Training of Teachers for Junior High,
1922
Box 3, Folder 10
Circular: Summer Session,
1921
Box 3, Folder 11
Circular: For Summer Session,
1933
Box 3, Folder 12
Circular: Summer Session,
1934
Box 3, Folder 13
Circular: Summer Session,
1936
Box 3, Folder 14
Commencement Program,
1943 June 11
Box 3, Folder 15
Commencement Program: Ritual of Guild Service
Box 3, Folder 16
Curriculum: No. 42, Exercises in Language, Alexander S. Boulware and Ethel
G. Smith, San Francisco: California State Printing Office,
1914
Box 3, Folder 17
Curriculum: No. 81, Exercise Book in American History, P. F. Valentine, San
Francisco: California State Printing Office,
1914
Box 3, Folder 18
Curriculum: No. 82, Exercise Book in American History, P. F. Valentine, San
Francisco: California State Printing Office,
1914
Box 3, Folder 19
Curriculum: No. 83, Difficulties of History Texts Simply Explained, P. F.
Valentine, San Francisco: California State Printing Office,
1914
Box 3, Folder 20
President's Annual Report to the Board of trustees on the State Normal
School at San Francisco: The Preparation of Teachers; June 30, 1903, Sacramento: W.
W. Shannon. Supt. State Printing,
1903
Subseries E: San Jose State Normal School, 1886-1923
Box 3, Folder 23
Catalog and Circular,
1891
Box 3, Folder 24
Catalog; Announcements,
1893, 1893-1894
Box 3, Folder 25
Catalog; Announcements,
1894, 1894-1895
Box 3, Folder 26
Catalog; Announcements,
1895-1896
Box 3, Folder 27
Catalog; Announcements,
1896-1897
Box 4, Folder 1
Catalog; Announcements,
1902, 1902-1903
Box 4, Folder 2
Catalog; Announcements,
1904, 1904-1905
Box 4, Folder 3
Historical Sketch of State Normal School at San Jose, California: With a
Catalogue of its Graduates and a Record of Their Work for Twenty-Seven Years;
Sacramento: J. D. Young, Supt. State Printing,
1889
Box 4, Folder 4
Curriculum: Music Course, Margaret Paige Goodell, Instructor,
1900-1901
Box 4, Folder 5
Report of Trustees of State Normal School, San Jose, for the Years ending
June 30, 1891, and June 30, 1892. Sacramento: A. J. Johnston, Supt. State
Printing,
1892
Box 4, Folder 6
Report of Trustees of State Normal School, San Jose, for the Years ending
June 30, 1894, and June 30, 1896. Sacramento: A. J. Johnston, Supt. State
Printing,
1896
Box 4, Folder 7
Report of Trustees of State Normal School, San Jose, for the Years ending
June 30, 1899, and June 30, 1900. Sacramento: A. J. Johnston, Supt. State
Printing,
1901
Subseries F: San Luis Obispo California Polytechnic School,
1916-1917
Box 4, Folder 8
Catalog; Announcements,
1911-1912
Subseries G: Santa Barbara State Normal School,
1916-1930
Box 4, Folder 10
Bulletin: Summer Session,
1920
Box 4, Folder 11
Bulletin and Announcement of Courses,
1920-1921
Box 4, Folder 12
Bulletin and Announcement of Courses,
1922-1923
Box 4, Folder 13
Bulletin and Announcement of Courses,
1923-1924
Box 4, Folder 14
Bulletin and Announcement of Courses,
1927-1928
Box 4, Folder 15
Circular and Announcement of Courses,
1929-1930
Series III: Non-CSU Normal Schools, 1913-1930
Subseries A: College of Agriculture Circulars, University of California,
Berkeley, 1913, 1933
Box 4, Folder 16
Bulletin No. 555: Economic Aspects of the Bee Industry, Edwin C. Voorhies,
Frank E. Todd and J. K. Galbraith, Berkeley: University of California,
1933
Box 4, Folder 17
Circular No. 86: Olives in California, by F. T. Rioletti
Box 4, Folder 18
Circular No. 87: Alfalfa, by Warren T. Clarke
Box 4, Folder 19
Circular No. 92: Infectious Abortion and Sterility in Cows, by C. M.
Haring
Box 4, Folder 20
Circular No. 110: Green Manuring in California, by Chas. B.
Lipman,
December 1913
Box 4, Folder 21
Circular: Routine Soil Examinations, by C. B. Lipman,
December 1913
Subseries B: Columbus Senior High School, Columbus, Indiana
Box 4, Folder 22
Curriculum: Foreign Language Program
Box 4, Folder 23
Curriculum: Honors Program
Box 4, Folder 24
Curriculum: Program of Studies
