Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Fred Harcleroad papers
- Dates:
- 1932-1974, bulk 1959-1966
- Creators:
- Harcleroad, Fred F.
- Abstract:
- The Fred Harcleroad Papers are a collection of documents created and received by Harcleroad slightly prior to, during, and after his time as President of the University.
- Extent:
- 5.36 cubic feet (11 letter size boxes, 1 half-size box, 2 media boxes)
- Language:
- Languages represented in the collection: English
- Preferred citation:
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Fred Harcleroad papers, Col-12, University Archives, California State University, East Bay, Hayward, California.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The Fred Harcleroad Papers are a collection of documents created and received by Harcleroad slightly prior to, during, and after his time as President of the University. The collection contains loose leaf presidential correspondences, telegrams, letters, newspapers, speeches, and informational material.
All collected outgoing correspondence during Harcleroad’s time as President of the University is present in this collection, as well as assorted papers (including incoming correspondence) received by Harcleroad before, during, and after his presidency. The collection also includes audio and video interviews of Harcleroad on 2 DVDs and 4 cassette tapes, and scrapbooks assembled during Harcleroad’s Presidency, along with several awards received by Harcleroad.
- Biographical / historical:
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Fred Harcleroad became President of the University in 1959, before the Hayward Campus was created. He was appointed after having served as a dean at the San Jose State College and was quickly embraced by the student body and faculty as a supporter of education and the Alameda County College (as it was then known). Fred Harcleroad also assisted in the lengthy naming process of the college, the construction of its campus, the selection of its faculty, and the structure of its curriculum. Dr. Harcleroad's interest in A.V. pertaining to teaching made him a forward-thinking man who strove to integrate technology into the college system.
Dr. Harcleroad's primary focus for the California State University, Hayward (as it eventually came to be known at the end of his tenure) was to create a modern university, integrating computers and audio-visual media into the curriculum with a focus on cultural awareness in the form of various multicultural studies programs. Unfortunately, many of these programs either never made it off the ground or were cut due to budget constraints.
Though Fred Harcleroad was supported by the majority of the students and faculty, a vocal minority's slanderous anonymous letters caused Dr. Harcleroad to be reassigned as a professor of higher education and consultant to Chancellor Dumke.
Date Event 1959, March Appointed to President of the Alameda County College 1959, September Opening registration 1961, February Groundbreaking Ceremony for Hayward Campus 1961, February Accredited by the Western College Association 1961, June First Commencement 1963 First Undergraduates 1967, July Reassigned to full time faculty - Acquisition information:
- Records were transferred by the Office of the President.
- Processing information:
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Originally processed by Lucille Klovdahl (date unknown); collection rehoused and finding aid created by Collin Thorman, 2010. Finding aid updated with new accretion by Diana Wakimoto, 2016.
- Arrangement:
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Arranged in five series by subject: Series 1: Outgoing Correspondence, Series 2: Papers, Series 3: Awards, Series 4: Audio-Visual Material, Series 5: Scrapbooks
- Physical location:
- For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
- Rules or conventions:
- Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 2012
- Date Encoded:
- Machine-readable finding aid created by Diana Wakimoto. Machine-readable finding aid derived from MS Word. Date of source: November 4, 2013.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Collection is open for research.
- Terms of access:
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Copyright has not been assigned to the University Archives at California State University, East Bay. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the University Librarian. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the University Archives as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.
- Preferred citation:
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Fred Harcleroad papers, Col-12, University Archives, California State University, East Bay, Hayward, California.
- Location of this collection:
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25800 Carlos Bee Blvd.Hayward, CA 94542, US
- Contact:
- (510) 885-4287