Collection processed by Don Walker and Leigh Johnsen
2012
San Joaquin County Historical Society
11793 North Micke Grove Road
Lodi, CA 95241
Phone: (209) 331-2055
Fax: (209) 331-2057
URL: http://www.sanjoaquinhistory.org/
San Joaquin County (Calif.) Schools Collection, 1870-2004
Collection number: Ms41
San Joaquin County Historical Society
- Processed by:
- Don Walker and Leigh Johnsen
- Date Completed:
- 2013
- Encoded by:
- Leigh Johnsen
2013
San Joaquin County Historical Society. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: San Joaquin County (Calif.) Schools Collection
Date: 1870-2004
Collection Number: Ms41
Location:
Erickson Vault
Extent:
3 linear feet
Contributing Institution:
San Joaquin County Historical Society and Museum
11793 North Micke Grove Road
Lodi, CA 95240
Language of Material: Records written in English
Abstract: The San Joaquin County Schools Collection consists of general and individual school histories, scrapbooks, textbooks, and
scattered county-wide administrative, student, trustee, and parent association records. The latter include county school district
manuals (1918, 1923); county school directories (1929-1930, 1997-1998); a Brandt School District (Lockeford) register (1885-1891);
a Lafayette School District (Lodi) register (1876-1878) and Parents' Club minutebook (1958-1962); an Emerson School (Lodi)
Parent-Teacher Association minutebook (1924-1934); Ray School District Trustee Minutes (1942-1951), and various records from
Stockton's Washington School (1866-1888). The collection also contains Lodi High School Associated Student records, including
by-laws and constitution (ca. 1940), student council minutebooks (1903-1963), and a student handbook (1965). Included also
are scrapbooks and other material related to a number of San Joaquin County parochial schools and institutions of higher education.
Access Information
Collection is open for research by appointment.
Conditions of Use
The library can only claim physical ownership of the collection. Users are responsible for satisfying any claimants of literary
property.
Preferred citation: [Item name], San Joaquin County Schools Collection, Ms41, San Joaquin County Historical Society and Museum,
Lodi, California.
Related Material
Title: Live Oak School (Lodi, Calif.) Records,
Date (inclusive): 1919-1956 (Ms84)
Title: Ray and Turner Schools (Lodi, Calif.) Registers,
Date (inclusive): 1910-1998 (Ms83)
Title: Salem-Needham School (Lodi, Calif.) Scrapbooks,
Date (inclusive): 1935-1939 (Ms21)
Title: San Joaquin Valley College (Woodbridge, Calif.) Collection,
Date (inclusive): 1884-1977 (Ms40)
Historical Sketch
In 1851, the first public school in San Joaquin County, known as Stockton Academy, was established in the four-year-old city
of Stockton. One year later, the California State Legislature enacted legislation that organized county-level public education
administration throughout the state. At that time, there were three school districts in San Joaquin County with a total student
population of slightly more than two hundred. The State of California required the newly created superintendents of schools
to draw warrants on their county treasuries on behalf of creditors and to visit each school in their jurisdiction at least
once a year. However, it did not require teachers to be credentialed or plan school curricula. In 1860, the California State
Legislature passed another, related act. This one created county boards of examination, each comprised of the county superintendent
and three licensed teachers, and empowered them to issue teaching certificates. By then, San Joaquin County had grown to twenty-one
school districts with a total student population of six hundred. Minority students in Stockton, at that time the only incorporated
city in San Joaquin County, attended separate schools for almost twenty years (1859-1879). Stockton High School, the first
public secondary school in San Joaquin County, graduated its first class in 1872. By 2010, the number of incorporated cities
in San Joaquin County had grown to seven, and it contained fourteen public school districts, as well as an array of private
schools. The County also hosted five professional schools and institutions of higher education: the University of the Pacific;
California State University, Stanislaus-Stockton Center; Humphreys College and School of Law; National University; and San
Joaquin Delta Community College.
Scope and Content
The San Joaquin County Schools Collection consists of five series: 1. Histories and Related Documentation, 2. Textbooks and
School Exercises, 3. Registers, Minutes, and Unpublished Guides, 4. Administrative Publications, and 5. Scrapbooks, each arranged
in alphabetical order by subject or title. Material included in the collection includes school histories, commencement programs,
flyers, newspaper clippings, receipts, and printed material used for instructional purposes. It also contains records and
guides used to administer schools and related educational organizations, as well as publications by schools and local educational
organizations.
Access Points
Subjects
Elementary schools--California--San Joaquin County--History
High schools--History
Lodi (Calif.)--History
San Joaquin County (Calif.)--History
San Joaquin County--Schools
San Joaquin Delta Community College
University of the Pacific--History
Series 1
Histories and Related Documentation
1870-1999
Scope and Content Note
School histories, commencement programs, flyers, newspaper clippings, and receipts. Arranged alphabetically by subject.
Box 1, Folder 1
Calaveras School.
1870-1982
Box 1, Folder 2
Escalon High School.
1961-1962
Box 1, Folder 6
Lockeford School.
Undated
Box 1, Folder 7
Lodi Grammar School.
1934
Box 1, Folder 8
Lodi High School.
1899-1956
Box 1, Folder 9
Lodi Unified School District.
1912-1981
Box 1, Folder 10
Madison School.
1863-1955
Box 1, Folder 12
Nichols (Leroy) School.
Undated
Box 1, Folder 15
San Joaquin County, Rural Schools History.
1986
Box 1, Folder 16
Stockton City Board of Examiners.
ca. 1879
Box 1, Folder 17
Stockton Business College.
1890-1905
Box 1, Folder 18
Stockton High School.
1878-1879
Box 1, Folder 19
Stockton Junior College and San Joaquin Delta College.
1939-1987
Box 1, Folder 20
Stockton Parent-Teacher Association.
1999
Box 1, Folder 21
University of the Pacific.
1978
Series 2
Textbooks and School Exercises
1870-1960
Scope and Content Note
Printed books, pamphlets, and papers used for instructional purposes. Arranged alphabetically by title.
Box 1, Folder 23
Bishop, Mildred C., and Edward K. Robinson,
Practical Map Exercises and Syllabus in Medieval and Early Modern European History.
ca. 1923
Box 1, Folder 24
California State Series,
Writing, Book One.
1907
Box 1, Folder 25
Hancock, Willard T.,
My Father Is a Grain Farmer.
1960
Box 1, Folder 26
Pacific Spelling Tablet.
Undated
Box 1, Folder 27
Payson, Dunton, and Scribner's National System of Penmanship.
ca. 1870
Box 1, Folder 28
School copybooks.
ca. 1890
Box 1, Folder 29
Social Science Committee,
History of San Joaquin County and Stockton.
ca. 1935
Box 1, Folder 30
Stickney, J. H.,
The Child's Book of Language.
1879
Box 1, Folder 31
Stockton Business College,
Morse Characters.
Undated
Box 1, Folder 32
Stockton Business College,
Railroad Receipts.
ca. 1884
Box 1, Folder 33
Stockton Schools,
History, Seventh Year Grade.
1904
Box 1, Folder 34
Stockton Schools,
Supplementary Exercises in Grammar for Sixth Grades.
Undated
Series 3
Registers, Minutes, and Unpublished Guides
1876-1963
Scope and Content Note
Records and guides used to administer schools and related educational organizations. Arranged alphabetically by subject.
Box 1, Folder 35
Athearn School Register.
ca. 1923
Box 1, Folder 36
Brandt School Register.
1885-1891
Box 1, Folder 37
Emerson School Parent-Teacher Association Minutes.
1924-1934
Box 1, Folder 38
Harmony Grove Parent-Teacher Association Handbook.
1949-1950
Box 1, Folder 39
Harmony Grove Parent-Teacher Association Handbook.
1950-1951
Box 1, Folder 40
Harmony Grove Parent-Teacher Association Handbook.
1955-1956
Box 1, Folder 41
Lafayette School Parent-Teacher Association Minutes.
1958-1962
Box 1, Folder 42
Lafayette School Register.
1876-1878
Box 1, Folder 43
Lodi High School Associate Students Account Books.
1903-1911
Box 1, Folder 44
Lodi High School Associated Students Account Books.
1906-1912
Box 2, Folder 1
Lodi High School Associated Students Minutes.
1911-1915
Box 2, Folder 2
Lodi High School Associated Students Minutes.
1935-1941
Box 2, Folder 3
Lodi High School Associated Students Minutes.
1946-1952
Box 2, Folder 4
Lodi High School Associated Students Minutes.
1952-1954
Box 2, Folder 5
Lodi High School Associated Students Minutes.
1954-1963
Box 2, Folder 6
Lodi High School Student Body By-laws and Constitution.
ca. 1940
Box 2, Folder 7
Ray School District Trustee Minutes.
1942-1951
Box 2, Folder 8
Van Allen School Club Minutes.
1933-1934
Box 2, Folder 9
Van Allen School Club Minutes.
1934-1935
Box 2, Folder 10
Van Allen School Mother's Club Minutes.
1928-1929
Box 2, Folder 11
Washington School Register and Documents.
1866-1888
Box 2, Folder 12
Waterloo Parent-Teacher Association Calendar.
1957-1958
Box 2, Folder 13
Zinc School Registers.
1880-1882
Series 4
Administrative Publications
1889-2004
Scope and Content Note
Publications by schools and educational organizations for administrative purposes. Arranged alphabetically by title.
Box 3, Folder 1
Lodi High School Student Handbook.
1965
Box 3, Folder 2
San Joaquin County Board of Education Manual.
1889
Box 3, Folder 3
San Joaquin County Public Schools Directory.
1997-1998
Box 3, Folder 4
San Joaquin County School Districts List of Clerks and Teachers.
1921-1922
Box 3, Folder 5
San Joaquin County School Directory.
1930-1931
Box 3, Folder 6
San Joaquin County School Manual.
1918
Box 3, Folder 7
San Joaquin County School Manual.
1923
Box 3, Folder 8
Stockton School for Adults Schedule of Classes.
2003-2004
Box 3, Folder 9
Stockton Unified School District School Directory.
1964-1965
Box 3, Folder 10
Stockton Unified School District School Directory.
1965-1966
Box 3, Folder 11
Stockton Unified School District School Directory.
1966-1967
Box 3, Folder 12
Stockton Unified School District School Directory.
1967-1968
Series 5
Scrapbooks
1903-1973
Scope and Content Note
Collected newspaper clippings on education in San Joaquin County. Arranged alphabetically by subject.
Box 3, Folder 14
San Joaquin County Educators.
1911-1973
Box 3, Folder 15
San Joaquin County Parochial Schools.
1969-1971
Box 3, Folder 16
San Joaquin County Schools.
1903-1971
Box 3, Folder 17
Stockton Public Schools.
1969-1973