Campus Laboratory School Records MS-0299
Special Collections & University Archives
01/15/2008
5500 Campanile Dr. MC 8050
San Diego, CA 92182-8050
askscua@sdsu.edu
Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & University Archives
Title: Campus Laboratory School Records
Creator:
Campus Laboratory School
Identifier/Call Number: MS-0299
Physical Description:
5.51 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1899-1997
Date (bulk): 1950-1970
Language of Material:
English
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Scope and Contents
The
Campus Laboratory School Records (1899-1997) document the operation, administration, and mission of the San Diego State University Campus Lab School, and
includes correspondence, reports, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, photographs, student work, and meeting minutes. The majority
of materials primarily date from the 1960s and focus on the school's innovative teaching methods and experimentation. Highlights
include several scrapbooks with photographs of students working on school projects, staging plays, and going on field trips.
The collection is divided into five series:
Administrative Files (1899-1993),
Library Files (1950-1970),
Parents Association Files (1949-1971),
Campus Lab School Publications (1955-1977), and
Photograph, Scrapbook, and Student Project Files (1925-1970).
The
Administrative Files (1899-1993) document the day-to-day operations of the Campus Lab School. Highlights include a Sixth Grade Camp "scrapbook,"
which details the founding, planning, and logistics of the sixth grade camp program. The series consists of correspondence
and reports, and provides very limited documentation prior to 1955 or after 1970.
The
Library Files (1950-1970) document the operation, activities, and statistics of the Campus Lab library. These files primarily consist
of daily, monthly, and annual reports, which contain reference and circulation statistics, although there is some correspondence.
Of particular interest is the "Unusual Questions" section of the monthly reports.
The
Parents Association Files (1949-1971) document the administration and activities of the Campus Lab Parents Association. Highlights include meeting
minutes, which discuss everything from a disturbance at the Christmas pageant to starting a glee club. Arranged alphabetically,
these files include council minutes, committee files, reports, bulletins, and by-laws.
The
Campus Lab Publication Files (1955-1977) document Campus Lab activities, research, and notable events. Arranged by publication, these files consist of
Campus Lab newsletters, reports, and instructional materials for various teaching methods, technologies, and class projects.
The materials primarily date from the late 1950s to 1960s.
The
Photograph, Scrapbook, and Student Project Files (1925-1970) visually document Campus Lab School activities and events, such as field trips, class projects, student work,
and class photographs. Of particular interest are materials relating the 1997 Campus Lab School reunion, and hand-made books
students created for a class project including The Lost Swan, Sandy the Seal, and The Little House.
Arrangement Note
I. Administrative Files, 1899-1993
II. Library Files, 1950-1970
III. Parents Association Files, 1949-1971
IV. Campus Lab School Publications, 1955-1977
V. Photograph, Scrapbook, and Student Project Files, 1925-1970
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
The copyright interests in some of these materials have been transferred to or belong to San Diego State University. The nature
of historical archival and manuscript collections means that copyright status may be difficult or even impossible to determine.
Copyright resides with the creators of materials contained in the collection or their heirs. Requests for permission to publish
must be submitted to the Head of Special Collections, San Diego State University, Library and Information Access. When granted,
permission is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical item and is not intended to include or imply
permission of the copyright holder(s), which must also be obtained in order to publish. Materials from our collections are
made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the
materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials.
Source of Acquisition
Multiple donors
Preferred Citation
Identification of item, folder title, box number, Campus Laboratory School Records, Special Collections and University Archives,
San Diego State University Library.
Historical Note
Initially named the Training School, the Campus Laboratory School (or Campus Lab School) was established in 1900, and located
on the State Normal School campus. The school provided instruction for elementary, middle, and high school students in small
classes where they could receive more individualized instruction. Besides serving as a grammar school, the Training School
allowed Normal School students the opportunity to instruct the students themselves, thus providing practice and teaching experience. When
Edward Hardy began his term as president in 1910, he discontinued the high school segment of the Training School because increasing
enrollment (by 1910 the Training School had over four hundred students) was causing space problems. To accommodate the growth
in enrollment the school moved into a separate building.
When the college moved to Montezuma Mesa in 1931, the Training School maintained its own separate building on the new campus
as part of the science complex. This new facility featured classrooms, a library, and a playground. In 1936, the school set
up a Child Study Laboratory for Home Economics students to earn credit towards their degrees. In 1953, during a period of
campus expansion, the Campus Lab School again relocated to a new building, and officially changed its name to the Campus Laboratory
School. Several years later, because of an influx of students in the School of Education, the Campus Lab School transitioned
from its original purpose as a "practice" school to an observation and research center. Although students in the teacher program
were still able to student teach at the school, the majority of students observed classes and instructional techniques at
the school, and received their student teaching experience at other San Diego public schools.
Despite this shift in function, the school remained extremely popular, and had a long waitlist by 1960. In addition, the school's
curriculum was innovative and on the cutting-edge of educational techniques, child development, and teaching training. The
school experimented with individualized curriculum, a non-graded organizational structure, team teaching, self-directed learning,
creative teaching, bilingual programs, and programs for special needs and gifted students, all of which propelled the Campus
Lab School and San Diego State's teaching program to national recognition. In 1970, state budget cuts forced the closure of
the Campus Lab School. The old Campus Lab site was razed in 1991.
Accruals
1985-018, 2017-028
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Institutional Archives
Photographs
San Diego State University. Campus Laboratory School--Archives
San Diego State University. Campus Laboratory School--History--Sources
Administrative Records I
1899-1970
box 1, folder 1
List of Deans of College of Education & Principals of Lab School Folder 1
1899 - 1993
box 1, folder 2
Counselor - outgoing correspondence Folder 2
1960 - 69
box 1, folder 3
Principal - incoming correspondence Folder 3
1960 - 69
box 1, folder 4
Principal - outgoing correspondence Folder 4
1960 - 70
box 1, folder 5
Vice Principal - outgoing correspondence Folder 5
1950 - 59
box 1, folder 6
Policy/procedure statements Folder 6
1955 - 67
box 1, folder 7
Miscellaneous curricular material Folder 7
c. 1968 - 70
box 1, folder 8
Present and future status Folder 8
1969
box 1, folder 9
Policy for admission, application blank, programs report, test, health, accident, and immunization forms Folder 9
n.d.
box 1, folder 10
Facilities information miscellaneous Folder 10
1969 - 70
box 1, folder 11
Faculty bulletins Folder 11
1969 - 70
box 1, folder 12
Closing and Correspondence Folder 12
1969 - 70, 1991
box 1, folder 13
Annual Report Folder 13
1969 - 70
box 1, folder 14
State College Lab School program report CLS in the California State Colleges Folder 14
n.d.
box 1, folder 15
Campus Laboratory School revisions Folder 15
1962
box 1, folder 16
CLS former teachers and students first Reunion 1960, Graduation of sixth grade 1959, Teacher summer session 1959 Folder 16
box 1, folder 17
Music Department - outgoing correspondence Folder 17
1962
box 1, folder 18
Sixth Grade Camp Scrapbook Folder 18
1962 - 70
box 1, folder 19
Summer Operation of Campus Lab School Folder 19
April 1966
box 1, folder 20
Newspaper clippings Folder 20
1969 - 70
box 1, folder 21
Newspaper clippings Folder 21
1962
box 1, folder 22
Newspaper clippings Folder 22
1958 - 61
box 1, folder 23
SDSC Training School, Class List of Folder 23
1941
Library Files II
1950-1970
box 1, folder 24
Librarian - correspondence Folder 24
1950 - 59, '66
box 1, folder 25
Floor Plan Folder 25
1950
box 1, folder 26
Guides to the use of unknown Folder 26
1969
box 1, folder 27
Annual reports Folder 27
1961 - 68
box 1, folder 28
Daily, monthly reports Folder 28
July 1964 - July 1970
box 1, folder 29
Daily, monthly reports Folder 29
July 1964 - July 1970
box 1, folder 30
Daily, monthly reports Folder 30
July 1964 - July 1970
box 1, folder 31
Daily, monthly reports Folder 31
July 1964 - July 1970
box 1, folder 32
Daily, monthly reports Folder 32
July 1964 - July 1970
box 1, folder 33
Daily, monthly reports Folder 33
July 1964 - July 1970
box 1, folder 34
Daily, monthly reports Folder 34
July 1964 - July 1970
Parents' Association III
1949-1971
box 1, folder 35
Constitution & Bylaws Folder 35
1964 - 69
box 1, folder 36
Council - incoming correspondence Folder 36
1954 - 59
box 1, folder 37
Council - outgoing correspondence Folder 37
1968 - 70
box 1, folder 38
Council - minutes Folder 38
November 1949 - December 1954
box 1, folder 39
Council - minutes Folder 39
January 1955 - December 1957
box 1, folder 40
Council - minutes Folder 40
January 1958 - May 1963
box 1, folder 41
Council - minutes Folder 41
October 1963 - May 1965
box 1, folder 42
Council - minutes Folder 42
October 1965 - May 1969
box 1, folder 43
Council - minutes Folder 43
May 1967 - May 1970
box 1, folder 44
Cub Scout Committee, outgoing correspondence Folder 44
1953 - 64
box 1, folder 45
Evacuation Committee, correspondence Folder 45
1962
box 1, folder 46
Evacuation Committee, reports Folder 46
1957
box 1, folder 47
Health & Welfare Committee, letter Folder 47
1957
box 1, folder 48
Health & Welfare Committee, policies/procedures Folder 48
1964
box 1, folder 49
Health & Welfare Committee, reports Folder 49
1959 - 64
box 1, folder 50
Correspondence, incoming Folder 50
1954 - 58
box 1, folder 51
Correspondence, incoming Folder 51
1960 - 68
box 1, folder 52
Correspondence, outgoing Folder 52
1963 - 68
box 1, folder 53
President's Book Folder 53
1952 - 69
box 1, folder 54
President's Book Folder 54
1960 - 70
box 1, folder 55
Reciprocity Reception Committee, report Folder 55
n.d.
box 1, folder 56
Research Committee reports Folder 56
1967 - 70
box 1, folder 57
Spring Tea Committee, letters/memos Folder 57
1957
box 1, folder 58
Spring Tea Committee, invitations Folder 58
1957
box 1, folder 59
Spring Tea Committee, report Folder 59
1957
box 1, folder 60
Staff Committee, letter Folder 60
1956
box 1, folder 61
Treasurers' Audit Report Folder 61
1962 - 70
box 1, folder 62
Treasurers' Reports Folder 62
1962 - 70
box 1, folder 63
Parents bulletin Folder 63
1969 - 70
box 1, folder 64
Parents council executive committee, announcement of "closed bid auction"; reunion; final letter Folder 64
1970, 71
box 1, folder 65
Report to parents; 6th grade commencement Folder 65
1963, 67
Campus Lab School Publications IV
1959-1977
box 1, folder 66
#1 - The Campus Lab School, Closed Circuit TV, & Teacher Education Folder 66
1959
box 1, folder 67
#2 - A New Look at Progress in Arithmetic Folder 67
1959
box 1, folder 68
#3 - Enriching Teacher Education through Kinescope recordings Folder 68
1960
box 1, folder 69
#4 - Spanish in the Sixth Grade, 1960, revised, 1961 Folder 69
box 1, folder 70
#5 - Activity in a Social Studies Unit on American History, Part 1 - the Pilgrim Period Folder 70
1961
box 1, folder 71
#6 - The Intermittent Curriculum and the Language Arts; Unit No. 1; "We Learn to Know Propaganda" Folder 71
1961
box 1, folder 72
#7 - Working with Generalizations in Social Studies Folder 72
1963
box 1, folder 73
San Diego County Conference on Education: Expressions on Educational Problems Folder 73
1955
box 1, folder 74
Parent newsletter Folder 74
Fall 1977
box 1, folder 75
CLS Times, second grade education, volume I issue I Folder 75
May 1964
Photographs and Miscellany V
1927-1970
box 2, item 1
Sixth grade projects/miscellaneous Students' story books Item 1
1958, 1966
box 2, item 3
The Lost Swan (sic) Item 3
box 2, item 4
Sally and Marys Problem Item 4
box 2, item 5
The Tree that Wouldn't Grow Item 5
box 2, item 7
Class/miscellaneous photos Item 7
box 2, item 8
Red photo album: student class photos Item 8
1958 - 66
box 2, item 9
Brown photo album: student class photos, miscellaneous student photos Item 9
1963 - 64, 1950's
box 2, item 10
Class Pictures Item 10
1968 - 69
box 2, item 11
Publicity on Farewell to CLS building Item 11
ca. 1991
box 2, item 12
Class pictures Item 12
ca. 1927
box 2, item 13
CLS Reunion - attendance list, program, 2 name tags, Invitation Item 13
1997
box 2, item 14
Slides & negatives - class activities, Navy ship tour Item 14
c. 1965
box 2, item 15
2 photos: class picture, 1949 - 50; students painting Item 15
c. 1948/49
box 2, item 16
CLS Parents' Bulletin Item 16
1962 - 70
box 2, item 17
Librarian's scrapbook: compiled by CLS librarian, Eileen Adams Item 17
1957 - 70
box 2, item 18
Loose leaf binder (president's book, parents' association) Item 18
n.d.
box 2, item 19
Elizabeth Jacobsen Meyer scrapbook and photographs, 1939-2000 Item 19
Scope and Contents
Elizabeth Jacobsen Meyer (1918-2004) received her B.A. and M.A. from San Diego State in 1940 and 1965 respectively, and for
33 years worked for the San Diego Unified School District as a teacher and administrator.
box 3, item 1
Scrapbooks: (includes historians' reports) Item 1
1931 - 62; 1962 - 66
box 4, item 1
Scrapbook Item 1
1966 - 70
Scope and Contents
San Diego Union article regarding Campus Laboratory School event December 13, 1968
