Finding Aid for the George W. McDill Papers, 1933-1937
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UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
Manuscripts Division
Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/
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The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Finding Aid for the George W. McDill Papers, 1933-1937
Collection number: 206
UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
Manuscripts Division
Los Angeles, CA
Contact Information
- Manuscripts Division
- UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
- Box 951575
- Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
- Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific
Time)
- Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
- URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/
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- T. Lange, October 1972
- Encoded by:
- Caroline Cubé
- Text converted and initial container list EAD tagging by:
- Apex Data Services
- Online finding aid edited by:
- Josh Fiala, August 2002
© 1999 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: George W. McDill Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1933-1937
Collection number: 206
Creator:
McDill, George W., b. 1874
Extent:
4 boxes (2 linear ft.)
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: George McDill (1874- ) was a prominent Los Angeles attorney, judge, and president of the Los Angeles School Board. The collection
consists of McDill's working papers and files, and relate primarily to his activities on the School Board during 1933-37.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
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Restrictions on Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
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consultation and may be obtained for a fee. Please contact:
- Public Services Division
- UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
- Box 951575
- Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
- Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific
Time)
- Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], George W. McDill Papers (Collection 206). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography
McDill was born in Illinois in 1874; AB, University of California at Berkeley, 1899; attended University of Southern California
Law School; admitted to California Bar, 1904; engaged in private law practice until 1927; became a judge, Los Angeles Municipal
Court, in 1927; member and president of Los Angeles School Board of Education, 1933-37.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of the working papers and files of George McDill, a prominent Los Angeles attorney, judge, and president
of the Los Angeles School Board. The materials relate primarily to his activities on the School Board during 1933-37, and
include McDill's plans for the first All Year School in Los Angeles.
Expanded Scope and Content
This collection consists of the working papers and files of George McDill, prominent Los Angeles attorney, Judge, and president
of the Los Angeles School Board, and relate primarily to his activities as member and president of the Los Angeles School
Board of Education during the years between 1933 and 1937. In addition to the many official papers are McDill's plans for
an All Year School, the first in Los Angeles.
The collection is organized alphabetically by subject headings; most of these headings were established by McDill for his
filing system, and have been retained here for ease of arrangement. It should be noted, however, that all materials are inter-related,
so that information on any given aspect or incident of these papers may be found in several different places.
This collection is only one received by the library concerning the Board of Education during this period. The papers of John
R. Kelley overlap those here described, both in time and coverage, and could therefore be profitably used simultaneously.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
McDill, George W. b. 1874--Archives.
Los Angeles (Calif.)--Board of Education.
School board presidents--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources.
Related Material
John R. Kelley Collection of Material About the Los Angeles Board of
Education, 1933-1945 (Collection 207) Available at Department of Special Collections, UCLA.
Box 1, Folder 1
All Year School Plan--Correspondence, July-May 1937.
Box 1, Folder 2
All Year School Plan--School Board material.
Scope and Content Note
Reports, memoranda, lists of interested educators, periodicals, statements of goals and purposes, clippings, minutes, etc.
Box 1, Folder 3
All Year School Plan--Other miscellaneous material.
Box 1, Folder 4
All Year School Plan--Radio Talks 1-20.
Box 1, Folders 5-7
Board of Education (Los Angeles School Board)--Miscellaneous material 1-3.
Scope and Content Note
Clippings, miscellaneous notes, etc.
Box 2, Folder 1
Board of Education (Los Angeles School Board)--1933 Election.
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence.
Box 2, Folder 2
Board of Education (Los Angeles School Board)--1933 Election.
Scope and Content Note
Campaign material, clippings, affidavits of expenditure, electioneering material.
Box 2, Folder 3
Board of Education (Los Angeles School Board)--1934 Recall Election.
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence--letters of support, letters concerning the firing of recall workers, letters of congratulations, etc.
Box 2, Folder 4
Board of Education (Los Angeles School Board)--1934 Recall Election.
Scope and Content Note
Bills, statements of condition, Business Department matters, materials on the firing of recall workers, clippings, 3 radio
speeches.
Box 2, Folder 5
Board of Education (Los Angeles School Board)--1935 Election.
Scope and Content Note
Electioneering material, notes, financial statements, radio talks, etc.
Box 2, Folder 6
Board of Education (Los Angeles School Board)--1937 Election. Correspondence. January-June 1937.
Scope and Content Note
Letters of support, letters of endorsement, campaign suggestions, etc.
Box 2, Folder 7
Board of Education (Los Angeles School Board)--1937 Election.
Scope and Content Note
Slander post-cards and school board notes, lists of teachers and their political attitudes, candidates' questions, miscellaneous
statements by McDill, open letters to teachers by McDill, biographical sketch of McDill, affidavits and notes on campaign
spending, miscellaneous administrative notes, etc.
Box 2, Folder 8
Board of Education (Los Angeles School Board)--1937 Election.
Scope and Content Note
Campaign material, clippings, flyers, miscellaneous campaign publications and pamphlets.
Box 2, Folder 9
Civil Service--Correspondence, school and law related.
Scope and Content Note
Important correspondents are: Assembleymen Pelletier, Olsen, and Geyer, City Attorney John O'Toole, California Superintendant
of Public Instruction Kersey.
Box 2, Folder 10
Civil Service--Miscellaneous material.
Scope and Content Note
Drafts of Civil Service law, committee reports, minutes of board meetings, bulletins, reports, discussions, resolutions, evaluations
by John Steven, Civil Service examination packet, etc.
Box 2, Folder 11
Court Actions, legal forms, legal opinions, etc.
Box 2, Folder 12
Efficiency--Miscellaneous material.
Scope and Content Note
Reports and letters from R.W. Lohman concerning school efficiency.
Box 3, Folder 1
Insurance--Correspondence (Materials in this and the following box deals with a proposed form of school insurance proposed
by McDill).
Scope and Content Note
Important correspondents include Assembleymen Pelletier and Olsen, and the Insurance Commitee of the Los Angeles Grand Jury.
Box 3, Folder 2
Insurance--Official material.
Scope and Content Note
Summary of Fire Risks, Communications to Insurance Commitees, Statements of Insurance Risks and Refunds, Proposed Ammendments
to the School Code, other miscellaneous material.
Box 3, Folder 3
Maps--School locations, topographical locations, school maps, etc.
Box 3, Folder 4
Newspaper Clippings, 1933-1935, arranged by month.
Box 3, Folder 5
Newspaper Clippings, 1936-1937, arranged by month.
Box 3, Folder 6
Personel reports--mimeo lists and reports.
Box 4, Folder 1
PTA Milk Controversy, 1934 (Material in this folder deals with alledged misuse of milk funds for political purposes).
Scope and Content Note
Mimeo notes and summaries of Board meetings, typed resolutions, clippings, transcripts of letters from local PTA Boards, etc.
Box 4, Folder 2
Radio Speeches, n.d. (Between 1933 and 1937).
Physical Description: 31 speeches.
Scope and Content Note
McDill gave weekly radio talks on the activities of the Los Angeles School Board.
Box 4, Folder 3
Radio Speeches, dated 1935-1937.
Box 4, Folder 4
School Rebuilding--(earthquake damage repairs).
Scope and Content Note
Notes from board meetings, reposts on damages, reports on temporary school tents, other relevant board publications.
Box 4, Folder 5
Miscellaneous correspondence,
ca. 1933-1939.
Box 4, Folder 6
Miscellaneous materials--pamphlets, ephemera, fragments, etc.
