Education

Allen, Hollis P. (b. 1895)

Educator

Memoirs of an Educator. 1979.

A series of interviews discussing Mr. Allen's long career as a Professor of Education, specializing in school administration. Hollis P. Allen graduated from Pomona College (1918) and was a member of the Claremont Graduate School faculty from 1925 until 1960.

Interviewer: Enid H. Douglass, Oral History Program.

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Dewey, Sabino L. (b. 1899)

Teacher

Recollections of Sabino L. Dewey. 1970.

Adopted son of John Dewey. Sabino Dewey relates the story of how, as a boy of five, he was adopted by Dr. and Mrs. John Dewey while they were in Italy. He talks about life in the Dewey household and his particularly close relationship with his father.

Interviewers: Malcolm P. Douglass, Professor of Education, Claremont Graduate School. Enid H. Douglass, Oral History Program.

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Douglass, M. Evelyn

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Fitts, Charles

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Gould, Arthur (b. 1879)

Educator

Educator. 1962.

Assistant Superintendent and Deputy Superintendent, Los Angeles City Schools (1918-1944). Describes childhood and schooling in La Canada and Pasadena and living with the Charles B. Sumner family while attending Pomona College (1897-1901), graduate study at Yale (M.A., 1904). Relates experiences as teacher and principal in San Diego Schools (1905-1908). In the main, discusses his responsibilities in Los Angeles school system for shaping structure and curriculum in a rapidly expanding period, general impact of "Progressive Education," and Susan B. Dorsey (Superintendent, Los Angeles Schools in 1920s).

Interviewer: Hollis P. Allen, Professor of Education, Emeritus, Claremont Graduate School.

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Loeb, Joseph

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Sait, Una Bernard

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Schneider, Herbert (b. 1892)

College Professor

Recollections of John Dewey. 1963.

As an undergraduate and graduate student, and then as a faculty member, Dr. Schneider worked closely with John Dewey. Comments of Dewey's basic theories about education, his philosophy of art, his political beliefs, and his attitudes about religion. Discusses Dewey's relationship with students and associates and his feelings about the Progressive Education Movement. Additional remarks on the Blaisdell Institute for the Advanced Study in World Cultures and Religions, an affiliate of the Claremont Graduate School.

Interviewers: John A. Hutchinson, Professor of Philosophy and Religion, Claremont Graduate School; Caroline Beatty, Oral History Program.

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Smith, Arthur Maxson

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Spencer, Peter L. (b. 1893)

Educator

Professor of Education, Claremont Graduate School. 1970.

Mr. Spencer was a Professor of Education, with specialties in arithmetic and reading. He came to Claremont as a Claremont Graduate School faculty member from 1931 to 1958. The interview focuses on Mr. Spencer's career in education during the period he was at the Graduate School.

Interviewer: Enid H. Douglass, Oral History Program.

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Voorhis, H. Jeremiah

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