Edwin Augustus Lee Papers, 1922-1965

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Edwin Augustus Lee Papers, 1922-1965

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Edwin Augustus Lee (1888-1966) was born in Redding, California. He was the Dean and Professor of the UCLA School of Education (1940-55). While at UCLA, he expanded the School of Education from a credential program for elementary and secondary teachers to one offering curricula in many fields and all levels of education. He also established a teacher selection and counseling service, fought to preserve the University Elementary School, and supported the right of faculty to refuse to sign the loyalty oath. The collection contains manuscripts and correspondence files of Lee, relating to his career as a California educator and Dean of the School of Education at UCLA.

17 boxes (8.5 linear ft.)

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University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.

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University of California, Los Angeles. School of Education

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Lee, Edwin Augustus, 1888-1966.

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Lee was born in 1888, and was a native of Redding, CA; graduated from Chico Teachers College; taught and helped build a vocational curriculum in the San Rafael public schools; MA and Ph. D from Teachers College, Columbia Univ.; taught at Carnegie Institute for one year and Indiana Univ. for four years; helped organize the American Vocational Association, and became its first president in 1925; head, Division of Vocational Education at UC Berkeley (1921-33); superintendent of San Francisco school...