Webb School in Claremont, California : oral history transcript / by James V. Mink, under the auspices of the Oral History Program, University of California, Los Angeles, 1987.

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Webb School in Claremont, California : oral history transcript / by James V. Mink, under the auspices of the Oral History Program, University of California, Los Angeles, 1987.

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Webb discusses his father and the Webb School in Bell Buckle, Tennessee; his attendance at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; founding and directing Webb School, 1922-1966--impetus, Sherman Thacher, students, financing, raising level of school populace, recruiting, credit, library, chapel; other private schools; the California Association of Independent Secondary Schools; private schools in England in the 1930s.

viii, 164 p. ; 29 cm.

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University of California, Los Angeles. Oral History Program

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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California Association of Independent Secondary Schools.

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Webb Schools (Claremont, Calif.)

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Mink, James V. (James Vantine), 1923-

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James Vantine Mink III was born on June 3, 1923 in Wisconsin Rapids, WI; attended Occidental College, 1941-43; BA (1946) and MA (1949), UCLA; B.L.S., UC Berkeley (1952); certificate in archival administration, American Univ., 1953; asst. head, Dept. of Special Collections (1952-65) University Archivist beginning in 1961, director of oral history program (1965-72), and head of the Dept. of Special Collections beginning in 1972, UCLA Library; president, Society of California Archivists, 1971-73. ...

Thacher, Sherman Day, 1861-1931

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Webb, Thompson, 1887-1975

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Richard Thompson Webb (1887-1975), who legally changed his name to Thompson Webb, was a California educator and founder of the Webb School in Claremont. The son of educator and U.S. Senator Sawney Webb (1842-1926), Thompson Webb taught at the Webb School in Tennessee founded by his father before he moved with his family to California in 1922. He served as headmaster of the Webb School in Claremont until his retirement in 1962 and was active in community and educational affairs and retained an in...