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Ramona-Alessandro Alumni Association records

 Collection
Identifier: SC-019

Collection Scope and Content Summary

This collection contains newspapers, administrative records, and other materials that document the activites of the Ramona-Alessandro Alumni Association. Includes materials pertaining to the organization's administration, reunions, and finances along with press coverage received by the organization and items documenting the history of Ramona Elementary School and Alessandro Junior High School.

Dates

  • Creation: 1930-2004, undated
  • Creation: Majority of material found in 1990-2000

Access

This collection is open for research.

Publication Rights

Copyright Unknown: Some materials in this collection may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition, the reproduction, and/or commercial use, of some materials may be restricted by gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and publicity rights, licensing agreement(s), and/or trademark rights. Distribution or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. To the extent other restrictions apply, permission for distribution or reproduction from the applicable rights holder is also required. Responsibility for obtaining permissions, and for any use rests exclusively with the user.

Biographical Note

The Ramona-Alessandro Alumni Association is a group of former students and teachers from Ramona Elementary School and Alessandro Junior High School located in San Bernardino, California between 1924-1953. Both schools mainly served the Latinx and non-English speaking students who lived in San Bernardino west of Mount Vernon Avenue. In 1975, Ramona Elementary School was closed as a result of the 1933 Earthquake Act. Ramona-Alessandro was rebuilt and opened as an elementary school. The Alumni Association held reunions from 1994 to 1998.

Extent

3.5 Linear Feet (5 document boxes, 1 flat storage box)

Language of Materials

English

Metadata Rights Declarations

  • License: This record is made available under an Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Creative Commons license.

Abstract

This collection contains newspapers, administrative records, and other materials that document the activites of the Ramona-Alessandro Alumni Association, a group of former students and teachers from Ramona Elementary School and Alessandro Junior High School located in San Bernardino, California.

Collection Arrangement

This collection is arranged into the following series:

  1. Series 1: Administration, 1994-2002
  2. Series 2: Reunions, 1976-2004, undated
  3. Series 3: Finances, 1994-1999
  4. Series 4: Press Coverage, 1937-1999, undated
  5. Series 5: School, 1930-1998, undated

Acquisition Information

Information unavailable.

Processing Information

This collection was processed by James Knight III, 2024.

Title
Ramona-Alessandro Alumni Association records
Author
Finding aid created by James Knight III
Date
2024
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
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Repository Details

Part of the Pfau Library Special Collections Repository

Contact:
5500 University Parkway
San Bernardino CA 92407 United States
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