DAWSONBARBARA

Interview with Barbara Dawson, 1992

 

1992-10-24

 

Interviewer: Rouse, Dan

Barbara Dawson was a native of London, England and immigrated to La Jolla, California, in 1920 with her parents. In 1934 she graduated from La Jolla High School, and then attended San Diego State College where she earned a B.A. in 1938. After graduation, she received a Fellowship to Claremont Graduate School and then finally earned an M.A. in School Administration from San Diego State College in 1954. She was a teacher in the San Diego Unified School District for a few years before ultimately becoming a school principal at Carver, Central, Cleveland and Jackson Elementary Schools. Mrs. Dawson died in 2009.

Interviews; Oral histories; Barbara Dawson; Dan Rouse; San Diego State College; Public transportation (San Diego); Great Depression; Physical education teachers; Chaffey College; Lewis Terman's studies; Paul Pfaff; Franklin Elementary School ( San Diego); San Diego State College campus; Postal censorship (World War II); Education; Ross Perot; Job markets; San Diego Zoo; La Jolla Historical Society; The Old Globe (San Diego); America's Cup Ball

 

California

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English

 

Audiotape

00:48:26

Yes

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Audio

MP3

67.77 MB