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Frederick E. Bolton Photograph Collection, 1904-circa 1937
Overview of the Collection
- Collector
- Bolton, Frederick Elmer, 1866-
- Title
- Frederick E. Bolton Photograph Collection
- Dates
- 1904-circa
1937 (inclusive)19041942
- Quantity
- 127 photographic prints, 4 architectural plans, 5 nitrate negatives (2 boxes) ; various sizes
- Collection Number
- PH0644
- Summary
- Photographs of public schools and school buses collected by University of Washington Dean of Education Frederick Bolton
- Repository
-
University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu - Access Restrictions
-
The collection is open to the public.
- Additional Reference Guides
These materials form part of the Frederick Bolton Papers which are described and indexed in the guide to the Frederick Bolton papers, Manuscript Accession no. 0194-001.
- Languages
- English
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was partially provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Frederick Elmer Bolton was born May 9, 1866 and grew up on a small frontier farm near Toham in southern Wisconsin. Bolton became interested in education early in his life and worked as a teacher, principle or superintendent for various two room schools, high schools, and normal schools in Wisconsin. Later he served as dean of the College of Education at the University of Iowa. In 1912 Bolton moved to Seattle, where he worked as dean of the College of Education at the University of Washington.
Bolton authored or co-authored a number of books including The Beginning Superintendentand History of Education in WashingtonDuring his career, Bolton was active in the Progressive Movement. He was a strong advocate for the development of junior colleges in Washington State and played a key role in the organization and success of the Northwest Association of Secondary and Higher Schools. Bolton died on March 10, 1963 in Seattle, Washington.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The collection contains images related to public schools, collected by Frederick Bolton as part of his research. Several of the images appear in Bolton's book, The Beginning Superintendent . Several photographs show minority high school students. Also contained is a series featuring images of school buses.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
Restrictions may exist on reproduction, quotation, or publication. Contact Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries for details.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Acquisition Information
Gift of Frederick Bolton, October 30, 1962.
Processing Note
Processed by Richard Visick, 2004.
Items 80a, 96a and 110a were transferred from the Washington Localities subject file, 2014.
Bibliography
Some photographs within the collection were used in this publication: Bolton, F.E., Cole, T.R., & Jessup, J.H. The Beginning Superintendent. (New York: The Macmillan Company,1937)
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Public SchoolsReturn to Top
Images appearing in The Beginning Superintendentare identified by their figure number as listed in the book.
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Alaska |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
1/1 | 1 | New Public
School, Juneau, Alaska |
undated |
Arkansas |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
1/2 | 2 | Photograph of
poster describing improvements made during consolidation of schools in Garland
County (figure 40) |
circa 1930 |
California-Altadena |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
1/3 | 3 | Charles W. Eliot Junior High School
(figure 36) Hiller Studio, Pasadena, California (photographer)
Building architects: Marston and Maybury, Pasadena,
California
|
circa 1934 |
1/3 | 4 | Charles W. Eliot Junior High School
front entrance Hiller Studio, Pasadena, California (photographer)
|
circa 1934 |
California-Compton |
|||
Box/Folder | item | ||
1/4 | 5 | Elementary school work room alcove
(figure 49) |
undated |
1/4 | 6-7 | Students in elementary school work
room alcove (figures 50 and 56) R.M. Starrett, Los Angeles, California (photographer)
|
undated |
1/4 | 8-9 | Students reading in elementary school
activities alcove (figures 51 and 55) |
undated |
1/4 | 10 | Elementary school combination
classroom and auditorium (figure 10) R.M. Starrett, Los Angeles, California (photographer)
|
undated |
1/4 | 11 | Theodore Roosevelt Elementary School
(figure 15) |
undated |
1/4 | 12 | Students at entrance of Theodore
Roosevelt Elementary School R.M. Starrett, Los Angeles, California (photographer)
|
undated |
1/4 | 13 | General Rosecrans Elementary School
(figure 16) R.M. Starrett, Los Angeles, California (photographer)
|
undated |
1/4 | 14 | George Washington Elementary School
(figure 14) R.M. Starrett, Los Angeles, California (photographer)
|
undated |
California-minority high school
students (probably Compton) |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
1/5 | 15 | Students and
administrators "Our main office."
|
undated |
1/5 | 16 | Students in class “Our pre-nursing class in the health director’s
office.”
|
undated |
1/5 | 17 | Panorama of students on stage with
instruments, caption reads “our orchestra” |
undated |
California-Santa
Barbara |
|||
Santa Barbara City Schools series: “Growth in
effective living through self-adjustment within the immediate
environment” Francis W. Noel (photographer)
|
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Box/Folder | item | ||
1/6 | 18-20 | First grade students building a bird
bath |
circa 1930 |
1/6 | 21 | First grade students building furniture |
circa 1930 |
1/6 | 22 | First grade students in workshop and model
home |
circa 1930 |
1/6 | 23 | First grade students in model living
room |
circa 1930 |
1/6 | 24 | First grade students in model dining
room |
circa 1930 |
1/6 | 25 | First grade students in model kitchen |
circa 1930 |
1/6 | 26 | First grade students in model bedroom |
circa 1930 |
1/6 | 27 | First grade students playing rhythm
instruments |
circa 1930 |
1/7 | 28 | Second grade students in model library |
circa 1930 |
1/7 | 29 | Second grade students in model town street
corner |
circa 1930 |
1/7 | 30 | Second grade students in model doctor’s
office |
circa 1930 |
1/7 | 31-32 | Second grade students holding mock city
election |
circa 1930 |
1/7 | 33 | Fourth grade students wearing Mexican costumes and
performing a dance |
circa 1930 |
1/7 | 34 | Fourth grade students wearing Mexican costumes in
model market |
circa 1930 |
California-Santa
Monica |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
1/8 | 35 | Hollywood High School science
building (figure 17) (Arthur) Luckhaus Studio, Los Angeles, California (photographer)
|
undated |
1/8 | 36 | Sierra Madre Elementary School
(figure 13) (Arthur) Luckhaus Studio, Los Angeles, Calif (photographer)
|
undated |
Colorado-Denver |
|||
Box/Folder | item | ||
1/9 | 37 | Horace Mann Junior High School
(figure 11) Building architects: T.H. Buell and Co., Denver,
Colorado
|
undated |
Colorado-Ovid |
|||
Box/Folder | item | ||
1/10 | 38 | Ovid High School first floor
architectural plan (figure 32) Building architects: T.H. Buell and Co., Denver, Colorado
|
undated |
1/10 | 39 | Ovid High School second floor
architectural plan (figure 33) Building architects: T.H. Buell and Co., Denver, Colorado
|
undated |
1/10 | 40 | Ovid High School (figure 31)
|
July 1929 |
Illinois-Chicago |
|||
Box/Folder | item | ||
1/11 | 41 | Photograph of World’s Fair
Elementary School architectural drawing (figure 42) |
circa 1933 |
Illinois-Elgin |
|||
Box/Folder | item | ||
1/12 | 42 | Marionettes and stage constructed by
eighth grade students of Sheridan Elementary School for a play |
undated |
Iowa-Tipton |
|||
Box/Folder | item | ||
1/13 | 43 | Buses in front of Tipton Consolidated
School (figure 35) |
April 1932 |
1/13 | 44 | Tipton Consolidated
School |
circa 1932 |
Iowa-Wapello Consolidated
Schools |
|||
Box/Folder | item | ||
1/14 | 45 | Cast of ninth grade theater
production (with some students in blackface) |
undated |
1/14 | 46-47 | Buses in front of school
buildings |
undated |
1/14 | 48 | High School building |
undated |
1/14 | 49 | High School building with
Intermediate School building in rear |
undated |
Iowa-Waterloo |
|||
Box/Folder | item | ||
1/15 | 50 | Orange Consolidated School
bus |
undated |
New Jersey-Teaneck |
|||
Box/Folder | item | ||
1/16 | 51 | Remodeled high school building
(figure 12) Dumont Studio, Dumont, New Jersey (photographer)
|
undated |
New York-King Ferry |
|||
Box/Folder | item | ||
1/17 | 52 | King Ferry Central School (figure
34) |
undated |
1/17 | 53 | King Ferry Central School images of
offices, the library, and auditorium Miller, Groton, New York (photographer)
|
undated |
1/17 | 54 | King Ferry Central School images of
home making department’s living room and cooking laboratory, the farm
shop, and lunch room Miller, Groton, New York (photographer)
|
undated |
South Dakota-Mitchell |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
1/18 | 55 | Eugene Field School second grade
“transportation” projects, including model train and
drawings High Studio, Mitchell, South Dakota (photographer)
|
circa 1931-1932 |
1/18 | 56 | Litchfield School first grade
students in front of “community life” model town
projects Hersey Photo Service (photographer)
|
undated |
1/18 | 57 | Whittier School third grade students
with “pioneer life” model covered wagon High Studio, Mitchell, South Dakota (photographer)
|
undated |
1/18 | 58 | Whittier School third grade
“transportation” projects, including model train, ship, canoe,
and drawings High Studio, Mitchell, South Dakota (photographer)
|
undated |
Washington-Anacortes |
|||
Box/Folder | item | ||
1/19 | 59 | First grade public school students in
class |
1904 |
1/19 | 60 | Third grade public school students in
class |
1904 |
1/19 | 61 | 1904 | |
1/19 | 62 | 1904 | |
1/19 | 63 | High school students in
class |
1904 |
1/19 | 64 | 1904 | |
1/19 | 65 | 1904 | |
1/19 | 66 | Superintendent office in public
school |
1904 |
1/19 | 67 | School board members in
meeting |
1904 |
Washington-Bainbridge
Island |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
1/20 | 68 | Junior-Senior High School students in
library (figure 18) |
undated |
1/20 | 69 | Eleventh and twelfth grade
Shakespeare and Stevenson projects on display in library (figure
20) |
undated |
1/20 | 70 | undated | |
1/20 | 71 | undated | |
1/20 | 72 | Students in stenography class with
typing class in background (figure 48) |
undated |
1/20 | 73 | undated | |
1/20 | 74-75 | Students in eighth grade wood shop
class (figures 57 and 58) |
undated |
1/20 | 76 | undated | |
1/20 | 77 | Students in front of Junior-Senior
High School (figure 39) |
undated |
1/20 | 78 | undated | |
Washington-Bellingham |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
1/21 | 79 | undated | |
Washington-Carnation |
|||
Box/Folder | item | ||
1/22 | 80 | Photograph of Carnation Grade School
architectural drawing (figure 37) Building architect: William Mallis, Seattle, Washington
|
undated |
1/22 | 80a |
Students and teacher outside a
schoolhouse in Tolt, Washington Tolt, Washington was renamed Carnation in 1917 and the name of
the city was changed back to Tolt in 1928. In 1951 the city had a final name
changeto Carnation.
|
circa 1890 |
Washington-Colfax |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
1/23 | 81 | undated | |
1/23 | 82 | undated | |
1/23 | 83 | undated | |
1/23 | 84 | undated | |
1/23 | 85 | undated | |
1/23 | 86 |
Students and teachers in front of
Hubbard School W.D. Ellis, Colfax, Washington (photographer)
|
undated |
Washington-Concrete |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
1/24 | 87 | undated | |
Washington-Leavenworth |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
1/25 | 88 |
Group in snow in front of one room
school house 2 prints, one hand colored
|
undated |
1/25 | 89 | undated | |
1/25 | 90 | undated | |
1/25 | 91 | undated | |
1/25 | 92 | undated | |
Washington-Maple
Valley |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
1/26 | 93 | 1927 | |
Washington-Osceola |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
1/26 | 93a | circa 1890s-1900s | |
Washington-Port
Orchard |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
1/27 | 94 | South Kitsap Union High School
buses |
February 1932 |
Washington-Redmond |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
1/28 | 95 | undated | |
Washington-Renton |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
1/29 | 96a | circa 1890 | |
1/29 | 96b | High school students in science class
(figure 46) |
undated |
1/29 | 97 | undated | |
1/29 | 98 | Student assembly in combination study
hall and auditorium (figure 28) |
undated |
1/29 | 99 | High school students in library
(figure 19) |
undated |
1/29 | 100 | Superintendent, high school
principal, and secretary in combination office suite (figure 2) |
undated |
1/29 | 101 | Senior High School gymnasium (figure
29) |
undated |
1/29 | 102 | Senior High School music room (figure
44) |
undated |
1/29 | 103 | undated | |
1/29 | 104 | Senior High School corridor (figure
8) |
undated |
1/29 | 105 | Senior High School ground floor
architectural plan (figure 5) Building architect: William Mallis, Seattle, Washington
|
undated |
1/29 | 106 | Senior High School first floor
architectural plan (figure 6) Building architect: William Mallis, Seattle, Washington
|
undated |
Washington-Seattle |
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Edison Vocational School |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
1/30 | 107 | circa 1937 | |
1/30 | 108 | Students working on machinery |
circa 1937 |
1/30 | 109 | Student in machine shop |
circa 1937 |
1/30 | 110 | circa 1937 | |
Washington-Vashon Island |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
1/31 | 110a | circa 1895 | |
Miscellaneous schools |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
1/31 | 111 | Elementary
school students and teacher performing musical activity in
gymnasium |
undated |
1/31 | 112 | undated | |
1/31 | 113 | undated | |
1/31 | 114 | Wood shop
project |
undated |
1/31 | 115 | undated | |
1/31 | 116 | Photograph of
architectural drawing detailing public address system in a school (figure
27) |
undated |
School BusesReturn to Top
Photographs in this series, except item 117, were copied by New York photographer George W. King from original photographs made by other photographers. Dates (March 18, 19, and 25, 1925) printed on these photographs are the date they were copied, not the dates of the original photographs.
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
1/32 | 117 | Hawkins’
REO Speed Wagon Caption reads, “This bus has been covering 60 miles per
day, covering two routes, carrying up to 25 students as maximum load per trip.
It is REO Speed Wagon, special job, chassis lengthened, reinforced and trussed.
Body by Universal Body Corporation of Portland, Ore. Has run three seasons
– 27,000 miles. Is standing up to its work in fine shape. C E Hawkins
owner-operator.”
|
undated |
1/32 | 118 | Mack school bus
interior |
undated |
1/32 | 119 | Lincoln School
bus |
undated |
1/32 | 120 | Delano Joint
Union High School Mack Sedan bus, Delano, California |
undated |
1/32 | 121 | Fullerton Union
High School Mack Sedan bus, Fullerton, California |
undated |
1/32 | 122 | Driver sitting
in, and man standing beside Santa Maria High School 2-ton Mack bus, Santa
Maria, Cailfornia |
undated |
1/32 | 123 | Huntington Park
Union High School Mack bus, Huntington Park, California |
undated |
1/33 | 124-126 | Independent
School District No. 40 buses, Chisholm, Minnisota |
undated |
1/33 | 127 | Cincinnati
Public Schools Mack bus, Cincinnati, Ohio |
undated |
1/33 | 128 | Independent
School District No. 9 Mack bus, Cincinnati, Ohio |
undated |
1/33 | 129 | Notre Dame
Academy bus, Dayton, Ohio |
undated |
1/33 | 130 | Students and
driver in State College, Boalsburg, Lewiston Auto Bus Line bus,
Pennsylvania |
undated |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Classrooms--Washington (State)--Photographs
- School buses--Washington (State)--Photographs
- School children--Washington (State)--Photographs
- Schools--Washington (State)--Photographs
Form or Genre Terms
- Group portraits
- Nitrate negatives
- Photographic prints
- Photographs
Titles within the Collection
- Beginning Superintendent
Other Creators
-
Personal Names
- Bolton, Frederick Elmer, 1866- (collector)
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)