Alice Sharp papers

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: ssf-ms-0003

Staff Only

Content

The Alice Sharp collection is composed of 36 letters written by her 4th and 5th grade students when she taught at Buri Buri Elementary School in South San Francisco. The letters, written in 1953, were addressed to her father, Robert Elmer Sharp, who resided in Jacksonville, Florida. Alice Sharp utilized the writing exercise to help her students practice penmanship.

Dates

Creation: 1953 April 3

Availability

This collection is open for research.

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Extent

.5 Linear Feet (1 manuscript box, 3 folders)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Arrangement

Arranged alphbetically by student's name.

Physical Location

This collection is located in the SSFPL Grand Avenue Library History Room at 306 Walnut Ave., SSF.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The Alice Sharp Class Papers were gifted by Katharine Carrillo, Alice Sharp's daughter, to the South San Francisco Public Library History Room in January 2019.

Bibliography

Alice Vaughan Sharp was born in Jacksonville, FL in 1928 and received a B.A. from Chapel Hill in North Carolina. She was hired at her first teaching job in the South San Francisco Unified School district. She taught 4th and 5th grade students at Buri Buri Elementary School.