Whittier (Calif.); Schools; Reformatories; Rites and ceremonies; Letters
Item from the 1890 February 18 edition of the Los Angeles Times reports that Hervey Lindley sent a letter of thanks to Colonel C. C. Allen for his part in the corner stone laying ceremony for the Whittier State School for Boys.
Whittier (Calif.); Schools; Reformatories; Railroad travel; Military bands; Freemasonry; Speeches, addresses, etc.; Rites and ceremonies
Article from the 1890 February 20 edition of the Christian Advocate reports on the proceedings of the corner stone laying ceremony for the Whittier State School for Boys.
Article from an undated edition of the Daily Transcript discusses charges of corruption in the hiring of administrators for the Whittier State School for Boys.
Schools; Reformatories; Drawing; Buildings; Rites and ceremonies; Waterman, Robert Whitney, 1826-1891; Whittier (Calif.)
Article from the 1890 February 12 edition of The Tribune reports on the founding of the Whittier State School for Boys and the history of the city of Whittier.
Whittier (Calif.); Reformatories; Schools; Land; Land titles; Water; Water rights; Expenditures, Public; Waterman, Robert Whitney, 1826-1891;Baldwin, Elias Jackson, 1828-1909
Article from the 1889 July 26 edition of the Los Angeles Times reports on the issue of water rights for the tract of land purchased by the state for the Whittier reform school.
Article from the 1891 August 12 edition of the Los Angeles Evening Express reports on a visit to the Whittier State School by the board of supervisors.
Children; Whittier State School (Whittier, Calif.); Whittier (Calif.); Juvenile delinquents; Reformatories; Schools; Education; Education Curricula; Speeches, addresses, etc.
An article from the 1891 July 1 edition of the Los Angeles Evening Express reports that the State Reform School for Juvenile Offenders at Whittier will open today. It also reports on the history and purpose of the school.
Children; Reformatories; Whittier (Calif.); Whittier State School (Whittier, Calif.); Waterman, Robert Whitney, 1826-1891; Furniture; Farms; Food; Contractors; Contracts; Juvenile delinquents; Schools; Household supplies
An article from the 1891 June 27 edition of the Whittier Pointer reports on the history of the formation of the state reform school that will open in Whittier.
Children; Building; Buildings; Reformatories; Schools; Whittier (Calif.); Whittier State School (Whittier, Calif.); School board members; Legislation; Farms
An article from the 1891 July 4 edition of the Los Angeles Porcupine reports that the state training school at Whittier was opened and describes the school and its purpose.
Children; Juvenile delinquents; Whittier (Calif.); Whittier State School (Whittier, Calif.); Reformatories; Building; Buildings; Farms; Schools
An article from the 1891 July 7 edition of the Sacramento News provides an illustration of the new reform school in Whittier and a description of the premises.
