James M. Clarke Papers
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Clarke, James Mitchell
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content: James M. Clarke papers
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1936-1948
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.clarjame, Series 1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Sixteen booklets were written by James M. Clarke and others as lessons or special units developed for school children during the San Diego City Schools Curriculum Project under the Works Progress Administration. Series also includes reports on the project and examples of hardcover books. Units include topics such as agriculture, aviation, El Camino Real, living in California and Mexico, and wildlife. 

Authors of the books include Helen S. Bess, Waldemar Brunice, James M. Clarke, Willard Diffin, Jane Pratt, and Edith Osborne Thompson. Often, the booklets were illustrated by artists employed under the Works Progress Administration including Hilda Preibisius and others.