National Association of Teachers of Speech officers Gladys Borchers, Lee Emerson Bassett, and Irene Poole, Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles, 1932

Item Overview

Title

National Association of Teachers of Speech officers Gladys Borchers, Lee Emerson Bassett, and Irene Poole, Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles, 1932

Date Created

December 29, 1932

Date

1932-12-29

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Gladys Borchers, in fur-trimmed coat, Lee Emerson Bassett, in suit and tie, and Irene Poole, in dress and necklace, all seated at table with papers, with tapestry in background
Related to the article “Teachers of Speech End Meet, Educators Pick Stanford Man for President and Elect Other Officers.” Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 1932. The article states: “Dr. Lee Emerson Bassett, head of the division of public speaking at Stanford University, was elected president of the National Association of Teachers of Speech at the final session of the convention of that organization yesterday at the Biltmore. Miss Gladys Borchers … University of Wisconsin, was elected first vice-president and Mrs. Irene Poole … University of Michigan, second vice president. …”

Caption

Text from nitrate negative sleeve: Battarini, John, baseball [incorrect]
Handwritten at edge of negative: Gladys Borchers, Lee Emerson Bassett, Mrs. Irene Poole LtoR
Text from nitrate negative sleeve for uclamss_1429_0869 : Bassett, Lee Emerson, Prof.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Poole, Irene, b. 1899 or 1900
Biltmore Hotel (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Bassett, Lee Emerson, 1872-1959
Borchers, Gladys, 1891-1988
National Association of Teachers of Speech (U.S.)

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Teachers--California--Los Angeles