The Margaret Louise Sawyer Collection

Margaret Louise Sawyer in her 1940 graduate photo — Margaret was a Librarian with the Los Angeles Public Library

Margaret was a librarian for the city of Los Angeles — Margaret was a Librarian with the Los Angeles Public Library

Mr. Sawyer in a faculty photo, 1928 — Mr. Sawyer in a faculty photo, standing far right 1928

Mr. Sawyer, 8th from the left, top row — Mr. Sawyer, 8th from the left (top row) in a faculty photo

Miss Sawyer's Garfield Junior High Diploma — Miss Sawyer's Garfield Junior High diploma 1937

Miss Sawyer was attacked but fought off the attacker with her purse — Miss Sawyer was attacked but fought off the attacker whacking him with her purse

Miss Sawyer's 1940 Diploma — Garfield diploma 1940

This collection was received from Rosario Velasquez, a friend of Miss Margaret Louise Sawyer. Margaret Sawyer was a Garfield graduate of the class of 1940, and passed away on April 22, 2010.

The collection includes a number of yearbooks, letters, diploma, and a very interesting newspaper article. The items belonged to both her and her father, George Ford Sawyer who began teaching at Garfield in 1928 and retired in 1959 after 31 years at Garfield.

The compilation of yearbooks involved Garfield yearbooks, but amazingly includes yearbooks from Glendale Union High School (1917, 1918, and 1919), Franklin High School (1920, 1923), Redlands High School (1923), Central Union High, El Centro (1927), San Diego High School (1920, 1921, 1922), Central Junior College, El Centro (1927), and Citrus College, Glendora (1912).