Draft:National Technical Schools

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Declined by Lijil 10 days ago. Last edited by Lijil 10 days ago. Reviewer: Inform author.

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Comment: This is a fascinating story but I'm not sure the three sources other than LA Times are reliable, and the LA Times piece only mentions the most recent name of the school. I couldn't find more in archive.org, Google Books or Google Scholar, which seems odd. Maybe try searching using different names? Or try the archives of Popular Mechanics and Popular Science? I don't know if they're digitised that far back, it might require a visit to a library. I would love the story about Vrena Bender Rosenkrantz being fascinated by automobiles and starting a school to be true but need verification. Lijil (talk) 06:47, 13 June 2025 (UTC)

National Technical Schools was founded by Vrena Bender Rosenkrantz^[1] in 1905, as National School of Engineering,^[2] at 4000 South Figeiroa Street, Los Angeles, California.^[3] National School of Engineering was later renamed National Schools. In the 1950s, there was an office in Chicago, Illinois. Around 1970 the school was renamed National Technical Schools. In 1985, National Technical Schools was sold to United Education & Software, an Encino-based trade school operator, and went bankrupt in 1989.^[4] In 1998, the building was torn down.

Similar contemporary American schools

(chronological)

International Correspondence Schools (ICS), now Penn Foster Career School (founded 1890, in Scranton, PA) (still open)
Massey Technical Institute (founded 1894 in Jacksonville, FL) (defunct in the mid-1970s)
Coyne Electrical School, now Coyne College (founded 1899) (defunct 2022)
National Radio Institute (founded 1914 in Washington, D.C. to 2002) (now defunct)
Capitol Radio Engineering Institute (founded 1927 in Washington, D.C.) (still open)
DeVry Technical Institute (founded 1931 in Chicago IL as Deforest's Training Inc.) (still open)
Cleveland Institute of Electronics (founded 1934 in Cleveland, OH, as Smith Practical Radio Institute) (defunct 2022)
Sprayberry Academy of Radio (founded 1943, in Washington D.C. but also operated out of Pueblo, CO, and Chicago, IL) (now defunct)
American Basic Science Club (founded 1957 in San Antonio, TX) (now defunct)

References

^ "National Schools, Los Angeles". Postcard History. 7 May 2020. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
^ "French Dips, Diesel Smoke, and Student Loans". More Than Red Cars. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
^ "National Schools, Los Angeles, CA, USA". Radiomuseum.org. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
^ Apodaca, Patrice (21 November 1989). "Trade School Stops Accepting New Students". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 12 June 2025.

External links

National Schools v. City of Los Angeles
Instructors, 'National Schools', Los Angeles, Calif., 1937 in "Dick" Whittington Photography Collection, 1924-1987 at Digital Library, University of Southern California
National Schools AM/SW radio kit by Boatanchor Pix at Faculty and Staff Websites, Ohio University
"National Schools Mechanical Camera". Early Television Museum.
Blattenberger, Kirt. "National Schools Radio Television & Electronics Training Ad, September 1945, Radio-Craft". RF Cafe .com.

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[postcardhistory/ns-LA-1] "National Schools, Los Angeles". Postcard History. 7 May 2020. Retrieved 12 June 2025.

[morethanredcars/63-2] "French Dips, Diesel Smoke, and Student Loans". More Than Red Cars. Retrieved 12 June 2025.

[radiomuseum/8298-3] "National Schools, Los Angeles, CA, USA". Radiomuseum.org. Retrieved 12 June 2025.

[latimes/1989-11-21-fi-249-4] Apodaca, Patrice (21 November 1989). "Trade School Stops Accepting New Students". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 12 June 2025.

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