ad from 1892-1893 directory
Aydelotte's Business College was an early school in Oakland to teach business skills including shorthand, telegraphy, penmanship, and more. It opened in 1888 as Depue and Aydelotte's Business College, then in 1890 moved into the new YMCA building at 12th and Clay.
J.E. Depue had a small school in the Everts Block, where he taught bookkeeping and penmanship. James H. Aydelotte had previously run Aydelotte's Short-Hand Institute in San Francisco, and was associated with Heald's Business College there.
In 1889, they announced they were moving from the Everts Block across the street to rooms on the southwest corner of 11th and Broadway. In 1890, they announced they were moving into the new YMCA building as soon as it was complete.
Depue left the college in 1891 to pursue other business. 1Ads in 1891 let people know that Aydelotte's Business College was the successor to Depue and Aydelotte.
Aydelotte's bought the Oakland Business College in 1897, which had been conducted by O.J. Willis.
H.C. Ingram joined Aydelotte in late 1899, after the Curnter Seminary he and his wife ran in Irvington burned. Then in 1900, he bought James Aydelotte's share, and Aydelotte retired. Ingram changed the name to the Oakland Business College. Aydelotte later returned to Heald in San Francisco.
Links and References
- All His Own Oakland Tribune October 31, 1891
