Utah Parent Teacher Association records
Collection
Identifier: ACCN 1221
Scope and Contents
The Utah Parent Teacher Association records (1950s-1990s) contain a variety of documents resulting from the activities of this education, advocacy and support organization. Present are correspondence, meeting records, member directories, school newsletters, news clippings, convention records, pamphlets and other published items, statistical summaries, reports, speaking records, school calendars, financial information, notes, school histories, program records, handouts, teacher's guides, student activity books and other documents.
The collection is divided loosely into three groups of material. First, general administrative records for the organization are housed in boxes 1-12. In addition to administrative records, the files include documents associated with the Women's State Legislative Council, the Alcohol Policy Coalition, drug and alcohol awareness programs, reading programs, health programs, fund raising, tutor training, the Utah Music Teachers Association, the Public Education Foundation, the Educational Technology Committee, adult education programs, and various PTA program committees. Also present are the records of Nellie DeVroom, one-time President of the Utah PTA, and copies of Soundoff, a PTA newspaper. The second group (boxes 13-16) contains documents focusing on PTA activities at various area schools, particularly West High School, Horace Mann Junior High, Lowell Elementary, and North Elementary. Records concerning the PTA's social, cultural, and educational programs comprise the third group of material (boxes 17-22). Included are documents resulting from PTA-sponsored writing competitions, particularly the "Reflections" competition, and programs associated with the United States Bicentennial. Other documents present were part of the "Green Circle" social development program and the PTA's Individual Development Commission activities.
The collection is divided loosely into three groups of material. First, general administrative records for the organization are housed in boxes 1-12. In addition to administrative records, the files include documents associated with the Women's State Legislative Council, the Alcohol Policy Coalition, drug and alcohol awareness programs, reading programs, health programs, fund raising, tutor training, the Utah Music Teachers Association, the Public Education Foundation, the Educational Technology Committee, adult education programs, and various PTA program committees. Also present are the records of Nellie DeVroom, one-time President of the Utah PTA, and copies of Soundoff, a PTA newspaper. The second group (boxes 13-16) contains documents focusing on PTA activities at various area schools, particularly West High School, Horace Mann Junior High, Lowell Elementary, and North Elementary. Records concerning the PTA's social, cultural, and educational programs comprise the third group of material (boxes 17-22). Included are documents resulting from PTA-sponsored writing competitions, particularly the "Reflections" competition, and programs associated with the United States Bicentennial. Other documents present were part of the "Green Circle" social development program and the PTA's Individual Development Commission activities.
Dates
- 1950s-1990s
Creator
- Utah Parent Teacher Association (Organization)
Language of Materials
Collection materials are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.
Conditions Governing Use
The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.
Organizational History
The Utah Parent Teacher Association had its beginnings with the opening of the first school in the Salt Lake Valley by Mary Jane Dilworth in 1847. By 1951, every school in Utah had a Parent Teacher Association. The Association's mission statement is to help every child reach his/her full potential.
Extent
24 Linear Feet (22 Boxes)
Abstract
The Utah Parent Teacher Association records (1950s-1990s) contain a variety of documents resulting from the activities of this education, advocacy and support organization. Present are correspondence, meeting records, member directories, school newsletters, news clippings, convention records, pamphlets and other published items, statistical summaries, reports, speaking records, school calendars, financial information, notes, school histories, program records, handouts, teacher's guides, student activity books and other documents.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of the Association in 1992.
Separated Materials
Photographs transferred to the Multimedia Division of Special Collections (P0623).
Processing Information
Processed by Mark Jensen in 1996.
- Administrative records
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
- Correspondence
- Directories
- Elementary and Secondary Education
- Histories (literary works)
- Horace Mann Junior High School (Salt Lake City, Utah)
- Instructional materials
- Minutes (Records)
- Newsletters
- Parents' and teachers' associations -- Utah -- Sources
- Public schools -- Utah -- History
- Reports
- Utah Parent Teacher Association -- Archives
- West High School (Salt Lake City, Utah)
Creator
- Utah Parent Teacher Association (Organization)
- Title
- Inventory of the Utah Parent Teacher Association records
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid created by Mark Jensen.
- Date
- 1996 (last modified: 2022)
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid encoded in English in Latin script.
Repository Details
Part of the J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Repository
Contact:
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City Utah 84112 United States
801-581-8863
special@library.utah.edu
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City Utah 84112 United States
801-581-8863
special@library.utah.edu