MINNESOTA READING ASSOCIATION:
An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society
Manuscripts Collection
OVERVIEW
| Creator: | Minnesota Reading Association, creator. | |
| Title: | Minnesota Reading Association records. | |
| Dates: | 1952-2016. | |
| Language: | Materials in English. | |
| Abstract: | Records of the Minnesota branch of a national and international organization which advances literacy through the promotion of teaching standards and teacher training, encouraging research, and serving as a clearinghouse for information on literacy. | |
| Quantity: | 11.55 cubic feet (13 boxes). | |
| Location: | See Detailed Description for shelf locations. |
SCOPE AND CONTENTS
The records consist of: organizational files, including constitutions and bylaws, policies and procedures, articles of incorporation, board and committee records, historical data, and planning and program materials; presidential files; local council records; photographs, awards, and ephemera; and subject files.
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Availability:
The collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minnesota Reading Association Records. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.
Accession Information:
Accession number: 16,182; 17,542; 17,735
Processing Information:
Processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with a Basic Project grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).
Processed by: Alex Kent, 2011 and Leif Kopietz, December 2019
Catalog ID number: 990072637030104294
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
| Box | |||||||||||
| 131.I.19.1B | 1 | Organizational files: | |||||||||
| Constitution and bylaws, 1950s-2006. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Policies and procedures, 1982-2005. 3 folders. | |||||||||||
| History, 1950s-2007. 5 folders. | |||||||||||
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| 132.H.13.4F | 11 | "I Love To Read" program, 1983-1999. 3 folders. | |||||||||
| Minnesota Newspaper Education Week, 1983-1990, 1994, 1998. 1 volume and 1 folder. | |||||||||||
| Documents, 1950-2010. 10 folders. | |||||||||||
| Includes a mixture of Minnesota Reading Association Executive Board, subcommittee, and ad hoc committee meeting minutes; correspondence and memoranda; treasurer and budget reports; presentation and addresses given by Minnesota Reading Association leadership; policy and procedures handbooks; reading program information, pamphlets, and programs; conference material; membership directories; and miscellaneous publications. | |||||||||||
| International Reading Association (IRA) coordinators/zone coordinators, 1989-1991. | |||||||||||
| Parents and Reading Committee, 1983-1993, 2007. | |||||||||||
| Conferences and planning, 1955-1992. | |||||||||||
| Miscellaneous documents, 1980s. | |||||||||||
| Articles of incorporation, April 1961. | |||||||||||
| Job descriptions, 1978, 1991, 2007. | |||||||||||
| Long-range planning, mission, etc., 1985-1995. | |||||||||||
| Membership applications, brochures, handbooks, and reports, undated, 2010-2011. | |||||||||||
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| 132.H.13.5B | 12 | Treasurer, undated, April 1968. | |||||||||
| Rosters, President's Executive Board, 1955-2006. | |||||||||||
| Minnesota Reading Association: student membership, Alpha Upsilon Alpha, 1988-1992. | |||||||||||
| Handbooks, pamphlets, and brochures, 1950s-2000s. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Minnesota Reading Association correspondence and Executive Board Committee minutes, 1986-1990. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Dismantled binder that appears to belong to Executive Board member Ronald Green. | |||||||||||
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| 131.I.19.1B | 1 | Presidential files: | |||||||||
| Arranged chronologically by presidential term. | |||||||||||
| Lohmann, Victor, 1955-1957. | |||||||||||
| Raygor, Alton, 1957-1959. | |||||||||||
| Conference correspondence, 1958. | |||||||||||
| Duluth meeting materials, 1958. | |||||||||||
| Berry, Dean, 1959-1961. 3 folders. | |||||||||||
| Spring conference committee plans, 1959. | |||||||||||
| Spring conference, 1959, 1960, 1962. | |||||||||||
| Minnesota Reading Association (MRA) correspondence, 1959-1962. | |||||||||||
| Balow, Bruce, 1961-1962. | |||||||||||
| Minnesota Education Association (MEA), 1962. | |||||||||||
| Smith, Dorothy, 1962-1963. | |||||||||||
| State conference, 1962-1963. | |||||||||||
| Martinetto, Leonard, 1963-1964. | |||||||||||
| Spring conference correspondence, 1964. | |||||||||||
| Duluth spring conference, 1964. | |||||||||||
| Campbell, Eleanor, 1964-1965. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| MEA section, 1964. | |||||||||||
| Legislative committee, 1964-1965. | |||||||||||
| Gordon, Bernice, 1965-1966. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| MEA section requirements, 1965. | |||||||||||
| MRA spring conference, Red Wing, 1966. | |||||||||||
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| 131.I.19.2F | 2 | Johnson, Dorothy, 1966-1967. 2 folders. | |||||||||
| Sloan, Margaret, 1967-1968. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Goins, Jean Turner, 1968-1969. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Simula, Vernon, 1969-1970. | |||||||||||
| Sather, Verlie, 1970-1971. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Missing years 1971-1972, (Jacobson, Victoria). | |||||||||||
| Googins, Duane, 1972-1973. | |||||||||||
| Dreyer, Hal, 1973-1974. | |||||||||||
| Grasmoen-Olsen, Laverne, 1974-1975. | |||||||||||
| Erickson, Ann, 1975-1976. | |||||||||||
| Schreiner, Robert, 1976-1977. | |||||||||||
| Classen, Leona, 1977-1978. | |||||||||||
| International Reading Association (IRA) conference, 1977. | |||||||||||
| Murray, Howard, 1978-1979. 3 folders. | |||||||||||
| Traut, Lorrayne, 1979-1980. | |||||||||||
| Smith, Dorothy, 1980-1981. | |||||||||||
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| 131.I.19.3B | 3 | Martin, Gretchen Starks, 1981-1982. | |||||||||
| O'Shaughnessy, Peg, 1982-1983. | |||||||||||
| Miller, Mary Donald, 1983-1984. | |||||||||||
| Cahill, Kathleen, 1984-1985. 9 folders. | |||||||||||
| Crawford, Leslie W., 1985-1986. 4 folders. | |||||||||||
| Reading Licensure Task Force, 1985. | |||||||||||
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| 131.I.19.4F | 4 | MRA proposal for computer applications, 1984-1985. | |||||||||
| Minutes, correspondence and publications, 4 folders. | |||||||||||
| Eberwein, Lowell, 1986-1987. 7 folders. | |||||||||||
| Swenson, Charmaine, 1987-1988. 5 folders. | |||||||||||
| IRA coordinator elections, 1987. | |||||||||||
| Correspondence and miscellany, 1987-1988. | |||||||||||
| MRA fall conference, 1987. | |||||||||||
| Includes photographs. | |||||||||||
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| 131.I.19.5B | 5 | St. Cloud State conference papers, 1987. | |||||||||
| Elections and nominations, 1987-1988. | |||||||||||
| Conference book and samples, 1987-1988. | |||||||||||
| Carnegie report, 1987-1988. | |||||||||||
| Topp, Mary, 1988-1989. 6 folders. | |||||||||||
| Anderson, Beverly, 1989-1990. 4 folders. | |||||||||||
| Kelley, Carol, 1990-1991. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| MRA workshop, 1991. | |||||||||||
| 19th Plains Regional IRA conference, 1991. 3 folders. | |||||||||||
| Guentzel, Evelyn, 1991-1992. | |||||||||||
| Martinson, Bonnie, 1992-1993. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
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| 131.I.19.6F | 6 | Brady, Phyllis, 1993-1994. | |||||||||
| Dalhouse, Doris Walker, 1994-1995. | |||||||||||
| Nuckles, Janet Watt, 1995-1996. | |||||||||||
| Handbook, 1995-1996. | |||||||||||
| Bowker, Michelle, 1996-1997. | |||||||||||
| Sherman, Thomas, 1997-1998. | |||||||||||
| Fields, Nugget, 1998-2000. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Walz, Jacqueline, 2000-2001. | |||||||||||
| Nelson, James W., 2001-2002. | |||||||||||
| Schroeder, Lucia, 2002-2003. | |||||||||||
| Gale, Roberta Douglas, 2003-2004. | |||||||||||
| Betlewski, Terri, 2004-2006. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Boehm, Eva, and Hansen, Dawn, 2006-2007. | |||||||||||
| Redfern, Anne, 2007-2008. | |||||||||||
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| 131.I.19.7B | 7 | Local councils: | |||||||||
| Local councils information, 1956-1967, 1978, 1985-1992. | |||||||||||
| Local council boundaries, undated, 1990, 1992, 2002. | |||||||||||
| Local council rosters, 1950s-2000s. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Request for charter to establish a Local Council of the International Reading Association, 1958-1960, 1970s, 1993-1994. | |||||||||||
| Arrowhead Reading Council, 1957-2000s. 4 folders. | |||||||||||
| Central Minnesota Reading Council, 1957-2000s. 3 folders. | |||||||||||
| Metro South Reading Council, 1991-1996. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Minnesota Academy of Reading, Special Interest Council, 1971-2016. 4 folders. | |||||||||||
| Minnesota Post-Secondary Special Interest Council, 1973-1989. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Northland Reading Council, 1981-1987, 1994. | |||||||||||
| North Star Reading Council, 1976-2000s. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Northwestern Minnesota Reading Council, 1978-2010. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Pine Area Reading Council, 1985-1990. | |||||||||||
| Red River Reading Council, 1958-2010. 3 folders. | |||||||||||
| Secondary Reading Special Interest Group, 1992-2007. | |||||||||||
| Southeast Minnesota Reading Council, 1958-2003. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
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| 132.H.13.5B | 12 | Southeast Minnesota Reading Council: Board of Directors Manual, 1995-2007. 2 folders. | |||||||||
| Southwest Minnesota Reading Council, 1959-2008. 4 folders. | |||||||||||
| Early Twin Cities Area Reading Council, 1957-1967. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
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| 131.I.19.8F | 8 | Twin Cities Area Reading Council, 1967-2008. 21 folders. | |||||||||
| Twin Cities Area Reading Council constitution and bylaws, miscellany, undated, 1958-1999. | |||||||||||
| Twin Cities Area Reading Council awards, undated, 1985-1996. | |||||||||||
| Vikingland Reading Council, 1981-1997. | |||||||||||
| West Central Minnesota Reading Council constitution and bylaws, 1967-1972, 1982. | |||||||||||
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| 131.I.19.9B | 9 | West Central Minnesota Reading Council, 1967-2003. 9 folders. | |||||||||
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| 131.I.19.10F | 10 | West Central Minnesota Reading Council, 1966-1991. 3 volumes. | |||||||||
| Awards scrapbook, 1984. | |||||||||||
| Whole Language Special Interest Council, September 1989. | |||||||||||
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| 132.H.13.5B | 12 | Photographs, awards, and ephemera: | |||||||||
| Awards, 1986-2004. | |||||||||||
| Promotional buttons, undated, 1985, 2005. 13 buttons in 5 envelopes. | |||||||||||
| Minnesota Reading Association photographs, 1950s-1990s. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Ribbons, undated. | |||||||||||
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| 152.K.4.4F | 13 | Subject files: | |||||||||
| Ghana project, 1985-1994. | |||||||||||
| Legislation, 1961-1989. | |||||||||||
| Teacher's licensure, 1974-2007. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| [0.20 cubic feet empty, letter sized] | |||||||||||
CATALOG HEADINGS
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.
- Topics:
- Books and reading -- Minnesota.
- Education -- Minnesota.
- Literacy -- Minnesota.
- Reading -- Minnesota.
- Document Types:
- Photographs.
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