SAINT PAUL COUNCIL OF PARENT, TEACHER, STUDENT ASSOCIATIONS:

An Inventory of Its Council Records at the Minnesota Historical Society

Manuscripts Collection

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Creator: Saint Paul Council of Parent, Teacher, Student Associations, creator.
Title:Council records.
Dates:1914-1980 (bulk 1914-1935).
Abstract:Miscellaneous records relating to an umbrella organization of individual St. Paul (Minn.) PTA groups.
Quantity:0.4 cubic feet (1 box).
Location:P2062.

Expand/CollapseHISTORICAL NOTE

The organization was composed of individual schools' parent-teacher associations and was organized into standing committees concerned with child welfare, programs, shoes and clothing, and educational standards. It grew out of individual mothers' groups formed at public grade schools, beginning in 1894 with the Crocus Hill Mothers Club.


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Expand/CollapseSCOPE AND CONTENTS

The collection consists of minutes, yearbooks, and an event program (1922) that documents the functioning of the association and its component organizations.


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Expand/CollapseADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Saint Paul Council of Parent, Teacher, Student Associations Records. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession numbers: 15,127; 15,479; Archives 997-73

Processing Information:

Processed by: David B. Peterson, September 1999

Catalog ID number: 990017317430104294


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DETAILED DESCRIPTION

LocationBox
P20621Minutes:
Mothers' Clubs Council, 1914-1919. 2 volumes.
General Council of Mothers' Clubs and Parent-Teachers' Associations, 1919-1924. 2 volumes.
Includes a history of the organization (1924) by Cora F. Power.
St. Paul Council of Parent-Teacher Associations, 1925-1935. 2 volumes.
The name change occurred on May 22, 1924.
Newsletters, undated and 1975.
Program: First Annual Child Health Day of Saint Paul, March 24, 1922.
Yearbooks:
St. Paul Council of Parent-Teacher Associations, 1948-1951, 1953-1954. 4 volumes.
Includes bylaws.
Saint Paul Council of Parent, Teacher, Student Associations, 1974-1980. 5 volumes.
Includes bylaws; missing 1977-1978 yearbook.
Miscellany, undated and 1978.

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A history of the St. Paul Council of Parent-Teacher Associations is in the Minnesota Historical Society book collection.

Yearbooks of the General Council of Mothers' Clubs and Parent-Teacher Associations and the St. Paul Council of Parent-Teacher Associations are in the Minnesota Historical Society book collection.

The St. Paul Council of Parent-Teacher Associations Bulletin is in the Minnesota Historical Society serials collection.

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Expand/CollapseCATALOG 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:
Child Welfare -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul.
Education -- Societies -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul.
Parents' and teachers' associations -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul.
Organizations:
General Council of Mothers' Clubs and Parent-Teacher Associations.
St. Paul Council of Parent-Teacher Associations (Saint Paul, Minn.).
St. Paul Mothers' Club Council.

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