HENNEPIN COUNTY: MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS:

An Inventory of Its Parent Teacher Association Records at the Minnesota Historical Society

Government Records

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	Creator:	Minneapolis Public Schools.
	Title:	Parent Teacher Association Records.
	Dates:	1917-1982.
	Language:	Materials in English.
	Abstract:	Minutes, scrapbooks, photographs, and other records of the parent teacher associations of Schiller School, Windom School, Horace Mann School, Clinton School, Eugene Field Elementary School, Nathan Hale School, Irving School, McKinley School, and Page School.
	Quantity:	6.55 cubic feet (6 boxes and 2 partial boxes).
	Location:	See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minneapolis Public Schools. Parent Teacher Association Records. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession numbers: 983-17; 991-222; 2002-65; 2003-38; 2017-45; 2020-6

Processing Information:

Processed by: Charles Rodgers, May 2002; Debbie Sher, December 2002

Catalog ID number: 001706287

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION

SCHILLER SCHOOL PTA

Location

126.E.4.6

Oversize photographs, 1930s-1940s.

Clippings scrapbook, 1919-1963. 1 volume.

Halloween Party photographs, 1966. 1 volume.

Location

127.K.18.1B

Minutes, 1917-1957. 1 folder and 2 volumes.

Historian's reports, incorporation minutes, 1960-1963.

Treasurer's book, 1920-1944. 1 volume.

Student photographs, 1943.

Miscellaneous correspondence and papers, 1919-1974.

Record of meetings, programs, etc., 1919-1920.

75th anniversary programs, 1965.

Includes newsletters to parents.

Notices, 1966-1968.

"Farewell to Schiller": 1890-1974 Program, May 5, 1974.

Program for the closing ceremony of the school.

Photographs, 1920s-1940s.

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WINDOM SCHOOL PTA

Location

127.K.18.1B

Minutes, 1973-1978.

Corresponding Secretary reports and records, 1951-1975.

Corresponding Secretary issuances, 1975-1976.

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HORACE MANN SCHOOL PTA

Location

127.K.18.1B

Miscellaneous papers, 1949-1961.

Photographs, undated.

Photograph album, 1940s-1970s. 1 volume.

Location

127.K.18.2F

Scrapbooks, 1949-1955, 1960-1964. 10 volumes.

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CLINTON SCHOOL PTA

Location

127.K.18.3B

Scrapbooks, 1953-1962. 4 folders and 5 volumes:

1953/1954 - 1958/1959.

Location

127.K.18.4F

1959/1960 - 1961/1962.

[partial box]

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EUGENE FIELD SCHOOL PTA

Location

127.K.18.4F

Treasurer's annual and monthly reports, 1935-1955.

Photographs, 1940s-1960s, 1954-1963. 3 folders.

Black and white and color prints of various sizes depicting school facilities, class portraits, and class activities, such as, school patrol, chorus, and plays. Some negatives are included.

Location

114.E.6.6F-1

PTA Scrapbook, 1959-1960. 1 volume.

Includes fliers, correspondence, budget, building permit, and news clippings.

Location

106.H.5.1B

PTA Newsletter Field Events and fliers, 1970-1977.

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NATHAN HALE SCHOOL PTA

Records, 1928-1971. 6 folders and 4 volumes:

Minutes and correspondence, 1928-1932.

Treasurer's records, 1932-1963.

Minutes and correspondence, 1945-1968. 3 folders.

Minutes, fliers, and correspondence, 1968-1971.

Contains documents concerning Hale-Field pairing project.

Location

114.E.6.6F-2

Scrapbooks, 1957-1972. 4 volumes:

The scrapbooks include correspondence, fliers, newspaper clippings, PTA member rosters, handbooks, and the PTA publication Hale to Thee.

1957-1964.

1963-1969.

Location

114.E.6.6F-1

1969-1971.

1971-1972.

Cover features student drawings.

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IRVING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PTA

Location

128.C.14.2F

Miscellaneous records, undated, 1959-1976.

Seventy-fifth Anniversary book, school closing invitation and program, closing ceremony photograph, school history brochure, black and white photographs and postcard of the exterior of the building, and news clippings regarding the success of the school and use of the site after school building demolition.

Irving PTA record book, 1945-1960. 1 volume in folder.

Minutes of meetings.

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MCKINLEY SCHOOL PTA

Location

128.C.14.2F

Scrapbooks:

McKinley Elementary PTA, 1956-1963. 1 volume.

Flyers, brochures, newspaper articles, photographs of faculty and children, and materials documenting such class activities as play, school patrol and paper sale.

McKinley, 1932-circa 1969.

Photographs and news clippings depicting school plays, Memorial Day celebration, Principal Miss Hansen’s retirement, groups of children in various activities, and field day results. A portion of the scrapbook's materials are unidentified. The scrapbook was dismantled and material placed in a folder.

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PAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PTA

Location

128.C.14.2F

Handbooks, 1957-1981. 2 folders.

Includes school and PTA bulletin of school rules and policy.

Miscellaneous records, 1937-1982.

School play program, dedication program, summary of PTA meeting minutes, history of the school, and yearbooks.

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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:: Parents' and teachers' associations -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis.

Organizations:: Clinton School (Minneapolis, Minn.).; Eugene Field School (Minneapolis, Minn.).; Horace Mann School (Minneapolis, Minn.).; Irving Elementary School (Minneapolis, Minn.).; McKinley School (Minneapolis, Minn.).; Nathan Hale School (Minneapolis, Minn.).; Schiller School (Minneapolis, Minn.).; Special School District No. 1 (Minneapolis, Minn.).; Walter Hines Page Elementary School (Minneapolis, Minn.).; Windom School (Minneapolis, Minn.).

Places:: Minneapolis (Minn.) -- Schools.

Document Types:: Photographs -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis.; Scrapbooks -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis.

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