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Allan M. West papers, 1946-1980
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Bennion, Ione, 1908-1997.
- Title
- Allan M. West papers
- Dates
- 1946-1980 (inclusive)19461980
- Quantity
- 23 boxes, (9.2 linear ft.)
- Collection Number
- UUS_COLL MSS 078
- Summary
- Chiefly articles, correspondence, notes, and publications used in the compilation of his book, the National Education Association: a power base for education, concerning equality, desegregation of teachers' associations in South, political action for teachers' rights, the MEA-AFT merger attempt, and the history of the NEA. Also includes drafts and a copy of the book, writings and speeches by West, and personal artifacts such as plaques, certificates and diplomas.
- Repository
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Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives Division
Special Collections & Archives
Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
Logan, UT
84322-3000
Telephone: 4357978248
Fax: 4357972880
scweb@usu.edu - Access Restrictions
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Restrictions
Open to public research.
- Languages
- English.
- Sponsor
- Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant, 2007-2008
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Allan M. West was born Oct. 16, 1910 in Portland, Oregon, the son of Ray and Mary Morrell West. He graduated from Logan High School, Logan, Utah and in 1932 received his B.A. degree from the Utah State Agricultural College (now Utah State University). He later completed graduate work in school administration at Utah State Agricultural College, the University of Utah, and the University of Chicago. On Dec. 2, 1932 he married Ferne Page, and they later had two sons: A. West and Johnathon P. West.
Allan M. West was Director of Research for the Utah Education Association from 1942-46. In 1946 he was made Executive Secretary of the same organization and served in that position for 16 years. He was also the editor of the Utah Educational Review from 1943 to 1961. West joined the staff of the National Education Association in 1961 as the Associate Director of the Membership Division. He assumed several different offices in the following years, including Associate, Deputy, and Acting Executive Secretary of the Association. West was affiliated with UEA and the American Association of School Administrations as well as being a life member of the National Education Association. Mr. West was an early proponent of formal negotiation rights for teachers and authored many articles and publications on the subject. He was also involved in the merger of racially separate affiliates of the NEA in the South.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
This collection consists chiefly of articles, correspondence, notes, and publications pertaining to, as well as drafts and copies of West's book; The National Education Association: A Power Base for Education published in 1980, which concerned equality, desegregation of teachers' associations in South, political action for teachers' rights, the NEA-AFT merger attempt, and the history of the NEA. This collection also contains a biographical file on West, writings, speeches, personal artifacts such as plaques, certificates, and diplomas, and cassette recordings of interviews conducted by West.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
CopyrightIt is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission to publish from the owner of the copyright (the institution, the creator of the record, the author or his/her transferees, heirs, legates, or literary executors). The user agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Utah State University Libraries, its officers, employees, and agents from and against all claims made by any person asserting that he or she is an owner of copyright.
Permission to publish material from the Allan M. West : papers must be obtained from the Special Collections Manuscript Curator and/or the Special Collections Department Head.
Preferred Citation
Allan M. West : papers, 1946-1980. (COLL MSS 78) Utah State University. Special Collections and Archives Department.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
Organized into five series:
- I. Materials compiled for his book the National Education Association: a power base for education
- II. Drafts of the book
- III. Articles and speeches by West
- IV. Memorabilia
- V. Personal interviews
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Series I: Materials compiled for his book the National Education Association: a power base for education, undatedReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
Preliminary Papers. |
undated | ||
Box | Folder | ||
1 | 1 | Proposal and Outlines |
undated |
1 | 2 | Working Notes-arranged in chapter order
|
undated |
1 | 3 | Working Notes-general |
undated |
1 | 4 | Working Notes-general |
undated |
1 | 5 | Bibliography |
undated |
1 | 6 | Editorial Papers |
undated |
1 | 7 | Interview Records |
undated |
1 | 8 | Correspondence-general |
undated |
1 | 9 | Computer Searches |
undated |
History and Change (Chapters 1-3) |
undated | ||
Box | Folder | ||
2 | 1 | Publications |
undated |
2 | 2 | Publications |
undated |
The Right to Bargain (Chapter 4) |
undated | ||
Box | Folder | ||
3 | 1 | Negotiation Legislation |
undated |
3 | 2 | Organizations and Controversy |
undated |
3 | 3 | Professional Negotiations |
undated |
3 | 4 | Professional Negotiations |
undated |
3 | 5 | Strikes and Collective Bargaining
|
undated |
3 | 6 | Faculty Bargaining and Participation
|
undated |
3 | 7 | Administrative Status |
undated |
3 | 8 | Misc. |
undated |
Equality (Chapter 5)-School Finance.
|
undated | ||
Box | Folder | ||
4 | 1 | Serrano v. Priest |
undated |
4 | 2 | Rodriguez v. San Antonio Independent School
|
undated |
4 | 3 | Other Cases |
undated |
4 | 4 | Newspaper Clippings |
undated |
4 | 5 | Revenue Sharing and Cost Effectiveness
|
undated |
4 | 6 | Impoundment |
undated |
4 | 7 | Tax Revolt and Reform |
undated |
Equality (Chapter 5)-Southern Affiliate Mergers.
|
undated | ||
Box | Folder | ||
5 | 1 | Alabama |
undated |
5 | 2 | Arkansas |
undated |
5 | 3 | Florida and Georgia |
undated |
5 | 4 | Louisiana |
undated |
5 | 5 | Louisiana |
undated |
5 | 6 | Louisiana |
undated |
5 | 7 | Louisiana |
undated |
5 | 8 | Mississippi |
undated |
5 | 9 | North Carolina and South Carolina
|
undated |
5 | 10 | Tennessee, Texas and Virginia |
undated |
6 | 1 | Compliance Guidelines and NEA Resolutions
|
undated |
6 | 2 | State Compliance-general |
undated |
6 | 3 | State Compliance-general |
undated |
6 | 4 | Merger Evaluations-general |
undated |
6 | 5 | NEA Executive Committee Agenda |
April 1967 |
6 | 6 | NEA Executive Committee Agenda |
1967 May |
6 | 7 | NEA Executive Committee Agenda |
1969 April |
6 | 8 | Civil Rights |
undated |
Equality (Chapter 5)-NEA-AFT Merger and NEA
Unification |
undated | ||
Box | Folder | ||
7 | 1 | Merger-newspaper clippings |
undated |
7 | 2 | Merger-correspondence |
undated |
7 | 3 | Merger-general |
undated |
7 | 4 | Unification |
undated |
7 | 5 | Representative Assembly- |
1955-1979 |
Equality (Chapter 5)-Teachers' Rights.
|
undated | ||
Box | Folder | ||
8 | 1 | Women's Leadership Traipsing Program
|
undated |
8 | 2 | First Amendment Cases |
undated |
8 | 3 | Forced Maternity Leave Cases |
undated |
8 | 4 | Sex Discrimination Cases |
undated |
8 | 5 | Racial Segregation Cases |
undated |
8 | 6 | Teachers' Rights Cases-articles
correspondence and reports |
undated |
8 | 7 | Educational Malpractice |
undated |
9 | 1 | Dushane Defense Fund |
undated |
9 | 2 | Dushane Defense Fund Report's |
1972-1976 |
9 | 3 | Dushane Defense Fund Reports |
1977-1980 |
9 | 4 | Case Summaries |
1969-1970 |
9 | 5 | Higher Education Cases |
undated |
9 | 6 | Management Summaries |
undated |
9 | 7 | Expenditures |
undated |
Equality (Chapter 5)-Misc |
undated | ||
Box | Folder | ||
10 | 1 | Educational Statistics |
undated |
10 | 2 | Racial Balance of 1957 NEA staff |
undated |
10 | 3 | National Committee of Educators for Human
Rights |
undated |
10 | 4 | Program Plans |
1980-1981 |
10 | 5 | "Toward Quality Integrated Education"-Boyd
Bosma |
undated |
10 | 6 | Minority Equity and Protection |
undated |
10 | 7 | Minority Equity and Protection |
undated |
Legislation (Chapter 6) |
undated | ||
Box | Folder | ||
11 | 1 | The Elementary and Secondary Education Act |
1965 |
11 | 2 | Standing Committee on Higher Education
|
undated |
11 | 3 | Department of Education-creation and
organization |
undated |
11 | 4 | Political Action |
undated |
Political Action (chapter 7) |
undated | ||
Box | Folder | ||
12 | 1 | PAC and Lobbying Information |
undated |
12 | 2 | Tax and Spending Limitation Measures
|
undated |
12 | 3 | NEA-PAC Candidate Support
(see also box 10, folder 4, "The NEA: A Washington Lobby Run Rampant").
|
undated |
12 | 4 | Presidential Endorsement:
Procedure |
undated |
Improvement of Education (Chapter 8).
|
undated | ||
Box | Folder | ||
13 | 1 | The National Foundation for the Improvement
of Education |
undated |
13 | 2 | International Relations Activities
|
undated |
13 | 3 | National Council for Accreditation of
Teacher Education |
undated |
13 | 4 | Teacher Centers |
undated |
13 | 5 | Teacher Education |
undated |
13 | 6 | Instruction and Professional Development
|
undated |
13 | 7 | Government Relations and Legislation
|
undated |
13 | 8 | Landrum-Griffth Act |
undated |
13 | 9 | Special Interest Students |
undated |
13 | 10 | Future of Public |
undated |
13 | 11 | Misc. Papers |
undated |
Stress to Unity (Chapter 9) and Looking Ahead
(Chapter 10) |
undated | ||
Box | Folder | ||
14 | 1 | Stress to Unity (Chapter 9) |
undated |
14 | 2 | NEA History |
undated |
14 | 3 | Political Action |
undated |
14 | 4 | Problems of Modern Educators |
undated |
14 | 5 | Affirmative Action |
undated |
14 | 6 | National Association of Secretaries of State
Teachers Associations |
undated |
14 | 7 | Landrum-Griffith Act |
undated |
14 | 8 | Finances |
undated |
14 | 9 | Collective Bargaining and Strikes
|
undated |
14 | 10 | Educational Statistics |
undated |
14 | 11 | Higher Education |
undated |
15 | 1 | NEA-AFT Merger, Second American Federation
of Teachers |
undated |
15 | 3 | Future Objectives, Trends and Obstacles
|
undated |
15 | 4 | Leadership Biographies |
undated |
15 | 5 | James Williams |
undated |
Misc. Articles |
undated | ||
Box | Folder | ||
16 | 1 | Misc Articles |
undated |
16 | 2 | Misc. Articles |
1885-1973 |
16 | 3 | Misc Articles |
1974-1980 |
16 | 4 | NEA Publications Review |
undated |
Series II: II. Drafts of the book , undatedReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Handwritten First Draft |
undated | ||
Box | Folder | ||
17 | 1 | Preface, Acknowledgments and Chapter 1
|
undated |
17 | 2 | Chapters 2 and 3 |
undated |
17 | 3 | Chapter 4 |
undated |
17 | 4 | Chapter 5 |
undated |
17 | 5 | Chapter 5 cont |
undated |
17 | 6 | Chapters 6 and 7 |
undated |
17 | 7 | Chapters 6 and 7 cont |
undated |
17 | 8 | Chapter 8 |
undated |
17 | 9 | Chapter 9 |
undated |
17 | 10 | Chapter 10 |
undated |
17 | 11 | Interviews |
undated |
17 | 12 | Misc. - insertions, outlines
etc. |
undated |
Typescripts |
undated | ||
Box | Folder | ||
18 | 1 | Preface, Acknowledgments and Chapters
|
undated |
18 | 2 | Chapter 4 |
undated |
18 | 3 | Chapter 5 |
undated |
18 | 4 | Chapters 6-8 |
undated |
18 | 5 | Chapters 9 and 10 |
undated |
18 | 6 | Appendix, Bibliography, Notes and
Index |
undated |
Proofs |
undated | ||
Box | Folder | ||
19 | 1 | Preface, Acknowledgments and Chapters 1-4
|
undated |
19 | 2 | Chapter 5 |
undated |
19 | 3 | Chapters 6-8 |
undated |
19 | 4 | Chapters 9 and 10, Appendix, Notes and
Bibliography |
undated |
Articles and Speeches, undatedReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
Box | Folder | ||
20 | 1 | Articles and Papers |
undated |
20 | 2 | Editorials, Utah Educational Review
|
undated |
20 | 3 | Reports |
undated |
20 | 4 | Speeches |
undated |
20 | 5 | Speeches |
1951-1954 |
20 | 6 | Speeches |
1965-1968 |
20 | 7 | Speeches |
1971-1980 |
20 | 8 | Speeches-note cards |
undated |
Memorabilia: Personal papers: biographic material, certificates, programs, and other papers., undatedReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
21 | 1 | Symphony Hall program |
1979 |
21 | 2 | Biographical file on A. M. West; vitas.
|
undated |
21 | 3 | West's B.A. and Ph.D certificates from USU.
|
undated |
21 | 4 | Certificates of appreciation and award.
|
undated |
21 | 5 | Certificate of Life Membership: National
Association for the Advancement of Colored People |
1996 |
21 | 6 | West's "Nominee for Honorary Doctorate of
Education" |
undated |
21 | 7 | "The Allan Morrell West & Ferne Page
West Families" |
1990 |
21 | 8 | "Golden Anniversary: 50 years, Class of ‘28" |
1979 |
21 | 9 | Eightieth Annual Commencement program, USU |
1973 |
22 | Personal Artifacts, 6 items. 1: Plaque from NEA
2: Plaque from UEA 3: Plaque from USU 4: Honorary Degree from USU 5: Citation
from UEA 6: Certificate from NEA |
undated |
Personal Interviews, undatedReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | tape | ||
23 | 1 | Anderson, Arvid |
undated |
23 | 2 | Bain, Helen |
undated |
23 | 3 | Bell, T. H. |
undated |
23 | 4 | Bosma, Boyd |
undated |
23 | 5 | Bulford, Lester |
undated |
23 | 6 | Carlson, John |
undated |
23 | 7 | Carr, William G |
undated |
23 | 8 | Darland, Dave |
undated |
23 | 9 | Duckworth |
undated |
23 | 10 | Ethridge, Sam |
undated |
23 | 11 | Fisher, George |
undated |
23 | 12 | Fisher, George |
undated |
23 | 13 | Ginger, Lyman |
undated |
23 | 14 | Harris |
undated |
23 | 15 | Herdon, Terry |
undated |
23 | 16 | Hipp, Fred |
undated |
23 | 17 | Hipp, Fred |
undated |
23 | 18 | Jones, Geo |
undated |
23 | 19 | Kennedy, E. Dale |
undated |
23 | 20 | Kennedy, E. Dale |
undated |
23 | 21 | Kennedy, E. Dale |
undated |
23 | 22 | Koontz, Elizabeth |
undated |
23 | 23 | McGuire, Willard |
undated |
23 | 24 | McKay, Bob |
undated |
23 | 25 | Moarison, Fishea |
undated |
23 | 26 | Shull, Martha |
undated |
23 | 27 | Snow, Glenn E |
undated |
23 | 28 | Williams, Jim |
undated |
23 | 29 | Williams, Jim |
undated |
23 | 30 | Williams, Jim |
undated |
23 | 31 | Wise, Helen |
undated |
23 | 32 | Wollett, Don |
undated |
23 | 33 | President Johnson: Teacher in the White Houses
|
undated |
23 | 34 | "A Teaching Center is . . . ." |
undated |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Collective bargaining--Education--Utah.
- Education--Utah--History.
- Educators--Archives.
- Faculty integration--Southern States.
- School integration--Southern States.
- Teachers' unions--Utah.
Personal Names
- West, Allan M.
Corporate Names
- National Education Association of the United States.
- National Education Association: a power base for education.
- Utah Education Association.
- Utah State University. Libraries. Special Collections and Archives. (contributor)