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Utah Federation of the Council for Exceptional Children records, 1955-1999

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Council for Exceptional Children. Utah Federation
Title
Utah Federation of the Council for Exceptional Children records
Dates
1955-1999 (inclusive)
Quantity
8 linear feet
Collection Number
MS 0456
Summary
The Utah Federation of the Council for Exceptional Children records (1955-1999) contains meeting minutes, constitution and bylaws, reports, financial materials, directories, newsletters, convention materials, and correspondence. The Council for Exceptional Children is an association of educators and other specialists concerned with children and youth who require special instruction and services not available through regular education. The Utah Federation is the statewide unit of the Council.
Repository
University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860

Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu
Access Restrictions

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.

Languages
English
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Historical Note

In 1922, a group of faculty members of Teachers College, Columbia University, along with supervisors and administrators attending the college's summer courses in special education, organized the International Council for the Education of Exceptional Children. The words, "the Education of" were eliminated from the name in 1933, and in 1958, the word "International" was dropped.

A merger of the organization with the Special Education Department of the National Education Association (NEA) in 1941 resulted in the council becoming a department of the NEA. This move greatly strengthened the council as a professional organization.

The Council for Exceptional Children is an association of educators and other specialists with major concerns for children and youth whose needs differ sufficiently from others to require special instruction and services not available through regular education. The gifted, blind and partially seeing, mentally retarded, emotionally disturbed, and the neurologically impaired are all included in the classification of "exceptional children."

The organization exists at the national, regional, and state (federation), and local unit (chapter) levels. In addition to holding CEC's membership, many members also belong to one of the eight national divisions of CEC. These are: The Association for the Gifted (TAG), the Association of Educators of Homebound and Hospitalized Children (AEHHC), the Council of Administrators of Special Education (CASE), the Council for Children with Behavioral Disorders (CCBD), the Council for Children with Communication Disorders (CCCD), the Council for the Education of the Blind and Partially Seeing (CEBPS), the Division on Mental Retardation (CEC-MR), and the Teacher Education Division (TED). An integral part of the council's structure, these divisions are involved in conducting professional studies, publishing special education literature, and conducting sectional meetings at CEC conventions.

The council is deeply committed to the effective implementation of federal legislation in the interest of exceptional children. It sees broad implications for legislation and appropriations that will strengthen and enhance this country's instructional programs for all children, and especially those with exceptional needs.

The Utah Chapter of CEC was organized in 1955 by a group of special education professionals from across the state. Ten years later, the Utah Chapter applied for and was awarded federation status. At that time, there were three local chapters in Utah: Canyonlands Chapter in Provo, Northern Utah Chapter in Logan, and the Great Salt Lake Chapter in Salt Lake City. Since that time, three additional chapters have been organized. These are the Golden Spike Chapter in Ogden, the Snowbird Chapter in Sandy, and the Utah Student Chapter of CEC, comprised of students from Utah State University, the University of Utah, and Brigham Young University.

The Utah Federation of CEC has been actively involved in developing and implementing special education programs in the public schools and continues to be a strong advocate for exceptional children.

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Content Description

The Utah Federation of the Council for Exceptional Children Records includes materials such as minutes from the Executive Committee, the Board of Governors, the Delegate Assembly, and general federation meetings. Also included are organizational guidelines, constitution and by-laws, reports, financial materials, national and state directories, newsletters, convention materials (national, regional, and state), publications, correspondence, and chapter and division materials.

The correspondence is by far the most informative material in the collection. It reflects the growth and general direction the organization has taken over the years. While the minutes in the collection provide some information as to the major concerns of the organization, the incompleteness of these records hinders their effectiveness.

The Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) division files in the collection contain mostly materials from the sectional meetings of the Utah Education Association Convention in 1966. Very few of the files contain more in-depth information about the divisions themselves. Local chapter materials are limited as well and provide little information on chapter activities. The last few boxes in the collection concentrate on the Council for Children with Behavioral Disorders (CCBD).

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on 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.

Preferred Citation

Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.

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Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

Boxes 1-6 were donated by the Council for Exceptional Children in 1984. Boxes 7-13 were donated by Jeff Rydalch in July 1997 and Sherry Duckworth in 1997. Boxes 14-16 were donated by Jeff Rydalch in 2000.

Processing Note

Processed by Allesen Peck in 1985.

Addendum processed by Lisa DeMille in 2004.

Separated Materials

Photographs were transferred to the Multimedia Division of Special Collections (P0153).

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Detailed Description of the Collection

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Subject Terms

  • Exceptional children--Utah
  • Special education--Utah

Corporate Names

  • Council for Exceptional Children. Utah Federation--Archives

Form or Genre Terms

  • Bylaws
  • Constitutions
  • Correspondence
  • Directories
  • Minutes
  • Newsletters
  • Reports

Finding aid created by Allesen Peck
1985 (last modified: 2019)

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