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Utah Parent Teacher Association records, 1950s-1990s

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Utah Parent Teacher Association
Title
Utah Parent Teacher Association records
Dates
1950s-1990s (inclusive)
Quantity
24 linear feet, (22 boxes)
Collection Number
ACCN 1221
Summary
The Utah Parent Teacher Association records (1950s-1990s) contain a variety of documents resulting from the activities of this education, advocacy and support organization. Present are correspondence, meeting records, member directories, school newsletters, news clippings, convention records, pamphlets and other published items, statistical summaries, reports, speaking records, school calendars, financial information, notes, school histories, program records, handouts, teacher's guides, student activity books and other documents.
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
Collection materials are in English.
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Historical Note

The Utah Parent Teacher Association had its beginnings with the opening of the first school in the Salt Lake Valley by Mary Jane Dilworth in 1847. By 1951, every school in Utah had a Parent Teacher Association. The Association's mission statement is to help every child reach his/her full potential.

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Content Description

The Utah Parent Teacher Association records (1950s-1990s) contain a variety of documents resulting from the activities of this education, advocacy and support organization. Present are correspondence, meeting records, member directories, school newsletters, news clippings, convention records, pamphlets and other published items, statistical summaries, reports, speaking records, school calendars, financial information, notes, school histories, program records, handouts, teacher's guides, student activity books and other documents.

The collection is divided loosely into three groups of material. First, general administrative records for the organization are housed in boxes 1-12. In addition to administrative records, the files include documents associated with the Women's State Legislative Council, the Alcohol Policy Coalition, drug and alcohol awareness programs, reading programs, health programs, fund raising, tutor training, the Utah Music Teachers Association, the Public Education Foundation, the Educational Technology Committee, adult education programs, and various PTA program committees. Also present are the records of Nellie DeVroom, one-time President of the Utah PTA, and copies of Soundoff, a PTA newspaper. The second group (boxes 13-16) contains documents focusing on PTA activities at various area schools, particularly West High School, Horace Mann Junior High, Lowell Elementary, and North Elementary. Records concerning the PTA's social, cultural, and educational programs comprise the third group of material (boxes 17-22). Included are documents resulting from PTA-sponsored writing competitions, particularly the "Reflections" competition, and programs associated with the United States Bicentennial. Other documents present were part of the "Green Circle" social development program and the PTA's Individual Development Commission activities.

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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

Gift of the Association in 1992.

Processing Note

Processed by Mark Jensen in 1996.

Separated Materials

Photographs transferred to the Multimedia Division of Special Collections (P0623).

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Detailed Description of the Collection

Finding aid created by Mark Jensen.
1996 (last modified: 2022)

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