HISTORY NEBRASKA MANUSCRIPT FINDING AID
RG4111.AM: Nebraska Congress of Parents and Teachers
Records: 1921-1973
Nebraska: Parent-Teacher organization
Size: 8 boxes; 7.4 cu.ft.
BACKGROUND NOTE
Founded in 1922, the Nebraska Congress of Parents and Teachers was the fortieth state branch to organize under the auspices of the National Congress of Parents and Teachers. The first city council formed within Nebraska was the Lincoln Council, organized on April 4, 1922. The objectives of the Nebraska Congress of Parents and Teachers were:
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- To promote the welfare of children and youth in home, school, church and community.
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- To raise the standards of home life.
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- To secure adequate laws for the care and protection of children and youth.
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- To bring into closer relation the home and the school that parents and teachers may cooperate intelligently in the training of the child.
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- To develop between educators and the general public such united efforts as will secure for every child the highest advantages in physical, mental, social and spiritual education.
The organization is now known as Nebraska PTA.
SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE
The collection consists of records of the Nebraska Congress of Parents and Teachers (NCPT) dating from 1921 to 1973. Records include minutes of meetings of the state board and state conventions, correspondence and scrapbooks. Also included are some records relating to the first and fourth districts of the NCPT.
Note: See the library for various publications by the Nebraska Congress of the Parents and Teachers, including issues of their official publication, Nebraska Parent-Teacher.
INVENTORY
Box 1
Folder/volume
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- Minutes of State Board meetings and State Conventions, 1922-1928
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- Minutes of State Board meetings and State Conventions, 1929-1934
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- Minutes of State Board meetings and State Conventions, 1935-1938
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- Correspondence, 1928-1934
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- Correspondence, 1935-1942
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- Miscellany
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- Publicity scrapbook, 1921-1951 (see oversize)
Publicity scrapbook, 1925-1927
- Publicity scrapbook, 1921-1951 (see oversize)
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- Publicity scrapbook, 1928-1929
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- Publicity scrapbook, 1929-1930
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- Publicity scrapbook, 1930-1932
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- Publicity scrapbook, 1935-1936
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- Publicity scrapbook, 1936-1937
Box 2
Volume
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- Publicity scrapbook, 1937-1938
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- Publicity scrapbook, 1938-1939
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- Publicity scrapbook, 1939-1940
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- Publicity scrapbook, 1940-1941
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- Publicity scrapbook, 1941-1942
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- Publicity scrapbook, 1942-1943
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- Publicity scrapbook, 1943-1944
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- Publicity scrapbook, 1945-1946
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- Publicity scrapbook, 1946-1947
Box 3
Volume
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- Publicity scrapbook, 1947-1948
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- Publicity scrapbook, 1948-1949
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- Publicity scrapbook, 1949-1950
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- Publicity scrapbook, 1950-1951
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- Publicity scrapbook, 1951-1952
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- Publicity scrapbook, 1952-1953
Box 4
Volume
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- Publicity scrapbook, 1953-1954
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- Publicity scrapbook, 1954-1955
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- Publicity scrapbook, 1955-1956
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- Publicity scrapbook, 1956-1957
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- Publicity scrapbook, 1957-1958
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- Publicity scrapbook, 1958-1959
Box 5
Volume
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- Publicity scrapbook, 1959-1960
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- Publicity scrapbook, 1960-1961
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- Publicity scrapbook, 1961-1962
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- Publicity scrapbook, 1962-1964
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- Publicity scrapbook, 1964-1965
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- Publicity scrapbook, 1966-1967
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- Publicity scrapbook, 1967-1968
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- Publicity scrapbook, 1968-1969
Box 6
Volume
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- Publicity scrapbook, 1970-1971 (binding has incorrect year)
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- Publicity scrapbook, 1971-1973
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- General scrapbook, 1934-1935
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- General scrapbook, 1935-1936
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- General scrapbook, 1935-1936
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- General scrapbook, 1935-1936
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- General scrapbook, 1940-1943
Box 7
Volume
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- General scrapbook, 1936-1937
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- General scrapbook, 1936-1938
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- General scrapbook, 1937-1938
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- Life membership scrapbook, 1946-1956
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- Life membership scrapbook, 1956-1962
Box 8
Folder
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- 1st District minutes of meetings, 1925-1938
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- 1st District programs of conventions, 1927-1942
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- 1st District delegate and visitors lists
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- 1st District committee reports, misc.
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- 1st District correspondence
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- 1st District miscellany
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- 4th District minutes of meetings, 1928-1941
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- Misc. Local Unit reports, 1941-1942
Subject headings:
Nebraska Congress of Parents and Teachers
Parents’ and teachers’ associations — Nebraska
TMM 02-17-2022