Tennessee Congress of Parents and Teachers Collection

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: AppMs-0052

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The papers of the Tennessee Congress of Parents and Teachers reflect activities of its State Conventions, Executive Committee and Board of Managers, as well as its day-to-day financial activities.

Dates

1926-1946

Creator

Tennessee Congress of Parents and Teachers (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Extent

6.70 linear feet (4 document boxes, 4 flat boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Arrangement

The collection is arranged in seven Series: Series 1, Correspondence; Series 2, Minutes; Series 3, Reports; Series 4, Financial Records; Series 5, Charters; Series 6, Printed Materials; and Series 7, Scrapbooks.

Method of Acquisition

The papers of the Tennessee Congress of Parents and Teachers were given to Sherrod Library, East Tennessee State University, and transferred to the Archives of Appalachia on March 2, 1979.

Separated Materials

One photograph of the First District Parents and Teachers Association has been removed from the collection and stored in the map cabinets by accession number.

Processing Information

David Goodin completed processing, and the collection was opened for research on September 26, 1980.

Subjects

Corporation records Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Education--Tennessee Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Ledgers (account books) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Parents' and teachers' associations--Tennessee Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Personal papers Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Publications (document genre) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus