Series 1 Organizational History, [1914]-1937
Correspondence, 1937
History of Mothers' Clubs and PTA Scrapbook: Front Cover [1937?]
History of Mothers' Clubs and PTA Scrapbook: Early History of Mothers' Clubs and PTA in San Francisco [1914-1937?]
History of Mothers' Clubs and PTA Scrapbook: Histories of the Second District, California Congress of PTA, 1916-1920 [1917-1920]
Semi-Annual and Annual Reports, San Francisco Congress of Mothers and PTA [1917]-1927
Series 2 Publicity Record Books, 1929-1937
Newspaper Articles by Mrs. Morcombe 1929-1931
Newspaper Articles by Mrs. Morcombe 1930-1936
Newspaper Articles by Mrs. Morcombe 1931-1936
Newspaper Articles by Mrs. Morcombe 1936-1937
Newspaper Articles by Mrs. Morcombe 1936-1937
Newspaper Articles, Vol. I and II 1935-1936
Newspaper Articles, Vol. I and II 1936-1937
Activity Pictures and Portraits (News Clippings) 1929-1933
Activity Pictures and Portraits (News Clippings) 1934-1937
Series 3 Miscellaneous Records, 1936
Newspaper Articles 1936
Appendix A:Timeline of Selected Events
1874 Elizabeth Sohm is born in Iowa.
1878 Silver Street Kindergarten, the first free kindergarten west of the Rockies, opens in San Francisco.
1894 Mothers Club of San Francisco Boys Club is formed in San Francisco. Name is changed to First Mothers Club of San Francisco in 1923.
1895 Mothers Club is formed at Occidental Free Kindergarten in San Francisco.
By 1897 Laguna Honda Mothers Club is organized, first one in San Francisco connected to a public school.
1897 Phoebe Apperson Hearst and Alice Birney convene the Mothers Congress conference and create the National Congress of Mothers.
1897 California Home and School Child Study Association organized in San Francisco.
1900 Los Angeles Federation of Mothers Clubs is formed in Los Angeles. Later known as Los Angeles Federation of Child Study Circles.
1902 Los Angeles Federation of Child Study Circles changes name to California Congress of Mothers and Child Study Circles, and joins the national PTA organization.
1907-1908 Mothers Clubs and California Home and School Association merge to become San Francisco Congress of Mothers, to cooperate with the public schools.
1908 National organization changes name to National Congress of Mothers and Parent-Teacher Associations.
1910 Northern California Congress of Mothers formed of Bay Counties members. Likely also known as Bay Federation of Mothers Clubs.
1911 California Congress of Mothers and (Child) Study Circles becomes California Congress of Mothers and Parent-Teacher Associations.
1912 Bay Federation of Mothers Clubs, including nine counties, becomes the Second District of the California Congress.
1918 Elizabeth Morcombe, née Sohm, joins PTA in Iowa.
1923 Joseph and Elizabeth Morcombe arrive in San Francisco; she joins Parkside PTA.
1924 National group is renamed National Congress of Parents and Teachers.
1925 Statewide group is renamed California Congress of Parents and Teachers.
1926 Selena Sloan Butler starts the National Congress of Colored Parent Teacher Association (organized separately from the main national group; they merge in 1970).
1927 Second District is redistricted to include only San Francisco. Earlier organization is referred to as Old Second District.
1929 First article published by Morcombe appears in the collection.
1931 State Organization of Fathers Councils is created in San Francisco, functioning only in California.
1934 Morcombe becomes Regional Director of Publicity for the California Congress of Parents and Teachers.
1935 Morcombe becomes President of San Francisco's Second District of the California Congress of Parents and Teachers, serving a 2-year term, and leads 10,000 San Francisco women. She receives national recognition for her publicity work.
1937 Morcombe becomes Publicity Director for the district's PTA and editor of the Journal. She receives life membership in the National Congress and also becomes a member of the board of Journal Trustees.
1957 Death of Elizabeth Morcombe in Alameda County.
1970s California Congress of Parents and Teachers adopts alternate name, California State PTA. Name changed to California Congress of Parents, Teachers, and Students, Inc. (retained California State PTA).
Appendix B: Index to Morcombe Articles in Parent-Teacher Journal
Vol. V, No. 9, p. 6
Vol. V, No. 10, p. 10
Vol. VI, No. 2, p. 8
Vol. VI, No.4, p. 6
Vol. VIII, No. 5, p. 19
Vol. X, No. 9, pp. 21, 53