Finding Aid to the Second District of the California State PTA (San Francisco PTA) Records, 1907-2006 (bulk 1927-1975)
Finding aid prepared by Tami J. Suzuki
San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library
100 Larkin Street
San Francisco, CA, 94102
(415) 557-4567
info@sfpl.org
2008
Title: Second District of the California State PTA (San Francisco PTA) Records
Date (bulk): (bulk 1927-1975)
Date (inclusive): 1907-2006
Collection Identifier: SFH 21
Creator:
California Congress of Parents and Teachers. Second District.
Physical Description:
47 boxes
(31.0 cubic feet)
Contributing Institution:
San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library
100 Larkin Street
San Francisco, CA, 94102
(415) 557-4567
info@sfpl.org
Abstract: The San Francisco PTA Records cover nearly 100 years of the activities of the Second District of the California State PTA,
from its early days as the San Francisco Congress of Mothers in 1908. These extensive records were maintained by the district
office. The collection contains board meeting minutes, bylaws, periodicals, directories known as yearbooks, and scrapbooks
covering procedures, history, and publicity.
Physical Location: The collection is stored off-site. A minimum of two working days’ notice is required for use.
Language of Materials: Collection materials are in
English.
Access
The collection is open for research, with photographs available during Photo Desk hours. Please call the San Francisco History
Center for hours and information at 415-557-4567.
Publication Rights
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the City Archivist. Permission
for publication is given on behalf of the San Francisco Public Library as the owner of the physical items.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Second District of the California State PTA (San Francisco PTA) Records (SFH 21), San Francisco
History Center, San Francisco Public Library.
Provenance
The San Francisco PTA, formally known as Second District of the California State PTA, donated the collection in 2006.
Materials Transferred
Photographs have been transferred to the San Francisco Historical Photograph Collection.
Some items were transferred to the San Francisco Unified School District Records (SFH 3).
The following titles were added to the book collection:
Waiting to move the mountain, California Poets in the Schools 1994 Statewide Anthology, 30th Anniversary Issue, Perie Longo, [San Francisco, Calif.], California Poets in the Schools, 1994.
The Life and Personality of Phoebe Apperson Hearst, Winifred Black Bonfils, San Francisco: John Henry Nash, 1928, no. 263 of 1000.
Related Archival Materials
Researchers are encouraged to see also Mrs. Joseph (Elizabeth) Morcombe San Francisco, Second District, California Congress
of Parents and Teachers (PTA) Records, [1914]-1937, (SFH 12). See also First Mothers Club Scrapbook, 1894-1928. See also Series
9 of the San Francisco Unified School District Papers, (SFH 3). See also John W. Geary School PTA Records, 1930-1974, (MS
3595), California Historical Society, San Francisco, CA. For national PTA records, see National Congress of Parents and Teachers
Records, 1896-1965, (MS N2772), Richard J. Daley Library, University of Illinois, Chicago. For California PTA records, contact
the California State PTA.
Related Materials not in San Francisco Public Library's holdings
Deffterios, Margaret N.
History of the California Congress of Parents and Teachers, thesis/dissertation). Berkeley: University of California, Berkeley, 1958. (A similar title,
History of the California Congress of Parents and Teachers, 1900-1944, edited by Margaret H. Strong, Los Angeles: California Congress of Parents and Teachers, 1945, is in the library's book collection
as well as in this collection (in the series
History of PTA Books). National Congress of Parents and Teachers.
History of the California Congress of Mothers: From Date of Organization, May 8, 1900, to June 30, 1913. Complied by Mrs. M. C. Kennedy. Los Angeles: State Congress of Mothers, 1913.
National PTA.
The PTA Story: A Century of Commitment to Children. Chicago, IL: National PTA, 1997.
Twining, Harry LaVerne.
History of the California Congress of Mothers and Parent-Teacher Associations. Los Angeles: California Congress of Mothers, 1908.
Conservation Note
During processing, some of the scrapbooks were dismantled and put into file folders. Covers were removed. Photographs were
transferred to the San Francisco Historical Photograph Collection.
Organizational History
America's kindergarten movement gained momentum in the first three decades of the twentieth century when public school systems
gradually began to adopt kindergarten education. As the movement swept through America, groups of local women formed independent
Mothers Clubs to discuss how they could collectively address the problems their children faced in the home and in society.
These clubs were the genesis of today's Parent Teachers Association, or PTA, as it is commonly known.
Spawned by the kindergarten movement, the National Congress of Mothers gained national prominence when Phoebe Apperson Hearst
and Alice McLellan Birney convened the first National Congress of Mothers on February 17-19, 1897 in Washington, D.C. and
elected Mrs. Adlai E. Stevenson as vice president. At the time, Birney wrote in a notebook, "How can the mothers be educated
and the Nation made to recognize the supreme importance of the child?" The organization's formal charter was drawn up in 1900.
with Theodore Roosevelt serving as chairman of the Advisory Council.
Locally, the Mothers Club of the San Francisco Boys Club was organized in 1894. The group's name was changed to First Mothers
Club in 1923. A Mothers Club was formed at Occidental Free Kindergarten in 1895. By 1897, the California Home and School Child
Study Association was formed in San Francisco, with school principals in charge. The San Francisco Congress of Mothers was
organized in 1907 by the merger of the Mothers Clubs and the California Home and School Association. Meanwhile, the Federation
of Mothers Clubs was formed in Los Angeles. This organization became the California Congress of Mothers and Child Study Circles
and joined the national organization in 1902. In 1911, the state organization became the California Congress of Mothers and
Parent-Teacher Associations, later the California Congress of Parents and Teachers, and in the 1970s, the California State
PTA.
Mothers Clubs formed federations based on regional lines. In 1910, the Northern California Congress of Mothers was formed
with membership from the Bay counties. This group was likely also known as the Bay Federation of Mothers Clubs. In 1912, the
Bay Federation of Mothers Clubs reorganized as the Second District of the California Congress, representing nine counties.
Los Angeles was already known as the First District. In 1927, the state Congress reorganized the Second District to include
only San Francisco. The earlier Second District was then referred to as the Old Second District.
The Second District's activities mirrored the ideals and initiatives set forth by the national PTA. Strongly believing that
child-rearing skills be developed through training, PTA mothers banded together to educate fellow mothers in home-making skills,
cooking and nutrition, sewing, hygiene, road safety and tax awareness. These women worked to improve the relationship between
home, school, and youth. The organization evolved along with the rest of society. More recently, individual clubs raise considerable
funds to supplement the schools' budgets. Second District is also known as San Francisco PTA.
Scope and Contents
The San Francisco PTA Records cover nearly 100 years of the activities of the Second District of the California State PTA,
from its early days as the San Francisco Congress of Mothers in 1908. These extensive records were maintained by the district
office. The collection contains board meeting minutes, bylaws, periodicals, directories known as yearbooks, and scrapbooks
covering procedures, history, and publicity. While the collection largely documents the Second District since 1927, when redistricting
made it a strictly-San Francisco district, there are also minutes and publicity record books of the original Congress. The
records document the group's objectives and activities which continue to focus on child welfare and educational support, from
its establishment as a conglomerate of Mothers Clubs to its currently-known name as the San Francisco PTA.
Researchers are encouraged to see also Mrs. Joseph (Elizabeth) Morcombe San Francisco, Second District, California Congress
of Parents and Teachers (PTA) Records, [1914]-1937, SFH 12. The Morcombe PTA Records consist chiefly of publicity record books
with newspaper articles by Mrs. Morcombe, from 1929 to 1937. Also included in that collection are some organizational history
documents from 1914 to 1937.
Arrangement
The collection is organized into these record groups: Record Group 1. Administrative; Record Group 2. Publications and Reports;
Record Group 3. Publicity; and Record Group 4. Reference Materials; then further organized into thirteen series: Series 1.
Minutes and Agendas; Series 2. By-Laws; Series 3. Life Membership; Series 4. Yearbooks and Directories; Series 5. Procedures;
Series 6. History, Annual Reports, and Committee Reports; Series 7. Unit and Section Records; Series 8. Publications; Series
9. Publicity Books and Ephemera; Series 10. Photographs and Realia; Series 11. History of PTA Books; Series 12. California
Congress/PTA; and Series 13. Pamphlet Collection.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
California Congress of Parents and Teachers. Second District. -- History
Child welfare -- California -- San Francisco
Education -- California -- San Francisco
Parents' and teachers' associations -- California -- San Francisco -- History
Administrative Record Group 1
Physical Description:
18 boxes
Series 1
Minutes and Agendas,
1907-1997
Physical Description:
10.8 cubic feet
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Scope and Contents
Contains minutes and executive board minutes of the original San Francisco Congress of Mothers through its days as the contemporary
Second District. As a result of redistricting in 1927, the Second District shed the Bay counties which had been part of the
district since 1914. A newspaper article of November, 1908 noted that the organizing purpose was to bring the federation into
closer touch with the public school teachers. Minutes, which begin in 1908, cover financial information, legislative affairs,
programs and activities, and child welfare matters. More recent minutes (1997) include notes on class-size reduction and the
proper dissemination of political messages to members.
Box 1, Folder 1
Minutes (and news articles),
1907-1914
Box 4, Folder 1
Minutes of Executive Board,
1918-1921
Box 4, Folder 2
Minutes of Executive Board,
1924-1926
Series 2
Bylaws,
1927-1993
Physical Description:
0.15 cubic feet
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Scope and Contents
This limited series includes the 1927 constitution adopted when the Second District was geographically shrunk to include only
San Francisco. Both this constitution and the 1993 suggested bylaws note the promotion of the welfare of children and youth
in home, school and community as one of its objectives, in common with the objects of the national and state organizations.
See also Yearbooks, which sometime include the constitution.
Box 17, Folder 2
Bylaws, Policies and Procedures,
1937-1972
Box 17, Folder 3
Bylaws, Policies and Procedures (Recording Secretary's Book),
[1980?]
Box 17, Folder 4
Bylaw Amendment (Proposed),
1985
Series 3
Life Membership,
1927-1975
Physical Description:
0.85 cubic feet
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Scope and Contents
These records document the Life Membership plan, in which funds were raised for needy students.
Box 17, Folder 6
Honorary Life Memberships, Honor Roll and Remembrance Funds Roll Book (By School),
1927-1969
Box 17, Folder 7
Honor Roll and Honorary Life Membership Book,
1927-1969
Box 17, Folder 8
Remembrance Funds Roll Book (By School),
1933-1966
Box 17, Folder 9
Remembrance Fund, Honor Roll, and Life Membership Book,
1946-1963
Box 17, Folder 10
Remembrance Funds Roll Book,
1961-1969
Box 17, Folder 11
Honor Roll and Honorary Life Membership Book,
1963-1970
Box 17, Folder 12
Honorary Life Membership Chairman's Book,
1962-1975
Series 4
Yearbooks and Directories,
1920-1977
Physical Description:
0.27 cubic feet
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Scope and Contents
These booklets list officers and committees, indicating significant issues and activities. Yearbooks sometimes include the
constitution.
Box 17, Folder 14
Yearbook and Directory,
1972-1977
Record Group 2
Publications and Reports
Physical Description:
15 boxes
Series 5
Procedures,
1931-[1998]
Physical Description:
1.5 cubic feet
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Scope and Contents
Procedure books are scrapbooks outlining ideas and plans of officers and chairmen, and include some unit (club) history. These
books also include Outstanding Achievement and annual reports.
Conditions Governing Use note
Some procedure books contain photographs, which cannot be photocopied.
Box 19, Folder 1-5
Procedure Book,
1931-1937
Box 20, Folder 1-4
Procedure Book,
1937-1942
Series 6
History, Annual Reports, and Committee Reports,
1916-2001
(bulk 1927-1965)
Physical Description:
3.5 cubic feet
Arrangement
History and Annual reports are arranged chronologically; Committee Reports are arranged alphabetically.
Conditions Governing Use note
Scrapbooks may have photocopying restrictions due to format.
Scope and Contents
History and Annual Reports are held in scrapbooks compiled by the district on an annual basis beginning in 1927, when the
Second District became a San Francisco-only region. Other individual Committee Reports are also included, as well as some
unit history. These reports summarize the organization's activities. See also Series 5: Procedures for annual reports.
The 1927-1928 and 1928-1929 History books discuss the emergence of the reorganized Second District and its new publication,
Bulletin. The 1930-1931 History book notes that classes were offered in parental education, parliamentary law, publicity writing,
social service, Braille writing, First Aid, and mental, physical, and social hygiene.
Committee reports include two speeches on Citizenship and World Peace by Mrs. E.T. Eheleben, circa 1936. In her radio broadcasts,
she said, "Educate a man, you educate an individual; educate a woman, you educate a family; educate a teacher, you educate
a community." She urged "foreign-born" immigrants to attend public schools' Americanization classes and to participate in
the PTA. "We endeavor to be citizens of the world." She went on to say, "to bring children into the world to be needless sacrifices
cannot be condoned" in explaining the Second District's study of "further[ing] peace and abolish[ing] war."
The Philanthropy Department history records its organization in 1916 when used clothing and shoes were collected by members
and distributed to needy children. This effort grew into what became known as the Community Chest.
Related Archival Materials
Researchers are encouraged to see also Mrs. Joseph (Elizabeth) Morcombe San Francisco, Second District, California Congress
of Parents and Teachers (PTA) Records, [1914]-1937, SFH 12. Some organizational history documents covering the years 1914
to 1937 are included in that collection.
Box 20, Folder 6
Annual History Reports,
1927-1933
Box 20, Folder 7-8
Annual History and Reports,
1929-1931
Box 21, Folder 1-5
Annual History and Reports,
1931-1937
Box 21, Folder 6-7
Annual History and Reports,
1943-1946
Box 22, Folder 1
Annual History and Reports,
1946-1947
Box 22, Folder 2-4
Annual History and Reports,
1949-1953
Box 22, Folder 5-16
Annual History and Reports,
1955-1967
Reports of Officers and Chairmen:
Box 22, Folder 17
Arts Education,
2000-2001
Box 22, Folder 18
Character and Spiritual Education,
1962-1969
Box 23, Folder 3
Convention Hi-Lites,
1966
Box 23, Folder 4
Corresponding Secretary,
1973-1977
Box 23, Folder 6
District President,
1989-1991
Box 23, Folder 7
Earthquake Aid, California Congress,
1906
Box 23, Folder 8
Education Commission, California Congress,
1976-1978
Box 23, Folder 11
Financial Statements,
1983-1987
Box 23, Folder 13
Handicapped Child,
undated
Box 23, Folder 16
Health Education: Blood Bank,
1972-1980
Box 23, Folder 18
Membership Reference Book,
[1955-1957]
Box 23, Folder 19
Membership Proclamations (See Also Photos),
1980-1981
Box 23, Folder 22
Officers and Chairmen,
1928
Box 23, Folder 23
Parents in Education Conference - Handouts,
1990
Box 4, Folder 3
Philanthropy Department History,
1916-1927
Box 23, Folder 24
Philanthropy - Speech,
1926
Unit and Section Records, Series 7
1908-1984
Physical Description:
6.0 cubic feet
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by unit, then chronologically.
Conditions Governing Use note
Scrapbooks may have photocopying restrictions due to format and/or content.
Scope and Contents
Individual clubs were called units, and units were geographically grouped into sections of the district. The series consists
mainly of unit history and publicity books, compiled annually. History books include club budgets, listings of officers, and
reports. Publicity books are scrapbooks of newspaper clippings, photographs, flyers, and programs. See also Series 5: Procedures
and Series 6: History, Annual Reports, and Committee Reports for unit and section records.
Box 33, Folder 14
Candlestick Cove [Publicity] Scrapbook,
1946-1947
Box 24, Folder 1-2
Columbus History Book,
1912-1938
Box 24, Folder 3
Columbus [Publicity] Scrapbook,
1925-1928
Box 25, Folder 1
Columbus Publicity Book,
1930-1931
Box 24, Folder 4-5
Farragut History Book,
1923-1949
Box 24, Folder 6-10
Farragut History Book,
1959-1965
Box 26, Folder 1
Farragut [Publicity] Scrapbook,
1926-1929
Box 24, Folder 11-12
Farragut Publicity Book,
1932-1934
Box 24, Folder 13-14
Farragut Publicity Book,
1943-1944
Box 24, Folder 15
Farragut Publicity Book,
1959-1960
Box 24, Folder 16-17
Farragut Publicity Book, 1961-1963
[1959-1962]
Box 27, Folder 1
Farragut Publicity Book,
1963-1964
Box 27, Folder 2
Farragut Treasurer's Book,
1946-1953
Box 25, Folder 2
Farragut Treasurer's Book, Loose Pages,
1950-1955
Box 27, Folder 3
Grattan Charter Certificate,
[19--]
Box 27, Folder 4-6
Grattan History Book,
1908-1960
Box 27, Folder 7-9
Grattan Publicity Book,
1931-1934
Box 27, Folder 10
Grattan Publicity Book,
1936-1937
Box 27, Folder 11
Grattan Publicity Book,
1948-1949
Box 28, Folder 1-3
Grattan Publicity Book,
1928-1931
Box 27, Folder 12
Hawthorne Treasurer's Book,
1953-1957
Box 27, Folder 13
High School Section,
1940-1941
Box 27, Folder 14
Local Units: President's Monthly Reports,
1926-1927
Box 27, Folder 15-16
Local Units: History Book, 1939-1941,
[1939-1940]
Box 29, Folder 1
Local Units: History Book,
1941-1943
Box 29, Folder 2-3
Local Units: Publicity Book,
1966-1967
Box 29, Folder 4
Louise Lombard/Alta Vista History Book,
1953-1964
Box 29, Folder 5
Louise Lombard/Alta Vista History Book,
1948-1955
Box 29, Folder 6
Louise Lombard Minutes,
1955-1965
Physical Description:
3.0 volumes
Box 29, Folder 7
Louise Lombard Minutes,
1966-1978
Physical Description:
3.0 volumes
Box 29, Folder 8
Louise Lombard Minutes,
1978-1984
Box 29, Folder 9
Louise Lombard Publicity Book,
1953-1962
Box 29, Folder 10
Louise Lombard/Alta Vista Treasurer's Book,
1951-1970
Box 29, Folder 11
Louise Lombard Treasurer's Book,
1966-1976
Box 29, Folder 12-13
Louise Lombard Treasurer's Books,
1970-1977
Box 29, Folder 14
Louise Lombard Treasurer's Check Register,
1975-1978
Box 29, Folder 15
Marshall News Clippings,
[1930s]
Box 30, Folder 1
McKinley Brochure,
1968-1969
Box 30, Folder 2-3
McKinley History Book,
1911-1948
Box 30, Folder 4
McKinley History Book,
1959-1963
Box 30, Folder 5
McKinley Membership Honor Roll,
1931
Box 30, Folder 6-13
McKinley Publicity Book,
1930-1939
Box 30, Folder 14
McKinley Publicity Book,
1959-1960
Box 31, Folder 1
Mission High History Book,
1964-1965
Box 31, Folder 2
Parkside Publicity Book,
1951-1952
Box 31, Folder 3-7
Polytechnic High History Book,
1937-1947
Box 31, Folder 8-11
Polytechnic High History Book,
1946-1959
Box 31, Folder 12-14
Winfield Scott History Book,
1926-1965
Box 31, Folder 15
Winfield Scott History Book,
1955-1962
Box 31, Folder 16
Secondary School Programs,
1958-1959
Box 32, Folder 1
Junipero Serra Charter Certificate,
[19--]
Box 32, Folder 2
Sample Unit History Book,
[1963?]
Series 8
Publications,
1930-2002
Physical Description:
2.0 cubic feet
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Scope and Contents
These are mainly 20th-century, monthly District publications, along with some more recent annual poetry publications. The
Parent-Teacher Bulletin was the redistricted Second District's first periodical. Advertisements were included.
The Parent-Teacher Journal was launched in 1937, edited by Mrs. Joseph (Elizabeth) Morcombe. Along with advertising and organizational news, the
Journal had a Home Economics Page with recipes. Board minutes for the
Journal are included.
Cable-Grams was a mimeographed bulletin that ran for over 50 years. This newsletter included the feature "Pertinent Parent-Teacher Topics."
In 1988, the PTA instituted an artistic expression program, "Reflections." Some "Reflections" anthologies are included.
Box 32, Folder 3
Parent-Teacher Bulletin,
1930-1931
Box 32, Folder 4
Parent-Teacher Journal, First Historical Edition,
Sept. 1937
Box 32, Folder 5-6
Parent-Teacher Journal Board Minutes,
1936-1947
Box 32, Folder 7
Parent-Teacher Journal Board Minutes, Loose Documents,
1940-1946
Box 32, Folder 8
Parent-Teacher Journal Contract,
1946
Box 32, Folder 9-10
Pertinent Parent-Teacher Topics,
1956-1971
"Reflections" Program Anthologies,
Box 33, Folder 9
Wouldn’t it Be Great If…,
1998
Box 33, Folder 10
Suddenly you turn around and…,
1999
Box 33, Folder 11
Anything is Possible,
[2000]
Box 33, Folder 12
It would be really strange if...
2001
Record Group 3
Publicity
Physical Description:
11 boxes
Series 9
Publicity Books and Ephemera,
[1910]-2006
Physical Description:
3.6 cubic feet
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Scope and Contents
Contains scrapbooks of district newspaper clippings from 1910 to 1929. Founders Day activities are featured in separate scrapbooks.
Conditions Governing Use note
Scrapbooks may have photocopying restrictions due to format and/or content.
Related Archival Materials
Researchers are encouraged to see also Mrs. Joseph (Elizabeth) Morcombe San Francisco, Second District, California Congress
of Parents and Teachers (PTA) Records, [1914]-1937, SFH 12. The Morcombe PTA Records consist chiefly of publicity record books
with newspaper articles by Mrs. Morcombe, from 1929 to 1937.
Box 34, Folder 1
Postage Stamps,
1972-1997
Box 35, Folder 1
Record Book, 1917-1918,
[1910-1918]
Box 38, Folder 1
Record Book, Old Second District,
1926-1927
Box 34, Folder 7
Images of Alice McLellan Birney and Phoebe Apperson Hearst,
undated
Box 42, Folder 1
Scrapbook, 1935-1936,
[1936]
Series 10
Photographs and Realia,
1927-1984
Physical Description:
0.9 cubic feet
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by subject.
Scope and Contents
Topics in this small series include Blood Bank Drive, March of Dimes, Japanese PTAs, and state and national PTA conventions.
Access
Photographs are available during Photo Desk hours. Photographs cannot be photocopied.
Box 43, Folder 1
Health: Blood Bank Drive,
[19--]
Box 43, Folder 2
Health: March of Dimes,
1972
Box 43, Folder 3
Health: Polio Vaccinations,
1963
Box 44, Folder 1
Japan: Osaka PTA album,
[1967]
Box 44, Folder 2
Japan: Tokyo Block Congress PTA Scroll,
1984
Box 43, Folder 4
Japan: Kanagawa Prefecture PTA,
1972
Box 43, Folder 5
Membership Proclamation,
[1980-1981]
Related Materials
See Also Reports of Officers and Chairmen.
Box 43, Folder 6
Miscellaneous Events,
[19--]-1974
Box 43, Folder 7
National Convention in Oakland,
1927
Box 43, Folder 8
State Convention in Santa Cruz,
[1928?]
Box 43, Folder 9
State Convention in Riverside,
1930
Box 43, Folder 10
State Convention in San Francisco,
1931
Related Materials
See Also Publicity—Activity Book
Box 43, Folder 11
State Convention in Sacramento,
1934
Box 43, Folder 12
State Convention in San Jose,
1936
Record Group 4
Reference Materials
Physical Description:
3 boxes
Series 11
History of PTA Books,
1914-1949
Physical Description:
0.38 cubic feet
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Scope and Contents
This series has books published on the state and national organizations' history.
Box 45, Folder 1-2
History of the California Congress of Mothers,
1914
Box 45, Folder 3
Condensed Proceedings of the Conventions of 1918-1919-1920,
[1920]
Box 45, Folder 4
California Congress of Parents and Teachers Inc., Directory and Reports, 1927-1928,
[1927?]
Box 45, Folder 5
The Parent-Teacher Association,
1928
Box 45, Folder 6-7
A New Force in Education...
1930
Box 45, Folder 8
Parent Education, Types-Content-Method...
[1932]
Box 45, Folder 10-11
California Congress of Parents and Teachers, 1900-1928,
[1936?]
Box 45, Folder 12
History of the California Congress of Parents and Teachers Inc, 1900-1944,
1945
Box 45, Folder 13-14
The Parent-Teacher Organization, Its Origins and Development,
1944
Box 45, Folder 15
Where Children Come First, A Study of the P.T.A. Idea,
1949
Series 12
California Congress/PTA,
1930-2002
Physical Description:
0.47 cubic feet
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by subject.
Scope and Contents
Consists of guidelines, positions, and legislative action of the state organization.
Moving Images 46, Folder 1
AIDS Education Videotape,
Melody,
1992
Box 46, Folder 2
California Parent-Teacher Magazines,
1930-1936
Box 46, Folder 3
Founders Day 100th Anniversary Booklet,
1996
Box 46, Folder 5-6
Legislative Action File,
1975
Box 46, Folder 7
Nominations and Elections Handbook,
1995
Box 46, Folder 8
Outreach Pamphlets,
1965-1995
Box 46, Folder 9
Position Statements,
1999
Series 13
Pamphlet Collection,
1924-1930
Physical Description:
0.38 cubic feet
Arrangement
Arranged loosely by subject.
Scope and Contents
This series is comprised of scrapbooks of educational publications and articles on the parent-teacher movement, apparently
used in courses offered by the National Congress of Parents and Teachers. There is an index for one of the scrapbooks, and
subject headings on another.
Pamphlets were published mainly by the National and California Congress of Parents and Teachers, National Congress of Mothers
and Parent-Teacher Associations, and California Parent-Teachers Association. Booklets from the California State Board of Health
and U.S. Public Health Service are also included. Subjects include organizational procedures, pre-school circles, kindergarten
extension, study circles, safety, juvenile protection, illiteracy, music, hygiene, marriage and motherhood, child welfare,
and spiritual training. Includes one pamphlet in Spanish for children on health, and "Aims and Objectives of the P.T.A." translated
into Japanese for the Southern California Japanese School Association [192-?].
Conditions Governing Use note
These scrapbooks cannot be photocopied due to the format.
Appendix: Timeline of Selected Events
1878 Silver Street Kindergarten, the first free kindergarten west of the Rockies, opens in San Francisco.
1895 Occidental Kindergarten Mother's Club is formed in San Francisco.
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 group.
1908 Mothers Clubs and California Home and School Association merge to form S.F. 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.
circa 1912 Bay Federation of Mothers Clubs, including nine counties, becomes the Second District of the California Congress.
1924 National group is renamed National Congress of Parents and Teachers.
1925 Statewide group is renamed California Congress of Parents and Teachers.
1927 Second District is redistricted to include only San Francisco. Earlier organization is then referred to as Old Second
District.
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).
