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Special Collections & Archives
Title: California Association for the Education of Young Children Collection
Creator:
California Association for the Education of Young Children
(CAEYC)
Identifier/Call Number: URB.CAEYC
Physical Description:
26.25 linear feet
Physical Description:
32.7 Gigabytes
Date (inclusive): 1926-2004
Abstract: The California Association for the
Education of Young Children is a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing excellence
throughout the early care and education profession by uniting educators of young children
and advocating for political and professional leadership. The
California Association for the Education of Young Children Collection dates from
1926 to 2004 and documents the establishment and development of the organization as well as
its programming, outreach, and advocacy on behalf of early childhood caregivers, educators,
students, and families.
Language of Material:
English, Spanish; Castilian
Historical Note:
The foundation for the California Association for the Education of Young Children began
with a small group of nursery school professionals at Mills College of Oakland, in 1926.
After twenty years of developing separately, the Northern and Southern California
Associations for Nursery Education joined their annual conferences in 1948. By January 1953,
a state association proposal was written. The first annual meeting of the board of directors
was held in 1955. The five regional associations of California Association for Nursery
Education (CANE) became the California Association for the Education of Young Children.
The CAEYC has become a vital force uniting educators of young children. The State
Association sponsors an annual state conference. In 1983, CAEYC had four regional sections
encompassing thirty-three chapters and including nearly 7,000 members, making CAEYC the
largest affiliate of the National Association for the Education of Young Children. The CAEYC
seeks to improve the professional status of early childhood educators and care givers, to
strengthen association leadership, to expand political power and advocacy for children, and
to provide support and services for its members.
Scope and Contents
The
California Association for the Education of Young Children
Collection
documents the establishment and development of the organization as well
as its programming, outreach, and advocacy on behalf of early childhood caregivers,
educators, students, and families. The collection dates from 1926-2004 and consists of four
major series:
Administrative Records (1926-2004),
Program Records (1949-2004),
Subject Files
(1935-1985), and
Affiliated Organizations (1938-2003).
Series I,
Administrative Records, contains the operating files
of the organization and is divided into three subseries:
Presidents'
Files
(1926-2003),
Executive Board (1962-2003), and
Facilitative Records (1956-2004). Subseries A,
Presidents' Files, documents the Association's presidential
correspondence and reports and includes a video recording featuring former presidents,
Sylvia White and Lee McKay, and a scrapbook featuring the Association's presidents as well
as some of its members. The scrapbook's structure is preserved in digital format and its
photographic prints are included in the subseries as well. The subseries begins with a list
of the early presidents of CAEYC and its predecessor, the California Association for Nursery
Education, with subsequent materials arranged chronologically by term in office. Subseries
B,
Executive Board, primarily documents the meetings of CAEYC's
Board of Directors, Executive Board, and Executive Committee, which changed names over the
years and had overlapping appointments, responsibilities, and meetings. Meeting materials
include agendas, minutes, notes, and reports spanning forty-one years of assembly. Also
included are board biographies, rosters, manual, meeting synopses, as well as three audio
recordings of select board meetings, a video recording featuring board member, Docia, and a
scrapbook featuring some staff members, most of whom served on the Executive Board. The
scrapbook's structure is preserved in digital format and its photographic prints are
included in the subseries as well. The subseries is arranged alphabetically by subject.
Subseries C,
Facilitative Records, consists of the Association's
organizational and housekeeping records, including employee forms, articles of
incorporation, bylaws, standing rules, financial documents, guidelines, handbooks, manuals,
publications, as well as the files of CAEYC's secretary, treasurer, and historian. The
series is arranged alphabetically by subject. Additional financial documents can be found in
Series I, Subseries A and Series II, Subseries A and B.
Series II,
Program Records, documents the planning and delivery
of CAEYC's outreach events and advocacy efforts through the activities of its committees,
liaisons, and regional associations. The series is divided into three subseries:
Committees, Liaisons, and Special Projects (1949-2004),
Conference Files (1956-2004), and
Regional
Records
(1954-2002). Subseries A,
Committees, Liaisons, and
Special Projects,
documents the concerns and objectives of CAEYC's various
committee assignments and projects through announcements, correspondence, guidelines,
reports, meeting materials, training resources, promotional materials, and video recordings.
The subseries also includes listings of committees, liaison assignments, committee
descriptions, and photographic prints of various programs and events. Files are arranged
alphabetically by name of committee or project. Subseries B,
Conference
Files,
includes correspondence, memoranda, planning resources, program handouts,
attendance lists, reports, and audio and video recordings which document CAEYC's Annual
State Conference and its Annual Legislative Symposium, known later as the Public Policy
Symposium. Also included are records of hotel accommodations, expenses, conference
registration, a scrapbook, and some photographic prints. The series is divided into two
subseries, with Subseries 1,
State Conferences (1956-2004),
arranged chronologically by host city, and Subseries 2,
Legislative
Symposium
(1978-2003), arranged chronologically by year. Subseries C,
Regional Records, consists of correspondence, reports, meeting notes,
contact lists, and promotional materials of the various regional chapters of CAEYC. A
digitized LP produced by Helen Heffernan in cooperation with the Southern California
Association for Nursery Education on the topic of nursery school programming for three and
four year olds is also included. Some materials related to the National Association can also
be found here. The subseries is arranged alphabetically by chapter.
Series III,
Subject Files, mainly consists of printed materials
collected by CAEYC related to early childhood education, teaching methodologies, curriculum
development, and child and family resources. The materials primarily include essays,
articles, reports, and newsletters, as well as some directories, fact sheets, conference
papers, teaching aids, photographs, brochures, and a magnetic tape reel. The series is
arranged alphabetically with item level listings.
Series IV,
Affiliated Organizations, contains materials related
to many of the organizations with whom CAEYC cooperated, and consists of correspondence,
reports, organizational charts, legislative information, promotional newsletters and
brochures, filmstrips, as well as some training materials and other professional development
resources. The series is arranged alphabetically by organization.
Arrangement of Materials:
Series I: Administrative Records, 1926-2004
Subseries A: Presidents' Files, 1926-2003
Subseries B: Executive Board, 1962-2003
Subseries C: Facilitative Records, 1956-2004
Series II: Program Records, 1949-2004
Subseries A: Committees, Liaisons, and Special Projects, 1949-2004
Subseries B: Conference Files, 1956-2004
Subseries 1: State Conferences, 1956-2004
Subseries 2: Legislative Symposium, 1978-2003
Subseries C: Regional Records, 1954-2002
Series III: Subject Files, 1935-1985
Series IV: Affiliated Organizations, 1938-2003
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is open for research use.
Conditions Governing Use:
Copyright for unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of
this collection has not been transferred to California State University, Northridge.
Copyright status for other materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials
protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires
the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be
commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any
use rests exclusively with the user.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
California Association for the Education of Young Children. 06/1985. 1987, 1993, 2001,
2004
Accruals:
1987, 1993, 2001, 2004
Preferred Citation:
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Processing Information:
Robert G. Marshall, Jennifer Grimsley, 1985
Subjects and Indexing Terms
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