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Third District PTA records
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  • Conditions Governing Access
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  • Biographical / Historical
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  • Arrangement

  • Contributing Institution: Center for Sacramento History
    Title: Third District PTA records
    Identifier/Call Number: MS0132
    Physical Description: 10 Linear Feet (10 cartons)
    Date (inclusive): 1918-1996
    Abstract: The collection documents the activities of the Third District PTA and its councils and units, including the Sacramento Council and PTA units from schools in Sacramento, Placer, El Dorado, Yolo, Colusa, Nevada, Sutter, and Yuba counties. Material dates from 1918 to 1996 and includes scrapbooks, meeting minutes, news clippings, public relations records, photographs, and historian records. A number of Sacramento County schools are represented in the collection.
    Physical Location: Center for Sacramento History, 551 Sequoia Pacific Blvd, Sacramento, CA 95811

    Conditions Governing Access

    The collection is open for research.

    Conditions Governing Use

    All requests to publish or quote from private manuscripts held by the Center for Sacramento History (CSH) must be submitted in writing to csh@cityofsacramento.org. Permission for publication is given on behalf of CSH as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the patron. No permission is necessary to publish or quote from public records.

    Immediate Source of Acquisition

    Acquired from the Third District PTA in 2002 (accession # 2002/056).

    Processing Information

    Initial processing and finding aid by Allison Higgins, 2012. Final processing and finding aid by Kim Hayden, 2022.

    Biographical / Historical

    The Third District PTA is one of the California PTA's 34 districts. Based in Sacramento, the Third District coordinates district councils and individual PTA units at school districts within Sacramento, Placer, El Dorado, Yolo, Colusa, Nevada, Sutter, and Yuba counties.

    Scope and Contents

    The collection documents the activities of the Third District PTA and its councils and units, including the Sacramento Council and PTA units from schools in Sacramento, Placer, El Dorado, Yolo, Colusa, Nevada, Sutter, and Yuba counties. Material dates from 1918 to 1996 and includes scrapbooks, meeting minutes, news clippings, public relations records, photographs, and historian records. A number of Sacramento County schools are represented in the collection.

    Arrangement

    The collection is divided into 3 series:
    • Series 1. Publicity records, 1938-1980
    • Series 2. Historian records, 1943-1985
    • Series 3. Minutes, 1918-1992