Alabama Congress of Parents and Teachers records, 1914-

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Alabama Congress of Parents and Teachers records, 1914-

Includes presidents' annual reports and correspondence; Board of Directors' correspondence and minutes; Executive Committee correspondence and minutes; bylaws; budgets; committee reports; annual convention reports and programs; scrapbooks; photographs; and clippings. Subject files include information on the founding and history of the ACPT; Alabama Congress of Colored Parents and Teachers; local units; membership; the National Congress of Parents and Teachers; and social issues affecting children and youth. Publications include Alabama PTA handbooks (1936, 1963-1995) and PTA bulletins (1945-1955, 1957-1992).

23.5 cubic ft. (30 boxes)

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Alabama Congress of Parents and Teachers.

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The Alabama Congress of Parents and Teachers (ACPT) was chartered in Montgomery in 1911 as the Alabama Branch of the National Congress of Mothers and Parent-Teacher Associations. In 1924 the organization became known as the Alabama Congress of Parents and Teachers. In 1970 the Alabama Congress of Colored Parents and Teachers merged with the Alabama Congress of Parents and Teachers. As a part of the National Congress of Parents and Teachers, the ACPT is a volunteer organization engaged in educati...

National Congress of Colored Parents and Teachers

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National Congress of Parents and Teachers

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The National Congress of Parents and Teachers (now the PTA) was organized by Alice McLellan Birney and Phoebe Apperson Hearst in December 1896. The first national meeting of the National Congress of Mothers (as it was first called) was held in Washington D.C. in February, 1897. In 1908 the name was changed to the National Congress of Mothers and Parent-Teacher Associations in an effort to recognize the importance of the parent-teacher partnership. In 1924, the name was changed to the National Co...