Virginia Merges Kletzer papers [manuscript], circa 1903-1975.

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Virginia Merges Kletzer papers [manuscript], circa 1903-1975.

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Collection includes: Correspondence, minutes, reports, etc. for the National Congress of Parents and Teachers, ca. 1903-1959; Reports, surveys, publications, letters, application forms, etc. related to various organizations engaged in health and social services, ca. 1930-1969, including the American Cancer Society and American Legion.

5 cubic feet (5 record cartons)

Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8091029

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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...

American cancer society

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Kletzer, Virginia, 1887-1982

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Virginia Kletzer was born in 1887 in Portsmouth, Neb. and died in Nov. 1982. From the guide to the Virginia Merges Kletzer papers, circa 1903-1975, (Oregon Historical Society Research Library) Virginia Kletzer was born in 1887 in Portsmouth, Neb. and died in Nov. 1982. She graduated from the Portland Academy in 1905. She was a teacher, secretary, and librarian. She married William Kletzer in 1911. She was also the executive secretary of Oregon Divisi...

American legion

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Veteran's organization. From the description of Records, 1893-1927. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 36805972 Association of veterans of American wars. Formed by a group of World War I officers, the American Legion is the world's largest veteran's organization. From the description of Records, 1960-1987. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 61206804 The American Legion was founded in 1919 by veterans returning from Europe after Worl...