ELWYN B. ROBINSON DEPARTMENT OF SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
CHESTER FRITZ LIBRARY
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA
GRAND FORKS, NORTH DAKOTA
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COLLECTION: OGL #79
DATES: 1928-1976
SIZE: 2 linear feet
ACQUISITION: The Grand Forks City Parent Teacher Council Records were deposited in the Orin G. Libby Manuscript Collection on April 15, 1980 (Acc.#80-649). Additional material was deposited by Betty Fontaine, Grand Forks, North Dakota, on November 22, 1982 (Acc.#82-1049).
ACCESS: Open for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Department of Special Collections.
RELATED PERIODICALS: P.T.A. Bulletin, 1921-1928, North Dakota Parent Teacher, 1928-1966, and North Dakota PTA Bulletin, 1966-1971
RELATED PUBLICATIONS: North Dakota Congress of Parents and Teachers: History, 1958
The group which became known as the National Congress of Parents and Teachers was founded on February 17, 1897, in Washington, D.C.. The leading figures were Alice Birney, the wife of a Washington D.C. lawyer, and Phoebe Hearst, wife of a United States Senator from California. Membership in the group was originally geared toward mothers, as revealed in the original name of the group, the National Congress of Mothers. After several other name changes, the name National Congress of Parents and Teachers (NCPT) was established in 1924.
The goals of NCPT were to promote the welfare of children, to secure adequate laws for their protection, to develop relationships between parents, teachers and communities, and to raise the standards of home life. The North Dakota branch, the North Dakota Congress of Parents and Teachers, was organized in May 1915. Grand Forks was represented in this body by the Grand Forks City Parent Teacher Council, which was formed in 1926.
The Grand Forks City Parent Teacher Council consisted of presidents of local Parent Teacher Associations, principals of local schools and one representative of each PTA. The group sponsored activities which would realize the goals of the NCPT. Some of their activities included: collecting clothes for the needy, purchasing playground and athletic equipment for the schools, purchasing library materials, sponsoring music and essay contests, promoting health issues, and purchasing musical instruments for the schools.
The North Dakota Congress of Parents and Teachers began publishing a periodical entitled North Dakota Parent Teacher in 1928, although it had been known as P.T.A. Bulletin since 1921. In 1966, the name changed to North Dakota P.T.A. Bulletin, until publication ceased in 1971.
The Grand Forks City Parent Teacher Council Records consist of material relating to the local, state and national levels of the organization.
Material related to the Grand Forks City Parent Teacher Council Records (GFCPTC) consists of by-laws, meeting minutes, correspondence, reports, programs, newspaper clippings and financial information. Several black and white photographs were separated and placed in the Photograph File Cabinets. The photographs depict Resusci Anne, a CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) practice device.
Information for the North Dakota Congress of Parents and Teachers (NDCPT) is also included. This material includes: newsletters, pamphlets, reports, policy manuals and legislative/lobbying information.
The collection also contains information from the National Congress of Parents and Teachers (NCPT). By-laws, legislative material, policy manuals and pamphlets are among the included material.
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Box 2
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Eight photographs were separated and placed in the Photograph File Cabinets.
| OGL#79-1 | Adult Resusci Anne: undated |
| OGL#79-2 | Child and adult Resusci Anne, unidentified male: undated |
| OGL#79-3 | Child and adult Resusci Anne: undated |
| OGL#79-4 | Child and adult Resusci Anne: undated |
| OGL#79-5 | Child and adult Resusci Anne, unidentified male: undated |
| OGL#79-6 | Child and adult Resusci Anne, unidentified male: undated |
| OGL#79-7 | Adult Resusci Anne: undated |
| OGL#79-8 | Child and adult Resusci Anne storage cases: undated |
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