Tech Training School Parent Teacher Association records

Collection

Identifier: RG-0000-0004

Staff Only

Content Description

Records include photographs, certificates, scrapbooks, and event programs that relate to the activities of Tech Training School Parent Teacher Association.

Of note are fourteen scrapbooks from 1942 to 1966 and two Founder’s Day program volumes. The scrapbooks document events from individual school years including newspaper clippings, student artwork, programs, and photographs. The purpose of the scrapbooks was to record the accomplishments of the PTA for the school year. The scrapbooks also include records of the State-wide PTA.

Dates

1942 - 1966

Biographical / Historical

Tech Training School began as the Seventh Street Elementary School and became the Tech Training School (or Campus School) in 1949. It served to educate teachers at attending school at Tech in this role. The building was revamped at a cost of $125,000 in order to serve up to eighth grade. Notable individuals were involved in the PTA, including the Farrs, Barnes, Derrryberrys, Crawfords, Ashburns, and Snelgrove families.

Extent

3 Volumes

2.04 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Arrangement

Records are arranged in alphabetical order and then chronological order.

Subjects

Concert programs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Derryberry, Joan (Gertrude Joan Pitt-Rew), 1906-1998
Parents' and teachers' associations Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Teachers colleges Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Tennessee Polytechnic Institute
black-and-white photographs Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
minutes (administrative records) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
souvenir programs Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title: Tech Training School Parent Teacher Association records
Status: Completed
Author: Megan M. Atkinson
Date: 2019-01-09
Description rules: Describing Archives: A Content Standard
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Language of description note: eng
Edition statement: This is the second edition of the finding aid. The finding aid was changed when the materials were rehoused.