Title: Northwestern Wisconsin Education Association Records
Inclusive Dates: 1926-1974

Creator:

• Northwestern Wisconsin Education Association

Call Number: Eau Claire Mss AN

Quantity: 0.8 c.f. (2 archives boxes)

Repository:

Housed at the Area Research Center, William D. McIntyre Library, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

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UW-Eau Claire McIntyre Library / Eau Claire Area Research Ctr. (Map)

Abstract:

Records, 1926-1974, of an organization founded as the Northwestern Wisconsin Teachers Association in 1890. Includes minutes from meetings of the Association's sectionals and 32 of its roundtables held at annual conventions, circa 1940-1966, and printed convention programs, 1952-1973.

Language: English

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The Northwestern Wisconsin Teachers Association, officially organized in the Senate Chambers of the Wisconsin State Capitol on December 30, 1890, held its first annual meeting at the Court House in Eau Claire on April 3 and 4, 1891. Approximately 145 charter members attended and elected W.J. Brier of River Falls the first president. The Association met in different locations throughout northwestern Wisconsin from 1892 until 1905 when Eau Claire became the permanent site of its annual conventions. In Eau Claire, the association met in several locations including the Opera House, the City Auditorium, the Wisconsin State College and, since 1957, Memorial High School.

The original constitution was in effect until January 4, 1918 when the current one replaced it. According to the constitution any person interested in public education may become a member of the Association. The Association changed its name to the Northwestern Wisconsin Education Association in 1956. Currently, it is divided into kindergarten-primary, elementary, junior high, and high school “sectionals” and more than forty “roundtables” for discussions of the pedagogic concerns of specific subjects and special educational problems. The Association has more than 5,000 members.

The Minutes cover meetings of the sectionals and thirty-two of the roundtables at the Association's annual conventions generally during the period from 1940 to 1966. The minutes provide a summary of the proceedings and a synopsis of addresses presented by guest speakers, documenting topics of concern to public school educators and other interested persons. The printed Convention Programs provide a schedule of events, biographical information about NWEA officers and board members, and information on the special program speakers.

For related materials at the State Historical Society of Wisconsin see the records of the Wisconsin Education Association Council, 1853-1975, and at Eau Claire the small collection of materials from the Northwestern Wisconsin Schoolmasters Club, 1920-1968.

Acquisition Information

Presented by the NWEA via Louis Stock, secretary, Eau Claire, Wis., 1974. Accession Number: M74-278

Processing Information

Processed by Margaret Hedstrom, November 2, 1978.

	Series: Minutes
	Sectional Meetings
Box   1 Folder   1	Kindergarten-Primary Sectional, 1941-1966
Box   1 Folder   2	Elementary School Sectional, 1940-1966
Box   1 Folder   3	Junior High School Sectional, 1940-1966
Box   1 Folder   4	High School Sectional, 1940-1966
Box   1 Folder   5	Rural Sectional, 1940-1960
	Roundtable Meetings
Box   1 Folder   6	Agriculture, 1940-1966
Box   1 Folder   7	Art for Teachers, 1946-1966
Box   1 Folder   8	Art Majors and Supervisors, 1962-1966
Box   1 Folder   9	Audio-Visual Aids, 1947-1966
Box   1 Folder   10	Business Education, 1940-1966
Box   1 Folder   11	Conservation Education, 1963-1966
Box   1 Folder   12	Driver Education, 1952-1967
Box   1 Folder   13	Education of Slow Learners, 1954-1966
Box   1 Folder   14	Elementary Administration and Supervision, 1956-1966
Box   1 Folder   15	Foreign Languages, 1961-1966
Box   1 Folder   16	Guidance, 1947-1966
Box   1 Folder   17	Health and Physical Education, 1948-1966
Box   1 Folder   18	High School History and Social Studies, 1940-1966
Box   1 Folder   19	High School Mathematics, 1940-1966
Box   1 Folder   20	High School Science, 1943-1966
Box   1 Folder   21	Home Economics, 1940-1966
Box   2 Folder   1	Industrial Arts, 1940-1966
Box   2 Folder   2	Instrumental Music, 1941-1966
Box   2 Folder   3	Kindergarten, 1940-1966
Box   2 Folder   4	Language Arts, 1940-1966
Box   2 Folder   5	Librarians, 1940-1966
Box   2 Folder   6	Mathematics for Grades, 1948-1966
Box   2 Folder   7	Primary Grades, 1940-1966
Box   2 Folder   8	Primary Grades Social Studies, 1940-1966
Box   2 Folder   9	Reading Improvement, 1963-1966
Box   2 Folder   10	School Administration, 1949-1966
Box   2 Folder   11	Science, 1940-1966
Box   2 Folder   12	Special Education, 1961-1965
Box   2 Folder   13	Speech, 1940-1966
Box   1 Folder   8	Speech Therapy, 1963-1966
Box   2 Folder   15	Supervision of Student Teachers, 1964-1966
Box   2 Folder   16	Vocal Music, 1942-1966
Box   2 Folder   17	Series: Convention Programs, 1926-1974	⇧