Title: Joint Committee on Education in Wisconsin Records
Inclusive Dates: 1934-1957

Creator:

• Joint Committee on Education in Wisconsin

Call Number: Mss 236

Quantity: 1.2 c.f. (2 archives boxes and 1 flat box)

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Papers of the Joint Committee on Education in Wisconsin, a non-profit organization of citizens' groups concerned with the quality of education in Wisconsin primarily in relation to taxation and finance of schools, rural school problems, and educational legislation. Included are organizational materials, correspondence, minutes, workshop materials, publications, and clippings.

Language: English

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The Joint Committee on Education in Wisconsin (JCOE) was formed as a response to the crisis in state education caused by the financial depression of the 1930s. Its purpose was “to discuss and study matters of education, to encourage various groups to study educational problems, and to create intelligent public opinion.” First to recognize the need for such an organization was the Wisconsin Division of the American Association of University Women, which sponsored a meeting on January 14, 1934 at Delavan that resulted in the formation of the JCOE. In attendance were members of the Wisconsin Federation of Women's Clubs, Daughters of the American Revolution, and the Wisconsin Congress of Parents and Teachers. The committee grew steadily and by 1945 included representatives of eighteen different citizens groups and governmental agencies. Its activities consisted mainly of sponsoring educational workshops in various parts of the state, preparing statistical and informational materials for use in study groups of member organizations, and providing educational radio broadcasts. The JCOE emphasized the problems of taxation and school finance, of rural schools, and of educational legislation in Wisconsin. The collection includes no information on the JCOE after 1957.

The records span the years 1934 to 1957 and contain six types of records. Included are organizational material such as a history, rules of procedure, activity summaries, and membership lists; correspondence; a nearly complete set of monthly minutes; and educational workshop information. Also included are a large file of JCOE publications and two folders of clippings on committee activities, 1934-1944.

The JCOE correspondence consists of general correspondence, 1935-1953, and letters to members, 1935-1956. Within the inclusive dates the general correspondence is very incomplete. The period 1935-1948 is covered in one small folder and much of it deals with the JCOE's one hundredth meeting held in November 1945. From 1943 to 1953 the general correspondence consists of three folders and deals primarily with educational workshops. The letters to members are form letters concerning the organization's activities, programs, and announcements.

Concerning the committee-sponsored workshops, 1934-1944, and 1949-1953, there are two scrapbooks and one folder of printed programs and reports. The publications contain in-house publications, 1937-1957, and publications for general circulation, 1945-1957. The in-house publications include “Study Group Materials,” 1937-1944, concerning various Wisconsin educational problems; educational legislation bulletins for 1937, 1939, 1949, and 1953; a newsletter-like publication entitled “Facts About Education in Wisconsin,” 1945-1955; radio transcripts; lists of educational publications; and two folders of miscellaneous publications.

Acquisition Information

Presented by Mrs. Henry Meigs, May, 1957.

Processing Information

Processed by Harry L. Miller (Intern), August 4, 1972.

	Organizational Material
Box   1 Folder   1	History and “Rules of Procedure”
Box   1 Folder   2	Activity Summaries, 1934-1939, 1949-1953
Box   1 Folder   3	Membership Lists, 1935-1957
	Correspondence
	General Correspondence
Box   1 Folder   4	1935-1945, 1948
Box   1 Folder   5	1949 Oct.-1950 April
Box   1 Folder   6	1950 Aug.-1951 Jan.
Box   1 Folder   7	1951 Aug.-1953 June
Box   1 Folder   8	Letters to Members, 1935-1956
	Minutes
Box   1 Folder   9	1934-1935
Box   1 Folder   10	1936-1937
Box   1 Folder   11	1938-1939
Box   1 Folder   12	1940-1941
Box   1 Folder   13	1942-1943
Box   1 Folder   14	1944-1945
Box   1 Folder   15	1946-1947
Box   1 Folder   16	1948-1949
Box   1 Folder   17	1950-1951
Box   1 Folder   18	1952-1953
Box   1 Folder   19	1954-1955
Box   1 Folder   20	1956
	Workshop Materials: Programs and Reports
Box   1 Folder   21	, 1934-1942 (Volume 1)
Box   2 Volume   2	1942-1944
Box   3 Folder   1	1949-1953
	Publications
	In-house Publications
Box   3 Folder   2	“Study Group Materials,” 1937-1944
Box   3 Folder   3	Educational Legislation Bulletins, 1937, 1939, 1949, 1953
Box   3 Folder   4	Lists of Educational Publications, 1939-1957
Box   3 Folder   5	“Facts About Education in Wisconsin,”1945-1955
Box   3 Folder   6	Radio Transcripts, 1941; undated
Box   3 Folder   7-8	Miscellaneous Publications, 1935-1957
Box   3 Folder   9	Publications for Circulation, 1945-1957
	Clippings
Box   3 Folder   10	1934-1938
Box   3 Folder   11	1938-1944