Effie Lathers papers

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: S3719

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The collection contains:

Minutes, notes and agenda for national and state board meetings of the Congress of Parents and Teachers, and correspondence to local chapters.

Charts explaining the purpose and program of the Congress of Parents and Teachers. National Congress Bulletin, 1935 – 1939, with some issues missing. Publications including Parent-Child relationships from a childs point of view and The Children’s Charter.

Photograph of State PTA board 1935-1936.

Newsclippings of articles Mrs. Lathers’s wrote for Duluth-News Tribune, Nov.1937 – Feb. 1938.

Dates

Creation: 1932-1958

Creator

Lathers, Effie, 1881 July 8-1960 October 11 (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Open for use in the Kathryn A. Martin Library, Archives and Special Collections.

Conditions Governing Use

This collection may be protected by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S. Code). It is the user's responsibility to verify copyright ownership and to obtain all necessary permissions prior to the reproduction, publication, or other use of any portion of these materials. Researchers may quote from the collection under the fair use provision of the copyright law.

Biographical / Historical

Effie Lathers (Mrs. Austin Lathers) was born in Ann Arbor Michigan and come to Duluth in 1909 to be a math instructor at the Duluth State Normal School. Mrs. Lathers was a past president of the Minnesota Congress of Parents and Teachers, organizer of the Grey Ladies of the Red Cross in World War II, and a leader in church and garden flower organizations.

Extent

3.00 Linear Inches

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

The collection contains: minutes, notes and agenda for national and state board meetings of the Congress of Parents and Teachers, and correspondence to local chapters; charts explaining the purpose and program of the Congress of Parents and Teachers; National Congress Bulletin and other publications; a photograph of State PTA board 1935-1936; and newsclippings of articles Mrs. Lathers’s wrote for Duluth-News Tribune.

Physical Location

This collection is located at the University of Minnesota Duluth Archives. For more information about this collection or to make an appointment, contact us at libarchives@d.umn.edu or 218-726-8526.

General

This collection is part of the Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections, which are housed in the University of Minnesota Duluth Archives at the Kathryn A. Martin Library.