urn:taro:utexas.cah.01709 A Guide to the Conference for Education in Texas Records, 1907-1915 Original EAD encoding by Laurel Rozema according to TARO 2 EAD 2002 Editing Instructions. July 2010 Finding aid written in English. Descriptive Summary Conference for Education in Texas Conference for Education in Texas Records 1907-1915 Materials are written in English. 73-167 6 ft., 9 in. Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin The Conference for Education in Texas Records, 1907-1915, consist of documentation produced and accumulated by the general agent of the Conference for Education in Texas and reflect the Conference’s organization and activities. The collection demonstrates how funding was acquired through donations and the subscription service, exemplifies the organization’s promotion of pertinent legislation, and provides insight into the day-to-day administration of the Conference. Materials within the collection include correspondence, subscriptions, financial records, publications, printed material, publicity material, and other administrative records. Historical Note

The Conference for Education in Texas was established around 1907 by a number of educators for the purpose of improving and developing the state’s public school system at all levels. To this end, the organization acted to promote favorable legislation, provided lecturers on various educational topics, issued literature concerning educational methodology or pertinent legislation and tax proposals, and articulated the common concerns of interested individuals, educational agencies and organizations, schools, and institutions. Funding for the Conference was based on a subscription campaign to secure funds or pledges from teachers, school superintendents, education-related businesses, and other sympathetic individuals and groups. The position of general agent was generally responsible for the day-to-day administration of the Conference for Education in Texas and served the officers and executive board of the Conference. This position was consecutively held by W. S. Sutton, A. N. McCallum, F. M. Bralley, C. E. Evans, R. Lee Clark, B. E. Satterfield, and T. R. Sampson, and the two presidents of the organization were Clarence Ousley and Pat Neff.

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The Conference for Education in Texas Records, 1907-1915, consist of documentation produced and accumulated by the general agent of the Conference for Education in Texas and reflect the Conference’s organization and activities. The collection demonstrates how funding was acquired through donations and the subscription service, exemplifies the organization’s promotion of pertinent legislation, and provides insight into the day-to-day administration of the Conference. Materials within the collection include correspondence, subscriptions, financial records, publications, printed material, publicity material, and other administrative records.

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 Index Terms Subjects (Persons) Bizzell, William Bennett, 1876-1944. Bralley, F. M. (Francis Marion), 1867-1924. Brooks, Samuel Palmer, 1863-1931. Clark, Randolph Lee. Cooper, Oscar H. (Oscar Henry), 1852-1932. Cousins, Robert Bartow, 1861-1932. Eby, Frederick, 1874-1968. Ellis, A. Caswell (Alexander Caswell), 1871-1948. Evans, Cecil Eugene, b. 1871. McCallum, A. N. (Arthur Newell), b. 1865. Neff, Pat Morris, 1871-1952. Ousley, Clarence, 1863-1948. Pennybacker, Percy V., Mrs., 1861-1938. Satterfield, Benonia E. Sampson, Thornton Rogers, 1852-1915. Sutton, William Seneca, 1860-1928. Wilmot, Edward P. Subjects (Organizations) Conference for Education in Texas -- Archives. Subjects Education -- Societies, etc. -- Texas. Public schools -- Texas. Places Austin (Tex.) Preferred Citation

Conference for Education in Texas Records, 1907-1915, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.

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Basic processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with funds from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) for the Briscoe Center’s “History Revealed: Bringing Collections to Light project,” 2009-2011.

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