urn:taro:utexas.cah.02276 A Guide to the National Council for the Social Studies Records, 1920-1976 Original EAD encoding by Lauren Algee according to TARO 2 EAD 2002 Editing Instructions. February 2011 Finding aid written in English. September 2011 Addition 2011-246 added by Ryder Kouba Descriptive Summary National Council for the Social Studies National Council for the Social Studies, Records 1920-1976 Materials are written in English. 2007-213; 2008-270; 2011-246 161 ft., 6 in. Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin Correspondence, meeting files, resolutions, reports, and publications comprise the National Council for the Social Studies Records, 1920-1976, documenting the organization’s administrative functions in its work promoting the social studies in education. Historical Note

Founded in 1921, the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) was created to support educators by promoting social studies in education. NCSS includes geography, economics, political science, anthropology, sociology, psychology, religion, and law, from the elementary to university level, in its scope. In service of the field, NCSS publishes curricula, organizes conventions and training, supports legislation promoting social science education, and conducts research. The organization’s first president, Albert Edward McKinley (1870-1936), served as publisher and managing editor of the publication Historical Outlook, which by 1937, evolved into the NCSS official journal Social Education. Other prominent presidents have included social studies theorist and author Edgar Bruce Wesley (1891-1980). The organization launched its first annual meeting in 1935 and established official headquarters in Washington, D. C., in 1940.

Source:

National Council for the Social Studies. "About National Council for the Social Studies." National Council for the Social Studies. Accessed February 3, 2011.

Wronski, Stanley P. "Edgar Bruce Wesley (1891-1980): His Contributions to the Past, Present and Future of the Social Studies." Journal of Thought 17, 3 (1982): 55-67.

Scope and Contents

Correspondence, meeting files, resolutions, reports, and publications comprise the National Council for the Social Studies Records, 1920-1976, documenting the organization’s administrative functions in its work promoting the social studies in education. The actions of National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) leadership are chronicled in records of the Board of Directors (1927-1974), Executive Committee (1936-1974), Executive Director (1920-1974), and House of Delegates (1958-1974) as well as the Associate Executive Secretary’s correspondence (1965-1975). Committee Records (1940-1974) concern the activities of operational, advisory, and ad hoc committees such as Civic Education, Postwar Policy, and World History Bibliography. Meeting records (1921-1972) concern the planning and proceedings of annual, joint, and regional meetings of NCSS and affiliate organizations like the National Education Association. Additionally copies of the NCSS publications Yearbooks (1930-1976), Social Education (1930-1969) the How To Do It series (1951-1954), and Resource Units (1940-1954); their associated records; and special projects files discuss the organization’s research, membership, and educational outreach.

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 Index Terms Subjects (Persons) McKinley, Albert E. (Albert Edward), 1870-1936 Wesley, Edgar Bruce, 1891-1980 Subjects (Organizations) National Council for the Social Studies -- Archives National Education Association Subjects Education -- Research -- United States Education -- Periodicals -- United States Educational change -- United States Social sciences -- Study and Teaching -- United States Preferred Citation

National Council for the Social Studies Records, 1920-1976, 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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