Collection Title: First District Education Association Records
Series Number: MS85-04
Processed and Cataloged by: No information listed.
Date Listed: 1985. No exact date listed
Date Span: 1927-1971
Size of Collection: 1.0 linear foot.
Number of Boxes: 2 legal size document cases.
Type of Material: Correspondence, meeting minutes, programs and ephemera.
Condition of Material: Good.
Arrangement: Chronological arrangement.
Biographical / Historical Information: The First District Education Association was established on December 29, 1884 by members of the Kentucky Education Association. The association represented counties in the First Congressional District, which was composed of Ballard, Calloway, Caldwell, Crittenden, Fulton, Graves, Livingston, Lyon, Hickman, Marshall, McCracken and Trigg. The purpose of the association was to “foster and promote the best interest of education” in the district and in the state. From 1885 to 1927, the organization held their meetings at various locations in the First District. After 1927, they met annually at Murray State University.
Scope and Content: Collection consists of correspondence (1966-1971), meeting minutes (1927-1961) and program announcements (1888-1970) of the First District Education Association of Kentucky. Included with the records are past constitutions and by-laws, transcripts of speeches given before the Association, budget reports and a history of the organization.
Subject Headings / Descriptors:
First District Education Association (Ky.) – History.
Teachers’ unions – Kentucky -- History.
Education – Kentucky.
School management and organization – Kentucky.
Additional Sources: See A History of the First District Education Association by Woodfin Hutson.
Box List
Box 1
- Minutes Book
- Minutes Book
- Constitutions and By-Laws
- FDEA Program 1970
Box 2
- Correspondence, etc. from 1960s and 1970s
- Correspondence from 1960s and 1970s
- Histories of the FDEA
- Printed Programs [thru 1949]
- Printed Programs [1950-]
- Speeches Given to FDEA
