Allan M. West papers, 1946-1980

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Bennion, Ione, 1908-1997.
Title
Allan M. West papers
Dates
1946-1980 (inclusive)
Quantity
23 boxes, (9.2 linear ft.)
Collection Number
UUS_COLL MSS 078
Summary
Chiefly articles, correspondence, notes, and publications used in the compilation of his book, the National Education Association: a power base for education, concerning equality, desegregation of teachers' associations in South, political action for teachers' rights, the MEA-AFT merger attempt, and the history of the NEA. Also includes drafts and a copy of the book, writings and speeches by West, and personal artifacts such as plaques, certificates and diplomas.
Repository
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives Division
Special Collections & Archives
Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
Logan, UT
84322-3000
Telephone: 4357978248
Fax: 4357972880
scweb@usu.edu
Access Restrictions
Restrictions

Open to public research.

Languages
English.
Sponsor
Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant, 2007-2008

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Allan M. West was born Oct. 16, 1910 in Portland, Oregon, the son of Ray and Mary Morrell West. He graduated from Logan High School, Logan, Utah and in 1932 received his B.A. degree from the Utah State Agricultural College (now Utah State University). He later completed graduate work in school administration at Utah State Agricultural College, the University of Utah, and the University of Chicago. On Dec. 2, 1932 he married Ferne Page, and they later had two sons: A. West and Johnathon P. West.

Allan M. West was Director of Research for the Utah Education Association from 1942-46. In 1946 he was made Executive Secretary of the same organization and served in that position for 16 years. He was also the editor of the Utah Educational Review from 1943 to 1961. West joined the staff of the National Education Association in 1961 as the Associate Director of the Membership Division. He assumed several different offices in the following years, including Associate, Deputy, and Acting Executive Secretary of the Association. West was affiliated with UEA and the American Association of School Administrations as well as being a life member of the National Education Association. Mr. West was an early proponent of formal negotiation rights for teachers and authored many articles and publications on the subject. He was also involved in the merger of racially separate affiliates of the NEA in the South.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

This collection consists chiefly of articles, correspondence, notes, and publications pertaining to, as well as drafts and copies of West's book; The National Education Association: A Power Base for Education published in 1980, which concerned equality, desegregation of teachers' associations in South, political action for teachers' rights, the NEA-AFT merger attempt, and the history of the NEA. This collection also contains a biographical file on West, writings, speeches, personal artifacts such as plaques, certificates, and diplomas, and cassette recordings of interviews conducted by West.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Copyright

It is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission to publish from the owner of the copyright (the institution, the creator of the record, the author or his/her transferees, heirs, legates, or literary executors). The user agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Utah State University Libraries, its officers, employees, and agents from and against all claims made by any person asserting that he or she is an owner of copyright.

Permission to publish material from the Allan M. West : papers must be obtained from the Special Collections Manuscript Curator and/or the Special Collections Department Head.

Preferred Citation

Allan M. West : papers, 1946-1980. (COLL MSS 78) Utah State University. Special Collections and Archives Department.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

Organized into five series:

  • I. Materials compiled for his book the National Education Association: a power base for education
  • II. Drafts of the book
  • III. Articles and speeches by West
  • IV. Memorabilia
  • V. Personal interviews

Acquisition Information

The majority of the material in this collection was donated to Utah State University Special Collections & Archives by Allan M. West in 1983.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Series I:  Materials compiled for his book the National Education Association: a power base for education, undatedReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Preliminary Papers.
undated
Box Folder
1 1
Proposal and Outlines
undated
1 2
Working Notes-arranged in chapter order
undated
1 3
Working Notes-general
undated
1 4
Working Notes-general
undated
1 5
Bibliography
undated
1 6
Editorial Papers
undated
1 7
Interview Records
undated
1 8
Correspondence-general
undated
1 9
Computer Searches
undated
History and Change (Chapters 1-3)
undated
Box Folder
2 1
Publications
undated
2 2
Publications
undated
The Right to Bargain (Chapter 4)
undated
Box Folder
3 1
Negotiation Legislation
undated
3 2
Organizations and Controversy
undated
3 3
Professional Negotiations
undated
3 4
Professional Negotiations
undated
3 5
Strikes and Collective Bargaining
undated
3 6
Faculty Bargaining and Participation
undated
3 7
Administrative Status
undated
3 8
Misc.
undated
Equality (Chapter 5)-School Finance.
undated
Box Folder
4 1
Serrano v. Priest
undated
4 2
Rodriguez v. San Antonio Independent School
undated
4 3
Other Cases
undated
4 4
Newspaper Clippings
undated
4 5
Revenue Sharing and Cost Effectiveness
undated
4 6
Impoundment
undated
4 7
Tax Revolt and Reform
undated
Equality (Chapter 5)-Southern Affiliate Mergers.
undated
Box Folder
5 1
Alabama
undated
5 2
Arkansas
undated
5 3
Florida and Georgia
undated
5 4
Louisiana
undated
5 5
Louisiana
undated
5 6
Louisiana
undated
5 7
Louisiana
undated
5 8
Mississippi
undated
5 9
North Carolina and South Carolina
undated
5 10
Tennessee, Texas and Virginia
undated
6 1
Compliance Guidelines and NEA Resolutions
undated
6 2
State Compliance-general
undated
6 3
State Compliance-general
undated
6 4
Merger Evaluations-general
undated
6 5
NEA Executive Committee Agenda
April 1967
6 6
NEA Executive Committee Agenda
1967 May
6 7
NEA Executive Committee Agenda
1969 April
6 8
Civil Rights
undated
Equality (Chapter 5)-NEA-AFT Merger and NEA Unification
undated
Box Folder
7 1
Merger-newspaper clippings
undated
7 2
Merger-correspondence
undated
7 3
Merger-general
undated
7 4
Unification
undated
7 5
Representative Assembly-
1955-1979
Equality (Chapter 5)-Teachers' Rights.
undated
Box Folder
8 1
Women's Leadership Traipsing Program
undated
8 2
First Amendment Cases
undated
8 3
Forced Maternity Leave Cases
undated
8 4
Sex Discrimination Cases
undated
8 5
Racial Segregation Cases
undated
8 6
Teachers' Rights Cases-articles correspondence and reports
undated
8 7
Educational Malpractice
undated
9 1
Dushane Defense Fund
undated
9 2
Dushane Defense Fund Report's
1972-1976
9 3
Dushane Defense Fund Reports
1977-1980
9 4
Case Summaries
1969-1970
9 5
Higher Education Cases
undated
9 6
Management Summaries
undated
9 7
Expenditures
undated
Equality (Chapter 5)-Misc
undated
Box Folder
10 1
Educational Statistics
undated
10 2
Racial Balance of 1957 NEA staff
undated
10 3
National Committee of Educators for Human Rights
undated
10 4
Program Plans
1980-1981
10 5
"Toward Quality Integrated Education"-Boyd Bosma
undated
10 6
Minority Equity and Protection
undated
10 7
Minority Equity and Protection
undated
Legislation (Chapter 6)
undated
Box Folder
11 1
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act
1965
11 2
Standing Committee on Higher Education
undated
11 3
Department of Education-creation and organization
undated
11 4
Political Action
undated
Political Action (chapter 7)
undated
Box Folder
12 1
PAC and Lobbying Information
undated
12 2
Tax and Spending Limitation Measures
undated
12 3
NEA-PAC Candidate Support
(see also box 10, folder 4, "The NEA: A Washington Lobby Run Rampant").
undated
12 4
Presidential Endorsement: Procedure
undated
Improvement of Education (Chapter 8).
undated
Box Folder
13 1
The National Foundation for the Improvement of Education
undated
13 2
International Relations Activities
undated
13 3
National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education
undated
13 4
Teacher Centers
undated
13 5
Teacher Education
undated
13 6
Instruction and Professional Development
undated
13 7
Government Relations and Legislation
undated
13 8
Landrum-Griffth Act
undated
13 9
Special Interest Students
undated
13 10
Future of Public
undated
13 11
Misc. Papers
undated
Stress to Unity (Chapter 9) and Looking Ahead (Chapter 10)
undated
Box Folder
14 1
Stress to Unity (Chapter 9)
undated
14 2
NEA History
undated
14 3
Political Action
undated
14 4
Problems of Modern Educators
undated
14 5
Affirmative Action
undated
14 6
National Association of Secretaries of State Teachers Associations
undated
14 7
Landrum-Griffith Act
undated
14 8
Finances
undated
14 9
Collective Bargaining and Strikes
undated
14 10
Educational Statistics
undated
14 11
Higher Education
undated
15 1
NEA-AFT Merger, Second American Federation of Teachers
undated
15 3
Future Objectives, Trends and Obstacles
undated
15 4
Leadership Biographies
undated
15 5
James Williams
undated
Misc. Articles
undated
Box Folder
16 1
Misc Articles
undated
16 2
Misc. Articles
1885-1973
16 3
Misc Articles
1974-1980
16 4
NEA Publications Review
undated

Series II:   II. Drafts of the book , undatedReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Handwritten First Draft
undated
Box Folder
17 1
Preface, Acknowledgments and Chapter 1
undated
17 2
Chapters 2 and 3
undated
17 3
Chapter 4
undated
17 4
Chapter 5
undated
17 5
Chapter 5 cont
undated
17 6
Chapters 6 and 7
undated
17 7
Chapters 6 and 7 cont
undated
17 8
Chapter 8
undated
17 9
Chapter 9
undated
17 10
Chapter 10
undated
17 11
Interviews
undated
17 12
Misc. - insertions, outlines etc.
undated
Typescripts
undated
Box Folder
18 1
Preface, Acknowledgments and Chapters
undated
18 2
Chapter 4
undated
18 3
Chapter 5
undated
18 4
Chapters 6-8
undated
18 5
Chapters 9 and 10
undated
18 6
Appendix, Bibliography, Notes and Index
undated
Proofs
undated
Box Folder
19 1
Preface, Acknowledgments and Chapters 1-4
undated
19 2
Chapter 5
undated
19 3
Chapters 6-8
undated
19 4
Chapters 9 and 10, Appendix, Notes and Bibliography
undated

Articles and Speeches, undatedReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
20 1
Articles and Papers
undated
20 2
Editorials, Utah Educational Review
undated
20 3
Reports
undated
20 4
Speeches
undated
20 5
Speeches
1951-1954
20 6
Speeches
1965-1968
20 7
Speeches
1971-1980
20 8
Speeches-note cards
undated

Memorabilia: Personal papers: biographic material, certificates, programs, and other papers., undatedReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
21 1
Symphony Hall program
1979
21 2
Biographical file on A. M. West; vitas.
undated
21 3
West's B.A. and Ph.D certificates from USU.
undated
21 4
Certificates of appreciation and award.
undated
21 5
Certificate of Life Membership: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
1996
21 6
West's "Nominee for Honorary Doctorate of Education"
undated
21 7
"The Allan Morrell West & Ferne Page West Families"
1990
21 8
"Golden Anniversary: 50 years, Class of ‘28"
1979
21 9
Eightieth Annual Commencement program, USU
1973
22
Personal Artifacts, 6 items. 1: Plaque from NEA 2: Plaque from UEA 3: Plaque from USU 4: Honorary Degree from USU 5: Citation from UEA 6: Certificate from NEA
undated

Personal Interviews, undatedReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box tape
23 1
Anderson, Arvid
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23 2
Bain, Helen
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23 3
Bell, T. H.
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23 4
Bosma, Boyd
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23 5
Bulford, Lester
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23 6
Carlson, John
undated
23 7
Carr, William G
undated
23 8
Darland, Dave
undated
23 9
Duckworth
undated
23 10
Ethridge, Sam
undated
23 11
Fisher, George
undated
23 12
Fisher, George
undated
23 13
Ginger, Lyman
undated
23 14
Harris
undated
23 15
Herdon, Terry
undated
23 16
Hipp, Fred
undated
23 17
Hipp, Fred
undated
23 18
Jones, Geo
undated
23 19
Kennedy, E. Dale
undated
23 20
Kennedy, E. Dale
undated
23 21
Kennedy, E. Dale
undated
23 22
Koontz, Elizabeth
undated
23 23
McGuire, Willard
undated
23 24
McKay, Bob
undated
23 25
Moarison, Fishea
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23 26
Shull, Martha
undated
23 27
Snow, Glenn E
undated
23 28
Williams, Jim
undated
23 29
Williams, Jim
undated
23 30
Williams, Jim
undated
23 31
Wise, Helen
undated
23 32
Wollett, Don
undated
23 33
President Johnson: Teacher in the White Houses
undated
23 34
"A Teaching Center is . . . ."
undated

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Collective bargaining--Education--Utah.
  • Education--Utah--History.
  • Educators--Archives.
  • Faculty integration--Southern States.
  • School integration--Southern States.
  • Teachers' unions--Utah.

Personal Names

  • West, Allan M.

Corporate Names

  • National Education Association of the United States.
  • National Education Association: a power base for education.
  • Utah Education Association.
  • Utah State University. Libraries. Special Collections and Archives. (contributor)