University of Idaho Area Education Office Personnel Association Records

University of Idaho Area Education Office Personnel Association Records, 1978-1995

Overview of the Collection

Creator: University of Idaho Area Education Office Personnel Association
Title: University of Idaho Area Education Office Personnel Association Records
Dates: 1978-1995 (inclusive)
19781995
Quantity: 1 cubic foot
Collection Number: MG373 (collection)
Summary: Constitution and by-laws, executive committee minutes, correspondence, information on workshops and financial records of an organization for education of office personnel at the University of Idaho and Latah County.
Repository: University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives
Special Collections and Archives
University of Idaho Library
875 Perimeter Drive
MS 2350
Moscow, ID
83844-2350
Telephone: 2088850845
libspec@uidaho.edu
Languages: English
Sponsor: Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Historical NoteReturn to Top

The University of Idaho Area Educational Office Personnel Association (UIA-EOPA) was a professional association for office personnel at the University of Idaho and Latah County Schools. It was organized in October 1978 by Barbara Hisel, Administrative assistant in the College of Letters and Science, and Barbara Hopkins, Assistant to the Dean, College of Education, with the assistance of Larry Merk, Business Development Specialist with the Business and Development Research Center.

The purpose of the group, as stated in the by-laws was "To elevate the standards of the educational secretaries and office personnel within the University of Idaho and Latah County public schools and to provide a finer understanding of the relationship between the University, the public schools, and the community so that ever increasing efficient service may be rendered to our educational system." To accomplish these goals the group sponsored local workshops and a certification program to measure members' services and skills as educational office personnel

The organization was affiliated with the Idaho Association of Educational Office Personnel, the National Association of Educational Office Personnel, and the Idaho Association of School Administrators.

Following the 1989/90 school year membership was down and no one was interested in filling executive offices, so the organization unofficially dissolved. Its remaining funds were transferred to the University of Idaho Foundation in 1995 and added to the Staff Education Award Endowment.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The records of the UIA-EOPA span the years 1978-1995, with a majority of the records covering the years 1989-1989.

Since only two officers, the president and the treasurer, transferred their records to the library, the material was easily arranged in two series reflecting the duties of these two offices.

The presidents' records are concerned with the public activities of the club and include the constitution and by-laws, minutes of the executive board, correspondence, meeting notices and programs, membership lists, planning for annual events such as the bosses lunch and fall conference, and brochures. The majority of the presidents' records were originally in three-ring notebooks which were kept by year. During processing it was decided to combine the individual components of each notebook and folder the material. Therefore all minutes are consecutive, as are the programs, correspondence, membership records, etc.

The treasurers' records reflect the financial condition of the club and include check registers, ledger sheets, affiliation records, financial reports on the bosses lunch and fall conference, financial statements, and workshop registrations.

The final items in the group are the gavel and 2 rubber stamps.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Acquisition Information

The records of UIA-EOPA were donated to the University of Idaho Library by the president and treasurer of the organization between July 1990 and January 1995. Additional materials were added to the end in 1999.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Series I. Presidents' Records , 1978-1990Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
1/1	Constitution and By-laws 7 items	1978-1982
1/2-3	Minutes of the Executive Board 114 items	August 1978-April 1990
1/4	Correspondence, Local 78 items	1979-1989
1/5-6	Correspondence, IAEOPA 75 items	1979-1988
1/7	Membership lists, Newsletters, etc. 15 items	1978-1989
1/8-9	Correspondence, NAEOPA 64 items	1980-1988
1/10	Meeting notices and programs 57 items	1978-1989
1/11	Membership lists 11 items	1979-1988
1/12	Officers handbook 3 items	1980-1986
2/13	President's annual report 8 items	1979-1987
2/14	Professional Standards Program 3 items	1984
2/15	Bosses lunch/breakfast 8 items	1982-1989
2/16	Brochures 4 items	ca. 1980
2/17	Clippings, news releases, etc. 6 items	1982
2/18	Fall conferences 23 items	1980-1987
2/19	Logo design 19 items	1987
2/20	Labels from 1987 poster 10 items	1987
2/21	Stationery 4 items	undated

Series II. Treasurers' Records , 1978-1995Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
2/22	Bank records 6 items	1978-1995
2/23	Affiliation records 9 items	1981-1987
2/24	Bosses lunch/breakfast 12 items	1982-1989
2/25	Correspondence 7 items	1981-1989
2/26	Fall conference 13 items	1980-1987
2/27	Financial statements 10 items	1980-1982
2/28	U of I Foundation receipts 2 items	1988; 1995
2/29	Ledger pages 22 items	1979/1980-1985/1986
2/30	Receipt books 2 items	1981-1985
2/31	Requisitions 29 items	1978-1981
2/32	Workshop registrations 29 items	1980-1989
2/33	Gavel and stamps 3 items	undated
2/34	Memos, membership lists, etc. 8 items	ca. 1989
2/35	Dues journal 45 items	ca. 1986
2/36	Dues journal 95 items	1986/1987

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