Name/Title
Washington School PTA Life Membership Record Book, 1936-1959Entry/Object ID
2024.69.19Description
Acc. No. 24.69.19
Subject Category: Schools, Public, Washington
Date or Period: 1936-1959
Object: Record book
Description: a blue school notebook, with clipping from a leaflet glued to the front, title: 'HONORARY LIFE MEMBERSHIP'. First page has at the top handwritten in blue pen: Washington P.T.A. Included within are further clippings from a regulation booklet, a list with entries of year, name, address from 1936-1959, and handwritten procedures in grease pencil. Evidence of some torn-out pages.
Size: L 8 1/2 x W 6 3/4 inches
History of Object: Washington School PTA record book of purchased Honorary Life Membership awards and procedures for presenting them. Notable names listed are (pre-1936:) Mr. Edward Albert, Mrs. W.C. Marpstein, Miss Louise MaGuire; Mr. Arthur Heche (1936). Mrs. W. Martin (teacher) is one of the last ones on the list (1957). Miss Louise McGuire was a writer for the Times Star, reporting on women's Clubs activities and is honored in the monument at the Rockery (corner Encinal and Central); Mrs. Martin's daughter and Mr. Heche's descendents were generous donators to the Alameda Museum.
Donation Date: before 2019
Donor: M. Longaker (assumed)
Catalog Date: 10/18/2024Interpretative Labels
Label
The California State Parent Teachers Association Honorary Life Membership program was started in the 1927 as a fund raising activity - a PTA organization would purchase the award, and the money raised would be awarded to students needing a grant.
The name of the program was changed to Honorary Service Award in 1969; these can still be purchased in 2024, from the California State PTA (alternate name for California Congress of Parents, Teachers, and Students, Inc.).
