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.
Provenance:
The majority of the material in this collection was donated to Utah State University Special Collections & Archives by Allan M. West in 1983.
Scope & Content Note:
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.
Inventory:
Box 1: Preliminary Papers.
Folder 1 Proposal and Outlines
Folder 2 Working Notes-arranged in chapter order
Folder 3 Working Notes-general
Folder 4 Working Notes-general
Folder 5 Bibliography
Folder 6 Editorial Papers
Folder 7 Interview Records
Folder 8 Correspondence-general
Folder 9 Computer Searches
Box 2: History and Change (Chapters 1-3).
Folder 1 Publications
Folder 2 Publications
Box 3: The Right to Bargain (Chapter 4).
Folder 1 Negotiation Legislation
Folder 2 Organizations and Controversy
Folder 3 Professional Negotiations
Folder 4 Professional Negotiations
Folder 5 Strikes and Collective Bargaining
Folder 6 Faculty Bargaining and Participation
Folder 7 Administrative Status
Folder 8 Misc.
Box 4: Equality (Chapter 5)-School Finance.
Folder 1 Serrano v. Priest
Folder 2 Rodriguez v. San Antonio Independent School
Box 7: Equality (Chapter 5)-NEA-AFT Merger and NEA Unification.
Folder 1 Merger-newspaper clippings
Folder 2 Merger-correspondence
Folder 3 Merger-general
Folder 4 Unification
Folder 5 Representative Assembly-1955-79
Box 8: Equality (Chapter 5)-Teachers' Rights.
Folder 1 Women's Leadership Traipsing Program
Folder 2 First Amendment Cases
Folder 3 Forced Maternity Leave Cases
Folder 4 Sex Discrimination Cases
Folder 5 Racial Segregation Cases
Folder 6 Teachers' Rights Cases-articles correspondence and reports
Folder 7 Educational Malpractice
Box 9: Equality (Chapter 5)-Teachers' Rights cont.
Folder 1 Dushane Defense Fund
Folder 2 Dushane Defense Fund Report's-1972-76
Folder 3 Dushane Defense Fund Reports-1977-80
Folder 4 Case Summaries-1969-70
Folder 5 Higher Education Cases
Folder 6 Management Summaries
Folder 7 Expenditures
Box 10: Equality (Chapter 5)-Misc.
Folder 1 Educational Statistics
Folder 2 Racial Balance of 1957 NEA staff
Folder 3 National Committee of Educators for Human Rights
Folder 4 Program Plans-1980-81
Folder 5 "Toward Quality Integrated Education"-Boyd Bosma
Folder 6 Minority Equity and Protection
Folder 7 Minority Equity and Protection
Box 11: Legislation (Chapter 6.
Folder 1 The Elementary and Secondary Education Act-1965
Folder 2 Standing Committee on Higher Education
Folder 3 Department of Education-creation and organization
Folder 4 Political Action
Box 12: Political Action (chapter 7).
Folder 1 PAC and Lobbying Information
Folder 2 Tax and Spending Limitation Measures
Folder 3 NEA-PAC Candidate Support-(see also Box 10, Folder 4, "The NEA: A Washington Lobby Run Rampant").
Folder 4 Presidential Endorsement: Procedure
Box 13: Improvement of Education (Chapter 8).
Folder 1 The National Foundation for the Improvement of Education
Folder 2 International Relations Activities
Folder 3 National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education
Folder 4 Teacher Centers
Folder 5 Teacher Education
Folder 6 Instruction and Professional Development
Folder 7 Government Relations and Legislation
Folder 8 Landrum-Griffth Act
Folder 9 Special Interest Students
Folder 10 Future of Public
Folder 11 Misc. Papers
Box 14: Stress to Unity (Chapter 9) and Looking Ahead (Chapter 10).
Folder 1 Stress to Unity (Chapter 9)
Folder 2 NEA History
Folder 3 Political Action
Folder 4 Problems of Modern Educators
Folder 5 Affirmative Action
Folder 6 National Association of Secretaries of State Teachers Associations
Folder 7 Landrum-Griffith Act
Folder 8 Finances
Folder 9 Collective Bargaining and Strikes
Folder 10 Educational Statistics
Folder 11 Higher Education
Box 15: Looking Ahead cont. (Chapter 10).
Folder 1 NEA-AFT Merger, Second American Federation of Teachers
Folder 3 Future Objectives, Trends and Obstacles
Folder 4 Leadership Biographies
Folder 5 James Williams
Box 16: Misc. Articles.
Folder 1 Misc Articles-undated
Folder 2 Misc. Articles-1885-1973
Folder 3 Misc Articles-1974-1980
Folder 4 NEA Publications Review
Box 17: Handwritten First Draft.
Folder 1 Preface, Acknowledgments and Chapter 1
Folder 2 Chapters 2 and 3
Folder 3 Chapter 4
Folder 4 Chapter 5
Folder 5 Chapter 5 cont.
Folder 6 Chapters 6 and 7
Folder 7 Chapters 6 and 7 cont.
Folder 8 Chapter 8
Folder 9 Chapter 9
Folder 10 Chapter 10
Folder 11 Interviews
Folder 12 Misc. - insertions, outlines etc.
Box 18: Typescripts.
Folder 1: Preface, Acknowledgments and Chapters
Folder 2: Chapter 4
Folder 3: Chapter 5
Folder 4: Chapters 6-8
Folder 5: Chapters 9 and 10
Folder 6: Appendix, Bibliography, Notes and Index
Box 19: Proofs.
Folder 1: Preface, Acknowledgments and Chapters 1-4
Folder 2: Chapter 5
Folder 3: Chapters 6-8
Folder 4: Chapters 9 and 10, Appendix, Notes and Bibliography
Box 20: Articles and Speeches.
Folder 1: Articles and Papers
Folder 2: Editorials, Utah Educational Review
Folder 3: Reports
Folder 4: Speeches-undated
Folder 5: Speeches-1951-4
Folder 6: Speeches-1965-68
Folder 7: Speeches-1971-80
Folder 8: Speeches-note cards
Box 21: Personal papers: biographic material, certificates, programs, and other papers.
Folder 1: Symphony Hall program, 1979.
Folder 2: Biographical file on A. M. West; vitas.
Folder 3: West’s B.A. and Ph.D certificates from USU.
Folder 4: Certificates of appreciation and award.
Folder 5: Certificate of Life Membership: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 1996.
Folder 6: West’s “Nominee for Honorary Doctorate of Education”.
Folder 7: “The Allan Morrell West & Ferne Page West Families”, 1990.
Folder 8: “Golden Anniversary: 50 years, Class of ‘28”, 1979.
Folder 9: Eightieth Annual Commencement program, USU 1973.
Box 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
Box 23: Personal Interviews, 34 items.
Tape 1: Anderson, Arvid.
Tape 2: Bain, Helen.
Tape 3: Bell, T. H.
Tape 4: Bosma, Boyd.
Tape 5: Bulford, Lester.
Tape 6: Carlson, John.
Tape 7: Carr, William G.
Tape 8: Darland, Dave.
Tape 9: Duckworth
Tape 10: Ethridge, Sam.
Tape 11: Fisher, George.
Tape 12: Fisher, George.
Tape 13: Ginger, Lyman.
Tape 14: Harris.
Tape 15: Herdon, Terry.
Tape 16: Hipp, Fred.
Tape 17: Hipp, Fred.
Tape 18: Jones, Geo.
Tape 19: Kennedy, E. Dale.
Tape 20: Kennedy, E. Dale.
Tape 21: Kennedy, E. Dale.
Tape 22: Koontz, Elizabeth.
Tape 23: McGuire, Willard.
Tape 24: McKay, Bob.
Tape 25: Moarison, Fishea.
Tape 26: Shull, Martha.
Tape 27: Snow, Glenn E.
Tape 28: Williams, Jim.
Tape 29: Williams, Jim.
Tape 30: Williams, Jim.
Tape 31: Wise, Helen.
Tape 32: Wollett, Don.
Tape 33: President Johnson: Teacher in the White Houses.
For more information: 435/797-2663; Manuscript Librarian.
Special Collections & Archives, Merrill Library, Utah State University Libraries, Utah State University 84322-3000
