The NCTE archives are arranged into record series organized by creating body. Record series are arranged into record groups:
- 15/70 Executive Committee and Board of Directors
- 15/71 Executive Director and Offices
- 15/72 Sections
- 15/73 Commissions, Committees, and Task Forces
- 15/74 Conferences and Research Foundation
- 15/75 Affiliates and Assemblies, Caucuses, and Special Interest Groups
A record series consists of the core record group series followed by a third segment. For example, the Literature Commission file can be found in the 15/73 record group. Its full record series number is 15/73/5.
The 800 series are reserved for NCTE publications and the 200 series are reserved for personal papers.
All NCTE Archives Holdings
- 15/70/1 NCTE/Annual Business, Board of Dir. and Exec. Committee Meeting Minutes, 1928-85
- 15/70/2 NCTE/Annual Reports, 1945-2016
- 15/70/3 NCTE/Annual Meetings Files, 1938-46, 1971-78, 1987, 1994-2014, 2019
- 15/70/4 NCTE/Executive Committee Agendas, 1964-2019
- 15/70/5 NCTE/Executive Committee Memoranda, 1946, 1951, 1953, 1955-56, 1959, 1961-75
- 15/70/6 NCTE/Executive Committee Subcommittees Files, 1981-1992
- 15/70/7 NCTE/Microformed Meeting Minutes and Ledgers, 1911, 1927-1986
- 15/70/8 NCTE/Constitution and Handbook Revisions, 1962-2003
- 15/70/9 NCTE/Resolutions, 1957-2010
- 15/70/10 NCTE/Briefing Books, 2004-2005
- 15/71/1 NCTE/Executive Secretary’s Correspondence, 1952-83, 1990-97
- 15/71/2 NCTE/Publicity Clippings, 1958-70
- 15/71/3 NCTE/Cooperating Organizations File, 1963-79
- 15/71/4 NCTE/Financial Statements and Ledgers, 1911-52
- 15/71/5 NCTE/Staff Appointments File, 1969-78
- 15/71/6 NCTE/Reports, Surveys, and Working Papers, 1934-1978
- 15/71/7 NCTE/Executive Administrator For Business Affairs File, 1980-1990
- 15/71/8 NCTE/Book and Product Sales Reports, 1990-2000
- 15/71/9 NCTE/Executive Director’s Subject File, 1975-1997
- 15/71/10 NCTE/Executive Secretary’s Committee File, 1937-2002
- 15/71/11 NCTE/Junior College/ National Junior College Committee Subject File, 1954-80, 1954-1980
- 15/71/12 NCTE/Convention Registration Statistics, 1971-96
- 15/71/13 NCTE/Executive Secretary Commission’s File, 1983-1996
- 15/71/14 NCTE/Steven Chennault Correspondence, 1992-1993
- 15/71/15 NCTE/Director of Special Programs File, 1973-94
- 15/71/16 NCTE/English For Today Project Files, 1959-1967
- 15/71/17 NCTE/Council Gram Subject File, 1941-2003
- 15/71/18 NCTE/Executive Director Updates and Reports, 1992-2000
- 15/71/19 NCTE/Reading Initiative Files, 1996-2003
- 15/71/20 NCTE/ERIC Reading Communication Skills Project Administrative Files
- 15/71/21 NCTE/Photograph Files, 1911-2016
- 15/71/22 NCTE/Member and Market Surveys, 1962, 1977, 1993-
- 15/71/23 NCTE/Copyright and Publication Permission Files, 1944, 1946-77, 1980-83, 1987, 1991, 1995-2000
- 15/71/24 NCTE/Business Manager Correspondence, 1943, 1951, 1954, 1961-84
- 15/71/25 NCTE/Studytours Program Files, 1956-1974
- 15/71/26 NCTE/Lectureship Program Files, 1960-72
- 15/71/27 NCTE/NDEA Summer Institute Project Files, 1967-69
- 15/71/28 NCTE/Projects File, 1959-1982
- 15/71/29 NCTE/Circulation and Membership Reports, 1942-51, 1962-83
- 15/71/30 NCTE/Publication Development Files, 1983-2014
- 15/71/31 NCTE/Biographical Files, 1961-2016
- 15/71/32 NCTE/Centennial Files, 2003-2011
- 15/71/33 NCTE/Student Achievement Awards Administrative Files, 1958-2005
- 15/71/34 NCTE/Professional Awards and Scholarships Files, 1957-1986, 2015
- 15/71/35 NCTE/Historical Files, 1929-1985
- 15/71/36 NCTE/Public Relations Files, 1979-1996
- 15/71/37 NCTE/Radio and Television Interviews, 1988-1996
- 15/71/38 NCTE/Artwork Submitted for NCTE Publications, c. 1982
- 15/71/39 NCTE/31st Annual Convention Ephemera, 1941
- 15/71/40 NCTE/Memorials and Gifts Book, 1977-1982, 1984, 1990, 1992
- 15/71/41 NCTE/Standards Project Files, 1992-1993
- 15/71/200 NCTE/Robert F. Hogan Papers, 1964-78
- 15/71/201 NCTE/John Maxwell Papers, 1950-69, 1977-86
- 15/71/600 NCTE/News Releases, 1966-2003
- 15/71/999 NCTE Files
- 15/71/800 NCTE/Publications, 1987-
- 15/71/801 NCTE/The English Journal, 1943-1958, 2003-2019
- 15/71/802 NCTE/College English, 1941-1953, 2003-19
- 15/71/803 NCTE/Research Reports, 1963-
- 15/71/804 NCTE/Doublespeak Newsletter File, 1974-2000
- 15/71/805 NCTE/Works about NCTE, 1952-2003
- 15/71/806 NCTE/Newsletters, 1933-2005
- 15/71/807 NCTE/Studies in Mass Media, 1961-1964
- 15/71/808 NCTE/English Monographs, 1934-
- 15/71/809 NCTE/Pamphlet Publications, 1940-1967
- 15/71/810 NCTE/Theory into Practice and Theory and Research into Practice, 1975-
- 15/71/811 NCTE/High Interest–Easy Reading, 1965-
- 15/71/812 NCTE/Adventuring with Books, 1950-
- 15/71/813 NCTE/Books for You, 1945-
- 15/71/814 NCTE/Classroom Practices in Teaching English, 1963-
- 15/71/815 NCTE/Recommended English Language Arts Curriculum Guides, K-12, 1972-
- 15/71/816 NCTE/English for Today, 1962-1967
- 15/71/817 NCTE/Ideas Plus, 1984-
- 15/71/818 NCTE/Your Reading, 1946-
- 15/71/819 NCTE/NCTE/ERIC Studies in the Teaching of English, 1969-
- 15/71/820 NCTE/The Dartmouth Seminar Papers, 1966-1968
- 15/71/821 NCTE/NCTE Concept Paper Series, 1991-
- 15/71/822 NCTE/NCTE Forum, 1988-
- 15/71/823 NCTE/NCTE Distinguished Lectures, 1967-
- 15/71/824 NCTE/Executive Director and Offices Publications, 1917-2018
- 15/71/825 NCTE/Directories, 1940-2002
- 15/71/826 NCTE/Standards Consensus Series, 1995-
- 15/71/827 NCTE/Language and Literacy Series, 1997-98, 2009, 2016
- 15/71/828 NCTE/Standards in Practice, 1996
- 15/71/829 NCTE/NCTE Teacher’s Introduction Series, 1989-
- 15/71/830 NCTE/Notes Plus, 1983-2005
- 15/71/831 NCTE/Council-Grams, 1941-2010
- 15/71/832 NCTE/The Council Chronicle, 1991-2019
- 15/71/834 NCTE/NCTE Guides and Publication Catalogs, 1945-2003
- 15/71/835 NCTE/Principles in Practice, 2010-2018
- 15/71/836 NCTE/Student Award Booklets, 1984-2006
- 15/71/837 NCTE/Professional Communities at Work Topical Resource Kits, 2004-2006
- 15/71/838 NCTE/Research in the Teaching of English, 2003-2019
- 15/71/839 NCTE/Microformed Journals, 1955-2009
- 15/71/840 NCTE/Teachers Teaching Writing, 1984
- 15/72/800 NCTE/Section Publications, 1955-61, 1980-81, 1988-97
- 15/72/801 NCTE/College Section Committee Publications, 1990-
- 15/72/802 NCTE/Language Arts, 2003-2018
- 15/72/803 NCTE/Voices from the Middle, 2003-2019
- 15/73/2 NCTE/Composition Commission File, 1967-76
- 15/73/3 NCTE/Curriculum Commission File, 1955-71
- 15/73/4 NCTE/Language Commission File, 1961-77
- 15/73/5 NCTE/Literature Commission File, 1964-75
- 15/73/6 NCTE/Commission on the Profession, 1958-62
- 15/73/7 NCTE/Reading Commission File, 1971-75
- 15/73/8 NCTE/Racism and Bias Task Force File, 1968-80
- 15/73/9 NCTE/Censorship File, 1960-1979
- 15/73/10 NCTE/Strategic Planning Committee File, 1978-1991, 2000
- 15/73/11 NCTE/Reading Task Force Files, 1994-1998
- 15/73/12 NCTE/Committee on Research: Promising Researcher Award Files, 1970-1998
- 15/73/13 NCTE/College Forum Committee File, 1994-2005
- 15/73/14 NCTE/Commission on the History of NCTE Records, 1956-1957, 1967-1983, 1988-2002
- 15/73/15 NCTE/Committee on Recordings, 1937-1957
- 15/73/16 NCTE/Support for the Learning and Teaching of English, 1975-78, 1989-2005
- 15/73/800 NCTE/Committee on Public and Professional Relations Publication File, 1961-1966
- 15/73/801 NCTE/Comparative Literature Committee Publication File, 1962-1979
- 15/73/802 NCTE/Committee on College Reading Publications, 1933-1969
- 15/73/803 NCTE/Commissions, Committees, and Task Forces Publications, 1913-
- 15/73/804 NCTE/Commission on the English Curriculum Publications, 1952-
- 15/73/805 NCTE/Committee on Thematic Units Publications, 1975-
- 15/73/806 NCTE/Commission on the English Language Publications, 1963, 1967-1968, 1981
- 15/73/807 NCTE/Published Sound Recordings, c. 1940-1975
- 15/74/1 NCTE/Professional Conference Files, 1955-1995
- 15/74/2 NCTE/Advisory Council, Research Foundation and International Committee Minutes, 1960-85
- 15/74/3 NCTE/Conference on College Composition and Communication Administrative Subject Files, 1944-2006
- 15/74/4 NCTE/Conference on College Composition and Communication Minutes, 1949-2003
- 15/74/5 NCTE/Conference on English Education Minutes, 1964-1993
- 15/74/6 NCTE/Two-Year College English Association Regional Conferences, 1966-2000
- 15/74/7 NCTE/Conference on English Education Subject File, 1963-2005
- 15/74/8 NCTE/Conference on English Leadership Subject File, 1970-2015
- 15/74/9 NCTE/Conference on English Leadership Minutes, 1970-1998
- 15/74/10 NCTE/Annual Convention Administrative Files, 1924-2010
- 15/74/11 NCTE/Spring Institute Subject File, 1964-1979
- 15/74/13 NCTE/L. Ramon Veal Seminar on Research in Language Subject File, 1985-1990
- 15/74/14 NCTE/Whole Language Umbrella Meeting Minutes, 1989-2011</li
- 15/74/15 NCTE/Whole Language Umbrella Conference Administrative Subject File, 1981-2015
- 15/74/16 NCTE/Two-Year English College English Association Subject File, 1969-2017
- 15/74/17 NCTE/Research Foundation Files, 1965-2008
- 15/74/18 NCTE/Conference on College Composition and Communication Queer Caucus File, 1989-1995
- 15/74/19 NCTE/Conference and Seminar Audio Recordings, 1961, 1972-2001
- 15/74/20 NCTE/Conference, Program, and Event Video Recordings, 1973, 1979, 1984-1998
- 15/74/21 NCTE/Presidential Speeches and Inaugural Remarks, 1945-2003
- 15/74/22 NCTE/Two-Year College English Association Minutes, 1985-2001
- 15/74/23 NCTE/Professional Development Services Administrative Files, 1993-2000
- 15/74/800 NCTE/Conference on English Education Publications, 1963-
- 15/74/801 NCTE/Conference on College Composition and Communication Publications, 1957-1996, 2012-2018
- 15/74/802 NCTE/Conference on English Leadership Publications, 1971-2003
- 15/74/803 NCTE/Annual Convention Programs, 1911-2019
- 15/74/804 NCTE/Professional Development Services Videoconferences, 1995-1999
- 15/74/805 NCTE/Talking Points, 1994-2019
- 15/74/806 NCTE/Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 2003-2019
- 15/74/807 NCTE/College Composition and Communication, 1998-2019
- 15/74/808 NCTE/English Education, 2003-2019
- 15/74/809 NCTE/Conference on College Composition and Communication Annual Convention Programs, 1947-2019
- 15/74/810 NCTE/Whole Language Umbrella Conference and Institute Programs, 1989-2019
- 15/74/811 NCTE/Whole Language Umbrella Newsletters, 1981-94, 1996-97, 2002
- 15/74/812 NCTE/Conference Programs, 1963-1989, 1997-2018
- 15/74/813 NCTE/Spring Conference Programs, 1981-2002
- 15/75/1 NCTE Affiliate Leadership Conference, 1970-1997
- 15/75/2 NCTE Affiliate Reports, 1970-1997
- 15/75/3 NCTE Affiliate Handbooks Subject File, 1964-1989
- 15/75/6 NCTE Joint Affiliate Dues Program Administrative File, 1985-1997
- 15/75/7 NCTE/Mutual Aid Leadership Conference Administration File, 1980-1986
- 15/75/8 NCTE/Affiliate Program History Records, 1977-2002
- 15/75/9 NCTE/Assembly of Rural Teachers of English, 1992-2000
- 15/75/10 NCTE/National Conference on Research in English Subject File, 1937-1982
- 15/75/11 NCTE/National Conference on Research in English Administrative File, 1936-1982
- 15/75/50 NCTE Affiliate Publications, 1961-1981
- 15/75/51 NCTE Arizona English Bulletin Publication File, 1973-1976
- 15/75/201 Black Caucus Project File, 1983-85
- 15/75/800 NCTE/Arizona English Teachers Association Publications, 1969-
- 15/75/801 NCTE/Oregon Council of Teachers of English Publications, 1988-
- 15/75/802 NCTE/Virginia Association of Teachers of English Publications, 1981-
- 15/75/803 NCTE/Kentucky Council of Teachers of English Publications, 1956-
- 15/75/804 NCTE/Iowa Council of Teachers of English Publications, 1958-
- 15/75/805 NCTE/Connecticut Council of Teachers of English Publications, 1977-
- 15/75/806 NCTE/Michigan Council of Teachers of English Publications, 1958-
- 15/75/807 NCTE/Illinois Association of Teachers of English Publications, 1953-
- 15/75/808 NCTE/National Conference on Research in English Publications, 1949-
- 15/75/809 NCTE/Affiliates and Assemblies, Caucuses, and Special Interest Groups Publications, 1952-
- 15/75/810 NCTE/Wisconsin Council of Teachers of English Publications, 1960-
- 15/75/811 NCTE/Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages Publications, 1965-
- 15/75/812 NCTE/New England Association of Teachers of English Publications, 1962-
- 15/75/813 NCTE/Indiana Council of Teachers of English Publications, 1962-
- 15/75/814 NCTE/New York State English Council Publications, 1961-
- 15/75/815 NCTE/Southeastern Ohio Council of Teachers of English Publications, 1976-
- 15/75/816 NCTE/Assembly on Literature for Adolescents of NCTE Publications, 1975-2003
- 15/75/817 NCTE/Assembly of Rural Teachers of English Publications, 1991-1999