71 file folders. Records of the activities of the California State Teachers Retirement System, including information on its method of organization, its rules, and the benefits it gives to members. Correspondence deals with assemblymen, the governor, superintendants of schools, and organizations such as the California Teachers Association. Issues include debates over benefits given to teacher-members or the ammount of credit they should receive as their pension. The Teachers Retirement Board controls the agency.
Financial records are prominent throughout the files, especially investment records.
Pamphlets and newsletters can be found in files which deal with that specific issue. Meeting minutes were kept which dealt with STRS, though they may have been of a different organization. Changes in the Retirement Law were continually made to keep up with the standard of living, as well as the progress of science through data processing. Laws were also analyzed and endorsed which improved members' benefits.