Albert Sayer Papers

Collection

Identifier: LP000395

Staff Only

Scope and Content

Series 1: Albert Sayer, Personal Correspondence, writings, and notes on financial aid for education, Americans for Democratic Action, and the Union of School Supervisors.

Series 2: Albert Sayer, Teacher High school classroom material on history, civil liberties, economics, and labor.

Series 3: New York State Booklets, proceedings and clippings on the State Constitution, budget, housing legislation, personal income, and public welfare.

Subseries A: American for Democratic Action Platforms, press releases, letters, drafts, memorandums, and clippings. Subseries B: New York City Relationships Reports, papers, and clippings on taxes, aid for education, and the Public Education Association. Series 4: New York City Reports, booklets, and clippings on the City Charter, findings of the State Commission on Governmental Operations, the budget, Citizens Budget Commission, Citizens Union, Union of School Supervisors, United Federation of Teachers, etc.

Series 5: Labor Booklets, pamphlets, and clippings on the growth of the union movement in the United States, collective bargaining, strikes, factors affecting wages, job discrimination, migratory labor, foreign trade, etc.

Series 6: Resources Booklets, articles, and clippings on natural and human resources in the United States.

Series 7: Civil Liberties Booklets, articles, and clippings on human rights, the interpretation of democracy, and elections.

Dates

1936 - 1965

Creator

Sayer, Albert (Person)

Language of Materials

Material entirely in English.

Access

Collection is open for research.

Use

Refer to the Walter P. Reuther Library Rules for Use of Archival Materials.

History

Albert H. Sayer, a teacher, was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, on October 20, 1907. He died June 17, 1965. Sayer received his bachelors from Harvard where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa. Later, he earned his Masters in economics at Columbia, and co-authored Economics in Our Democracy (1950), a high school text book. For more than thirty years he worked to improve the quality of the New York school system. In 1950 he was vice president of the New York Teachers Guild. However, he left the Guild to help form Local 378 of the C.I.O., a New York teachers' union which was disbanded in 1954. Later Sayer worked in obtaining an A.F.L.-C.I.O. charter which became the United Federation of Teachers where he served as an officer and member of the executive board. At the same time he fought for and became vice president of the Union of School Supervisors. Albert Sayer also worked to improve the quality of American life. He served as a member and then as chairman of the New York State chapter of Americans for Democratic Action. In the summer of 1964, he and his wife Florence went to Mississippi to help Negro children gain their civil rights.

Extent

6 Linear Feet (12 MB)

Additional Description

Abstract

Mr. Sayer, a New York teacher, served as vice-president of the New York Teachers Guild in 1950. He left the Guild to help form Local 378 of the CIO, a N.Y. teachers' union which disbanded in 1954. Later Sayer aided in obtaining an AFL-CIO charter for the United Federation of Teachers and served this organization in several capacities. Mr. Sayer also served as member and chairman of the New York State chapter of Americans for Democratic Action. In the summer of 1964, he and his wife Florence went to Mississippi to assist black children in their fight for civil rights. The material appears in the form of correspondence, notes, booklets, proceedings, clippings, press releases, party platforms, reports, and papers. Subjects include the Constitution of the State of New York; growth of unions; formation of the United Federation of Teachers; the educational budget of New York City; civil liberties; and human rights. Correspondents include Robert M. Haig, William Jansen, Arthur Levitt, Frederick C. McLaughlin, Joyce Martin, Milton Murray, George S. Reuther, Jr., Walter Reuther, and Leo Weitz.

Arrangement

Arranged in 7 series – Series 1 (Box 1), Series 2 (Box 1), Series 3 (Boxes 2-3), Series 4 (Boxes 4-5), Series 5 (Boxes 6-10), Series 6 (Box 11), and Series 7 (Boxes 11-12). Folders are arranged alphabetically, and further arranged chronologically when appropriate.

Series 3 is further broken down into two subseries.