AFT Inventory Part I Records

Collection

Identifier: LR000348_1

Staff Only

Scope and Content

Records consist of correspondence, ballots, proceedings from meetings, clippings, local finances, per capita reports, charter applications. Subjects include integration, federal works programs, loyalty oaths, academic freedom, federal aid to education, communist issues.

Series Description: Series I Presidents department, 1920-1964 Series III Executive Council, 1916-1980 Series IV: Defunct Locals, 1916-1958 Series VI: Old correspondence with locals, 1914-1940s

Dates

1914 - 1980

Creator

American Federation of Teachers (Organization)

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. Restrictions: Researchers may encounter records of a sensitive nature – personnel files, case records and those involving investigations, legal and other private matters. Privacy laws and restrictions imposed by the Library prohibit the use of names and other personal information which might identify an individual, except with written permission from the Director and/or the donor.

Extent

95 Linear Feet (190 MB)

Additional Description

Abstract

Papers consist of correspondence, ballots, proceedings from meetings, clippings, local finances, per capita reports, charter applications. Subjects include integration, federal works programs, loyalty oaths, academic freedom, federal aid to education, communist issues.

Arrangement

Note: Box numbering restarts at the beginning of each series.

Arranged in 4 series – Series 1 (Boxes 1-73), Series 3 (Boxes 1-41), Series 4 (Boxes 1-46), and Series 6 (Boxes 1-30). Folders are arranged alphabetically or chronologically, depending upon the series.