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AFT National Defense Cases Records

Collection

Identifier: LR000348_NDF

Abstract Correspondence between the AFT national office, state federations, locals and individual members concerning legal action by or against members of the union. Also included are applications for grants from the AFT defense fund. Topics covered include academic freedom and the National Educational Policies Committee.

Dates: 1930 - 1969

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

AFT Office of the President Records

Collection

Identifier: LR001553

Abstract Minutes, correspondence, reports, publications covering the president's office of Carl Megel and predominantly Charlie Cogen and David Selden. Important subjects are teacher strikes, contract negotiations, school desegregation, Oceanhill-Brownsville, education legislation, job stress, teacher centers.

The records are divided into two parts.

Dates: 1960 - 1974; Majority of material found within 1968 - 1974

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

AFT Ohio Federation of Teachers Records

Collection

Identifier: LR001442

Abstract The Ohio Federation of Teachers is a state affiliate of the American Federation of Teachers and represents primary and secondary school teachers, college and university professors, adjuncts, graduate and student workers, and support staff. The AFT established the Ohio State Federation of Teachers as their first experimental state federation in 1933, which was later officially chartered in 1938. Many locals did not affiliate with the state organization until 1968 when the AFT began to require...

Dates: 1938 - 2010; Majority of material found within 1961 - 2010

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

AFT Organizing Department Records

Collection

Identifier: LR002654

Abstract The Organizing Department facilitates the growth of local affiliates of the American Federation of Teachers. Under the tenures of David Selden and Albert Shanker, both of whom had extensive organizing experience prior to their respective presidencies, organizing efforts ramped up significantly in the 1960s and 1970s. The AFT was the fastest growing union in the mid-1970s when organizing became a distinct department. The department provides services and resources to state and local affiliates...

Dates: 1961 - 2004

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

AFT President's office: Al Loewenthal Records

Collection

Identifier: LR000348_LOEW

Abstract This collection has clippings, correspondence, minutes, newsletters and reports that deal with various roles Loewenthal had at the AFT. He administered several departments that included COPE, legislation, Colleges and Universities, International education and communications. He assisted Shanker in development of the Public Employee Department of the AFL-CIO. The papers also reflect the internal changes the AFT went through during the 1970s

Dates: 1970 - 1979

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

AFT President's Office: Albert Shanker Records

Collection

Identifier: LR001553_Shanker

Abstract The papers contain correspondence, memos, reports, clippings, minutes, flyers, meeting materials, proceedings, speeches, articles and scripts relating to the presidency of Albert Shanker. Subjects cover a wide variety of topics including charter schools, community control of school boards, education reform, National Education Association, teacher salaries, accountability, international democracy, communism, strikes, tuition tax credits, and international trade unions. Important correspondence...

Dates: 1957 - 1997; Majority of material found within 1978 - 1994

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

AFT President's Office: Assistant to the President Bella Rosenberg Records

Collection

Identifier: LR002605

Abstract Bella Rosenberg served as the assistant to the president of the American Federation of Teachers from 1984-2005, under Albert Shanker and Sandra Feldman. Albert Shanker was president of the AFT from 1974 to 1997. He was one of the first educators to embrace the findings of the report A Nation at Risk which outlined extensive problems in America’s public schools. Shanker and Rosenberg worked closely on various initiatives, many of them in response to the report. This included a peer review...

Dates: 1964 - 2005; Majority of material found within 1979 - 2005

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

AFT President's Office: Carl Megel Records

Collection

Identifier: LR000510

Abstract The collection contains correspondence, clippings, speeches, reports, meeting materials and publications related to the activities of Carl Megel while he was president of the AFT, director of legislation and in charge of Retiree networks. The papers have information the integration of AFT locals, loyalty oaths, academic freedom, education legislation, and retirement of teachers. Important correspondence include Albert Shanker, Walter P. Reuther, David Selden, George Meany, and George Counts.

Dates: 1914 - 1993

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

AFT Rhode Island Federation of Teachers Records

Collection

Identifier: LR001349

Abstract Papers consist of correspondence, reports, organizing materials, minutes and general files. The information contains information about the AFT, actions by the executive board and issues facing various locals in Rhode Island. Important correspondence are with Carl Megel, Senator Claiborn Pell, Albert Shanker, Edward McElroy, and John Fewkes.

Dates: 1946 - 1982; Majority of material found within 1967 - 1977

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

AFT Secretary-Treasurer's Office Records

Collection

Identifier: LR000348_STO

Abstract Papers covering the activities of various secretary-treasurers of the AFT. The secretary-treasurer oversees departments within the national office, collects per capita dues, responds to affiliates’ needs such as strike and collective bargaining assistance, and is closely involved with the AFT Executive Council and the AFL-CIO secretary-treasurers. Part I topics of note include organizing, segregated locals, worker education, international teacher unions, federal aid to education, and academic...

Dates: 1916 - 2005

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

AFT Southern Regional Office Records

Collection

Identifier: LR001863

Abstract The American Federation of Teachers (AFT), was founded in 1916 to improve the working lives of teachers through-out the country and has grown to be one of the largest unions in the United States that is affiliated with the AFL-CIO. The southern regional office is one of five satellite offices of the AFT. The southern region represents teachers from elementary school through higher education, paraprofessionals, and school-related personnel who are members of the AFT in the states of Alabama,...

Dates: 1968 - 1999; Majority of material found within 1975 - 1985

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

AFT State Federations Records

Collection

Identifier: LR000348_SF

Abstract Charter applications, clippings, correspondence, per capita reports, and notes from the various state federations of teachers to the national office. Topics covered include collective bargaining, membership drives, organizing of American teachers abroad, and school financing. Among the correspondents are Arthur Elder, William Green, and Hubert Humphrey. Series II and III contain materials from the President's office which include speeches, reports and correspondence.

Dates: 1922 - 1967

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

AFTRA Detroit President's Office: Mary Lou Zieve Records

Collection

Identifier: LR002248

Abstract The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) merged in 2012 with the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and is now known as SAG-AFTRA. The union represents more than 160,000 actors, announcers, broadcasters, journalists, dancers, DJs, news writers, news editors, program hosts, puppeteers, recording artists, singers, stunt performers, voiceover artists and other media professionals. Mary Lou Zieve entered the broadcasting industry in the 1950s, becoming a member of AFTRA in 1956. She...

Dates: 1950 - 2011; Majority of material found within 1980 - 1999

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

A.G. and Marie Mezerik Papers

Collection

Identifier: UP000476

Abstract A. G. Mezerik and his wife, Marie Hempel Mezerik, worked for the protection of labor and civil rights through the the Conference for the Protection of Civil Rights. Mr. Mezerik was the steering committee chair and Marie Hempel was the secretary of the CPCR in the 1930s. The organization was active in the early days of the UAW, supporting strikes and demonstrations, and also involved with aid to the Spanish Republic and aid to China, as well as fighting the Black Legion. The papers include a...

Dates: 1935 - 1985; 1937 - 1938

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

A.G. Shultz Papers

Collection

Identifier: LP000322

Abstract Correspondence, articles, election handbills, resolutions, proceedings, and newspaper clippings collected by Mr. Shultz, who served as financial secretary of GM Local 222, Oshawa, Ontario, and participated in the General Motors Strike of 1937. From his position as financial secretary of Local 222, he became one of the original organizers of the credit union movement in Canada. In the 1940s, he was a member of the Reuther Caucus, and president of the Canadian Labour Congress. He is presently a...

Dates: 1937 - 1967

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

Agnes Burns Wieck Papers

Collection

Identifier: LP001476

Abstract Labor activist and journalist Agnes Burns Wieck served as an organizer for the Women's Trade Union League, and was a founder and president of the Progressive Miners of America (PMA) Illinois Women's Auxiliary. Ms. Burns Wieck's papers document her work as an advocate for women's rights and the labor movement, particularly concerning the Illinois PMA Women's Auxiliary.

Dates: 1908 - 1985; Majority of material found within 1920 - 1969

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

Agricultural Workers History Collection

Collection

Identifier: LR002183

Abstract The United Farm Workers of America (predecessor name, United Farm Workers Organizing Committee) is a 20th Century union, created when the National Farm Workers Association and Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee merged to form UFWOC, to further the rights of farm workers. As the union developed, it led strikes and organizing campaigns to advance their efforts. Parts 1 and 2 of the Agricultural Workers History Collection are comprised of articles, publications, crop and migrant...

Dates: 1949 - 1977

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee Records

Collection

Identifier: LR000221_AWOC

Abstract AWOC was chartered by the American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) to organize farm workers in California. During its seven-year existence, AWOC called many strikes against growers and farm labor contractors and achieved some success in raising wages of farm laborers.

Dates: 1959 - 1966

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

Al Barnes Photograph Collection

Item

Identifier: LAV001787

Abstract The Al Barnes Photographs consist of 17 black and white negatives that document life in Norhtern Michigan during the late 19th-century. The negatives include scenes of local landmarks, both man-made and natural, agricultural labors at work in the farms of the Old Mission Peninsula, and portraits of children. Of particular note are negatives concerning the activities of local Native Americans.

Dates: 1880 - 1899

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

Al Bilik Papers

Collection

Identifier: LP001501

Abstract Al Bilik served on the District Council 51, Cincinnati, Ohio and was an active labor member within the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO). Sensitive to the relationship of the larger international union working with and depending on the strength of locals and councils, he helped American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Union members Victor Gotbaum, Rob Hastings, Jerry Wurf, Joseph Ames, Norm Schut and Father Albert...

Dates: 1961 - 1967; Majority of material found within 1962 - 1964

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

Al Fishman Papers

Collection

Identifier: UP001654

Abstract Alvin Fishman was born in Los Angeles, Nov. 28, 1927, but he was raised in New York and graduated from Stuyvesant High School. He was drafted and served in Italy during World War II. After the war, he moved to Ann Arbor, MI to attend the University of Michigan and study architecture. During this time he became involved in politics. Fishman left the university prior to graduation to move to Detroit and work as a tool and die machinist in an auto plant for the next thirteen years. He married...

Dates: 1940 - 2008; Majority of material found within 1974 - 2008

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

Alan Reuther Oral History

Item — Box: Individual Oral Histories Box 3: O-Si, Folder: 6

Identifier: LOH002257

Abstract In 2010, Mike Smith interviewed Alan Reuther, nephew of Walter Reuther and former Legislative Director of the United Auto Workers, who served in the UAW's Washington Office from 1982 to 2010. Collection consists of a recording and transcript. Reuther discusses his personal history; the Reuther family, in particular his uncles, Walter and Victor, and his father, Roy; details of his long career with the UAW; general impressions of the labor movement; reminiscences on past UAW presidents,...

Dates: 2010-05-07 - 2010-06-04

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

Alan W. Mather Papers

Collection

Identifier: LP000756

Abstract Alan Mather was an architect in New York, Detroit, and Chicago, working for various well-known firms. His papers reflect his architectural career and his interest and activity involving unionization of architectural employees.

Dates: 1930 - 1982

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

Albert K. Williams Papers

Collection

Identifier: LP001033

Abstract Albert K. Williams, also known as Kempton A. Williams, served as an organizer for the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO). Mr. Williams’ papers reflect his work with the CIO and his activities as a student at the Wisconsin School for Workers in Industry and at Brookwood Labor College.

Dates: 1933 - 1956; Majority of material found within 1935 - 1951

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

Albert Sayer Papers

Collection

Identifier: LP000395

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...

Dates: 1936 - 1965

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

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