Education
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 114 Collections and/or Records:
AAUW Detroit Records
Collection
Identifier: UR002481
Abstract
The American Association of University Women Detroit (AAUW Detroit) is a branch of the AAUW, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to empower women and improve their lives. Established in 1889, AAUW Detroit is the oldest branch of the AAUW of Michigan. It is also the oldest continuously active women’s organization in Detroit. They advocate for issues related to education, politics and economics, promoting their mission through education, and research. They also maintain leadership...
Dates:
1942 - 1999
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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AAUW Detroit Records
Abraham Lefkowitz Papers
Collection — Box Small Processed Collections: La-Le, Box 9, Folder: 12-15
Identifier: LP000402
Abstract
Abraham Lefkowitz was a teacher and principal in the New York elementary school system and active in teachers unions, civic and social reform movements, and championed minority causes and civil liberties. He was one of the founders of the American Federation of Teachers, serving as Vice-President for fourteen years. His papers reflect his professional and social contributions made during his years in the New York public school system, particularly his fight against communists in the AFT.
Dates:
1934 - 1966; Majority of material found within 1934 - 1955
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Abraham Lefkowitz Papers
AFL-CIO Metropolitan Detroit Records
Collection
Identifier: LR000053_MD
Abstract
The American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) Metropolitan Detroit is the central organization for all Michigan AFL-CIO unions that have locals in Wayne, Oakland, and Macomb Counties. Their records pertain to activities specifically in Wayne County, prior to the merger of the three county councils in 1986, including those of its former presidents Frank Martel (1948-1956), Al Barbour (1958-1967) and its former vice-president Alex Fuller (1959-1967). The records...
Dates:
1918 - 1967
AFT: Human Rights and Community Relations Records
Collection
Identifier: LR000348
Abstract
The Human Rights and Community Relations Department of the American Federation of
Teachers was created by Vice President Richard Parrish October 2, 1966. Before the
official department was created it was a standing committee and then a permanent
committee with in the executive council. The department was created as an office in the
AFT that would be responsible for collecting and distributing information about the
government, education and community policies and programs dealing with civil...
Dates:
1960 - 2005
AFT Inventory Part II Records
Collection
Identifier: LR000348_2
Abstract
Contains Series VIII-XIII.
Series VIII State publications, 1950s-1963
Series IX, miscellaneous materials 1935-1964
Series X communications to locals, 1934-1963
Series XI memos and mimeographed materials, 1921-1964
Series XII Locals, 1914-1960s
Series XIII AFT conventions, 1916-1967
Dates:
1914 - 1967
AFT Local 28: St. Paul Federation of Teachers Records
Collection
Identifier: LR000417
Abstract
The St. Paul (Minnesota) Federation of Teachers, Local 28, is the fifth oldest American Federation of Teachers local in continued existence in the U.S. and the first teacher's union in Minnesota. It evolved from the Grade Teachers Federation (1898) and received its AFT charter June 18, 1918 under the St. Paul Federation of Women Teachers, Local 28. The St. Paul Federation of Men Teachers was chartered February 19 of the following year as Local 43. The two locals worked together closely through...
Dates:
1898 - 1970
AFT Local 29: Panama Canal Zone Records
Collection
Identifier: LR001000
Abstract
Collection contains correspondence, office files, financial materials, subject files, and minutes. The issues facing teachers in this zone were clean safe housing, job protection, salaries for married teachers and assignments. Important correspondence are with Governors Parfitt and Parker, Jules Kolodny, George Meany, David Seldon and Albert Shanker.
Dates:
1918 - 1981
AFT Local 250: Toledo Federation of Teachers Records
Collection
Identifier: LR000311
Abstract
Office files of the Toledo (Ohio) Federation of Teachers, Local 250 of the American Federation of Teachers. Included are the files of the Salary and Professional Standards committees; minutes of general meetings; Board of Directors meetings; and meetings of building representatives. Subjects include AFT conventions, legislation pertaining to education, teacher salaries, and school taxation. Among the correspondents are Arthur Elder, Carl Megel, and Stephen Young.
Dates:
1933 - 1968
AFT Local 698: East Detroit Federation of Teachers Records
Collection
Identifier: LR000256
Abstract
Teachers of East Detroit, Michigan, were first organized into the American Federation of Teachers in 1942, as members of the Macomb County Federation of Teachers, Local 698. The papers of the EDFT, beginning in 1953, include correspondence, minutes, constitutions, school board policy papers, and material on collective bargaining, co-ops, financial statements, conferences, grievances, merit rating, millage campaigns, strikes, mediation, insurance, retirement, and other matters of interest to...
Dates:
1953 - 1964
AFT Local 1700: Archdiocesan Teachers Federation (Chicago) Records
Collection
Identifier: LR001072
Abstract
Files consist of correspondence, memos, reports, lists and other related materials to the unions operations. The collection contains information on contract negotiations and the Seton High School strike in 1968.
Dates:
1962 - 1977; Majority of material found within 1967 - 1975
AFT Local 3605: Western Wisconsin Technical Institute Records
Collection
Identifier: LR001417
Abstract
The collection contains information on collective bargaining and arbitration for college faculty, education in Wisconsin and issues facing vocational and adult education.
Dates:
1972 - 1989
AFT Local 4168: Detroit Association of Educational Office Employees Records
Collection
Identifier: LR001239
Abstract
The collection consist of correspondence and other materials relating to the operation and administration of the union.
Dates:
1942 - 1984; Majority of material found within 1956 - 1983
AFT Massachusetts Federation of Teachers Records
Collection
Identifier: LR001071
Abstract
Collective bargaining, strikes and issues facing public education in Massachusetts. There is a lot of information on the various locals in Massachusetts and their issues ranging from strikes to contract negotiations.
Dates:
1952 - 1980
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.
The records are divided into two parts.
Dates:
1960 - 1974; Majority of material found within 1968 - 1974
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
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
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
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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Albert Sayer Papers
Albert Shanker Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP001932
Abstract
Albert Shanker is considered one of the most important labor leaders of the late 20th century, as the longest sitting president of the American Federation of Teachers. He was considered a leader in the development of public education, civil rights, and trade unionism. His papers reflect mainly his college years and early career as a teacher in New York City.
Dates:
1928 - 2003; Majority of material found within 1949 - 1968
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Albert Shanker Papers
Alex Pilch Papers
Collection
Identifier: UP000579
Abstract
Legislator Alex Pilch served in the Michigan House of Representatives. During his term in office, Representative Pilch worked as an advocate of Parochiaid and campaigned against cross-district busing and the liberalization of abortion laws. Representative Pilch’s papers relate to his legislative work, particularly concerning Parochiaid, open housing, busing and abortion.
Dates:
1967 - 1972
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Alex Pilch Papers
American Association of University Women of Michigan Records
Collection
Identifier: LR001589
Abstract
Advancing equity for women and girls through advocacy, education, philanthropy, and research, the American Association of University Women (AAUW) formed as the Association of Collegiate Alumnae in 1881, becoming the AAUW in 1921. The collection primarily contains state and national organizational proceeding records and organizational publications.
Dates:
1903 - 2005
American Federation of Teachers: Northeast Regional Office Records
Collection
Identifier: LR002219
Abstract
These records represent roughly a decade’s worth of general business including correspondence with state offices, meeting minutes, conference materials, policy documents and other items relevant to educational issues and topics for locals under the Northeast Regional Office. There is also valuable information on Education Alternatives Inc in Hartford, Connecticut and in Baltimore, Maryland.
Dates:
1975 - 1999
Ann Filardo Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP001360
Abstract
Ann Filardo was chairperson and executive board member of the Teachers Action Caucus, a rank and file caucus within the United Federation of Teachers, and founder of the United Action Caucus, a national rank and file group within the American Federation of Teachers. Her papers reflect her involvement with both groups.
Dates:
1969 - 1993; Majority of material found within 1980 - 1989
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Ann Filardo Papers
Annetta Miller Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP001785
Abstract
Annetta Miller was a Registered Nurse, peace activist, and three-term member of the Michigan State Board of Education. Her experiences serving in the United States Army Nurse Corps during World War II drove her to join the peace movement during the Vietnam War. A Democrat representing Michigan's 18th congressional district, much of Miller's first two terms on the Board of Education dealt with desegregation of the Detroit Public Schools following the finding in Bradley...
Dates:
1965-1995; Majority of material found within 1970-1989
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Annetta Miller Papers
Arthur Elder Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP000075
Abstract
The collection contains correspondence, reports, and a scrapbook relating to the AFL and education from 1941 to 1949, as well as correspondence, reports, resolutions, studies, hearings, and clippings pertaining to the American Federation of Teachers from 1934 to 1950, the Michigan Federation of Teachers from 1937 to 1949, and the Detroit Federation of Teachers from 1921 to 1951. It also contains correspondence relating to the organizing efforts of the MFT from 1939 to 1953, and to the dismissal...
Dates:
1921 - 1953; Majority of material found within 1940 - 1949
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Arthur Elder Papers