New York State United Teachers (NYSUT)

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Mostly photos of NYSUT president Tom Hobart, some other labor and political leaders, 1969-2001

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Covers the period roughly corresponding to Tom Hobart's presidency, 1982-2004, with some files from the 1970s and a few as early as 1831. Documents Hobart's activities on the NYSUT Board of Directors, Executive Committee, Administrative Committee, officers' meetings, NY Special Olympics Board of Directors, international trips, and correspondence.

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This is a collection of photographs from trips to Germany, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and El Salvador.

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Covers Public Relations Department files 1983-1998. Final print copies of Bottom Line newsletter for local leaders, and background production materials; production worksheets for public service announcements and video segments for "Inside Your Schools" cable series addressing educational issues such as teacher shortage

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Mostly issues of New York Teacher, the official newspaper of NYSUT, 1971-1995 (some earlier)

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Speeches at Representative Assembly and other events featuring President Bill Clinton, U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton, U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, Andrew Cuomo, and other elected officials; NYSUT presidents Richard Ianuzzi and Tom Hobart; vice presidents Maria Neira and Antonia Cortese; Al Shanker, Randi Weingarten, Sandra Feldman, and other officers, 1985-2006

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1972-1996. Contents are mostly files of staff consultant James Kiepper, whose fee was paid by NYSUT (copies of checks included). Records include voluminous handwritten notes by Kiepper, TECB newsletters and background production materials, meeting agendas and minutes, testimony at Regents hearings, and policy papers on teacher education.

Abstract As vice president of New York State United Teachers, Maria Neira oversees the union's initiatives on educational policy and is NYSUT's frontline advocate to the New York State Board of Regents and the State Education Department. At her direction, the NYSUT Education & Learning Trust, the union's professional development arm, has strengthened and expanded educational opportunities for teachers and other school staff. Neira was appointed by President Obama to serve on the President's...