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Dean Streiff Merger Files: NEA-AFT), 1973-1974

 File — Box: 88, Folder: 4

Scope and Contents

Press release, "AFT-NEA Talks Begin," October 3, 1993; National Education Association Proposal [to the AFT] Regarding the Creation of a Single National Teacher Organization, October 1973; clipping from New York Times, "Teacher Groups End Unity Talks: Proposed Merger of NEA and AFT Collapses," citing incompatibility, March 1, 1974; telegrams from Hobart to NEA officials, expressing alarm at termination of merger talks, March 19, 1974; correspondence by NEA president Helen Wise to NEA Board of Directors and others, charging AFT with intransigence; compilation by National Coalition for Teacher Unity (NCTU) of press releases on termination of merger talks, April 1, 1974; newspaper clippings from the 1960s, sent to Hobart by a teacher to illustrate that NYSUT had not "been alone on the merger pedestal"

Dates

  • 1973-1974

Creator

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Conditions Governing Access

From the Collection:

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Conditions Governing Access

From the Collection:

No original manuscripts less than 20 years old (from date of the creation of the record) and not previously published by the Donor can be cited, quoted, or duplicated without the written permission of the designated Donor representative. Researchers engaged in scholarly activity may, however, read from such records without prior permission unles they are otherwise specifically restricted.

Access to Executive Committee meeting Minutes fo whatever agre are restricted to the permission of the designated Donor repreresentative.

Extent

100.56 cubic feet

Repository Details

Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository

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