New York State Teachers Association Records
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Scope and Contents
The Center is the official depository for the records of this organization which began its existence in 1845. The bulk of the records cover the period from 1950 through 1970. The collection includes minutes and files of the Board of Directors,23-1969; minutes and files of the House of Delegates, 1911970; the files of various officers; legislative files; historical files; and subject files.
Dates
- 1915-1979
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
Conditions Governing Access
Access to the collections in the Kheel Center is restricted. Please contact a reference archivist for access to these materials.
Conditions Governing Use
This collection must be used in keeping with the Kheel Center Information Sheet and Procedures for Document Use.
Biographical / Historical
Among NYSTA's efforts on behalf of public education were the creation of the NYS Retirement System, the minimum salary law, the teachers' contract law, compulsory free education, state aid to local schools, teacher tenure laws and the creation of the New York State Department of Education.
Extent
225.11 cubic feet
Arrangement
Series I: Board of Directors Minutes 1923-69, 1923-1969
Sub-Series A: Minutes 1923-1968
Series II: House of Delegates, 1915-1969
Sub-Series A: Minutes 1915-70, 1915-1970 Sub-Series B: Resolution Committee Reports, 1950-69, 1950-1969 Sub-Series C: Contributions to Welfare Fund, 1929-47, 1929-1947 Sub-Series D: Tapes of 1969 House of Delegates, 1969
Series III: Executive Secretary's Files
Sub-Series A: Annual Reports, 1929-1971 Sub-Series B: Eldred Subject Files, 1953-1953, 1953 Sub-Series C: Goold Subject Files, 1950-1971, 1950-1971 Sub-Series D: White Subject Files
Series IV: Assistant Executive Secretary's Files
Sub-Series A: Kullman Subject Files
Series V: NYSTA
Sub-Series A: History, 1869-1969
Series VI: Communication and Legislation Files
Sub-Series A: Rose Subject Files, 1950-1968 Sub-Series B: Hopkins Subject Files, 1969-1972 Sub-Series C: News Clippings, 1970-1972
Series VII: Professional and Regional Services Files
Sub-Series A: Directors Files Sub-Series B: General Files Sub-Series C: Higher Education Files
Series VIII: Research Division
Sub-Series A.SSSPPP (Salary Survey), 1964-1970 Sub-Series B. Interview Studies of Select Districts., 1970
Series IX: New York State Teachers (NYSUT), 1972
Quantity:
225.1 linear ft.
Forms of Material:
Records.
General
- Contact Information:
- Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives Martin P. Catherwood Library 227 Ives Hall Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3183> kheel_center@cornell.edu http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/kheel-center
- Compiled by:
- Kheel Staff, August 01, 1977
- EAD encoding:
- Randall Miles, September 02, 2015
- American Association of University Professors
- American Federation of Teachers
- Association of Colleges and Universities of the State of New York
- Columbia University
- Council of Chief State School Officers
- Democratic Party (U.S.)
- National Education Association of the United States
- New York (N.Y.). Board of Education
- New York (State). Legislature. Assembly.
- New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations
- New York State Teachers Association
- Republican Party (U.S.)
- Teachers' unions -- New York (State) -- Sources
- University of Michigan
- University of New Haven
- Title
- New York State Teachers Association Records
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by Kheel Staff
- Date
- September 02, 2015
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Revision Statements
- 02/23/2024: This resource was modified by the ArchivesSpace Preprocessor developed by the Harvard Library (https://github.com/harvard-library/archivesspace-preprocessor)
Repository Details
Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository
227 Ives Hall
Ithaca NY 14853