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Box 2

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Contains 137 Results:

Watch Out! Booby Traps!, 1951

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 91
Scope and Contents October 20, 1951. A teacher stands scratching his head next to a rifle and army helmet labeled "extra-curricular stoppage", looking over a barbed wire fenced middle ground towards a goal over the far hills of "$4000-$8000 Salary". Between them is "elementary school vs. high school"; "coercion"; "red-baiting mine field"; fear"; "disunity;" and "misleaders". [labeled 5 200/2-2] Teachers are cautioned not to be misled by the phony promises of salary increases so that they ignore the genuine...
Dates: 1951

Young man carries a sign reading the high school teacher program card for 1959-1960", 1959

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 92
Scope and Contents

November 21, 1959. Listing English classes and registrations from 38-42 students and "more papers to mark, heavier clerical load, building assignments, etc, etc., Another sign reads Notice: The Board of Education reports that the average high school class register has dropped by 0.1 pupil! From 31.8 to 31.7. [ in bottom border is number 120]

Dates: 1959

Woman holds sheets of paper., 1900

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 93
Scope and Contents

One held by a bird above her reads "for the new year UNITE! Teachers Union Teachers Guild H.S.T.A others all" Her sheets read, "Increased work load for teachers, Inadequate buildings, worse overcrowding, low salary".

Dates: 1900

Cauldron with steam rising, on hook over fire. No text.

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 95
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Drawings depicting issues facing teachers and teachers' unions including anti-Communist struggles, and issues of employment, pay, facilities, and government aid to schools.

In a classroom, Saul stands by a desk that supports a tape recorder.

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 96
Scope and Contents

A man in black coat, hat, and dark glasses sits, in a waste basket [?], saying "names, names, names, names. Saul signs a check [?] for "$25 per day".

An Inspiring Teacher, 1952

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 97
Scope and Contents

February 02, 1952. Two boys, one black and one white, comfortably share a desk and a book, reading together. Above them is a profile of Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Dates: 1952

Forbidden Territory, 1953

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 98
Scope and Contents

February 14, 1953. The "Thought Police" blows his whistle to stop school bus at an "out of bounds" intersection. Directional signs read "education, controversy, independent thought, and criticism". [Penciled in is "forbidden territory"]

Dates: 1953

Lest We forget, 1953

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 99
Scope and Contents November 21, 1953. "Mr. New Mayor" sits in front of the calendar for 1954. A man representing labor hold the list of "campaign pledges" including "pay raise for teachers, more school buildings, reduce overcrowding, a new deal for all, little Wagner Act for civil". [On back 170/13-3] The teacher is here reminding newly elected New York City Mayor Robert F. Wagner of his campaign pledges of a pay raise for teachers, more school buildings, reducing overcrowding, a New Deal for all, and Little...
Dates: 1953

Excess Story, 1952

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 100
Scope and Contents

June 14, 1952. A man sits at a desk writing an "excess list" and admonishing a teacher carrying "certificates of competence" in drafting, English, and other studies.

Dates: 1952