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Box 2

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Contains 137 Results:

[illegible text around border] To All- A Well-Earned Holiday, 1954

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 88
Scope and Contents

December 18, 1954. Young man dressed as Santa Claus labeled "all of us" carrying a bag labeled "good deeds in '54: TU drive for staff unity on compromise pay plan; Legislators praise TU budget briefs; TU primer for new teachers in wide demand; 1600 at Russell testimonial dinner Build the TU; Puerto Rico supplement and Jewish tercentenary issues open school week leaflet reach scores of thousands of [no more]; TU defends academic fre; $'s in pension gains"

Dates: 1954

An Unequal Match, 1951

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 89
Scope and Contents

January 27, 1951. Chess pieces on board which represents "The Spartan Queen" with its "Rent Rises" sign. The knight is labeled "tax Increases" and the pawn in scholar's garb is labeled "Teachers' $250 pittance". [number 378 at bottom front, and verso has 889/IHIL]]

Dates: 1951

Child reads a despairing man a List of supplies for school that goes on and on. Blue at bottom text lists items and prices and did you say free public schools?

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 90
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.

Dates: 1900-1962

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.

Dates: 1900-1962

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".

Dates: 1900-1962