Box 60

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Proposed Constitution and bylaws, New York Congress of Teachers; cover letter from Hobart to local association presidents, April 20, 1972; Merger Agreement; NYSTA publication, "Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Mergerbut didn't know whom to ask"

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United Teacher, featuring letter from Al Shanker, questions and answers re new statewide teacher organization, September 26, 1971; New York Times clipping, "Shanker: Lessons in Teacher Power," November 21, 1971; Phi Delta Kappan article, "NEA-AFT Merger: Breakthrough in New York," June 1972; handwritten notes listing Boards of Directors/Executive Committees 1945-70; document by Dean Streiff, "The Founding of NYSUT - 1972," March 1982

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Script of play by Eric M. Steel re Susan B. Anthony at meeting of teachers' association, proposing to make salaries for woman teachers more nearly equal to those of men, with cover letter to Dean Streiff requesting that the play be staged at a future event, November 28, 1981

Scope and Contents Letter from NYSUT president Tom Hobart to assistant to the president Dean Streiff, noting that attempts by the officers over the last six months to define goals for NYSUT were so unsuccessful that he was requesting Streiff to come up with a draft, based on NYSUT Constitution and AFT goals, December 8, 1982; NYSUT Constitution as amended by the 1982 Representative Assembly; booklet, "Goals of the American Federation of Teachers," August 1981; typed and handwritten notes, emphasizing growing...

Scope and Contents Confidential memorandum (unsigned) re events leading to disaffiliation with NEA, November 3, 1975; NEA disaffiliation vote by local; text of speech by Al Shanker, "Keep the Clock," to RA convention, 1976; booklet, "Questions and Answers about the AFT: A Handbook for Leaders and Staff," first edition, April 1980; handwritten notes; clipping from Family Weekly, "The Crisis in Our Schools," featuring short statements by teachers and public officials re solutions, October 19, 1980; other...

Scope and Contents Clipping re merger between NYSTA and UTNY; newsletter "The NYSUT Team," describing goals for 1978-79; memo from NYSTA president Tom Hobart to members of the House of Delegates and local association presidents re merger agreement with United Teachers of New York, April 11, 1972; Joint Statement of Thomas Y. Hobart, Jr., president of the New York Teachers Association, and Albert Shanker, president of the United Teachers/New York, AFL-CIO, April 1, 1972; question and answer sheet specially...

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Bound report by U.S. Department of Education, The Nation Responds: Recent Efforts to Improve Education, May 1984

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Peter D. Hart Research Associates confidential survey report of attitudes of members of New York State Public Employees Federation (PEF) about PEF and their jobs

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Correspondence re jurisdictional dispute (AFSCME Article XX charges against SEIU/AFT coalition; agreement between AFSCME and CSEA, April 1978; PERB decision in dispute; correspondence from PEF president Elizabeth Hoke to NYSUT president Hobart re poor relationship with Gov. Mario Cuomo, April 5, 1984;

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Affidavit of former PEF president John Kraemer in state Supreme Court; affidavit of PEF president Elizabeth Hoke in support of motion for preliminary injunction and in opposition of defendants' cross motion; plaintiff's memorandum of law; plaintiff's reply; order to show cause (Hoke as president of PEF et al. v. Albert Shanker as president of both AFT and NYSUT et al.)