Box 1

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Materials re merger with AFT/UFT and disaffiliation with NEA, 1972-1976; early documents of teachers union, 1887-1971; some later materials, mostly about teacher competency, certification, and compensation, 1962-2000; testimony of NYSUT officers, 1978-2006

Scope and Contents List of NYSUT officers and associates to be interviewed for oral history project, as of 11/13/90; memo from Tony Bifaro re approach to interview process, November 13, 1990; document, Use of Interview in a Variety of Forms as Script, Anecdote, and "Sound Byte," 11/2/88; memos to individuals selected for interview, March 31, 1992; sample interview data sheets (containing biographical information for NYSUT general counsel Bernard Ashe, NYS AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Paul Cole, NYSUT first vice...

Scope and Contents List of NYSUT History Project items in warehouse, summer 1989; notes for the plan by Crystal Toller, summer 1989, with appendices; cover memo from Tony Bifaro to Leon Lieberman, Jim Wood, and Peter Bloespflug, referencing survey of work and recommendations by intern Crystal Toller, September 13, 1989; letter from Tom Hobart to Leon Lieberman re NYSUT History Project, scheduled interview with graduate student intern, July 16, 1990; letter from Hobart to Lieberman re inappropriate interview...

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Newspaper clippings from New York Teacher re disaffiliation/merger with NEA/AFT

Scope and Contents Correspondence between Tom Hobart and other NYSUT officers with NEA president John Royer, local leaders, re competing NEA in New York Project, October 28 and November 12, impending NYC default, October 31 and November 26; NYSUT Issues and Facts flyers; pro-Hobart-Shanker poster, Unity with the Unity Team; clipping of cover of NEA Provocator, "NYSUT Leadership Fractures Teacher Unity," December 1975; STATEMENT newsletter of Shenendehowa Teachers Association, with statements submitted by...

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Materials re disaffiliation with NEA (date of compilation not indicated); includes sections on history, structure, NYEA/NEA service, anti-NYSUT/AFT, pension, legislature, quotas, list of issues from anti-NYSUT perspective: "it shows the types of literature and materials NYEA/NEA are using" (noted in the foreword)

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Correspondence between NYSUT president Tom Hobart and National Education Association president John Royer re disaffiliation, March- April 1976; tabbed sections re NYSUT service departments: Field Services, Legislative, Legal Services, Membership Benefits; Research and Educational Services, Membership Account

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Unification Questions and Answers; map of NYSTA election districts; notification letter to locals from co-presidents Tom Hobart and Albert Shanker re membership in NYSUT, February 3, 1973

Scope and Contents Legal summons and complaint against New York State Teachers Association and American Arbitration Association, June 7, 1972; article in New York magazine, "Is It Still OK to Hate Albert Shanker?" October 25, 1971, with cover memo to NYSTA Cabinet members, February 10, 1972; memo to NYSTA president Tom Hobart, vice presidents Rogers and Cortese, and NYSTA Board of Directors re board actions re merger with UTNY (United Teachers of New York), February 15; confidential proposals to Albert Shanker...

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Campaign brochure for Catherine Barrett for NEA Vice President/President-Elect; Barrett resume; letter from NYSUT president Tom Hobart to Barrett, demanding explanation for Barrett's support for the re-election of Republican governor Wilson, with attached newspaper clippings quoting anti-union statements, November 8, 1974; letter to Hobart from Barrett, thanking him and NYSUT for crystal bowl, July 16, 1973