Box 11
Container
Contains 41 Results:
Teachers Guild - Bureau of Child Guidance, 1945-1962
File — Box: 11, Folder: 29
Scope and Contents
Letter from Guild President to New York City Board of Education President re staff shortages in the Bureau of Child Guidance, non-competitive, newly reduced, starting salary, comparing with salary and requirements of building attendants, December 14, 1945; "Bureau of Child Guidance," statement of Guild representative at Budget Hearing, New York City Board of Education, November 30, 1945, criticizing unrealistic starting salary and requirements as cause of shortage of school social workers, 3...
Dates:
1945-1962
Teachers Guild - Class Size, 1941-1965
File — Box: 11, Folder: 30
Scope and Contents
Guild press releases (1941-60), correspondence with Superintendent of Schools, Mayor (1954-59) re false class registers, misleading publication of "average" class size figures, and need for conferences; "Why Have You Asked That the Members Board of Education be Removed From Office?" statement recorded for John Wingate Program, WOR radio (New York City), n.d., c. 1952; unsigned 3 page manuscript, apparently by Guild, re evasion of class size limitations as mandated by "Regulations of the...
Dates:
1941-1965
Teachers Guild - Educational Policies Committee, 1956-1957
File — Box: 11, Folder: 31
Scope and Contents
"Corrected Statement of Facts Regarding `Difficult' Schools", report of the Educational Policies Committee to the Executive Board, 20-point analysis of `difficult' children, with proposed remedies, December 1956, 5 pages; minutes of Educational Policies Committee meeting, May 10, 1957 and form letter invitation to meeting, April 30, 1957
Dates:
1956-1957
Teachers Guild - Membership Drive, 1941-1959
File — Box: 11, Folder: 32
Scope and Contents
"Should a Teachers Guild Affiliate With Labor?" answering "yes", May 22, 1941; "23 Reasons Why You Should Join the NY Teachers Guild, AFL," n.d., 2 pages; two form letters to Guild members, urging participation in membership campaign, October 15 and November 18, 1941; letter to teachers, criticizing indifference to professional issues, organization, urging membership in Guild, with pencil notation: "Membership Drive, Eastern District High School, May 14, 1948, 2 pages; "A Personal Letter to...
Dates:
1941-1959
Teachers Guild - Staff Relations Plan/Teachers Council, 1949-1957
File — Box: 11, Folder: 33
Scope and Contents
"Interim Report and Suggested Plan for Staff Relations Procedures in the New York School System," n.d., 11 pages; "Statement of the New York Teachers Guild on the Interim Report of the Special Committee on Staff Relations of the Board of Education," endorsing report with suggested modifications, December 12, 1951, 2 pages; "Committee to Study Staff Relations in the NYC schools," report, February 21, 1952, 14 pages; "Statement of the NY Teachers Guild on the Report of the Committee on Staff...
Dates:
1949-1957
Teachers Guild - Substitutes, 1935-1946
File — Box: 11, Folder: 34
Scope and Contents
Correspondence: (to substitutes, from Guild chair of Substitutes Committee, outlines achievements, October 21, 1942; to Secretary, New York Central Trades and Labor Council, from Guild President, asking support for efforts to eliminate category "permanent substitutes," November 8, 1943; to Governor Dewey from Guild legislative representative, urging signature of bill granting annual salaries, pension and tenure rights to term substitutes, March 24, 1944; to Governor Dewey from Guild...
Dates:
1935-1946
Teachers Guild - Substitutes, 1954-1958
File — Box: 11, Folder: 35
Scope and Contents
Correspondence: (to Superintendent of Schools from Guild President re effects of no-sick-pay policy for subs during Asian Influenza epidemic, October 14, 1957, and form reply, that matter has been referred for consideration, October 16, 1957; to substitute re legal proceedings, begun in 1954, won by Guild, appealed by Board of Education, upheld, re-appealed and still pending, re sick pay for substitutes, March 17, 1958); flyers for posting, by Guild: ("What the Board of Education Still Does...
Dates:
1954-1958
Teachers - UFT (United Federation of Teachers) - General, 1960-1972
File — Box: 11, Folder: 36
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of feature on UFT President Albert Shanker from New York Post, May 18, 1964; reprint from the United Teacher: "Is It Still OK to Hate Albert Shanker?" January 30, 1972; reprint from the New York Post magazine: "Armed Truce In the Schools" re UFT strike, November 13, 1960; flyer by AFT re various referendum proposals by New York Board of Education, urging "no" vote on all, n.d.; "CB - The New York Way," fragmented manuscript, pp. 5-11, possibly Taft lecture, April 30, 1963
Dates:
1960-1972
Teachers - UFT - Arbitration - Clippings, 1965-1967
File — Box: 11, Folder: 37
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Philip Taft Papers span the years 1840-1976 and occupy 16 linear feet. The collection consists mainly of subject files and research notes, which Philip Taft gathered in preparation of his book manuscripts. Of note are the numerous original documents, which are interspersed throughout the research notes. Among the particularly well documented subjects are: organized labor abroad; the AFL-CIO's position on foreign affairs; maritime unions; labor and the National Industrial Recovery Act;...
Dates:
1965-1967
Teachers - UFT - Assaults, 1964-1972
File — Box: 11, Folder: 38
Scope and Contents
"Report on JHS 98, Bronx" re disciplinary plan, March 17, 1967; "Safety Kit," outlining negotiated School Safety Plan, October 3, 1972, 8 pages; photocopies of newspaper clippings, notes
Dates:
1964-1972