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Box 11

 Container

Contains 41 Results:

Teachers - Early Years, 1912-1920

 File — Box: 11, Folder: 21
Scope and Contents

Photocopied clippings from various professional and legal journals re unionization, equal pay for women, childbirth as ground for dismissal ("neglect of duty"), general issues

Dates: 1912-1920
Found in: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives / 5541, Philip Taft Papers / Series II. Research/Subject Files

Teachers - Salary, 1925-1962

 File — Box: 11, Folder: 22
Scope and Contents

"Public Schools of the City of New York - History of Teachers' Salaries under control of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment," reprinted by the Joint Committee of Teachers Organizations, April 1938, from a report prepared by a committee in 1917, 9 pages; "Statement of the Rank and File: Why Reorganize the Joint Salary Committee," c. 1933; many newspaper clippings, mostly from the Bulletin of the New York Teachers Guild, 1926-62

Dates: 1925-1962
Found in: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives / 5541, Philip Taft Papers / Series II. Research/Subject Files

Teachers - Teachers Union, 1925-1935

 File — Box: 11, Folder: 23
Scope and Contents

"Report on Continuation Schools" by the Sub-Committee on Continuation Schools, Committee on Experimental Education of the Teachers Union, May 3, 1929, 3 pages; press release, "Teachers Union States Its Position on the `Loyalty' Questionnaire," by TU President Henry Linville, December 21, 1934; photocopies of articles from professional journals, especially the Union Teacher, publication of the Teachers Union

Dates: 1925-1935
Found in: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives / 5541, Philip Taft Papers / Series II. Research/Subject Files

Teachers - Teachers Union - Communist Faction, Power Struggles with, 1932-1938

 File — Box: 11, Folder: 24
Scope and Contents Notice of special meeting, with attached report of the Joint Committee re charges against activities of left-wing members, October 20, 1932, 7 pages; "Report of the Special Grievance Committee" re specific charges against named left-wing members, April 18, 1933, 13 pages; "Notes on the Trial Meeting, April 29, 1933," 4 pages; "The Report of the Special Grievance Committee of the Teachers Union," April 29, 1933, 8 pages; "Resolutions and Amendments Approved by the Executive Board of the...
Dates: 1932-1938
Found in: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives / 5541, Philip Taft Papers / Series II. Research/Subject Files

Teachers Guild - Early Years, 1935-1940

 File — Box: 11, Folder: 25
Scope and Contents Flyer, "The Aims and Objectives of the New York Teachers Guild, adopted at the organization meeting," October 1, 1935; "Summary and Additional Comment," 6 page unsigned manuscript with 2 page additional fragment, n.d., re events leading to founding of Teachers Guild, apparently for organizers; press release and form letter opposing McNaboe anti-subversion investigation of New York State schools, September 16, 1936; letter to members of Guild Executive Board from Guild Executive Director...
Dates: 1935-1940
Found in: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives / 5541, Philip Taft Papers / Series II. Research/Subject Files

Teachers Guild - General, 1942-1960

 File — Box: 11, Folder: 26
Scope and Contents Press releases: (re juvenile delinquency, October 4, 1943, 4 pages; re Committee on Human Relations, supporting protest resignation of chairmen, criticizing mayor, Board of Education and Superintendent of Schools, October 17 and 29, 1945; opposing Teachers Council, November 2, 1945; re uncovered classes at one school, October 31, 1945; decrying "lack of discussion between teachers and school officials" (copies of letters to mayor and President, Board of Education), June 1954; opposing...
Dates: 1942-1960
Found in: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives / 5541, Philip Taft Papers / Series II. Research/Subject Files

Teachers Guild - General, 1940-1960

 File — Box: 11, Folder: 27
Scope and Contents "School Crisis Fact Book," 9 pages, 1947; the "Mid-Summer Letter" to Guild Executive Board, July 20, 1954, 2 pages; photocopies of articles from the Guild Teacher: "The 1941 AF of T Convention", "Developments in School Laws, 1940-41", "Local 2 Launches Challenging Legislative Campaign for 1941"; "The 1958 Legislative Program," 2 pages plus one page 26-point "complete" program of Guild; "Amendments to the By-Laws of the Board of Education Recommended by the Teachers' Guild of NYC In Order to...
Dates: 1940-1960
Found in: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives / 5541, Philip Taft Papers / Series II. Research/Subject Files

Teachers Guild - General - Clippings, 1941-1960

 File — Box: 11, Folder: 28
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of Guild publications, mostly the Guild Teacher and the Guild Bulletin

Dates: 1941-1960
Found in: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives / 5541, Philip Taft Papers / Series II. Research/Subject Files

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
Found in: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives / 5541, Philip Taft Papers / Series II. Research/Subject Files

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
Found in: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives / 5541, Philip Taft Papers / Series II. Research/Subject Files

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