Teachers’ Union of Philadelphia (Pa.) Records
Collection ID
URB 36
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Collecting Areas
Description
Collection Summary
Title
Teachers’ Union of Philadelphia (Pa.) Records
Dates
1937-1958
Collection ID
URB 36
Creator
Teachers’ Union of Philadelphia (Pa.)
Quantity
9 linear feet (18 boxes)
Repository
Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries
Language
Materials in English.
Detailed Collection Information
Description of Collection
This collection contains administrative records, minutes, correspondence, publications, clippings, and other materials related to the Teachers’ Union of Philadelphia.
Organization and Arrangement
The collection is arranged into 5 series as follows:
Series 1: General Materials, 1945-1958
Series 2: Issues and Activities, 1937-1958
Series 3: Investigations and Firings, 1940-1956
Series 4: Other Organizations, 1938-1956
Series 5: Clippings, 1951-1955
Patron Information
Research Access
Collection is open for research.
Collections Stored Off-Site
This collection may be housed off-site at the Library Depository, and require up to two business days to retrieve. Please review the finding aid and be prepared to identify specific materials to be retrieved. Contact the Special Collections Research Center in advance of your visit, so that materials may be relocated to the reading room for research.
Publication and Copyright Information
The Teachers’ Union of Philadelphia (Pa.) Records is the physical property of the Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries. Intellectual property rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. Researchers are responsible for determining the identity of rights holders and obtaining their permission for publication and for other purposes where stated.
Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Teachers’ Union of Philadelphia (Pa.) Records, URB 36, Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
Donated by the Teachers’ Union of Philadelphia through Isadore Reivich, February 1973.
Separated Material
Pamphlets from this collection have been removed to the Pamphlet Collection.
Processing Information
Finding aid revised according to contemporary archival standards in May 2016.
Index Terms
The following headings have been used to index the description of this collection in Temple University’s electronic catalog:
Corporate Names:
School District of Philadelphia, Pa.
Teachers’ Union of Philadelphia (Pa.)
Subjects:
Education -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Labor movement -- Education -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Labor -- Education -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Public schools -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Places:
Philadelphia (Pa.)
Material Types:
Administrative records
Articles of incorporation
Clippings
Correspondence
Manuscripts
Minutes
Newsletters
Publications
Inventory
Series 1: General Materials, 1945-1958
1 1 Constitution and History undated
1 2-8 Executive Board and Membership Meeting Minutes 1945-1951
1 9 Resignations and Membership 1952-1954
1 10-22 Conferences 1949-1958
1 23-25 Uniongrams 1949-1955
1 26 Teachers Union News 1951-1954
1 27 Union Announcements and Circulars 1949-1952
Series 2: Issues and Activities, 1937-1958
General
2 1 Correspondence re: legislation 1938
2 2 Teacher Organization handbook 1945
2 3-4 Public Statements 1947-1950
2 5 General Activities 1950
2 6 Educational Issues 1952
2 7 Educational Policies 1953
Specific Issues
2 8 Audenreich High School 1952
2 9 Black History 1953
2 10 Censorship 1941
2 11 City College 1946-1950
2 12 Civil Defense 1951
2 13 Class size 1940-1952
2 14 Dental Hygienists and Nurses 1947
2 15 Evening Schools 1949-1952
2 16-17 Fair Employment 1946-1950
2 18-20 Finance, General 1946-1949
2 21-25 Finance, Salary Schedules 1947-1952
3 26-34 Finance, Salary Schedules 1947-1952
3 35-38 Finance, Retirement 1946-1953
3 39 Finance, Blue Cross 1946
3 40-47 Finance, State Financing 1948-1953
4 48-50 Finance, State Financing 1948-1953
4 51 Grievance re: promotions 1948-1950
4 52 Hoyer, Louis - correspondence 1949-1953
4 53 Legislation 1949-1952
4 54 Longer School Day 1952
4 55 Promotional Increments 1947
4 56 Pupil Placements 1947
4 57-60 Race Relations 1951-1954
4 61 Rating Plan 1939
4 62 Religious Education 1947
4 63 Retrenchment 1950
4 64 Seniority 1948
4 65 Sick Leave 1947
4 66 Social Studies 1951
4 67 Strike Legislation 1949
4 68 Substitutes 1946-1953
4 69-70 Tenure Law 1937-1941
5 71-89 Tenure Law 1937-1941
5 90 Unassigned Periods 1949
5 91-97 United States-Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Relations 1944-1953
5 98 Miscellaneous Issues 1958
Series 3: Investigations and Firings, 1940-1956
6 1-7 Academic Freedom 1947-1953
6 8-9 Pechan Bill January-February 1951
7 10-18 Pechan Bill February-October 1951
8 19-38 Pechan Bill November 1951-January 1954
9 39 Smith Act/H.U A.C. 1952
9 40-49 H.U.A.C. (Velde Committee) Hearings October 1953- April 1954
9 50 H.U.A.C. (Velde Committee) Hearings, Transcripts undated
10 51-77 Interrogation of Teachers 1953-1954
10 51 Notes on Hoyer Interviews undated
10 52 Atkinson undated
10 53 August undated
10 54 Beilin undated
10 55 Crome undated
10 56 Deacon undated
10 57 Drasin undated
10 58 Ehrenreich undated
10 59 Fleet undated
10 60 Fruit undated
10 61 Haas undated
10 62 Intille undated
10 63 Ivens undated
10 64 Jabocs undated
10 65 Jennings undated
10 66 Kaplan undated
10 67 Loewenfels undated
10 68 Mahaney undated
10 69 Perloff, Caroline undated
10 70 Perloff, David undated
10 71 Reivich undated
10 72 Soler, Esther undated
10 73 Soler, William undated
10 74 Thomas undated
10 75 Watson undated
10 76 Petition and Personal Summaries undated
10 77 Index undated
11 78-79 Loyalty Oaths 1948-1950
11 80-88 Correspondence regarding school firings 1950-1954
11 89-90 Case Against the School Board (publication) 1955-1956
11 91-95 Legal Briefs, 1950-1954
12 96-104 Other Teacher Firings
12 96 Abraham Egnal 1950
12 97 Dorothy Albert 1950
12 98 Barrows Dunham 1953
12 99 Lee Lorch 1950
12 100-102 James Gillies 1940-1941
12 103 Isadore Melzer 1950
12 104 Leonard Barmat 1950
Series 4: Other Organizations, 1938-1956
Public
13 1-7 Board of Education 1947-1954
13 8 State Department of Public Instruction 1950-1953
13 9-12 State Legislature 1947-1952
Private Groups
14 13 Board of Christian Education, Presbyterian Church 1952
14 14 Child Welfare Federation 1938-1952
14 15 Citizen's Conference on the Schools 1950
14 16 Council on African Affairs 1950-1952
14 17 Greater Philadelphia Movement 1950-1953
14 18 Home and School Association 1951
14 19 Know Your Schools 1952
14 20 Lehigh County Taxpayers League 1947
14 21 Nation 1951-1955
14 22 National Citizens Commission for the Public Schools 1950-1952
14 23-27 Philadelphia Committee to Preserve Our Schools 1952-1953
14 28 Philadelphia Fellowship Commission 1950-1953
Civic Affairs
15 29 Board of Judges 1950
15 30 Philadelphia Home Rule 1950-1953
15 31 Philadelphia Housing Authority 1950
15 32 Post Office 1944-1950
Other Unions
15 33 American Association of Scientific Workers 1951- 1954
15 34 American Federation of Teachers 1948
15 35 CIO 1949-1953
15 36 Philadelphia Industrial School Council 1949-1950
15 37 Philadelphia Vocational School Teachers Association 1951
15 38 Teachers Union of New York 1949-1955
15 39-42 United Public Workers 1944-1951
15 43 U.P.W., National Teachers Division 1949-1951
15 44 World Federation of Teachers 1950-1953
Newsletters
16 45 Federation Reporter , (AFT Local 3) 1949-1952
16 46 New York Teachers News 1949-1956
16 47 Philadelphia Teachers Association Newsletter 1951-1953
16 48 POS Reporter 1951-1953
16 49 School News and Views 1950-1952
16 50 Teacher's Bulletin (UPW National Teachers Division) 1950-1951
Series 5: Clippings, 1951-1955
17-18 Clippings 1951-1955
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