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Harold Ash Papers
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Harold Ash was a labor organizer, Philadelphia and Pennsylvania federation negotiator for the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), staff coordinator for the Pennsylvania Federation of Teachers, and served on the on the staff of the Industrial Union Department of the AFL-CIO. He died in 2010.
The Harold Ash Papers contains publications, minutes, correspondence, and other records created and collected by Ash relating to his work with and for numerous labor unions, including but not limited to the AFL-CIO, American Federation of Teachers, Association of Catholic Teachers, Congress of Industrial Organizations (U.S.), Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America, Pennsylvania AFL-CIO, Pennsylvania Federation of Teachers, Philadelphia Federation of Teachers, Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers, Scranton Federation of Teachers, and United Federation of Teachers.
Series 2: Accession 537, 1944-1981
Series 3: Accession 568, 1937-1983
Series 4: Accession 805, 1881-1994
Series 5: Accession 842, 1929-1996
Series 6: Accession 851, 1934-1996
Series 7: Accession 867, 1935-1994
Accession 525 was donated by Harold Ash through Fred Zimring in July 1982; accessions 537, 568, 805, 842, and 851 were acquired in November 1982, November 1983, August 1995, October 1996, and January 1997, respectively.
Collection reprocessed and finding aid revised according to contemporary archival standards in 2018 by Sarah Lerner and Fiona Riso, Student Workers, and Katy Rawdon, Coordinator of Technical Services.
Organization
- AFL-CIO
- American Federation of Teachers
- Association of Catholic Teachers
- Congress of Industrial Organizations (U.S.)
- Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America
- Pennsylvania AFL-CIO
- Pennsylvania Federation of Teachers
- Philadelphia Federation of Teachers
- Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers
- Scranton Federation of Teachers
- United Federation of Teachers
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Place
- Publisher
- Temple University Libraries: Special Collections Research Center
- Finding Aid Author
- Machine-readable finding aid created by: Rajkumar Natarajan, Sky Global Services India (P) Ltd.
- Finding Aid Date
- April 2024
- Access Restrictions
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Collection is open for research.
- Use Restrictions
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The Harold Ash Papers are 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.
Collection Inventory
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drafts
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Part I (2 copies)
Part III (2 copies)
Part I
Part 18
Part 19
Part 20
Part 27
Part 28
Part 32
Part 33
Part 34
Part 5
Volume I
Volume II
Part 19
Part 39
Part 40
Part 42
Part 48
Part 50
Part 52
Part 56
Part 68
Part 73
Part 74
Part I
2 copies
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Part 15-A
Part 15-C
(reprinted materials)
(reprinted materials)
photocopies
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photocopied
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cassette tape
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