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Teachers' Union of Philadelphia (Pa.) Records

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Overview and metadata sections

Call Number:
URB 36
Repository:
Temple University Libraries: Special Collections Research Center
Extent:
9 linear feet (18 boxes)
Language:
English
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.
Date:
1937-1958 (inclusive)
Form:
Administrative records, Articles of Incorporation, Clippings, Correspondence, Manuscripts, Minutes (administrative records), Newsletters, and Publications (documents)
Abstract:

This collection contains administrative records, minutes, correspondence, publications, clippings, and other materials related to the Teachers' Union of Philadelphia.

The collection is arranged into 5 series as follows:

Series 1: General Materials, 1945-1958, undated
Series 2: Issues and Activities, 1937-1958
Series 3: Investigations and Firings, 1940-1956, undated
Series 4: Other Organizations, 1938-1956
Series 5: Clippings, 1951-1955

Donated by the Teachers' Union of Philadelphia through Isadore Reivich, February 1973.

Finding aid revised according to contemporary archival standards in May 2016.

Pamphlets from this collection have been removed to the Urban Archives Pamphlet Collection.

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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
February 2024
Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

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.

Collection Inventory

Constitution and History, undated.
Box 1 Folder 1
Executive Board and Membership Meeting Minutes, 1945-1951.
Box 1 Folder 2-8
Resignations and Membership, 1952-1954.
Box 1 Folder 9
Conferences, 1949-1958.
Box 1 Folder 10-22
Uniongrams, 1949-1955.
Box 1 Folder 23-25
Teachers Union News, 1951-1954.
Box 1 Folder 26
Union Announcements and Circulars, 1949-1952.
Box 1 Folder 27

Correspondence re: legislation, 1938.
Box 2 Folder 1
Teacher Organization handbook, 1945.
Box 2 Folder 2
Public Statements, 1947-1950.
Box 2 Folder 3-4
General Activities, 1950.
Box 2 Folder 5
Educational Issues, 1952.
Box 2 Folder 6
Educational Policies, 1953.
Box 2 Folder 7
Audenreich High School, 1952.
Box 2 Folder 8
Black History, 1953.
Box 2 Folder 9
Censorship, 1941.
Box 2 Folder 10
City College, 1946-1950.
Box 2 Folder 11
Civil Defense, 1951.
Box 2 Folder 12
Class size, 1940-1952.
Box 2 Folder 13
Dental Hygienists and Nurses, 1947.
Box 2 Folder 14
Evening Schools, 1949-1952.
Box 2 Folder 15
Fair Employment, 1946-1950.
Box 2 Folder 16-17
Finance, General, 1946-1949.
Box 2 Folder 18-20
Finance, Salary Schedules, 1947-1952.
Box 2 Folder 21-25
Finance, Salary Schedules, 1947-1952.
Box 3 Folder 26-34
Finance, Retirement, 1946-1953.
Box 3 Folder 35-38
Finance, Blue Cross, 1946.
Box 3 Folder 39
Finance, State Financing, 1948-1953.
Box 3 Folder 40-47
Finance, State Financing, 1948-1953.
Box 4 Folder 48-50
Grievance re: promotions, 1948-1950.
Box 4 Folder 51
Hoyer, Louis - correspondence, 1949-1953.
Box 4 Folder 52
Legislation, 1949-1952.
Box 4 Folder 53
Longer School Day, 1952.
Box 4 Folder 54
Promotional Increments, 1947.
Box 4 Folder 55
Pupil Placements, 1947.
Box 4 Folder 56
Race Relations, 1951-1954.
Box 4 Folder 57-60
Rating Plan, 1939.
Box 4 Folder 61
Religious Education, 1947.
Box 4 Folder 62
Retrenchment, 1950.
Box 4 Folder 63
Seniority, 1948.
Box 4 Folder 64
Sick Leave, 1947.
Box 4 Folder 65
Social Studies, 1951.
Box 4 Folder 66
Strike Legislation, 1949.
Box 4 Folder 67
Substitutes, 1946-1953.
Box 4 Folder 68
Tenure Law, 1937-1941.
Box 4 Folder 69-70
Tenure Law, 1937-1941.
Box 5 Folder 71-89
Unassigned Periods, 1949.
Box 5 Folder 90
United States-Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Relations, 1944-1953.
Box 5 Folder 91-97
Miscellaneous Issues, 1958.
Box 5 Folder 98

Academic Freedom, 1947-1953.
Box 6 Folder 1-7
Pechan Bill, January-February 1951.
Box 6 Folder 8-9
Pechan Bill, February-October 1951.
Box 7 Folder 10-18
Pechan Bill, November 1951-January 1954.
Box 8 Folder 19-38
Smith Act/H.U A.C., 1952.
Box 9 Folder 39
H.U.A.C. (Velde Committee) Hearings, October 1953-April 1954.
Box 9 Folder 40-49
H.U.A.C. (Velde Committee) Hearings, Transcripts, undated.
Box 9 Folder 50
Interrogation of Teachers, 1953-1954.
Box 10 Folder 51-77
Notes on Hoyer Interviews, undated.
Box 10 Folder 51
Atkinson, undated.
Box 10 Folder 52
August, undated.
Box 10 Folder 53
Beilin, undated.
Box 10 Folder 54
Crome, undated.
Box 10 Folder 55
Deacon, undated.
Box 10 Folder 56
Drasin, undated.
Box 10 Folder 57
Ehrenreich, undated.
Box 10 Folder 58
Fleet, undated.
Box 10 Folder 59
Fruit, undated.
Box 10 Folder 60
Haas, undated.
Box 10 Folder 61
Intille, undated.
Box 10 Folder 62
Ivens, undated.
Box 10 Folder 63
Jabocs, undated.
Box 10 Folder 64
Jennings, undated.
Box 10 Folder 65
Kaplan, undated.
Box 10 Folder 66
Loewenfels, undated.
Box 10 Folder 67
Mahaney, undated.
Box 10 Folder 68
Perloff, Caroline, undated.
Box 10 Folder 69
Perloff, David, undated.
Box 10 Folder 70
Reivich, undated.
Box 10 Folder 71
Soler, Esther, undated.
Box 10 Folder 72
Soler, William, undated.
Box 10 Folder 73
Thomas, undated.
Box 10 Folder 74
Watson, undated.
Box 10 Folder 75
Petition and Personal Summaries, undated.
Box 10 Folder 76
Index, undated.
Box 10 Folder 77
Loyalty Oaths, 1948-1950.
Box 11 Folder 78-79
Correspondence regarding school firings, 1950-1954.
Box 11 Folder 80-88
Case Against the School Board (publication), 1955-1956.
Box 11 Folder 89-90
Legal Briefs, 1950-1954.
Box 11 Folder 91-95
Other Teacher Firings.
Box 12 Folder 96-104
Abraham Egnal, 1950.
Box 12 Folder 96
Dorothy Albert, 1950.
Box 12 Folder 97
Barrows Dunham, 1953.
Box 12 Folder 98
Lee Lorch, 1950.
Box 12 Folder 99
James Gillies, 1940-1941.
Box 12 Folder 100-102
Isadore Melzer, 1950.
Box 12 Folder 103
Leonard Barmat, 1950.
Box 12 Folder 104

Board of Education, 1947-1954.
Box 13 Folder 1-7
State Department of Public Instruction, 1950-1953.
Box 13 Folder 8
State Legislature, 1947-1952.
Box 13 Folder 9-12
Board of Christian Education, Presbyterian Church, 1952.
Box 14 Folder 13
Child Welfare Federation, 1938-1952.
Box 14 Folder 14
Citizen's Conference on the Schools, 1950.
Box 14 Folder 15
Council on African Affairs, 1950-1952.
Box 14 Folder 16
Greater Philadelphia Movement, 1950-1953.
Box 14 Folder 17
Home and School Association, 1951.
Box 14 Folder 18
Know Your Schools, 1952.
Box 14 Folder 19
Lehigh County Taxpayers League, 1947.
Box 14 Folder 20
Nation, 1951-1955.
Box 14 Folder 21
National Citizens Commission for the Public Schools, 1950-1952.
Box 14 Folder 22
Philadelphia Committee to Preserve Our Schools, 1952-1953.
Box 14 Folder 23-27
Philadelphia Fellowship Commission, 1950-1953.
Box 14 Folder 28
Board of Judges, 1950.
Box 15 Folder 29
Philadelphia Home Rule, 1950-1953.
Box 15 Folder 30
Philadelphia Housing Authority, 1950.
Box 15 Folder 31
Post Office, 1944-1950.
Box 15 Folder 32
American Association of Scientific Workers, 1951-1954.
Box 15 Folder 33
American Federation of Teachers, 1948.
Box 15 Folder 34
CIO, 1949-1953.
Box 15 Folder 35
Philadelphia Industrial School Council, 1949-1950.
Box 15 Folder 36
Philadelphia Vocational School Teachers Association, 1951.
Box 15 Folder 37
Teachers Union of New York, 1949-1955.
Box 15 Folder 38
United Public Workers, 1944-1951.
Box 15 Folder 39-42
U.P.W., National Teachers Division, 1949-1951.
Box 15 Folder 43
World Federation of Teachers, 1950-1953.
Box 15 Folder 44
Federation Reporter, (AFT Local 3), 1949-1952.
Box 16 Folder 45
New York Teachers News, 1949-1956.
Box 16 Folder 46
Philadelphia Teachers Association Newsletter, 1951-1953.
Box 16 Folder 47
POS Reporter, 1951-1953.
Box 16 Folder 48
School News and Views, 1950-1952.
Box 16 Folder 49
Teacher's Bulletin (UPW National Teachers Division), 1950-1951.
Box 16 Folder 50

Clippings, 1951-1955.
Box 17-18

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