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AFT Inventory Part II Records

Collection

Identifier: LR000348_2

Abstract Contains Series VIII-XIII. Series VIII State publications, 1950s-1963 Series IX, miscellaneous materials 1935-1964 Series X communications to locals, 1934-1963 Series XI memos and mimeographed materials, 1921-1964 Series XII Locals, 1914-1960s Series XIII AFT conventions, 1916-1967

Dates: 1914 - 1967

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

AFT Local 231: Detroit Federation of Teachers Records

Collection

Identifier: LR000087

Abstract This collection has union newspapers, correspondence, reports, convention material, proceedings, minutes, flyers, brochures and other materials related to the growth of the DFT. Issues in these papers are Bradly v. Milliken, class size, desegregation, collective bargaining, strikes and salaries

Dates: 1930 - 1979

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

AFT Local 231: Detroit Federation of Teachers, Wayne State University Chapter Records

Collection

Identifier: LR000378_Wayne

Abstract This chapter of DFT Local 231 was organized at Wayne State University in the early 1940s when the University was administered by the Detroit Board of Education. The papers consist of minutes, reports, budget materials, and various policy issues. The subjects reflect the union's efforts to increase salaries, maintain academic freedom and support non-discrimination in hiring of faculty

Dates: 1941 - 1957; Majority of material found within 1948 - 1955

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

Arthur Elder Papers

Collection

Identifier: LP000075

Abstract The collection contains correspondence, reports, and a scrapbook relating to the AFL and education from 1941 to 1949, as well as correspondence, reports, resolutions, studies, hearings, and clippings pertaining to the American Federation of Teachers from 1934 to 1950, the Michigan Federation of Teachers from 1937 to 1949, and the Detroit Federation of Teachers from 1921 to 1951. It also contains correspondence relating to the organizing efforts of the MFT from 1939 to 1953, and to the dismissal...

Dates: 1921 - 1953; Majority of material found within 1940 - 1949

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

Detroit Organization of School Administrators and Supervisors Records

Collection

Identifier: UR001659

Abstract The Detroit Organization of School Administrators and Supervisors was formed in 1966 and received sole collective bargaining rights with the Detroit Board of Education in 1967. The union had between 1,300 and 1,400 members at its creation, and it continues to represent administrators and supervisors in Detroit Public Schools in regards to salaries and working conditions.In the early 1980s, the administrators were working without a contract for a brief time and they conducted a...

Dates: 1949 - 1990; Majority of material found within 1980 - 1986

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

Helen Bowers Papers

Collection

Identifier: LP001879

Abstract Helen Marie Newman Bowers was born in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin on May 16, 1908. After graduating from Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota, she began teaching art in Detroit, Michigan in 1933 and quickly got involved with the Detroit Federation of Teachers (DFT), Local 231. She left the teaching profession in 1958 to become the executive secretary of the DFT. Together with DFT President Mary Ellen Riordan, Detroit teachers won collective bargaining in 1964. Helen Bowers won duty-free...

Dates: 1934 - 1995; Majority of material found within 1947 - 1970

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

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