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Layle Lane Papers
Collection — Container: Small Processed Collections: La-Le, Box 9, Folder: 7-8
Identifier: LP000439
Abstract
Layle Lane was a public school teacher in New York City and active in the American Federation of Teachers and the New York Teachers Guild. She was the first African-American vice-president of the New York City AFT local and chaired their Committee for Democratic Human Relations. Her papers relate primarily to civil rights and the role of African-Americans in American society, including copies of two briefs filed by the AFT in Brown vs. Board of Education.
Dates:
1940 - 1969
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
Lily Lampinen Papers
Collection
Identifier: UP000836
Abstract
The papers of Lily Lampinen reflect her personal interest in a variety of important social and political issues, particularly civil rights for minorities.
Dates:
1960 - 1975; Majority of material found within 1960 - 1969
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
Marjorie Stern Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP000774
Abstract
Marjorie Stern worked as on organizer for the American Federation of Teachers in various cities, served seven consecutive terms as secretary to the San Francisco Federation of Teachers Local 61, and played an instrumental role in the creation of the AFT Women’s Rights Committee. Ms. Stern served as coordinator of the National Organization for Women’s (NOW) Task Force on Union Women, and served as a founding member of the Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW). Ms. Stern’s papers relate to her...
Dates:
1963 - 1985
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
Mary J. Herrick Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP000385
Abstract
Long active with the AFT, Miss Herrick was its director of research and vice-president, and served in other positions with that union. During the 1930s, she was particularly concerned with organizing teachers in the Chicago area. The communist controversy in the AFT, federal aid to education, Workers Defense League, and teacher salaries and problems are covered. Correspondents include Irvin Kuenzli, Jerome Davis, Selma Borchardt, Charles Cogen, Estes Kefauver, and Paul Douglas.
Dates:
1932 - 1966
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
Mary McGough Oral History
Item
Identifier: LOH002222
Abstract
In 1970, Dennis East and Donald Haynes of the Reuther Library and Jim Robinson of the St. Paul Federation of Teachers interviewed educator and labor leader Mary McGough, a founding member of the American Federation of Teachers local in St. Paul and co-organizer of the nation's first organized teachers' strike. Collection consists of an interview transcript. McGough discusses her background, career as an educator and administrator, and, especially, her labor involvement, including the St. Paul...
Dates:
1970-10-01
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
Mary R. Wheeler Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP000384
Abstract
These papers reflect Miss Wheeler's career as a vice-president of the AFT, and as an officer of the West Suburban Teachers Union (Chicago area) and the Illinois Federation of Teachers. Correspondence, minutes, reports, and other documents are included. Among the topics are professional standards for teachers, retirement plans, and negotiations and strikes by teachers.
Dates:
1938 - 1967
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
Selma Borchardt Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP000357
Abstract
Correspondence, minutes, reports, speeches, press releases, and notes collected by Miss Borchardt, who served as legislative representative and vice-president for the AFT (1924-62), chairman of the AFT International Relations Committee (1927-62), secretary of the AFL Education Committee (1929-55), and director of the World Federation of Education Associations (1927-46). Miss Borchardt also served as a member of many governmental committees and conferences including the National Advisory Board...
Dates:
1911 - 1967; Majority of material found within 1922 - 1962
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
Twentieth Century Trade Union Woman: Vehicle for Social Change Oral Histories
Collection
Identifier: LOH002227
Abstract
In the 1970s, the Program on Women and Work, a unit of the Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations (ILIR), a jointly administered body of the University of Michigan and Wayne State University, coordinated an oral history project to document the lives and work of women active in the labor movement from 1900 through 1970. Joyce L. Kornbluh of ILIR served as project director. Many interviewers conducted interviews with participants across the United State. This project, "The Twentieth...
Dates:
1971 - 1979; Majority of material found within 1975 - 1979
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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