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• SUBJECTS
• CONTAINER LIST

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Rochester (NY) Federation of Classroom Teachers Records, 1955-1969
Collection Number: 5853

Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Cornell University Library

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DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

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Part of the "Van Arsdale Project"

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INFORMATION FOR USERS

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CONTAINER LIST

Container		Description	Date
Box 1	Folder 1	Catherine Sheehan Teacher Certification	1944
Box 1	Folder 2	Catherine Sheehan Retirement Correspondence	1954-1958
Box 1	Folder 3	Photographs of Catherine Sheehan
Box 1	Folder 4	Newsletters	1953-1956
Box 1	Folder 5	Request for Grievance Procedures	1957
Box 1	Folder 6	Letters to the Edition of the Times Union	1955
Box 1	Folder 7	Leonard Schieffelin	1956
Box 1	Folder 8	Correspondence	1950-1952
Box 1	Folder 9	Correspondence	1953
Box 1	Folder 10	Correspondence	1954
Box 1	Folder 11	Correspondence	1955
Box 1	Folder 12	Correspondence	1956
Box 1	Folder 13	Correspondence	1957
Box 1	Folder 14	Correspondence	1958
Box 1	Folder 15	Correspondence	1960
Box 1	Folder 16	Correspondence
Box 1	Folder 17	News Clippings	1957
Box 1	Folder 18	News Clippings	1958
Box 1	Folder 19	News Clippings
Box 1	Folder 20	Federation Teacher	1959-1960
Box 1	Folder 21	NY State Senate and Assembly Bills	1957
Box 1	Folder 22	NYSTA News	1956-1957
Box 1	Folder 23	Minutes of Rochester Federation of Classroom Teachers	1959-1960
Box 1	Folder 24	Testimonial Dinner for Catherine Sheehan	1958
Box 1	Folder 25	Rochester Civic Music Association	1956
Box 1	Folder 26	Spring Conference	1957
Box 1	Folder 27	Rochester Board of Education Correspondence	1953-1957
Box 1	Folder 28	Insurance	1955-1956
Box 1	Folder 29	Political Memo From COPE	1957
Box 1	Folder 30	Carl J. Megel Merit Pay Statement	1957
Box 1	Folder 31	American Federation of Teachers Local 616	1948-1958
Box 1	Folder 32	Executive Board Minutes	1962-1963
Box 1	Folder 33	U.S. Congress	1963
Box 1	Folder 34	U.S. Congress Jacob Javits	1963
Box 1	Folder 35	Investigation of Low Morale at Edison High School	1960
Box 1	Folder 36	Federation of Reporter	1956-1957
Box 1	Folder 37	Irish Writers and Others	1953-1954
Box 1	Folder 38	A Study of Various Proposals for Liberalizing The New York State Teachers Retirement System	1954
Box 1	Folder 39	John Keenan Re-election as President of Rochester Board of Education
Box 1	Folder 40	Notes on Newspaper Articles	1952-1954
Box 1	Folder 41	John Marshall High School	1955
Box 1	Folder 42	Social Security	1954-1957
Box 1	Folder 43	Report of the Academic Teacher Certification Project	1959
Box 1	Folder 44	New York State Education	1953
Box 1	Folder 45	Legislative Bulletin	1952-1958
Box 1	Folder 46	Rochester Federation of Classroom Teachers Letter Head
Box 1	Folder 47	American Federation of Teachers Pamphlets	1960-1962
Box 1	Folder 48	The American Teacher	1958
Box 1	Folder 49	Changed Attitudes Change Everything	1953
Box 1	Folder 50	Rochester Federation of Teachers Constitution	1958
Box 1	Folder 51	Empire State Federation of Teachers	1953-1964
Box 1	Folder 52	International Federation of Free Teachers Unions	1953
Box 1	Folder 53	Bureau of Educational Research, News Letter	1953
Box 1	Folder 54	Schoolways	1954
Box 1	Folder 55	New York State Teachers' Association Elections
Box 1	Folder 56	Miscellaneous Notes and Reports	1955-1956
Box 2	Folder 1	Constitutional Convention News Clippings	1957
Box 2	Folder 2	Constitutional Convention News Clippings	1957
Box 2	Folder 3	Constitutional Convention News Clippings	1957
Box 2	Folder 4	Rochester Federation of Teachers News Clippings	1957
Box 2	Folder 5	Board of Education News Clippings	1957-1958
Box 2	Folder 6	Rochester Federation of Teachers Resolution	1957
Box 2	Folder 7	Rochester School Meeting	1956
Box 2	Folder 8	Rochester Teachers' Pension and Retirement Plans	1954
Box 2	Folder 9	Rochester Schools' Easter Vacation News Clippings	1958
Box 2	Folder 10	New York State Teachers' Association Pamphlet	1957
Box 2	Folder 11	Science in High Schools	1957
Box 2	Folder 12	Rochester BOE Politics News Clippings	1957
Box 2	Folder 13	R.T.A. Salary Committee Report	1957
Box 2	Folder 14	Problems with Albany Schools News Clippings	1956-1957
Box 2	Folder 15	R.T.A. House of Representatives Meeting and Bulletin	1956
Box 2	Folder 16	Troth's Fortune Maryland
Box 2	Folder 17	Boston Cliff Maryland
Box 2	Folder 18	New York State Teachers Association Legislative Bulletin	1959
Box 2	Folder 19	Rochester BOE Letters	1957
Box 2	Folder 20	Teachers' Salaries News Clippings	1959
Box 2	Folder 21	Teachers' Salaries News Clippings	1958
Box 2	Folder 22	Teachers' Salaries News Clippings	1956
Box 2	Folder 23	Teachers' Salaries News Clippings	1955
Box 2	Folder 24	Teachers' Salaries News Clippings	1956
Box 2	Folder 25	Teachers' Salaries News Clippings	1955
Box 2	Folder 26	Teachers' Salaries News Clippings	1956
Box 2	Folder 27	Teachers' Salaries News Clippings	1955
Box 2	Folder 28	James L. Burke's Letters	1958
Box 2	Folder 29	Women's Politics	1956
Box 2	Folder 30	Board of Education Blasted By Corsall	1956
Box 2	Folder 31	Bob Wagner Rally News Clippings
Box 2	Folder 32	Sheehan and the Labor Council	1956
Box 2	Folder 33	Why Our Teachers Can't Retire	1955
Box 2	Folder 34	Why Our Teachers Can't Retire	1955
Box 2	Folder 35	Letter to Senator Van Lane	1958
Box 2	Folder 36	Teachers Negotiations	1955
Box 2	Folder 37	Teachers Negotiations	1955
Box 2	Folder 38	Drop in Teachers' Morale	1956
Box 2	Folder 39	Charlotte Faculty Attacks Education Board	1955
Box 2	Folder 40	Board Scans Teachers Pay Requests	1955
Box 2	Folder 41	Teachers Union News Clippings	1957
Box 2	Folder 42	Teachers Union News Clippings	1956
Box 2	Folder 43	Teachers Union News Clippings	1957
Box 2	Folder 44	Oswego Mayor	1958
Box 2	Folder 45	Legislative Bulletin No.1-3	1958
Box 2	Folder 46	Teachers Voting on Social Security News Clippings	1957
Box 2	Folder 47	GOP School Plan	1957
Box 2	Folder 48	Fresh School Approach	1957
Box 2	Folder 49	Sick Teachers	1957
Box 2	Folder 50	Madison Incident	1957
Box 2	Folder 51	Fraternity Ban	1957
Box 2	Folder 52	25.5 Million Plan For Scholarships Urged by Regents	1959
Box 2	Folder 53	Hiring of Teachers on a 12-Month Basis Urged By Seymour	1957
Box 2	Folder 54	Union Procedures	1957
Box 2	Folder 55	Union Elections	1958
Box 2	Folder 56	'Discipline' - Commissioner Ott	1958
Box 2	Folder 57	Time for Teaching	1958
Box 2	Folder 58	Future Expectations	1957
Box 2	Folder 59	Study of Teacher Fund System	1957
Box 2	Folder 60	Problems Teachers Are Facing	1957
Box 2	Folder 61	Local Split Debate City Principal in Teacher Vote	1957
Box 2	Folder 62	President Burke's Letter to Culver Barr	1957
Box 2	Folder 63	Editorial On Pampering, School Shortage, and the Edison Expansion Plan	1957
Box 2	Folder 64	Teachers Pensions Drop	1955
Box 2	Folder 65	Teachers Association In 'United Front' Move	1955
Box 2	Folder 66	Teachers Ask For Pay Increase At Council Meeting	1955
Box 2	Folder 67	Board Debates Pay Schedule	1956
Box 2	Folder 68	Teachers Pay Raised	1956
Box 2	Folder 69	Teachers Pay Raised	1956
Box 2	Folder 70	Sales Tax	1956
Box 2	Folder 71	Sales Tax	1956
Box 2	Folder 72	Rochester Classroom Teachers Organization Merger with Union	1956
Box 2	Folder 73	Council Promises School Board Funds	1956
Box 2	Folder 74	School Poverty Threat to Democracy	1956
Box 2	Folder 75	Teacher Pay Group	1956
Box 2	Folder 76	Teachers Negotiating Committee	1955
Box 2	Folder 77	City Teachers Get To Pay Hike, State Funds To Defray Cost	1954
Box 2	Folder 78	City Teachers Ask Democrats To Back Retirement Benefits	1954
Box 2	Folder 79	Consider the Lilies, of Glass	1955
Box 2	Folder 80	Teachers Misled on Tax Increase	1955
Box 2	Folder 81	School Services Tied to New Funds	1956
Box 2	Folder 82	Teachers Association Backs $700 In United Move	1955
Box 2	Folder 83	Teachers Unite On $700 Boost	1955
Box 2	Folder 84	School Spending; Tax Increases	1958
Box 2	Folder 85	School Meeting On Teachers Pay	1956
Box 2	Folder 86	No Raise for Teachers	1953
Box 2	Folder 87	John Marshall High School Faculty Letter to the BOE	1955
Box 2	Folder 88	"Teachers Speak" News Editorial
Box 2	Folder 89	"Need Teacher Pay Study, Officials Say"	1955
Box 2	Folder 90	Teachers Meeting Ousts Vice-Mayor	1955
Box 2	Folder 91	Democrats Demand Sales Tax Increase	1956
Box 2	Folder 92	"City Employees Pay Hikes Recommended to Council"	1956
Box 2	Folder 93	Board Adopts New Salary Schedule	1956
Box 2	Folder 94	The Ruml Report on Schedule
Box 2	Folder 95	"Why School Board Votes 'No' On Salary Boost for Teachers"	1955
Box 2	Folder 96	"School Meeting First Calm, Then Lively"	1956
Box 2	Folder 97	Teachers Respond to Commissioner Wolz	1955
Box 2	Folder 98	"Brilliance Can Be Recruited for Public School Teaching"
Box 2	Folder 99	"City Schools Rapped for Fiscal Practices"	1958
Box 2	Folder 100	"How Satellite Battle Was Lost"
Box 2	Folder 101	Letters Regarding Teacher Recruitment	1956-1958
Box 2	Folder 102	Recommendation 4
Box 2	Folder 103	News On Cite Merger and Unemployment Benefits	1959
Box 2	Folder 104	Proposed Salary Schedule	1959
Box 2	Folder 105	School Interruptions	1959
Box 2	Folder 106	Special Bulletin On The Distribution of State Aid To Education Challenged	1954-1958
Box 2	Folder 107	"Why Our Teachers 'Cannot Retire'"
Box 2	Folder 108	Democracy in Education	1958
Box 2	Folder 109	Empire State Federation of Teachers	1958
Box 2	Folder 110	Teachers' Bill of Rights	1958
Box 2	Folder 111	NYSTA "Professional Practice Act"	1956-1958
Box 2	Folder 112	Report of Meeting in Dr. Seymour's Office"	1956
Box 2	Folder 113	Catherine Sheehan Letters	1955
Box 2	Folder 114	Catherine Sheehan Elected President of Rochester Classroom Teachers Organization	1950-1954
Box 2	Folder 115	City Teachers Elect Delegates	1954
Box 2	Folder 116	Problems of Discipline	1957
Box 2	Folder 117	Re O'Rourke Papers	1951
Box 2	Folder 118	Material from RIA and Thomistic Theses
Box 2	Folder 119	Teachers Union Elect Officials	1956
Box 2	Folder 120	'Firetrap' Schools	1957
Box 2	Folder 121	The Board on Teacher Financial Policies	1956
Box 2	Folder 122	"Citizens' Group Blocked, First President Charge"	1957
Box 2	Folder 123	Rochester High School Guidance and Counseling Practices	1960
Box 2	Folder 124	Posner Pushes for Colleges; Catherine Sheehan	1960
Box 2	Folder 125	Teacher Morale Survey	1960
Box 2	Folder 126	"What Is Tenure'"?	1960
Box 2	Folder 127	"City vs. County College"	1960
Box 2	Folder 128	"Probe of School Guidance Urged"	1960
Box 2	Folder 129	The Dismissal of William C. Olsen	1960
Box 2	Folder 130	School Grievance Unit	1960
Box 2	Folder 131	Teachers HR Unit	1960
Box 2	Folder 132	Teacher Union Protests	1960
Box 2	Folder 133	Morale Study	1960
Box 2	Folder 134	Olsen Issue	1960
Box 2	Folder 135	Julian L. Lowell Letter on ATA	1960
Box 2	Folder 136	Citizens Want Answers to the Olsen Case
Box 2	Folder 137	Social Aid Bill	1960
Box 2	Folder 138	Edison Principal Ousted	1960
Box 2	Folder 139	Edison Principal Ousted	1960
Box 2	Folder 140	Edison Principal Ousted	1960
Box 2	Folder 141	Community College	1960
Box 2	Folder 142	Community College	1960
Box 2	Folder 143	Teachers Graduate Programs and Health Insurance	1960
Box 2	Folder 144	Teachers Health Insurance	1960
Box 2	Folder 145	Community College	1960
Box 2	Folder 146	Community College	1960
Box 2	Folder 147	Rochester Teachers Are Scared	1960
Box 2	Folder 148	"Board to Study Bypassed U.S. Aid"	1960
Box 2	Folder 149	Election May Show Support for Olsen	1960
Box 2	Folder 150	Farbo and Navy Building	1960
Box 2	Folder 151	Cerulli on Grievances + Archbishop of San Antonio Speaks Out Newspaper	1960
Box 2	Folder 152	The Olsen Dismissal	1960
Box 2	Folder 153	Rev. Seymour's Contract	1960
Box 2	Folder 154	Re Olsen	1960
Box 2	Folder 155	Olsen	1960
Box 2	Folder 156	Olsen	1960
Box 2	Folder 157	Olsen	1960
Box 2	Folder 158	College Heads Education Article, Morale Article S+C, Folsom May Speed w Objective Standard of Promotion	1960
Box 2	Folder 159	Olsen	1960
Box 2	Folder 160	NYSTA RTA Reports + NYSTA Journal	1960
Box 2	Folder 161	Re Teachers' Reporting Others, Letter re Court Case, Social Workers, Governor Sees Need for More College Facilities	1959-1960
Box 2	Folder 162	Community College, A7CT 1960 Election	1960
Box 2	Folder 163	Community College (Nassau County), J-U on Community College	1960
Box 2	Folder 164	School Board Meeting Editorial, NAACP on Council, Community Council	1960
Box 2	Folder 165	J-U Editorial on Budget Mrs. Nugent's Felles in Eastridge	1969
Box 2	Folder 166	Community College	1960
Box 2	Folder 167	Howe on Labor, Budget OK, Penfield Sued	1960
Box 2	Folder 168	NYSTA - Legislative Bulletin	1960
Box 2	Folder 169	AFL-CIO Aging Plant Community Editorial, K.L. Sullivan's Letter	1960
Box 2	Folder 170	Longer School Day, Holcomb's Article, Editorial	1960
Box 2	Folder 171	AFL-CIO	1960
Box 2	Folder 172	Dr. Radebaugh's Letter, City Budget, School Repairs Made, No Tax Hike for Salary Schedule	1960
Box 2	Folder 173	Penfield Case, Throngb	1960
Box 2	Folder 174	Newspaper Articles Related to School Budget and Teachers+ Fire and Police Issues Supported By Democrats	1960
Box 2	Folder 175	Re Resignations - Longer School Day, Request for Pension Plank in Democratic Platform	1960
Box 2	Folder 176	Re Salary Schedule	1960
Box 2	Folder 177	Board Urged With Separate Salary + Cangen School Day Issues + Letters from People	1960
Box 2	Folder 178	Proposed Salary Schedule	1960
Box 2	Folder 179	Re tangent School Day	1960
Box 2	Folder 180	J-U 4-1-60 Re Salary Schedule	1960
Box 2	Folder 181	School Salary Tights Marshall Letters Barry Pay Little for City Employees	1960
Box 2	Folder 182	Storm Brewing Over School Issues	1960
Box 2	Folder 183	D+C - J-U 4-4-60 Re Salary Fight	1960
Box 2	Folder 184	Teachers' Salaries D+C - J-U	1960
Box 2	Folder 185	P.B Letter Readers With Eastridge, Governor Signs State and Bill	1960
Box 2	Folder 186	D+C Harvey Granite's Letter re Longer School Day	1960
Box 2	Folder 187	J. Farbo on Budget	1960
Box 2	Folder 188	AFL-CIO	1960
Box 2	Folder 189	D+C Pupils in Teachers' College Poorer?	1960
Box 2	Folder 190	Penfield Teachers (Miller+ Korpeck) Barred From Meeting, Tom Miller's Letter, Congress aid SS Doors	1960
Box 2	Folder 191	Board of Education-1960	1960
Box 2	Folder 192	Human Relations + Political Action	1960
Box 2	Folder 193	Board of Ed. Appointment	1960
Box 2	Folder 194	Salary Longer School Day Gitelman Praised by B.7. Roral	1960
Box 2	Folder 195	Re Seymour's Contact	1960
Box 2	Folder 196	Re Shorter School Day	1960
Box 2	Folder 197	J-U Re Pay Scale	1960
Box 2	Folder 198	D+C Normal at City-Council in D+C, Re Pay Scale	1960
Box 2	Folder 199	Re Grievance Procedure	1960
Box 2	Folder 200	Forand Bill Weis Ostertag	1960
Box 2	Folder 201	The Forand Bill Mr. F France Mr. Storandt	1960
Box 2	Folder 202	Seymour Contradictions- Free Books, Book Rental Raised	1960
Box 2	Folder 203	Re Grievance + Morale Survey my letter	1960
Box 2	Folder 204	Re Certification Equalization Rate Retirement Election	1959
Box 2	Folder 205	NYS/AM "Better Use of School Year," John Cobb on Education, William Ringle on Hours of Teaching	1959
Box 2	Folder 206	Norman's Letter, Kay Sullivan's Letter, Ross Rito's Letter My Letters in Support of Norman's Articles, Article on Dr. Cerulli	1959
Box 2	Folder 207	de Kiewiet on Education	1959
Box 2	Folder 208	Letters re Court Case D+C and J-U CE x Ua Clippings. Clipping re Caseworkers	1959
Box 2	Folder 209	Insurance Fiasco, A 7 e T Regent, Letter on Court Case	1959
Box 2	Folder 210	Teachers Ask Pay Increase at Council D+C T-U PTA Meeting, Announcement of PTA Panel D+C	1955-1958
Box 2	Folder 211	Labor News County Recap Our Own Defense Fund	1960
Box 2	Folder 212	Community College	1960
Box 2	Folder 213	The Grievance Community Giangiobbe + Paul Dupre	1960
Box 2	Folder 214	Community College L-N	1960
Box 2	Folder 215	Community College	1960
Box 2	Folder 216	Community College Norman's Letters	1960
Box 2	Folder 217	Mar Zuller on Edison Battle of Books	1960
Box 2	Folder 218	Orden + Aport on Olsen, Merring Going, De Zafra of m Olsen	1960
Box 2	Folder 219	Nov-Dec. Issue of ES 7. Search 1968	1968
Box 2	Folder 220	Five Teachers Demand Increase, Labor Meeting	1960
Box 2	Folder 221	Doc. Editorial on Home Econ. Classes at Madison and Supreme fiscal independence	1954-1958
Box 2	Folder 222	We Support Merring's Use of Labor Bill, My Letters Re Harriman Veto	1957
Box 2	Folder 223	Our Plan + Help Chinese Prisoners Father McKeon S.J.M. Teachers' Rights	1956-1958
Box 2	Folder 224	Board of Education Re Survey	1958
Box 2	Folder 225	Our Grievance Procedure, On Class Interruptions	1957-1958
Box 2	Folder 226	J-U D+C- On More Money for Education	1957-1958
Box 2	Folder 227	Re Salary Re Rejection of Our Grievance Procedure	1958
Box 2	Folder 228	Longer School Day
Box 2	Folder 229	Poets	1960
Box 2	Folder 230	Antiques Castleford - Gaudy Dutch
Box 2	Folder 231	Father Flood's Poetry	1959
Box 2	Folder 232	Antiques - Sandwich Glass	1955
Box 2	Folder 233	Olsen Care	1960
Box 2	Folder 234	Portables, Dwindling Contingency Fund, Gitelman on Tax Rate	1960
Box 2	Folder 235	Norman on Coercion Norman Aid For Service	1960
Box 2	Folder 236	Re Sick Leave Re NY Salary Fight	1958-1959
Box 2	Folder 237	Re Grievance R Wade's Article	1957
Box 2	Folder 238	Seymour on Child Labor Law Burke Election	1957-1958
Box 2	Folder 239	Asian Flue Fight, Flu, Grievance Council The Refined . East High	1957-1959
Box 2	Folder 240	Seymour Re Staff	1956
Box 2	Folder 241	Democrats' Support, Labor Support	1955
Box 2	Folder 242	Democrats' Say Pay Raise Best Issue, PTA Meeting, Pay Rise Said Doomed	1955
Box 2	Folder 243	Farbo Ousted From Meeting	1955
Box 2	Folder 244	George Cook on Pay Rise, Letters From Laurels	1955
Box 2	Folder 245	My Resignation as A7 CT Federation, Budget Hearing, Labor News, American Teacher re my election as Treasurer of Central Trades	1958
Box 2	Folder 246	Salary Fights	1955