NYSUT Biography File, 1961-1975
Collection Number: 6174/019
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
NYSUT Biography File, 1961-1975
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Collection Number:
6174/019
Creator:
New York State United Teachers (NYSUT)
Quanitities:
0.5 cubic feet
Language:
Collection material in English
New York State United Teachers (NYSUT) was created in 1972 by the merger of the New
York State Teachers Association (NYSTA) and the United Teachers of New York (UTNY).
NYSTA had been affiliated with the National Education Association (NEA), and UTNY
with the American Federation of Teachers (AFT). UTNY was the statewide organization
whose United Federation of Teachers (UFT), led by Albert Shanker, was the predominant
teachers' union in New York City. In joining with United Teachers and affiliating
with the AFT, NYSUT also became a member union of the AFL-CIO.
In 1976, NYSUT voted to disaffiliate with the NEA. Some locals left NYSUT and created
the NYEA (New York Educators Association), which became the state affiliate for the
NEA. In the early 1980s, NYEA changed its name to NEA-NY.
NYEA/NEA- NY viewed association with the AFL-CIO's industrial unions as undermining
the professional image and independence of teachers. The two organizations also differed
strongly on aspects of the governance structure, particularly with respect to ethnic
minority representation, with NYSUT opposed to mandatory minimums. The rivalry between
NYSUT and NYEA/NEA-NY in organizing new locals expended a great deal of resources
for both labor organizations.
While competition with NYEA/NEA-NY was a constant focus of NYSUT's organizing efforts
for teachers, NYSUT was also organizing college faculty members, nurses, and other
non-teaching personnel. Once members were organized, NYSUT continued to advocate for
teachers' and other workers' rights through contract support and legal services at
the local level and political involvement at the state and federal levels, supporting
candidates and legislation that protected funding, due process, and working conditions.
NEA-N Y merged with NYSUT in 2006, by which time NYSUT had grown to more than half
a million members, becoming the largest union in New York State.
Biographies of officers and field staff of New York State Teachers Association (NYSTA)
1961-1975. Includes some photographs (formal head shots), many in poor condition.
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INFORMATION FOR USERS
NYSUT Biography File #6174/019. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and
Archives, Cornell University Library.
Related Collections: All other 6174 collections
Names:
New York State United Teachers
New York State United Teachers. Archives
Subjects:
Teachers' union, New York (State)
CONTAINER LIST
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Container
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Description
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Date
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Anderson, George E.
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1968 |
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Scope and Contents
Photo and press release from New York State Teachers' Association announcing appointment
of Anderson as administrative assistant and business manager; newspaper clipping announcing
appointment, 1968
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| Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Bain, Helen P.
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1970 |
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Scope and Contents
Photo and biographical sketch of president of National Education Association
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| Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Barrett, Catherine
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1972 |
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Scope and Contents
Formal photos and negative; resume of Barrett as president of New York State Teachers
Association and a director of National Education Association, 1969, and as vice president/president
elect of NEA, 1971-72; biographical sketches
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| Box 1 | Folder 4 |
Barry, Franklyn S.
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1961 |
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Scope and Contents
Photo and background information re president of New York State Teachers Association
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| Box 1 | Folder 5 |
Bovard, Robert C.
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1967 |
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Scope and Contents
Photo and resume of NYSTA field representative; newspaper clipping of biography in
NYSTA News Trends
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| Box 1 | Folder 6 |
Bush, Ronald W.
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Scope and Contents
Biographical information and newspaper clipping of NYSTA field representative
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| Box 1 | Folder 7 |
Cantor, Arnold
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Scope and Contents
Photo
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| Box 1 | Folder 8 |
Crawford, Ronald C.
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1970 |
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Scope and Contents
Photo and resume; press release from NYSTA announcing appointment of Crawford as regional
services representative
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| Box 1 | Folder 9 |
Cummings, R. Elaine
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Scope and Contents
Resume
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| Box 1 | Folder 10 |
D'Angelo, John
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Scope and Contents
Photo; resume, c. 1971
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| Box 1 | Folder 11 |
Freedman, Ira
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1965 |
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Scope and Contents
Photo and negative; background information and resume as assistant in public relations
for NYSTA
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| Box 1 | Folder 12 |
Gimbernat, Ruth
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Scope and Contents
Photo; newspaper clipping as new associate editor of New York State Education; biography
as administrative assistant for NYSTA Long Island Regional Office
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| Box 1 | Folder 13 |
Goold, G. Howard
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1973 |
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Scope and Contents
Photos of Goold as a young man and later in life; resume; clipping from Who's Who
in American Education, 1967-68, and Who's Who in the East, 1972-73, as executive secretary
of NYSTA
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| Box 1 | Folder 14 |
Harvey, John J.
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Scope and Contents
Resume of NYSTA public relations coordinator for Western New York; resume of wife
Christine Frances Harvey
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| Box 1 | Folder 15 |
Hill, Norman
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1975 |
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Scope and Contents
Newspaper clipping from New York Teacher, "Norman Hill Succeeds Bayard Rustin as Director
of Randolph Institute," with biographical information, January 19, 1975
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| Box 1 | Folder 16 |
Hopkins, Ned K.
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Scope and Contents
Resume and press release from NYSTA re appointment of Hopkins as director of public
relations, c. 1970
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| Box 1 | Folder 17 |
Howard, Richard C.
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Scope and Contents
Resume
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| Box 1 | Folder 18 |
Kerr, Blanche W.
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Scope and Contents
Photo, 1957; resume
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| Box 1 | Folder 19 |
Knapp, John R.
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1970 |
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Scope and Contents
Photo; NYSTA press release re appointment of Knapp as instruction intern; resume
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| Box 1 | Folder 20 |
Kraus, Harry N.
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1971 |
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Scope and Contents
Resume of NYSTA director of public relations
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| Box 1 | Folder 21 |
Kullman, Nathan E.
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1966 |
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Scope and Contents
Photos and negative; resume of assistant executive secretary, NYSTA
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| Box 1 | Folder 22 |
Lambert, Sam M.
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Scope and Contents
Photos of executive secretary of NEA
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| Box 1 | Folder 23 |
Law, Kenneth L.
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1971 |
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Scope and Contents
Resume
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| Box 1 | Folder 24 |
Leggio, Edward J.
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Scope and Contents
Resume
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| Box 1 | Folder 25 |
MacDonald, Helene Conroy
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Scope and Contents
Photos and negative
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| Box 1 | Folder 26 |
Manners, Robert C.
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Scope and Contents
Photos; resume
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| Box 1 | Folder 27 |
Matterson, Curtiss B.
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1964 |
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Scope and Contents
Photos; biographical information for NYSTA field representative
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| Box 1 | Folder 28 |
McKillip, Daniel C.
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1967-1968 |
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Scope and Contents
Clippings from NYTSA News Trends re field representative
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| Box 1 | Folder 29 |
McLaughlin, Arthur F., Jr.
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1966 |
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Scope and Contents
Photo negatives; biographical information
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| Box 1 | Folder 30 |
Paliwodzinski, Robert L.
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Scope and Contents
Photo; resume
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| Box 1 | Folder 31 |
Rowley, Richard R.
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1967 |
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Scope and Contents
Clippings from NYSTA News Trends announcing the designation of law firm Sneeringer
and Rowley as counsel to NYSTA, with biographical description of Rowley
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| Box 1 | Folder 32 |
Rustin, Bayard
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1975 |
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Scope and Contents
Biography of Bayard Rustin, executive director/president of the A. Philip Randolph
Institute; newspaper clipping from New York Teacher announcing replacement of Rustin
as executive director by Norman Hill, 1975
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| Box 1 | Folder 33 |
Selden, David
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1973 |
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Scope and Contents
Biography of David Selden, president of American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO
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| Box 1 | Folder 34 |
Trobridge, Rex Charles
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Scope and Contents
Resume, c. 1974
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| Box 1 | Folder 35 |
Vincent, Florence
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Scope and Contents
Photos
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| Box 1 | Folder 36 |
Walters, Marguerite J.
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Scope and Contents
Photos; resume of NYSTA director of professional services
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| Box 1 | Folder 37 |
White, Francis J., Jr.
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Scope and Contents
Resume of executive secretary of NYSTA; photos
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| Box 1 | Folder 38 |
Wilson, Lois
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Scope and Contents
NYSTA press release announcing appointment of Lois Wilson as director of studies
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