NYSUT Memorabilia, 1980-1998
Collection Number: 6174 MB
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
NYSUT Memorabilia, 1980-1998
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Collection Number:
6174 MB
Creator:
New York State United Teachers (NYSUT)
Quanitities:
2.28 cubic feet
Language:
Collection material in English, Spanixh
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.
Items from conventions and other events dating as far back as 1845 but mostly concentrating
on the 1980s and 90s; includes plaques, campaign pins, buttons, name tags, T-shirts,
tote bags, and other items.
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INFORMATION FOR USERS
NYSUT Memorabilia #6174 MB. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives,
Cornell University Library.
Related Collections: 6174/017 MB 6174: NYSUT Records 6174 AV: NYSUT Audio-Visual Materials 6174 OH: NYSUT Oral History Interviews 6174 P: NYSUT Photographs 6174 PUBS: NYSUT Publications 6174/001: NYSUT President's Office Files 6174/001 P: NYSUT President's Office Photographs 6174/002: NYSUT Vice President's Office files 6174/003: NYSUT Division of Research and Educational Services. Files 6174/004: NYSUT Field Services Department Files 6174/004 AV: NYSUT Field Services Department Audio-Visual Material 6174/005: NYSUT Legislative Department Files 6174/006: NYSUT Public Relations Department Files 6174/007: NYSUT New York Special Task Force on Equity and Excellence in Education
Files 6174/008: NYSUT Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals Files 6174/009: NYSUT Teacher Education Conference Board Files 6174/010: NYSUT Convention files 6174/011: NYSUT Mid-Hudson Regional Office Files 6174/012: NYSUT "Teachers United: The Rise of NYSUT" Research Notes 6174/013 AV: NYSUT Representative Assembly (RA) Audio-Visual materials 6174/014: NYSUT Alan Lubin Files 6174/015: NYSUT Boards of Directors Meetings 6174/016: NYSUT Vice-President's Office Maria Neira. Files 6174/017: NYSUT General Officers Records 6174/017 AV: NYSUT General Officers Audio-Visual Materials 6174/017 P: NYSUT General Officers Photographs 6174/018: NYSUT Division of Research and Educational Services, Maria Neira Files 6174/019: NYSUT Biography File
Names:
New York State United Teachers
Subjects:
Teachers' union--New York (State)
CONTAINER LIST
Container
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Description
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Date
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Box 1 | Folder 1 |
New York State Martin Luther King, Jr. Institute and Commission Plaque
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Scope and Contents
In Recognition for Service and Leadership, Thomas Y. Hobart, President, NYSUT-- 5x7
etched glass plaque with wooden stand
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Box 1 | Folder 2 |
AFT paddles
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3 paper paddles shaped like apples
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Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Cotton and paper signs
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cotton-- "Aylwin, Presidente de Todos Los Chilenos" ; paper -- Bodegas y Vinedos Giol,
Maipu, Mendoza, Buenos Aires
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Box 1 | Folder 4 |
Alfred E. Smith Award : For conspicuous Service in Behalf of Public Education to
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Scope and Contents
5x7 wood plaque
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Box 1 | Folder 5 |
AFT hats
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Scope and Contents
1 cotton hat - "American Federation of Teachers" ; 2 foam visors - "American Federation
of Teachers"
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Box 1 | Folder 6 |
Union Leadership Institute, American Federation of Teachers - badges
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Scope and Contents
name tags - American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO, Staff ; Union leadership Institute,
Charles Santelli, Director of Research and Educational Services NYSUT
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Box 1 | Folder 7 |
Stickers
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Scope and Contents
AFT Clinton/Gore bumper stickers ; Solidarity Day '91, august 31, Washington, D.C.
be there! American Federation of Labor & Congress of Industrial Organizations ; Be
there! Solidarity Day '91, ALF-CIO, August 31, Washington D.C. - roll of stickers
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Box 1 | Folder 8 |
New York State Council of Educational Association Plaque
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Scope and Contents
"The New York State Council of Educational Associations expresses its appreciation
to The New York State United Teachers for their generous support and service in the
production of their monograph on Multiculturalism, April 1994" - 8x10 plaque
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Box 1 | Folder 9 |
Buttons (13)
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Scope and Contents
AFT ; AFT ; aft Clinton/Gore ; 1888 One Hundred 1988 Years of Solidarity, Rochester
& Vicinity Labor Council AFL-CIO ; It's Time for them to GO! Vote Democratic (2) ;
Stop Tuition Tax Credits ; I was there! Solidarity Day '91, AFL-CIO, August 31, Washington,
D.C. ; Right to Strike, Right to Organize, Solidarity Day, August 31, 1991, Washington,
D.C.
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Box 1 | Folder 10 |
Buttons and Pen
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5 of same button - The Real Education Candidate Clinton, NYSUT ; 1 Pen - Civitas
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Box 1 | Folder 11 |
Buttons, Tie Tacks, Name Plates
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3 buttons - Bill Clinton For President ; 2 push pins - Clinton/Gore ; 1 pin - National
Rainbow Coalition ; 1 push pin - Civitas ; 1 tie tack with a torch on it ; 1 pin -
Solidarity Day '91, AFL CIO, August 31, Washington, D.C. ; 2 name plates - James M.
Balassone, 1963-1964 and Helen P. Maney, 1959-1960 ; 1 push pin - CBY ; 1 push pin
- NYSUT, 1972-1982 (was removed from 6174/010, box 1, FF2)
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Box 1 | Folder 12 |
NYSUT name tag
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Scope and Contents
NYSUT, United Teachers, AFT, New York State United Teachers (Paul Cole)
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Box 1 | Folder 13 |
Buttons
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Scope and Contents
1 - I Toed the Line, Chicago Teachers Union, 73 ; 1 - Free to be You and Me ; 1 -
Try a Virgin Island, St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas
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Box 1 | Folder 14 |
Assorted Name Tags and Business Cards
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luggage tag - Chicago, PSEA, Pennsylvania State Education Association ; pin - Teacher
Unity, NEA, AFT, Merge ; NYSUT Business Cards for James Conti ; name tags - Attorneys
for Teacher Law Seminar, American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO ; 1980 Representative
Assembly, New York State United Teachers ; AFT, American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO
; New York State, Public Employees Federation, AFL-CIO, Guest ; NYSUT, United Teachers,
New Presidents Workshop
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Box 1 | Folder 15 |
Buttons - (13) ; Name Plates (2)
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Scope and Contents
The Hunter's Horn, Irish Power ; Unity Independence ; Our Position, No Tuition, Legislative
Conference, Boycott - Non-UFW Grapes ; Non-Violence is our strength ; P.O.W.'s, Never
Have a Nice Day ; MIA, Missing or Prisoner ; I Do Not Want To Strike. But I Will ;
(Apple with an X thru it) ; Teachers, AFT, United! ; State Employees for PEF, N.Y.S.
Public Employees Federation ; NYSTA UTNY Teacher Unity --- name plates -- NYSTA, New
York State Teachers Association, James Conti ; New York State Teachers Association,
National Education Association
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Box 1 | Folder 16 |
Buttons, Push Pins
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Scope and Contents
12 push pins shaped like a foot ; 3 push pins - NYSUT United Teachers ; 1 push pin
shaped like NY, New York State United Teachers ; 1 pin - PSA ; 1 - Boycott non-union
Lettuce ; 1 - Rossomando, Executive Committee ; 1 - McGovern
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Box 1 | Folder 17 |
Medallion
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Scope and Contents
Gold circular medallion - New York State Teachers Association, 1845
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Box 1 | Folder 18 |
Loose in box items
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Scope and Contents
t-shirt - AFT Merger, R.I.P. ; t-shirt - Solidarity Day '91 ; T-shirt - Vote, November
3, Good for Education, Bill Clinton ; cap - Union Yes, NYSUT ;
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Box 1 | Folder 19 |
small cloth bag
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1987 |
Scope and Contents
NYSUT, 15th Annual Representative Assembly, April 2-4, 1987, Albany, New York
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Box 1 | Folder 20 |
NYSUT: A Union of Professionals (fold up -- re-usable bag)
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Box 2 | Folder 1 |
Push Pins (2) -- AFT, Past President and AFT-Code
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Box 2 | Folder 2 |
Western Union Telegram -- from Senator John F Kennedy
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Scope and Contents
Regret very much but due to busy schedule it will be impossible for me to accept your
very kind invitation for me to speak at your central zone meeting on October 16th
at Syracuse. Extremely sorry. Many thanks for thinking of me
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Box 2 | Folder 3 |
Amendment to Charter
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1980 |
Scope and Contents
The University of the State of New York, Education Dept. -- The Trustees of the Teachers
Homegranted February 28, 1980
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Box 2 | Folder 4 |
Tie (framed)
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1997 |
Scope and Contents
Tie with clock design -- note: March 24, 1997 -- Dear Edie: Al had made scores of
memorable speeches. His speech in 1976, subsequently entitled Keep the Clock, was
one which had an enormous effect in helping to keep NYSUT united
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Box 3 |
NYSUT-Sign for Solidarity Day '91
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Box 3 | Folder 1 |
Sign
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Scope and Contents
Large sign - NYSUT - Solidarity Day '91
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Box 4 | Folder 1 |
NYSUT badges
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1998 |
Scope and Contents
2 - Representative Assembly, NYSUT, 25th Anniversary, Delegate badges (one with a
ribbon, one without) --- pulled from 6174/010, box 3/ff22, caption RA Delegate Kit,
1998
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Box 4 | Folder 2 |
NYSUT push pin
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Scope and Contents
NYSUT 300,000 -- removed from 6174/010 -- box 3/ff7 - caption RA Delegate Kit, march
22-25
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Box 4 | Folder 3 |
Push pins (2) and Pen
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1991 |
Scope and Contents
1- shaped like a yellow ribbon, tied in a bow ; 1- NYSUT ; 1 Pen from Mutual of Omaha
- items removed from 6174/010 - box 3/ff9 - caption -- RA Delegate Kit - 1991
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Box 4 | Folder 4 |
NYSUT Cloth tote bag
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Scope and Contents
10th Anniversary, 1972-1982 -- NYSUT United Teachers
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