Donnelly, Betty Hawley papers, 1946-1970
Collection Number: 5393
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Betty Hawley Donnelly papers, 1946-1970
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Collection Number:
5393
Abstract:
Correspondence and files of Betty Hawley Donnelly, vice president of the New York
Federation of Labor and its successor, the New York State AFL-CIO.
Creator:
Donnelly, Betty Hawley
Quanitities:
4 cubic feet
Language:
Collection material in English
A vice-president of the New York State AFL-CIO for fifty years and chairman of its
committee on education. Donnelly also worked with the N.Y.C. Board of Education for
forty years and was a member of the President's and Governor's Committees for the
Physically Handicapped.
Consist chiefly of correspondence and reports concerning vocational education and
health. Include correspondence (1939-1943) with the following: Ernest L. Stebbin (commissioner
of health, City of New York), Lester W. Herzog (administrator, Federal Works Agency,
Work Projects Administration), Frank Powers (Powers X-Ray Corporation), George F.
Pigott (associate superintendent of schools), John E. Wade (superintendent of schools),
and Hiram Jones (State Department of Education) regarding the vocational school x-ray
survey, tuberculosis, and health programs in the New York vocational high schools;
also reports on health instruction, physical examinations, physical fitness, tuberculosis,
and the vocational schools chest x-ray survey; letters (1943) from members of the
Assembly, State of New York (Albany) regarding the Vocational Schools Health Bill,
Assembly PR 1627, Int. 1448; letters (1959-1960) regarding retail marketing in New
York City; letters (1965) on Donnelly's retirement; condolence letters to Donnelly's
son, John R. Hawley, upon her death (1970); requests for criticisms of curricula for
courses in woodworking, carpentry, optical mechanics and retail distribution; and
reports of the Committee on Education of the New York State Federation of Labor (1939,
1941, 1956). Also include a report of the New York City Board of Education's Advisory
Board on Vocational Education to members of the Governor's Committee on Discrimination
(1942); occupational survey of the food trades of the City of New York (1958); reports
on job opportunities for electrical workers and automotive engineers; curricula outlines
(1962-1963) for courses in food trades, beauty culture, automotive mechanics, sheet
metal working, plumbing, machine shop and plastics; financial statements (1958, 1959),
and routine letters (1929-1963) of the Petroleum Education Foundation chartered by
the Regents of the University of the State of New York; interim report to study vocational
education (1940); clippings; photographs; and printed and miscellaneous materials.
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Betty Hawley Donnelly papers #5393. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation
and Archives, Cornell University Library.
Names:
New York State AFL-CIO.
New York State Federation of Labor
United States. Federal Works Agency.
United States. Work Projects Administration.
Donnelly, Betty Hawley
Stebbin, Ernest L.
Subjects:
Automobiles -- Maintenance and repair -- Study and teaching -- United States.
Food service employees -- New York (N.Y.)
Occupational surveys.
Occupational training -- New York (N.Y.)
Occupational training -- New York (State)
Vocational education planning -- New York (N.Y.)
Labor leaders
Vocational teachers
Automobile industry. United States. Vocational guidance.
Beauty culture. Study and teaching. United States.
Electric industries. United States. Vocational guidance.
Food service. Study and teaching. United States.
Machine shops. United States. Vocational guidance.
Sheet-metal works. Study and teaching. United States.
Vocational students. Health and hygiene. 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 |
X-Ray Bill. Letters from Legislature
|
1943 |
| Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Misc.
|
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| Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Materials on Tuberculosis X-Rays
|
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| Box 1 | Folder 4 |
Misc. Pictures
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| Box 1 | Folder 5 |
Misc.
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| Box 1 | Folder 6 |
Jobs. Retail Marketing Correspondence
|
1963-1964 |
| Box 2 | Folder 1 |
Sympathy Letters
|
1970 |
| Box 2 | Folder 2 |
Petroleum Education Foundation
|
1958-1959 |
| Box 2 | Folder 3 |
Food-Maritime School
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| Box 2 | Folder 4 |
Courses of Study. Committee of 9
|
1934-1963 |
| Box 2 | Folder 5 |
Correspondence
|
1939-1970 |
| Box 2 | Folder 6 |
An Occupational Opportunities Survey of the Food Trades
|
1958 |
| Box 2 | Folder 7 |
Printing News
|
1970 |
| Box 2 | Folder 8 |
Historical Background of the Advisory Board for Vocational and Extension Education
|
1965 |
| Box 2 | Folder 9 |
Award Picture
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| Box 2 | Folder 10 |
Betty Hawley Donnelly: Preamble and Resolutions Regarding Tribute
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| Box 2 | Folder 11 |
Vocational Education and Guidance in New York City
|
1948 |
| Box 2 | Folder 12 |
Certificate of Appreciation
|
1964 |
| Box 3 | Folder 1 |
Newspaper Clippings
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| Box 3 | Folder 2 |
Certificates
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| Box 3 | Folder 3 |
New York State Maritime College
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1966 |
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Scope and Contents
Certificate
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| Box 3 | Folder 4 |
State of New York Executive Chamber
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1946 |
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Scope and Contents
Certificate
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