Shaftel, Oscar, 1912-2000

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Oscar Shaftel (1912-2000) was a faculty member at Queens College who was fired in 1953 after he refused to answer the New York City Board of Higher Educcation's questions about Communist affiliations in academia.

From the guide to the Oscar Shaftel Papers, 1940s-1990s, (Tamiment Library / Wagner Archives)

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creatorOf Oscar Shaftel Papers, 1940s-1990s Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
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Birth 1912

Death 2000

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