Papers of the Pittsburgh Board of Public Education on Dorothy Albert, 1928-1952.

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Papers of the Pittsburgh Board of Public Education on Dorothy Albert, 1928-1952.

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This collection consists of materials collected by the Pittsburgh Board of Public Education regarding Dorothy Albert's twenty year teaching career in Pittsburgh and her dismissal stemming from allegations that she was a communist. Included are her application for a teaching position, proof of her training, and teaching evaluations from throughout her career. The application includes a photograph of Albert. In addition, there are Board of Education decisions, correspondence and clippings regarding Albert's dismissal. Legal documents from her appeals to the school board and Supreme Court of Pennsylvania are also present.

0.21 linear ft. ( 1 box)

University of Pittsburgh

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University of Pittsburgh

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United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities (1934-1975)

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From 1934 to 1937 The U.S. House Committee on Un-American Activities began as the Special Committee on Un-American Activities and was also known as the McCormack-Dickstein Committee. The Dies Committee, was created on May 26, 1938, with the approval of House Resolution 282, which authorized the Speaker of the House to appoint a special committee of seven members to investigate un-American activities in the United States, domestic diffusion of propaganda, and all other questions relating thereto...

Albert, Dorothy, 1908-

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Pittsburgh Board of Public Education (Pa.)

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Dorothy Albert was born to Russian immigrants on February 25, 1908, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. After graduating in 1928 with an A.B. degree from the University of Pittsburgh, she became an English teacher at Taylor Allderdice High School in Squirrel Hill. In March, 1950, she was denounced as a communist by FBI informant Matthew Cvetic during a hearing before the House Un-American Activities Committee. Her name was published along with many other alleged area communists in the Pittsburgh newspa...