Arthur O. Lewis papers. [archival material]. 1954-1963.

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Arthur O. Lewis papers. [archival material]. 1954-1963.

Correspondence, notes, and pamphlets documenting Arthur Lewis' involvement with the American Federation of Teachers, the Pennsylvania Federation of Teachers, and Local 500 of the American Federation of Teachers located in State College, Pennsylvania.

2.5 cubic ft. (2 boxes).

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Pennsylvania Federation of Teachers

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American Federation of Teachers

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Joyce Wheeler was a member of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), a national teachers' labor union founded in 1900. She was particularly active in the United Action Caucus (UAC), a rank and file organization within the AFT. The UAC took stands on various issues within the American educational system, supported progressive politics in general, and campaigned for internal democracy within the AFT. Members of the Communist Party USA are thought to have played an important role in the UAC. Wh...

American Federation of Teachers. Local 500 (State College, Pa.)

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Lewis, Arthur O. (Arthur Orcutt)

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Author and educator Arthur O. Lewis served as Associate Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Professor of English at the Pennsylvania State University from 1950. His annual Directory of Utopian Scholars, which he began compiling in 1958, was one of the publications that eventually brought about the establishment of the Society for Utopian Studies and the Associazione Internazionale per gli Studi sulle Utopie. Lewis authored Of Men and Machines and American Utopias: Selected Short Fiction, and...