American Federation of Teachers, Local 500 (Pennsylvania State University) records, 1933-1962.

Eisenhower, Milton Stover, 1899-1985

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Milton Stover Eisenhower was born on September 15, 1899 in Abilene, Kansas, the son of local creamery worker David Eisenhower and Ida Stover. His younger brother, Dwight D. Eisenhower, became U.S. President (1952-1960). Milton Eisenhower graduated from Kansas State College in 1923 with a B.S. in industrial journalism before serving as the American vice-consul in Edinburgh, Scotland, from 1924 to 1926. In 1926, he entered the Department of Agriculture as an administrative assistant and became its...

Pennsylvania state university

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The Pennsylvania Humanities Council designated the year 1985 as "The Year of the Pennsylvania Writer." The PHC funded projects in eight locations throughout the Commonwealth to gain appreciation, understanding, and recognition for past and present Pennsylvania writers. The State College/University Park location held a two-stage conference and related events by five Centre County regional organizations. From the description of The Year of the Pennsylvania writer collection, 1984-1986....

McDevitt, James L. (James Lawrence), 1898-1963

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Walker, Eric A. (Eric Arthur), 1910-1995

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Eric Arthur Walker, born in Nottinghamshire, England, in 1910, came to the United States by way of Canada in 1923, settling in Wrightsville, Pennsylvania. Receiving a small academic scholarship from Harvard University, Walker earned his Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering in 1932, his Master of Science degree in business administration in 1933, and his doctorate degree in engineering in 1935. After teaching electrical engineering at Tufts College and the University of Connecticu...

Boyer, Harry

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Meany, George, 1894-1980

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Labor official; interviewee d.1980. From the description of Reminiscences of George Meany : oral history, 1957. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122587289 President, AFL-CIO, 1955-1980. George Meany (1894-1980) was elected president of the American Federation of Labor (A.F. of L.) in 1952. His efforts to unite his organization with its rival, the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO), was successful, and he was ...

MacRae, Wendell, 1896-1980

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Wendell Scott MacRae was Publications Production Manager, Office of Public Information, at Pennsylvania State College. From the description of Wendell MacRae loyalty oath case, 1952-1953. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 46917714 ...

American Federation of Teachers. Local 500 (Pennsylvania State University)

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The American Federation of Teachers first organized in 1916. It grew slowly until the 1960s when its membership rose to over 400,000. Local 500, representing the Pennsylvania State University, received its charter in 1937. The local union membership reached a height of 76 in 1955 but fell to less than 30 by 1961. From the description of American Federation of Teachers, Local 500 (Pennsylvania State University) records, 1933-1962. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat re...

Duff, James H. (James Henderson), 1883-1969

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Governor of Pennsylvania, 1947-1951. From the description of Correspondence to Maxwell Struthers Burt, 1948. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 122646658 ...