Communications Workers of America, Education Division, Local 1104 Records, 1969-2001.

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Communications Workers of America. Education Division. Local 1104. Communications Workers of America, Education Division, Local 1104 Records, 1969-2001.

Communications Workers of America, Education Division, Local 1104 Records, 1969-2001.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/690590154

The collection arrived at the archives without a set order to the records, so the archivist imposed an arrangement on the records as they were processed. Many of the records reflect the activities of the GSEU statewide executive committee, which oversees the functions of the various branches of the union around New York State. Those records comprise a series of their own and mainly consist of administrative files such as correspondence, meeting minutes, activity planning, elections, and instructional information on how to organize. Each SUNY center school has its own subseries under the heading of "Administrative Files." These subseries mirror some content from the statewide executive files. There are also files dealing with day-to-day matters. Material from SUNY Buffalo outnumbers material from Albany, Binghamton, and Stony Brook. This collection also contains papers documenting the founding of the GSEU; various financial materials; publications from SUNY campuses, especially union newsletters; and subject files covering topics that were not deemed strictly administrative or applied to multiple locations. Topics include issues with Univera Healthcare, protests of student fees, parking problems, and more. There are membership files concerning grievances on behalf of individuals, member applications, and bargaining surveys; these are restricted as there are confidentiality issues with each type of document.There is also a selection of memorabilia that includes buttons, bumper stickers, t-shirts, posters, and photographs. Almost all photos were without labels or dates; therefore they are identified as clearly as a survey of the pictures would allow. Correspondence in each series is arranged according to the way the letters, e-mails, and memos were submitted to the archives: items that arrived in labeled folders were rehoused in acid-free folders and labeled similarly or exactly as the GSEU labeled them. The archivist placed items that arrived unfoldered in acid-free folders reading "Correspondence -- general."

17 cu ft.

University at Albany, University Libraries