Chicago Teachers Union records, 1870-1972, (bulk 1930-1972).

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Chicago Teachers Union records, 1870-1972, (bulk 1930-1972).

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Correspondence, minutes, position papers, speeches, reports, agreements, financial records, press releases, and newsclippings of the CTU, the Men's Teachers Union, the Federation of Women High School Teachers (1914-1937), the Joint Board of Teachers Unions, and the School Clerk's Union (1930-1967). Topics include unionization and the American Federation of Teachers, negotiations with the school superintendent and the Chicago Board of Education, anti-communism, funding of schools, and the CTU's 1969 strike. Includes 3 cassette audio tapes containing reminiscences of the CTU by John M. Fewkes, its first president. Includes scrapbook pertaining primarily to the Chicago Teachers' Federation.

4 sound recordings.3 sound cassettes. (Fewkes).

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Chicago Teachers Union

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Formed in 1897 as The Chicago Federation of Teachers. Later called the Archdiocesan Teachers Federation Local 1700 of the AFT. The local was comprised of grade and high school teachers in the Archdiocese of Chicago. From the description of American Federation of Teachers Local 1700 records, 1962-1977, (bulk 1967-1975). (Wayne State University, Archives of Labor & Urban). WorldCat record id: 32321264 ...

School Clerks' Union (Chicago, Ill.)

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Chicago, Ill. Board of Education

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Chicago Teachers' Federation

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Margaret Angela Haley (1861-1939), a teacher, was business agent of the Chicago Teachers' Federation. For biographical information, see Notable American Women, 1607-1950 (1971). From the description of Papers, n.d. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232007654 ...

Men's Teachers Union (Chicago, Ill.)

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Fewkes, John M.

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Joint Board of Teachers Unions (Chicago, Ill.)

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Federation of Women High School Teachers (Chicago, Ill.)

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