Overview
The Harvard Teachers' Union was founded in 1935 as a local Harvard chapter of the American Federation of Teachers. The records include general information, publications, copies of its constitution, meeting minutes, bulletins, correspondence and papers, and reports.
Dates
- Creation: 1935-1948 and [undated]
Creator
- Harvard Teachers' Union (Harvard University) (Organization)
Researcher Access
The Records of the Harvard Teachers' Union are open for research.
Extent
.62 cubic feet (6 folders, 2 half-document boxes, 1 volume, 1 accordion folder)The Records of the Harvard Teachers' Union include general information, publications, copies of its constitution, meeting minutes, bulletins, correspondence and papers, and reports. The collection also includes a statement on the Teachers' Oath Law of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, replies to a questionnaire on placement services, and a statement by the Cambridge Union of University Teachers on the dismissal of Harvard Economics instructors J. Raymond Walsh and Dr. Alan R. Sweezy.
Historical note on the Harvard Teachers' Union
The Harvard Teachers' Union was founded in the fall of 1935 as a local Harvard chapter of the American Federation of Teachers, the second largest teacher's labor union in the United States. The Harvard group was originally named the Cambridge Union of University Teachers, but was later changed to the Harvard Teachers' Union.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in ten series:
- General folder, [undated] (HUD 3823.8000)
- A statement on the Teachers' Oath Law of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts..., March 1, 1936 (HUD 3823.8236)
- Bulletin of the Cambridge Union of University Teachers, Vol. I, no 1-7; Vol II., no. 1-6 (Dec. 1938-May 1940); Continued as: Bulletin of the Harvard Teachers' Union, Vols. III-VI (1940-1948) incomplete, December 1938-1948 (HUD 3823.8438)
- Minutes (incomplete), 1938-1948 (HUD 3823.8500)
- Letters and papers, [undated] (HUD 3823.8510)
- Report of A Committee on Faculty Organization prepared for submission to the Harvard Chapter of the American Association of University Professors and to the Cambridge Union of University Teachers, March 1940 (HUD 3823.8626)
- Constitution, as adopted on November 13, 1935, 1935 (HUD 3823.8714 A)
- Constitution, as adopted on November 13, 1935, 1935 (HUD 3823.8714 B)
- Harvard's Liberalism: Myth or Reality, April 1937 (HUD 3823.8937)
- Replies to a questionnaire on placement services, 1947 (HUD 3823.8947)
Acquisition
Specific acquisition information, when available, is noted at the series level:
- Gift of the Harvard Teachers' Union, received August 1952
- Gift of the Library of Professor James Ford, received January 1945
Inventory Update
This document last updated 2022 March 18.
Processing Information
This finding aid was created by Olivia Mandica-Hart in August 2021. Information in this finding aid was assembled from legacy paper inventories and container management data. The collection was not re-examined by the archivist.
Creator
- Harvard Teachers' Union (Harvard University) (Organization)
- Title
- Harvard Teachers' Union. Records of the Harvard Teachers' Union, 1935-1948 and [undated] : an inventory
- Author
- Harvard University Archives
- Date
- August 30, 2021
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hua69021
Repository Details
Part of the Harvard University Archives Repository
Holding nearly four centuries of materials, the Harvard University Archives is the principal repository for the institutional records of Harvard University and the personal archives of Harvard faculty, as well as collections related to students, alumni, Harvard-affiliates and other associated topics. The collections document the intellectual, cultural, administrative and social life of Harvard and the influence of the University as it emerged across the globe.
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