Summary Information
American Federation of Teachers. Local 716: Records 1942-1968
- American Federation of Teachers. Local 716 (Cedar Rapids, Iowa)
Mss 48
1.2 c.f. (3 archives boxes)
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)
Records of AFT Local 716, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, including correspondence, minutes, treasurer's reports, clippings, speeches, reports on morale, salary, and working conditions, and other related materials. English
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-mss00048
Biography/History
The Cedar Rapids Federation of Teachers was organized on April 28, 1942, at a meeting held in the Cedar Rapids Young Women's Christian Association building. The CRFT received a charter from the American Federation of Teachers and formally became Local 716 of the AFT on May 18, 1969.
The objectives of the Cedar Rapids Federation of Teachers as defined in the union's constitution are: 1) To bring the teachers of the Cedar Rapids public schools into relations of mutual assistance and cooperation, 2) To obtain for them all the rights to which they are entitled, including the securing of legislative action, 3) To raise the standards of the teaching profession by securing conditions essential to the best professional service, and 4) To promote such a democratization of the schools as will enable them to equip their pupils to take their places in the industrial, social and political life of the community.
Local 716 has been an active participant in the pursuit of the above delineated objectives for the past quarter century. The papers of CRFT, especially the correspondence and minutes, provide more than ample documentation of the union's fight for economic and social justice, not only for its members but for the Cedar Rapids community as a whole.
Scope and Content Note
The CRFT papers include correspondence, minutes, treasurer's reports, membership lists, resolutions and policy statements, copies of AFT and CRFT constitutions, newspaper clippings, committee reports, speeches by CRFT officials and miscellany.
The correspondence, 1943-1968, is arranged chronologically by day. Although incomplete and often routine, the correspondence does reflect both internal and external union activities.
The minutes, 1942-1967, provide the most comprehensive record of CRFT activities.
Both the newsletters and the newspaper clippings document the CRFT's “public face.” The newsletter, originally entitled the AF of T News subsequently became the AFT Newsletter, then The Federation News and Views, and currently is entitled The Craftsman. There is a fairly complete run from 1957 to 1966. The newsletters have been removed from the collection and deposited in the SHSW library.
Administrative/Restriction Information
Presented by Cedar Rapids Federation of Teachers, April, 1967 and August, 1968.
Processed by Patrick Quinn, May 27, 1969.
Contents List
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Correspondence
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Box
1
Folder
1
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1943-1954
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Box
1
Folder
2
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1955-1968
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Minutes
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Box
1
Folder
3
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1942, April - 1949, Jan.
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Box
1
Folder
4
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1949, Jan. - 1952, April
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Box
1
Folder
5
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1952, May - 1958, May
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Box
2
Folder
1
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1958, Sept. - 1967, July
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Box
2
Folder
2
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AFT and CRFT Constitutions, 1946-1958
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Treasurer's Reports
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Box
2
Folder
3
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1943-1955
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Box
2
Folder
4
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1956-1966
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Box
2
Folder
5
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Membership lists, 1947-1966
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AFT
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Box
3
Folder
1
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Conventions, 1950, Aug. - 1968, Aug.
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Box
3
Folder
2
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Miscellaneous publications, 1951, June - 1968, Sept., undated
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Box
3
Folder
3
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Monthly financial statements, 1949-1953
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Box
3
Folder
4
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Building representatives, 1953-1966, undated
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Box
3
Folder
5
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Iowa Federation of Teachers - miscellaneous, 1963, April -1964, May
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Box
3
Folder
6
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Miscellaneous material, 1943, May - 1968, Oct., undated
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Box
3
Folder
7
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Newspaper clippings, 1943, Dec. - 1967, May, undated
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Box
3
Folder
8
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Resolutions and policy statements, 1948, Oct. - 1967, undated
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Box
3
Folder
9
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Salary and working conditions, 1951, Jan. - 1966, Oct., undated
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Box
3
Folder
10
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Speeches by CRFT officials, 1951-1965, undated
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Box
3
Folder
11
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Teacher morale reports, 1959, March - June, undated
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