AFT President's Office: Albert Shanker Records

Accession Number: 
LR001553_Shanker
Use restriction: 
Bruce Miller folders are closed to researchers unless they have permission from AFT.
Extent: 
105 linear feet (105 SB)

The papers contain correspondence, memos, reports, clippings, minutes, flyers, meeting materials, proceedings, speeches, articles and scripts relating to the presidency of Albert Shanker. Subjects cover a wide variety of topics including charter schools, community control of school boards, education reform, National Education Association, teacher salaries, accountability, international democracy, communism, strikes, tuition tax credits, and international trade unions. Important correspondence are with Terrel Bell, Irving Brown, Lane Kirkland, Diane Ravitch, James Hunt, Norma Hill, Jerry Wurf, Theodore Sizer, Ronald Reagan, and William Clinton.

Date: 
1957-1997 bulk 1978-1994
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