Series I: Personal Papers, 1914-1962, inclusive
Scope and Content Note
Directly related to Charles Hendley's personal life, this series includes biographical sketches; correspondence; financial documents; several items from his student days at Columbia University; and a quantity of material documenting his teaching career such as class record books, licenses, teaching appointments, reviews and ratings, and a First Assistants' Exam in Economics. Several personal statements of particular importance are also included - one concerning his decision not to run for re-election as President of the Teachers Union of NYC and another explaining why he joined the Communist Party.
Biographical Information, 1937-1961, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Columbia University: Registration Book (1911-1916), 1916, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Columbia University: "A Review of a Course in Intellectual History", 1914, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, 1921-1940, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, 1941-1946, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, 1947-1952, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, 1953-1962, undated, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence: Family, 1914-1962, undated, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence: Family - Okla Hendley's Illness, 1946, 1949, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence: Flynn, Elizabeth Gurley and Foster, William Z. (Letters To), 1948, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence: Greeting Cards, 1940-1962, undated, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence: Job Search after Retirement, 1946, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence: Resignation from Socialist Party, 1938, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Decision Not to Run for Re-election as President of Teachers Union, [1945], inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Hendley Testimonial Dinners, 1940, 1945, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Hendley Testimonial Dinners: Testimonials, [1945], inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Membership and Business Cards, 1922-1946, undated
Box: 1, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Music Card File, undated
Box: 1, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Personal Finances, 1921-1948, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Personal Finances, 1951-1954, undated
Box: 1, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Personal Finances: New York State Income Tax, 1924-1937, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Personal Finances: War Ration Book, undated
Box: 1, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Photographs (Photocopies), 1941-1959, undated
Box: 1, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Study of Russia and the Russian Language, 1948-1955, undated
Box: 1, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Teacher Retirement System: Hendley Participation, 1924-1948, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Teachers Union, CIO, Local 555: Lifetime Membership Plaque, 1947, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Teaching Career: Appointments, 1924-1943, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Teaching Career: Class Record Books, 1933-1935, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 28 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Teaching Career: Early Interest in Improvement of Teaching Conditions, especially Pupil Load, 1923-1930, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 29 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Teaching Career: First Assistant's Exam in Economics, 1929, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 30 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Teaching Career: Licenses, 1921-1924, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 31 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Teaching Career: Review and Ratings, 1927-1943, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 32 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Teaching Career: Sabbatical Leave, 1936, undated
Box: 1, Folder: 33 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Teaching Career: Tests, 1932, 1940-1945, undated
Box: 1, Folder: 34 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Teaching Career: Various Materials, 1914-1946, undated
Box: 2, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Teaching Career: Various Materials, undated
Box: 2, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Various Items of Personal Interest, 1937-1952, undated
Box: 2, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Why I Enrolled in the Jefferson School", 1951, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Why I Joined the Communist Party" (handwritten draft), [1949]
Box: 2, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
