Series II: Writings and Notes, 1914-1962, inclusive

Subseries IIA of Hendley's writings includes articles, book reviews, lectures, press releases, letters to the editor and editorials and President's Columns written while he led the Teachers Union of NYC. The primary focus of these writings is on educational policies and reform; union efforts concerning salaries, class size, and working conditions; state and federal aid to schools; and academic freedom issues. Among other topics are the Civil War in Spain, the Cuban revolution, the Communist Party and socialism in the United States. Much of this material is in the form of typescripts.

Subseries IIB contains a wide variety of notes, drafts and writing fragments. There are notebooks dating from 1928 through 1962 in which Hendley recorded everything from gardening tips and personal to-do lists to research on educational, labor and economics topics; outlines and draft portions of planned articles; meeting notes; lists of textbooks and citations; information gleaned from daily reading ofThe New York Times and other news sources (he also pasted in a number of clippings); and random jottings and ideas. Cards were used for many of his notes and also for names, addresses and information gleaned from canvassing he did in the Bronx on behalf of the American Labor Party.