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Oscar Shaftel Papers

Call Number

TAM.263

Date

1940s-1990s, inclusive

Creator

Shaftel, Eve (Role: Donor)
Shaftel, Oscar, 1912-2000

Extent

0.5 Linear Feet in 2 manuscript boxes

Language of Materials

English .

Abstract

Oscar Shaftel (1912-2000) was a faculty member at Queens College who was fired in 1953 after he refused to answer the New York City Board of Higher Education's questions about Communist affiliations in academia. This collection contains clippings, correspondence, printed ephemera, legal documents and testimonies.

Historical/Biographical Note

Oscar Shaftel (1912-2000) was a faculty member at Queens College who was fired in 1953 after he refused to answer the New York City Board of Higher Education's questions about Communist affiliations in academia.

Arrangement

The collection has not been arranged by an archivist. Materials are in the order in which they were received from the donor.

Scope and Contents

This collection contains clippings, correspondence, printed ephemera, legal documents and testimonies. Also included are broadsides, pamphlets and flyers, and the testimony of Shaftel and Vera Shlakman before the United States Senate Internal Security Subcommittee. This collection also includes Shaftel's FBI file, which is closed to researchers until 2017.

Donors

Shaftel, Eve

Conditions Governing Access

Materials are open without restrictions.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright (and related rights to publicity and privacy) to materials in this collection created by Oscar Shaftel was not transferred to New York University. Permission to use materials must be secured from the copyright holder. Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archive has no information about copyright ownership for Oscar Shaftel's FBI files in Box 2 and is not authorized to grant permission to publish or reproduce materials from it.

Preferred Citation

Identification of item, date; Oscar Shaftel Papers; TAM 263; box number; folder number; Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, New York University.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated by Eve Shaftel in 2000. The accession number associated with this gift is 2000.004.

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Board of Higher Education of the City of New York Academic Freedom Case Files (TAM 332)

Frederic Ewen Papers (TAM 277)

Collection processed by

Tamiment staff

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Repository

Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives

Container

Box: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

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