Kranjec family papers
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This collection contains letters, photographs, school work and memorabilia from the Kranjec family dating from 1968 to 1972. Letters from Richard Kranjec to his wife Catherine and daughter Ann, both living in Canada at the time, provide a personal perspective on the New York City teachers' strike of 1968 and the struggle it caused for educators. Ann Kranjec Fortescue's elementary school work and memorabilia includes writing assignments that discuss her optimistic feelings about living in Brooklyn and attending New York City public schools during the early 1970s. Photographs in the collection show Midwood High School, where Richard Kranjec taught, and I.S. 293, where Catherine Kranjec worked as a librarian.
Biographical note
Richard and Catherine Kranjec met as undergraduates attending Brooklyn College in the early 1960s. Richard Kranjec taught in the New York City public school system--specifically Midwood High School and Eastern District High School--as a member of the United Federation of Teachers. Catherine Kranjec substitute taught at Walt Whitman Junior High School before becoming the school librarian at I.S. 293 from 1969 to 1973. Their daughter, Ann Kranjec Fortescue, was born in 1962.
During 1968, Catherine and Ann moved temporarily to Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, while Richard Kranjec remained in Brooklyn. He participated in the New York City teachers' strike of 1968, which made providing monetary support to his estranged partner and child difficult. Mrs. Kranjec returned to Brooklyn with Ann the following year.
In Brooklyn, Ann Kranjec Fortescue attended the Brooklyn College Early Childhood Center, P.S. 8, and P.S. 29. She moved with her mother to Milwaukee in 1973. As of July 2010, Ann Kranjec Fortescue is the Director of Education and Visitor Services at the Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania.
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This collection contains letters, photographs, school work and memorabilia from the Kranjec family dating from 1968 to 1972. Letters from Richard Kranjec to his wife Catherine and daughter Ann, both living in Canada at the time, provide a personal perspective on the New York City teachers' strike of 1968 and the struggle it caused for educators. Ann Kranjec Fortescue's elementary school work and memorabilia includes writing assignments that discuss her optimistic feelings about living in Brooklyn and attending New York City public schools during the early 1970s. Photographs in the collection show Midwood High School, where Richard Kranjec taught, and I.S. 293, where Catherine Kranjec worked as a librarian.
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Open to researchers without restriction.
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Reproduction rights for photographs have not been evaluated. Please consult library staff for more information.
Preferred Citation
Identification of item, date (if known); Kranjec family papers, ARC.034, Box and Folder number; Brooklyn Historical Society.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Ann Kranjec Fortescue, 1994.
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Minimally processed to the collection level.
This collection combines two accessions: 1994.012 and V1995.021.
