Oscar Shaftel Papers TAM 263
Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archive
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Descriptive Summary
| Title: | Oscar Shaftel Papers |
|---|---|
| Dates: | 1940s-1990s |
| 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. |
| Quantity: | 0.5 Linear Feet in 2 manuscript boxes |
| Mixed Materials [Box]: | 1-2 |
| Call Phrase: | TAM 263 |
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.
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.
Arrangement
The collection has not been arranged by an archivist. Materials are in the order in which they were received from the donor.
Access Points
Subject Names
- Shaftel, Eve
- Shaftel, Oscar, 1912-2000
- Shlakman, Vera, 1909-
Subject Organizations
- United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation
- New York (N.Y.). Board of Higher Education
- United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee to Investigate the Administration of the Internal Security Act and Other Internal Security Laws
Subject Topics
- Communists -- New York (State) -- New York.
- College teachers -- New York (State) -- New York.
- Academic freedom -- New York (State) -- New York.
- Jewish communists -- New York (State) -- New York.
- Higher education and state -- New York (State) -- New York.
- Academic freedom -- United States.
Administrative Information
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.