WAUAmericanFederationTeachersPHColl707.xml Guide to the American Federation of Teachers Local 200 Photograph Collection approximately 1964-1975 Guide to the American Federation of Teachers, Seattle, Washington Photograph Collection Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries © 2010 (Last modified: 1/31/2020)
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Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard). University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections PH0707 American Federation of Teachers. Local 200 (Seattle, Wash.) American Federation of Teachers Local 200 photograph collection approximately 1964-1975 1969-1975 152 photographic prints, 16 contact sheets (1 box, 2 oversize folders) ; various sizes 12 negatives Collection materials are in English. Images of Seattle teachers involved in various meetings, strikes, campaigns, conventions, and classroom activities.

Labor organization of teachers in Seattle public schools, first established in 1927. Known as the Seattle Federation of Teachers (SFT), it was affiliated with the American Federation of Teachers (AFT). Kenneth Warren served as the president 1968-1971. Virgil Holland served as president 1972-1973. John Dunn served as president 1973-1977.

The collection contains images of Seattle teachers involved in various meetings, strikes, and campaigns. Some photographs were made by Don Wallen and Joel Panzer.

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Gift of Seattle Federation of Teachers, December 21, 1982, and January 27, 1983.

Processed by Solveig Ekenes, 2005. Revised by Kate Norgon, 2019.

Photographs were relocated from the American Federation of Teachers Records, Manuscript Collection No. 1909-005 and 1909-006 in the repository, on December 22, 1982, and April 14, 1983. Additional photographs were relocated from the American Federation of Teachers Records, Manuscript Collection No. 1909-004 and 1909-005 in the repository in 2014.

This photograph collection was originally included in the Records of the American Federation of Teachers Local 200 , also located in the University of Washington Libraries' Special Collections Division.

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Labor Activities and Protests Defense of Garfield High School Teacher Sally Pangborn Don Wallen

Sally Pangborn was a social studies teacher at Garfield High School who was terminated April 10, 1970. The Seattle Federation of Teachers helped her mount a defense in a public hearing about her dismissal. Pangborn filed a lawsuit to overturn her dismissal, which she won in 1973.

 1/1 1 Contact sheet of images of meeting about dismissal of Sally Pangborn May 3, 1970 Protest at Seattle School Board meeting

Seattle Federation of Teachers pickets the Board's announcement that expected 8.5% salary increase will be reduced to 6%.

 1/2 2 Seattle School Board Meeting August 26, 1970 1/2 3 Teachers in picket line August 27, 1970 Seattle Alliance of Educators (SAE) Contract Ratification Hearings, Garfield High School 1/3 4-5 People in school auditorium reading papers October 1970 Program for Progress campaign 1/4 6 Stan Bloom sending fliers through a machine to fold 1971

Stan Bloom was Director of Operations for the SFT.

 1/4 7 African-American woman looking through stack of fliers 1971 1/4 8 Two women, one white and one African-American, lighting cigarettes over stacks of fliers 1971 1/4 9 People rolling stacks of fliers 1971 1/4 10 Walt Entenmann and other man rolling fliers 1971 Petition drive at building representatives' meeting, Regents Room, University Towers Don Wallen 1/5 11 Ken Warren announcing commencement of petition drive at meeting February 25, 1971

Left to right: Washington State Federation of Teachers (WSFT) President Ross Rieder, AFT Field Representatives Lloyd Zimmerman and Larry Birchett, SFT President Ken Warren, AFT President David Selden, and SFT Director of Organization Stan Bloom.

 1/5 12 Fred Guptill, Irwin Kremen, Don Burns, and Margot Rowe signing petition February 25, 1971 1/5 13 Clifton Buck signing petition February 25, 1971 1/5 14 SFT Vice-President Warren Anderson signing the first pledge card with AFT President David Selden looking on February 25, 1971 1/5 15 Clifton Buck signing pledge card February 25, 1971 1/5 16 Karen Jones and Helen Watkins signing pledge cards February 25, 1971 1/5 17 Karen Jones signing pledge card February 25, 1971 1/5 18 Ken Warren, Larry Birchett, and Alice Coates with Don Burns in background February 25, 1971 1/5 19 Ken Warren and Sandy Chock February 25, 1971 1/5 20 Dave Tucker (right) talking to Rudy Lavrinec and Jack Misener about role of building representatives in campaign February 25, 1971 Seattle teachers protesting proposed cuts of faculty in front of Seattle Public Schools administration office 1/6 21 Lloyd Zimmerman, Ken Warren, Ross Rieder, and Larry Birchett working at table with Mike Lemberg in background April 17, 1971

Written on page: Union Managers prepare stradegy[sic]!

 1/6 22 Kay Cragg and Clifton Buck making picket signs April 17, 1971

Written on page: Craft union experience pays off!

1/6 23 Teachers making picket signs April 17, 1971

Written on page: Right on! AFT Brothers from neighboring Monroe assist!

 1/6 24 Frank Morris and other man making picket signs April 17, 1971 1/6 25 Mike Lemberg, Larry Mar, and Grace Orchard with picket signs near car April 17, 1971 1/6 26 Women with picket signs outside SFT headquarters April 17, 1971

Grace Orchard on far left. Kay Cragg on far right. Written on page: Teachers in the feminist movement prepare for militant action.

 1/6 27 Larry Mar and teachers from John Muir Elementary School with picket signs outside SFT headquarters April 17, 1971

Written on page: Larry Mar unsuccessfully gives advice to militant Muir women!

 1/6 28 Teachers looking through pile of picket signs April 21, 1971 Don Wallen 1/6 29 Man creating picket sign April 21, 1971 1/6 30 Clifton Buck leading row of teachers with picket signs April 21, 1971 1/6 31 Teachers in picket line April 21, 1971 Don Wallen 1/6 32 Pam McCollough with picket sign April 21, 1971 Alice Case 1/6 33 Don Burns with picket sign April 21, 1971 1/6 34-35 Men with picket signs April 21, 1971 "Getting the vote out" on a levy 1/7 36 Men and women on phones at King County Labor Council Headquarters May 1971 Kurt Dunphy

Left to right: Larry Harnden, James Isenhour, Helen Watkins, and Julie Pierce.

 Seattle teachers promoting school levy at King County Labor Council (KCLC) of Washington 1/8 37 Don Burns standing outside KCLC headquarters 1973 1/8 38 John Case standing outside KCLC headquarters 1973 1/8 39 John Dunn standing outside KCLC headquarters with John Case in background 1973 1/8 40 John Dunn standing outside KCLC headquarters 1973 1/8 41 John Dunn and woman standing outside KCLC headquarters 1973 1/8 42 John Dunn and two women standing outside KCLC headquarters 1973 : Color photograph 1/8 43 Sandra Chock (left) and others working at KCLC headquarters 1973 1/8 44 Mike Lemberg and woman working at KCLC headquarters 1973 1/8 45-46 Teachers on phones at KCLC headquarters 1973

Left to right: John Dunn, Jackie Walter, and Walt Entenmann.

 1/9 47-48 Ross Rieder pushing button on tape recorder with men, a woman and a young girl looking on between 1969 and 1974 Meetings 1/10 49 Mike Lemberg and Larry Mar at a meeting between 1969 and 1974 1/10 50 Garfield High School teachers at a meeting between 1969 and 1974 1/10 51 Man at a meeting between 1969 and 1974 1/10 52 John Case and others talking outside a meeting between 1969 and 1974 Don Wallen

John Case second from left.

 1/11 53-55 Contact sheets of images of School Decentralization Community Control Workshop September 27, 1969 1/12 56-57 Contact sheets of images of Central Area School Conference at Madrona Elementary School September 30, 1969 1/13 58 Ingraham High School teacher Gerry Wells asking question about possible strike over contract negotiations August 1970 1/14 59-60 Ken Warren leading meeting in Regents Room, University Towers between 1970 and 1971 1/14 61-62 Members in audience at same event as item 59 between 1970 and 1971 1/14 63 Ken Warren and Larry Mar talking to man and woman at same event as item 59 between 1970 and 1971 1/14 64 WSFT Treasurer Dale Hutsell and SFT Treasurer Virgil Holland (right) at same meeting as item 59 between 1970 and 1971 1/15 65 Ken Warren with arm around woman at a meeting between 1970 and 1971 1/15 66 Larry Birchett at microphone with Stan Bloom in background between 1970 and 1971 Don Wallen 1/15 67 Stan Bloom at a meeting between 1970 and 1971 1/16 68 Stan Bloom and Larry Birchett walking into a meeting 1971 1/16 69-73 Ken Warren, Stan Bloom, Larry Birchett, and others at same meeting as item 68 1971 1/17 74 Larry Birchett (left), Ken Warren (center), and others at a meeting in Regents Room, University Towers 1971 1/17 75 Ken Warren making speech at podium 1971 1/17 76 Ken Warren and Mike Lemberg talking after meeting 1971 1/17 77 Ken Warren talking with other man 1971 1/17 78 Ken Warren sitting at a table with SFT secretary at meeting 1971 1/18 79 Margot Rowe, Rainier Beach Building representative, addressing group at January general meeting January 1971 1/19 80 Contact sheet of images of Ken Warren, Helen Watkins, Stan Bloom, Ross Rieder, and others at a meeting to announce success of petition drive April 1971 1/19 80F7 Portrait of Ken Warren April 1971

Print of frame 7 from item 80.

 1/19 80F9 Ken Warren, Helen Watkins, and Frank Morris sitting at table April 1971

Print of frame 9 from item 80.

 1/20 81 SFT Members raising hands to vote on a motion at September membership meeting September 21, 1971 1/20 82 SFT Member in audience standing to speak at September membership meeting September 21, 1971 1/20 83 Bob Crosier, Pacific Coast Regional Director of Organization, addresses group at September membership meeting September 21, 1971 1/21 84 Recipients of 1974 General Excellence Awards from Union Teacher Press Association 1974

Left to right: Dave, John Dunn, Evelyn Rieder.

 1/21 85-88 SFT President John Dunn receiving second place General Excellence Award from Union Teacher Press Association president Oscar Weil at a meeting 1974 Conventions 34th Annual Washington State Federation of Teachers Convention, 1969 Don Wallen Meetings OS4 89 Contact sheet of images of audience members and speakers at meeting December 6, 1969 OS4 90 Contact sheet of images of individuals conversing after meeting and participating in a group dinner December 6, 1969 OS4 90F12a Don Burns holding papers while speaking December 6, 1969

Print of frame 12 from item 90.

 OS4 90F12b Warren Anderson in profile December 6, 1969

Print of frame 12 from item 90.

 OS4 91 Contact sheet of images of meeting including David Selden, AFT president, as speaker December 6, 1969 OS4 92 Contact sheet of images of panel discussions December 6, 1969 OS4 92F18 Stan Bloom (right) speaking at panel discussion about organizational techniques. December 6, 1969

Print of frame 18 from item 92. Panelists included John Schmid, National Director of State Federations; James Hanna, President of the Yakima Valley College Federation; Stan Bloom, SFT Director of Organization; and Larry Mar, SFT Petition Drive Chairman.

Boycott of Safeway grocery store OS4 93-95 Contact sheets of images of delegation of teachers picketing Safeway store as part of Grape Boycott December 6, 1969 American Federation of Teachers National Convention, 1971 1/22 96 Man addressing group from podium August 1971 Joel Panzer 1/22 97 Ken Warren and others at meeting August 1971 Joel Panzer 1/22 98 Stan Bloom at meeting August 1971 1/22 99 Stan Bloom accepting Special Award for Best Photograph on behalf of David Lamb from Union Teachers Press Association president Oscar Weil August 1971 Joel Panzer Classroom activities 1/23 100-101 Contact sheets of Ken Warren with students at Garfield High School October 7, 1969 Don Wallen 1/23 101F28 Ken Warren at chalkboard October 7, 1969 Don Wallen

Print of frame 28 from item 101.

 1/24 102 Boy in front of chalkboard with photograph of people killed by American soldiers in My Lai Massacre between 1970 and 1971 Don Wallen 1/25 103 Girl doing artwork with glue 1971 David Lamb 1/25 104 African-American boy painting at desk 1971 David Lamb 1/25 105 African-American boy playing basketball 1971 David Lamb 1/26 106 Ken Warren talking with student on his last day of teaching January 1971 Individual Seattle Federation of Teachers (SFT) Members 1/27 107 Linda Corr working at desk 1970 1/27 108 Gordon Bolland between 1970 and 1971 1/27 109 Sandra Chock between 1970 and 1971 1/27 110 Helen Elliott between 1970 and 1971 1/27 111 Norma Ferris between 1970 and 1971 1/27 112 Wendell Loveless between 1970 and 1971 1/27 113 Audrey Schatz between 1970 and 1971 1/27 114 Kathleen Walsh between 1970 and 1971 1/27 115 Ray Williams between 1970 and 1971 1/27 116 Paul Braswell 1971 1/27 117 Alice (Marie) Coates 1971 1/27 118-120 Ken Warren 1971 1/27 121 Dorothy Whittington 1971 1/27 122 Male member of the SFT 1971 1/27 123 Al Donaldson between 1974 and 1975 1/27 124 Joan Miller between 1974 and 1975 1/27 125 Sally Pangborn between 1974 and 1975 1/27 126 Female member of the SFT between 1974 and 1975 1/27 127 John Dunn in front of AFT and SFT signs 1975 1/27 128 Close-up of John Dunn in front of AFT and SFT signs 1975

Written on verso: John Dunn looking terrified.

 1/27 129 Close-up of John Dunn 1975 1/27 130 Larry Harnden 1975 1/27 131 Gail Spinney 1975 1/27 132-134 Male members of the Seattle Federation of Teachers 1975 Seattle Teacher Newsletter paste-ups

Each item is a sheet with multiple prints pasted on the page, presumably created to combine images to be used for editions of the SFT newspaper, Seattle Teacher. Sheets include many prints of individual SFT members, used for candidacy announcements or byline portraits.

 1/28 135a Don Burns between 1969 and 1971 1/28 135b Ken Warren (seated) with others in meeting between 1969 and 1971 1/28 135c Stan Bloom between 1969 and 1971 1/28 136a Joe Elliott July 7, 1970 1/28 136b Letter from SFT to Director of Personnel for Seattle Public Schools July 7, 1970

The letter regards hiring practices of teachers and possible discrimination against female teachers.

 1/28 137a Alice Case between 1970 and 1971 1/28 137b Margaret Beaver between 1970 and 1971 1/28 137c Laurel Greene between 1970 and 1971 1/28 137d John Case between 1970 and 1971 1/28 137e Helen Watkins between 1970 and 1971 1/28 137f Jerry Donovan between 1970 and 1971 1/28 137g-138a Male SFT member between 1970 and 1971 1/28 138b Margaret Beaver (left) and two other women looking at documents between 1970 and 1971 1/28 138c-139a Female SFT member between 1970 and 1971 1/28 139b Mary Moore 1971 1/28 139c Kay Cragg 1971 1/28 139d Julie Pierce 1971 1/28 140a Helen Watkins 1971 1/28 140b Ross Rieder 1971 1/28 140c Jerry Kerr 1971 1/28 140d Stan Bloom 1971 1/28 141a Robert Pevonak 1971 1/28 141b John Dunn 1971 1/28 141c Ken Warren 1971 1/28 141d News clipping about AFT insurance information 1971 1/28 142a News clippings 1971

Clippings include the following news items: opposition to year-round school, an advertisement for the Moore Theatre, a ruling by the State Judicial Court of Massachusetts about a school voucher program which was found to be unconstitutional, and a lowering of requirements for Vietnam veterans to enroll at the University of Massachusetts.

 1/28 142b Ken Warren 1971 1/28 142c Stan Bloom 1971 1/28 142d Don Burns 1971 1/28 142e Chart of Comparative Salaries and Cost of Living in Largest AFT and NEA Cities, 1970-71 1971 1/28 142f SFT members in meeting 1971

Stan Bloom (second from left), Ken Warren (center), Helen Watkins (second from right), Ross Rieder (right).

 1/28 143a Ken Warren 1971 1/28 143b SFT logo from Volume 27, No. 10 of the Seattle Teacher April 26, 1971 American Federation of Teachers Local 772, Everett Federation of Teachers 1/29 144 Members of Everett Federation of Teachers around table looking at document between 1964 and 1965