Box 2

Abstract The Oscar Shaftel papers contains correspondence, flyers, press clippings, transcripts of testimony, printed materials and miscellanea documenting student activism at Queens College in the late 1940s and early 1950s and the effect of McCarthyism on academic freedom in New York State. Oscar Shaftel, one of the original faculty members at Queens College, was fired in 1953 under Section 903 of the New York City Charter for refusing to testify in front of the Senate Internal Security...

Scope and Contents

This series is divided into three subseries and includes press clippings, interview transcripts, and pamphlets and brochures.

Scope and Contents

Subseries A is comprised of printed materials about Oscar Shaftel.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Subseries A is comprised of printed materials about Oscar Shaftel.

Scope and Contents

Subseries B is comprised of chronological press clippings about Queens College and academic freedom, including clippings on Ernst Stoller, whose invitation to speak at Queens College was allegedly withdrawn in 1938 because of his anti-Nazi comments.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Subseries B is comprised of chronological press clippings about Queens College and academic freedom, including clippings on Ernst Stoller, whose invitation to speak at Queens College was allegedly withdrawn in 1938 because of his anti-Nazi comments.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Subseries B is comprised of chronological press clippings about Queens College and academic freedom, including clippings on Ernst Stoller, whose invitation to speak at Queens College was allegedly withdrawn in 1938 because of his anti-Nazi comments.

Scope and Contents

Subseries C is comprised of pamphlets and brochures, including publications from the teachers union; a copy of the Feinberg Law (New York State, 1949); and publications from the American Association of University Professors (1951).

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Subseries C is comprised of pamphlets and brochures, including publications from the teachers union; a copy of the Feinberg Law (New York State, 1949); and publications from the American Association of University Professors (1951).

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Subseries C is comprised of pamphlets and brochures, including publications from the teachers union; a copy of the Feinberg Law (New York State, 1949); and publications from the American Association of University Professors (1951).