Reminiscences of Joseph Jablonower, 1965

Biographical Note

Educator

Scope and Contents

Childhood in Austria; Lower East Side, New York, N.Y. 1896; Teachers Union, 1916; Ethical Culture School, 1919; influence and development of Ethical Culture; views on World War I; Vienna, 1932-1933; teachers union, 1930s; Communist influence; Board of Examiners, New York, N.Y. Board of Education, 1940-1959; choosing teachers, salaries, state control vs. autonomy, underprivileged neighborhoods, strikes; progressive education. Impressions of Felix Adler, David Muzzey, George Counts

Subjects

• Austria--History.
• Educators--Interviews.
• Ethical culture movement.
• Hogan, Thomas F., interviewer.
• Interviews.
• Jablonower, Joseph, 1888-1971--Interviews.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Schools--New York (State)--New York.
• Teachers' unions.
• Teachers.

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Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1975