Box 1
Container
Contains 20 Results:
Collected material, Museum Worker's Association of New York City Newsletter, October/November 1974
File — Box: 1, Folder: 18
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
In 1971 a group of Brooklyn Museum employees met to discuss creating an internal organization to help employees and to address concerns by the professional and clerical staff that was not within the DC 37 union. This is within the context of MoMA organizing PASTA (MoMA Union) also in 1971, and in repsonse to major budget cuts from local government funding. The Brooklyn Museum employees organized the Brooklyn Museum Professional and Clerical Staff Association and began holding regular...
Dates:
October/November 1974
Ephemera related to first contract negotiations, 2022-2024
File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents
Includes 3 buttons.
Dates:
2022-2024
Articles and emails related to unionizing efforts and the first contract, 2019-2024
File — Box: 1, Folder: 20
Dates:
2019-2024
Museum Worker, January 1936
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
The Museum Worker was published by the Brooklyn Museum Unit of the Commnist Party. There is at least 1 other issue that is referenced in the January 1936 issue, but the complete run is unclear. The newsletter advocates for the Brooklyn museum to purchase uniforms for the guards instead of having guards purchase their own. Additionally, the newsletter encourages employees to join anti-fascist and anti-war organizations, and to unionize all museum positions. The newsletter discusses labor...
Dates:
January 1936
"Plenty of Money for Teas but None for Uniforms", circa January 1936
File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents
This press release was issued to advocate on behalf of the museum guards in order to prevent them from spending their own money on uniforms. The press release points out that the Museum has 100s of dollars to spend on teas and events, but not $500 to spend on uniforms.
Dates:
circa January 1936
The Brookmuse: Staff Magazine of the Brooklyn Museum vol 1-6, 1963-1965
File — Box: 1, Folder: 25-27
Scope and Contents
Contains 3 copies of volumes 1-6. Additional all staff memo mentioning the founding of the newsletter. This was a short staff newsletter that was published sporadically. Articles were often on exhibits, grants, building updates, staff updates, classifieds, holiday parties, and suggestions for places to eat near the Museum.
Dates:
1963-1965
Brooklyn Museum Staff Bulletin, 1999-2002
File — Box: 1, Folder: 28-29
Scope and Contents
Between March of 1999 and August 2002 the Brooklyn Museum staff bulletin was physically published and distributed to staff weekly. The 1-2 page bulletin often contained blurbs on new hires, Museum updates, exhibit information, upgrades to phones/computers, membership details, and messages from the director. The staff bulletin has been published from 1999 until currently, though between September of 2002 and currently the bulletin is published online in various formats. Of special note are...
Dates:
1999-2002
Pro-Palestine rallies/actions/events collected by Corinne Segal, 2023-2024
File — Box: 1, Folder: 30
Dates:
2023-2024