Finding aid to the Joan-Marie Shelley Oral History
Finding aid created by Labor Archives and Research Center staff.
Labor Archives and Research Center
2017
San Francisco State University
J. Paul Leonard Library, Room 460
1630 Holloway Ave
San Francisco 94132-1722
larc@sfsu.edu
Title: Joan-Marie Shelley oral history
Date (inclusive): 1993 March 9-April 1
Creator:
Labor Archives and Research Center
Extent:
Transcript: 1 folder; Tapes: 3 audio cassettes
Collection number: larc.oh.shelley
Contributing Institution: Labor Archives and Research Center
J. Paul Leonard Library, Room 460
San Francisco State University
1630 Holloway Ave
San Francisco, CA 94132-1722
(415) 405-5571
larc@sfsu.edu
Abstract: Sound recording of interview with Joan-Marie Shelley conducted by Adah Bakalinsky. Describes her involvement with school unions,
1955-1970, and her rise to become president of the United Educators of San Francisco in 1984; discusses her views on bilingual
education, violence in schools, the California Teachers Association, and the American Federation of Teachers,, as well as
the influence of her father, former San Francisco mayor John Francis Shelley; synoptic index available.
Language of Material: Languages represented in the collection: English.
Collection is open for research.
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Joan-Marie Shelley oral history. San Francisco State University. Labor Archives and Research Center
Interview conducted by Adah Bakalinsky, 1993.
President, United Educators of San Francisco; officer, American Federation of Teachers; worked as a high school teacher for
nearly thirty years at Lincoln and Lowell high schools.
Sound recording of interview with Joan-Marie Shelley conducted by Adah Bakalinsky. Describes her involvement with school unions,
1955-1970, and her rise to become president of the United Educators of San Francisco in 1984; discusses her views on bilingual
education, violence in schools, the California Teachers Association, and the American Federation of Teachers,, as well as
the influence of her father, former San Francisco mayor John Francis Shelley; synoptic index available.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Labor unions -- California -- San Francisco -- History.
Teachers -- California -- San Francisco -- Interviews.
Teachers' unions -- California -- History.
Women in the labor movement -- California.
Women labor leaders -- California -- Interviews.
Oral histories.
Audiocassettes.
Shelley, Joan-Marie
Bakalinsky, Adah
California Teachers Association
American Federation of Teachers
Shelley, John Francis, 1905-1975
United Educators of San Francisco