Correspondence
Bulk, 1970-1978
1968-2009
Physical Description:
4.0 linear feet.
Scope and Contents note
The Correspondence Series includes letters and emails to colleagues, friends, publishers, and acquaintances from David Brody’s
time as a American Labor historian at various academic institutions. Affiliated institutions include UC Davis, Columbia University,
Harvard University, and the Institute for Industrial Relations at UC Berkeley. Correspondence focuses primarily on Brody’s
editorial work with publishing companies and review journals such as the University of Illinois Press, University of North
Carolina Press, and the Pacific Historical Review, among others. Correspondence also includes personal letters to and from
colleagues as well as letters pertaining to various film and National Endowment for the Humanities projects, such as “Lowell
Fever,” that Dr. Brody acted as consultant to. Correspondence features letters and emails related to grant funded projects
Brody applied to and/or received, invitations to speak at special events and conferences, such as the Southern Labor Conference,
and correspondence regarding editorial reviews of books and articles, such as
Labor Embattled: History, Power, Rights, that Brody wrote or collaborated on.
Box-folder 4:1-4:5, 11:1-11:4
Teaching and Professional Materials
Bulk, 1970-1985
1959-2009
Physical Description:
5.0 linear feet.
Scope and Contents note
The Teaching and Professional Series includes materials related to Dr. Brody’s research interest in labor history, editorial
work for a number of academic journals, and various projects Brody collaborated or consulted on. The Teaching and Professional
Series includes ephemera from presentations by Brody, including the Keynote Speaker address at “Labor History in the New Century:
2009-Perth, Australia,” copies of papers presented by Brody at various conferences such as the North American Labor History
Conference-1992, and excerpts of minutes from academic meetings, such as the American Historical Association Council meeting
in San Francisco on January 6th, 1994. Teaching and Professional Materials also includes drafts of scholarly essays penned
by Brody, and contracts for books that Brody published, including the publishing contract for
Labor in Crisis: The Steel Strike of 1919 from the J.P. Lippincott Company.
Box-folder 2:12-2:26, 8:6-8:14
Box-folder 5:10-5:20, 6:12-6:23
American Federation of Teachers
Bulk, 1970-1978
1965-1987
Physical Description:
4.0 Linear feet
Scope and Contents note
The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) Series includes: ephemera, correspondence, pay grades, newspapers, and articles
all relating to the American Federation of Teachers at UC Davis and other University of California campuses. The AFT series
includes relevant information on attempts to establish a faculty union on the UC Davis campus, the wider UC budget struggles
with the Reagan gubernatorial administration, and copies of the “University Guardian: Publication of the University Council-American
Federation of Teachers.” The American Federation of Teachers Series also includes information on system wide contacts for
the AFT on University of California campuses, notices of AFT meetings, and a AFT document entitled: “Study Plan-Joint Committee
on the Master Plan for Higher Education-January 1972” which requires a “broad mandate to review California higher education
and the Master Plan (for higher education).” David Brody’s contribution to the AFT includes his service as President of the
Graduate Council at UC Davis and a contributor and consultant to the American Teacher’s Federation Union.
