Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York May 15, 1935 (Claim of Gwyn v. Brooklyn Public Library)

Claimant was a librarian employed in the Brooklyn Public Library, part of the library system of the city of New York. The city was conducting the bicentennial celebration in honor of the birth of George Washington. The United Staff Association was an organization which comprised all of the employees of the New York city public libraries.