Abstract Ann and her late husband John Garvey were educators and active members of the New York City Irish American community. The couple were past presidents and founding members of the American Irish Teachers Association (AITA), and focused much of their organizing on educational initiatives to increase and improve the teaching of Irish and Irish American culture and history. The John and Ann Garvey Papers (dated 1935-2019) document the Garveys teaching through organizational newsletters (the...