Guide to the American Association of University Professors, Washington State University Chapter Records 1930-1967
Cage 56

Summary Information

Repository
Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Creator
American Association of University Professors. Washington State University Chapter
Title
American Association of University Professors. Washington State University Chapter Records, 1930-1967
ID
Cage 56
Date [inclusive]
1930-1967
Extent
4 containers., 2.5 linear feet of shelf space., 1550 items.
Language
Collection materials are in English.
Abstract
Correspondence, reports, memoranda, membership lists, financial records, and printed material related to the business of the chapter and the interests of the membership. Included are materials on the Washington Committee on Academic Freedom.

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Biography/History

The American Association of University Professors grew out of a conference of representatives of universities called in 1913 by the faculty of Johns Hopkins University. The Association was established in 1915, with its initial report, the 1915 Declaration of Principles, as the basis for all subsequent elaborations of policy. The principles were refined in 1940 with the Statement of Principles on Academic Freedom and Tenure, issued jointly with the Association of American Colleges. From its beginnings in 1915 with a membership of over 1300 full professors, the AAUP membership has grown to exceed sixty thousand faculty members in all ranks and disciplines in the 1960s. The Washington State University Chapter was active by at least 1930.

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Scope and Content

The papers of the Washington State University Chapter of the American Association of University Professors range from 1930 to 1967, with the bulk dating from 1950 to 1960. They are predominantly correspondence but also include reports, memoranda, booklets, leaflets, forms, and financial records. of particular importance and interest is the file on the Washington Committee for Academic Freedom, established as a result of the Canwell Committee's activities.

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Arrangement

These papers are divided into four series: President's Records, Treasurer's Records, Secretary's Records, and General Records and Correspondence.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections  © 2012

http://www.libraries.wsu.edu/masc/

Terrell Library

P.O. Box 645610

Pullman, WA, 99164-5610 USA

509-335-6691

mascref@wsu.edu

Acquisition Information

The papers of the Washington State University Chapter of the American Association of University Professors were in part donated to Washington State University Libraries (WSU 26) by Professor Herman J. Deutsch.

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Names and Subjects

Corporate Name(s)

Creator(s) :
  • American Association of University Professors. Washington State University Chapter. --Archives

Subject(s)

  • Washington Committee on Academic Freedom
  • Washington State University--Faculty
  • Colleges and Universities
  • Washington (State)

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Detailed Description of Collection

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

Series 1: President's Records,  1959-1967 
box-folder

Chapter Meetings,  1964-1965  13 items.

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Chapter Meetings,  1966-1967  24 items.

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Committee S Handout,  1965  1 item.

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Complaints,  1965  5 items.

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Executive Committee Meetings,  1964-1965  18 items.

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Literature File,  1961-1965  10 items.

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Membership Data,  1963-1967  40 items.

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1962-1963 File,  1959-1963  9 items.

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1964-1965 File,  1964-1965  15 items.

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1965-1966 File,  1965-1966  32 items.

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President's Notes,  1965-1966  56 items.

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Programs,  1966-1967  15 items.

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Reports and Memoranda,  1963-1964  99 items.

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 1943-1967 
box-folder

Accounts,  1965-1967  25 items.

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Bank Statements,  1952-1961  29 items.

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Bank Statements,  1956-1963  74 items.

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Constitution,  1953  1 item.

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Defining Principles,  1964-1965  11 items.

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Dues,  1963-1966  9 items.

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Financial Records,  1943-1963  4 items.

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Financial Records,  1953-1963  4 items.

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Membership,  1954-1961  19 items.

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1965-1966 File,  1964-1966  45 items.

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Series 3: Secretary's Records,  1944-1964 

Chapter Minutes and Executive Committee Minutes 
box-folder

 1955-1956  1 item.

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 1956-1957  1 item.

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 1957-1958  1 item.

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 1958-1959  1 item.

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 1959-1960  1 item.

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 1960-1961  1 item.

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 1961-1963  1 item.

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box-folder

Chapter Meeting Minutes,  1963-1964  16 items.

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Correspondence 
box-folder

(1940-1950),  1948-1958  11 items.

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(1951-1956),  1951-1957  49 items.

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(1957-1958),  1956-1958  33 items.

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 1959-1960  23 items.

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 1960-1961  32 items.

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 1961-1962  42 items.

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 1962-1963  42 items.

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box-folder

Executive Committee Minutes,  1963-1964  7 items.

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Forms,  1953-1963  6 items.

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General Secretary Correspondence,  1955-1956  2 items.

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Information for Chapter Officers,  1954-1956  41 items.

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Meetings,  1954-1955  1 item.

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Membership 
box-folder

(1940-1955),  1951-1956  21 items.

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(1955-1960),  1957-1960  15 items.

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 1963-1965  28 items.

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box-folder

Membership Information,  1953-1963  13 items.

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Membership Lists,  1961-1963  23 items.

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Minutes,  1944-1954  81 items.

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1961-1962 File,  1961-1962  14 items.

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1963-1964 File,  1963-1964  21 items.

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1964-1965 File,  1964-1965  45 items.

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Notices and Publications,  1950-1953  12 items.

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Regional File,  1951-1954  30 items.

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Series 4: General Records and Correspondence,  1930-1966 
box-folder

Active Membership,  1948  10 items.

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Committee E 
box-folder

 1936-1941  34 items.

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 1931-1940  113 items.

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 1939  24 items.

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box-folder

Correspondence and Information File,  1948-1966  64 items.

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Forms,  1946-1948  4 items.

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Inquiries and Questionnaires,  1944-1947  3 items.

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Local Chapter Correspondence,  1946-1948  14 items.

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Meetings,  1939-1945  13 items.

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Memoranda 
box-folder

 1932-1940  25 items.

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 1932-1963  61 items.

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box-folder

National Correspondence,  1939-1948  33 items.

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National-Regional Correspondence,  1930-1943  71 items.

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Program Correspondence,  1939-1945  3 items.

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Washington Committee for Academic Freedom 
box-folder

 1948-1955  18 items.

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 1948-1955  44 items.

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 1948  30 items.

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box-folder

Washington-Idaho Contacts for Joint Meetings,  1940-1946  9 items.

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