Bookmark this page or copy and paste URL to Email message American Association of University Professors, University of Arizona Chapter printed materials1946-1966MS 647
Biographical NoteThe American Association of University Professors is a national organization, founded in 1915, to support and advocate for academic freedom and tenure. Dr. Oliver F. Sigworth, who collected these materials, was on the faculty of the Dept. of English at the University of Arizona and was secretary of the Executive Committee of the A.A.U.P. Arizona Chapter. Scope and Content NoteMinutes, reports, newsletters, correspondence, and chapter letters concerning the Arizona Chapter of the A.A.U.P. and business and labor concerns of university professors mostly in the 1950s and 1960s. Includes organization material related to the case of Dr. MacEwan and censure of the University of Arizona administration by the national office of the American Association of University Professors in 1964. There is also material about an issue with the NAACP Tucson branch when Somalia students were denied housing, discussion of whether the R.O.T.C. should be voluntary, Barbara Elfbrandt's refusal to sign the state loyalty oath, and an Arizona State legislature bill to control campus speakers. ArrangementThis collection is organized by format then chronologically.RestrictionsRestrictionsThere are no restrictions on this collection. CopyrightIt is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission to publish from the owner of the copyright (the institution, the creator of the record, the author or his/her transferees, heirs, legates, or literary executors). The user agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Arizona Board of Regents for the University of Arizona, its officers, employees, and agents from and against all claims made by any person asserting that he or she is an owner of copyright. Access TermsPersonal Name(s) Sigworth, Oliver F. Corporate Name(s) University of Arizona -- Faculty Subject(s) Academic freedom -- Arizona College teachers -- Arizona -- Tucson -- Archives Newsletters -- Periodicals Race discrimination -- Arizona -- Tucson Genre Form(s) Minutes Administrative InformationCredit LineAmerican Association of University Professors, University of Arizona Chapter printed materials (MS 647). Special Collections, University of Arizona Libraries Processing HistoryProcessed by Kim Frontz in 2018. Container List
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