Preliminary Inventory of the Mark Reader Papers
1935-2005 (bulk 1953-2002)
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Preliminary Inventory of the Mark Reader Papers
1935-2005 (bulk 1953-2002)
2008-04182 Creator: Reader, Mark, Ph.D. Title: Preliminary Inventory of the Mark Reader Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1935-2005 Bulk Dates: 1953-2002 Quantity:
18 Boxes
(27.0 Linear Feet)
Abstract: This collection houses drafts of publications, lecture notes, correspondence, and other materials documenting Reader's work against nuclear proliferation, his class action lawsuit against Arizona mining companies, the Palo Verde Nuclear Plant, the controversy between Reader and Accuracy in Academia (AIA), and Reader's career at Arizona State University. This collection has not been processed in full and can be viewed only by appointment. Contact Archives and Special Collections for more information. Identification: 2008-04182 Language:
Material in English.
Repository: Arizona State University Library. University ArchivesQuestions? Ask An Archivist!
Mark Reader was born on June 24, 1933 in Brooklyn, New York. He married Frances Marion Sheldon (1933-) on February 2, 1954 and the couple had three sons, Timothy (1955-2005), Seth (1960-), and Tristan. Reader earned his B.A. (1954), M.A. (1960), and Ph.D. (1966) from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and began his career as a journalist, working as a campus reporter for the Detroit News (1952-1954) and as a journalist and editor for The Grand Rapids Press and The Long Island Star Journal (1954-1958). He entered academia in 1962 as an Instructor at Allegheny College, where he became an Assistant Professor in 1965. Reader came to Arizona State University in 1967 as an Assistant Professor of Political Science.
In 1984, former State Press writer Matthew Scully submitted several columns critical of Reader to Accuracy in Academia (AIA), a watchdog organization that used volunteer monitors to identify and publicize instances of perceived liberal bias in University classrooms. The group charged that Reader used Political Science 101 "as a soapbox to indoctrinate students with his obsessive fear of all things nuclear" and that assigned readings showed only one side of various controversial issues discussed. Reader sought support from the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) and the American Political Science Association, but it was not until the New York Times published an article and an editorial generating national publicity about Reader and the AIA that ASU President Nelson issued a statement challenging the practice of random classroom surveillance. Reader later speculated that Nelson acted to prevent ASU's return to the AAUP's list of censured institutions (where it had been listed from 1970 until 1981 as a result of Morris Starsky's dismissal) than out of any desire to defend academic freedom.
Reader retired from Arizona State University in 1998 and took up watercolor painting.
This collection houses drafts of publications, lecture notes, correspondence, and other materials documenting Reader's work against nuclear proliferation, his class action lawsuit against Arizona mining companies, the Palo Verde Nuclear Plant, the controversy between Reader and Accuracy in Academia (AIA), and Reader's career at Arizona State University. This collection has not been processed in full and can be viewed only by appointment. Contact Archives and Special Collections for more information.
Access Restrictions
To view this collection, make an appointment at least five business days prior to your visit by contacting Ask an Archivist or calling (480) 965-4932. Appointments in the Wurzburger Reading Room at Hayden Library (rm. 138) on the Tempe campus are available Monday through Friday. Check the ASU Library Hours page for current availability.
Copyright
The Arizona Board of Regents retains copyright to this collection for and on behalf of the Arizona State University Library. Requests to publish, display, or redistribute information from this collection must be submitted via our online application .
Personal Name(s) Reader, Mark, Ph.D.
Corporate Name(s) Accuracy in Academia (Organization).
Arizona State University -- Faculty.
Geographic Name(s) Arizona -- Politics and government -- 1951-.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989.
Subject(s) Academic freedom -- Arizona.
Antinuclear movement -- United States.
Chernobyl Nuclear Accident, Chernobyl', Ukraine, 1986 -- Health aspects.
College student newspapers and periodicals -- Arizona -- Tempe.
Liberalism -- United States.
Martin Luther King, Jr., Day.
Nuclear reactor accidents.
Progressivism (United States politics).
Radiation -- Health aspects.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Mark Reader Papers, 2008-04182, Arizona State University Library.
Provenance
Mark Reader donated these papers to University Archives in 2008.
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