Academic freedom
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:
AAUP Wayne State University Chapter Records
Collection
Identifier: LR000662
Abstract
The Wayne State University American Association of University Professors was formed in 1930. The early activities of the chapter focused on administrative reform and faculty participation in University governance. In May of 1973 WSU AAUP won an election against the Michigan Education Association-affiliated Faculty Association and the WSUFT (Wayne State University Federation of Teachers) to become the faculty collective bargaining representative. Collection materials include records relating to...
Dates:
1940 - 2021
ACLU of Michigan and Metropolitan Detroit Branch Records
Collection
Identifier: UR000231
Abstract
The Metropolitan Detroit Branch of the ACLU was chartered in 1952 and joined the Lansing and Ann Arbor area chapters in 1961 to form the ACLU of Michigan, coordinating civil liberties activities for these and several other chapters that formed over the next decades. Their records related primarily to the Detroit Branch and include subjects such as: academic freedom; censorship; church and state; civil liberties; police brutality; HUAC; and legal assistance to prisoners.
Dates:
1952 - 1966
AFT Inventory Part II Records
Collection
Identifier: LR000348_2
Abstract
Contains Series VIII-XIII.
Series VIII State publications, 1950s-1963
Series IX, miscellaneous materials 1935-1964
Series X communications to locals, 1934-1963
Series XI memos and mimeographed materials, 1921-1964
Series XII Locals, 1914-1960s
Series XIII AFT conventions, 1916-1967
Dates:
1914 - 1967
American Federation of Teachers Publications
Collection
Identifier: LR002613
Abstract
The American Federation of Teachers was founded in 1916 and immediately made the American Teacher, published by the New York City Teachers Union, as its official organ. Since then the AFT has published numerous publications that range from organizing tools to professional development materials for its members. It has also published materials dealing with the labor movement, tenure, civil and human rights as well as teaching tools. Official publications of the AFT also spoke directly to the...
Dates:
1865 - 2013; Majority of material found within 1960 - 1990
Arthur Elder Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP000075
Abstract
The collection contains correspondence, reports, and a scrapbook relating to the AFL and education from 1941 to 1949, as well as correspondence, reports, resolutions, studies, hearings, and clippings pertaining to the American Federation of Teachers from 1934 to 1950, the Michigan Federation of Teachers from 1937 to 1949, and the Detroit Federation of Teachers from 1921 to 1951. It also contains correspondence relating to the organizing efforts of the MFT from 1939 to 1953, and to the dismissal...
Dates:
1921 - 1953; Majority of material found within 1940 - 1949
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Arthur Elder Papers
Charles Biagi Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP000794
Abstract
Charles Biagi served as president of the New Jersey Labor Press Council and as International Representative to the United Auto Workers Fair employment and Anti-Discrimination Department. He also acted as Business agent of United Auto Workers Local 669 (Paterson, NJ) and editor of their publication, The Cyclone. Active in civil liberties and civil rights movements, Mr. Biagi’s papers reflect his efforts concerning academic freedom and censorship.
Dates:
1960 - 1976; Majority of material found within 1961 - 1964
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Charles Biagi Papers
Chester Cable Papers
Collection
Identifier: UP001162
Abstract
A Professor of English at Wayne State University, Chester Cable was an active member of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). Mr. Cable’s papers reflect his work on behalf of academic freedom and civil liberties advocacy.
Dates:
1965 - 1983; Majority of material found within 1971 - 1983
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Chester Cable Papers
John Eklund Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP000416
Abstract
Mr. Eklund was president of the American Federation of Teachers from 1948-1951. This collection contains materials related to his presidency which include academic freedom and federal aid to education.
Dates:
1948 - 1951
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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John Eklund Papers
Michigan Federation of Teachers Records
Collection
Identifier: LR000146
Abstract
Part I and II consists of correspondence, minutes, and reports. Subjects include Administrative Board meetings; American Federation of Teachers; conventions; Detroit Federation of Teachers; Executive Council meetings; Haven Hill conferences; legislative lobbying activities; membership campaigns; metropolitan teachers' institutes; Michigan AFL-CIO Council; Michigan Constitutional Convention (1961); teachers' salary and fringe benefits surveys; treasurer reports; White House Conference on...
Dates:
1934 - 2000; Majority of material found within 1955 - 1975
Robert Nielsen Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP001828
Abstract
Dr. Robert M. Nielsen was born in Nebraska in 1933. Dr. Nielsen became a professor of mathematics at the University of Delaware. In the late 1960s he was the co-founder of the AFT local for faculty at the university and was president from 1969-1973.
In 1973 Nielsen became director of the AFT’s colleges and universities department in which he took both aspects of academic professionalism and union professionalism into creating a strong and viable department within the AFT. Dr. Nielsen was...
Dates:
1967 - 1993; Majority of material found within 1976 - 1983
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Robert Nielsen Papers