Guide to the American Association of University Professors University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire Chapter Records, 1946-1975

Overview of the Collection

Repository:               
University Archives and Special Collections
McIntyre Library
University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire
P.O.  Box 4004
105 Garfield Ave.
Eau Claire, WI 54702 – 4004
(715) 836-2739     
https://library.uwec.edu/archives/

Reference Code: USGZE AS580

Accession Number: 07-65

Collection Number: Archives Series 580

Creators: American Association of University Professors. University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire Chapter

Title: American Association of University Professors University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire Chapter Records

Dates: 1946-1975

Quantity: 0.8 linear feet (2 archives boxes)

Location of Collection: E5/6f

Languages: Collection materials are in English.

Summary: Meeting minutes, membership lists, and correspondence of a faculty member organization dedicated to promoting academic freedom.

Historical Note

The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) was founded in 1915 as an organization dedicated to promoting academic freedom and establishing standards for professional and institutional excellence in higher education.  The University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire Chapter was founded in 1946.  The chapter held regular meetings in which faculty members presented their research and discussed issues including tenure and promotion, faculty salaries, collective bargaining, educational evaluation, and university governance.  The chapter also sponsored student scholarships.

Content Description

The collection contains a fairly complete set of meeting minutes, as well as transcripts of some of the papers presented during the chapter’s early years.  Other records in the collection include membership lists, correspondence from the national AAUP office to the chapter offices, fragmentary incoming and outgoing correspondence, meeting notices, policy statements and press releases from the national organization, and fragmentary materials from the Wisconsin AAUP Conference.

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information: Transferred to the University Archives prior to March 2006.

Access Restrictions: Collection is open to the public.

Use Restrictions: Researchers are responsible for using in accordance with 17 U.S.C. Copyright not owned by the University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire.

Preferred Citation: University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire.  American Association of University Professors. University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire Chapter Records, 1946-1975. AS 580. University Archives and Special Collections.  McIntyre Library. University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire. Eau Claire, WI.

Processing Note: Processed by Colleen McFarland in September 2006.

Arrangement: Flat arrangement; alphabetical order.

OCLC #: 179688544 

Subjects

Corporate Names:
American Association of University Professors. University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Chapter -- Archives
University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire -- Faculty
University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire – Societies, etc.

Subject Terms: College teachers – Wisconsin – Eau Claire

Genre Terms:  
Minutes
Organizational files