The Association of University of Wisconsin Professionals records, 1918-1995

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The Association of University of Wisconsin Professionals

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Records of The Association of University of Wisconsin Professionals (TAUWP), a professional organization representing the interests of Wisconsin State University faculty, including correspondence, ...

Records of The Association of University of Wisconsin Professionals (TAUWP), a professional organization representing the interests of Wisconsin State University faculty, including correspondence, committee reports and minutes, constitutions, by-laws, conference proceedings, memoranda, financial records, membership lists, questionnaires, newspaper clippings, legislative bills, and reference materials.

The proceedings of the Board of Regents and the reports of annual and biennial conferences and delegate assemblies of the association concern issues such as academic freedom, tenure, salaries, and retirement. The files also document the George Ball tenure rights case of 1957 in Superior, Wisconsin.

Prominent correspondents include association officers Philip S. Anderson, William B. Cochrane, Wynett Barnett, James McLaughlin, Rexford Mitchell, Guy S. Salyer, and A. H. Sanford.

The processed portion of this collection is summarized above, dates 1918-1968, and is described in the register. Additional accessions date 1930-1995 and are described below.

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