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American Assocation of University Professors, Kent State University Chapter, Papers, 1948-2005

American Association of University Professors, Kent State University Chapter records, 1948-2008

Finding Aid

Prepared by Katy L. Watts, August 30, 2005; Updated January 2011
2 record storage boxes + 1 document case, 2.33 cubic feet, 11th floor

Scope and Content

This collection contains miscellaneous records of the Kent State University Chapter of the American Assocation of University Professors. Box 1 consists of organizational materials of the chapter such as correspondence, flyers, newsletters, and membership information. Box 2 contains reports conducted by the chapter over the years. Of notable interest are materials detailing the collective bargaining movement in the 1970s including proposals, platform statements and reports. Box 3 contains collective bargaining agreement booklets published since 1978 and chapter buttons. Additional materials are added to the collection on a continual basis.

Box 1: Series 1: Organizational and Administrative Materials

Folder -- Contents

  1. AAUP Policy Documents and Reports, 1973
  2. Chapter Handbook, 1952
  3. Code of Ethics, 1962-1963
  4. Committee Report: Committee of Graduate Instruction, Written Final Examinations for the M.A. Degree, 1948-1949
  5. Committee Report: Report of the Special Committee on Faculty Participation in University Government: Parts I, II, III, IV, September 12, 1968
  6. Committee Report: Report of the Special Committee of Inquiry, September 1969
  7. Committee Report: First Report of Committee W-AAUP, 1973-1974
  8. Committee Report: Faculty Professional Development Study Committee: Final Report, October 4, 1995
  9. Conference Program: The Challenge of College Teaching, November 4, 1961
  10. Conference Program: American Association of University Women Annual Convention, Kent State University, April 20-21, 2001
  11. Correspondence, 1957
  12. Correspondence, 1965, 1966, and 1969
  13. Correspondence, 1970
  14. Correspondence, 1971
  15. Correspondence, 1972
  16. Correspondence, 1973
  17. Correspondence, 1974
  18. Correspondence, 1975 and 1976
  19. Correspondence, 1990 and 1992
  20. Correspondence, [no date]
  21. Correspondence: Collective Bargaining, 1972-1976
  22. Correspondence: Collective Bargaining, 1979-1980
  23. Correspondence: Collective Bargaining, 1992-2005
  24. Correspondence: Collective Bargaining, [no date]
  25. Correspondence: Faculty Salaries, 1972-1974
  26. Faculty Senate Officer Nominees Poll, winter 1974
  27. Flyers: Announcements, 1963-1966
  28. Flyers: Announcements, 1971-1975
  29. Flyers: Announcements, 1983-2002, 2005
  30. Flyers: Announcements, [no date]
  31. Flyers: Informational, 1998 and 2002
  32. Flyers: Informational, [no date]
  33. Membership Application, 1972-1973, 1973-1974
  34. Membership List, January 26, 1973
  35. Newsletter: AAUP Newsletter: Kent State University Chapter, 1959-1964
  36. Newsletter: AAUP Newsletter: Kent State University Chapter, 1965-1969
  37. Newsletter: AAUP Newsletter: Kent State University Chapter, 1970-1974
  38. Newsletter: AAUP Newsletter: Kent State University Chapter, 1975
  39. Newsletter: [Bargaining?] Bulletin, [no date]
  40. Newsletter: Bargaining Bulletin, 1976
  41. Newsletter: Bargaining Bulletin, 1992-1993
  42. Newsletter: Bargaining Bulletin, 2001
  43. Newsletter: Bargaining Bulletin, 2004-2008
  44. Newsletter: Committee W News, 1995-2004
  45. Newsletter: Faculty Action, 2005
  46. Newsletter: (AAUP) Forum, 1989-1991, 1994
  47. Newsletter: Inter-Action, 1984
  48. Newsletter: Interaction, 1987-1989
  49. Newsletter: Interaction, 1990-1994
  50. Newsletter: Interaction, 1995-1999
  51. Newsletter: Interaction, 2000-2007
  52. Newsletter: Know Your Rights!, 2007-2008
  53. Newsletter: Negotiation News, 1995
  54. Newsletter: Negotiation News, 1998-1999
  55. Newsletter: The Faculty Voice, 2009
  56. Newsletter: Professing2, 2009
  57. Officer and Committee Rosters, 1958-1959, 1960-1961
  58. Resolution Concerning Salaries in Ohio State Universities, January 30, 1952
  59. Work Load Policy, November 1970

Box 2: Series 2: Collective Bargaining and Studies

Folder -- Contents

  1. Collective Bargaining: AAUP Newsletters Highlighting Collective Bargaining, 1974-1975
  2. Collective Bargaining: Board of Trustees Resolution, April 16, 1976
  3. Collective Bargaining: Chart of Negotiated Salaries 1973-1988, June 1987
  4. Collective Bargaining: Contract Proposal for Merger of KSU-AAUP and KSUFA/NEA/OEA, [1975?]
  5. Collective Bargaining: Informational Booklets, Academic Collective Bargaining Information Service, [1975?]
  6. Collective Bargaining: Policy Agreement, 1979
  7. Collective Bargaining: Position Papers and Platform Statements, 1975
  8. Collective Bargaining: Question and Answer Packet, Why Organize? [1974-1975?]
  9. Collective Bargaining: Report, In the Matter of Fact-Finding Between AAUP-KSU and Kent State University, [2004?]
  10. Collective Bargaining: Second Report on Collective Bargaining, January 12, 1973
  11. Other Studies: A Report on Academic Loads at Kent State University, January 1956
  12. Other Studies: An Interim Report on the Kent State University Study of Faculty Work Load, Winter 1971
  13. Other Studies: Gupta Report on Faculty Attitudes Towards the Effectiveness of Senate and Administrative Policies, October 18, 1972
  14. Other Studies: Final Report on the 1994 Faculty Morale Study
  15. Salary Study: Faculty Salaries at Kent State University, April 1951
  16. Salary Study: Report on Faculty Salaries at Kent State University, January 1952
  17. Salary Study: An Appraisal of Faculty Salaries at Kent State University, December 1952
  18. Salary Study: The Crisis in Faculty Salaries, 1952
  19. Salary Study: Faculty Salary Perspectives: Kent State University, 1953-1954
  20. Salary Study: Salaries and Economic Welfare in the State of Ohio Universities, 1954, 1956, and 1958
  21. Salary Study: Salaries and Economic Welfare at Kent State University, 1954-1955
  22. Salary Study: Salaries and Economic Welfare at Kent State University, 1955-1956
  23. Salary Study: Salaries and Economic Welfare at Kent State University, 1956-1957
  24. Salary Study: A Progress Report in Faculty Salaries, 1957
  25. Salary Study: Salaries and Economic Welfare at Kent State University, 1957-1958
  26. Salary Study: Salaries and Economic Welfare at Kent State University, 1958-1959
  27. Salary Study: Salaries and Economic Welfare at Kent State University, 1959-1960
  28. Salary Study: Salaries and Economic Welfare at Kent State University, 1960-1961
  29. Salary Study: Analysis of Faculty Studies at Kent State University, 1961-1962
  30. Salary Study: Analysis of Faculty Studies at Kent State University, 1962-1963
  31. Salary Study: Analysis of Faculty Studies at Kent State University, 1963-1964
  32. Salary Study: Supplement to the 1963-1964 Kent State University Salary Study
  33. Salary Study: Seventeenth Annual Faculty Salary Study, 1964-1965
  34. Salary Study: 1965-1966: Eighteenth Annual Salary Study
  35. Salary Study: 1966-1967: Nineteenth Annual Salary Study
  36. Salary Study: 1967-1968: Twentieth Annual Salary Study of Kent State University
  37. Salary Study: 1968-1969: Twenty-first Annual Salary Study of Kent State University
  38. Salary Study: 1969-1970: Twenty-second Annual Salary Study of Kent State University
  39. Salary Study: 1970-1971: Twenty-third Annual Salary Study of Kent State University
  40. Salary Study: 1971-1972: Twenty-fourth Annual Salary Study of Kent State University
  41. Salary Study: 1972-1973: Twenty-fifth Annual Salary Study of Kent State University
  42. Salary Study: 1973-1974: Twenty-sixth Annual Salary Study of Kent State University
  43. Salary Study: 1973-1974: Twenty-seventh Annual Salary Study of Kent State University
  44. Salary Study: Second Report on KSU Faculty Salaries-- Academic Year 1973-1974 (Central Campus)
  45. Salary Study: Faculty Salary Data, 1973

Box 3: Series 3: Collective Bargaining Agreements and AAUP Artifacts

Folder -- Contents

  1. Agreement Between Kent State University and Ohio Council 8 and Kent State University Employees Local 153 American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO, 1999-2002
  2. Collective Bargaining Agreement, September 16, 1978
  3. Collective Bargaining Agreement, August 1985
  4. Collective Bargaining Agreement, September 16, 1987
  5. Collective Bargaining Agreement, September 16, 1989
  6. Collective Bargaining Agreement, September 16, 1992
  7. Collective Bargaining Agreement, September 16, 1995
  8. Collective Bargaining Agreement, September 16, 1996
  9. Collective Bargaining Agreement, September 16, 1998
  10. Collective Bargaining Agreement, August 16, 1999
  11. Collective Bargaining Agreement, September 16, 2001
  12. Collective Bargaining Agreement, August 16, 2002
  13. Collective Bargaining Agreement, August 16, 2005
  14. Collective Bargaining Agreement, August 23, 2005
  15. Collective Bargaining Agreement, August 23, 2008
  16. Button: "AAUP" [red, national logo button], [2005]
  17. Button: "I'm Ready", [2005]