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AAUP, Kent State University Chapter records

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AAUP, Kent State University Chapter records

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AAUP, Kent State University Chapter records

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American Association of University Professors, Kent State University Chapter records

Finding Aid

Prepared by Katy L. Watts, August 30, 2005; Updated October 2015; Additions and Updates: May 2022


Inclusive Dates: 1948-2019
Extent: 3 record storage boxes; 3 cubic feet
Physical Location: 11th floor


Scope and Content: This collection contains miscellaneous records of the Kent State University Chapter of the American Assocation of University Professors. Included are organizational materials of the chapter such as correspondence, flyers, newsletters, and membership information, as well as reports conducted by the chapter over the years, collective bargaining agreements, and chapter buttons. Of notable interest are materials detailing the collective bargaining movement in the 1970s including proposals, platform statements and reports. Additional materials are added to the collection on a continual basis.


Series 1: Organizational and Administrative Materials

Box 1
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, 1965-1969
  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, undated
  21. Correspondence: Collective Bargaining, 1972-1976
  22. Correspondence: Collective Bargaining, 1979-1980
  23. Correspondence: Collective Bargaining, 1992-2005; 2016
  24. Correspondence: Collective Bargaining, undated
  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; 2009
  30. Flyers: Announcements, 2012-2015
  31. Flyers: Announcements, undated
  32. Flyers: Informational, 1998; 2002; 2018
  33. Flyers: Informational, undated
  34. Membership Application, 1972-1973, 1973-1974
  35. Membership List, January 26, 1973
  36. Newsletter: AAUP Newsletter: Kent State University Chapter, 1959-1964
  37. Newsletter: AAUP Newsletter: Kent State University Chapter, 1965-1969
  38. Newsletter: AAUP Newsletter: Kent State University Chapter, 1970-1974
  39. Newsletter: AAUP Newsletter: Kent State University Chapter, 1975
  40. Newsletter: AAUP-KSU, 2008-2009; undated
  41. Newsletter: [Bargaining?] Bulletin, undated
  42. Newsletter: Bargaining Bulletin, 1976
  43. Newsletter: Bargaining Bulletin, 1992-1993
  44. Newsletter: Bargaining Bulletin, 2001
  45. Newsletter: Bargaining Bulletin, 2004-2005; 2008
  46. Newsletter: Committee W News, 1995-2004
  47. Newsletter: Faculty Action, 2005
  48. Newsletter: The Faculty Voice, 2009
  49. Newsletter: (AAUP) Forum, 1989-1991, 1994
  50. Newsletter: Inter-Action, 1984
  51. Newsletter: Interaction, 1987-1989
  52. Newsletter: Interaction, 1990-1994
  53. Newsletter: Interaction, 1995-1999
  54. Newsletter: Interaction, 2000-2007
  55. Newsletter: Know Your Rights!, 2007-2019
  56. Newsletter: Negotiation News, 1995
  57. Newsletter: Negotiation News, 1998-1999
  58. Newsletter: Professing2, 2009
  59. Newsletter: UFPA Forum, 1976; 1979
  60. Newsletter: University Update, October 1975
  61. Officer and Committee Rosters, 1958-1959, 1960-1961
  62. Resolution Concerning Salaries in Ohio State Universities, January 30, 1952
  63. Work Load Policy, November 1970

Series 2: Collective Bargaining and Studies

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

Series 3: Collective Bargaining Agreements and AAUP Artifacts

Box 3
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. Collective Bargaining Agreement, August 19, 2012
  17. Collective Bargaining Agreement, August 19, 2015
  18. Button: "AAUP" [red, national logo button], [2005]
  19. Button: "I'm Ready," [2005]
  20. Button: "The FACTS are on our side," 2015
  21. Button: "Fact-based bargaining since 1978," 2015
  22. Button: "Push Me and I Will Strike," undated