Title: American Association of University Professors Records, 1921-1982

ID: OGLMC751

Primary Creator: American Association of University Professors, UND Chapter

Extent: 1.25 Linear Feet

Date Acquired: 03/29/1982. More info below under Accruals.

Subjects: University of North Dakota - Faculty, University of North Dakota - Faculty Organizations

Languages: English

The American Association of University Professors Records, 1921-1982, have been divided into four series:

Series 1: North Dakota State Chapter

Series 2: UND Chapter

Series 3: Other Chapters

Series 4: Other Organizations

The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) was founded in 1915 at Johns Hopkins University to protect academic freedom, which was being threatened on some campuses by overzealous administrators. The University of North Dakota (UND) became a charter chapter in AAUP after John M. Gillette, UND professor of sociology, traveled to New York to attend an organizational meeting for the association. UND's chapter of AAUP was among the largest of the initial chapters and the only chapter west of Minneapolis in the Midwest, according to Louis G. Geiger's University of the Northern Plains.

Since its inception, the AAUP at UND served to promote recognition and just treatment of the university faculty. The organization was concerned with academic and economic issues including, but not limited to, faculty responsibility, salary, student rights, academic freedom, tenure, retirement, insurance and status of women.

According to its website, the mission of the national AAUP is "to advance academic freedom and shared governance, to define fundamental professional values and standards for higher education, and to ensure higher education's contribution to the common good."

The UND chapter is now dissolved.

University of North Dakota - Faculty
University of North Dakota - Faculty Organizations

Repository: Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections

Accruals:

Additional materials were deposited:

1985 (85-1373)

Dr. Richard Beringer, April 16, 1987 (87-1527)

May 1988

Dr. Benjamin Ring, August 9, 1989 (89-1674)

Access Restrictions: Open for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections

Acquisition Source: Elizabeth Hampsten, UND Department of English,

Acquisition Method: Donation; 82-980

Preferred Citation: (Description of Item) American Association of University Professors Records. OGLMC 751, Box #, Folder #. Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections. Chester Fritz Library. University of North Dakota, Grand Forks.

Finding Aid Revision History: The collection was reprocessed by Curt Hanson in June 2015 and added to Archon.