The American Association of University Professors has a rich history dating back to 1913. In this year the Association was created to represent academe's common interests and deal with the problems of university policy. In 1931 the local chapter at URI formed with two members: Joseph W. Ince of the Chemistry department and Andrew J. Newman, director of the school's placement service and lecturer in public finance. The records in this collection pertain to miscellaneous materials from the 1940s through the 1960s including meeting notices and member lists.
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Records of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) -- University of Rhode Island Chapter, Mss. Gr. 118A, University of Rhode Island.
The records of the University of Rhode Island Chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) were donated to the URI Library in the summer of 1996. The idea of archiving the Association's historical records dates back to 1973 when the motion was defeated in a vote before the Executive Committee. In academic year 1995-1996 current Executive Director, Suzanne Taylor, brought forward the idea as part of the organization's twenty fifth anniversary; at this point the Committee sanctioned the project. Records of the Association were transferred to the University Archives from the AAUP offices in Roosevelt Hall where they had been stored in closets and file cabinet since 1971. In the planning phase of this project, the Executive Director and University Archivist, in consultation with the Executive Committee, decided that all records from the earliest date up to, and including, 1990 would be transferred to the archive through a deed of gift which was presented to the Committee on the 26th of August 1996. Because the Association is still an active entity, records from 1991 forward are kept at the AAUP office.
The collection is arranged in one series as follows:
The records of the University of Rhode Island Chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) were donated to the URI Library in the summer of 1996.
These files contain early material from the AAUP chapter at URI. A bulk of the material is from the 1950s and 1960s and includes issues such as extracurricular activities of students, fringe benefits, salaries, and meetings.