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American Association of University Professors (AAUP) EMU Chapter records

 Collection
Identifier: 010.AAUP

Scope and Contents

The collection of American Association of University Professors includes AAUP chapter meeting minutes, clippings, and strike agreements. Records span from 1954 until 2011. The collection is arranged into nine series: Administrative Files, Constitution, By laws, and Policies, Contracts and Agreements, Correspondence, Events, Announcements, and Fliers, Meeting Minutes, Negotiations & Strikes, Press, and Professors for a Democratic Union.

The Administrative Files series includes ALOC-EMUFT, Board of Regents Recommendations, Executive Committee Updates, Fact-Finder Report, Faculty Surveys, General Files, Health Care and Benefits, Michigan Conference, Presentations by Howard Bunsis, and Reports. Constitution, By laws, and Policies series are the constitutions and by laws for the AAUP from 1968 until 2003 and a Policies, Documents, and Reports booklet. The Contracts and Agreements series is a collection of the contracts and agreements between the AAUP and Eastern Michigan University spanning from 1971 until 2010.

The Correspondence series spans from 1954 until 2010. Events Announcements, and Fliers series spans from 1956 until 2010 including events, announcements and fliers. The Meeting Minutes series includes meeting minutes from 1957 until 2006. The Negotiationsseries documents negotiations from 2000 until 2007. The Press series includes an extensive subseries titled EMU-AAUP Output a newsletter published by the Eastern Michigan University chapter dating from 1976-2003, clippings, news releases and newsletters from 1970 until 2011. Materials in Professors for a Democratic Union includes a button and general files.

The Memorabilia series includes buttons, pins, and materials from the 2022 faculty strike sich as t-shirts and picket signs.

Dates

  • 1954 - 2022

Conditions Governing Access

Researchers are asked to request materials 24 hours prior to visiting the the University Archives.

Administrative History Note.

The EMU-AAUP is the local chapter of the national organization of the American Association of University Professors. 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 EMU chapter was formed in 1974 as the bargaining unit (the "labor union") of all faculty at EMU, and the first faculty contract was negotiated that year. As the faculty's union, the EMU-AAUP advises its members on the process of tenure and promotion (based on each academic department's contractually mandated "Department Evaluation Document") and works with EMU administrators to assure that the terms of the negotiated faculty contract are met. When necessary, the EMU-AAUP represents individual faculty in grievances against the university administration, and it protects the entire faculty through a variety of actions. The EMU-AAUP also provides seminars and services on retirement and financial planning, and members of the EMU-AAUP enjoy all of the benefits of membership of the national AAUP organization.

Borrowed from EMU-AAUP "http://www.emu-aaup.org/"

Extent

18.8 Linear Feet (2 record center cartons, 4 archive boxes, 1 oversized archive box, 1 oversized box, 1 oversize folder, and 26 objects.)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) Eastern Michigan University Chapter collection documents the official business of the AAUP at Eastern Michigan University. The collection is arranged into nine series: Administrative Files including Executive Committee Updates, Health Care and Benefits, Constitution, By laws and Policies, Contracts and Agreements from 1971 until 2010, Correspondence, Events Announcements, and Fliers, Meeting Minutes from 1956 until 2006, Negotiations & Strikes including correspondence, bargaining sessions, and chief negotiator log, Press containing an extensive subseries titled EMU-AAUP Output a newsletter published by the Eastern Michigan University chapter dating from 1976-2003, clippings, newsletters, and releases, and Professors for a Democratic Union. The collection is almost a complete record of the AAUP at Eastern Michigan University, with the exception of the 2011 contract which is not included in the collection and missing meeting minutes from 2007 - 2011.

Title
The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) EMU Chapter records
Status
Completed
Author
Courtney Dornburg, Amber Davis, Brooke Boyst
Date
2022 November 1
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script
Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Part of the Eastern Michigan University Archives Repository

Contact:
Bruce T. Halle Library, Room 310
955 West Circle Drive
Ypsilanti Michigan 48197
734-487-2673