Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Comegys, Robert G.
- Abstract:
- American Association of University Professors (AAUP) and CSU Academic Senate materials of Robert Comegys, Fresno State history professor. AAUP defends academic freedom and tenure, advocates collegial governance, and develops policies ensuring due process. These materials include: organizational papers including AAUP position papers, newsletters, correspondence, bulletins, news clippings, reports, California Teachers Association, and conference papers. Subjects include student protest, finance, personnel files, and administrative files. Includes mention of Frederic W. Ness and Marvin Jackson (Marvin X).
- Extent:
- 15 boxes [6.4 linear ft]
- Language:
- Collection material is in English
Background
- Scope and content:
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The Robert G. Comegys collection encompasses materials from 1950-1973. This collection also includes organizational papers including AAUP position papers, newsletters, AAUP handbooks, political pamphlets, correspondence, bulletins, news clippings, reports, California Teachers Association materials, conference papers, CSU Academic Senate, Subjects include student protest, finance, personnel files, administrative files, Frederic W. Ness and Marvin Jackson (Marvin X). Other subjects deal with campus unrest at Fresno State College (now California State University, Fresno). Included are extensive news clippings from The Fresno Bee detailing student protests and political and social activism.
- Biographical / historical:
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Robert G, Comegys was Professor of History at Fresno State College. He was associated with AAUP from 1958-1973. From 1963 to 1970 Comegys was at various times President of the California branch of the AAUP and a representative of Fresno State to the Statewide Academic Senate of the CSU.
The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) was formed in 1915 by university professors and scholars. It emerged as the first national organization of its kind to protect the interests of professors and research scholars in higher education. Later, the national organization began to organize state and local chapters. Local chapters provided faculty with easier access to the association and promoted their own issues with the guidance of the national association. The AAUP also worked with other organizations, such as the Congress of Faculty Association (CFA), primarily in the area of collective bargaining. AAUP defends academic freedom and tenure, advocates collegial governance, and develops policies ensuring due process.
- Acquisition information:
- This collection was donated by Professor Robert G. Comegys.
- Rules or conventions:
- Finding Aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access and use
- Location of this collection:
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1000 E. Victoria StreetCarson, CA 90747, US
- Contact:
- (310) 243-3895