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