Harold D. Hantz Collection
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Scope and Content Note
In addition to correspondence, clippings and papers pertaining to Act 10 and the AAUP, a copy of Hantz's own affidavit is included as well as some correspondence pertaining to the presentation of AAUP's Meiklejohn Award to Guerdon Nichols, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences during the Act 10 struggle. Many items have notes by the donor attached.
Dates
- 1959-1968
Creator
Language of Materials
Materials are in English.
Access Information
Please call (479) 575-8444 or email specoll@uark.edu at least two weeks in advance of your arrival to ensure availability of the materials.
Use Information
No Use Restrictions Apply.
No Interlibrary Loan.
Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).
Biographical Note
Act 10, passed by a special session of the Arkansas Legislature, August 1958, required every teacher in Arkansas to file a sworn affidavit listing organizations that the teacher was a member of or had contributed to in the past five years. Many University of Arkansas faculty members filed under protest, some resigned rather than comply, and four (Max Carr, Frederick G. Friedmann, John L. McKenney, and Thelma W. Taylor) refused to comply and were fired. After Act 10 was declared unconstitutional by the United States Supreme Court in 1960, an attempt was made to have the four reinstated. When the University of Arkansas refused reinstatement, AAUP censured the president and board of trustees. After improvements in faculty participation in university government, academic freedom, clarification of tenure policy, and compensation for the four faculty members (through privately raised funds), censure was lifted in 1968.
Harold D. Hantz was elected to the National Council of AAUP in 1959. Included in the collection are correspondence and other papers pertaining to the University of Arkansas chapter of AAUP and the National Council during Hantz's three-year term.
Extent
0.75 Linear Feet (300 items in 2 Boxes)
Arrangement of the Papers
Materials have been arranged into two topical series, and then ordered chronologically by format. Undated items have been left in the order established by the donor.
Series I. Act 10 and Its Aftermath
Series II. AAUP Papers
Acquisition Information
Papers concerning Act 10 of the Arkansas Legislature (1958), as well as the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) were donated to the Special Collections Department by Harold D. Hantz, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, Fayetteville, November 1989.
Processing Information
Processed by Nan Lawler, Special Collections Division, University of Arkansas Libraries, Fayetteville, Arkansas, in July 1990.
- Title
- Harold D. Hantz Collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Nan Lawler
- Date
- July 1990
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Department Repository
University of Arkansas Libraries
365 N. McIlroy Avenue
Fayetteville AR 72701 United States
(479) 575-8444
specoll@uark.edu