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Harold D. Hantz Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MC 1039

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

Contact:
University of Arkansas Libraries
365 N. McIlroy Avenue
Fayetteville AR 72701 United States
(479) 575-8444