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American Association of University Professors. Western Michigan University Chapter -- History

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Oral history interview with Mary Cain, January 24, 1990

 File — Box 1-OralHist, Object: 10
Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Mary Cain (1924-2016), professor emerita of education, conducted by Lewis Carlson on January 24, 1990 in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Cain discusses the School of Education and her career there, including a program on teaching the disadvantaged and a overall discussion of general education. She also touches on the position of women in education. Cain talks about being involved in the early years of AAUP, striking in 1984, and faculty/administration relationships during...
Dates: January 24, 1990

Oral history interview with Milt Brawer, November 17, 1989

 File — Box 1-OralHist, Object: 5
Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Dr. Milton J. Brawer, Professor of Sociology, Western Michigan University, conducted and recorded by Lew Carlson on November 17th, 1989 in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Milt describes joining the Sociology Department in 1960, being appointed the university's first ombudsman in 1970, and serving on the Faculty Senate Executive Board and WMU's chapter of the AAUP. He discusses his experiences with the certification vote in 1975, the beginning of collective bargaining for...
Dates: November 17, 1989

Oral history interview with William Combs, November 17, 1989

 File — Box 1-OralHist, Object: 15
Scope and Contents Oral history interview with William “Bill” Combs, Professor of English at Western Michigan University, conducted and recorded by Lew Carlson on November 17, 1989 in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Bill discusses the racial tensions on campus in the 1960s and the take-over of the student union by black students following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. He then talks about his involvement in the AAUP following it’s certification and various contract negotiations in the 1970s and 1980s. Bill’s...
Dates: November 17, 1989