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UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: Benjamin Aaron papers
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.0413
Physical Description:
36.8 Linear Feet
(32 boxes and 24 cartons)
Date (inclusive): circa 1930-2006
Date (bulk): 1970-2000
Abstract: UCLA Professor of Law Emeritus Benjamin Aaron's principal field of study was labor law and industrial relations with a special
emphasis on comparative labor law. Materials include arbitration case files, conference files, documents pertaining to Aaron's
involvement in the National Academy of Arbitrators, the Industrial Relations Research Association, and the International Society
of Labor Law and Social Security, correspondence, UAW Public Review Board documents, publications authored by and collected
by Aaron, drafts of Aaron's memoirs, and files concerning the UCLA Ad Hoc Committee chaired by Aaron to examine three allegations
against Acting Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Angela Y. Davis.
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Language of Material: Materials are in English.
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Benjamin Aaron papers (Collection 413). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Benjamin Aaron donated to UCLA University Archives, November, 1994. University Archivist Charlotte Brown received additions
in November, 2007.
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Processed by UCLA Library Special Collections staff, revisions by Kelly Besser with assistance from Megan Hahn Fraser in consultation
with University Archivist Charlotte Brown, 2013.
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UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography/History
Benjamin Aaron was born on September 2, 1915 in Chicago, Illinois. He graduated from the University of Michigan in 1937, and
received his law degree from Harvard in 1940. In 1946 Aaron joined UCLA's Institute of Industrial Relations, and became its
director in 1960. That same year, he joined the faculty of the UCLA School of Law. Aaron was a distinguished scholar of labor
law and published widely in the field. He served on many panels, boards, and commissions as an appointee of Presidents Truman,
Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, and George H.W. Bush, such as The National Commission on Technology, Automation, and Economic
Progress. During his career he served as president of National Academy of Arbitrators, the Industrial Relations Research Association,
and the International Society of Labor Law and Social Security. He became Professor of Law Emeritus in 1986. Aaron died August
25, 2007 in Los Angeles, California.
Scope and Content
Collection contains documents pertaining to the career of Benjamin Aaron, a scholar of labor law and law school professor
at UCLA. Materials include arbitration case files, conference files, documents pertaining to Aaron's involvement in the National
Academy of Arbitrators, the Industrial Relations Research Association, and the International Society of Labor Law and Social
Security, correspondence, UAW Public Review Board documents, publications (both authored by and collected by Aaron), drafts
of Aaron's memoirs, and files concerning the UCLA Ad Hoc Committee chaired by Aaron to examine three allegations against Acting
Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Angela Y. Davis.
Organization and Arrangement
The collection maintains the creator's original order and file names.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
University of California, Los Angeles. School of Law--Faculty -- Archives