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San José State University Faculty Papers of H. Brett Melendy
MSS-2009-05-01  
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Academic Departments SERIES I: 1957-1983

Physical Description: 2.0 boxes

Series Scope and Content Summary

The material in this series documents the Art, Nursing, Psychology and Science Education Departments. Of special note is a brief history of the Art Department covering the years 1911-1957, written by faculty member Warren Faus for the 1957 San José State University Centennial Celebration. Faus went on to chair the Art Department from 1960-1967, and then served as Dean of the School of Humanities and Arts until his retirement in 1974.

Arrangement

This series is arranged by department.
 

Art & Psychology Departments Box 1 1957, 1970-1976

 

Nursing & Science Education Departments Box 2 1976-1983

 

Academic Senate & the Economics Department SERIES II: 1970-1978

Physical Description: 5.0 boxes

Series Scope and Content Summary

The material in this series documents the Academic Senate investigation into the 1974 disenfranchisement of the Economics Department by SJSU President John Bunzel (1970-1978). The series includes a copy of the 1975 lawsuit brought against the university by members of the department. This event is also documented in the San José State University Academic Senate Records. Materials related to a 1974 Academic Senate retreat and a 1977-78 evaluation of the Dean of Undergraduate Studies are also included in this series.

Arrangement

This series is arranged by subject.

Access Note

Folder "Review Committee for Dean of Undergraduate Studies 1977-1978" in Box 3 is restricted.
 

Academic Senate Retreat & Dean Review Box 3 1974-1978

 

Senate Response to Economics Department Disenfranchisement Boxes 4-7 1970-1976

 

Business Affairs SERIES III: 1931-1979

Physical Description: 6.0 boxes

Series Scope and Content Summary

The material in this series documents independent audits conducted on specific campus organizations, including Spartan Shops, Inc., the San José State College Foundation and the Associated Students. State budget process position justification letters and other correspondence related to the budget from 1953-1960 are also included in this series.

Arrangement

This series is arranged chronologically.
 

Audit Reports Boxes 8-10 1931-1979

 

Budget Box 11 1953-1960

 

Organizational Structure Box 12 1945-1958, 1968-1973

 

Audit Reports Box 13 1955-1979

 

California State Departments of Controller, Auditor, Education and Finance SERIES IV: 1929-1973

Physical Description: 4.0 boxes

Series Scope and Content Summary

The material in this series documents the activities of the California State Departments of Controller, Auditor, Education and Finance. The records from the State Department of Education concern the entire California State College system, and contain records of enrollment by geographical area for the years 1933-1955. Reports on the employment status of 1933-1935 graduates with a teaching credential for the state are also included. The State Controller, Auditor and Finance records included here offer data specific to the San José State University campus documenting the years 1929-1973.

Arrangement

This series is arranged alphabetically by department, and then chronologically within each folder.
 

State Audits of San José State College Box 14 1948-1963

 

Annual Reports for California State Colleges Box 15 1935-1955

 

State Teaching Schools Statistical Data Box 16 1938-1957

 

State Audit of Campus Organizations Box 17 1929-1973

 

California Pioneer Essay Contest & History Department Student Papers SERIES V: 1958-1975

Physical Description: 1.0 boxes

Series Scope and Content Summary

The material in this series includes student essays submitted to the California Pioneers of Santa Clara County Historical Essay Contest, as well as papers written for history courses taught by Dr. Benjamin Gilbert. Gilbert and Melendy co-authored The Governors of California: Peter H. Burnett to Edmund G. Brown. Gilbert also wrote Pioneers for One Hundred Years: San José State College, 1857-1957. The California Pioneers of Santa Clara Essay Contest is held yearly.

Arrangement

This series is arranged alphabetically by student surname.
 

Pioneer Essays & History Department Student Papers Box 18 1958-1975

 

Faculty Papers SERIES VI: 1893-2008

Physical Description: 29 boxes

Series Scope and Content Summary

The material in this series consists of the administrative, personal and research records of H. Brett Melendy, as well as the papers of Math Professor Dr. Marjorie Pickering Filling; Dean of the Business School Dr. Milburn D. Wright; and other retired faculty and staff. This series also contains H. Brett Melendy's manuscript on secretaries of the territory of Hawai'i, his research and personal notes on Hawai'i, former secretaries of the territory of Hawai'i, and Hawai'ian politics in the late nineteenth to mid twentieth centuries. Also in this series are H. Brett Melendy's personal writings, including his memoir, his Stanford graduation materials, family scrapbooks, framed commendations, and personal collection of World War II materials.

Arrangement

This series is arranged alphabetically by professor surname, and then chronologically within each box. Box 56 is arranged chronologically.

Access Note

Folders "Consultants," "Budgets & Expenses," "In Kind Contribution Completed," "Expenditures Monthly" and "Research Association Correspondence" in Boxes 27 and 28 are restricted.
 

Melendy Academic & Administrative Papers Boxes 19-20 1964-1988

 

Melendy Academic & Personal Papers Boxes 21, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, and 63 1920-2008

Scope and Contents

Box 57 contains many personal essays written by H. Brett Melendy, his 2006 California Lecture Series notes, as well as unframed commendations, donation records, publisher correspondance, and personal materials regarding his time serving on the Grand Jury of Santa Clara County. Box 58 contains personal items from H. Brett Melendy's childhood through the end of his life. It consists of personal items from his time in Boy Scouts and grade school, documents regarding selective service, and his personal collection of World War II materials, largely ration stamps, booklets, and coins. It also contains personal materials and press from his time at Humboldt State University, Stanford University, and San Jose State University. It also contains personal materials form his time living in Hawai'i. Box 59 consists of oversized press and scrapbook collections. Box 60 consists of unframed commendations, while boxes 61 and 62 contain framed commendations. Box 63 contains personal items.
 

American Historical Association Newsletter Boxes 22-23 1974-1988

 

Articles, Inscribed Box 24 1959-1978

 

Bulletin of Chinese Historical Society of America Box 25 1969-1980

 

National Endowment for Humanities Grants Boxes 26-28 1973-1983

 

Hawaiian Periodicals Box 29 1967-1988

 

Melendy Professional & Personal Incoming Correspondence Box 30 1966-1988

 

Melendy Professional Outgoing Correspondence Box 31 1967-1988

 

Melendy Research Correspondence Boxes 32-33 1964-1988

 

Pickering Filling Papers Boxes 34-35 1968-1982

 

Wright Papers Box 36 1933-1981

 

Staff & Faculty Papers Boxes 37-39 1928-1985

 

Melendy Research and Manuscript: Hawaii, America's Sugar Territory 1893-1983 Boxes 53, 54, and 56

 

Melendy Publications Box 55

 

Miscellaneous University Materials SERIES VII: 1971-1984

Physical Description: 1.0 boxes

Series Scope and Content Summary

The material in this series documents the Black Masque Honor Society for female undergraduate juniors and seniors, as well as the Presidential Committee for the Future of Education formed by San José State University President John Bunzel (1970-1978) in 1971.

Arrangement

This series is arranged alphabetically by format, and then chronologically within each folder.
 

Black Masque & Presidential Committee on the Future of Education Box 40 1971-1984

 

Ombudsman SERIES VIII: 1967-1970

Physical Description: 1.0 boxes

Series Scope and Content Summary

The San José State University Ombudsman is an impartial party appointed to receive complaints, give information or facilitate communication between students and members of the university community. The position was created by San José State President Robert D. Clark (1964-1969) in the late 1960s in response to student Civil Rights protests. This series documents a particularly controversial time for the university and for the nation, and includes correspondence, press releases and newspaper articles chronicling such events as the Survival Faire, student unrest, and the Tommie Smith and John Carlos Black Power salute at the 1968 Olympics. Held on campus, the Survival Faire started as a class project, but became a larger community event to promote environmental awareness, capped by the burial of a car on Earth Day. Also during this time, Dr. William Shockley, well known eugenicist and supporter of sterilization, participated in the program entitled "Black is Becoming." A Nobel Prize winner in 1958, and co-inventor of the transistor and leader in the semi-conductor industry, Shockley spent the last years of his life studying intelligence, race, and eugenics, and believed that science could solve human problems. Needless to say, his views on race and intelligence during the height of the Civil Rights movement created some campus conflict.
This series also contains information documenting the 1968 Olympics, specifically the incident involving Tommie Smith and John Carlos, two participating San José State College athletes. Smith and Carlos raised their arms in a Black Power salute while standing on the winners podium. The act was widely publicized and both men received death threats afterwards. Public response to these and other events that occurred on the San José State University campus during the late 1960s and early 1970s are well-documented in this series.

Arrangement

This series is arranged chronologically.
 

Ombudsman Correspondence Box 41 1967-1970

 

United Professors of California SERIES IX: 1971-1982

Physical Description: 11.0 boxes

Series Scope and Content Summary

The material in this series documents the United Professors of California Union on the San José State University campus. It covers collective bargaining, local union business, membership, payroll deductions, state meetings and political actions.

Arrangement

This series is arranged by subject.

Access Note

Folders "Bank Statements & Checks 1971-1976 (1)," "Bank Statements & Checks 1971-1976 (2)," and "Grievances: Academic Freedom Committee, 1973-1975" in Boxes 42 and 50 and all of Boxes 46-47 are restricted.
 

United Professors of California Files Box 42 1971-1977

 

Collective Bargaining Boxes 43-44 1974-1982

 

Economics Department & Faculty Conditions Box 45 1973-1981

 

Personnel Files Boxes 46-47 1973-1982

 

Local Union Files Box 48 1972-1981

 

Local Union Membership Box 49 1974-1981

 

Nomination, Payroll Deductions & Political Actions Box 50 1973-1980

 

United Professors of California Statewide Meetings & Fliers Box 51 1974-1981

 

United Professors of California Newspapers & Fliers Box 52 1973-1982