Collection context
Summary
- 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.
- Extent:
- 36.8 Linear Feet (32 boxes and 24 cartons)
- Language:
- Materials are in English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Benjamin Aaron papers (Collection 413). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Background
- Scope and content:
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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.
- Biographical / historical:
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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.
- Acquisition information:
- Benjamin Aaron donated to UCLA University Archives, November, 1994. University Archivist Charlotte Brown received additions in November, 2007.
- Processing information:
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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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- Arrangement:
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The collection maintains the creator's original order and file names.
- Physical / technical requirements:
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CONTAINS DIGITAL MATERIALS: This collection contains both processed and unprocessed digital materials. Digital materials are not currently available for access, unless otherwise noted in a Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements note at the series and file levels. All requests to access processed digital materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
- Physical location:
- Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Portions of this collection are restricted. Consult finding aid for additional information.
- Terms of access:
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Property rights to the physical objects belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. All other rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Benjamin Aaron papers (Collection 413). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
- Location of this collection:
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A1713 Charles E. Young Research LibraryBox 951575Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
- Contact:
- (310) 825-4988