Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Comegys (Robert G.) Collection
- Dates:
- 1952-1973
- Creators:
- Comegys, Robert G.
- Abstract:
- American Association of University Professors (AAUP) and CSU Academic Senate materials of Robert Comegys, Fresno State history professor. AAUP defends academic freedom and tenure, advocates collegial governance, and develops policies ensuring due process. These materials include: organizational papers including AAUP position papers, newsletters, correspondence, bulletins, news clippings, reports, California Teachers Association, and conference papers. Subjects include student protest, finance, personnel files, and administrative files. Includes mention of Frederic W. Ness and Marvin Jackson (Marvin X).
- Extent:
- 15 boxes [6.4 linear ft]
- Language:
- Collection material is in English
- Preferred citation:
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[Title of item], ROBERT G. COMEGYS COLLECTION, Courtesy of the Department of Archives and Special Collections. University Library. California State University, Dominguez Hills.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The Robert G. Comegys collection encompasses materials from 1950-1973. This collection also includes organizational papers including AAUP position papers, newsletters, AAUP handbooks, political pamphlets, correspondence, bulletins, news clippings, reports, California Teachers Association materials, conference papers, CSU Academic Senate, Subjects include student protest, finance, personnel files, administrative files, Frederic W. Ness and Marvin Jackson (Marvin X). Other subjects deal with campus unrest at Fresno State College (now California State University, Fresno). Included are extensive news clippings from The Fresno Bee detailing student protests and political and social activism.
- Biographical / historical:
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Robert G, Comegys was Professor of History at Fresno State College. He was associated with AAUP from 1958-1973. From 1963 to 1970 Comegys was at various times President of the California branch of the AAUP and a representative of Fresno State to the Statewide Academic Senate of the CSU.
The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) was formed in 1915 by university professors and scholars. It emerged as the first national organization of its kind to protect the interests of professors and research scholars in higher education. Later, the national organization began to organize state and local chapters. Local chapters provided faculty with easier access to the association and promoted their own issues with the guidance of the national association. The AAUP also worked with other organizations, such as the Congress of Faculty Association (CFA), primarily in the area of collective bargaining. AAUP defends academic freedom and tenure, advocates collegial governance, and develops policies ensuring due process.
- Acquisition information:
- This collection was donated by Professor Robert G. Comegys.
- Processing information:
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Processed in 2007.
- Rules or conventions:
- Finding Aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- ©2007
- Date Encoded:
- Machine-readable finding aid created by Jean Pierre Vande Zande November 21, 2007
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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There are no access restrictions on this collection.
- Terms of access:
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All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Director of Archives and Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical materials and not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
- Preferred citation:
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[Title of item], ROBERT G. COMEGYS COLLECTION, Courtesy of the Department of Archives and Special Collections. University Library. California State University, Dominguez Hills.
- Location of this collection:
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1000 E. Victoria StreetCarson, CA 90747, US
- Contact:
- (310) 243-3895