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Guide to the Papers Relating to the Loyalty Oath Controversy, University of California, 1949-1956
BANC MSS C-B 1036
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Collection Title: Papers Relating to the Loyalty Oath Controversy, University of California,
Date (inclusive): 1949-1956
Collection Number: BANC MSS C-B 1036
Creator:
Tolman, Edward Chace, 1886-1959
Extent:
Number of containers: 3 boxes
Repository: The
Bancroft Library
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Physical Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Abstract: Copies and drafts of letters written by him; letters to him from colleagues, his attorney, and sympathizers; copies of statements
made by him, and by other individuals and groups relating to academic freedom; legal documents in Tolman v. Underhill...and
Kelley v. Regents...and related cases; printed material (pamphlets, articles, bulletins, etc.); clippings.
Languages Represented:
English
Collection is open for research.
Copyright has not been assigned to The Bancroft Library. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts
must be submitted in writing to the Head of Public Services. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Bancroft
Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which
must also be obtained by the reader.
[Identification of item], Papers relating to the loyalty oath controversy, University of California, BANC MSS C-B 1036, The
Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
- Records of the Group for Academic Freedom, of which Tolman was chairman was retained in Archives.
Edward Chace Tolman, professor of psychology, University of California, Berkeley, was the foremost leader among the faculty
in the protest against the loyalty oath.
These papers were transferred from the University Archives to The Bancroft Library Manuscripts Division in 1966. Related material--records
of the Group for Academic Freedom, of which Tolman was chairman was retained in Archives.