Tolman (Edward C.) Papers: re loyalty oath controversy
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Collection Summary
Collection Title:
Papers Relating to the Loyalty Oath Controversy, University of California, 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:
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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
Information for Researchers
Access
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
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Preferred Citation
[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.
Related Collections
- Records of the Group for Academic Freedom, of which Tolman was chairman was retained in Archives.
Scope and Content
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.
Key to Arrangement
Letters written to him
Arranged alphabetically by name of person, with a miscellany of single letters at the beginning of the series, and a file of miscellaneous letters at the end. A partial list of corrrespondents is included herein.
Copies of the Non-Signers' Steering Committee memorandum, April 11, 1950, circulated among the departments, some with memoranda of transmittal back to Tolman
Partial List of Correspondents
Miscellany (single letters)
Barr, Stringfellow, 1897-
California. University. Berkeley. Library
California. University. Regents
Chernin, Milton, 1910-
Weigel, Stanley Alexander, 1905- [attorney for the non-signers]
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