Instructors' Association records, 1919-1947

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Instructors' Association (University of Washington)
Title
Instructors' Association records
Dates
1919-1947 (inclusive)
Quantity
ca. 1.04 cubic ft
Collection Number
5065
Summary
The Instructors’ Association was a professional organization founded by University of Washington faculty on October 22, 1919 in order to investigate major issues facing faculty and advocate for their needs to the university administration. This collection spans the years 1919-1947 and contains correspondence, meeting minutes, reports, resolutions, financial records, and other textual material created and/or kept by the association.
Repository
University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu
Access Restrictions

Open to all users.

Languages
English

Historical NoteReturn to Top

Recognizing the need for an organization to investigate issues facing University of Washington faculty, the Instructors’ Association was founded by faculty with the support of President Henry Suzzallo at a meeting on October 22, 1919. The association served as a liaison between faculty, including members of the American Federation of Teachers Union, Local No. 401, and university administration. A Board of Directors of seven annually elected individuals governed the organization and several standing committees were created to research specific issues. Through these investigations, often administered through questionnaires distributed to university faculty, the association would compile reports and make recommendations to the administration based on the results. Major issues explored by the Instructors’ Association include promotions and faculty salaries; faculty’s role in appointment of university presidents; retirement and annuity; sabbatical leave; university personnel policies, including a policy that prohibited married faculty members to both teach at the university; teaching load; cost of living; taxes; state and local funding; university budget and expenditures; tenure; and healthcare and insurance. Although the records stop at year 1947, it is currently unknown when the Instructors' Association officially disbanded.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Correspondence, reports, resolutions, meeting notices and minutes, published material, organizational charts, university policies.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Consult the restrictions governing reproduction and use for each of the accessions listed below.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

Organized into 3 accessions.

  • Accession No. 5065-001, Instructors' Association records, 1919-1946
  • Accession No. 5065-002, Instructors' Association records, 1919-1947
  • Accession No. 5065-003, Instructors' Association report, 1938

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

 

Accession No. 5065-001: Instructors' Association records, 1919-1946Return to Top

.21 cu.ft.
Arrangement: Materials are arranged in two folders based on the original order they were found in during reprocessing.

Scope and Content: This accession spans the years 1919-1946 and contains correspondence between Instructors’ Association board members, faculty, and university administration; reports; resolutions; meeting notices and minutes; and published material. Subjects discussed include salary increases and promotion, teaching load, role of faculty in appointment of university presidents, retirement annuity, faculty dismissal, sabbatical leave, disability, and insurance. Particular items of note include a news clipping and meeting notice from October 1919 regarding the first meeting held by faculty that established the association as well as a small bound report titled, "The Salary Situation at the University of Washington: A Report to the Board of Regents by the Association of Instructors."

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights not transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

Acquisition Info: President's Office, 1968-04-16

Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder Accession
1/1 5065-001
Correspondence, Meeting Minutes, Resolutions, and Reports
1919-1926
1/2 5065-001
Correspondence, Meeting Minutes, Resolutions, and Reports
1928-1946

Accession No. 5065-002: Instructors' Association records, 1919-1947Return to Top

.83 cu.ft.
Arrangement: Materials within this accession are arranged into the following series:
  • Series I: Organization
  • Series II: Correspondence
  • Series III: Reports
  • Series IV: Meeting Notices and Minutes
  • Series V: Financial Records
  • Series VI: Subject Files

Scope and Content: This accession spans the years 1919-1947 and contains organizational charts; university policies; correspondence between members of the association and university presidents, faculty members, the American Federation of Teachers Local No. 401, and government officials; official reports of the Instructors’ Association Board, official recommendations made by the association to the university administration on specific issues, and other reports compiled by association members; association meeting notices and minutes; financial reports, including university receipts and expenditures and other materials related to university finances; and subject files compiled by the association on various topics. Subject matter consists of assorted issues affecting University of Washington faculty, including retirement and annuity, salary, legislative initiatives, funding, instructor workload, university policies, tenure, sabbatical leave, medical care and insurance, emeritus faculty, relationship between the university administration and Instructor’s Association, and faculty leave of absence and dismissal cases.

Also included is a large bound record book of the Instructors’ Association Board containing handwritten and typed meeting minutes, correspondence, news clippings, and reports. Some of these materials are likely duplicated within other series of this accession.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights not transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

Acquisition Info: Unknown

Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder item
1/1-1/3 SERIES I
ORGANIZATION
1929-1946
Box/Folder Accession
1/1 5065-002
Member Group Insurance at University of Washington
1929
1/2 5065-002
Administrative and Legal Organization of Faculty
Undated, 1938
1/3 5065-002
University of Washington Faculty and Staff Annual Salaries
c. 1934-1946
1/4-1/15 SERIES II
CORRESPONDENCE
1925-1946
Box/Folder Accession
1/4 5065-002
Assorted Correspondence
1934-1939
1/5 5065-002
Assorted Interdepartmental Correspondence
1927-1942
1/6 5065-002
Assorted Intradepartmental Correspondence
Undated, 1925-1946
1/7 5065-002
American Federation of Teachers, Local No. 401
1936-1938
1/8 5065-002
State Legislation
1934-1938
1/9 5065-002
State Teachers Retirement Fund
1926
1/10 5065-002
Faculty Salary Adjustments
1934
1/11 5065-002
Survey of Tenure at Other Universities
1944
1/12 5065-002
Faculty Health Care and Insurance
1935-1938, 1946
1/13 5065-002
Instructors' Association Fund
1942
1/14 5065-002
Community Fund
1938-1940
1/15 5065-002
Faculty Dismissal Policies and Investigations
1934-1938
1/16-1/25 SERIES III
REPORTS
1919-1946
Box/Folder Accession
1/16 5065-002
American Association of University Professors' Preliminary Report on Faculty Salaries
1946 May
1/17 5065-002
"Initiative 153: Effect Upon the Powers of the Board of Regents" [On Sale of Public Land]
c. 1941
1/18 5065-002
Instructors' Association Board Reports
1937-1942
1/19 5065-002
Faculty Personnel Policies
1940 May
1/20 5065-002
Instructors' Association Reports
1919, 1927
1/21 5065-002
Instructors' Association Reports
1933-1934
1/22 5065-002
Instructors' Association Reports
1935-1936
1/23 5065-002
Instructors' Association Reports
Undated
1/24 5065-002
Instructors' Association Recommendations
c. 1933-1939
1/25 5065-002
Tenure Practices in Other State Universities
c. 1945
1/26-1/28, 2/13 SERIES IV
MEETING NOTICES AND MINUTES
1922-1937
Box/Folder Accession
1/26 5065-002
Meeting Notices
1922-1925
1/27 5065-002
Meeting Notices
1926
1/28 5065-002
Meeting Notices
Undated, 1937
2/13 5065-002
Instructors' Association Board Record Book
1929-1947
1/29-1/30, 2/1-2/3 SERIES V
FINANCIAL RECORDS
1926-1946
Box/Folder Accession
1/29 5065-002
Treasurer's Record Book
1942-1946
1/30 5065-002
Board Summary of University Income and Expenditures
c. 1937
2/1 5065-002
Receipts and Expenditure Reports
1929-1939
2/2 5065-002
Statistical Graphs on State University Enrollment, Teaching, and Financial Data
c. 1934
2/3 5065-002
Life Insurance Credit Memorandums and Termination Reports
1926-1929
2/4-2/12 SERIES VI
SUBJECT FILES
1922-1939
Box/Folder Accession
2/4 5065-002
Florence B. James Leave of Absence and Tenure Case
1936-1939
2/5 5065-002
Medical Care and Insurance
c. 1934-1938
2/6 5065-002
Lea Puymbroeck Miller Dismissal Case
1937-1938
2/7 5065-002
Questionnaires
c. 1938-1939
2/8 5065-002
Faculty Retirement and Annuity
c. 1937-1938
2/9 5065-002
University of Washington Rules and Regulations
c. 1937-1938
2/10 5065-002
Legislative Initiatives
1934-1939
2/11 5065-002
Sabbatical Leave Studies
c. 1938-1939
2/12 5065-002
Legislative Initiatives and State Taxes
c. 1922-1938

Accession No. 5065-003: Instructors' Association report, 1938Return to Top

1 vertical file

Scope and Content: This accession contains a single printed report of the Instructors’ Association Board published on April 25, 1938. The report contains a discussion by the Insurance Committee on retirement annuity and health and accident insurance as well as the University of Washington’s recommended plan for faculty retirement.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights not transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

Acquisition Info: Robert Hennes, 1987-05-01

Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder Accession
VF1916 5065-003
Report of the Board
1938

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Corporate Names

  • Instructors' Association (University of Washington)--Archives

Other Creators

  • Personal Names
    • Boettiger, John, 1900-1950 (creator)
    • Harris, Joseph Pratt, 1896-1985 (creator)
    • James, Florence Bean, 1892-1988 (creator)
    • Johnson, Claudius O. (Claudius Osborne), 1894-1976 (creator)
    • Kerr, Clark, 1911-2003 (creator)
    • Kizer, Benjamin H. (Benjamin Hamilton), 1878-1978 (creator)
    • Miller, Lea P (creator)
    • Schweppe, Alfred John, 1895-1988 (creator)
    Corporate Names
    • American Federation of Teachers. Local 401 (Seattle, Wash.) (creator)
    • Labor Archives of Washington (University of Washington) (creator)
    • University of Washington. President (creator)

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)