Instructors' Association records, 1919-1947
Table of Contents
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Instructors' Association (University of Washington)
- Title
- Instructors' Association records
- Dates
- 1919-1947 (inclusive)19191947
- Quantity
- 1.04 cubic feet
- Collection Number
- 5065
- Summary
- Records of 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
- 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
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Open to all users.
- Languages
- Collection materials are in English.
Historical Note
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 Description
Correspondence, reports, resolutions, meeting notices and minutes, published material, organizational charts, university policies.
Use of the Collection
Restrictions on Use
Consult the restrictions governing reproduction and use for each of the accessions listed below.
Administrative Information
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
Related Materials
Detailed Description of the Collection
Accession No. 5065-001: Instructors' Association records, 1919-1946
0.21 cubic feetArrangement: 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
- Description: Correspondence, Meeting Minutes, Resolutions, and ReportsDates: 1919-1926Container: Box 5065-001 Box 1, Folder 1
- Description: Correspondence, Meeting Minutes, Resolutions, and ReportsDates: 1928-1946Container: Box 5065-001 Box 1, Folder 2
Accession No. 5065-002: Instructors' Association records, 1919-1947
0.83 cubic feetArrangement: 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
Series I, Organization, 1929-1946
- Description: Member Group Insurance at University of WashingtonDates: 1929Container: Box 5065-002 Box 1, Folder 1
- Description: Administrative and Legal Organization of FacultyDates: Undated, 1938Container: Box 5065-002 Box 1, Folder 2
- Description: University of Washington Faculty and Staff Annual SalariesDates: c. 1934-1946Container: Box 5065-002 Box 1, Folder 3
Series II, Correspondence, 1925-1946
- Description: Assorted CorrespondenceDates: 1934-1939Container: Box 5065-002 Box 1, Folder 4
- Description: Assorted Interdepartmental CorrespondenceDates: 1927-1942Container: Box 5065-002 Box 1, Folder 5
- Description: Assorted Intradepartmental CorrespondenceDates: Undated, 1925-1946Container: Box 5065-002 Box 1, Folder 6
- Description: American Federation of Teachers, Local No. 401Dates: 1936-1938Container: Box 5065-002 Box 1, Folder 7
- Description: State LegislationDates: 1934-1938Container: Box 5065-002 Box 1, Folder 8
- Description: State Teachers Retirement FundDates: 1926Container: Box 5065-002 Box 1, Folder 9
- Description: Faculty Salary AdjustmentsDates: 1934Container: Box 5065-002 Box 1, Folder 10
- Description: Survey of Tenure at Other UniversitiesDates: 1944Container: Box 5065-002 Box 1, Folder 11
- Description: Faculty Health Care and InsuranceDates: 1935-1938, 1946Container: Box 5065-002 Box 1, Folder 12
- Description: Instructors' Association FundDates: 1942Container: Box 5065-002 Box 1, Folder 13
- Description: Community FundDates: 1938-1940Container: Box 5065-002 Box 1, Folder 14
- Description: Faculty Dismissal Policies and InvestigationsDates: 1934-1938Container: Box 5065-002 Box 1, Folder 15
Series III, Reports, 1919-1946
- Description: American Association of University Professors' Preliminary Report on Faculty SalariesDates: 1946 MayContainer: Box 5065-002 Box 1, Folder 16
- Description: "Initiative 153: Effect Upon the Powers of the Board of Regents" [On Sale of Public Land]Dates: c. 1941Container: Box 5065-002 Box 1, Folder 17
- Description: Instructors' Association Board ReportsDates: 1937-1942Container: Box 5065-002 Box 1, Folder 18
- Description: Faculty Personnel PoliciesDates: 1940 MayContainer: Box 5065-002 Box 1, Folder 19
- Description: Instructors' Association ReportsDates: 1919, 1927Container: Box 5065-002 Box 1, Folder 20
- Description: Instructors' Association ReportsDates: 1933-1934Container: Box 5065-002 Box 1, Folder 21
- Description: Instructors' Association ReportsDates: 1935-1936Container: Box 5065-002 Box 1, Folder 22
- Description: Instructors' Association ReportsDates: UndatedContainer: Box 5065-002 Box 1, Folder 23
- Description: Instructors' Association RecommendationsDates: c. 1933-1939Container: Box 5065-002 Box 1, Folder 24
- Description: Tenure Practices in Other State UniversitiesDates: c. 1945Container: Box 5065-002 Box 1, Folder 25
Series IV, Meeting Notices and Minutes, 1922-1937
- Description: Meeting NoticesDates: 1922-1925Container: Box 5065-002 Box 1, Folder 26
- Description: Meeting NoticesDates: 1926Container: Box 5065-002 Box 1, Folder 27
- Description: Meeting NoticesDates: Undated, 1937Container: Box 5065-002 Box 1, Folder 28
- Description: Instructors' Association Board Record BookDates: 1929-1947Container: Box 5065-002 Box 2, Folder 13
Series V, Financial Records, 1926-1946
- Description: Treasurer's Record BookDates: 1942-1946Container: Box 5065-002 Box 1, Folder 29
- Description: Board Summary of University Income and ExpendituresDates: c. 1937Container: Box 5065-002 Box 1, Folder 30
- Description: Receipts and Expenditure ReportsDates: 1929-1939Container: Box 5065-002 Box 2, Folder 1
- Description: Statistical Graphs on State University Enrollment, Teaching, and Financial DataDates: c. 1934Container: Box 5065-002 Box 2, Folder 2
- Description: Life Insurance Credit Memorandums and Termination ReportsDates: 1926-1929Container: Box 5065-002 Box 2, Folder 3
Series VI, Subject Files, 1922-1939
- Description: Florence B. James Leave of Absence and Tenure CaseDates: 1936-1939Container: Box 5065-002 Box 2, Folder 4
- Description: Medical Care and InsuranceDates: c. 1934-1938Container: Box 5065-002 Box 2, Folder 5
- Description: Lea Puymbroeck Miller Dismissal CaseDates: 1937-1938Container: Box 5065-002 Box 2, Folder 6
- Description: QuestionnairesDates: c. 1938-1939Container: Box 5065-002 Box 2, Folder 7
- Description: Faculty Retirement and AnnuityDates: c. 1937-1938Container: Box 5065-002 Box 2, Folder 8
- Description: University of Washington Rules and RegulationsDates: c. 1937-1938Container: Box 5065-002 Box 2, Folder 9
- Description: Legislative InitiativesDates: 1934-1939Container: Box 5065-002 Box 2, Folder 10
- Description: Sabbatical Leave StudiesDates: c. 1938-1939Container: Box 5065-002 Box 2, Folder 11
- Description: Legislative Initiatives and State TaxesDates: c. 1922-1938Container: Box 5065-002 Box 2, Folder 12
Accession No. 5065-003: Instructors' Association report, 1938
1 vertical fileScope 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
- Description: Report of the BoardContainer: Vf 5065-003 VF1916
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)
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)
- Instructors' Association (University of Washington)--Archives
- Labor Archives of Washington (University of Washington) (creator)
- University of Washington. President (creator)
