WAUWashingtonCommitteeforAcademicFreedom5120.xmlGuide to the Washington Committee for Academic Freedom Records 1947-1949Washington Committee for Academic Freedom RecordsSpecial Collections, University of Washington Libraries©2007 (Last modified: 7/16/2020)
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Finding aid written in English.Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard).University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections5120 (Accession No. 5120-001)Washington Committee for Academic FreedomWashington Committee for Academic Freedom records1947-1949.84 cubic feet (2 boxes)Collection materials are in English.Records of the Committee documenting the efforts of the Committee to protect academic freedom in response to the Joint Legislative Fact-Finding Committee on Un-American Activities

The Washington Committee for Academic Freedom was a state-wide group of citizens drawn from both ends of the political spectrum who formed the Committee in June 1948. Frances W. Herring was executive secretary for the organization.

Correspondence, Executive Board records, reports, legal briefs, statements/commentaries, initiatives, resolutions, lists, newsletters, clippings and other related material; 1948-1949. Records document the efforts of the Committee to protect academic freedom in response to the Joint Legislative Fact-Finding Committee on Un-American Activities (Canwell Committee) hearings investigating possible Communist activities at the University of Washington and the firings of three professors by the University of Washington. Records were those of Ethelyn M. Hartwich, a member of the executive board.

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1/1Information Sheet19491/1Constitutions and By-lawsundated1/2Outgoing Letters19481/3Adamic, Louis correspondence19481/4Canwell Defendants correspondence19491/5Committee of One Thousand correspondence19481/6Patrons of Husbandry, Washington State Grange correspondence1948-19491/7General Correspondence re: Rader, Melvin19491/8Sarah Lawrence College correspondence19491/9UW President Allen, Raymond correspondence1948-19491/10-12A-Z general correspondence1948-19491/13Intraorganizational Correspondence19481/14Minutes1948-19491/15Court papersundated1/16Complain - Herbert Phillips before the Faculty Committee on Academic Freedomundated1/17Academic Freedom, Tenure: Report of Committee A, by AAUP19471/17Report on the Action of the Regents with regard to Six Faculty Members of the University of Washington, by Ralph Gundlach19491/17Report on the Canwell Hearings19481/17Report re: George Hewitt, by AJB19481/17Report re: J. B. Matthews, by AS19481/17Report of the Joint Fact-Finding Committee on Un-American Activities19491/17Report on the Unitarian Fellowship for Social Justice on the Canwell Committee Hearings19481/18Second Repot, Un-American Activities in Washington State, by the Joint Fact-Finding Committee on Un-American Activities19481/18Communism and Academic Freedom: The Record of the Tenure Cases at the University of Washington report, by the University of Washington19482/1Allen, Raymond speeches and writings19482/1Canwell, Albert speeches and writings19482/1Gundlach, Ralph speeches and writings1948-19492/1Phillips, Herbert speeches and writings19492/2Washington Committee for Academic Freedom speeches and writings1948-19492/3Other speeches and writings1947-19492/4Transcription - Canwell Committee Hearings, by Ralph Gundlach1948 July 19-232/5Legislation19492/6Resolutions1947-19482/7Newsletter - Backfire19482/8Other newsletters1948-19492/9Publications1948-19492/10Membership Informationundated2/11Press Releases1948-19492/12Project Outlineundated2/13Notesundated2/14Listsundated2/15Receipts undated2/16Clippings - reactions to firings of UW Faculty19492/17Other clippings1947-19492/18Ephemeraundated