Guerdon Nichols papers 1938-1974.

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Guerdon Nichols papers 1938-1974.

Collection contains correspondence, speeches, photographs and other items primarily dating from Nichol's tenure as dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Arkansas (Fayetteville campus). Much of the material relates to his opposition to Act No. 10, his involvement with the AAUP, and his reception of the Meiklejohn Award. The many curious items in the collection include propaganda materials from the American Nazi Party and broadsides accusing the University of Arkansas of harboring communists.

.5 linear ft.

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American Association of University Professors

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The national chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) was organized in 1915 to advance academic freedom, shared governance and to define fundamental professional values and standards for higher education. The first meeting of the AAUP at Central Washington University was held on October 14, 1954. Regular monthly meetings were held during the academic year to address faculty concerns with administrative decision-making and participative governance. Central Washington Un...

Nichols, Guerdon David.

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University of Arkansas (Fayetteville campus)

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Arkansas.

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American Nazi Party

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Initially called the World Union of Free Enterprise National Socialists (WUFENS), but later renamed the American Nazi Party in 1960 to attract maximum media attention. The party was based largely upon the ideals and policies of Adolf Hitler's NSDAP in Germany during the Third Reich but also expressed allegiance to the Constitutional principles of the U.S.'s Founding Fathers. It also added a platform of Holocaust denial. From the description of American Nazi Party records, 1962 July. ...