Records, 1952-1957.

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Records, 1952-1957.

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This collection primarily documents the Minard W. Stout-Frank T. Richardson controversy, and includes correspondence, transcripts, and scrapbooks on the legal proceedings and the Friends involvement. Included is a recount of the history leading up to the Richardson hearing written by Walter Van Tilberg Clark. The scrapbooks also contain information on other issues concerning the university during the tenure of university president, Minard Stout, from 1952-1957.

2 cu. ft.

University of Nevada, Reno, Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 7414594

University of Nevada, Reno, Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center

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Stout, Minard W., 1908-1994.

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Wittenberg, Helen.

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Clark, Walter Van Tilburg, 1909-1971

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American writer. From the description of Walter Van Tilburg Clark papers, ca. 1930-1976. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122553100 American author. From the description of The city of trembling leaves [manuscript], 1945. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647832557 Letter critiques a short story Jim Folger submitted to Walter Van Tilburg Clark, comparing Folger's writing difficulties to those he had in writing his short story "The buck in the h...

McHenry, Dean Eugene, 1910-....

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Friends of the University of Nevada.

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The Friends of the University of Nevada, with Helen Wittenberg, Secretary, was a group of alumni and citizens concerned with the suspension of Frank T. Richardson, a faculty member and president of the local AAUP, by university president Minard W. Stout, for distributing an article critical of education professors and supporting higher academic standards. It became a nationally known case on academic freedom with Richardson's dismissal. Though finally settled in Richardson's favor, the group con...

Richardson, Frank T.

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