Series I contains correspondence, memoranda, minutes, and reports generated by the AAUP committees and the executive board dating from 1955 to 1987. Series II primarily consists of correspondence between the chapter and the national AAUP office, the Oregon Federation of AAUP chapters, other chapters in the state, Oregon State Board of Higher Education, Associated Students of OSU, and the Oregon State Employees Association. The subjects addressed in the correspondence include state and federal legislation concerning University faculty and funding, an evaluation of President MacVicar, the chapter's response to a report on the re-organization of higher education in Oregon, and affirmative action programs. Series III is made up of newsletters and publications from the OSU chapter as well as the Oregon Federation of AAUP chapters and the national office. Series IV consists of lists of OSU AAUP members and chapter officers, prospective members at OSU, and rosters of all the chapters in the country. Series V pertains to collective bargaining and the chapter's involvement in the 1975 Employment Relations Board (ERB) hearing on the development of a bargaining unit for OSU academic faculty. Series V also documents the chapter's petition campaign for elections on the issue of faculty unionization. Series VI contains newspaper clippings relating to AAUP's collective bargaining activities, the impact of budget cuts on education, legislation affecting faculty records, discrimination lawsuits, and tenure issues. Series VII are treasurer's reports dated from 1968 to 1983. Series VIII consists of photographs of AAUP members taken at national and local chapter meetings in 1970. The 4 reels of microfilm primarily consist of chapter constitutions, correspondence, meeting and committee minutes, reports, and newspaper clippings covering the years 1928 to 1966. Some of the issues highlighted in the microfilm records include the Chancellor selection controversy of 1933, loyalty oaths, and political (particularly Communist) affiliations.
