Benjamin Haggott Beckhard papers, 1959-1965.

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Benjamin Haggott Beckhard papers, 1959-1965.

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Correspondence, memoranda and reports on the controversy surrounding the forced retirement of Benjamin Beckhart. The collection consists of the files of three Columbia professors involved in the case: Harold Barger, professor of economics and Robert K. Webb, professor of history, who were chairmen of the Columbia chapter of the American Association of University Professors, 1959-1964 and 1964-1965, respectively; and Arthur Robert Burns, professor of economics, a member of the Committee on Conference of the University Council, which advised the President on matters of tenure, dismissal and retirement. Included is the correspondence of Beckhart, Barger, Burns, Webb, President Grayson Kirk, Courtney C. Brown, Dean of the School of Business, Harry M. Jones, professor of law, other Columbia faculty and officials of the national office of the AAUP. The reports and memoranda are chiefly those issued by the Committee on Conference.

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Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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Barger, Harold M.

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Burns, Arthur Robert, 1895-....

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Webb, R. K. (Robert Kieter), 1922-

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