Papers, 1965-1986.

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Papers, 1965-1986.

Papers of a University of Nevada, Reno professor related to the university chapter of the American Association of University Professors and academic freedom issues; student protests against the Vietnam war; student surveys concerning ethnic groups; and miscellaneous teaching and education subjects. The papers consist of correspondence, meeting and committee material, newspaper clippings, publications, survey material, reports, teaching material, and ephemera.

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Adamian, Paul Serop 1930-

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Paul Adamian joined the English faculty in 1966, after a short but controversial time at Southern Oregon College, Ashland, Oregon. As student dissent increased in the late 1960s, he was identified with the more outspoken protesters. On May 5, 1970, Governor's Day, an annual event honoring the university's military cadets, was held coincidentally in the same week American troops entered Cambodia and four students were shot to death by National Guard troops at Kent State University in Ohio. That s...

Rusco, Elmer R.

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Elmer R. Rusco received his academic training in political science. He attended the University of Kansas, receiving his B.A. in 1951, and his M.A. in 1952. He continued his schooling at the University of California, Berkeley, earning his Ph.D. in 1960. His doctoral dissertation entitled, Machine politics, California model : Arthur H. Samish and the alcoholic industry won the annual award of Western Political Science Association for 1961. He received a grant from the Eagleton Institute of Politic...

University of Nevada, Reno

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Governor's Day was an annual occasion for honoring ROTC cadets. In 1970, students that opposed the war in Vietnam held a peace rally the same day, and distributed flyers and posters on campus announcing the rally and opposition to the Governor's Day observances. From the description of Governor's Day records, 1970. (University of Nevada, Reno). WorldCat record id: 40932828 In 1970/71, the Oral History Program at the University of Nevada and the University Archives initiated ...