Texas Association of College Teachers records, 1946-1992

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Texas Association of College Teachers records, 1946-1992

The Texas Association of College Teachers Records, 1946-1992, consist of organizational records including office files, correspondence, committee minutes, memoranda, legislative files, membership rolls, TACT publications, and tapes of State Meetings.

31 ft., 5 in.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7950410

University of Texas Libraries

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Texas Association of College Teachers

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The Texas Association of College Teachers (TACT) was founded in 1948 to serve as a voluntary organization of faculty, librarians, and research personnel in public colleges and universities in Texas. Its main functions are to lobby the state legislature in matters concerning higher education and to inform its membership of pertinent news including legislative action on salary increases, questions of academic freedom, and comparisons of pension plans. From the guide to the Texas Associ...

Texas. Legislature

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The Texas Legislature's Central Investigating Committees of the House and Senate were formed in 1917 to investigate every state department and institution in Texas. The investigation was an outgrowth of general public suspicion and distrust of state government, aggravated by: the entry of the United States into World War I and the resulting distrust of German-Americans; the impeachment of Governor Ferguson earlier in 1917; and charges of corruption and collusion made against officia...