American Association of University Professors (AAUP) -- University of Rhode Island Chapter (Mss. Gr. 118A)

The records of the University of Rhode Island Chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) were donated to the URI Library in the summer of 1996. The idea of archiving the Association's historical records dates back to 1973 when the motion was defeated in a vote before the Executive Committee. In academic year 1995-1996 current Executive Director, Suzanne Taylor, brought forward the idea as part of the organization's twenty fifth anniversary; at this point the Committee sanctioned the project. Records of the Association were transferred to the University Archives from the AAUP offices in Roosevelt Hall where they had been stored in closets and file cabinet since 1971. In the planning phase of this project, the Executive Director and University Archivist, in consultation with the Executive Committee, decided that all records from the earliest date up to, and including, 1990 would be transferred to the archive through a deed of gift which was presented to the Committee on the 26th of August 1996. Because the Association is still an active entity, records from 1991 forward are kept at the AAUP office.