I. University Documents,, 1952-1957

Summary: Documentation of the cases of Heimlich, Finley, and Glasser regarding University procedures in reviewing the cases, dismissal and resignation of the professors, and censure of Rutgers by the AAUP and AALS. Included in the papers are President Jones' statements of September 26, 1952, October 14, 1952, and January 24, 1953, and his January 1953 Statement on Academic Freedom and Civic Responsibility; correspondence relating to the Jones' statement of January 24; Reports to the President and Board of Trustees from the Trustees-Alumni-Faculty Committee of Review, the Special Faculty Committee and the Faculty Committee of the School of Law; the December 12, 1952 resolution of the Board of Trustees, Resolutions passed by the University Assembly regarding the cases; transcripts of Heimlich and Finley before the Senate Subcommittee; correspondence between Jones and Ralph E. Himstead, General Secretary of the AAUP; a report of a Special Committee of the AAUP regarding the effects of Congressional investigations upon academic freedom and tenure; a letter from Henry R. Brandis, Jr., Chairman of the 1956 Committee on Academic Freedom and Tenure of AALS, and enclosed with it the Committee' annual report which included a review of the Glasser case; a resolution of the AALS requesting a rehearing of the case; and documentation and correspondence regarding censure of Rutgers by the AAUP and AALS. Also included is a bound volume of documents relevant to the cases.