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The Influence of the First Amendment on Academic Freedom

Description: Academic freedom has gone through three distinct eras yet each era overlaps a great deal with the one following it. The first era was the bureaucratic. It was exemplified by the negotiations between administrators and professors in the 1920s. The American Association of University Professors and the American Association of Colleges began cooperating and a hierarchical structure emerged, with the tenured professor at the top of the faculty. The second era was the political era and it was mainly … more
Date: May 1990
Creator: Ferdon, Douglas Robert, 1945-
Partner: UNT Libraries
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An Analysis of Certain Factors Related to the Freedom of Teaching in Texas

Description: The purpose of this study is to make an analysis of certain factors as they are related to freedom of teaching in Texas. This study will include community relations as well as the conditions within the classroom, as for example, the freedom in discussing controversial ideas.
Date: 1949
Creator: Cokendolpher, Floyd W.
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Oral History Interview with J. R. Parten, October 17, 1967

Description: Interview with J. R. Parten, an oilman, concerning his career in the oil industry, his time served on the Board of Regents of the University of Texas, the Rainey controversy, his government service during World War II, and his political philosophy and activities.
Date: October 17, 1967
Creator: Odom, E. Dale & Parten, J. R. (Jubal Richard), 1896-1992
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Weeding Out the Undesirables: the Red Scare in Texas Higher Education, 1936-1958

Description: When the national Democratic Party began to transform to progressive era politics because of the New Deal, conservative reactionaries turned against the social welfare programs and used red scare tactics to discredit liberal and progressive New Deal Democrat professors in higher education. This process continued during the Second World War, when the conservatives in Texas lumped fascism and communism in order to anchor support and fire and threaten professors and administrators for advocating o… more
Date: August 2014
Creator: Bynum, Katherine E.
Partner: UNT Libraries
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[Edra Bogle, Outrageous Oral]

Description: Video of Edra Bogle, a retired graduate English Professor at UNT, speaking at Outrageous Oral. During her session she speaks of the five times she came out: to herself, to her mother, to friends, to herself physically, and finally to her job. Bogle shares these moments and her time spent earning degrees and remembering her long-time interest in a librarian.
Date: October 15, 2015
Duration: 31 minutes 21 seconds
Creator: The Dallas Way
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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