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Florida State University Libraries Proposed Amendments to Florida State University Constitution, 1956-1958

 

Summary

Creator:
Bethea, Florence Strobel
Miller, Robert D.
Extent:
3.00 folders
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Florida State University Libraries Proposed Amendments to Florida State University Constitution, Heritage & University Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/MSS-2009-002

Background

Scope and content:

This collection is comprised of documents pertaining to librarian faculty status dating from 1956-1958. The documents contained in the collection include letters between Florida State University (FSU)'s assistant librarian, Florence Bethea and the Constitution Committee's Chairman, Robert Miller, notes and suggestions for proposed amendments to the constitution, and copies of proposed constitutions. There are significant gaps in the collection. The earliest dated document is February 23, 1956 and the remainder covers the last few months in 1958.

Biographical / historical:

The collection pertains to proposed changes to the Florida State University (FSU) Constitution regarding faculty status for FSU librarians. The collection documents discussions regarding what constitutes tenure/faculty status and the implications such changes could have on the role FSU librarians play as university professionals.

Processing information:

Processed by Jordan Andrade in January 2009.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

This collection is open to all researchers. Users may access this collection at the Claude Pepper Library.

Terms of access:

To request permission to quote, publish, broadcast or otherwise reproduce from the archives, please contact Heritage & University Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. Researchers must obtain separate permission from the copyright holders of material held within University Archives collections for which the institution does not hold copyright.

Preferred citation:

Florida State University Libraries Proposed Amendments to Florida State University Constitution, Heritage & University Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/MSS-2009-002

Location of this collection:
116 Honors Way
Tallahassee
FL
32306-2047
USA