A Guide to the Paul L. Hanna Papers
Finding aid created by John R. Nemmers. Collection arranged by Katie Walters.
University of Florida Smathers Libraries - Special and Area Studies Collections
March 2007
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Provenance: |
Hanna, Paul Lamont. |
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Title: |
Paul L. Hanna Papers |
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Dates: |
1931-1972 |
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Abstract: |
Correspondence, writings, speeches, and general files of historian, Paul L. Hanna. The majority of the files pertain to Palestine,
Israel and the Middle East, including his work with the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry in 1946.
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7 linear feet. (12 boxes) |
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Identification: |
Manuscript Collection 120 |
Paul L. Hanna was born in Paisley, Ontario, Canada, on May 9, 1913. He was educated in Toronto and St. Petersburg, Florida,
and attended the St. Petersburg Junior College from 1931 to 1934. He earned a B.A. in history from George Washington University
in 1935, and he earned an M.A. and Ph.D. in history from Stanford University in 1936 and 1939. He specialized in the 20th
century British Empire in the Middle East.
He worked as a professor of social sciences and history at the University of Florida for several decades, beginning in 1939.
In 1946, he took a leave of absence from UF to serve with the U.S. State Department as a Research Analyst for the Anglo-American
Committee of Inquiry, an effort by the U.S. and Britain to resolve the conflict in Palestine. He worked for the Committee
between February and May, and then went on to serve as a Special Consultant for President Truman's Cabinet Committee on Palestine
in June and July.
Hanna was author of British Policy in Palestine, published in 1942. He also wrote several articles on the Middle East in various journals and encyclopedias, including the
Americana Annual and Middle Eastern Affairs. He served as editor of the Journal of Politics from 1944-1946 and as an advisory editor of Middle Eastern Affairs from 1950 to 1963. In addition to researching and writing about the Middle East, he also examined the testing and evaluation
of students in the social sciences. He was a member of the American Historical Association, the Southern Historical Association,
the Middle East Institute, the American Political Science Association, and the Southern Political Science Association.
Throughout his career at UF, he served as a member and officer for various committees, including the Committee on Professional
Relations and Standards, the Constitution Committee, the Committee on Academic Freedom and Tenure, and multiple college and
departmental committees. He also was a longtime member of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) UF chapter,
serving as secretary, vice-president, and president.
Paul Hanna died in 1995.
The collection, which spans 1931 to 1972, is comprised of Paul Hanna's correspondence, writings, speeches, research notes
and committee files. The majority of the materials pertain to Palestine and the Middle East, including his 1946 work with
the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry and President Truman's Cabinet Committee on Palestine. The files for these committees
primarily are comprised of hearing transcripts, reports, notes, memoranda and other documents gathered or generated by the
committees. In addition, there are several speeches and writings on Palestine and Middle East, including his book, British Policy in Palestine.
Hanna's service on various university committees is well documented. In particular, there are numerous files for the Academic
Freedom and Tenure Committee and the Constitution Committee. Several files pertain to his service with the UF chapter of the
American Association of University Professors. The collection also includes some materials pertaining to educational instruction
and testing in the social sciences. There are also a few files pertaining to Hanna's wife, Cornelia.
[Identification of item], Paul L. Hanna Papers, Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University
of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
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Correspondence and General Files
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Box 1 |
American Political Science Association - 48th Annual Meeting (correspondence and notes). 1952
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Biographical Information and Vitas. 1960-1969 |
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Cooperative Study of Evaluation in General Education - Critical Thinking in Social Science. 1951-1953 |
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Correspondence. 1939 |
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Correspondence - Palestine and Middle East. 1944-1946 |
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Correspondence related to search for new position. 1940 |
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Correspondence related to social science testing. 1953-1954 |
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Correspondence related to UF. 1952-1971 |
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Critical Thinking in Social Studies - Handbook for Evaluation and Teaching, Social Science Committee. Not dated |
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Educational Testing Services Project (Folder 1). 1952-1955 |
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Educational Testing Services Project (Folder 2). 1952 |
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Gainesville desegregation news clippings and notes. 1954-1955 |
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Harvard University Center of Middle Eastern Studies. 1954-1955 |
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Historiography of the Western World and the British Empire. 1958 and not dated |
Box 2 |
Material related to Social Studies Education (Cornelia Hanna). 1931-1937
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Materials on Jordan Water Project. 1964-1965 |
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Middle East Institute 25th Anniversary Panel Series (also 24th Annual Conference). 1970-1971 |
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Middle East Policy Background - Embassy of Israel. 1970-1971 |
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Middle East Policy Background - Embassy of Israel. 1968-1969 |
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News clippings related to UF Women's Club - Mrs. Paul Hanna. 1951-1952 |
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Research notes. Not dated |
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Research notes. Not dated |
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Research notes. Circa 1970 |
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Southern Political Science Association - 28th Annual Meeting, "The Contemporary Middle East" panel. 1956 |
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Standard-Vacuum (Standard Oil Company) - New Jersey Roundtable. 1955 |
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Stanford University School of Education (Cornelia Hanna) - class syllabi. 1936-1937 |
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Book - British Policy in Palestine
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British Policy in Palestine - Miscellaneous. Not dated
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Correspondence. 1942-1944 |
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Early Draft - Preface, Chapters 1-3. Not dated |
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Early Draft - Chapters 4-7. Not dated |
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Research notes. Not dated |
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Research notes. Not dated |
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Research notes. Not dated |
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Revised manuscript (Folder 1). Not dated |
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Revised manuscript (Folder 2). Not dated |
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Revised manuscript (Folder 3). Not dated |
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Writings, Lectures and Speeches
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Box 4 |
"Afghanistan" - Americana Annual. 1963-1968
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"America in the Middle East" - drafts. Not dated |
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"American Policy in the Middle East" at the Unitarian Church of Jacksonville. 1959 |
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"Anglo-Egyptian Negotiations 1950-1952" (paper and news clippings). 1950-1952 |
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"Arab-Israeli War" - Reader's Digest Almanac. 1967 |
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Cincinnati speech - "The United Nations and the Struggle for Power in the Middle East". 1957 |
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"Iran" - Americana Annual. 1963-1971 |
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"Iraq" - Americana Annual. 1963-1970 |
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"Israel". Not dated |
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"Israel" - Americana Annual. 1969-1970 |
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"Israel's Political Relations with her Middle East Neighbors". Not dated |
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Jacksonville speech - "The Middle East Today". 1955 |
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Jacksonville speech - "The Middle East Today". 1957 |
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"Jordan" - Americana Annual. 1963-1970 |
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"Lebanon" - Americana Annual. 1963-1970 |
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Miami speech - "Israel, the Middle East, and American Foreign Policy". 1954 |
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Middle East lecture. 1953 |
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Middle East speech notes. Not dated |
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"Nationalism in the Middle East" - University of Miami. 1959 |
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New York University Conference - "America in the Middle East". 1959 |
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"Palestine Alternatives" - The Middle East Journal. 1947 |
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Papers and reviews by Hanna. 1942-1960 |
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"Syria" - Americana Annual. 1964-1970 |
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Talk given to Zionist Organization of America, "The Palestine Arab Refugees - 14 Years of Frustration". 1961 |
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Tallahassee speech - Conference on Evaluation in Higher Education. 1954 |
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West Palm Beach speech - "Crisis in the Middle East". 1955 |
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Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry and President Truman's Cabinet Committee on Palestine
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The files pertaining to both the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry and President Truman's Cabinet Committee on Palestine
were interfiled in Hanna's papers, and there is a great deal of overlap between the two groups of materials. As such, the
files have not been separated and remain interfiled, as maintained by Hanna.
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Box 5 |
Agenda for Cabinet Committee on Palestine. 1946
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Background Information and Proposals - Palestine. 1946 |
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Background Information and Proposals - Palestine. 1946 |
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Cabinet Committee Final Papers. 1945-1946 |
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Constitutional Development of Palestine as a Trust Territory of the United Nations. 1946 |
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Correspondence. 1946 |
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Draft Outline of Instrument of Government. 1946 |
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European Trip - Memorabilia from London and France. 1946 |
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General. 1944-1946 |
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General. 1945-1946 |
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General. 1945-1946 |
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General. 1946 |
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General and materials submitted to the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry. 1946
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General and materials submitted to the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry. 1946 |
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General and materials submitted to the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry. 1946 |
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General and materials submitted to the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry. 1946 |
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General and memoranda submitted to the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry. 1946 |
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Hearing before the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry (Jan 7). 1946 |
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Hearing before the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry (Jan 8). 1946 |
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Hearing before the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry (Jan 9). 1946 |
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Hearing before the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry (Jan 10). 1946 |
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Hearing before the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry (Jan 11). 1946
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Hearing before the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry (Jan 12). 1946 |
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Hearing before the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry (Jan 14). 1946 |
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Historical Survey on the Continuity of Jewish Settlement in Palestine. 1946 |
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Historical Survey - Jewish Immigration and the Population of Ancient Palestine. 1946 |
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Immigration. 1946 |
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Jewish Agency for Palestine - Bevin Proposals. 1947 |
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Jewish Agency for Palestine - "Trends of Economic Development". 1946 |
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Materials submitted to the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry. Circa 1946 |
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Materials submitted to the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry - The Arab Office Parts A and B. 1946 |
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Materials submitted to the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry - The Arab Office Part C. 1946 |
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Materials submitted to the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry - The Arab Office Part C (Folder 2). 1946
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Meeting Minutes. 1946 |
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Meeting Notes. 1946 |
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Memorandum to the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry submitted by the American Council for Judaism. Not dated |
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Memoranda and reports submitted to the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry. 1946 |
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Memoranda submitted to the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry. 1946 |
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Memoranda submitted to the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry. 1946 |
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Memoranda submitted to the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry. 1946 |
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Memoranda submitted to the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry - notes and statements. 1946 |
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Memoranda submitted to the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry - Vaad Leumi. 1946 |
Box 9 |
Office of Strategic Services - Research and Analysis Branch. 1944-1945
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Palestine Papers. 1946 |
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Palestine Trade Information. 1943-1945 |
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Partition, Cantonization, etc. 1946 |
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Report by the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry. 1946 |
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Report by the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry. 1946 |
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Sub-committee on Constitution documents. 1946 |
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Submission to the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry - "The Arab Case". 1946 |
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Trusteeships and Mandates for Palestine. 1946 |
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United Nations Procedures. 1946 |
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University of Florida Committees
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Box 9 |
College of Arts and Sciences Committee on Interdisciplinary Studies. 1971
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Constitution Committee. 1959-1960 |
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Constitution Committee. 1960 |
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Constitution Committee. 1960-1963 |
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Constitution Committee. 1960-1964 |
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Constitution Committee. 1965-1968 |
Box 10 |
Constitution Committee (folder 1 of 2). 1968-1969
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Constitution Committee (folder 2 of 2). 1968-1969 |
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Constitution Committee. 1969-1970 |
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Interinstitutional Committee of Faculty Representatives to the State. 1967-1968 |
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Interinstitutional Committee on Liaison to the State Board of Regents. 1970 |
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Political Activities of Teachers - Florida Statutes 104.31. 1960-1966 |
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Senate Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee. 1964-1965 |
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Senate Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee. 1964-1966 |
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Senate Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee. 1965-1967 |
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Senate Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee. 1967-1968 |
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Senate Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee. 1969-1970 |
Box 11 |
Senate Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee - Edward Richer. 1965
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Senate Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee - Edward Richer. 1965 |
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Senate Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee - Edward Richer. 1965-1966 |
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Senate Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee - Edward Richer. 1966 |
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Senate Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee - Edward Richer. 1966 |
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Senate Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee - Joint Meeting with Constitution and Professional Relations committees. 1969 |
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Senate Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee - Marshall B. Jones. 1965-1966 |
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Senate Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee - Marshall B. Jones. 1967 |
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Senate Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee - Marshall B. Jones. 1967-1968 |
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Senate Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee - Marshall B. Jones. 1967-1968 |
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Senate Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee - Marshall B. Jones. 1968 |
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Senate Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee - Marshall B. Jones. 1968 |
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Senate Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee - Marshall B. Jones. 1968 |
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Senate Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee - Marshall B. Jones. 1968 |
Box 12 |
Senate Committee on Professional Relations and Standards. 1946-1949
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Senate Committee on Professional Relations and Standards - Fred Hartmann. 1966 |
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Senate Steering Committee. Not dated |
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Social Sciences Committee on the Course (Chairmanship). 1966 |
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American Association of University Professors (AAUP)
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Box 12 |
Censure of UF due to Jones Case. 1971
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Committee on Academic Freedom. 1949-1950 |
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Committee on Academic Freedom and Tenure. 1966 |
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Committee on Academic Freedom and Tenure - Amendments proposed to UF Chapter Constitutions. 1966 |
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Committee on Academic Rights and Privileges - Farhang Zabeeh. 1964-1965 |
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Committee on Constitution and Bylaws - UF Chapter. 1956-1957 |
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Executive Committee. 1971-1972 |
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Integration Resolution. 1956 |
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Liaison Committee - Executive Committee. 1953-1954 |
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Special Committee on Regents and Classification. 1969 |
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UF Chapter. 1952-1957 |
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UF Chapter - Educational Television. 1957-1959 |
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American Association of University Professors. University of Florida Chapter. |
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Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry on Jewish Problems in Palestine and Europe. |
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Jews -- Palestine. |
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Middle East -- History -- 20th century. |
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Palestine -- History. |
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