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The California Loyalty Oath Digital Collection: selected documents from the Bancroft Library

Owning Institution: UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library

About this Collection

The California Loyalty Oath Digital Collection brings together a selection of documents and images from the holdings of four repositories at the University of California: the University Archives, The Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley; the University Archives, Young Research Library, UCLA; the Scripps Institution of Oceanography Archives, UC San Diego; and the Office of the Secretary of the Regents, Oakland. The California Loyalty Oath Digital Collection comprises more than 3500 pages of electronic text, more than 30 pictorial images, and 15 audio clips, which document the controversy (1949-1951) that roiled the University during the McCarthy Era. The loyalty oath debate reverberated across the country and caused lasting damage to the reputation of the University and the relations between its faculty and staff, administration, and Board of Regents. This website includes a timeline, resources for further study, and search and browse capabilities. View this collection on the contributor's website.

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Basis for Court Action in case of Dismissal, ca. 1950
Berkeley Faculty Fails to Lead Militant Fight Against Inquisitors by Robert Martinson
Bulletin Federation Against Test Oath Legislation 1 (June 1951), 3 (January 1952), …
The California Formula, March 30, 1950
California Oath Fight by Robert M. Martinson. Fall 1950
Comments and Resolution Introduced by Edward S. Rogers, April 14, 1950
Committee on Academic Freedom's Recommendation on Rule 17, November 20, 1951
Committee on Elections Report, March 22, 1950
Committee on Financial Assistance, March 28, 1956
Communism on Trial by Robert Gordon Sproul, January 28, 1951
The Communist Party and the Academic Profession
Compact Approved by Non-Senate Academic Employees
"Conformity Vs. Conscience," The Communist Campanile 9:1 (March 15, 1950), 1, 4
The Consequences of the Abrogation of Tenure: An Accounting of Costs, Feb. …
Contrasting Views of Faculty Status, September 21, 1950
Crisis at the University of California, December 15, 1950
Crisis at the University of California, II
Crisis at the University of California, November 15, 1949
A Criticism of Procedure in the Academic Senate, Northern Section
A Criticism of Procedures in the Academic Senate, Northern Section, May 1952
"Dangerous Thoughts--USA: On the Campus," The Communist Campanile 6:1 (February 21, 1949), …
Dear Contributor, September 18, 1957
Dear Senate Member, March 4, 1950: Misc papers
Decision ... Concerning the Special Loyalty Declaration, April 6, 1951
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